In late 1942, it was already the rainy season in Burma, and it was pouring rain all day long, the forest was full of swamps, and the roads were muddy, and the road was particularly difficult.
The troops were cut off from food, and a battalion commander saw that Dai Anlan's division commander was very weak, and when he was camping, he tried to ask the local natives for a bowl of porridge. As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
Not only did the troops run out of food, but they also had no medicine, not even a clean bandage.
Heavy rain for several days, coupled with mosquito bites and locust bites, red envelopes have grown on good skin and meat, and the two big wounds on Dai Anlan's body are infected, ulcerated, suppurated, and maggots, Dai Anlan is in pain.
On May 26, the remnants of the 200th Division marched to the village of Mau Bang in northern Burma, which was only thirty or forty miles away from the national border, and the motherland was close at hand.
However, the gunshot wound worsened, the high fever did not go away, Dai Anlan was exhausted, fainted several times, and the fire of life was like a lamp in front of the wind, flickering and flickering, and could be extinguished at any time.
There is an ancient temple outside Maobang Village, and Master Dai was settled in the temple to rest. In the early morning, he was sober for a while, and he asked the current location of the troops, how far it was from Yunnan, and how many days before they could return to China, and Zheng Tingjian answered them one by one.
The division commander nodded as he listened, a smile appeared on his pale face, and he was glad that the troops were expected to return to the country.
However, the division commander's confidence in himself was becoming less and less, and he already felt that his life was limited, so he ordered the guards to help him straighten his clothes and lift him up from the stretcher.
His distracted eyes, looking at the sky, the night is low, the dome is lonely, the moon is dark and the stars are scarce, only the Big Dipper is faintly recognizable, Dai Anlan stared for a moment, and it was a coincidence, at this time, a meteorite crossed the sky.
The eclipse of the sun and the moon, meteorite meteorite, was originally a commonplace natural phenomenon, Dai Anlan Rongma all his life, dominating the storm, never took such a false thing as his intention.
However, at this moment, this situation and this scene aroused him full of sadness, looking at the passing meteor, he sighed: "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky." ”
When a man is about to die, his words are also mourned. Zheng Tingjian listened to the words of the division commander, and his heart couldn't help but tremble: When did this strong iron man who stood up to the sky and the earth, and the martial brave general who was agitated, say such resigned and helpless words?
As he was dying, Dai Anlan blamed himself, his eyes wide and restless. In the Burma war, the soldiers were lost, and they were defeated, and they were ashamed of their commanders and the nation, and they regretted their deaths!
Dai Anlan's heart, which was once as strong as an engine, finally went out at 5:40 p.m. on May 26, 1942, at the age of 38.
Zheng Tingjian endured his grief and sent sappers up the mountain to cut down a longan tree that was extremely hard and had grown for more than a hundred years, and made it into a large coffin, burying the division commander thickly. In front of the coffin, there is a bouquet of open white flowers of rue vanilla.
The next day, all the officers and soldiers carried the coffin forward, and the mourning voices were endless all the way.
The ancients had the feat of carrying the coffin for a decisive battle, but all the coffins were empty, and today, in this coffin, there is a division commander who was born and died with them, sharing weal and woe!
10,000 officers and soldiers of the 200th Division marched into Burma and fought bloody battles for several months, and now there are only more than 4,000 wounded and sick left, and the division commander still comes back from lying in a coffin. After thinking about it, can you not be sad?
On May 29, the troops retreated to the Ruili River, because the weather was hot and the rain was continuous, and the body of the division commander could not be saved, but the deceased had said that he would be buried back in China after death, but what should I do?
Defeated in a foreign land, there is no way back in life, and there is no place to bury in death!
Zheng Tingjian sighed for a long time, his intestines were broken, and he was helpless, so he had to turn the body of the division commander into a coffin.
On the bank of the Ruili River, a bunch of raging fires were ignited, and the firelight reflected the river like a sea of blood, billowing smoke, rising to the sky, that is an unyielding soul rising, rushing.
The mountains are towering, the forest is moaning, and the river is whimpering.
The officers and soldiers of the 200th Division kept a good watch around the fire all night, and after dawn, Zheng Tingjian personally picked out the bones of the division commander one by one, wrapped them in red cloth, and put them into a wooden box. "Large, big teardrops, rolled away in the ashes.
On June 1, in the conference hall of the Chongqing Military Commission, Chiang Kai-shek personally presided over the meeting to make arrangements for the rescue of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. More than 10 senior generals such as He Yingqin, Yu Feipeng, and Shang Zhen attended.
Chiang Kai-shek was extremely angry and reprimanded the generals present: "In the Burma battle, I invested 100,000 troops, all elite troops, and so much equipment, and the battle was defeated, and the soldiers could not be withdrawn?" If you can't withdraw the soldiers, I will withdraw you! ”
The generals looked at each other, and the attendant officer hurriedly walked in: "Commission, the 200th Division is calling." ”
Chiang Kai-shek took the telegram and glanced at it, and the telegram was: Division Commander Dai died of his wounds and died in Maobang Village in northern Burma.
Chiang Kai-shek looked up to the sky and sighed: "The country has lost the city!" The country is lost in the dry city! The generals stood together and bowed their heads.
On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek was full of grief and sent a telegram to Du Yuming: "Commander Du: An Lan died in the line of duty, and he is extremely sad. Anyone who approaches the border of the ministry should be strictly ordered to return to the nearest country, so why bother to ask about the line. Where is the younger brother and the military department, and quickly recover. Zhongzheng. ”
On 2 June, the surviving officers and men of the 200th Division finally crossed the border and returned to the motherland.
When passing through the north side of Tengchong, the troops bought a coffin, put the ashes of the division commander into the coffin together with the wooden box, and repacked them. Deputy division commander Gao Jiren led troops to escort the coffin to Kunming.
When passing through Anning County, the coffin was parked in the residence of an old overseas Chinese, and before leaving the country, he passed through Anning County, and Dai Anlan also spent the night at the home of this overseas Chinese.
Now I only see the coffin there, and I don't see the old people returning. The 70-year-old man couldn't stop his tears and was overwhelmed with grief. When he saw that the general's coffin was thin, he couldn't bear it, and said:
General Dai is a national meritorious hero who sacrificed his life for the country, how can he be allowed to lie in such a cramped place? ”
This old man dedicated the longevity wood he had prepared for a hundred years later, and this coffin was not only of good quality, but also huge and friendless.
After thanking the old man, Gao Jiren put the small coffin containing the remains of the division commander into the Nanmu coffin.
As a result, Dai Anlan's coffin has three layers, setting a precedent for ancient and modern funerals, the innermost layer is the urn, the middle is a small coffin, and the outer layer is a large coffin.
The two walls of the outer coffin are painted red, the two ends are painted vermilion, and the four bloody clothes of Dai Anlan are hung on both sides of the hearse, solemn and sad.
Dai Anlan's hearse passed through Kunming, Guiyang, Guilin, and finally arrived in Quanzhou, Guangxi, where it was buried in the birthplace of the 200th Division. The coffin is transferred to every place, and everyone is swaying and holding flowers.
In Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek presented an elegy to commemorate this beloved general
The tiger's head eats meat and bears the majestic posture, watching the long march of thousands of miles, and the enemy is not hesitant.
The horse leather shroud is ambitious, cherishes the end of the great honor, and what is the pain of false expectations? ”
In Yan'an, ** also wrote an elegy, and sacrificed the soul of the hero, and the poem said:
Foreign insults need to be guarded, and the general is endowed with Caiwei.
The division is called mechanized, and it is brave to win the tiger's might.
Bloody East melon guard, drive away the good fortune of the begoon.
The battlefield was killed, and the ambition was not violated.
**Honorific Elegy:
The hero of Huangpu, the hero of the nation.
*and*** Honorable Elegy:
The general champion Menri Kou was hit hard several times.
The soul of the heroes is bound in Burma, and the people of the country mourn everywhere.
Return to the land of the motherland, return to the side of your loved ones, General Dai Anlan, you can rest in peace!
Yunnan-Burma Highway [No. 51].
About the Author. Since I was a child, I liked words, and when I was a primary school student, I often used to do sample essays. During the literary youth, many articles won awards. After decades of wind and rain, his hobby has not changed, he likes to read literature and history, insists on writing, and welcomes exchanges.