The Lugou Bridge across Yongding River is the only passage from Central China to Peiping, only 30 miles away. On the eve of the incident, the Japanese puppet troops surrounded Beiping from three sides: North China, Northeast China and Northwest China. Lugou Bridge became the Japanese attack on Beiping. The first goal of launching a full-scale war of aggression against China. At that time. The first 29 army of the Song Dynasty was stationed in the area, with a total strength of about 65,438+10,000 people.
On the night of July 7th, 10, the Japanese squadron leader Jielang Shimizu led the 8th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Wing of the Japanese Binjiang Brigade stationed in Fengtai to conduct a night military exercise with Lugou Bridge as the imaginary target in Longwangmiao area north of Lugou Bridge. 1 1 point. The Japanese army used the excuse that a Japanese soldier was "missing". The unreasonable demand for an immediate search of the ancient city of Wanping was sternly rejected by the China Garrison. But the Japanese army is arrogant and rude. Still insist on sending troops into the city. In order to prevent the situation from expanding, after repeated negotiations with the Japanese side, it was agreed that both sides would send personnel to investigate. While the two sides were negotiating, the Japanese army was suddenly shot by China's army near Longwang Temple, and then violently attacked the defenders of China in Wanping and seized the sand mountain in the northeast of Wanping. Shelled the Lugou Bridge. The local garrison fought back after Ji Xingwen and 29 army could bear it no longer. In the same day, the Japanese army launched three consecutive attacks on the ancient city of Wanping, all of which were repelled by the defenders in China. As a result, Japanese imperialism launched a large-scale war of aggression against China.