China has always been based on agriculture, so the emergence of a landlord class has become inevitable. Most people consider the landlord class to be a symbol of the ****, who exploits the wealth of the peasants and uses them as cheap labor.
However, the reality is not black and white. Not all landlords are **, such as in Lingxian County, Dezhou, Shandong, the Japanese invaders surrounded a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers fought hard, but they ran out of ammunition and food.
At this time, the landlord Zong Zijing bravely stood up and won the hope of survival for the Eighth Route Army.
In the spring of 1939, Zeng Guohua, as the leader of the fifth detachment of the eastward anti-Japanese advance column, led the troops to Lingxian County and decided to take a short rest here.
However, at this time, the traitors informed, allowing the Japanese to grasp the trajectory of the Eighth Route Army and plan to besiege the troops. Although it was a period of recuperation, due to the open terrain, Japanese planes could bomb the troops at any time, so the detachment of the 5th Regiment could only camp in the wilderness, enduring severe cold and humidity.
When the local people learned that the Japanese Fifth Division was preparing to besiege the city and consume the logistics materials of the Fifth Detachment, they took action one after another and took the initiative to help the Eighth Route Army. The landlord Zong Zijing took practical actions to provide the manor for the use of the Eighth Route Army, and was willing to supply the Eighth Route Army with grain and deposits.
His actions were supported by the local people, and everyone came up with their own things to help the Eighth Route Army. Although Zong Zijing was a landlord class, he often helped the poor people on weekdays, and his reputation was quite good, so his behavior was thanked by the Eighth Route Army.
A part of the Eighth Route Army moved to the Zong family's mansion with the wounded and sick, and was well cared for.
Of course, most of the non-necessities of life were politely rejected by the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, the Japanese army once again gathered a rapid force of more than 2,000 people, with five or six hundred cavalry men, and galloped towards Dazong Village under the cover of the artillery team, and a life-and-death struggle was just around the corner.
The intention of the Japanese army was to launch one"Blitzkrieg", first set up an encirclement for a fierce attack, and then set up an ambush on the road where the Eighth Route Army must retreat, and rushed directly into the county seat.
At this time, the Fifth Detachment of the Eighth Route Army discovered the Japanese army's course of action, so it immediately set up a defensive line to the west and south of Dazong Village, and made up its mind to resolutely resist the Japanese attack.
While the soldiers resisted bravely, there were also people who specially organized the local people to retreat, so that the Eighth Route Army did not have to worry about the rear, and the only thing that needed to be considered was how to defeat the enemy army.
Just as the fierce battle began, the pre-arranged Japanese cavalry immediately launched an attack and rushed to our position. However, undaunted, the soldiers managed to thwart the cavalry regiment, and even killed the commander of the unit on the spot.
The behavior of the Japanese army was so surprising that they immediately adopted another strategy, concentrating all the Japanese troops in the encirclement and launching a general attack.
Faced with the unfavorable situation of being outnumbered by the enemy, the fifth detachment decisively adjusted its tactics and sent two companies to surprise the Japanese from the flank. The Japanese army was slow to react and was attacked from behind by our side, and the formation was in chaos.
The fifth detachment took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack and galloped northeast of Dazong Village. The enemy noticed the abnormality and immediately gathered troops to launch a frantic pursuit of our main force, and the war entered a "period of vicious warfare".
The instructor tried his best, his right arm was cut off by the Japanese sabre, and he held out for five or six hours before he could barely resist the enemy's pursuit. When the ammunition runs out, the two sides can only continue the duel in hand-to-hand combat.
In the end, all the hundreds of warriors left behind died heroically.
Despite this, the main forces that tried to break through met with difficulties. The county seat had already been occupied by a large number of Japanese troops, and the Eighth Route Army could only fight and retreat when breaking through, and finally even all of them were trapped in Zong Zijing's mansion.
Fortunately, since the sect landlord had already let many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army move in here, they were very familiar with the terrain here, which made it possible for them to continue to hold on.
Since the Zong family has been landlords for generations, their courtyards and city walls are built very strongly, and there are corner towers at the four corners, which provide great convenience for the Eighth Route Army.
Theoretically, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, enough for the Eighth Route Army to have enough time to counterattack, but as the battle dragged on, a bigger question arose: the opponent was a complete mechanized force, and how many troops did our army have in total?
How many fighters died in the process? How much longer can we hold out?
Ordinary people just ignited the determination to join the army to resist Japan because of a battle, he said: "The devil's ** is very advanced, there are crooked machine guns and 38 big covers, and many of the Eighth Route Army don't even have guns, each person only has four grenades, so they have to be thrown accurately." ”
Therefore, most of the fights will be guerrilla warfare, and the team will try to avoid going head-to-head. However, in the battle of Lingxian, the Eighth Route Army had been forced into a corner. At this time, Zong Zijing, who was born as a landlord, found Long Shujin, the head of the fifth detachment, again, and said: "I have a way, you send someone to follow me!" ”
Long Shujin was full of expectations for the landlord Zong Zijing's warehouse, although he didn't understand that Zong Zijing would have other ways besides money. He knew that this might be their only hope.
So, he ordered several soldiers to follow Zong Zijing to the edge of the warehouse. The moment the warehouse was opened, everyone was stunned. It was filled with tens of thousands of bullets and hundreds of guns, and all of them worked.
When the fifth detachment saw this batch of munitions, all the fighters were full of confidence as if they had been reassured. They know that they are saved. It was also relying on this batch of precious materials that they resisted desperately and finally waited for reinforcements from the rear.
Under the joint suppression of both sides, the Japanese front commander was killed, and they once again withdrew from the county seat, preparing to make a comeback. However, although Lingxian was lost in the end, the extra few days were enough for all the local people to retreat to a safe place, and also provided valuable time for the local Eighth Route Army to break through.
In 1939, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered an important stage, and the defense of the Zongjia Mansion broke the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army and brought hope of victory to the local people. After the war, the mansion was dilapidated, but Zong Zijing did not care, his open-mindedness stemmed from his disdain for money and deep concern for the safety of the country.
With his selfless deeds and noble qualities, this seventy-year-old man subverted people's perception of "landlords" and turned the situation around. The top general of the Fifth Regiment wanted to give him an IOU as compensation, but Zong Zijing resolutely refused, insisting that the safety of the country was more important than any material thing.
Zong Zijing's behavior allows us to see a real national hero, and his spirit will always be remembered.