Seventy-five years ago
After 14 years of fighting, the Chinese people
Made in modern Chinese history
First overall victory against foreign aggression
The sound of peace stirs people's hearts
Although the war is far away, history still echoes
Looking back on this journey
"the truth"
After the "September 18th" Incident broke out, the Northeast people's enthusiasm for anti-Japanese and national salvation increased.
In Shenyang, there are nine patriots, known as the "Nine Gentlemen." They did not hold swords and guns in their hands, but they used their patriotism as a spear and their desperate courage as a shield to expose the truth of the Japanese invasion of China with a camera.
From late November 1931 to the end of January 1932, in more than two months, the "Nine Gentlemen" photographed as many as 300 evidences of Japanese invasion of China during their adventures. Each collection of evidence was thrilling and dangerous.
After the evidence collection was completed, within 48 days, they translated all the evidence into English and compiled it into a book, named "The Truth."
Until February 1933, when the League of Nations General Assembly made a ruling, it regarded this "Truth" as important evidence and determined that Japan's "September 18th" Incident was an act of aggression.
After more than eighty years of baptism, this camera has long been "retired", but in the lens and shutter, the patriotic feat of the "Nine Gentlemen" and the determination of the Chinese people to fight against foreign insults are fixed with the truth recorded by this camera. In the eternity of time.
"The Japanese invaders brazenly launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, which brought unprecedented disasters to the Chinese people."
President Xi Jinping said at the National Memorial Ceremony for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
"Eight Hundred Heroes"
On August 13, 1937, the Battle of Songhu started.
On October 26, at the final stage of the battle, Xie Jinyuan was ordered to lead more than 400 officers and soldiers, known as the "eight hundred strong men" to the outside world, to stick to the four-line warehouse and cover the main force withdrawing westward overnight.
The heroes fought desperately for four days and nights, repelled 6 siege by the Japanese army, and killed more than 200 enemies.
After Xie Jinyuan received the order to evacuate the four-row warehouse and returned to the concession, the authorities detained him in a prison camp under pressure from the Japanese army.
It is here that Xie Jinyuan wrote this letter to his brother-in-law Zhang Pingzhou.
The heroic spirit of the "eight hundred strong men" who share the same hatred and hatred of the enemy inspired the fighting spirit of the Chinese people, aroused the determination of patriotic compatriots to fight to the end, and made countries around the world see the confidence of the Chinese nation to resist foreign aggression.
In commemoration of the outbreak of war the whole nation 77 anniversary ceremony speaking to President Xi Jinping:
"Whether it is positive battlefield, or behind enemy lines battlefield, thousands of patriotic officers and men fought a bloody war, unafraid of death
,
all walks of life unite as one people, united in struck up a magnificent fight Triumph for the hero of Japanese aggression
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"
Hero's banner
On September 25, 1937, in Qiaogou on the east side of the flat Kan, the 685 regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army was responsible for blocking the enemy's vanguard. The second battalion and fifth company were at the forefront of combat troops.
The fifth company's weapons and equipment were extremely simple, but they repelled the enemy's onslaught again and again with their iron will.
At the juncture of life and death, the company commander Zeng Xiansheng led 20 broadsword players into the enemy group, launched a desperate struggle, and stubbornly repelled the enemy's attacks again and again.
Although the company commander was sacrificed in the battle, the soldiers of the fifth company wielded a blade, broke the siege, wiped out more than 100 enemies, and completed the task of blocking.
After the vanguard troops protruded and encircled, the Eighth Route Army fought bloody battles and finally achieved a victory at Pingxingguan, which disrupted the Japanese army's plan to attack North China.
This is the first major victory the Chinese army has won since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, breaking the myth that the "Japanese army is invincible".
After the battle, the 115th Division 343 Brigade Headquarters and the Political Department awarded this award banner called "Pingxingguan War Assault Company" to the fifth company.
This heroic banner witnessed the battle of blood and fire, and condensed the Eighth Route Army's spirit of defying hardships and dangers and bravely resisting the war.
Why is Zhanqi picturesque?
The hero's blood stained it red!
witness
On August 15, 1945, after the Japanese government announced its unconditional surrender, the Chinese government decided on the 17th that Zhijiang was the general surrender site of the Chinese theater and established the "Japanese Surrender Signing Ceremony Preparatory Office."
In order to arrange the venue of Zhijiang's surrender ceremony and commemorate this historical moment, Chen Yingzhuang, deputy director of the Political Department of the New Sixth Army, looked for suitable tables and chairs everywhere and ran all over Zhijiang City.
"Anjiang Spinning Factory has a batch of European-style furniture. Why not borrow it for emergency and return it afterwards?" Chen Yingzhuang suddenly started thinking of this.
He hurried to the former Qianyang County (now Hongjiang City) Anjiang Spinning Factory and borrowed decent tables, chairs and sofas to Zhijiang.
After the surrender ceremony, this batch of European-style furniture was engraved with a fire mark and returned to the original factory.
Today, this nine drawer desk is the only desk with inscriptions left in the venue at that time. It is engraved with the words "Participating in the surrender ceremony" and "August 21st, 34th at Zhijiang".
It is a witness to history, witnessing the moment when countless compatriots cheered for victory in the War of Resistance.
At the meeting to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, President Xi Jinping said:
“In the
face of the invaders, the Chinese people have been indomitable and bloody, thoroughly defeating the Japanese militarist invaders and defending the development of the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years. The achievements of civilization have safeguarded the cause of peace for mankind, and created wonders in the history of war and feats of the Chinese nation."
An invitation letter
In 1931, 30-year-old Gou Jitang studied at a military academy in Japan.
Gou Jitang was filled with indignation and organized his classmates to protest on the streets of Tokyo when he heard about the destruction and invasion of his hometown when he went to study in a foreign country.
Due to the suppression of the Japanese military police, Gou Jitang was arrested and imprisoned, feeling deeply that "we can neither defend the country nor rush to the national disaster, sincerely the greatest shame of our soldiers".
While in prison, he refused to write a letter of repentance, and the Japanese authorities expelled him from school and sent him home.
After returning to China, Gou Jitang devoted himself to the resistance against Japan. With his outstanding military talent and heroic combat performance, he was promoted and commended many times. He was finally invited to participate in the Nanjing surrender ceremony and witnessed the surrender of the highest commander of the Japanese invaders, Neji Okamura. Historic moment when the book was signed.
In 14 years, Gou Jitang's humiliation was finally wiped out, and the Chinese people finally ushered in the dawn of peace.
At the meeting to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, President Xi Jinping said:
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After 14 years of arduous struggle, the Chinese people won the great victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and declared the world’s anti-fascist war. Complete victory, and the sun of peace once again shines on the earth."
Fourteen years of resistance
The clank of China
Shroud of Horse Leather rushes to the national disaster
"In the baptism of blood and fire,
The ancient Chinese phoenix nirvana and rebirth from the ashes,
Started the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation
A new historical journey. "
September 3, 2020 is
Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War
And the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War
75th anniversary
Remembering history and remembering the victims
Cherish peace and oppose war of aggression
To build a peaceful and prosperous world
Do not forget the original intention and move forward
Jointly produced by the Revolutionary Cultural Relics Department of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of CCTV News
Director system丨Luo Hongbing
Producer丨Tang Yi
Producer丨Zhao Xinyu Wu Huifeng
Choreographer丨He Qianyi Zhang Kai
Editor丨Mao Yueyin and Yuehui Yu Bo Sun Yuqi
Vision丨Yu Ruiying Ding Lijie
Special thanks:
Shenyang "September 18" History Museum
Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial
Pingxingguan Dajie Memorial Hall
Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Victory and Surrender Memorial Hall
Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial