Eighty-eight years ago today, on July 10, 1937 (June 3, 1937), the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters decided to use large-scale troops against China. The situation when the Emperor of Japan held a cabinet meeting On July 10, 1937, the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters proposed the scale of the use of troops: (1) mobilize 15 divisions; (2) launch half of the munitions mobilization preparations; (3) the combat area is north of the Yellow River, including Shanghai according to the situation; (4) the combat period is half a year; (5) the war fee is 5.50 billion yen. On the 11th, the Japanese cabinet meeting decided that the Kwantung Army would be independently mixed into the 1st, 11th Brigade Regiment and the 10th Division of the Korean Army to quickly reinforce the Chinese garrison army; at the same time, 3 divisions and 18 squadrons from the country were quickly dispatched to North China. On the same day, the "Government Statement on Increasing Troops to North China" was issued. At the same time, Japan appointed Lieutenant General Kayono Kiyoshi, Minister of Education, to replace Lieutenant General Tanashiro, Commander of the Chinese Garrison Army. By the 16th, the Japanese army in North China had reached 5 divisions and 100,000 men. On the 17th, Tokyo held a five-phase meeting to mobilize 400,000 Japanese troops into China.