1937年,日本侵华战争全面爆发,12月,杭州沦陷,日军下一个目标是沿长江直上,进攻当时我抗战中心武汉。故日军占领杭州后,没有向西(富阳县城以西)、向南(过钱塘江)推进,暂时形成了隔钱塘江与我军对峙的局面。这期间,浙江正面战场较有影响的战斗就是1938年初,钱塘江(富春江段)上的东洲沙保卫战。东洲沙是富春江中的一块沙岛,在富阳县城东,长约30华里,宽约10华里,两端尖中间大。岛上有居民几千人,分布各村落,以农桑为主。日军为策应进攻南昌,迷惑牵制国民党第 In 1937, the Japanese invasion of China broke out in an all-round way. In December, when Hangzhou fell, the next goal of the Japanese army was to go straight along the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan, the center of resistance at that time. Therefore, after the occupation of Hangzhou by the Japanese troops, they did not push westward (west of Fuyang County) or southward (through Qiantang River), temporarily forming a confrontation between the Qiantang River and our army. During this period, the more influential battle in front of the battlefield in Zhejiang was the Dongsha Desert Battle on the Qiantang River (Fuchunjiang section) in early 1938. Dongzhou sand is a sand island in the Fuchun River, east of Fuyang County, about 30 liras, a width of 10 liras, the tip of the middle of both ends. There are thousands of inhabitants on the island, the distribution of various villages, mainly to Nong Sang. To counter the attack on Nanchang, the Japanese army confused the Kuomintang