What is the July 7th Incident? What was the July 7th Incident? What does the July 7th Incident mean? What is the history of the July 7th Incident?

The past July 7th, 221 happened to be the 84th anniversary of the July 7th Incident. It is very meaningful to answer this friend's question at this time, so as to review the past, remember the history, remember the martyrs and look forward to the future! The basic situation of the July 7th Incident

The July 7th Incident refers to the incident in which the Japanese invaders attacked Wanping County and the China garrison in Lugouqiao on the grounds that a missing soldier wanted to search in Wanping County, but was refused, also known as the Lugouqiao Incident.

On the night of July 7, 1937, the Japanese garrison in Lugouqiao held a so-called military exercise near the military position in China without informing the local authorities, and falsely claimed that a Japanese soldier was missing and asked to enter Wanping County (now Lugouqiao Town) in the southwest of Peiping. The China garrison refused this unreasonable request. The Japanese army began to attack the China garrison and shelled Wanping County. The 219th Regiment of the 37th Division of the China Garrison in 29 army fought back and put up a tenacious resistance. Under the heroic attack of the defenders in China, the Japanese army left more than 1 bodies and rolled out of the east bank of Yongding River.

The July 7th Incident marked the beginning of the Japanese all-out war of aggression against China, and it also marked the beginning of China's national War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, that is, from then on, the China Revolution entered the national War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. From September 18, 1931 to August 15, 1945, the people of China waged a national liberation war against Japanese aggression and achieved complete victory. It was called War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in history, also known as the Fourteen-Year War of Resistance. The anti-Japanese war of the whole nation started from the July 7th Incident and lasted for eight years. The so-called eight-year anti-Japanese war refers to the eight-year anti-Japanese war in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. What is the background of the July 7th Incident?

Japanese imperialism launched a long-planned full-scale war of aggression against China in order to monopolize China and turn China into its colony. From the "September 18th Incident" in 1931, the Japanese invaders easily embezzled the three northeastern provinces of China. After the "September 18th Incident", the aggression against China was further expanded, and in 1933, the sovereignty of the North China Great Plains was gained by stepping on the Jehol River and stepping on the Great Wall. In early November 1935, they instigated the traitors to carry out the so-called "autonomy" movement in five provinces of North China in an attempt to make Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Chahar and Suiyuan independent. The direct purpose of Japan's instigation of the "autonomy" of five provinces in North China is to prepare for the all-round war of aggression against China, in an attempt to turn North China into a second puppet Manchukuo. In order to further provoke a full-scale war of aggression against China, they successively sent troops into the customs. By 1936, the Japanese army had increased its forces in North China to 14 divisions, accounting for 2, people.

Lugou Bridge, located on Pinghan Railway, is the only gateway for Beiping to the mainland, and its strategic position is particularly important. The Japanese army also realized the strategic significance of the capture of Lugou Bridge, and since June 1937, the Japanese army stationed in Fengtai has held targeted and provocative military exercises for many times. By the eve of the July 7th Incident, the Japanese army had surrounded Beiping on three sides. To the east, there is the puppet regime in Jidong supported by the Japanese army and its subordinate puppet troops; In the north, there is a pseudo-Mongolian autonomous government headed by the German king concocted by the Japanese army; In the southeast, the Japanese army occupied Fengtai, a strategic place. As a result, only the Lugou Bridge in the southwest of Beiping is still under the control of the China army. Lugou Bridge is the only channel for Peiping to keep in touch with the outside world, and it has become a battleground for both China and Japan. The Japanese army took Lugou Bridge as the first attack target, which was by no means a temporary decision against accidental events, but a long-planned strategic step to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China. The July 7th Incident mainly went through

Before the July 7th Incident, the Japanese army held many exercises in Lugouqiao area, taking the defenders of China as imaginary enemies, constantly provoking, so as to create troubles and provoke wars.

On the morning of July 7th, 1937, Japanese troops came to the north of Lugouqiao for exercises. In the afternoon, the Japanese army, led by Kiyomizu Kiyomizu, a riverside brigade stationed in Fengtai, set out from the barracks and drove to the vicinity of Longwang Temple in the northwest of Lugouqiao to hold night exercises.

at 7: 3 p.m., as dusk fell, Shimizu ordered the start of night drills. Some Japanese officers and imaginary enemies immediately moved to the east. After it was completely dark, nearly 6 troops moved to the east where the imaginary enemy was located. At this time, there is no moon in the sky, and Wanping Ancient City is looming in the night. Inside and outside the city, the tension is tense and explosive.

In this dark night, the Japanese army put the long-planned invasion plan into practice step by step. At about 1: 3, my 29 th Army garrison in Wanping suddenly heard a burst of gunfire at the Japanese military exercise position in the northeast of the city. Under the silent night, the gunfire was so harsh that the defenders of Wanping paid close attention to it.

later, several Japanese troops came to Wanping Ancient City, claiming that they had lost a soldier, and asked to search the city, but the officers and men guarding the city refused. Kiyoshi Kiyomizu sent someone to Fengtai to report to Ichiki, asking for reinforcements. Upon receiving the report, Yimu immediately reported to his immediate superior, Mudaguchi Lian, and Moutian immediately led Yimu to Lugouqiao for help.

Like the September 18th Incident, the July 7th Incident was directed and performed by the Japanese. Afterwards, the Japanese once said that the "first shot" was fired by "students of the * * * production party", which is naturally nonsense. As for the so-called "missing soldiers", it is also very outrageous.

The "missing" soldier named Kikujiro Cun, a private, left the team because of surrender, and soon returned to the team. After Kiyomizu knew it, he deliberately didn't report it. After the war, someone asked him why he didn't report it at that time. Shimizu faltered and said, "This was an unimaginable accident and my mistake. Now I can't remember it clearly."

At 2 a.m. on July 8th, Ichiki learned the news that Murakami had returned to the team, but thought, "I don't know how China will publicize it?" So I didn't stop military operations. However, since then, the Japanese army has secretly changed the provocative excuse from "missing soldiers" to "illegal shooting", and even simply denied that it had asked China to search for "missing soldiers".

On the night of July 7, 1937, the Japanese army tried to search the city, and claimed that it would "defend its progress by force", which was sternly rejected by the Beiping authorities.

after consultation, both sides sent representatives to Wanping Ancient City for investigation. While the representatives of the two sides were discussing the investigation in the city, the Japanese army shot and fired at the city. He Jifeng, brigade commander of the 11th Brigade, and Ji Xingwen, head of the 129th Regiment (nephew of the anti-Japanese national hero Ji Hongchang) personally went to the front to direct operations. The soldiers couldn't bear it, and ignored Chiang Kai-shek's instruction that they should not fight back without orders. They demanded to fight back one after another, and expressed their willingness to use the Lugou Bridge as a grave and vowed to fight to the death with the Japanese army. Colonel Ji Xingwen ordered his men to fight back heroically, so he fired the first shot of the national War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and retaken the Lugou Bridge at 9 pm on the 8th.

On the second day after the Lugouqiao Incident, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China electrified the whole country for the Japanese attack on Lugouqiao, pointing out: Pingjin is in danger! North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger! Only when the whole nation carries out the war of resistance is our way out! Our slogan is: armed to defend Peiping and Tianjin! Defend North China! Don't let Japanese imperialism occupy every inch of China! The last drop of blood to defend the country!