The time of the Anti-Japanese War began with the September 18th Incident at 193 1 and ended at 1945 for fourteen years.

Influenced by traditional habits, people often regard the government's declaration of war as the beginning of the war between the enemy and ourselves, and take it as the basis of the "eight-year war of resistance."

But this ignores another fact, that is, the time when the National Government officially declared war on Japan was not after the July 7th Incident, but after the1941kloc-0/0 Pearl Harbor Incident. As an anti-aggression war, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and China are very different from ordinary wars between two countries and two armies. It is a war in which weak countries resist powerful countries and the people of colonial and semi-colonial China resist Japanese imperialist aggression.

This determines that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is not a simple war between the government and the army, but a people's war in which the masses participate extensively and exert great strength, and it is a war to promote national awakening and national reunification.

The masses of the people have changed from bystanders to important participants in the war, and the people's nature is the uniqueness of this anti-aggression war. This determines that the process of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is not determined by one or two major military actions, but by the mobilization and participation of the people. Therefore, when defining the starting point of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, we should not simply take whether the government declared war as the "standard".

During the six-year local anti-Japanese war, Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang government adhered to the reactionary policy of "entering the customs first", focused on "suppressing * * *", tried its best to suppress the patriotic enthusiasm of the broad masses, even mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Alliance, undermined the people's anti-Japanese war, and even fabricated charges to arrest Shen Junru, Zou Taofen and other leaders of the National Salvation Association, resulting in a sensational "Seven Gentlemen Incident".

However, the perverse actions of the Kuomintang can not prevent patriotic people from actively participating in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement.

China * * * property represents the will of the people all over the country to resist Japan, and stands in the forefront of the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement.

193 1 From September 20th, 2000 to April 5th, 932, the Central Committee of China and the Provisional Central Government of China respectively issued the Resolution on the Japanese Imperialist Occupation of Manchuria, the Letter to the People of the Whole Country on Betraying the Interests of the Chinese Nation for the reactionary Kuomintang Government and the Declaration on War against Japan.

Under the call and promotion of China * * * Production Party, the mass anti-Japanese national salvation movement flourished in urban and rural areas throughout the country. After the September 18th Incident, under the influence and promotion of China's * * * production party, various forms of anti-Japanese volunteers quickly spread all over the northeast, taking up arms and bravely resisting Japanese aggression.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War of the whole nation, unlike the Kuomintang's insistence on relying solely on the government and the army, China's * * * production party adhered to the all-round anti-Japanese war line, and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army led by it went deep into the enemy lines to carry out guerrilla warfare, placing mobilizing the masses to arm them in an important position in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

It is by adhering to the idea of people's war, relying on the masses, mobilizing and arming the masses that the armed forces led by the China Producer Party can persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines and achieve great development. By the time of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the anti-Japanese democratic base area led by China's * * * production party reached nearly 1 10,000 square kilometers, with a population of nearly 1 100 million, thus proving that "the army and the people are the foundation of victory".

"The deepest source of war power exists among the people. Mobilizing the people of the whole country has created the sea of Wang Yang trapped by the enemy, made up for the remedial conditions of weapons and other defects, and overcome all the difficulties of war. "

The concept of "Fourteen-year Anti-Japanese War" can make people better understand the decisive role played by the people in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the significance of the comprehensive national anti-Japanese war line and people's war thought, and the important role played by War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in promoting the awakening of the Chinese nation.

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The great significance of establishing the "fourteen-year war of resistance";

1, which is conducive to the complete restoration of the historical process of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

The Fourteen-year Anti-Japanese War refers to the September 18th Incident in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. China experienced a difficult and tortuous struggle for 14 years from 193 1 to 1945 when the Japanese signed the surrender.

Among them, 1937 Lugouqiao Incident is the boundary, and the first six years are the period of local anti-Japanese war, and the last eight years are the period of national anti-Japanese war. Specifically, it can be understood from two aspects:

On the one hand, local anti-Japanese war and national anti-Japanese war have distinct characteristics. During the local Anti-Japanese War, although military operations mainly took place in Northeast China, North China, Shanghai and other parts of the country, the scale, scope and investment of the Anti-Japanese War were limited nationwide.

However, it advanced and developed together with the national anti-Japanese national salvation movement, prepared political, economic, ideological, cultural and diplomatic conditions for the national war of resistance, especially popular support and manpower, and played an important role in arousing national awakening and launching the national war of resistance.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese nation was awakened unprecedentedly, and the situation of national unity in the Anti-Japanese War has been formed. Not only did it launch a more intense military contest with the Japanese aggressors nationwide, but it also launched an all-round struggle in other fields. The scope, scale, investment and influence of the national war of resistance are unprecedented.

On the other hand, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 14 is a historical process of continuous development. From Japan's point of view, since the September 18th Incident launched a long-planned large-scale war of aggression against China, no matter how Japan changed its specific aggression objectives, policies, steps and means, its strategic attempt to realize the mainland policy of conquering Manchuria first, then occupying all of China, and then dominating the world has never changed.

Its criminal step of expanding the war of aggression against China from local aggression to full-scale aggression has never stopped. From China's point of view, since the "September 18th Incident" started the just war against Japan, no matter how complicated the situation is and how great the difficulties are, the China people's struggle against Japan and national salvation has never stopped, and the wave of Chinese national unity and awakening has never slowed down.

Therefore, China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression experienced a historical process from local resistance to national resistance. Local war of resistance is the foundation and preparation of national war of resistance, and national war of resistance is the extension and expansion of local war of resistance. Although unequal, it has formed a continuous historical chain.

From this perspective, the "Fourteen-year War of Resistance" not only gained a deeper understanding of the eight-year national war of resistance, but also affirmed the historical position of the six-year local war of resistance, completely restored the whole process of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and truly reflected the respect for history.

2, is conducive to objectively reflect the mainstay of China * * * production.

The basic characteristics of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression are the national liberation war and the people's war. The former demands that the strength of the whole nation be United to the maximum and a broad anti-Japanese national United front be established; The latter requires fully mobilizing and organizing the people and relying on the broad masses of the people to wage war.

This is not only the objective requirement of poor and weak China, but also the inevitable choice for War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to win.

The Kuomintang clique, which is in charge of state power, has long adhered to the policy of "protecting the country before going abroad" and pursued the wrong policy of "suppressing * * *" with internal forces, compromising with Japan or even "not resisting", which not only weakened the anti-Japanese forces, but also gave Japan the opportunity to invade China.

At the critical moment when the Chinese nation is facing an unprecedented crisis, the producer party in China represents the fundamental interests of the whole nation. First, hold high the banner of armed resistance to Japan and shoulder the historical responsibility of being a pioneer in national liberation.

Since the September 18th Incident, the Central Committee of China has electrified the whole country, calling on the broad masses of people to act quickly, organize themselves, set up anti-Japanese armed forces, and expel the Japanese aggressors from China. 1April, 932, officially declared war on China in the name of Chinese Soviet * * and Japanese provisional central government.

Under the call, influence and leadership of China's * * production party, patriotic soldiers and civilians in Northeast China broke through the shackles of the Kuomintang's "non-resistance" policy toward Japan, and a large number of anti-Japanese volunteers emerged one after another, which once formed the climax of the anti-Japanese struggle.

After the volunteers' struggle was frustrated, the people's anti-Japanese armed forces directly led by the China Producer Party became the main force in the anti-Japanese struggle in Northeast China. By the autumn of 1937, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition had formed 1 1 with more than 30,000 troops, covering a vast area of more than 70 counties in Nanman, Dongman, Jidong and Beiman.

The arduous anti-Japanese guerrilla war waged by the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteers before that dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese invaders, inspired the national spirit and disrupted the Japanese plan to attack China Pass.

After the patriotic soldiers and civilians in Northeast China launched the Anti-Japanese War, the national anti-Japanese national salvation movement reached its climax. Shanghai soldiers and civilians launched the "1.28" Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai, and patriotic soldiers and civilians in the Great Wall, Chahar and Suiyuan successively launched heroic anti-Japanese War, which made the local anti-Japanese War develop in twists and turns.

In order to gather as many forces as possible to resist Japan and aggression, China * * * Production Party upholds the national justice and actively advocates the establishment of a broad anti-Japanese national united front.

As early as1933,65438+October, the China Producers' Party issued a declaration, willing to unite all armed forces to resist Japan under the three conditions of stopping attacking the Red Army, guaranteeing the people's democratic rights and arming the people.

On August 1935 and 1 day, the China * * * international delegation drafted the August 1st Declaration in * *, calling for the cessation of the civil war and the realization of the war against Japan. In February 65438, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held the Wayaobao Conference, which formally established the basic policy of the anti-Japanese national united front.

Since then, in order to urge the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek government to cooperate in the war of resistance, the central government has constantly adjusted its policies, from "resisting Japan and Chiang Kai-shek" to "forcing Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan" and "uniting Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan", especially promoting the peaceful settlement of the Xi Incident, taking a decisive step for the cooperation between the two parties, promoting the initial formation of the anti-Japanese national United front and preparing the preconditions for the national war of resistance.

Liang Shuming, the leader of China Rural Construction School, commented: "Since the Japanese invasion of China, China has put forward a series of anti-Japanese propositions, especially the cooperation between countries, which has won the hearts of the people."

If the history of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is written by the strength of the whole nation and the people of China, then in some parts of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the China * * * Production Party has made indelible contributions to rallying the strength of the whole nation and mobilizing and organizing the strength of the people.

If the Kuomintang government did not play a leading role in the local anti-Japanese war, or even obstructed it for a period of time, it would be inconsistent with the reality of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to deny the existence of the anti-Japanese war in the first six years.

Therefore, describing the history of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression with the "Fourteen-year War of Resistance" can not only cover the patriotic military and civilian struggles before the Lugouqiao Incident, such as the Northeast War of Resistance, the "November 28th" Shanghai War of Resistance, the Great Wall War of Resistance, the Chahar War of Resistance, the Suiyuan War of Resistance and the "December 9th" Movement.

And it can better reflect the historical fact that China * * * Producer Party took the lead in calling and leading the broad masses of people in the anti-Japanese struggle and actively advocated the establishment of an anti-Japanese national united front, highlighting the role of China * * * Producer Party as the mainstay.

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