History Painting of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression - Facing National Crisis 1

Author: Institute of Military History, Academy of Military Sciences
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: From the "September 18th Incident" to the "January 28th Incident," and then to the "North China Incident," Japanese imperialist forces, as the vanguard of fascism, gradually pushed China to the brink of destruction. The dire reality of China's subjugation greatly awakened the Chinese nation, allowing the patriotic sentiments buried deep within the hearts of the Chinese people to accumulate like nuclear energy, erupt like a volcano, and roar like the Yellow River, forming an irresistible historical tide of saving the nation and preserving survival. The suffering Chinese nation, with its indomitable people, engaged in a six-year partial war of resistance. On September 18, 1931, with the thunderous artillery fire of the Japanese Kwantung Army's attack on the Beibai Camp in Shenyang, Japanese imperialism launched its long-planned aggressive war to dominate China. Thereafter, they gradually encroached and advanced. Wherever the invaders' iron hooves trod, mountains and rivers bled, farmlands were destroyed, lives were devastated, and civilization was ruined. The Chinese nation faced the critical juncture of national extinction and annihilation! Saving the nation and preserving survival became the inescapable responsibility of every Chinese person! The various classes, parties, groups, and overseas Chinese in China, prioritizing the greater national interest, united, stood united against the enemy, and faced the crisis together, using flesh and blood to build a new Great Wall, engaging in a heroic struggle against the Japanese invaders that lasted for 14 years. The Chinese War of Resistance against Japan followed a difficult and winding path of development, undergoing a historical process from partial to nationwide resistance, from strategic defense to strategic stalemate, and then to strategic counteroffense. Through immense national sacrifices and heroic resistance, the Chinese people finally achieved a great victory in defeating Japanese imperialism, composing a moving and majestic anthem of the entire nation's anti-invasion war.