On July 7, 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, the Japanese army shouted arrogantly, three months to destroy China, in the face of such a great shame and humiliation, the people of the whole country worked together, the whole body threw themselves into the War of Resistance, in this national war, there are many heroic sons and daughters of China, paid their lives and blood, we know, although the ancestors have passed, but their spirit is long-lasting.
Lu Jingrong
Among these martyred generals, Lu Jingrong, a major general in the National Army, left a lamentable story in his short (35-year-old) life.
Lu Jingrong is a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, born in 1902, when he was 15 years old, Lu Jingrong went to Hunan to attend middle school, and then his father died of illness, his family fell in the middle of the road, he had to drop out of school, the warlords fought for many years, the people did not talk about life, for a lu Jingrong with strong national self-esteem, this is nothing less than painful, a chance, he saw Sun Yat-sen's Three People's Principles, after careful understanding, Lu Jingrong decided that the Three People's Principles must be able to save China.
Lu Jingrong and his wife
In 1925, Lu Jingrong came to Guangzhou alone and was admitted to the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, where Lu Jingrong received strict military training and, most importantly, he met a person who changed his life's beliefs, his name was Yun Daiying.
Yun Daiying was a political instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy at that time, he was also a communist, when he was at the Whampoa Military Academy, Yun Daiying's erudite knowledge and humorous lectures attracted many students, Lu Jingrong was one of them, after graduating from the military academy, Lu Jingrong officially joined the National Revolutionary Army, soon after, he participated in the Northern Expedition, and in the next 10 years, he gradually rose from company commander to regiment commander.
On August 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai, the Battle of Songhu broke out, when Lu Jingrong was the colonel of the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division of the Kuomintang, and soon after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, the 98th Division received orders to rush to Shanghai Nanxiang on land and water, ready to enter the battle.
In such a night.
Lu Jingrong wrote a suicide note to his wife Zhang Ruihua: Virtuous Wife Ruhui: Fighting against Japan is inevitable. This operation was extraordinary, and the soldiers had the responsibility to defend the territory, not to repel the Japanese attack, and never to spare their lives. As long as you take three children well, I will be at ease even if I die. The paper is short and long, Linchi Yiyi, I hope you will cherish more in your hometown.
On August 15, the Ninety-eighth Division threw itself into the Battle of Songhu, and on September 10, in the face of the enemy's frantic attack, Lu Jingrong, who had been promoted to chief of staff of major generals, died in the headquarters without taking a step back, at the age of 35.
After the news of Lu Jingrong's death came out, Wang Yujiu, who was also the commander of the Ninety-eighth Division, was deeply saddened, and he also made a marriage contract with Lu Jingrong for their respective children.
Wang Yujiu
Wang Yujiu, a native of Taizhou, Zhejiang, was born in 1902, at the age of 18, he was admitted to the Zhejiang Army Cadre School, and during the Northern Expedition, because of his very good performance, he was valued by Chen Cheng, and soon after, he was sent to the Whampoa Military Academy.
In 1931, Wang Yujiu was promoted to colonel of the 587th Regiment of the 98th Division, and due to the Nationalist government's policy of non-resistance, after the "918 Incident", the northeast quickly fell, which made Wang Yujiu very angry, and the people of the whole country vigorously demanded the War of Resistance, but Chiang Kai-shek was still the policy of "outside the country must first be inside".
Hao Shoulong, the quartermaster general of the 587th Regiment, was a patriotic soldier, he had organized many times to collect donations for the War of Resistance, not only that, he also often brought some Red Army school enrollment advertisements and progressive books, Wang Yujiu read it, very excited, he said: "We are a big country with a population of 40,000 people and thousands of years of culture, can we be eaten by a small country with only a land of bullets?" I don't believe it! ”
Wang Yujiu and his wife
In April 1937, Hao Shoulong and several others were secretly executed, Wang Yujiu escaped the disaster and was removed from his post, and after the "July 7 Incident", Wang Yujiu was released and continued to serve as the colonel of the 98th Division.
When passing through his hometown, he once wrote to his wife: Yuanqing My Wife: At a time when the strong neighbors are oppressing the border, the country is in trouble, and the survival of the nation is in danger, all Chinese people have the responsibility to resist the enemy and protect the land. As a soldier, I gave my life for my country and deserved it. Battlefield struggle, life and death difficult period; there is an unexpected, we must be mournful. And hope to choose a more suitable person.
In the Battle of Songhu, his friend Lu Jingrong was killed, and Wang Yujiu was deeply saddened, before that, he had betrothed a marriage contract with Lu Jingrong for their children, that is, in 1935, Lu Jingrong's son Lu Yongxiang was born, and in the same year, Wang Yujiu's daughter Wang Wenli was born.
Two close friends, who were already very close, made a marriage contract for the child, and they also wanted to raise the two children in exchange, but for many reasons, the matter had to be abandoned.
Wang Yujiu wanted to make an engagement for her daughter, which was opposed by his wife, but when Lu Jingrong sacrificed his martyrdom, Wang Yujiu's wife changed her mind, and she intended to marry her second daughter to Lu Jingrong's son Lu Yongxiang.
In 1939, Wang Yujiu was martyred during the nanchang breakthrough, and the Nationalist government posthumously awarded him the title of lieutenant general.
After that, due to the chaos of the war, there was no contact between the Lu family and the Wang family, and their mother took them to their respective sides.
70 years later, in 2009, Lu Yongxiang, who had changed his name to Lu Yuepu, received a call from Wang Wenli, and in March, the two elderly people met in Shanghai, they talked about their father's past, although the two had not seen each other for many years, but they were "like relatives" and were not strangers.
Wang Wenli took out a photo of his treasure, two three- or four-year-old children, a man and a woman, Lu Yuepu saw it and asked her why she also had such a photo, it turned out that this was a photo taken in 1938.
With the in-depth chat, they also knew that when their father made a "marriage contract" for them, the two old men laughed and talked about the vicissitudes of the years.