Taiwan military plays Japanese warship march, sparking public outrage, Zhang Yanting: How can we sing praises to the killers?

Taiwan military plays Japanese warship march song, sparking public outrage; Zhang Yanting: How can we sing praises to the killers?

2024-08-17

The "814 Air Force Day" on the island is to commemorate the Sino-Japanese air battle that broke out on August 14, 1937. As part of the commemorative activities, the Chiayi Air Force Base Camp of the Taiwan Air Force held an open day a few days ago, but the band publicly played the "Warship March" of the Japanese invaders, which attracted criticism from the outside world. In response, retired Lieutenant General Zhang Yanting of the Taiwan Air Force said that in commemorating 814, we should not use songs like "Warship" to comfort the souls in heaven.

Zhang Yanting said on the 16th that the Air Force Day has its historical allusion. At that time, our Air Force was outnumbered and our aircraft were very simple, while Japan had Type 96 heavy bombers. However, we were able to defeat the enemy with a small force and won the first victory.

Zhang Yanting then said that the military music on August 14 should not be "March of the Battleships", which was a song during World War II. We sacrificed so many soldiers and brothers in the war of resistance against Japan, and lost more than 2,400 aircraft in 8 years, almost all of them were killed or wounded. At that time, there were the Chinese Air Force, the American Volunteer Group, the Sino-US Air Force Mixed Group, etc. The entire Allied Forces united and later turned defeat into victory.

Zhang Yanting pointed out that we suffered such heavy casualties at that time and won the final victory, which led to the liberation of Taiwan. On this day, how can we praise the killers of that time?

Lin Jingxian, Taiwan correspondent of Strait Herald

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