七七事变 Lugou Bridge Incident

Japanese imperialism in order to monopolize China, launched a comprehensive long-premeditated war of aggression against China. July 1937 night, the Japanese army a pretext for the missing soldiers, to enter the southwest of Peking search Wanping County. Chinese garrison rejected the unreasonable demands. Japanese troops shot fired Menghong Lugou Bridge, the Chinese garrison to attack the city. Chinese army garrison No. 29, Ji-Xing Mission rise counterattack. Opened up the curtain on the whole nation against Japanese aggression. Japanese invaders since 1931 Mukden Incident misappropriation of northeast China, to further provoke a full war of aggression against China, have personnel entry. To 1936, the Japanese army from the East and West, North surrounded on three sides of the Peking北平 (now Beijing北京). From June 1937 onwards, for the Japanese army in the Fengtai held provocative military exercises. 1937, the Japanese army in China, brazenly launched the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" (also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident"), Japan began full of aggression against China, Sino-Japanese War broke out.

At 22:00 on 7th July, 1937, Japanese troops from Peking more than 10 kilometres of the Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge known as the West) near the military exercises, provocation to the Chinese garrison. Japanese troops are ostensibly a soldier missing and requested access to search Qiaobian the Wanping County, was rejected, on the Lugou Bridge and Wanping County shot fired. July 8 morning, the Japanese army surrounded the Wanping County, the Lugou Bridge and Chinese troops launch an attack. Chinese garrison of 29 military officers rise up the war of resistance to Japanese invasion forces with a heavy blow. Ji-Xing, head of the text went to the front line, to command a battle. A series of soldiers with machetes hacked to death 13 people stabbed the Japanese themselves heroic patriotic. Stationed in the north of the Marco Polo Bridge with a soldier, fighting to the last only four. On the 9th morning, the army recovered 29 Yongding River in the east coast of the landless.