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The Chiayi Air Force Base camp was opened to the public. On the 10th, a so-called "Defense Intellectual Tour" was held. The military bands of the three armed forces actually played the Japanese military music "March of the Battleships", which caused criticism from the outside world. In response, the Taiwan Defense Department defended that the band also played military music from the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, and did not use Japanese works alone. Former legislator Tsai Cheng-yuan said on the 16th that it would be absurd to celebrate Air Force Day and play the military music of the Japanese invading army.

Cai Zhengyuan said that on August 14, 1937, the Battle of Shanghai was a great victory for hundreds of divisions. China mobilized 750,000 soldiers and naval forces, while Japan mobilized 350,000. 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, and 250,000 Chinese soldiers were killed. Because there were many Japanese warships at the mouth of the Yangtze River, their warships were more advanced, and the Japanese warships used cannons to bombard the Chinese garrison base on the opposite shore. In addition, there were anti-aircraft guns on the Japanese warships, and our air force was once unable to resist. The Battle of Shanghai was the place where the most Chinese soldiers died during the War of Resistance.

It is reported that in 1939, the then Nationalist government issued an order to declare August 14th of each year as Air Force Day in order to commemorate the "August 14th Air Battle Victory". It is still an important holiday in the military in Taiwan.

Cai Zhengyuan said that the "March of the Battleships" is a Japanese military music, and now it is played on our Air Force Day. Isn't it too absurd? The military also defended that British and American songs were played at the same time. Aren't they allies?

The Taiwan Defense Department argued that this was a normal military music exchange, but netizens on the island did not buy it, saying, "Slaves! We are used to it," "Just kneel down, you chose it yourself," "You are a traitor," "The ruling Democratic Progressive Party has been clinging to the thighs of the United States and Japan, and even the military has been fawning and catering to their wishes," and "Is it the beginning of 'imperialization' again?"

Lin Jingxian, Taiwan correspondent of Strait Herald