He was promoted by Chiang Kai-shek from lieutenant colonel to major general! Why did he throw away all the bonuses issued by old Jiang in a rage?
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, during an extremely fierce and brutal battle, a lieutenant colonel led his troops to bravely attack and retake a large number of positions, and was directly promoted by Chiang Kai-shek to the rank of major general and awarded a 6,000 yuan bonus to the officers and men of the regiment. However, after the battle, this newly promoted major general led all the officers and men of the regiment and threw all the bonuses issued by old Jiang Gang on the position!
It was on October 13, 1937, two months after the outbreak of the Songhu War of Resistance, that is, Xiang Wenbin led the 804th Regiment of the 402nd Brigade of the 134th Division of the Kuomintang 20th Army to take over the position from Shengzhai to The Temple of Dunwu. This is a gentle slope of more than 800 meters long. After many fierce battles, there was not a single tree or a single blade of grass, only a scorched earth and a pool of blood.
The enemy in front of them took advantage of the change of defenses to the Wenbin Regiment, gained an unstable foothold, organized a powerful force to pounce on the position of the Wenbin Regiment, and threw them like locusts all over the mountains in an attempt to catch them by surprise.
The Japanese army poured out of the nest, and the Chinese officers and men formed two lines of defense, and took turns to pour out of the trenches to fight with the enemy's stabs, and finally defeated the Japanese army.
On the morning of October 15, Xiang Wenbin was given the task of attacking that night and recovering the positions lost by friendly troops on the front line of the Bridge Pavilion House and the Epiphany Temple.
As night fell, the dark clouds buckled tightly like an iron pot. Friendly neighboring troops began to shoot at the enemy as suspects. Xiang Wenbin saw that the time was ripe, and immediately ordered the first battalion to attack and the second battalion to stand by according to the established plan.
The Xiang Wenbin Regiment not only shouldered the responsibility of recovering the position, but also shouldered the great righteousness of the nation's survival: the Japanese army relied on its advanced weapons, fierce firepower, guns and artillery, and rain poured down on Xiang Wenbin's department. But the warriors did not know where the courage and self-sacrifice spirit came from, they shuttled through the rain of bullets, fell in front and followed up, as if they did not know that life was only once, and they would never live again when they died.
The eyes of the officers and men who looked at Wen Bin as they charged were all wet. He had participated in many domestic warlord melee battles, and countless dead people had not excited Xiang Wenbin, but this time Xiang Wenbin was excited. He also scolded: "Little devils, Lao Tzu is not the sick man of East Asia, but a dignified man with iron bones, let's compete high and low!" ”
Under the attack of the concentrated strength and firepower of the Chinese officers and men, the wall of death built by the Japanese army with artillery fire was torn apart and smashed by them little by little...
The Japanese army could not hold on, mobilized aircraft to bomb and strafe in turn, and the entire position shook in the light of the fire, and the position was illuminated like daylight, and the face of the pilot of the enemy plane could be seen clearly. The enemy planes threw bombs and machine guns at the soldiers' heads like a wind, but the Chinese officers and soldiers were helpless against these snitches and fell down one by one under the indiscriminate bombardment of the enemy planes...
One of the legs of Cheng Kezhong, the commander of the first battalion and the second company, was broken, and Xiang Wenbin ordered him to be carried down. Cheng Kezhong, who was lying on a stretcher, roared and screamed, and he must coexist and die with the position, and never let the little devils take away even an inch of land.
Xiang Wenbin was very excited and said to the commander of the second company: "The War of Resistance is not a day or two, let's go down for treatment!" ”
"Commander, you know I don't have much time left, let me kill two little devils again, I will die on the battlefield!" Cheng Kezhong begged.
Xiang Wenbin had no choice but to take out a handkerchief to wipe the blood and mud off the face of the second company commander, and tearfully ordered the ambulance personnel to bandage it on the spot. Cheng Kezhong bandaged his legs, was helped by the brothers to climb on the trench wall and continued to shoot at the Japanese army...
Tang Zhenglin, a veteran of the Fourth Company, had his legs broken by enemy planes. Ambulance crews carried him down, and he didn't agree. Xiang Wenbin knows the background of this veteran, although he is 33 years old, he is not yet married, and there is only an old woman in her 60s waiting for him to support him.
Xiang Wenbin ordered the ambulance team to carry him down as soon as possible for rescue. But his voice did not fall, Tang Zhenglin had already raised a grenade and shouted, "Whoever wants to carry me down, I will die with him!" ”
Xiang Wenbin's tears burst out of his eyes, and he shouted together with all the weeping brothers: "Swear to coexist and die with the position, coexist and die with Big Brother Tang, and never take half a step back!" ”
This earth-shattering and vicious battle lasted until 3 a.m. on the 17th, and for more than 20 hours the sandbags in front of the position filled with gun smoke were flattened, and before they could repair it, the soldiers carried out the bodies of their comrades next to them and pressed them as cover to continue fighting.
After dozens of hand-to-hand combats, the Chinese officers and soldiers finally extinguished the fierce flames of the Japanese Kou. The enemy was gradually defeated, losing several lines of defense in a row, leaving behind large areas of dead bodies.
In this battle, the Japanese army suffered an unprecedented defeat. Officers and men have used inferior equipment to create military prestige and national prestige and the dignity of the Chinese nation. But what about their superiors?
When the battle between xiang Wenbin and the Japanese army was fiercest and the battle was fierce, a division commander injured himself in fear in the rear (this matter was announced by Yang Sen when he lectured the troops after the troops moved to Anqing).
After Xiang Wenbin led his troops to complete the task, when he reported the battle situation to brigade commander Yang Gancai on the telephone, Yang Gancai relayed Shangfeng's words on the phone: "Originally, after your regiment completed its mission, it was said that the 8th Division regiment would be sent to take over the defense, but your regiment now suffered too many casualties and has little combat effectiveness. ”
Xiang Wenbin did not dare to face the officers and men after answering the phone. At this time, there were only more than 120 people left in his regiment, only 1 battalion commander remaining, and the company and platoon commanders were either wounded or killed, and none of them were spared. Xiang Wenbin simply wanted to cry without tears!
The hateful bureaucrats are not racking their brains for the great righteousness of the nation, not for the victory of the War of Resistance, but for the preservation of strength so that they can fight for power and profit in the future!
Xiang Wenbin pulled up his shirt and slapped his face, took off his military hat and observed a silent silence for 5 minutes to the remains of more than 1,000 martyrs who died, and the living brothers all learned to pay tribute to the dead brothers.
Subsequently, Xiang Wenbin ordered the brethren to bury the remains of the martyrs who had not been able to be transported away in time, and before burying them, Xiang Wenbin walked in turn to the remains of Cheng Kezhong and Tang Zhenglin, mourned in silence with them, and washed the faces of the two martyrs with a towel, before the brothers buried their remains with tears.
Later, Xiang Wenbin summoned the remaining battalion commander Peng Huanwen to his side and conveyed the order of Brigadier Yang Gancai. Peng Huanwen didn't have any expression on his face, as if he had already guessed it.
Xiang Wenbin ordered that the remaining 120 people be organized into a company, With Xiang Wenbin as the company commander and Peng Huanwen as the company deputy, and the platoon leader below was reappointed. We call on the brethren to hold their positions no matter what, and not to lose the positions that the dead brethren bought with their blood.
Xiang Wenbin openly told the officers and men: "There are no reinforcements from above to support us, we can only coexist and die with the position, and do our chinese boy's loyalty!" ”
After teaching Wen Bin, the brethren silently dug trenches, collected ammunition and weapons taken from the martyrs, and prepared to strike the Japanese army a hundred times and a thousand times.
At this time, Xiang Wenbin, who was originally a lieutenant colonel, received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, the chairman of the committee who was transferred from above: "The commander of the 804th Regiment of the 402nd Brigade of the 134th Division of the 20th Army, Xiang Wenbin, led his troops to attack bravely, recaptured the qiaoting house and the position of the Epiphany Temple, and was immediately promoted to major general with a prize of 6,000 yuan!" ”
Who knew that the 6,000 yuan bonus was sent to the position, and only more than 100 yuan was left, and each officer and soldier could only spread to 5 corners of l yuan, and the rest was deducted by the military department, division headquarters, and brigade headquarters at all levels.
The officers and men looked at the poor l yuan 5 dime, looked at the position soaked with the blood of the fallen brothers, everyone was enraged, and more than 100 silver dollars were all thrown in front of the position...