Sichuan was the first province to send troops to resist Japan during the Anti-Japanese War. After the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937, Liu Xiang, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army in Sichuan, sent a telegram on July 10 asking for a general mobilization of the whole country to fight to the death with Japan. On July 25, Liu Xiang ordered the commanders of all armies and divisions directly under his jurisdiction to return to their original defenses within 3 days and reorganize the army in accordance with the order. On 7 August, Liu Xiang went to Nanjing and made an impassioned speech at a national defense meeting for nearly two hours, saying that Sichuan could send 300,000 troops, supply 5 million Zhuangding, and supply tens of thousands of stone of grain. After the meeting, Sichuan decided to command 14 divisions to go to the anti-Japanese front.
The path of the Sichuan army to resist Japan.
In addition, Sichuan sent 2.57 million troops during the Anti-Japanese War, ranking the highest among all provinces1. At that time, one out of every five soldiers on the major battlefields in the country was a native of Sichuan, and the Sichuan soldiers made great achievements for the country. At the same time, the people of Sichuan also bear more than half of the taxes and military rations for the state.
Sichuan played a very important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. First of all, Sichuan was the rear of the War of Resistance and had an extremely important strategic position1. Second, Sichuan has provided a large amount of military and material support for the military. According to statistics, the state spent a total of 1,464 billion yuan (legal currency) during the Anti-Japanese War, and Sichuan paid about 440 billion yuan. Sichuan also produced the most grain, only from 1941 to 1945, Sichuan collected a total of 8,228 rice60,000 stone stones, accounting for 3875%, 31 percent of the total amount of rice and wheat63%。In addition, the Sichuan Anti-Japanese War Cultural Movement not only propagated the idea of unity against Japan and consolidated the anti-Japanese national united front, but also promoted the spread of anti-Japanese culture and condensed the enthusiasm of the people across the country.
In terms of military affairs, the Sichuan War of Resistance played a vital role in the Chinese nation's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and its important strategic position, detailed deployment in front of the station and powerful war supplies made Sichuan the main force of the War of Resistance and the "big rear" of the whole country. According to statistics, during the Anti-Japanese War, a total of 3.4 million Sichuan troops went out of Sichuan to resist the war, of which 6460,000 people** are missing, and the number of participants in the war is the highest in the country.
In terms of politics and culture, the Sichuan Anti-Japanese War Cultural Movement not only propagated the idea of unity to resist Japan and consolidated the anti-Japanese national united front, but also promoted the spread of the culture of the Anti-Japanese War and condensed the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country for the Anti-Japanese War. The Sichuan War of Resistance played a vital role in the Chinese nation's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and its important strategic position in military affairs, detailed deployment in front of the station, and powerful war supplies made Sichuan the main force of the War of Resistance and the "big rear" of the whole country.
In general, Sichuan played an important role in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, both in terms of military contributions and political and cultural influence, which had a profound impact on China's victory in the War of Resistance.