94 years ago today, on September 18th, 1931 (August 7th, 1931 in the lunar calendar), the "918" Incident: Japan invaded Northeast China. Japanese armored vehicles invaded Shenyang In 1931, Japan invaded Northeast China. On September 18, 1931 (the 88th anniversary now), the Japanese Kwantung Army created the "Wicker Lake Incident" and launched an armed attack on Northeast China. Liutiao Lake is located 2.5 kilometers north of the inner city of Shenyang, between Shenyang Station and Wenguantun Station. There are two reasons why the Kwantung Army chose this place as the blasting site: First, it is relatively remote and easy to act; Second, it is close to the Northern Camp of the Northeast Army, which makes it easy to falsely accuse the Chinese army of sabotage and also conducive to attacks. At 22: 20 on the 18th, explosives were ignited, and a loud noise shook the sky and blew up a section of track. With the explosion as a signal, the heavily armed Japanese army, which had already been prepared, attacked the intended target, while the Japanese artillery near Shenyang Station bombarded the North Camp violently. At 23:46, Hanagu was sending the first telegram to the Kwantung Army Command in Lushun in the name of Doihara, falsely claiming that the Chinese army destroyed the railway on the west side of Beidaying in the north of Shenyang and attacked the Japanese garrison. The Japanese and Chinese armies were in conflict. After receiving the telegram, Kwantung Army Commander Honzhuang Shigeru, Chief of Staff Mitsuji Miyake, Staff Officer Ishihara Guaner and others urgently studied countermeasures, and agreed that this was an "excellent opportunity" to resort to force. Zhuang Fan immediately decided to quickly concentrate the main force in Shenyang according to the predetermined plan, pre-emptively "punish" the Chinese army and occupy the three northeastern provinces. Between 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. on the 19th, Honzhuang Shigeru ordered the Kwantung Army: the Second Division stationed in Liaoyang and the First and Fifth Battalions of the Independent Garrison stationed in Gongzhuling quickly headed to Shenyang to attack the Chinese army there; The Third Infantry Brigade stationed in Changchun is preparing to attack Changchun. At the same time, he also asked for help from the Japanese troops stationed in Korea. Finally, Honjo Shigeru officially reported his orders and the battle situation to the military headquarters. In order to facilitate command, at 3: 30 a.m. on the 19th, Honzhuang Shigeru led the Kwantung Army Headquarters to Shenyang. On the night of September 18th, when the September 18th Incident broke out, the Japanese garrison in Shenyang only consisted of the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Garrison and the 29th Regiment of the 2nd Division, with only a few thousand troops. After the Wicker Lake incident, the Japanese army sent more troops to Shenyang overnight. The troops stationed in Tieling arrived in Shenyang at 4 a.m. on the 19th, and cooperated with the 2nd Battalion to occupy Beida Camp at 5:30. At the same time, the troops and division commander of the Second Division stationed in Haicheng and Liaoyang also arrived in Shenyang at 5 a.m. on the 19th, acted together with the 29th Regiment originally stationed in Shenyang, and occupied the inner city of Shenyang at 6: 30. Then the division took joint action with the independent garrison and attacked the Dongdaying, 10 kilometers away from Shenyang. The Japanese army attacked the north and south, and the Northeast Army and the students of the lecture hall retreated without a fight. At about 12 o'clock noon, the Japanese army occupied the second largest battalion of the Northeast Army. As the vast majority of troops of the Northeast Army carried out Chiang Kai-shek's "no resistance" order, the Japanese invading army easily occupied Shenyang City overnight. The Northeast Border Guard Chief's Office, the Liaoning Provincial Government, the arsenal, the airport, all important military and political organs, and the official banks of the three northeastern provinces were occupied, and all military police stationed in the provincial capital were disarmed. Shenyang Arsenal alone lost 150,000 rifles, 60,000 pistols and heavy artillery. There were 250 field artillery pieces, more than 3 million rounds of various bullets, 100,000 rounds of artillery shells, and 300 aircraft accumulated in the aviation departments of the three northeastern provinces were all plundered by the Japanese army; Its only vault deposited 70 million yuan in cash, which was also looted. On the night of September 18, the Kwantung Army launched a full-scale offensive along the South Manchuria Railway. On the 19th, the Japanese army captured important towns Yingkou, Tianzhuangtai, Gaiping, Fuxian, Dashiqiao, Haicheng, Liaoyang, Anshan, Tieling, Kaiyuan, Changtu, Siping Street, Gongzhuling, Andong, Phoenix City, Benxi, Fushun, Goubangzi and other places along the Nanman and Anfeng railways. At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, the Japanese army launched a general attack on Changchun, and the Chinese defenders rose up to resist. Later, they retreated angrily under the order of Xiqia, chief of staff of Jilin Military Administration, "No need to resist". At about 22 o'clock that day, Changchun fell. Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang handed over the enemy's great rivers and mountains in the northeast to fall instantly. On September 6th, Zhang Xueliang ordered Wang Yizhe, the brigade commander of Beida Camp in Shenyang: "Sino-Japanese relations are now very serious, and our army must be extremely cautious when getting along with the Japanese army. No matter how provoked, we should be patient, no conflict, so as to avoid trouble." On the same day, Zang Shiyi and Rong Zhen said, "For the Japanese, no matter how they look for trouble. Zhang Xueliang said, "Jiang instructed not to resist for the time being, but to do it when you are ready, and everything should be solved diplomatically in advance;... In case of trouble, we should give in, avoid conflicts militarily, and adopt the policy of delaying diplomatically." According to this policy, Wang Yizhe decided to take the countermeasure of "making limited concessions without provocation" for the Japanese attack. "As a last resort, the whole army retreated to the vicinity of Cheshan Zuizi to assemble and wait for action". In this way, the doctrine of non-resistance has been issued from the central government to the local government, and it has been thoroughly implemented. As a result, a large area of land easily fell into the hands of the enemy. In his diary, Senjiro Kamiya, manager of Manchuria Railway's civil construction company, boasted that the Japanese invaders attacked "the war of Beitai (Da) Camp, which set a record for world wars. The enemy had 12,000 troops, while the Kwantung Army used 650 troops, that is, 1/20 of the troops and fought for 7 hours, captured it." The fall of Shenyang was not captured by the Japanese army, but basically came in through an open door. When the Japanese army attacked Beidaying, the city gate of Shenyang was wide open. Rong Zhen and Zang Shiyi discussed how to deal with it, thinking that the Japanese consulate had already said that the Japanese army would not enter the city. "If it enters the city, we will close the city gate, and the Japanese army can also destroy it by shelling, so it's better to open the city and listen to it." Sure enough. Without firing a shot, the Japanese army entered the city through the open gate. After the commemoration of the September 18th Incident broke out, Chiang Kai-shek still refused to resist. Zhang Xueliang, who lives in Beiping, called Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing more than a dozen times overnight for instructions, but none of them were allowed to resist. Jiang instructed Zhang Xueliang: "The Japanese army's move is just an ordinary and provocative nature. In order to avoid the expansion of the incident, it absolutely embraces non-resistance." Under this policy of non-resistance, it surrendered to the enemy, and the great rivers and mountains in Northeast China fell to the enemy.