In the history of our country for thousands of years, swords enjoy a very high historical status, in that era of cold weapons, swords and swords are things that can save your life. By the time of the Qin Dynasty, the sword was used on the battlefield on a large scale. In the Tang Dynasty, the most famous should be the Tang sword, and the gradual knife has slowly replaced the status of the sword, why.
First of all, the scope of the knife is wider than the sword, the production is simpler, people are beginning to favor the knife more, and sometimes people see the knife as a symbol of power.
At that time, the fame of the Japanese saber can be described as very large, the saber is a symbol of an officer, and it is also a special glory to be able to kill a Japanese officer and capture his saber. Because you killed a commander of the Japanese army, this is indeed a very proud thing. Many people in our army at that time also wanted to get a Japanese saber.
To put it bluntly, if you had a Japanese saber at that time, even others would respect you for three points, because being able to get a Japanese saber was itself a symbol of glory.
Although it has been 75 years since the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, whenever we look back at history, see those old photos, and remember the heinous evil deeds committed by the Japanese army at that time, our hearts will still be full of anger, that is, it is a harm to our country and nation, and no matter when we can not forget this humiliating history. And an old man in Henan also remembers this history, and he also has a profound story in him.
Just a few years ago, an old man named Li Jiuwen built a "Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" at his own expense in Yechang Village, Yanjin County, Xinxiang, Henan Province. In that memorial hall there are hundreds of weapons from the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which were collected by the elderly Li Jiuwen over the years. The purpose of the old man Li Jiuwen in building this memorial hall is to let everyone not forget our national shame and use this shame to forge ahead.
When you walk into this memorial, there is a saber that is placed in the most eye-catching position, and there were Japanese people who learned of this saber and wanted to buy this saber at a high price of one million yuan, but the elderly Li Jiuwen refused.
The katana has a high status in Japan and is the soul of the Japanese samurai. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Japanese officers also used the samurai sword as their own saber. It is said that the most valuable knife in Japan is called "Kiyoma", but this knife was lost during the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan, and when he reappeared, it was during the War of Resistance Against Japan.
The man with the knife was Keijiro Goga, a Japanese vice admiral. It is said that he lost this knife in a village during a battle, and the knife that Old Man Li Jiuwen found was not this famous knife?
For the discovery of this knife, we must also start from a tragic case that occurred 82 years ago. It was in nochang Village, and you can't imagine what a fierce and tragic war had been going on here. On May 15, 1938, led by the traitor Liu Shandao, more than 100 Japanese troops quietly came to Nochang Village. The purpose is simple, it is to plunder, whether it is food or anything for use.
But fortunately, some villagers found the traces of the Japanese army from a distance, and immediately banged the gong and shouted, and the villagers also knew that the Japanese were coming, they did not flee around, but hid the grain, and rushed out with axes and hoes to fight the Japanese to the death.
Even the Japanese did not expect the villagers to be so fierce, they were caught off guard, and they were repelled by the villagers with axes and hoes. And their record is also commendable, killing and injuring a total of more than 50 people, but also captured more than 30 rifles, pistols, etc., and thousands of bullets. It can be said that the Japanese have lost their wives and folded their soldiers.
But the sinister and cunning Japanese would not leave so easily after suffering a loss. The next day they made a comeback, and the number of them increased, and they were more careful after eating the loss of the last time. Fighting broke out at one point, and although the villagers repelled them, their casualties were heavy compared to the well-equipped Japanese. Thinking that the Japanese would definitely come again, Li Sigong, a martial arts teacher in Nochang Village, gathered the villagers and formed the "Red Gun Society" to compete with the Japanese.
In this way, Nochang village resisted for half a month, although wounding the enemy a thousand himself was also self-inflicted eight hundred. The fact that a small village had not been taken down for such a long time made the Japanese also angry, and in retaliation they had transferred a group of Japanese puppet troops, and they actually used poison gas bombs on the villagers. In the face of chemical weapons, the villagers had no way to do anything, and in the end most of the villagers were poisoned alive.
For the hateful Japanese, this is not the end, they rushed into the village to grab food, but also killed the living village names, and when they left, they also set fire to the village, which can be said to be inhumane, a total of 171 villagers were tragically killed by the Japanese, and the crimes they committed are something we can never forgive. This battle is also known as the "Wild Factory Blood Case".
Later, the villagers who escaped by chance also returned here, and they shed sad tears when they saw that their former relatives and friends were no longer there, and the village where they used to live had become ruins. And just when they were cleaning up the village battlefield, they found a saber, which was also the one in the memorial hall of the elderly Li Jiuwen, and the villagers also took this knife away.
Remember Li Sigong, the founder of the Red Gun Society? Elder Li Jiuwen is his descendant, this knife is also collected by elder Li Jiuwen, the knife is also engraved with "Showa fifteen years", "Sato Kotaro", "Emperor" these 12 words, as well as the Japanese cherry blossom pattern, it can be seen that the identity of the person who owns this knife will not be very low.
In order to remember history and remember the shame of that year, the elderly Li Jiuwen also built a memorial hall with almost all his savings, and this knife can also be said to be the most precious thing in the memorial hall, it was placed in the most conspicuous position of the memorial, and many villagers and tourists also came here to visit.
Later, when some Japanese people heard about this knife, they offered a million high prices to buy this knife, and Old Man Li Jiuwen also immediately rejected the other party, this knife was stained with the blood of our compatriots, which was evidence that Japan had invaded us, and Elder Li Jiuwen said that he would not sell this knife at all. To this day, the knife is still in the memorial for us to see.
Conclusion: The harm brought to us by Japan's aggression is enormous, and that kind of shame is something that we can never forget; we must remember the national shame, summon the soul of the country, cherish the national character, and strive for national prestige, so that our country and nation will become stronger and stronger, and our people will become happier and happier. Thank you to those heroes in the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was your efforts that made us the great China we have today, and we will always remember the revolutionary ancestors who shed blood and sacrificed for the War of Resistance!!