introduction
Any kind of confrontation is extremely difficult, especially in the face of powerful aggressors. Some people originally could not bear the insults of the invaders and rose up to resist, but in the end they betrayed their motherland either for the sake of fame, or for profit, or for the sake of life. The Song Dynasty scholar Su Rui wrote in the "Theory of the Six Kingdoms": "I do not know this, but I am greedy for the advantages of the size of the frontier, and I have broken the covenant and destroyed it myself." "Often such people will not end up in any good end."
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In the history of the Chinese revolution, there is an extremely tragic contingent, which is the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance. In the 14 years of arduous struggle, 9 military commanders and 23 cadres above the division level were martyred. According to incomplete statistics, the number of battles between the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition and the Japanese Puppet Army has reached more than 100,000 times, and 50,000 people have successively participated in the Anti-Japanese Coalition, but after the victory of the War of Resistance, there are only less than 1,000 people left. The operational environment of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition was extremely harsh, with no internal supplies, no external assistance, and the equipment used was extremely backward, but the 50,000 officers and men of the Anti-Japanese Coalition successively annihilated 180,000 enemy troops. The combat history of the Anti-Japanese Coalition is the greatest miracle and the warm-blooded and sad song of the people of Northeast China.
▲Old photos of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army
Xie Wendong was originally one of the leaders of the Anti-Japanese League, and in the early struggle against Japanese aggression, Xie Wendong performed very well. However, in order to save his life, Xie Wendong surrendered to the Japanese at the most difficult time of the War of Resistance, and then went to Japan to meet the Japanese emperor and knelt down in front of Japan's so-called "Loyalty Monument". Completely betrayed his country and people.
Xie Wendong was born in 1887, and when he was 4 years old, his family sent Xie Wendong to a private school. Xie Wendong's family was considered a small local landlord, and when he was 16 years old, Xie Wendong began to take charge of the family business, and the family's farming work and cattle trafficking were handed over to Xie Wendong. Later, Xie Wendong wanted to buy more land and expand the family's assets, who knew but could not repay, Xie Wendong was heartbroken, directly kidnapped a rich local family.
▲ Xie Wendong old photo
After that, because they were hunted down by officers and soldiers, Xie Wendong's family had to flee to Fengcheng County for a temporary shelter. In 1925, Xie Wendong's family moved to Tulong Mountain, Yilan County, Jilin Province. Xie Wendong had very good luck in Tulong Mountain, which was not only sparsely populated, but also became more and more affluent because of the abundant labor force in his family. In 1926, Xie Wendong became the head of the local self-defense regiment, and as the family's economic situation got better and better, a few years later Xie Wendong became a well-known local landlord.
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After the outbreak of the 918 Incident, Xie Wendong stepped forward and led the local people to organize an anti-Japanese team. On March 9, 1934, Xie Wendong's political forces attacked the pseudo-police station in Taiping Town, killing not only more than 10 enemies, but also stealing their guns and ammunition. The news of these peasant anti-Japanese rebellions soon reached the county seat of Yilan County, and the Kwantung Army sent more than 100 Japanese puppet troops to Tulong Mountain to encircle xie Wendong's troops.
▲Stills of the Japanese army invading China
After hearing the news, Xie Wendong immediately sent people to ambush the Japanese puppet army on the way, and this battle Xie Wendong won a great victory, and Iizuka Daisaku, who was leading this unit at the time, was also killed. Xie Wendong's troops captured 5 machine guns and more than 10 rifles. Xie Wendong's team quickly attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and the Japanese army stepped up its attack on Xie Wendong's team, and in October 1934, Xie Wendong was left with only more than 10 people left, and he had no choice but to flee into the mountains.
In 1936, Xie Wendong joined the Anti-Japanese Coalition Organization, Xie Wendong was appointed as the commander of the Eighth Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, after which the Eighth Army cooperated with other anti-Japanese troops many times to strike at the Japanese army and became an important armed force in the northeast anti-Japanese struggle. With the deepening of the anti-Japanese struggle, Xie Wendong accumulated more and more combat experience.
▲ The scene of the reorganization of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Army
In 1938, the Eighth Army of the Anti-Japanese League was surrounded and suppressed by heavy Japanese troops, at which time most of the leaders of the team were unfortunately killed, and some of them surrendered to the enemy in order to save their lives. Even Xie Wendong's own 8 relatives were all killed, and at this time, Xie Wendong was almost in a desperate situation, with only a dozen people left. The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was also at its most difficult time at this time, and Xie Wendong surrendered to the Japanese invaders in the spring of 1939 in order to save his life.
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Because Xie Wendong had great influence in the anti-coalition team, his surrender made the Japanese authorities ecstatic. The Japanese Emperor specially summoned Xie Wendong to Tokyo, and during this trip, Xie Wendong had completely abandoned his dignity as a Chinese, and not only shamelessly reflected on his "sins" to the Japanese government, but also knelt down in front of Japan's so-called "Monument to Loyalty" to "repent."
▲Old photo of The "Monument to the Faithful Soul" in Japan
In this way, Xie Wendong was reduced from an anti-Japanese hero to a traitor to the country and the people, and after he returned to northeast China from Japan, he followed the invaders with all his heart and arbitrarily bullied and squeezed the masses of the people. After a comprehensive victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, Xie Wendong also joined the Nationalist army and undermined the victory achievements in the Liberated Areas. In 1946, Xie Wendong tried to escape, but was finally captured by the Eighth Route Army.
epilogue
On December 3, 1946, Xie Wendong was executed. In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was originally an excellent general of the anti-Japanese team, but in the end he surrendered to the enemy due to fear of death, not only that, he also turned his gun and aimed it at the Chinese people. However, in some modern film and television dramas, it is really chilling to ignore Xie Wendong's betrayal and portray him as a positive anti-Japanese hero.
Resources:
The Six Kingdoms