Looking back at the humiliating modern history a hundred years ago, I can't help but think of Yue Fei's Man Jianghong: "Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, and you can laugh at the blood of the Huns." The Chinese nation has gone through many crises to get to this day, and the most humiliating and tragic is China's modern history.When the West experienced the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, our country was closed to the country, and the information was blocked, so it was like a fish on the chopping board, which was slaughtered by others.
In the face of the invasion of various countries to carve up China's territory, Li Hongzhang once said:"China's eternal enemy, little Japan! ”Japan's living space and resources are very cramped, so whenever possible, it will show its expanding fangs, which is determined by its survival instinct.
On July 7, 1938, Japanese squadron leader Setsuro Shimizu led his troops to conduct a military exercise in the area north of the Lugou Bridge, but during the exercise, he falsely claimed that a soldier had left the team and disappeared, and asked to enter the city to search.
After being rejected by Ji Xingwen, commander of the 219th Regiment of the 37th Division of the 29th Army of the Chinese Garrison, the Japanese army quickly surrounded it, and Tai Dechun, deputy commander of the 29th Army, discussed with the Japanese side and felt that the two sides were sending personnel to investigate at the same time.
Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, miscalculated Japan's ambition to invade China, and he always wanted to preserve his strength to deal with other things, so he always tolerated the Japanese army.
This has also led to further oppression by Japan. It was not until the commander of the Japanese garrison issued an ultimatum on the evening of July 26 demanding that the squadron withdraw from Beiping that Song Zheyuan woke up to the fact that the Japanese army was going to occupy North China.
At that time, the Chinese faced great suffering, various countries invaded and divided China, the major warlords went their own way, and the equipment gap, in the face of this situation, our nation was faced with two possibilities, one was to disintegrate as a whole nation, and the other was to unite and fight hard. Turbid wine does not sell the tears of worrying about the country, and when it is saved, it should be out of the crowd, just the pain cannot save the country, "the turbid wine does not sell the tears of the country", how can the turbid liquor relieve my worries about national affairs, and throw the tears of youth, "when you save it, you should fight out of the talents", the salvation of the country depends on the collective wisdom and efforts of all people with lofty ideals. Our nation is fortunate that at this time there have been batches of hot-blooded sons and daughters who are willing to sacrifice their lives.
Because of the wrong estimation of the situation, the 29th Army was at a disadvantage in the face of the Japanese armyIn order to retain effective combat effectiveness, Song Zheyuan, commander of the 29th Army, ordered a retreat, and ordered his confidant Zhang Zizhong to stay in Beiping to cover the retreat.
Zhang Zizhong was not the main battle faction, in order to cover the retreat of the Northwest Army, in order to avoid direct conflict with the Japanese army, he successively became the mayor of Tianjin City and Beiping City, and then as the mayor of Tianjin, he negotiated with the Japanese invading army to delay time, and has always maintained a difficult peace, preserved the vitality of the later anti-Japanese resistance, and also delayed the withdrawal of the 29th Army.
After the Japanese army entered the city, he negotiated with the Japanese army, delayed time, persuaded the Japanese army to choose not to bomb the city of Beiping, and did not settle the army, and arranged for the progressives and the masses to withdraw from Beiping, and did his best to protect the safety of the people's lives and property.
His approach avoided the slaughter of Beijing and Tianjin, but in the eyes of the people at the time, because he did not fight hard, he became a "traitor", "thief" and "pro-Japanese faction".
Students in North China even launched several collective movements, and on one occasion General Zhang was forced to hide in the toilet. At this time, only Chiang Kai-shek, Song Zheyuan and others still trusted him.
It wasn't until he returned to Chiang Kai-shek and got the military power that he proved himself by beating the Japanese armyAlthough the masses admit that he is very good at fighting, they do not recognize him as a national hero.
For the sake of the country, he endured humiliation and made friends with the Japanese, but he was scolded as a traitor by the students. As a result, after Mr. Zhang Zizhong's death, the gang that scolded him as a traitor jumped out again and said that he was a national hero.
A lot of people think, the reason why he fought hard against the Japanese army was just to wash away his name as a traitor.
He couldn't argue, so he had to charge suicidally again and again in Linyi and northern Hubei until the battle of Xiangfan, General Zhang got the opportunity, General Zhang could obviously retreat at the time of confrontation, or wait for reinforcements, butHe took only two regiments to meet the heavy Japanese troops.
He can also retreat when the situation is unfavorable, but he wants to stay, his purpose is to use his death to clear the suspicion, fight for 100,000 skull blood, and must save the world.
At General Zhang's funeral, Chiang Kai-shek posthumously awarded him the rank of army general, only Zhang Zizhong was a lieutenant general and a general during his lifetime, and was officially posthumously awarded the rank of second-class general after his death, so General Zhang is the highest military rank of general who died during the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Zhang Zizhong was also the highest-ranking general to die in China. The Japanese army also said that for such a respectable person, his body should also be retained.
There are even Japanese soldiers and civilians who recalled:"In the atmosphere at that time, it seemed that everyone was full of respect for the lieutenant ** officer, I think it was probably the kind of spirit and courage he showed to die for his country. ”
General Zhang Zizhong was martyred (194016.5) Later, because the body was under the control of the Japanese army (The Japanese army also wanted to hold the highest funeral for this opponent, calling him "the backbone of the Chinese nation"! ）Huang Weigang of the 38th Division personally led a death squad with a light machine gun to raid the pumpkin shop on the night of the 16thIn order to prevent damage to the remains, the Japanese army stopped using aircraft bombing, and sent assault death squads to snatch the remains many times without successThe body was transported to Chongqing, the capital at that time, for burial, and the Japanese planes flew over the sky three times, but did not drop a single bomb, but dropped white flowers.
After Zhang Zizhong's bones were brought back to the rear, an examination revealed that he had eight wounds on his body, including five gunshot wounds, two shell wounds, and one bayonet wound.
This can't help but remind me of Li Yi'an's summer quatrain:"Life is a hero, death is also a ghost. ”Zhang Zizhong is really worthy of being a hero and a ghost. November 16, 1940General Zhang Zizhong was buried in Yutai, Chongqing with a state funeralLater, Feng Yuxiang planted plum blossoms beside Zhang Zizhong's tomb, and later renamed this mountain Plum Blossom Mountain.
For Yichang, the last gate of China, the body was wrapped in the thick forests of the rivers and rivers in Hubei. endure humiliation and burden all his life, and only seek to die with a clear will. I believe that if he had lived a few more years, the Japanese might have gone back a few years earlier.
Yuan Chonghuan was bitten to death by the people, Zhang Zizhong was forced to seek death by himself, and it was difficult for the people to look at it equally! In the face of the result of failure, there is always someone who needs to take the blame.
Chinese people like to follow behind the winners, and everyone has to step on the losers to draw a clear line, just like Li Hongzhang, who even wants a person to carry the humiliation of a country on his back, and in the background, the "Treaty of Tianjin", "Treaty of Shimonoseki", "Xinchou Treaty" and so on, he signed, as if they were all caused by him, and it is because of him that China has fallen to this.
In this impetuous era, it seems as if those who question those predecessors and sages without research and verification.
I see a person who has worked hard for the country from beginning to end to defend the country, and the people who worked hard for the country have ended up with such a verbal and written attack, hoping that when the country needs it, we can stand up, instead of hiding behind and gloating, we can't see and hear, it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, today's years are quiet, all because they are moving forward with a heavy load in front of them, fighting bloodily.
When we continue to deny the sacrifices made for us by the martyrs in front of us without verification and careful study, can we still remember the painful realizations of the sages today?
Kind-hearted people and compatriots, I hope not to forget the pain and blood and tears of the former sages, it is precisely because of their burdens that we have been able to live well today.