In recent days, the film "Eight Hundred" has caused quite a stir, if you put aside the truth of history to see, this is still a very good movie, but if you go to ponder the details of history, the film naturally can not stand up to scrutiny, people are touched and unforgettable is the patriotic spirit.
Today, the author will talk to you about the real "Eight Hundred", the real "Eight Hundred Heroes" guarding the Sihang Warehouse, the incident occurred in Shanghai, from August 13, 1937, the Japanese army launched an aggressive attack on Shanghai, when the Japanese army shouted out the slogan of "three months to destroy China".
In fact, under the stubborn resistance of the heroic Chinese soldiers and civilians, until October 26, the Japanese army still did not completely occupy Shanghai, so it seems that the slogan of the Japanese army is only a "slogan", but in order to occupy Shanghai as soon as possible, the Japanese army continues to increase its troops in Shanghai, and the Chinese defenders are retreating.
At that time, in order to preserve his strength, Chiang Kai-shek implemented the strategy of "exchanging space for time", and all the main Kuomintang troops in Shanghai were retreating, and in order to cover the retreat of the large troops, the superiors decided to leave more than 400 people from the 524th Regiment of the 262nd Brigade of the Kuomintang 88th Division to carry out cover tasks.
At that time, the 524th Regiment only had more than 400 people left, and they carried out the task of blocking and covering under the leadership of deputy regimental commander Xie Jinyuan, and on the night of the 26th, more than 400 people retreated to the Sihang warehouse on the north bank of the Suzhou River, and in order to strengthen their prestige, they declared that they were 800 people.
Thus there were what the outside world called "eight hundred brave men", and the Sihang warehouse they insisted on was the last line of defense in Shanghai, where they held out for 4 days and 5 nights, and on October 31, they were ordered to retreat into the concession, where they were disarmed and sent to the "lone army camp".
Later, they were imprisoned by the Japanese army in Baoshan Barracks and Nanjing Tiger Bridge Prison, and later some of them were transferred to Yuxikou on the other side of Wuhu Lake in Anhui Province, and some of them were able to escape, and one of the "eight hundred heroes" who escaped at that time was named Yang Yangzheng.
He was the platoon commander of the 1st Platoon of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment, and according to his recollection, his platoon consisted of more than 30 people, who entered a three-story building, escaped from the machine gun hole in the wall, and then engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese, who, despite the superiority of their weapons, did not bargain in the battle.
His platoon killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers, and he was lucky to be alive, because since they were disarmed, they were held in a centralized detention for more than 4 years, and it was with the help of the New Fourth Army that he and his comrades killed the Japanese guards before escaping from the Japanese prison.
Yang Yang was losing his left eye in battle until early 1944, when he and 12 other surviving officers and men arrived in Chongqing, where they were warmly welcomed as survivors of the "Eight Hundred Heroes" and were awarded the title of "Warrior" respectively.
Later, he was arranged to live in the Ninth Disabled Correctional Institution in Longevity, and what he did not expect was that he harvested love there, and during the correctional home he met a girl in the commissary, who learned of his anti-Japanese deeds and admired him very much.
The girl did not dislike his left eye disability, and finally chose to marry Yang Yangzheng, who had nothing at the time, and the two had 5 children in the later years, Yang Yang was lucky, he lived until his death on December 16, 2010, at the age of 96, the last soldier to die in the "Eight Hundred Heroes".