The strong men of the Sichuan army,Wan anti-Japanese,Ten thousand people return to their hometowns, although tens of millions of people go to me.
In August 2022, the wildfires burned Chongqing, but ignited the enthusiasm and responsibility in people's hearts. In addition to being moved, we can't help but recall the Sichuan army that wore straw sandals to fight the war in Sichuan 85 years ago, and their heroic deeds once again sparked heated discussions.
In the smoke of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a team that won people's admiration and love with the spirit of "blood", "chivalrous courage" and "single-mindedness for the country".
They are the Sichuan Army. However, in 1937, the Sichuan army was labeled as "bad military discipline" and "called Hanako troops", and the commander Yan Xishan even wanted them to leave as soon as possible.
But even Liu Xiang, the "King of Sichuan" who went out of Sichuan to command the Anti-Japanese War with illness, would fall ill with anger when he heard other people's evaluations of the Sichuan army. In all kinds of slander and discrimination, nearly 3.6 million Sichuan troops resolutely went out of Sichuan to resist the war, and they were registered as high as 640,000 people, and countless others were wounded and missing.
After the war, less than one-tenth of the Sichuan army was able to return to their hometowns. However, with incomparable courage and tenacity, they wrote a glorious history of their own and became the most respectable team in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Where did the formation of the spirit of the Sichuan Army come from? How did they persevere and forge ahead in the War of Resistance Against Japan? ”
Liu Xiang took the initiative to propose that the Sichuan army go out of Sichuan to resist the war at the military meeting, and he encouraged everyone not to be afraid of Japan, and Sichuan was willing to send 300,000 troops, and could also provide 5 million strong men and food materials one after another.
When it came to leaving, more than 5,000 people from all walks of life in Chengdu submitted a petition to him, he was emotional, his whole face was flushed, and the participating generals were also infected by him, swept away the initial malaise, and kept applauding.
Chairman Jiang has a good **, and we are also burdensome to hold it. Kill the enemy for the country, you can't fool around! However, when the 22nd Army arrived in Shanxi with enthusiasm and cold wind, Yan Xishan's face was colder than the weather.
The equipment in front of the Sichuan army looked very simple, some people were wearing short clothes and shorts, and some people were even holding oil-paper umbrellas, and there were not many ** on their backs, looking like a group of wanderers.
What made Yan Xishan even more dissatisfied was that they even asked him for more equipment.
In the bitter cold of late autumn, the officers and men of the 22nd Army left the river with the expectation of new equipment. However, reality let them down. Deng Xihou's expected equipment disappeared, but he was told to go to Xi'an to collect it.
On the train to Xi'an, the fighters were full of anticipation, thinking that the equipment of the Xi'an warehouse must be good. However, Deng Xihou's mood became heavier and heavier, because the equipment had still not been received.
Not only that, but the above also ordered them to go to the front line of Niangzi Pass to support, without cotton clothes and equipment, how to go to the front line to fight? Deng Xihou was so anxious that he sent a telegram to Nanjing for help, but the reply he received was to ask Yan Xishan, the governor of the Second War Zone, to solve the problem.
Deng Xihou had no choice but to plead with Yan Xishan in a low voice, but he didn't even ask for a map. He lowered his body again and again and waited, but Yan Xishan was always indifferent, and just said that he would let Nanjing solve it.
Just when Deng Xihou was at a loss, one of his officers obtained a combat map through personal connections, and Deng Xihou was immediately shocked when he saw it. The map shows that the 22nd Army has been placed under the jurisdiction of the Second Theater of Operations, some brigades have been pushed to the Jindong front, and the situation of other departments is unknown.
Deng Xihou's heart was like a knife, and he had no intention of dealing with Yan Xishan again, so he hurriedly said goodbye and went to find his troops. At the same time, some brigades of the 22nd Army were already in a difficult situation because no one informed the distribution of the enemy's situation.
This is deliberate malice, which is always bottomless when it is not asked.
When the soldiers of the Sichuan Army of the 22nd Army Tong Cheng Brigade were ordered to advance, they suddenly encountered the enemy, and before they could aim in shock, hundreds of bullets came over. The warriors instantly collapsed in pools of blood, without breath.
Ye Guangwen, a survivor, recalled: "The battle was so hard that we didn't even see what the Japanese looked like, and we lost hundreds of people. "What is even more tragic is that these Sichuan soldiers did not even have broadswords, and could only use the butts of their guns to fight the Japanese troops who rushed up with bayonets.
When a platoon commander surnamed He saw that the enemy's machine gun had wounded many people, he ventured forward and grabbed the burning barrel of the gun in an attempt to snatch it up, but a Japanese soldier rushed forward and stabbed him in the head, killing the platoon commander instantly.
Such a tragic war scene has never been seen by the Sichuan army, but none of them have retreated. It was only after dark that the surviving soldiers were able to evacuate. The situation of the Zeng Suyuan Brigade of the 22nd Army was even worse, they obeyed the order to go to support the county seat of Pingding, but before they could arrive, the soldiers defending the city had fled without a trace, and the people in the city had fled from the city.
They collided head-on with the approaching Japanese troops, and they were caught off guard and barely had the strength to fight back. By the time they had endured until the evening, most of the personnel in the brigade had been evacuated, and there was no stretcher team around.
In desperation, they could only do their best to carry away some of the lightly wounded. Hundreds of seriously wounded soldiers who were left behind, fearing that they would be humiliated by the Japanese attack the next day, committed suicide with guns raised behind them.
The sound of gunfire from behind made the hearts of the Sichuan soldiers who "left them" like knives, and they cried as they walked: "We are fighting for the country!" Why is this happening! ”
Although the cruelty of the battlefield cannot cool the blood of the warriors, the imposed reproach can easily cool the hearts of the people. It has been more than 40 days since the Sichuan army entered the Jin War, and more than half of the personnel have been destroyed, and half of the dilapidated ones have been destroyed.
The entire 22nd Army did not have a single full-fledged formed unit, and some companies had only a few people left.
In order to prove himself, Deng Xihou dragged his injured leg to recover Pingyao County for Yan Xishan, but Yan Xishan's attitude towards the Sichuan army was still bad, and he even only hoped that they would leave as soon as possible.
Then, the 22nd Army was transferred to Shandong, and Deng Xihou warned his subordinates to fight for strength in Shandong. The encounter of the Sichuan army in Shandong was transmitted back to Sichuan, and Liu Xiang decided to go out of Sichuan in person, put all the Sichuan troops under his command, and used guerrilla warfare and other tactics to occupy the Yangtze River route and reverse the unfavorable situation of the war.
Despite the opposition of Chiang Kai-shek and his staff, Liu Xiang insisted on leaving Sichuan, hoping to take the opportunity to wash away the stigma of the Sichuan army. However, Liu Xiang suffered a stomach ulcer caused by eating cold crabs after leaving Sichuan, and in his illness, he heard people laughing at the Sichuan army.
Despite this, he decided to issue a verbal order, hoping to win a big battle to change the image of the Sichuan army. However, due to physical exhaustion, he fainted and fell to the ground when the order was issued.
Liu Xiang fell ill as a result, and failed to realize his idea of a general Sichuan army to resist the war. However, the victory he sought was finally achieved in Teng County, two months after his death.
On the morning of March 16, 1938, outside Tengxian County, 12 Japanese mountain guns aimed at the city to carry out intensive bombardment, and many enemy planes flew over Tengxian County and continued to strafe fire.
However, Wang Mingzhang, the commander of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army, who was at the command post outside the city, received an order from his superiors, asking him to withdraw all the troops outside the city to the city, stick to Teng County, and defend his homeland to the death.
Wang Mingzhang, a warrior from Brother Pao, firmly believes that perseverance is death. However, he did not know that Tengxian had been targeted by the Japanese army because of its special position, and once it was lost, the canal would fall into the hands of the enemy, and the battle situation would be even more difficult.
His superiors ordered him to hold on, but he was unhappy about it. However, when he heard "All gone, where are the people behind them hiding?" At this point, he suddenly came to his senses.
In Shandong, he was deeply touched by the warm welcome and selfless help they received from the local people. So, he decided to stick to it, and it was worth risking his life for the people.
Although he knew that it was auspicious to defend the murder, he still patted his chest and said, "I will definitely defend it!" "The commander told him that Townsburgh's reinforcements would arrive within four hours.
The battle began, and in just two hours, the Japanese fired more than 3,000 shells. However, Wang Mingzhang and his soldiers still stuck to their posts and fought to protect their homeland.
The land was desolate, and the fortifications of the village had been torn open by the Japanese army. Waves of Japanese troops poured in, and the noise of noise and gunfire in their ears made people feel dizzy, and many fighters could not even stand up straight.
In order to close the gap, the company commander led hundreds of soldiers to hold grenades tightly, ready to throw them when the Japanese approached.
At the sound of an order, the grenades rained down into the enemy group, and the sound of ** and screams came and went. The Japanese soldiers were blown up and howled, leaving dozens of corpses behind and fleeing quickly.
But this was only the first charge ...... the Japanese army
The war was raging, the Japanese invaders were pouring in like locusts, and the soldiers of the Sichuan army in the city fought bloodily. However, the ammunition will run out, and it can only be counteracted with life. When night fell and the two sides temporarily ceased fighting, Wang Mingzhang anxiously asked about the reinforcements.
Reinforcements had already arrived, but they quietly left for fear of artillery fire. The Sichuan army was forced to defend to the death, and after two days of fierce fighting, the city was seriously damaged. Wang Mingzhang decided to protrude from the west gate, however, the enemy took the opportunity to attack and the west gate was also controlled.
Wang Mingzhang was shot twice in his body, fell to the ground, and still shouted: "Resist, defend outside the city!" In the end, Wang Mingzhang died bravely, and the Sichuan army still insisted on resisting.
The Battle of Tengxian of the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army was not a victory, and 10 senior generals above the regimental level and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed. The Battle of Tengxian did not achieve victory, and the Sichuan army was outnumbered, writing the most glorious page in the history of the Sichuan army!
However, in order to protect the family and defend the country in the Battle of Tengxian, the Sichuan army shouldered the responsibility on its shoulders and defended the people with its life. During the Battle of Wuhan, the Sichuan Army watched the "friendly troops" drop their guns and flee, and they were angry and anxious: "Such a good **, don't you need it?"
Teach us how to use it and run again! No one answered, and the battlefield left them with shabby **, fighting for their lives in the bloody rain. However, the bad news of the sacrifice of the Sichuan army on the front line continued to spread back to Sichuan, and there were still countless young people who took the initiative to sign up for the war.
When a father in his 50s said goodbye to his son who had joined the army, he deliberately wrote the word "death" as a gift, and the flag read: "Wipe blood when you are wounded, and wrap your body ...... after death."I don't want you to be filial to me, but I want you to be loyal to the nation. ”
During the Anti-Japanese War, nearly 3.6 million Sichuan troops went out of Sichuan, but in the end only 1380,000 people were able to return to their hometowns. Behind this number is a deep maternal love and the expectation of wives, and those Sichuan soldiers and their families who silently dedicate themselves to the nation.
Although they all came from the ordinary, their heroic deeds and tenacity formed the spirit of the Sichuan army and became the soul of the Chinese nation. It is precisely these indomitable souls of China that enable the Chinese nation to stand on its own feet among the nations of the world.
We should pass on this spirit, just like the spirit of the Sichuan army flowing under the extinguished mountain fires in Chongqing, so that the martyrs can feel gratified.