If we take the War of Resistance as a whole,the fact that Japan is a strong country and is attacking while China is a weak country and is defending herself makes our war strategically a defensive and protracted war.

• 整个的抗日战争，由于日寇是强国，是进攻的，我们是弱国，是防御的，因而决定了我们是战略上的防御战和持久战。