The reason given by many people is simple-respect for history. However, we should also see that in the past few decades of anti-Japanese war, the definition of "eight-year anti-Japanese war", whether it was the Kuomintang and the Communist Party then or the two sides of the strait now, has been widely recognized and has become a historical conclusion. If we tell you now that the Anti-Japanese War lasted 14 years instead of 8 years, doesn't that mean that everything from the country to the people was wrong in the previous decades? When did the central government change its attitude?
Because we can't get internal information, we can only look for clues from public information. So I deliberately found out the 50, 60 and 70 years of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and made three public speeches. A little comparison can clearly find the context of change.
In the 50-year speech of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he clearly wrote, "Eight years in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression"; In the speech on the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the words "eight years" or "fourteen years" did not appear, but two contradictory sentences appeared: "1July 7, 937, marked by the Japanese shelling of Wanping County and the sneak attack on Lugou Bridge, Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China." 193 1 September 18th Incident is the starting point of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China. In the speech of 70 years after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it was clearly written that "the people of China struggled for 14 years". It can be clearly seen that the attitude of the central government on this issue has changed.
History is never simple, and every revision serves politics, and this time is no exception. Although there are many factors in this revision, the editor believes that the key factor is the "orthodox debate."
In the past, when the two sides talked about the history of the Anti-Japanese War, there was always a hurdle that could not be bypassed. Who led War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression? Although he has always claimed to be the mainstay of the anti-Japanese war and the founder of the national United front. However, during the eight-year anti-Japanese war, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army of the Communist Party of China were subordinate to the National Revolutionary Army and under the command of the National Government. It was bald men who led the people of China to victory in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In these eight years, most of the major battles were fought by the national army on the frontal battlefield, and the achievements of the national army on the frontal battlefield cannot be denigrated. As for the "achievements" in the battlefield behind enemy lines, not to mention.
However, if we push forward the start time of the Anti-Japanese War to the September 18th Incident, everything will be different. Immediately after the September 18th Incident, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made the Resolution on the Japanese Imperialist Occupation of Manchuria Incident, which was in sharp contrast with the national government's non-resistance. After that, the Northeast Anti-Union Movement, the "December 29th" Movement, the National Salvation Movement and even the Xi incident can be written in great detail.
The September 18th Incident, in which the Anti-Japanese War advanced to 193 1 year, was six years earlier than the July 7th full-scale anti-Japanese war announced by the National Government. Don't underestimate these six years. It is these six years that the anti-Japanese led by * * * has legitimacy and can seize the right to speak in the history of the anti-Japanese war.