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| | Light shed on the 1937 Lugouqiao Incident |
 | | In 1936, Japanese troops conducted provocative war exercises in Fengtai in the southern suburbs of Beiping, the name of Beijing at the time, and ignited a bloody conflict with Chinese troops. |
 | | On July 8, negotiations were held between general Hashimoto, the commander of all Japanese forces around the cities of Beiping and Tientsin, and general Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), a subordinate of general Song Zheyuan (1885-1940), commander-in-chief of the 29th Army. |
 | | By July 24, Japanese troops in nearby Beiping had surpassed 100,000, equipped with artillery, tanks, and bombers. |
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