In 1942, General Zuo Quan was brutally killed by the Japanese when he was carrying out the retreat mission. Sadly, the Japanese army not only killed General Zuo Quan, but also snatched his body and abandoned it in the wilderness.
The humiliation and ridicule of the Japanese army aroused the anger and determination of our army, and they vowed to avenge General Zuo Quan. How did General Zuo Quan die, and how will our army avenge him?
On May 21, 1942, our army's operation against the guerrilla tactics of the Japanese army had just ended. Just as our army received the news that the Japanese army was about to launch a large-scale operation, a strange squad suddenly appeared at the gate of the base area of the 28th Route Army.
The leader of the squad claimed to have accidentally separated from the main unit during the battle and hoped to return to the team at this time.
One militiaman heard that the men in the squad were wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and looked exhausted, and judged that they might have been away from the main unit for a few days. He was ready to let them into the base area, but first asked them which unit they belonged to.
The squad replied that it was the New Sixth Brigade, which alerted the militia. You must know that there was no new Sixth Brigade in the Eighth Route Army at that time, only the 386th Brigade, known as the Old Sixth Brigade.
He suspected that these people might be disguised by the enemy, but instead of immediately exposing them, he stabilized them with words while continuing to observe their behavior.
He saw the clue at a glance. While half of the squad wore cloth shoes, the other half were leather shoes. In those days, even an important person like *** might not be able to afford to wear leather shoes.
This clearly different squad must have been disguised by the Japanese. The militia calmly demanded that they hand over the **, and as soon as the squad heard it, they fled, revealing their identities.
After reinforcements arrived at the scene and chased to no avail, the militia reported the situation to their superior, Chen Geng. However, it is puzzling why the Japanese army would send a squad to pretend to be the Eighth Route Army at this time?
In May 1942, the First Army of the Japanese Army in North China carried out a large-scale clean-up operation in North China, trying to completely destroy the forces of our army there. However, regardless of the Japanese army's method of fighting, our army was able to deal with it calmly, because the guerrilla tactics we adopted all along were successful.
Several months passed, and the Japanese army's sweeping operations did not achieve any remarkable results, but were caught in a dilemma by our army's guerrilla tactics. Under such circumstances, the Japanese commanders gritted their teeth with hatred for our commanders.
However, he also realized that continuing the mass purge would only lead to a slow death, so he decided to cancel the operation and instead set up a special commando team.
Although the number was small, less than 130 people, this special advance team led by Zuo Quan (second from right), *third from right) was composed of Japanese and puppet elites, was well-equipped, and even had special carriers of wireless communication equipment.
The Japanese army created this contingent not to achieve unexpected results on the battlefield, but to assassinate the commander of our army and thereby reduce the morale of our army.
General Zuo Quan was one of their main targets, and the map released by the Japanese army after the war showed that they had located General Zuo Quan. Under the guidance of traitors, this team disguised itself as our army and secretly marched to our army's base area.
To ensure safety, the force had to avoid villages and climb steep mountain peaks. Although they were discovered by the militia on the way, they did not attract much attention because they were uniformly dressed in the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army.
However, when they reached the vicinity of the village, they were intercepted by the militia. When questioned by the militia, the traitors of the advance team originally thought that they could get through the tricks, but they did not expect that many loopholes were exposed on them.
In addition to the problems of the "New Sixth Brigade" and the "Old Sixth Brigade", there were also big problems with their dress. Due to the tight schedule, there was no one to prepare cloth shoes, so half of the people were still wearing leather shoes.
It was these leather shoes that finally revealed their identity. After the militia reported the situation, Chen Geng immediately contacted *** to start the transfer, while General Zuo Quan was in charge of breaking the rear.
General Zuo Quan was born in 1905 in a peasant family in Hunan. Although his parents and himself had worked hard in the fields, they had always believed in the power of education.
So, when Zuo Quan was eight years old, his parents gritted their teeth and sent him to a private school, hoping to change his fate through study. However, Zuo Quan's heart is full of curiosity about new things and yearning for freedom, and he often explores the unknown world in addition to studying.
Despite his excellent grades, Zuo Quan dropped out of school several times because he was bored with his studies, and was not admitted to secondary school until he was 17 years old. During his middle school years, Zuo Quan was exposed to advanced ideas, which made him deeply attracted.
He began to have a dream of serving the country and saving the people, and was determined to devote himself to the revolutionary cause. As he was about to graduate from high school, Zuo Quan made a decision to drop out again and travel to Guangzhou with his friends.
They were full of enthusiasm and conviction and were ready to contribute to the revolutionary cause there. In short, General Zuo Quan's growth process is full of challenges and opportunities, and his story tells us that as long as we have dreams and determination, we will definitely be able to achieve our goals.
After arriving in Guangzhou, Zuo Quan devoted himself to the newly founded Whampoa Military Academy and became one of the first cadets of the school. In January 1925, he joined the Communist Party of China at the recommendation of Chen Geng, and began his communist career.
Soon after joining the Communist Party, Zuo Quan went to the battlefield. He first took part in the battles against the Gui warlords Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan in June 1925, and then rose to prominence in the Eastern Crusade to eliminate Chen Jiongming.
Because of his outstanding performance in this battle, the party organization decided to send him to Moscow Sun Yat-sen University for further study.
After Zuo Quan returned to Shanghai in 1930, he was appointed commander of the 12th Red Army. In 1933, he was transferred to the chief of staff of the 1st Red Army Corps, and repeatedly thwarted the pursuit of the Kuomintang during the Long March.
The battlefield is a paradise for restless people like Zuo Quan, and although he looks like a scholar on the outside, he has made countless exploits on the battlefield. Especially after the start of the War of Resistance Against Japan, his results were amazing.
In the Battle of Changle in 1938, he took advantage of the terrain to win more with less and annihilated more than 2,000 Japanese troops. In the counterattack of the reactionaries in 1939, he wiped out ten regiments of the reactionaries in only four days.
Subsequently, in the Battle of Huangya Cave (Battle of the Hundred Regiments), he defeated a puppet army of more than 2,000 people with very small losses.
Zuo Quan's heroic performance on the battlefield was highly praised by Marshal *** and others, among which Marshal ** especially praised his steely will and lion tiger-like brave general spirit.
However, these outstanding performances also attracted the attention of the Japanese army, who sent a special advance team to try to get rid of Zuo Quan. After the transferred troops were surrounded by the special advance team, ** quickly issued an order to let the large force transfer, successfully avoiding the pursuit of the special advance team.
After the transfer of large forces, the maps previously drawn by the Japanese lost their effectiveness. However, the Japanese did not give up, but ordered the special advance team to search for the location of our troops according to radio signals.
Although this method was somewhat unreliable, it was the only way to find our army for the Japanese invaders at that time.
Through this unexpected method, they found the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army after transfer, and sent a large number of troops to surround it. Upon learning of the actions of the Japanese troops, the marshal immediately realized that the location of the headquarters had been exposed, and immediately began to evacuate.
However, the pace of evacuation was still too slow, resulting in the slower transfer of logistics personnel eventually being surrounded by the Japanese army. Due to the successful transfer of large forces, there was only one special service regiment in the rear to protect the logistics corps.
The day after the transfer, the group began to exchange fire with the Japanese troops, which made General Zuo Quan very nervous. If the Japanese army is surrounded by large forces, then the logistics personnel and the special service group will have almost no chance of survival.
Therefore, General Zuo Quan decided to stay behind the broken queen, but this decision was opposed by Marshal ***.
** The marshal insisted on staying, and the danger of the break made him deeply worried. Although he had an argument with General Zuo Quan, in the end, General Zuo Quan called in the guards and forcibly took *** out of the danger zone, while he himself decided to stay behind and swear to protect the safety of the logistics personnel.
Under the command of General Zuo Quan, although the logistics personnel encountered several attacks by the Japanese army, fortunately they did not suffer much damage, and they marched outside the encirclement little by little.
When they reached the vicinity of the last pass of Cross Ridge, the mood of the warriors relaxed, because they knew that as long as they broke through this pass, they could almost reach a safe place.
At this moment, there was a roar in the distance, and then a scene broke out in front of the soldiers. This was our last line of defense, and it was also an area where the Japanese were attacking with all their might.
General Zuo Quan died heroically in the frenzied bombing of the Japanese army, and many logistics personnel did not dare to continue advancing out of fear. Zuo Quan looked at the situation in front of him and understood that if he couldn't break through immediately, when the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they would be trapped and unable to escape.
So, Zuo Quan ordered several guards to take the lead in front and began to break through to the ** area. After seeing the security guards successfully break through, the logistics personnel also began to follow them.
Throughout the process, despite being less than 400 meters away from the breakout, General Zuo Quan still chose to stick to his position and command the battle with all his might, inspiring the soldiers to persevere.
General Zuo Quan stopped his hoarse roar after almost all the logistics personnel broke through and prepared to lead everyone to break through. Unexpectedly, a Japanese shell hit him at a critical moment, causing him to fall to the ground.
The guards arrived quickly, but there was no way to save his life. Although the fighters wanted to continue the breakthrough with the body of General Zuo Quan, the situation was dire, and they could only hide him for the time being and then move on.
Under the leadership of General Zuo Quan, most of the logistics personnel and fighters managed to break through the encirclement and join Marshal ***. After learning of the death of General Zuo Quan, the ** marshal wept bitterly and said: "It's my fault, if it's me who stays, it's fine!" ”
When other ** leaders heard the news, they also fell into deep grief.
The heroic sacrifice of General Zuo Quan deeply deplored the whole army, but the humiliating behavior of the Japanese army made the whole army angry. At the memorial service of General Zuo Quan, ** delivered a speech, emphasizing that we should take revenge.
After the speech, the Eighth Route Army was excited, organized a 30-member assassination team, and began to carry out revenge. After careful planning, the assassination team found the figure of the special advance team in the county seat of Qi County.
While all the members of the Special Advance Team were eating, the assassination team used daggers and guns to deal with this group of little devils one by one. This is our vow: revenge, an indelible vow!
Before bidding farewell to Qi County, the leader of the assassination team ordered the team members to cut off the heads of the members of the advance team and hang them on the gates of major cities. In this way, seven months after General Zuo Quan's heroic death, his comrades-in-arms succeeded in avenging him and made a group of Japanese officers who had organized the advance team panic day and night.
The place where General Zuo Quan died was later renamed Zuoquan County by the local people. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was precisely because of heroes like General Zuo Quan who had the courage to sacrifice themselves in order to defeat the invaders that New China was exchanged for the beautiful life we have today.
At no time can we forget that period of history and the heroes who gave their lives for the future of our country.