Soldiers must be bloody, from Yue Fei's "fine loyalty to the country" to "unsuccessful, you will become benevolent", my heroic soldiers all have the purpose of "sacrificing themselves and defending the country".
It is said that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was such a general, in the case of heavy losses to the troops, his subordinates asked him to give orders to withdraw, but he insisted on holding his position and ordered: No orders will not leave the territory! The touching story of the final blood spilled on the battlefield.
This general was Mr. Jiang Yuzhen, then the commander of the 196th Brigade of the 65th Division of the 66th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
Jiang Yuzhen, a native of Xinji Village, Heze, Shandong, was born in 1894 and resolutely joined the army because of his poor family. Jiang Yuzhen was a standard Shandong Han, with a large body, he would personally go to the front line every battle, be a pioneer, and once cut off a lung due to a chest shot in a battle. Because of his bravery and good fighting, he was known as a "fierce general" in the Jin army, so he was promoted from a small soldier to a major general brigade commander step by step after several years of fighting all the way.
At the end of September 1937, Jiang Yuzhen and his 196th Brigade were transferred from Niangziguan to the town of Yuanping in Chengxian County on the orders of Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater of Operations, and demanded that their brigade "although there is only one soldier left, it must also be held in Yuanping for 7 days." "To cover the large army to assemble the Xinkou front line to block the Japanese army's march to Taiyuan."
Yuanping, named after the terrain "Hara Kuanping". The original flat defense line was not guarded by danger, it was all open on all sides, and the North Tongpu Railway and the Taitong Highway ran from north to south. However, with the fall of The County of Chengxian, 40 miles to the north, Yuanping became the only line of defense at the forefront of the main battlefield of the Battle of Xinkou.
Jiang Yuzhen faced this defenseless town of Pingchuan, and he decided to deploy separately and focus on blocking attacks. Gu Shufeng's 391st Regiment guarded the railway station, Zhang Zhenling's 392nd Regiment guarded the Taitong Highway, and Cui Jie's 413th Regiment served as a reserve, while the artillery position was set up in the ancient city.
Jiang Yuzhen's 196th Brigade arrived at the Harahei position on September 30, and the 15th Brigade of the Japanese Kwantung Army surrounded Harahei on 1 October. In the face of the menacing Japanese army, the officers and men of our army fought with the same enemy and took the lead in fighting outside the ancient city of Yuanping. Jiang Yuzhen commanded troops to fight with the enemy during the day, inspected the battlefield at night, encouraged officers and men to kill the enemy and serve the country, and personally led a small group of troops to sneak up on the enemy at night. For 3 consecutive days, the Japanese army stopped here, but the battle situation was as close as a day.
The Yuanping Railway Station was an important position for the enemy and us to compete for, and the Japanese army, under the cover of aircraft and tanks, had captured the position several times. However, it was soon retaken by our counter-charge. Once, the railway station was once again captured by the Japanese army, and our army wanted to recover it as soon as possible, but due to the reduction of casualties, the strong attack team could not be organized normally, so Jiang Yuzhen immediately ordered the regiments to draw elites, temporarily form a assault battalion, personally lead the charge, and retake the railway station.
After seven days and seven nights of fighting, under the extreme disparity in the strength and weapons and equipment of the enemy and us, Jiang Yuzhen's troops suffered heavy casualties and were forced to withdraw into the city of Yuanping to hold firm. However, after seven days of holding out, Jiang Yuzhen received another order from Yan Commander to "continue to hold on for three days".
On the night of receiving the order, Jiang Yuzhen held an emergency meeting, and in the face of the officers who were not neatly dressed, looked tired, some were wrapped in bandages, and some of whose limbs were already mutilated, Jiang Yuzhen shouted loudly: "For the sake of the overall situation of the battle, even if you die in battle, you will not hesitate to do so!" Since my generation is a soldier, it is a road of no return, and we must not be a breed. This time, we are facing the enemy of the entire nation, even if we are crushed to pieces, we must coexist and die with Yuan Ping! With the encouragement of Jiang Yuzhen, the generals were determined to lead their troops to defend Yuanping.
The fierceness of the ensuing battle can be imagined, and on October 8, the Japanese launched another onslaught with aircraft, artillery, and tanks, and the casualties of the 196th Brigade increased significantly. By October 10, the 196th Brigade had completed its 10-day mission to hold the town of Yuanping, but only a corner of the position was left in the southwest.
Jiang Yuzhen sent a telegram to Yan Xishan: "Our brigade is fighting with the enemy from hospital to hospital, lane by alley, please rest assured." I have already told General Hao Mengling, the commander of the Xinkou Defense, that jiang mou will absolutely stick to Yuanping until the reinforcements arrive and the new positions are not laid out. Chief Wang will never be worried because of the danger of Yuan Ping. ”
On the evening of the 10th, the regimental commanders of the three regiments all requested Jiang Yuzhen that the task had been completed, that our army had suffered heavy casualties and could no longer fight, and that it was time to consider retreating and breaking through. Jiang Yuzhen had tears in her eyes, but insisted: "Brothers, we are soldiers, and we will not leave the land without orders!" Fighting against the Japanese Kou is the duty and duty of Chinese soldiers, and even if we leave an inch of land, we must persist to the end! ”
In the early morning of the 11th, after receiving a telegram from Yan Xishan to retreat, Jiang Yuzhen took advantage of the remnants of the night organization to withdraw from the hole dug in the southwest corner of the city in turn. However, during the retreat, Brigadier Jiang Yuzhen's leg was broken, and the guards were killed and wounded. Jiang Yuzhen shouted, "I have resisted the war and become a renyi, and I hope that the dead will continue to work hard!" He then died heroically at the age of 43.
"Don't leave the earth!" Stubbornly holding the position, this is the bloody embodiment of my Chinese soldiers!
After the death of General Jiang Yuzhen, the Nationalist government awarded the 196th Brigade of the Jin Sui Army the glorious title of "Honorary Brigade", explicitly commended him, and posthumously awarded Jiang Yuzhen as a lieutenant general in the army. In June 1979, Jiang Yuzhen was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr, and later included in the first list of 300 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.