The real Eight Hundred , he is the longest lived one, and the girl still marries after his left eye

Mondo History Updated on 2024-01-19

In the past few days, the film "Eight Hundred" has caused quite a stir, if you put aside the truth of history, this is still a very good movie, but if you ponder the historical details, the movie will naturally not withstand scrutiny, and what is moving and unforgettable is the patriotic spirit.

Today, the author will talk to you about the real "eight hundred", the real "eight hundred heroes" guarding the Sixing warehouse, the incident occurred in Shanghai, from August 13, 1937, the Japanese army launched an aggressive attack on Shanghai, when the Japanese army shouted the slogan of "three months to destroy China". In fact, under the stubborn resistance of the heroic Chinese people, until October 26, the Japanese army still did not completely occupy Shanghai, so it seems that the slogan of the Japanese army is just a "slogan", but in order to occupy Shanghai as soon as possible, the Japanese army continues to increase its troops in Shanghai, and the Chinese defenders are retreating. At that time, in order to preserve his strength, Chiang Kai-shek implemented the strategy of "exchanging space for time", and all the main forces of the Kuomintang in Shanghai were retreating, and in order to cover the retreat of the large army, the higher authorities decided to leave more than 400 people of the 524th Regiment of the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division of the Kuomintang to carry out the covering task. The 524th regiment was only more than 400 people left, they carried out the task of blocking and covering under the leadership of the deputy regiment commander Xie Jinyuan, and on the night of the 26th, more than 400 people retreated to the Sixing warehouse on the north bank of the Suzhou Creek to guard, in order to strengthen their prestige, they claimed to be 800 people. In this way, there is what the outside world calls the "Eight Hundred Heroes", the Sixing warehouse they held was the last line of defense in Shanghai, where they held on for 4 days and 5 nights, on October 31, they were ordered to retreat into the concession, and were released from the concession and sent to the "lonely army camp".

After that, they were imprisoned by the Japanese army in the Baoshan barracks and the Laohuqiao Prison in Nanjing, and later some of them were imprisoned in Yuxikou on the other side of Wuhu in Anhui Province, and some of them were able to escape, and one of the "800 heroes" who escaped at that time was named Yang Yangzheng. He was the platoon commander of the 1st Platoon of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment, according to his recollection, his platoon at that time had more than 30 people, they entered a three-story building, escaped from the machine gun hole in the wall, and then started a fierce battle with the Japanese army. His platoon killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers in total, and he was lucky to be alive, because since they were released, they were imprisoned for more than 4 years, and it was with the help of the New Fourth Army that he and his comrades killed the Japanese guards before escaping from the Japanese prison. Yang Yangzheng lost his left eye in battle, and it was not until early 1944 that he and 12 other surviving officers and soldiers went to Chongqing, where they were warmly welcomed as survivors of the "Eight Hundred Heroes" and were awarded the title of "Warriors". Later, he was arranged to live in the ninth cripple *** in Changshou*** To his own surprise, he gained love there, and during *** he met a girl in the commissary, who learned about his anti-Japanese deeds and admired him very much.

The girl did not dislike his disability in his left eye, and finally chose to marry Yang Yangzheng, who had nothing at the time, and the two had 5 children in the later years, Yang Yangzheng was lucky, he lived until his death on December 16, 2010, at the age of 96, and was the last soldier to die in the "Eight Hundred Heroes".

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