The Study On Air Defense Against Japan Of Guangdong During The Anti-japanese War

After the January 28 th incident of 1932, the national government began to realiz e the importance of air defense for Japan, and then started to construct it.Guangdong had a certain foundation in air force and air defense forces before the outbreak of th e Anti-Japanese War,while the local government also started to construct air defense.I n the early of the Anti-Japanese War, because of the particular position of Guangdo ng and the Guangzhou-Jiulong,Guangzhou-Wuchangtraffic artery which are both t he main supplies channel to connect Hongkong and foreign district,so that,Guangdon g became the worst areas under the Japanese bombing.Japan’s air-tillery to Guangdong made a significant losses ofproperty and casualti es which caused a active response of international society. face to japan’s air-tillery, th e nationalgovernment send a part of air forces and The ground air defense forces to fig ht, the air defense office of guangdong carry out a series of air defense activities to str ength the power of air defense of guangdong at the same time.After the fall of guan gzhou,the japenese troops’ scope of air tillery from the big city and the transit line t o the province of urban and rural, meanwhile,the work deploymen of the air defens e of guangdong also from the point line air defense gradually to comprehensive air de fense stage.The air defense construction of guangdong have different deficiencies at the wart ime, but the air defense measures that taken by the national government and guangdon g local authorities have a positive significance for the guard line and reducing the los s of air strikes. especially the people and generalization air defense activities by guang dong air defense authorities which has a important meaning of strengthen the conscio usnessof people air defense reducing the loss of air strikes security personnel suppli es of the war and win the final victory.This paper briefly discusses the development of ground air defense forces of gua ngdong air force before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. conclude the process o f Japanese air raid in guangdong province and the losses it makes. based on this, main ly discusses the measures by guangdong in response to the Japanese air raid, and anal yzed and summarized the air defense construction result of guangdong.