193 1 Since the September 18th Incident, the Japanese invaders invaded the northeast of China, and in order to further provoke a full-scale war of aggression against China, they successively sent troops into the customs. By 1936, the Japanese army had surrounded Beiping (now Beijing) from the east, west and north. From June 65438 to June 0937, the Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai held provocative military exercises continuously. 1937, Japanese troops stationed in China launched the July 7th Incident (also known as the Lugouqiao Incident).
After the July 7th Incident, Japan mobilized all its military forces and began an all-round invasion of China. The Japanese resistance at Lugouqiao opened the prelude to the Sino-Japanese War.