Self-report of coal mine photographer

Shanghai is the largest city in China, with developed industries and bustling streets. After the July 7th Incident, the Japanese aggressor troops launched the August 13th Incident in Shanghai to expand the war of aggression against China. The Japanese army has mobilized 200,000 troops to attack Shanghai, and at the same time dispatched 100 planes to repeatedly carry out destructive bombing of Shanghai.

On the afternoon of August 1937, Japanese planes bombed Shanghai. Bombs landed on Nanjing Road on the Bund, and Huamao Hotel and Zhonghui Hotel were destroyed. Nanjing Road is a mess. In the ruins of the bombed building, the injured were pressed to the ground and groaned in pain. The bomber was bloody and mutilated. A few minutes later, the intersection of Yuqiliao Road and Aiduoya Road was also bombed. This area is also one of the downtown areas in Shanghai, and there are many refugees on both sides of the road. The bomb fell here, and most of the houses nearby were destroyed or collapsed. More than 20 cars parked on the roadside all caught fire, and the cables were blown off and fell to the ground, causing a fire, which made the disaster even more tragic. The victim's mutilated limbs were scattered everywhere, and the streets were covered with blood.

The bombing killed 65,438+0,742 innocent civilians, injured 65,438+0,873 people, and destroyed and burned houses and property were incalculable.

At noon on August 23rd, 1937, Japanese planes bombed Nanjing Road and Zhejiang Road. Shixian company was bombed, the wires were broken and many places caught fire. 2 15 people were killed, and a young mother was lying in a pool of blood, leaving only two bloody feet in her arms. In addition, more than 570 people were killed.

At 2 pm on August 28th of the same year, Japanese planes bombed Hainan Railway Station crazily. There are two stations in Shanghai, North Station and South Station. After "August 13th", the North Station was in a war zone, and the traffic was completely cut off. The South Station became the only exit for land traffic. At that time, refugees from Shanghai and its vicinity flocked to flee, and the South Station was crowded. The first batch of four Japanese planes bombed the South Station, killing more than 500 refugees. Soon, eight Japanese planes flew over the South Station and dropped bombs, killing more than 200 people. The overpass, platform and tracks of the station were blown to powder, and the ground was covered with charred and mutilated bodies. There are bodies scattered on the platform, and there are lead skins and boards on it. Many women who were killed in the square clung to their headless and limbless children. Molotov cocktails thrown by Japanese planes ignited the Waijieqi and Zhengjiaqiao outside the station. At that time, there was thick smoke and crying, which was terrible and terrible. Shanghai South Railway Station is far from the crossfire zone, and there are no military facilities at all. China's army bombed the South Railway Station, which was a planned brutal massacre.

On September 18, Japanese planes bombed Yangshupu and other places in the east of Shanghai, dropping several incendiary bombs, which covered the fire in factories and residential areas in this area and caused heavy losses. At 8 o'clock in the morning, the factory building of Yihe Cotton Mill was shot, and the beater immediately caught fire. Then, the office buildings on East Broadway Road and Fair Road were shot and the fire spread rapidly. In addition, industrial areas and residential areas, such as Zhaofeng Road Warehouse, a residential area east of Broadway Road, and Peilin Foreign Egg Factory, caught fire and burned to scorched earth.

Under the indiscriminate bombing of Japanese planes day and night, Shanghai was seriously damaged. Only 92 cultural and educational institutions and schools were attacked by Japanese planes (some of them were bombed and shelled), and 75% of them were completely destroyed. Many medical and health institutions were also bombed. For example, on August 18 and August 19, the Japanese bombed Zhiru Southeast Medical College and the Third Rescue Team of Nanxiang Red Cross successively.

Regarding the destruction of Shanghai by bombing, it is clear at a glance to quote the report of Shanghai Miller Review Weekly on March 1938: "At least 65,438+10,000 shops were destroyed, including the owner's residence and property. These shops were either burned, blown up or destroyed or robbed. If we drive past Hongkou, Yangshupu, Zhabei and Heather, but see the streets on both sides, they are in ruins and often extend for miles. 1932 After the Battle of Songhu, the area about one mile wide and two miles long was seriously damaged. This time, it is not surprising that there are often no tiles left in the area over three kilometers. In many places, the destruction is simply unimaginable.