Chapter 33 Speech at the Commemoration of the Thirteenth Anniversary of the Death of Sun Yat-sen and the Memorial of the Fallen War Soldiers in the War Against the Enemy

(March 12, 1938) Today is the thirteenth anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death. We hold such a solemn commemorative meeting.At the same time, the Anti-Japanese War has been fought for eight months, and many heroic soldiers have died. We hold such a painful memorial meeting.These are not random or accidental, and have inevitable reasons for the development of our nation's history. What is the greatness of Mr. Sun? It lies in his Three People's Principles, the policy of the united front, and the spirit of hard work.When I met with Mr. Sun in Guangdong, the first National Congress of the Kuomintang was being held. The new program of the Three People's Principles written by Mr. Sun had already been passed at the meeting, which was the famous "Manifesto of the First National Congress of the Chinese Kuomintang ".At this time, the united front policy based on the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began to be implemented. This united front included uniting the Communist Party and workers and peasants internally, and uniting externally to treat our nation as an equal, and to work together. The famous "Three Major Policies", namely established at this time.Mr. Sun's Three People's Principles and the United Front Policy are in fact the greatest contribution of a great revolutionary in a semi-colonial country to the Chinese nation.Not only that, Mr. Sun's greatness lies in his hard work, perseverance, and persistent revolutionary perseverance and revolutionary spirit. Without this perseverance and spirit, his doctrines and policies cannot be realized.As the opening sentence of the "Prime Minister's Will" I just read said: "I have devoted myself to the national revolution for forty years." ,make persistent efforts.In the face of difficulties and temptations, many followers showed discouragement and even surrendered and rebelled, Mr. Sun was always firm.Mr. Sun insists on his doctrine.Throughout his life, his Three People's Principles were only developed but not discarded.When Mr. Sun never abandoned his doctrines, he always adhered to the Three People's Principles and developed the Three People's Principles. The Declaration of the First Congress showed the development of the Three People's Principles.The same is true for the united front. Mr. Sun not only insisted on but also developed the united front, from uniting various revolutionary factions participating parties in order to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, to uniting Soviet Russia, uniting the Communist Party and uniting the Communist Party in order to overthrow imperialism and feudal forces. A new policy for workers and peasants.All of these, combined with his revolutionary perseverance or revolutionary practice spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and setbacks, persevering, and making persistent efforts, represent Mr. Sun's great revolutionary model.Today we have another united front, and this united front is broader than in the past, and the enemies that this united front has to deal with are also more serious than in the past.The program that this united front should carry out is basically still what was stated in the Declaration of the First Congress, but there have been some developments in form and content, and there will definitely be further developments in the future.In order to implement the Three People's Principles, expand the united front, and defeat our enemy, Japanese imperialism, we must carry forward the revolutionary spirit of hard work, unwavering, and uncompromising through revolutionary practice.Therefore, when we commemorate Mr. Sun, if we do not follow the story, we must pay attention to the following three items: first, strive for the complete realization of the Three People's Principles; second, strive for the consolidation and expansion of the anti-Japanese national united front; third , Carry forward the revolutionary spirit of hard work, perseverance, and persistent efforts.I think these three items are the most central, essential and greatest legacy left to us by Mr. Sun. All Kuomintang members, all Communist Party members, and all patriotic compatriots should accept this legacy and carry it forward.To judge whether a person is a loyal believer of Mr. Sun depends on his attitude towards these three precious heritages.

Now let's talk about the significance of mourning the fallen soldiers who fought against the enemy.Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a major war unprecedented in Eastern history has been fought for eight months.The enemy is fighting with all the strength of the whole country, the goal is to destroy China, and the strategy is to make a quick decision.What about us? We are also pouring all the strength of the whole country to resist, the goal is to defend the motherland, and the strategy is persistent struggle.In the past eight months, both land and air have fought heroically, and the country has achieved great unity. Millions of troops and countless people have joined the front line of fire, and hundreds of thousands of them are honorably carrying out their sacred missions. sacrificed heroically.Many of these people are members of the Kuomintang, many are Communists, and many are people from other parties and people without party affiliation.We sincerely mourn these dead and express our memory of them forever. From Hao Menglin, Tong Linge, Zhao Dengyu, Rao Guohua, Liu Jiaqi, Jiang Yuzhen, Chen Jinxiu, Li Guidan, Huang Meixing, Yao Zixiang, and Pan Zhankui to every soldier, they all gave the whole Chinese people a noble Great model.The Chinese nation is by no means a flock of sheep, but a great nation full of national self-esteem and human justice. For the sake of national self-esteem and human justice, and for the Chinese people to live on their own land, we will never let the Japanese fascists die without paying a heavy price. to achieve its unscrupulous purpose.Our method is war and sacrifice, war against war, revolutionary justice against barbaric war of aggression.This spirit has been proved by our nation's thousands of years of history, and now there is another great proof. General Hao Menglin and hundreds of thousands of people died for this.Judging that the Japanese fascists still have to move forward, they still want to attack our Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Changsha and Guangzhou, and they want to swallow the whole of China.But I want to tell those crazy enemies that your goals will definitely not be achieved.Don't think that if you occupy our place, your goal will be achieved, and if it is not achieved, it will not be achieved.The victory of your Japanese fascists will only be temporary, not permanent. There are sufficient reasons to prove that the final victory will only belong to our side.Moreover, at the end of the war, you will only be able to occupy a part of our territory, and it is impossible to occupy the whole country.Even if you win a quick battle in a city, you will also need to win a protracted war in the countryside. For example, you have already occupied several major roads and cities in Shanxi, but the villages that are several times the area you occupy will always be the Republic of China. of.We want to tell our compatriots all over the country the truth that Japan can only partially occupy almost any province. Japan’s military strength is not enough to distribute, and its barbaric policy has angered every Chinese. China has a vast army and people. China also implements a good policy of the united front, which determines the protracted war and which side will win in the end.The future situation, the result of the bloody battle between the two sides, even if Japan occupies most of China, China will only be left with a complete small half as the central base to continue the war of resistance and win the final victory, but in that half, Japan can still only occupy most of it As long as we can organize the majority of the people in the villages in each province to fight Japan in unison and establish many anti-Japanese base areas, such as the Wutaishan base area that has been established now, we will surround them the Japanese army.Our war on the outside line is coordinated with the war on the inside line, and we have worked hard from all sides to make great progress in the implementation of various important tasks of the party, government, military and civilians throughout our country. At that time, the counter-offensive will definitely be coordinated with the assistance of the world revolution and the assistance of the people's revolution in Japan. Who can say that the final victory is not China's? Who can say that the blood of General Hao Menglin and others was in vain? The Japanese bandits were driven out. Who in China can say that it is not inevitable? Who can say that Dr. Sun Yat-sen's three ideals of national liberation, civil rights and freedom, and people's livelihood and happiness will not be realized in China? We want all Chinese people to have this clear understanding and firm belief. Faith, we all know the best policy for a protracted war. Under the leadership of the central government and Generalissimo Chiang, in this war, we must be of one mind to get rid of the chains of subjugated slaves or the threat of subjugated slaves.

At this meeting, we would like to pay tribute to all the soldiers who are fighting on the front line, because they are all fighting heroically for the final victory.We would like to pay tribute to the families of all the anti-Japanese soldiers, especially the families of the martyrs who died, because such anti-Japanese soldiers who fought for the country and were not afraid of sacrifice came out of their families.We would also like to pay tribute to all the staff and leaders at all levels who worked hard in the rear and all walks of life to engage in the work of the War of Resistance, because their work directly or indirectly guided or helped the War of Resistance.

According to the "New China News" published on March 15, 1938.