十四年抗战：在风雷激荡的革命斗争中，高擎颠扑不灭的精神火炬

1931年9月18日，日军侵占了东三省的土地，开始了长达十四年的侵华战争。

这是一段充满血与泪的历史，但中华民族骨子里流淌着坚韧的血液，面对国难也不曾退缩。

解读中国工作室推出系列短片《中国共产党与人民同行》，让我们一同走进那段风云变幻的历史，感受中国共产党百年来艰苦卓绝的奋斗历程和取得的辉煌成就！

第二集《历史的选择 一条正确的发展道路》

近代的中国承受了太多太多的灾难，在国家生死存亡的面前，领导者的力量格外重要。

英国剑桥大学政治学与国际问题高级研究员、知名作家马丁•雅克这样说到：

近代中国陷入一片混乱，局势变得日趋严峻。中国变得四分五裂，受到欧洲人和日本人等列强的侵略。当时的中国处于混乱时期，从广义上说，整个（二十世纪）二三十年代一直到解放战争结束，只有到了1949年毛泽东领导的中国共产党取得胜利后，中国才重新变得统一，驱逐了外国列强的军队并且重建了中国社会和政治。

China was in a mess, you know, situation have become more and more serious. It was becoming increasingly fragmented. It was invaded by, you know, Europeans, Japanese and so on. So, you have this period of chaos, really, in China, broadly speaking, you know, all the way through the 20s and 30s, leading up to end the war. And it was only really in 1949, with the victory of Mao and the Chinese Communist Party that China became, well, first of all, reunified, secondly, expelled the foreign forces and thirdly, reconstitute the state of the heart of Chinese society and Chinese politics.

那么中国共产党何以能够成为执政党呢？韩国高丽大学中国研究中心主任李正男这样认为：

我认为是在革命过程中得到了中国人民的支持，特别是抗日战争过程中，中国共产党非常积极地参与抗日战争，在这个过程中得到了中国人民的支持，最终成为胜利者。

I believe it’s because of the support from Chinese people in the course of the revolution. Particularly during the Anti-Japanese War, the CPC fought aggressively against the Japanese and thus won great support from Chinese people, and eventually emerged as the ultimate victor.

在中国共产党的奋斗史当中，抗日战争可以说是一个非常重要的节点。这场关乎中华民族存亡的战争中，共产党的付出有目共睹。

英国知名专栏作家、前伦敦市副市长约翰·罗斯说到：

国共合作中，国民党领导人并没有把打败日军当成是主要任务，他们派遣部队镇压共产党。当日军被打败后，他们伺机夺取胜利果实。国民党领导层相当腐败，这也是他们为什么会失败的原因。

The leaders of the Kuomintang cooperated de facto in the situation where they did not see the main thing as to defeat Japan. They deployed their troops against communists. When Japan was defeated, they pointed collaborators to take every important position of power. The leadership is entirely corrupt and in relations with the Kuomintang, that was why they were scroll out.

正面战场逐渐失利，以共产党为主的敌后战场给人民群众带来更多的希望。

中国共产党执政是因为她被中国人民视为唯一能够确保中国获得进步的力量。这才是真正的原因。

The Chinese communist party came to power because it was seen as the only force that could guarantee the advance of China. That’s really the reason more than all the other ones.

中华文明的核心在于统一，统一是中华文明绵延数千年的基石。

同样的，不做亡国奴的意识对于中国来说也非常重要。这就像是一块块基石，毛泽东修复了这些基石，他为中国的现代化打下了基础。

Likewise, the sense that China, you know, can’t accept being occupied by foreign powers is very important to China. So, these, it was like the building blocks. You know, Mao restored the building blocks, if you like, put the modern building blocks in place for China.

十四年抗日战争，中华民族付出了惨痛的代价和无数的鲜血与生命，历史的耻辱是昨日的惨痛记忆，更是今日我们前行奋进的不竭动力。

但有国才有家，没有国的统一，便没有家的重建，更不可能实现今天的繁盛！