When it comes to the War of Resistance Against Japan, many anti-Japanese heroes continue to emerge in my mind, and I still remember the young anti-Japanese hero Wang Erxiao who was written in the primary school textbook.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Erxiao's hometown was the anti-Japanese base area of the Eighth Route Army, so he was often "swept up" by the Japanese army, and Wang Erxiao, who was only 13 years old, often herded cattle on the hillside while observing the surrounding environment to send out a sentry for the Eighth Route Army.
On October 25, 1942, the Japanese were lost while in the vicinity but reached the mountain pass. At this time, they saw Wang Erxiao, who was herding cattle on the hillside, and threatened him to lead the way. The young Wang Erxiao was not frightened by the large number of Japanese devils, but calmly pretended to lead the way for them, and hid away from the villagers hiding nearby, taking them to the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army.
After they entered the ambush circle, there was a sound of gunfire around them, many enemy troops fell to the ground and died, in the face of a sudden attack, the enemy knew that they had entered the ambush circle, so they fiercely stabbed Wang Erxiao, and then the Japanese army did not escape the ambush of the Eighth Route Army and was completely destroyed.
Wang Erxiao used his life to indirectly kill many enemy troops and contributed to china's War of Resistance Against Japan, but at the same time he also developed sympathy and awe for this young anti-Japanese hero.
Heroes like Wang Erxiao have countless heroes in the War of Resistance Against Japan, including one who joined the anti-Japanese army at a young age, zeng mei, who ordered the burial alive of 15 Japanese troops who refused to surrender, and served as the commander of the Beijing garrison after the founding of the People's Republic of China, living until 2015.
A life dedicated to the country
Zeng Zhaotai, whose original name was Zeng Mei, was born in 1914 to a peasant family in Chayuan Township, Xingguo County, Jiangxi Province. He joined the Red Army at the age of 16 and the Communist Party of China at the age of 18. During the agrarian revolution, he was promoted from an ordinary soldier to a squad leader, and later served as a surveyor in the School of Public Strategy and a combat staff officer at the General Headquarters.
He followed the Red Army in anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations and the 25,000-mile Long March. He chose the site of the famous Zunyi Conference and was also one of the staff officers of the conference. In 1937, he entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University to improve himself.
In 1941, he became the regimental commander and participated in many guerrilla wars behind the enemy lines within three years. In October 1944, he served as the commander of the Second Sub-district of the Jijin Military Region, successfully recovered a number of strongholds and participated in the Battle of the Zhengtai Line, accepting the surrender of the enemy.
In the winter of 1945, Zeng Mei led the People's Liberation Army to capture the daguocun airfield, causing the enemy to lose the assistance of the air force, making great contributions to the liberation of Shijiazhuang war, and obtaining the "first merit". Later, he also participated in the Battle of Pingjin and the Battle of Taiyuan.
In August 1948, Zeng Mei was given the post of chief of staff of the 67th Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also held many important positions in the headquarters of our military region.
In 1955, Comrade Zeng Mei was awarded the rank of major general, the Order of August 1 of the Third Class, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class, the Liberation Medal of the First Class, the Medal of Merit of the Red Star of the First Class, and served as a delegate to the National Congress for many times. He retired in 1981 due to advanced age and died of illness in 2015 at the age of 101.
Battle for Fame
On March 11, 1940, Zeng Mei's 19th Regiment was ordered to intercept more than 900 Japanese puppet troops in Wutaicheng from attacking the Gengzhen area. The regimental commanders Li Hehui and Zeng Mei assembled their troops and arrived at Wangcheng before dawn the next day to prevent the enemy from continuing their advance.
The Nineteenth Regiment, which had just arrived in the Royal City, engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy, and the enemy tried to escape in the face of the fierce attack of the Nineteenth Regiment. The second battalion led by Zeng Mei was making combat preparations in the rear, and Zeng Mei also constantly ascended to observe the enemy's situation, and found that the enemy's momentum was gradually insufficient, and there was a tendency to retreat.
Zeng Mei, who had rich combat experience, hurriedly commanded the second battalion to seize the left high ground and intercept the enemy. Due to the abundance and number of enemy troops, the war was fought from dusk to early morning. In the long and continuous fighting, the supply of guns and ammunition of our army was gradually insufficient, and in order to take into account the overall situation and reduce losses, Commander Li made the decision to withdraw from the battle.
However, when organizing the retreat, Commander Li was unfortunately attacked by bullets and seriously wounded, at this time Commander Li entrusted Zeng Mei to retreat the team safely, and Zeng Mei immediately calmed down and announced to the army that he would temporarily obey his command.
In the environment at that time, Zeng Mei was not in a hurry, he also observed the enemy's battle situation, and the enemy's strength was gradually weakening, and he was also retreating in a hurry. Zeng Mei then ordered his troops to mount bayonets and launch a condescending charge at the enemy.
The enemy troops who were also retreating did not react for a while, and thought that our army would retreat, so they were caught off guard by the sudden and fierce attack, but because their supplies were already insufficient, except for a few who were still insisting, most of them fled in the situation, and the enemy collapsed completely. Zeng Mei also took advantage of the victory to pursue and finally won a big victory.
Under the command of Zeng Mei, the battle was defeated and won and a batch of military supplies were captured, and he also became famous in this war.
Qiaozhi refused to surrender the Japanese army
In 1943, the sixth year of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to commemorate the sixth year of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and to celebrate Zeng Mei's victory in Hongdao Town, the County Party Committee decided to hold a victory meeting in Xitou Village on the day of the "Seventh Seventh War of Resistance".
Xitou Village is a relatively special location, according to shangzhuang Weijun stronghold and ZhuDongshe Japanese stronghold is not far away, so in order to ensure the smooth convening of the meeting and the safety of the masses, Zeng Mei sent people to supervise in the village and outside the village.
During the meeting, a gunshot came from the east of the village, and Zeng Mei immediately calmed down and sent someone to observe, while also calming the panicked mood of the crowd.
According to the report of the personnel who went to observe, there were not many puppet troops who came, and the teams that had been sent to patrol outside the village were enough to resist. Zeng Mei also quickly judged that this enemy was from Zhu Dongshe's stronghold, and the number would not be large. Zeng Mei and the county party committee at that time coincided and decided to destroy the enemy who came.
Zeng Mei later organized the masses to leave in an orderly and safe manner, and quickly made a battle plan, forming a belly-to-back attack on the enemy, planning to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop!
After laying out the battle plan, the enemy also realized that he was surrounded and began to retreat backwards, at this time Zeng Mei ordered a fierce attack, and the enemy was left with little, leaving only fifteen Japanese troops and a few puppet troops hiding in a cave in an attempt to continue their resistance.
However, the troops had already surrounded the cave, and since the cave was easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zeng Mei decided to persuade him to surrender in order to reduce the casualties of the troops.
After communicating our army's capture policy to the Japanese troops in the cave through an interpreter, the Japanese army refused to surrender, but several of the puppet troops surrendered, and the remaining 15 Japanese troops continued to shoot outwards, with a very bad attitude. Zeng Mei considered that if a strong attack is bound to cause great damage, but if it continues to be consumed, it may wait for reinforcements to lose even more when the time comes.
So he decided to end the battle as soon as possible, and proposed to the county party committee that the cave be sealed and buried alive by the Japanese army. The news of the buried Japanese troops alive reached the village, and many villagers spontaneously picked up tools and came. Under the command of Zeng Mei, the villagers climbed up the slope on both sides of the slope, and as the shovels of soil fell, finally the cave kiln was sealed tightly, and the Japanese troops in the cave were bound to die.
Some people may comment that this method is too cruel, but looking back at the many Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army has always been more cruel to our prisoners, and our army will first adopt a special method after peaceful persuasion is ineffective, but what about the enemy army? We have never been soft on our prisoners.
brief summary:
Looking back at Comrade Zeng Mei's revolutionary career of more than eighty years, it is not difficult to find that he not only has extremely high military and political qualities, but also has a super ability to strategize, command, and carry out political work. Ideologically, he has always been loyal to the party, loyal to the people, and always full of confidence in the future of the revolution. Constantly dedicating himself to the cause of communism in action, leading by example, and being honest and honest always interpret the advanced nature of a communist party member.
Time flies, more than seventy years have passed since the victory of the War of Resistance, and those tragic wars have gradually drifted away from us, leaving only those heroic deeds and heroic spirits worth learning. The zengmei hero who once ordered the burial alive of 15 people who refused to surrender to the Japanese army also said goodbye to us in 2015, but his life of fighting for the motherland, that lofty thought, noble character and excellent revolutionary achievements will forever be recorded in the annals of history, and future generations will always remember!