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Apocalypse World War 2: Marcopolo Bridge Incident, the Beginning of the Great War between China and Japan Starting from a Trivial Incident!
After the 1931 Mukden incident which ended in fighting between the two great powers in East Asia, relations between China and Japan continued to be in a state of tension and Japan's aggressive movement by establishing the puppet state of Manchukuo was responded to by neighboring countries with great concern.
So disturbing were the actions of the army from the country led by Emperor Hirohito that it even made the two most powerful organizations in China, namely communists and nationalists, finally decide to unite by forming the United Front to repel the aggressiveness of Japanese forces and their alliances.
If the Mukden incident was the beginning of several events leading to the second Sino-Japanese war, then the incident that became the climax of the war was on July 7 1937 when the Lugou or Marcopolo bridge incident occurred near the city of Beijing. Just as in the previous incident, this incident began with the arrogant attitude of Japanese subordinate soldiers who insisted on entering the small town of Wanping, but the strong response from the Chinese garrison guards on duty immediately opened fire on the soldiers who entered China's sovereign territory.
In the incident on the bridge that is the only link between Beiping and Nanjing, there is also a version that says that it was actually just a war exercise for the Japanese army on the evening of July 6 at around 23.00 as they usually do in that area, but was responded with panic by the Chinese garrison in Wanping who thought that they had been attacked.
The first shot from the Chinese soldiers was immediately returned by Japanese soldiers until the atmosphere in the place became chaotic which resulted in one Japanese soldier named Shimura Kujiro going missing. The Japanese commander asked permission to look for the soldier in Wanping city but was refused on the grounds that the Chinese could look for the soldier themselves and would be handed over if they were found later.
In fact, the Japanese commander also agreed to the agreement, but the arrogance of the Japanese infantry troops who continued to force their way into the city was finally rewarded by a series of events to drive them out. That night, 4 Japanese army machine gun companies were ready to attack the city of Wanping, which was also alerted by Colonel Ji
Japanese tanks and armored vehicles followed by infantry broke into the Marcopolo bridge, the battle lasted for 2 days and control of the bridge changed hands several times but ended on July 9 under the control of the Japanese imperial army.
Then there was a ceasefire for several days but again the arrogance of Japanese military officers damaged the negotiations politically. In this case, general Masakazu Kawabe ordered 1 Korean Chosenggun division, 2 Kwantung brigades and an air force regiment to attack the city of Wanping, which marked the start of the second Sino-Japanese war.
The story of the biggest war in Asia apparently started with a very trivial incident, bro n sist, about a Japanese soldier named Shimura Kujiro, whose story ended in his death in battle in Burma against Great Britain's army. It started with him getting a stomach ache during group training, until he forced the soldier to flee into the bushes, which ultimately led to the second Sino-Japanese war which caused millions of lives to be lost in vain.
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