History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
I brought you a group of old photographs of the Japanese army during the war of aggression against China to expose the ugly features of the Japanese Kou, hoping that through this group of photos, we will remind the Chinese people to learn from history, remember history, and not forget the national shame.
Old photographs from the Battle of Songhu, this group of photos was mainly taken by Japanese and Kou war correspondents. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, unlike the Chinese army, the Japanese sent professional photojournalists to many troops. A large number of photographs were taken, which were sent back to Japan at the first time and published in a number of newspapers and war pictorials specially edited for this war of aggression.
On August 27, 1937, the Battle of Songhu, Yang Jiazhai, the Japanese army navy and army soldiers took a group photo. The position of the Battle of Songhu in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, veterans do not explain it, I believe that friends know, it can be said that this is a battle in which both China and Japan fought hard. In the end, although the defenders failed, the Japanese, although they occupied Shanghai and then Nanjing, angered the Chinese people. Dragging Japan into the mud of a long war also doomed Japan to defeat.
For the Yang family house shown in the picture above, there is no particular attraction in the whole war, but with the exposure of historical materials in recent years, we know that the Yang family house was the location of the first comfort station of the Japanese Kou in that year. Of course, the comfort station had not yet been built at the time of this photo, but who knows what the Japanese Kou behind these photos is doing!
On August 27, 1937, the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Kou troops near shenjiazhai in Jiangwan Town. Jiangwan Town, which is very familiar to the Japanese Kou, was burned down during the Songhu Wars of January 28 and August 13, when Jiangwan street markets, temples, township offices, hospitals, railway stations, schools, and a large number of residential buildings were burned down. Especially during the 1.28 Songhu War of Resistance, the Japanese Kou can be said to have committed numerous atrocities in this town, and the "Declaration" of that year reported: "There are more than 200 corpses seen next to the corpse road. "There are those who have been split in half, and there are those who have a head split brain plasma overflow."
On August 31, 1937, the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Kou infantry unit near Yangjiazhai in Shanghai.
On August 31, 1937, the Battle of Songhu, Longjia Village, east of Shanghai, marched Japanese troops.
On September 3, 1937, the Battle of Songhu, Japanese troops marching near Zhujiazhai in Shanghai.
On September 6, 1937, at the Battle of Songhu, near Zhujiazhai in Shanghai, the Japanese and Kou front-line troops were preparing to launch a general offensive. The above photos show that they are all in Zhujiazhai, which can be seen in the suburbs, but it is not known which district of Shanghai zhujiazhai is.
On September 6, 1937, Japanese soldiers resting in bunkers during the Battle of Songhu.
On September 6, 1937, the Japanese artillery unit marching in the east of Shanghai during the Battle of Songhu.
On September 9, 1937, the Japanese Kou engineering troops were building bridges during the Battle of Songhu.
The road of history is full of twists and turns, and there is a lesson: "Conscientious and strong, the wind is the death"; "the prosperity is not sluggish, and strive to be strong". Only by keeping history in mind, taking history as a mirror, and being brave after knowing shame can we make our motherland prosperous and forever stand tall in the east of the world!