1935年,日本帝国主义继“九.一八”事变侵占我国东北之后,又将魔爪伸向华北地区,不断扩大侵华战争,妄图吞并全中国。在中华民族生死存亡的紧急关头,江苏省淮安县新安小学14名学生,积极响应中国共产党团结抗日的伟大号召,在校长汪达之的率领下,于同年10月,组成了闻名中外的第一个少年儿童抗日团 In 1935, following the encroachment of northeast China by the “September 18” Incident, the Japanese imperialists extended their clutches to North China to expand their war of aggression against China in an attempt to annex all of China. At the critical juncture of life and death of the Chinese nation, 14 students of Xin’an Primary School in Huai’an County of Jiangsu Province responded positively to the great call of the Communist Party of China to unite Japan to resist Japan. Under the leadership of the principals, Wang Dazhi, in October of the same year, they formed the first children Anti-Japanese group