作者：国内退伍老兵
编辑：李聪玲 责任编辑：罗志飞 翻译：吴可正
亲爱的中国军人，现役与退伍的战士们：
你是否曾在阅兵场上昂首阔步，却从未踏进真正的战场？
你是否在“保家卫国”的口号中敬礼，却从未看清谁才是真正的敌人？
你是否问过自己——我保的是谁的家？卫的是谁的国？
一、历史不能装饰，抗战不能伪造！
“淞沪会战你在哪？我在延安。南京保卫战你在哪？我在延安……我是抗战中流砥柱。”
这是对一个从未上过前线却最先登上功劳榜者的无声讽刺！
如今，中共在9月3日再次上演“抗战胜利大阅兵”，
把避战之辈打扮成民族英雄，
把背后收割者包装成中流砥柱！
可你心知肚明：
是谁在敌后观望，却不与敌正面交锋？
是谁打着“保存自己”的旗号，耗尽同胞鲜血？
是谁在抗战尾声大肆扩军，以枪口对准同胞？
抗战，是中华民族的血泪，不是中共的化妆舞台！
二、军魂应归人民，而非服务独裁！
你还记得“人民子弟兵”的誓言吗？
“军装再华美，也是百家衣；军饰再丰厚，也是千家饭！”
“我们没有资格，也绝不能向生养自己的人民举起任何武器！”
但今天的你：
驱散的是讨薪的工人，
镇压的是呼吁公平的学生，
站岗的是红色资本的维稳红线，
退役时却无编、无房、无保障！
你在为谁站岗？为谁举枪？谁又在牺牲你的人生、遮蔽你的良知？
三、你愿意为谁牺牲？为谁流血？
2025年的今天，中国青年失业率突破20%，
退伍老兵被边缘化，现役军人家庭还在为房贷发愁。
而你保卫的是谁？
是财政堆出的红二代，
是垄断滋养的特供阶级，
是靠“维稳预算”吃人不吐骨的权贵集团！
你服役时，是维稳螺丝；
你退役后，是弃用工具；
你若沉睡，就注定沦为这个体制的代罪羔羊！
四、脱下假勋章，戴上良知的光环！
当权力命你举枪对准人民——
请你记住：
“吾戎吾矛，民脂民膏；吾饰吾袍，民赋民俸。”
人民，才是你真正的衣食父母！
向人民举枪，就是背叛军魂；
向良心低头，就是出卖天良！
“谁侵害我们的人民，谁就是我们的敌人，不死不休！”
脱下那身被污染的军装，站回人民中来！
拒绝为极权挡子弹，拒绝为谎言站岗！
保家卫国，不等于保党卫私！
忠诚人民，才是军人真正的归宿！
五、这是觉醒者写给战士的呐喊！
你不该是专制机器的齿轮，
你应是民族正义的中流砥柱！
你不该是阅兵背景的工具人，
你应是推翻暴政的先行军！
守土护民，使命记牢！
天良难欺，军魂长耀！
当9月3日的阅兵礼炮响起，
愿你脱帽低头，为真理默哀；
当高音喇叭宣称胜利，
愿你闭目静思，为人民觉醒！
哪怕你只是一人，
也请在内心高呼——
我，不再为独裁而战！
An Open Letter to China’s Soldiers: Whose Country Are You Really Defending?
Abstract: This is an open letter to active-duty and retired members of China’s armed forces. It exposes how the CCP has falsified the history of the War of Resistance and bent the military to the service of dictatorship. It urges soldiers to recognize that the people are their true providers; that “defending the country” is not the same as defending a party’s private interests. Refuse to raise your rifle for tyranny or to stand guard for lies. Guard your conscience and the soul of the army—be the backbone of national justice.
Author: A demobilized veteran inside China
Editor: Li Congling Responsible editor：Luo Zhifei Translator: Wu Kezheng
Dear Chinese soldiers—both active-duty and retired:
Have you ever marched with head held high on a parade ground, yet never set foot on a real battlefield?Have you saluted under the slogan “defend home and country,” yet never seen clearly who the true enemy is?Have you asked yourself—whose home am I defending? Whose country am I protecting?
I. History cannot be prettified, and the War of Resistance cannot be falsified!
“Where were you during the Battle of Shanghai? I was in Yan’an.Where were you during the Defense of Nanjing? I was in Yan’an…I am the pillar of the War of Resistance.”
This is a silent mockery of one who never set foot on the front lines, yet was the first to climb onto the honors list!
Today, as the CCP once again stages a “Victory in the War of Resistance” parade on September 3,those who shunned battle are dressed up as national heroes,and those who reaped from the rear are packaged as the “mainstay.”
But you know in your heart:Who watched from behind the lines, refusing direct engagement with the enemy?Who, under the banner of ‘self-preservation,’ drained the blood of their compatriots?Who, at the war’s end, expanded their forces and turned their gun barrels upon compatriots?
The War of Resistance is the blood and tears of the Chinese nation—not a theatrical stage for the CCP’s cosmetics.
II. The army’s soul must belong to the people, never in service of a dictator!
Do you still remember the oath of being the “people’s army”?“However splendid the military uniform, it is still the clothing woven from a hundred families.However plentiful the military decorations, they are still meals taken from a thousand households.”
“We have neither the right, nor must we ever dare, to raise any weapon against the very people who gave us life.”
But today, you—It is workers demanding their wages that you disperse,It is students crying out for fairness that you suppress,It is the red lines of “stability maintenance” for red capital that you guard,Yet when you retire, there is no post, no housing, no security!
For whom are you standing guard? For whom are you raising your gun?And who is sacrificing your life while shrouding your conscience?
III. For whom are you willing to die? For whom to bleed?
In today’s China, 2025, youth unemployment has broken through 20 percent.Demobilized veterans are cast to the margins, and families of active-duty soldiers still struggle under the weight of mortgages.
And whom are you truly defending?The princelings propped up by state coffers,The special-supply class fattened by monopoly,The power elite that devours the “stability-maintenance budget,” gnawing even the bones!
In service, you are a screw in the stability-maintenance machine；In retirement, you are a tool cast aside.If you remain asleep, you are doomed to become the scapegoat of this system!
IV. Take off the fake medals; wear the halo of conscience!
When power orders you to raise your gun at the people—remember:“My arms and my spear are forged from the people’s fat and marrow;my decorations and my robe are paid for by the people’s taxes and stipends.”
The people are your true providers.To point your gun at the people is to betray the soul of the army;to bow your head to conscience is to surrender your humanity!
“Whoever harms our people is our enemy, we fight to the death!”Take off the uniform that has been stained; return to the ranks of the people.Refuse to block bullets for tyranny; refuse to stand guard for lies.Defending home and country is not the same as defending a party’s private interests.Loyalty to the people is a soldier’s true home.
V. A cry from the awakened to the warriors!
You are not meant to be a cog in an autocratic machine,you should be the backbone of national justice!
You are not meant to be a prop in the backdrop of a parade,you should be the vanguard that topples despotism!
Guard the land and protect the people, engrave the mission in your heart!Conscience cannot be deceived, the soul of the army will shine!
When the salutes thunder on September 3,may you remove your cap and bow your head—in mourning for truth.When the loudspeakers proclaim “victory,”may you close your eyes and reflect—for the people’s awakening.
Even if you are alone,shout within your heart——
I will no longer fight for dictatorship！
