After the victory of the War of Resistance, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Japanese puppet army not to surrender to the people's army
In August 1944, Xu Keyou joined the New Fourth Army and soon grew from a recruit to a veteran. On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. Chinese min insisted that the 14-year War of Resistance finally won victory, but Chiang Kai-shek engaged in dictatorship and wanted to monopolize the fruits of the victory of the War of Resistance.
Chiang Kai-shek impatiently issued three orders: First, he ordered Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighteenth Group Army, to stand guard on the spot and not to act without authorization; second, to order the central army of the troops under the yan clan to actively promote and slacken off a little; third, the puppet army was really responsible for maintaining the localities. Some Japanese and puppet armies only surrendered their weapons to the Kuomintang troops, but did not surrender to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.
On the battlefield, the Japanese and puppet armies only surrendered their weapons to the Kuomintang troops, but did not surrender to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, arousing the anger of the officers and men of our army and the broad masses of the anti-Japanese people, and the people's army took up arms and attacked the Japanese and puppet troops who refused to surrender their weapons in order to win the final victory in the War of Resistance.
The Emperor of Japan announced his unconditional surrender
The New Fourth Army launched a battle to destroy the enemy, and Xu Keyou was wounded
Xu Keyou served as a soldier in the second company of the first battalion of the Third Regiment of the Soviet Central Special Regiment of the New Fourth Army (later reorganized into the second company of the first battalion of the Fifty-fifth Regiment of the Seventh Column) and participated in the battles against the Japanese and puppet armies. The New Fourth Army in central Soviet Union launched an attack in the face of the Japanese puppet army that did not surrender. Between October and November 1945, battles were organized in Xinghua, Shaobo, Rugao and other places, destroying enemy strongholds and eliminating the enemy.
At 12:00 noon one day in November, the New Fourth Army launched a general offensive against the Japanese and puppet armies in the Shaobo area. Because the central Soviet region was a plain, the enemy built strong fortifications, which was not conducive to the attack, and the battle was fierce. The cannon rumbled, the smoke filled the air, and the shrapnel flew everywhere. Xu Keyou and his comrades-in-arms charged into the battlefield, bravely killed the enemy, and fought the Japanese and puppet armies to lose their souls and retreat. When Xu Keyou was pursuing the enemy, the shells exploded next to him, he spun around and fainted on the ground, and his comrades carried him off the battlefield, and the comrades bandaged him urgently, only to be hit by shrapnel in the head.
The comrades-in-arms examined his body and found that Xu Keyou's limbs were no longer reacting, thinking that he was no longer able to do it, and the troops prepared a coffin for him. The army hygienist examined the wounded in detail, and when he found him, he found that his limbs were not yet stiff, so he used scissors to cut open his bloody clothes, and when he touched his heart, he said that the soldier could not enter the coffin.
The New Fourth Army fought bloodily
The wounded were evacuated to the rear hospital and carefully cared for
According to the arrangement, these wounded people were to be transferred from the waterway to the direction of Yancheng, and when they boarded the ferry, the captain of the boat saw that Xu Keyou was covered in blood and could not move, thinking that he was dead, and would not let him get on the ship. Everyone patiently explained and moved Xu Keyou's leg to show the boat boss. The boat boss saw that Xu Keyou's legs were still weak, so he let him get on the boat.
At that time, the enemy situation was serious, and our army transported the wounded at night. After two days and two nights of transportation, this group of wounded was transferred to the First Rear Hospital of the New Fourth Army (Huaicheng Hospital).
At that time, the hospitals were all located in the homes of ordinary people, and when Xu Keyou was sent to the hospital, he was confused, and he felt that his thirst was unbearable, so he whispered: "Water... Soon, he woke up, opened his eyes, and found that two old men were slowly feeding him water. Seeing their kind faces and thinking of his parents, Xu Keyou burst into tears with excitement. After a period of time, the old couple has been taking good care of Xu Keyou.
When his body recovered a little, he was transferred to the Second and Third Rear Hospitals of the New Fourth Army. After many treatments and care by medical staff, his body slowly recovered, but his body was seriously injured and difficult to heal. Unable to return to the army, the troops arranged for him to do some minor work at the hospital of the Ninth Corps.
Medical personnel of the New Fourth Army
During the war years, there was a shortage of medical treatment and medicines, and soldiers were wounded, relying on the meticulous care of medical personnel and ordinary people, and relying on their own tenacious will, in order to overcome the wounded and sick.