Written on the 90th anniversary of the September 18 Incident: Always remember history and strive to strengthen the army

The bell rang and the alarm rang again. Today is the 90th anniversary of the September 18th Incident and the 21st National Defense Education Day in my country. The coincidence of the two important days seems to warn us deeply that the lessons of blood should not be forgotten and that historical tragedies should not be repeated.
It was a national shame day. Late on the night of September 18, 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army stationed in Northeast China in accordance with the unequal treaty launched an attack on the Chinese army's Beida Camp and Shenyang City. This is the September 18 incident. Due to the non-resistance policy of the Kuomintang government, the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang were quickly lost in more than four months. In March 1932, the puppet state of Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet regime with Puyi as the "ruling", was established in Changchun, Jilin Province. At this point, the three eastern provinces became Japanese occupation. The September 18 Incident was the inevitable result of the Japanese militarists's long-term policy of aggression and expansion against China, and it was also a serious step they took to turn China into an exclusive colony.
"Day by day, return to the northeast, dawn, brilliance..." The unprecedented national disaster aroused an unprecedented national awakening, and the Communist Party of China took the lead in holding high the banner of armed resistance against Japan. In September 1931, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Declaration on the Incident of the Chinese Communist Party's Violent Occupation of the Three Eastern Provinces for Japanese Imperialism", which loudly stated: "Oppose the Japanese imperialist occupation of the Three Eastern Provinces!" The Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China instructed local party organizations to carry out the anti-Japanese struggle. The Party Central Committee sent Zhou Baozhong and Zhao Yiman to the northeast to strengthen the party organization. By the beginning of 1933, a number of anti-Japanese guerrillas under the direct leadership of the Communist Party had been established one after another and gradually became the main anti-Japanese armed forces in Northeast China. The Chinese people's resistance in the white mountains and black waters became the starting point of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and at the same time opened the prelude to the World Anti-Fascist War.
Starting with the September 18th Incident, the Chinese people fought indomitable and bloody battles. After 14 years of arduous struggle, they defeated the vicious Japanese militarist invaders and won the great victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. According to incomplete statistics, during the war, more than 3500 Chinese soldiers and civilians suffered casualties. This is the longest, largest and most sacrificed national liberation struggle of the Chinese people against foreign invasion since modern times, and it is also the first national liberation struggle to achieve complete victory. This great victory was China's first complete victory against foreign invasions in modern times. It completely shattered the Japanese militarist attempt to colonize and enslave China, re-established China's status as a major power in the world, and opened up the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Bright prospects. As the main eastern battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression made a significant contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War.
History is the best textbook and the best sober agent. The brutal and inhumane acts of aggression, heinous massacres, and barbaric and frenzied plunder and destruction of Japanese militarism have brought terrible disasters to the Chinese people and the people of Asian countries. Facts cannot be erased, nor can they be erased. Any remarks that deny the history of aggression or even beautify the war of aggression and colonial rule cannot but arouse the great indignation, severe condemnation, and high vigilance of the Chinese people and the people of Asian countries. "Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future." Keeping history in mind is not to perpetuate hatred, but to learn from history, face the future, and cherish and maintain peace with the people of all countries in the world, so that the people of all countries can enjoy peace forever.
The September 18 Incident has brought us a bloody fire: if we fall behind, we will be beaten, and only if the army is strong can the country be safe. The fate of the country and the nation is closely related to the strength of the army. Once a military defeat is fought, it will inevitably have a fatal impact on the country and bring serious disasters to the nation. "Without a strong army, there can be no strong motherland." On the new journey, to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we must coordinate development and security, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and ensure that the modernization process of national defense and the army is compatible with the modernization process of the country, and military capabilities are compatible with the country's strategic needs. Adapt. Especially at present, the world's century-old changes are accelerating the evolution of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the international landscape has a profound impact, China's security situation uncertainty instability increased. As a strong pillar for defending the red rivers and mountains and safeguarding national dignity, our army must strengthen its mission responsibility, enhance its awareness of danger, crisis, and war, and strive to promote the modernization of national defense and the army with a sense of urgency to wait for time and seize the day. We will never let the flames of war burn in our homeland, never let half an inch of the territory be lost, and never let the national development process be interrupted.
To go into history is to go into the future. "Worry comes before things, so you can have no worries. When things come, worry about them, but there is no help." We mournfully commemorate the 90th anniversary of the September 18th Incident. It is to carry out in-depth national defense education, remember the history of the War of Resistance, carry forward the spirit of the War of Resistance, be determined to strengthen the army and rejuvenate the army, and continue to open up a new era of strengthening the army, with stronger capabilities and more reliable The means to defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests. The whole army must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army, enhance the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidence", achieve the "two safeguards", and implement the system of the Chairman of the Military Commission., Adhere to political building, reform and strengthen the army, strengthen the army through science and technology, strengthen the army with talents, and govern the army according to prepare for war, we will make unremitting efforts to achieve the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era and to build the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way.

Source: Liberation Army Daily