The (Landmarks July seventh), August 12, 1937, Chiang Kai-shek any land, sea and air military generalissimo. convened the Supreme Defense Conference the


the Nationalist government in Nanjing, and discuss the anti-Japanese plans, in sitting by Chiang Kai-shek In August 1937, the KMT Central Standing Committee meeting decided to revoke the defense council and defense Commission, the establishment of the Supreme Council of the national defense. The same day, the Supreme National Defense Conference formally constituted, the highest defense conference and party joint decision: to the High Command of the Military Committee for the war, and to take a strategic approach to durable consumption "generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces of the Armed Forces, to Japan. On the strategic plan to the troops in a various points in North China overlap with Multi-Line fortifications, successive resistance; concentration of forces in the east, to secure the Songhu To land the cover of Nanjing; another critical point of a small amount of troops the major ports in southern China.