Anti-Japanese Village:Japanese troops, heroic resistance, ** praise
The Martyrs Monument of Yuanziya Village, the first village of China's anti-Japanese resistance, is a red stone memorial tower located in rural Shandong, which hides the heroic deeds of 242 martyrs.
They fought bloodily and won the honor of the village and became the "first village in China to resist Japan". On this day, more than 1,000 heavily armed Japanese infantry and cavalry surrounded the village, but after a day of fierce fighting, the Japanese not only failed to take the village, but also lost hundreds of soldiers in the case of total superiority.
This was a heroic resistance and an important chapter in China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
In China in 1941, although it was still difficult to resist Japanese aggression, the Chinese sons and daughters throughout the country still showed an indomitable spirit. Yuanziya Village in Banquan Town, Linyi City, Shandong Province, is an important base for them.
Long before the Sino-Japanese War, the villagers of Yuanziya Village built a strong wall to protect themselves from bandits and thieves. At the same time, they also self-financed the purchase of various **, including steel guns, earthen guns, and earthen cannons, and built forts on the four corners of the city walls to form a solid defensive system.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yuanziya Village became the junction of the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese invaders. In the face of frequent Japanese invasions, the villagers of Yuanziya formed an anti-Japanese self-defense force and resisted with earthen cannons.
However, a puppet army stronghold near Yuanziya Village often harassed the villagers, begging for food and supplies, but each time the villagers firmly refused. This made the puppet army hold a grudge against Yuanziya Village.
Once, a Japanese army passed near Yuanziya Village on a mission, and the puppet army used false intelligence to falsely claim that there was an Eighth Route Army in Yuanziya Village.
The Yuanziya Village Self-Defense Force successfully resisted the attack of more than 1,000 Japanese invaders with earthen artillery. Although the Japanese used heavy artillery and heavy machine guns, after firing more than 20 shells, they began to attack Yuanziya Village.
However, the 312 villagers of the Yuanziya Village Self-Defense Force are fully prepared. As soon as the Japanese invaders stepped into the attack range, the villagers immediately fired earthen cannons, killing more than a dozen Japanese criminals.
Although the Japanese invaders changed their tactics and even attacked behind the "village wall" of Yuanziya Village for a time, all the villagers fought bloodily and successfully prevented the Japanese invaders from further expanding their advantage.
In the battle to defend Yuanziya Village, the villagers showed great courage and determination. When they had no guns, they used knives, and when they had no knives, they used guillotines, and even without guillotines, they used iron hooks and shovels.
After the death of the father, the son stepped forward, and after the death of the husband, the wife resolutely took over, and no one flinched. The bloody battle lasted all day, and the 1,000 Japanese invaders were unable to capture the village despite the stubborn resistance of the villagers.
When reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army arrived in the evening, the Japanese chose to flee frantically. According to post-war statistics, 112 heavily armed Japanese invaders who attacked Yuanziya Village were killed by villagers.
Such a record caused a sensation in the country, ** personally wrote in Yan'an, praising Yuanziya Village as a model of anti-Japanese villages in the country. This praise made Yuanziya Village the first village in China to resist Japan, and its name will forever be engraved in the history of resistance against Japan, inspiring every Chinese to always remember the history of heroic resistance to aggression.