What is the reason why Japan bombed Shanghai South Railway Station?

Seven in 937? After the July 7th Incident, Japan made trouble in Shanghai in order to implement its full-scale invasion of China. At 5: 30 pm on August 9th, Captain Yukio Dashan, a member of the Japanese Marine Corps, and a soldier broke into Shanghai Hongqiao Airport armed to the teeth, provoked and shot at the airport security personnel, who were killed by our airport security personnel. This incident provided an excuse for Japan to attack Shanghai. 12 in August, the Japanese cabinet meeting decided to launch a military attack. The next morning, the Japanese navy in Shanghai took the lead in attacking the defenders of China in Shanghai after learning the domestic news. Eight? The 13th Battle of Two battles in Shanghai, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression kicked off. Since then, China and Japan have continuously sent troops, and the total number of assembled troops has exceeded one million. Among them, Japan invested in land, sea and air force 10 divisions, totaling nearly 300,000 people; China mobilized 47 divisions and about 700,000 people participated in the war.

The battle between Songhu and Shanghai is mainly divided into three stages. The first stage was August 13-22, and the China army repelled the Japanese attack. The second stage is August 23rd-65438+1October 25th, when Japanese reinforcements arrived in Shanghai, relying on their land, sea and air superiority, they changed from defensive to offensive. The third stage is 65438+1October 26th-165438+1October 12. The Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay, which surrounded Songhu Lake, and the situation took a turn for the worse:165438+1on October 8th, the China army retreated across the board,165438+1October 65448.

The Battle of Songhu was the first large-scale battle between China and Japan in the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The battle lasted for three months and killed more than 40 thousand enemies. Although it failed to hold Shanghai in the end, it broke the Japanese dream of destroying China in three months.

Shooting Story: This photo records the tragic scene after the Japanese bombed Shanghai South Railway Station during the Battle of Songhu.

During the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese used 100 planes to bomb Shanghai in order to destroy the fighting will of our army and people. At that time, there were two railway stations in Shanghai. 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. On August 28th, 1937, the South Station was bombed twice by the Japanese. At that time, the South Station was crowded with people who wanted to evacuate to the mainland, about 1800 people, most of whom were women and children. At about 2 pm, four Japanese planes flew over the South Station for bombing, killing more than 500 people on the spot. Soon, eight Japanese planes dropped bombs, killing more than 200 people. After the bombing, the station was in ruins, and bodies were everywhere, which was terrible. Wang Xiaoting, a photographer from Hearst News Agency in China, witnessed the tragedy and took this sad photo. Two weeks later, the photo appeared on the cover of American Life magazine, which immediately aroused strong international response. It is estimated that1360,000 people in the world saw the photos at that time. Because Shanghai South Railway Station is far away from the war zone and has no military facilities, international public opinion has condemned Japan's crimes of bombing cities and killing innocent civilians. Faced with the pressure of international public opinion, the Japanese fascists tried their best to deny it in the war, falsely claiming that the pilots at that time mistakenly thought that the platform was a mobilized China army, and there was a so-called "mistaken bombing".