Chiang Kai-shek regarded the incident as reaching the point where the people had to make sacrifices to defend their nation, since peace had proved hopeless. He called upon his compatriots rise up for all-out resistance against Japanese aggression.
正當國內積極建設之際，民國二十六年七月七日，日本軍閥製造蘆溝橋事變，侵華的野心完全暴露。蔣公認為「和平已告絕望，犧牲已到最後關頭」，於是毅然號召全國人民奮起抵抗，獻身保衛國家民族之聖戰。