In 1950, Nie Dingquan, who had led his troops to hold out in the war for 47 days and successfully annihilated 40,000 Japanese troops, was slandered in peacetime and wrongly arrested and imprisoned. In the courtroom, he faced the verdict and tore it up without hesitation: "I went into battle to kill the enemy, what a crime!."Nie Dingquan, who joined the army in 1936, has experienced many battles such as the Battle of Changsha and the Battle of Hengyang. However, what had the deepest impact on him was the Battle of Hengyang.
At that time, Nie Dingquan was only a platoon commander, and in the face of the onslaught of the Japanese army, Fang Xianjue, the commander of the 10th Army, received an order and decided to hold on for 10 days and wait for reinforcements to arrive. However, the battle dragged on for a full 47 days!The Japanese not only used planes and artillery, but even used poison gas bombs, but they still could not take it for a long time. The Japanese top brass was furious and gathered forces to make a final effort against Hengyang. In the end, only about 1,000 of the original 17,000 troops remained, and even so, the Japanese army still failed to break through Hengyang. The city was already starved of food and ammunition, and the commander was forced to negotiate with the Japanese, considering more than 1,000 soldiers and thousands of wounded. In the end, on the premise of ensuring the safety of the soldiers, all the members were captured and forced to be incorporated into the puppet army. However, even then, these valiant fighters did not succumb to the Japanese. Fortunately, a year later, Japan announced its surrender, and Nie Dingquan and others were freed.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Nie Dingquan chose to stay in Hunan, put down his military career, became a tram driver, and spent the rest of his life in peace. However, in the 50s, because he was a member of the **, he was artificially framed and wrongfully arrested and imprisoned. Faced with the verdict, thinking of the comrades-in-arms who sacrificed their lives for the country on the battlefield, he was furious and resolutely tore up the verdict: "I am a glorious Chinese ** person!".What is the sin of defending the country?!However, it was because of this act that he was sentenced to several years in prison. After his release from prison, Nie Dingquan returned home to farm, and when he was old, he could only receive a minimum allowance of 50 yuan and an old-age allowance of 100 yuan per month.
It wasn't until 2013 that a group of volunteers learned about Nie Dingquan's experience and came to offer condolences and donated 5,000 yuan to him. However, this hero of the Anti-Japanese War died in November of the same year at the age of 99. Although he did not wait for the historical commemorative medal awarded by the state, his deeds tell us that patriotism does not distinguish between identity and position, and every person who sacrifices his life for the country deserves to be remembered forever.