Lugou Bridge, also known as Lugou Bridge, is located on Yongding River in Fengtai District, about 15km southwest of Beijing. Named after crossing Lugou River (Yongding River), it is the oldest existing stone arch bridge in Beijing.

Brief Introduction of July 7th Incident (Lugouqiao Incident)

In order to occupy China, the Japanese army launched an all-out war against China. From June 65438 to June 0937, Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai held military exercises continuously. 1On the night of July 7th, 937, the Japanese army in Lugouqiao held a so-called military exercise near the military position in China without notifying the local authorities in China, claiming that a Japanese soldier was missing and asked to enter wanping county (now Lugouqiao Town) in the southwest of Beiping.

Defender China rejected this request. The Japanese army opened fire on the Lugouqiao area and attacked the defenders of China in the city. The 2nd19th Regiment of the 37th Division of China Garrison in 29 army had no choice but to fight back. This opened the prelude to the Japanese-Chinese war. Since 193 1, the Japanese army occupied the northeast of China in order to launch a full-scale war. By 1936, the puppet troops had surrounded Beiping (now Beijing) from the east, west and north.

Chinese and Japanese defenders fought fiercely in Lugouqiao, and Japan sent a large number of reinforcements to attack Tianjin and Beijing on a large scale. Tong, the deputy commander of 29 army, and Zhao, the division commander of 132, died successively. In July, Tianjin fell.

1On the night of July 7, 937, 10, the Japanese army conducted military exercises near Lugou Bridge (known as Kelpolo Bridge in the west) more than ten kilometers away from Peiping (now Beijing). The Japanese army claimed that a soldier was missing and asked to search in Wanping County near the bridge. After being rejected, he shot at Wanping County and Lugouqiao. On the morning of July 8, the Japanese army surrounded Wanping County and launched an attack on the defenders of China in Lugouqiao. China guards against the obstruction of the 29 army officers and men of the National Revolutionary Army. The platoon leader sank to the front line to direct the operation and finally died. Only four people of the company stationed in the north of Lugouqiao survived, and the others died heroically.

Time of occurrence: A.D. 1937.

Initiators: Masataka Shimizu, Ito Yimu, etc. Japanese Army: The First United Front Third Brigade of the Japanese Binjiang Brigade stationed in Fengtai.

China garrison: 29 army 37th Division of National Revolutionary Army 10 Brigade 2 19 Regiment.

Song is the commander and Tong is the deputy commander.

Teacher Feng Zhian Brigadier General Wang Zhibang

Head Ji Xingwen

Cause, background and significance

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