He ordered the burial alive of 15 recalcitrant Japanese soldiers, and later became a founding major general, living to the age of 102
The soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Period all had a warm heart, and their inner anger reached its peak in the face of the enemy army that used all kinds of cruel means to hurt our innocent compatriots.
Even in the face of prisoners, they are still eager to retaliate with tit-for-tat and counter violence with violence, but our army has clearly defined the disciplinary requirements of "preferential treatment of prisoners" as early as 1929 from the humanitarian point of view
So there are very few incidents in which our army hurts prisoners.
However, some media played a role in the title, and some articles appeared about the prisoners being buried alive.
But this is basically a rumor, a veteran soldier in Guangzhou, Liang Zhenxing, who served in the divisional spy team that year, was a living witness. He emphasized the following points: first, the Japanese were very tenacious, and there were very few prisoners; second, the capture of prisoners alive could be rewarded, and they would not do so for merit; third, in order to obtain intelligence, any captured Japanese soldier was valuable, and prisoners of war were treated very well, sometimes even escorted by plane, and if they were to be killed, there was no need to bury them alive and waste time
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However, the burial of the Japanese army alive during the War of Resistance did occur, but it was not a prisoner but an enemy who refused to surrender.
In 1943, General Zeng Mei led his troops to destroy the largest Japanese stronghold on the banks of the Tuotuo River, a victory that was not easy to come by, and everyone held a mass meeting in Xitou Village to commend the victory, but a group of enemies secretly approached the base area.
Just after the end of the battle, the troops in the base area were empty, but Zeng Mei immediately gathered his troops after learning the information and was determined to fight the enemy to the death. Of course, he is not a reckless person, and he must be outsmarted.
General Zeng Mei led the soldiers to use the terrain advantage to attract enemy fire and lead them into the ambush circle that had been set up, and these Japanese troops were destroyed in an instant.
Only a dozen people remained to hide in the hole-in-the-earth cave under the cliff and stretch out their machine guns in an attempt to resist.
They are equipped with advanced equipment, and hard fighting at this time is a senseless sacrifice.
So the general immediately decided, buried!
The soldiers began to fill the hole, not only them, but also the surrounding masses were mobilized, when they heard that the enemy was buried alive, they were very excited, and they took out their tools to push the loess at the top of the cliff down, and then buried half of the cave, and at first a few Japanese troops climbed out and surrendered, but there were 15 enemies who continued to resist, and finally they ended their evil life in the cave, which was very happy.
General Zeng Mei later served as the commander of the Independent 1st Brigade of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the commander of the 196th Division of the 66th Army, and the chief of staff of the 67th Army, participating in several battles, and was awarded the rank of major general in 1955. He was often invited to participate in the symposium and talked to the young juniors about the situation in that year, and everyone listened with relish and was very encouraged.
On January 31, 2015, General Zeng Mei was seriously ill, but before he died, he was still asking: "Are our people safe?" ”
The child suppressed the tears and said, "Rest assured, it is safe." The old man closed his eyes in relief and said, "Well, yesterday we eliminated a dozen more devils!" ”
"Five years of blue blood turning over the sea, a piece of Dan heart illuminated the Han flag." Jiu Yu fought for the mountain, and dared to fight with the hundreds of millions of people. "General Zeng Mei's participation in the revolution as a teenager, his half-life fighting horses, loyalty to the party, loyalty to the people, loyalty to the cause of communism, even in the last stage of his life, he was still worried about the situation on the battlefield, it is really admirable, the older generation of revolutionaries are worthy of the wealth of the country!