Today, I saw a netizen asking: "What year was the 128 incident?"The answer is: January 28, 1932.
In detail, after Japan invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces, it soon launched a war of aggression in Shanghai in order to divert international attention from the issue of northeast China, force the Kuomintang authorities to recognize the fait accompli of its occupation of northeast China, and turn Shanghai into a new base for its invasion of Chinese mainland. The Japanese army created a series of events as a pretext in advance, and then launched an attack on the Zhabei District of Shanghai on the night of January 28, 1932 (known as the 128 Incident). The 19th Route Army led by Cai Tingkai and Jiang Guangnai put up a heroic resistance.
After the 128 Incident, Chiang Kai-shek ordered He Yingqin to contact Japan about the armistice. Japan attempted to force China to recognize the Songhu Special Administrative Region while recognizing the puppet state of Manchukuo and placing it directly under Japanese control. The Chinese side did not accept it. Negotiations stalled due to disagreements between the parties. At the same time, the 19th Route Army and the reinforced Fifth Route Army formed the Shanghai Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, led by Jiang Guangnai and Zhang Zhizhong, to continue to resist the Japanese army. Peasants, workers, students, and citizens in the suburbs of Shanghai formed volunteers and brave death squads to snipe at the enemy from their trenches and positions, disrupt enemy communications, strike at small groups of enemies, and deal heavy blows to the invaders. By March 2, the Japanese army had suffered heavy losses and the war situation was unfavorable, and accepted the armistice request from the envoys of 10 countries, including Britain, the United States, France, Italy, and Germany. On May 5, the two countries signed the Songhu Armistice Agreement.
However, the "Songhu Armistice Agreement" was still unfair to the Chinese side, and China actually recognized that Japanese troops could stay in Wusong, Zhabei, Jiangwan and other places for a long time, but the squadron could not be stationed around Shanghai. It left a hidden danger for the next invasion of the Japanese army.
Of course, on the whole, the 128 Song Shanghai War of Resistance showed the courage of the Chinese people and the strength to persist in the War of Resistance. This campaign raised China's status in the international community, aroused the patriotism and national pride of the Chinese people, and prompted the international community to criticize and resist Japan's aggression.