在湖北现代史上，抗战时期是社会经济遭到最严重破坏的时期。沦陷后的湖北，对于日本帝国主义来说，不仅具有军事、政治上的重要意义，而且具有经济上的意义。日军自踏上湖北之日起，就一面疯狂报复人民的抵抗斗争，一面大肆掠夺粮食、棉花、铜、铁、铝等重要生活资料和战略物 In the modern history of Hubei, the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan was the period when the social economy was most severely damaged. After the fall of Hubei, for the Japanese imperialists, not only has the military and political significance, but also has economic significance. Since the Japanese army set foot in Hubei, on the one hand, it has madly retaliated against the people’s resistance struggle and has indiscriminately plundered important life materials and strategic materials such as grain, cotton, copper, iron and aluminum