The government at the time estimated that preparations to resist the Japanese could be ready by 1939, but the Japanese would not wait for preparations to mature before attacking. In 1937, the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" was the spark for the eruption of a full-scale war.
當時政府預估，對日抗戰準備工作約在民國二十八年可以完成。但日本不會等中國都準備好了才發動攻擊，民國二十六年「盧溝橋事變」，全面戰爭就爆發了！