1937 Japanese bombing of Shanghai railway station (data)

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 in Shanghai, the Japanese army successively dispatched 100 planes to bomb the downtown area of Shanghai, turning a large area of bustling blocks into broken walls, and countless people were displaced and became refugees.

As Shanghai North Railway Station was plunged into war, South Railway Station became the main channel on land. Chinese and foreign charitable organizations have been helping and repatriating refugees for days, with thousands of people every day. The station was crowded with refugees inside and outside.

On August 28th, 1937, the Japanese army claimed that it would bomb this area, because the Japanese army had gathered in heather. At 2 pm 10, six bombers flew over the south station under the guidance of two reconnaissance planes. Jiangxi Guild Hall is repatriating a large number of Jiangxi refugees, and other refugees are also flocking. About 65,438+0,800 people were waiting at the South Station, including many women and children. The plane kept diving and bombing, dropping more than 20 bombs, immediately killing more than 250 refugees, injuring more than 500 people and destroying the Shanghai-Hangzhou railway transportation hub. Shanghai's Li Bao recorded: "The station building, overpass, water tower and garage were blown up on the spot, and all the refugees waiting at the platform were in trouble, killing 600 to 700 people. The deceased was lying on the ground, the injured were sideways, the heads of the residual limbs were everywhere, and the blood was flowing ... The scene was terrible. "

After the incident, the overwhelming attack of international public opinion made the Japanese side at a loss. The south station is far from the crossfire zone and there are no military facilities. The reporter of Zilin Happy News patrolled the streets and lanes of Heather and confirmed that there were no China soldiers. The Japanese military argued that it was a "mistaken bombing", claiming that the pilots mistakenly regarded the railway station warehouse as an arsenal and the waiting refugees as mobilized troops. In fact, the repatriation of refugees from the South Station has long been well known, and the Japanese army knows the situation around the South Station like the back of its hand. The so-called "accidental bombing" can only be said to be shattered glass. The argumentative Japanese claimed that these photos were forged by Wang Xiaoting for anti-Japanese propaganda.

The bombing caused 65,438+0,742 innocent civilians to die, 65,438+0,873 people to be injured, and the houses and property destroyed and burned 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 damage is almost indescribable. Many small shops and houses near Lianglu government were blown up.