Jingyu County: An indomitable backbone between the white mountains and black waters

Source: China Military Network

Journalist's Note

Coming to Jingyu County: Between the white mountains and black waters, the indomitable backbone of the Chinese nation is raised

■ Zhao Lei, a reporter of the Chinese Military Network

In 1944, a peasant woman named Guo Lian was captured and tortured by the enemy, who pressed her to ask about her husband's whereabouts, but she always gritted her teeth and did not give in to the enemy. Shortly after her release from prison, the peasant woman fell seriously ill and died. Until the last moment of her life, she only knew that her husband was a person who did great things, but she did not know that he had died in the anti-Japanese battlefield in the northeast with another name 4 years ago.

The peasant woman's husband was named Ma Shangde, and his name at the time of his death was Yang Jingyu. This mountain pass, which was called "Three Dao Weizi", has now become a memorial garden for the martyrdom of General Yang Jingyu. In February 1940, Yang Jingyu was alone with a large number of Japanese kosovars in the case of ice and snow and running out of food, and after five days and nights of fighting, he died heroically here.

Ma Jimin, Yang Jingyu's grandson, told reporters that Zhang Guanyi and Yang Jingyu were former pseudonyms of their grandfather. In 1929, he was ordered to infiltrate the Fushun Coal Mine and launch a workers' movement. At the moment of receiving the task, he said: "Carry out the instructions of the provincial party committee and be consistent." With the mother's surname, it is called Zhang Guanyi. ”

From organizing and leading the peasant movement during the Period of the Great Revolution, to organizing armed forces to struggle against the reactionary forces after "April 12", to following the Instructions of the Party to go to the northeast to carry out work... Loyalty to the party is not only reflected in his modified name, but also throughout his life.

After the "918" incident, the arduous Northeast War of Resistance began, and the party organizations in the northeast once broke off contact with the central authorities, and they could not hear the party's voice and understand the party's policies. Wei Zhengmin once said in a report to the CPC delegation to the Communist International: "We are like a boat that has lost its helmsman in the sea, like a blind child, bumping into the east and the west, not knowing where to go... All we want all day long is not to interrupt contact for a long time again. ”

Despite a long period of loss of contact with the Party Central Committee, Yang Jingyu still placed himself under the leadership of the Party organization. Someone once asked Yang Jingyu: "The central authorities are inside the Guanxi, and we are outside the Guanxi, so how can we lead us?" Yang Jingyu replied: "As long as we implement the party's line, principles, and policies, we will be under the leadership of the party." ”

They were short of food, clothing, and ammunition, but they never gave up their faith, never gave up fighting, never gave up looking for the Party. They interpreted with blood what faith is and what loyalty is.

More famous than the names of Ma Shangde and Zhang Guanyi is the name Yang Jingyu.

In 1936, a team with combat footprints all over the dense forests of northeast China was officially established, and at this time, Yang Jingyu's name had spread throughout the White Mountains and Black Water. Ma Jimin said that his grandfather changed his name for himself to show his determination to pacify Uchi, drive out enemies, and resist to the end.

Ma Jimin said: The anti-Japanese battlefield in the northeast is extremely arduous, and the anti-japanese coalition forces, called "armies" and "divisions," actually have only a few hundred or thousands of people, and often have dozens of people to act in small groups, often having to face vicious enemies that are several times or even tens of times greater than their own. Ma Jimin had never seen his grandfather, but he often imagined what was going on in his heart when his grandfather was alone in the snowy fields of LinHai, hungry and cold, and dealing with the enemy.

"Chinese have all surrendered, is there still China?!" Before General Yang Jingyu died, he said this with a loud voice.

This sentence is shocking! It was like a thunderclap exploding between the white mountains and the black water. At the dark moment when China is the most difficult, the most helpless, and most people have no hope for the future of the war, there are still people who are supporting the future of this nation with integrity, faith, and blood, and they are worthy of being the backbone of the nation!

The Evergreen Pavilion of General Yang Jingyu's martyrdom. Photographed by Zhao Lei, a reporter from the Chinese Military Network

Ma Jimin said that his grandfather had written many revolutionary songs, including the lyrics of a war song: "There is both blood and iron, just waiting to charge..." The reporter thought that the moment General Yang Jingyu fell, the only thing he regretted was that he did not personally see the day when rikou was expelled from China! Between the ice and the snow, when the country was destroyed and the species was destroyed, he expressed his fiery love for the country, the nation, and the people in the most simple and resolute way -- that is, to fight, never surrender, even if it is the last person!

"Death is heavier than Tarzan, and lighter than Hong Mao." We are grateful to the martyrs who rose up to save the nation and the nation, and we still live under their blessings today. The three words "Yang Jingyu" weigh a thousand weights in the annals of the History of the Chinese Nation, and his short life is like a shining meteor, illuminating the sky of the Chinese revolution and lighting up the future of the Chinese nation! 【Source: China Military Network WeChat】