Song Shanghai encounter is dimensions of period of whole War of Resistance Against Japan the biggest, action is the tragiccest a battle of intense. On the historical textbook of the middle school we had learned the process of this battle and meaning. This war hit the Chinese's courage and uprightness, make the Chinese unites, share a bitter hatred of the enemy, defeat Japanese aggressor. Song Shanghai launch a mass campaign is modern to our country the history has extremely far-reaching effect.
Song Shanghai encounter begins on August 13, 1937, end on November 12, 1937, last a period of time is close 3 months. Both sides threw the military strength of nearly 800 thousand, dead altogether is as high as three, the miserable intense of war lets person shock, it is the world opposes one of wars with the greatest dimensions on fascist battlefield.
Everybody knows, modern since, warlord of weak poverty of our country accumulating, home sets up a separatist regime by force of arms, common people the masses have no means to live, ethical fetch have not arousal. And outside have wait of big powers annulus, all without exception considers pair of my race to control more interests. With our country the most adjacent imperialism country has Japan and tsarist Russia, and tsarist Russia is having a battle in Europe, be too busy east consider, increase day Russia sword, japan wins, those who make Japan begins secure in the knowledge that one has strong backing try in vain occupational China, achieve oneself ambition. Below this setting, japan is occupational northeast first, think occupational Shanghai coerces with this China surrenders then.
Although China experiences war of warlord of in successive years, but military combat effectiveness is very weak however, differred one big chunk than Japan besides weaponry, fight in tactical thought, Chan Bing also cannot compare with Japanese photograph on ability. But fall in such circumstance namely, song Shanghai encounter began. At the beginning, japanese undertakes defiant first, china puts a face to make fight plan, the decision fights to the Japanese army of Shanghai. It is by the direct in Zhangzhi the 9th a group army begins general attack first, the air unit also attends a war with all one's strength, try to drive enemy go into business. Army of China of warlike initial stage holds a dominant position, the air unit undertakes bomb to the main fortified point such as headquarters of Japanese naval a land battle, and China's pickeddest heart instrument division and heavy artillery group also hurried to Shanghai to attend a war. This makes Japan is astonished greatly, japanese respect is commander with loose Jing Shigen, the minitary force that heads two division goes to Shanghai to reinforce, enlarged the aggression to China further.
Right now China army has killed Shanghai Japanese army feebly, shanghai is not had can defend nearly, best method is hind remove and other places of a gleam of that do not have stannum, rely on fortification and Japan to have protracted battle. But Jiang Jieshi government places a hope at international mediatory, the hope lets the world see Japan is right with the war Chinese aggression. The resolution that gives China to revolt to Japan to be hit on Song Shanghai encounter comes, chinese respect begins to be added wildly arms, the army of each province drops stick to one's position, begin share a bitter hatred of the enemy to rise. And other places of Guangdong, Guangxi, two wide, Sichuan expedited the most elite troops to attend a war.
But on November 5 army the 10th army 80 thousand person is defended in golden hill land, because Jiang Jieshi imagines 9 countries convention signs national interference, protracted backtrack opportunity, cause legionary great escape in disorder, caused very big casualties. And, tens of 10 thousand officers and soldiers are dispersive when backtrack Nanjing, also suffer a defeat for what Nanjing guards battle bury played a hint foreshadowing later developments in a story.
Overall for, death of officers and soldiers of China of Song Shanghai encounter amounts to 300 thousand people, the Japanese army has 40 thousand people only, looked like China to fail. But the tenacious fight that Chinese the army and the people shows mediumly in Song Shanghai encounter, it is sacrificial spirit of the nation for the country, established a kind of brand-new country figure in the world for China, won a whole world fix eyes upon, got the support of the country such as the United States, Russia. England is stationed in Shanghai army commander-in-chief to say: "I never had seen than China dare-to-die troops guards the thing with brake greater north finally. "I never had seen than China dare-to-die troops guards the thing with brake greater north finally..
