How many Japanese did China lose during the Anti-Japanese War?

How many people did the Japanese lose in China in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression? How much land did the Japanese occupy in China in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression?

Japanese military aggression against China is an extremely cruel act. From the deliberate September 18th Incident in 193 1 until Zhang Xueliang abandoned the three northeastern provinces, which led to the "fall of the Northeast", Japanese aggression against China became more and more intense. During the period of 14, the people of China suffered greatly. When many people pay attention to Japanese atrocities and the huge losses they caused, they often ignore that Japan plundered a lot of wealth from China for "self-sufficiency in war".

According to the data, during the period of 14 in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army only seized more than 2 1000 tons of gold from the Kuomintang. According to the current market price per kilogram of 300 yuan, a ton of gold is worth 3 billion, so what does 2. 1 10,000 tons mean? Needless to say, the Japanese army also took away gold and silver ornaments, gold bars, gold bowls and so on. Gold mined from people and from metal mines. In addition, the Japanese army also seized 20,000 tons of silver, 2.5 million taels of silver and 500 tons of diamonds.

After the Japanese army occupied the three northeastern provinces, in order to consolidate the political power, Puyi was invited to establish the puppet regime "Manchukuo". Under the rule of Puppet Manchukuo, people were forced to use the Puppet Manchukuo currency printed by the Puppet Manchukuo Central Bank. The Japanese invaders set up a fake Mongolian border bank in Zhangjiakou, printed so-called "fake Mongolian vouchers" and forced people to use them.

1937 After the full-scale invasion of China, half the territory of China fell. In order to plunder China's wealth quickly and efficiently, the Japanese set up the Reserve Bank of China in Beiping, the Central Bank in Shanghai, and issued Huaxing coupons, forcing the rich in China to buy them.

Undoubtedly, the purpose of issuing such war bonds is to "control China with China" and use China people's money to fight against China. Not only did Japan take advantage of its financial advantages, but it also blatantly violated international law by trafficking and selling opium in the occupied areas to weaken China. The fake Mongolian bank alone earned more than 400 million yen.

Then, with the fall of the main granaries in China, such as the Northeast and the Central Plains, the Japanese invaders plundered the people of China on a large scale, forcing them to pay a large amount of food to Japan every year. According to statistics, during the Japanese occupation of China, 30 million tons of grain were transported from China to Japan and the Pacific Ocean, and 50 million tons of grain were consumed by the Japanese puppet troops in China.

In addition, Japan is small, densely populated and lacking in resources. After the occupation of China, it is often necessary to exploit and collect a lot of resources in order to bring them back to China for storage or processing. 14 During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, China's mineral resources were exploited in large quantities, including coal, oil and other metals, which were almost plundered by the Japanese army. According to statistics, Japan hijacked 640 million tons of coal, 70,000 cubic meters of forest, 200 million tons of rare earth, and 5 billion tons of copper, some of which were used for Japan's war preparedness and then transported to Japan's front line for aggression and expansion.

Of course, the Japanese will also grab some machinery and other materials. After the fall of Jiangnan, the Japanese army only acquired a large number of production equipment and undamaged process equipment from yarn mills, iron works and shipyards in Wuxi, and all of them were seized and transported to Japan, which promoted the development of related industries in Japan.

Finally, Japan stole many antiques and cultural relics. According to a rough estimate, during the occupation of China, the Japanese army seized 3.6 million pieces of cultural relics 1879 boxes, including Peking man skulls, Xuanzang skulls and other precious cultural relics. It can be said that during this period, most of the cultural heritage of the country was lost. Today, among more than 65,438+0,000 Japanese art galleries, more than two million ancient cultural relics have been acquired from China alone.

In a word, the Japanese invaders plundered a lot of wealth in China. After the defeat, the Japanese did not fall into despair, largely because they plundered China's property during the war. Without the support of these resources, how can Japan rise rapidly after the war and even become the world's number one power?