The commander was shot in the waist by the Japanese army and died, but his wife and children were living on the streets, and the old Chiang was ashamed when he learned about it
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In 1937, the July 7 Incident broke out, the Japanese army launched a comprehensive war of aggression against China, and the War of Resistance Against Japan also broke out in an all-round way. Until August 15, 1945, our army spent 8 years to win this war with huge sacrifices and tragic losses, and the Japanese army ended in defeat and surrendered unconditionally.
In this 8-year-long War of Resistance, we sacrificed many, many anti-Japanese generals, anti-Japanese heroes, and anti-Japanese fighters. They are neither men, women, children, nor partisans or nationalities. The only good thing is that they did not sacrifice in vain, and finally we defeated the fascists in the end.
In the War of Resistance Against Japan, a Kuomintang general was the first commander to die in this battle. He was the famous anti-Japanese martyr Hao Mengling, a general of the Kuomintang Army.
Hao Mengling is a native of Hebei and was born into a poor family. He studied at a private school for three years, because his family could not afford to support him. He was thrown out to the grocery store as an apprentice. He said he was an apprentice, but in fact he didn't learn anything, just served tea and water there. He was even abused by the store manager and was beaten very badly.
Later, Hao Mengling couldn't stand it anymore and fled. He defected to his distant relative Wei Yisan and served as a soldier under Wei Yisan. Wei Yisan found that Hao Mengling was a very smart child, so he sent him to the Army Officer Primary School for training. Later, he went to Baoding Military Academy to study, and achieved excellent results.
After that, Hao Mengling served as a battalion commander and regimental commander in Wei Yisan. Five years later, because Wei Yisan followed Feng Yuxiang, Hao Mengling also became a member of the Nationalist Army, where he became the brigade commander of the 26th Brigade of the Nationalist Fourth Army. Since then, Hao Mengling participated in the Northern Expedition and made many military achievements. After the Battle of the Central Plains, he was promoted to commander of the Ninth Army.
However, when Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary encirclement and suppression, Hao Mengling did not want to beat his own people again, so he requested to be disarmed and returned to the field, but it was not approved. So he began to defend and maintain the road at the Chuanqian Highway, and he also requested the demobilization and return to the field for the second time, but it was still not approved.
It wasn't until the July 7 Incident broke out in 1937 that Hao Mengling knew that he was finally going to war with the real enemy. So he immediately asked to return to the army and asked to go north to resist the Japanese. At that time, after the victory of Pingxingguan, the Japanese army retreated on all fronts because of heavy losses. In order to take Taiyuan directly, they prepared to take Xinkou first.
After receiving the task, Hao Mengling arrived at the Xinkou front before the arrival of the Japanese army. Before the war began, Hao Mengling said to his subordinates: "This War of Resistance is a national war, and if it wins, the country will survive, and if it loses, it will perish, so only victory is allowed, not defeat." The duty of a soldier is to defend the country and the people, and now the people are not happy about their lives, and the country will not be a country, that is, the soldiers of my generation have not fulfilled their due responsibilities, which is really shameful... Now that the great enemy is present, I am determined to live and die with all the officers and men, share the hardships and hardships, and fight side by side. ”
On October 11, 1937, the Battle of Xinkou was officially launched, and under the command and leadership of Hao Mengling, our army and the Japanese army launched a fierce battle. Our army repelled Japanese armored vehicles and tanks, and also burned Japanese cars. Later, the Japanese army began to bombard our army with bombers and artillery, and Hao Mengling took cover with his men. As soon as the Japanese artillery fire stopped, he rushed out and hit the enemy hard. During the day and night of this battle, xinkou changed hands 13 times in the northeast highlands of southern Huaihua. Our army vows not to give up and never to allow the enemy to succeed.
Since then, the war has become increasingly fierce, and our army has sacrificed thousands of people every day. But Hao Mengling was never afraid, and on October 16, the general attack of Southern Huaihua rang out. The enemy attack was quite fierce, and the fighters wanted Hao Mengling to retreat to the command post to take shelter and rest. But Hao Mengling said: "It is my task and duty to supervise the battle at the front line, how can I cower?" ”
Later, our army fought fiercely, and finally let the Japanese army suffer heavy losses. Unfortunately, when the Japanese army covered the retreat with fierce fire, Hao Mengling was still at the forefront. At that time, he was shot twice in the waist by the Japanese army, and then fell to the ground and was martyred at the age of 39.
After Hao Mengling's sacrifice, the suicide note in his pocket fell out. The suicide note reads: "Yu was ordered to go north to resist the enemy, and since the country paid a heavy responsibility, it regarded me as really not thin, so Yu also decided not to hesitate to die to martyr the country in order to survive the nation." In this War of Resistance, we vowed to take the battlefield as our destination. Hao Mengling's body was sent to Wuhan, where more than 10,000 people attended the funeral. Hao Mengling was posthumously awarded the title of army general because of his many military achievements and sacrifices for the country.
However, General Hao Mengling's orphans seemed to have had a miserable life later, it is understood. After the death of General Hao Mengling, Wuhan was also lost soon after. His wife and children are homeless and sell tea on the streets for a living. His clothes were in tatters and he was living in poverty. Later, it was Feng Yuxiang who discovered them and wrote a letter angrily accusing Chiang Kai-shek of not caring for the general's orphans. When Chiang Kai-shek saw the letter, he was very ashamed and immediately sent someone to pick up the children, arranged for the children to study for free, and also allocated money to help Hao Mengling's children and family.