Comrades, our resistance has now entered a new phase. I have recently pointed out on several occasions that the past eighteen months may becalled the first period of our resistance of the preliminary period. We have now entered upon the second or latter period. At present, on both northern and southern warfronts the excellence of our soldiers’ morale and fighting spirit provides an auspicious sign unprecedented since the war commenced. Our soldiers are fully aware that in this war our enemy is bent on subjugating China completely and that we must take the most drastic measures to save our country. Their determination is, therefore, extraordinarily strong and their spirit roused to the uttermost.