Major General Marcus Ho generously provided the special report below in both Chinese and English:
Spirit of a Ethnic
我在網上看到了一個非常好的文章:
網友尚昆:
"七十年前的兩十六年(1937)，日本人決定開戰，因為他們認為自己不可能輸，當時的日本比中國有錢，士兵比中國精銳，武器比中國先進，他們有三菱重工，有零式戰鬥機，有航空母艦，而中國內地四處是軍閥混戰，黑社會橫行，老百姓大多不認字，還怕死，重工業基本沒有，飛機能數得出來，幾條破船在長江裏晃來晃去，且人心惶惶，一盤散沙。所以他們告訴全世界，滅亡中國，三個月足矣。於是他們打了進來，於是他們打了八年，於是他們輸掉了戰爭。因為他們不懂中國人。日本人打進來之後才發覺，僅僅一夜之間，所有的一切都變了，軍閥可以眾志成城，黑社會也可以潔身自好，文盲不識字，卻也寧死不做漢奸，怕死的老百姓，有時候也可以不怕死。日本人不懂，所以他
們失敗了，以前如此，現在如此，將來依然如此。"
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這讓我想起"英烈千秋"的日本軍官一句話:
'兒童時代，小學教師時常拿一個東北的蘋果給我們看，叫我們長大
了以後到中國吃蘋果。現在，他們都吃到，這個蘋果太苦了。"
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當日本人發動戰爭前,他們忘記了一件事,民族的精神。也許，中國人有許多缺點,但我們可以征服無數困難,無數強敵。希望大家勿忘國史!!
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I saw a very good essay on the Internet recently:
"72 years ago, 26th year of the Republic (1937), the Japanese decided to launch the war, because they thought they were unbeatable, at that time Japan had more money than China, they got better soldiers, better weapons, they had Mitsubishi Industries, Zero fighters, aircraft carriers, but China what they got, were warlords, Triad everywhere, many people could not even read, and they afraid to die, basely China did not have any heavy industries, you could easily count how many planes they got. Few broken ships flowed on Yangtze River, everyone were panic, very weak, that was why the Japanese told the world, to destroy the entire China, only need three months. So that they came in, so that they fought the war for 8 years, and so that they lost the war. Because they did not know the Chinese well, when they came inside China, just one night, they found that everything changed. Warlords could join together to fight war, Triad could be the good guys, Illiteracy did not know a single word, but they did know not to be a traitor, people who afraid of death, sometime they could not afraid of death. Japanese they did not understand, so that they failed, they were, they are and they will."
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This remind me a scene from Taiwanese movie " The Everlasting Glory"
Japanese Officer said to General Cheung: When I was child, the Primary school teacher always held an apple from North East China and told us, " Go to China to eat apple when you grow up." Now they (pointed at dead Japanese soldiers) all tried that apple, it was too bitter.
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When the Japanese started the war, they forgot one thing, the Spirit of a Ethnic. Maybe Chinese has some shortcoming, but we can overcome all the difficulties, all the strong enemies. I hope everyone, Never forget the history!!
