In 1937, the "National Salvation Times" commented on him: "Fighting until the last drop of blood, gloriously fulfilling the duty of defending the country and defending the people, and being a model for the national soldiers." ”
In modern China, we have experienced very hard battles, and the reason why we can achieve the final victory is inseparable from the efforts and sacrifices of the soldiers. This article is about a general with a legendary experience during the Anti-Japanese Period.
Who is the anti-Japanese general who learned to fight tigers with Wusong and wrestled with Feng Yuxiang?
Armed with multiple martial arts, he walked nearly two thousand miles just to be a soldier
This anti-Japanese general was born in Heze City, Shandong Province, and when he was young, his family also wanted him to rely on study to find a way out, but he was forced by the current situation, and his family had to let him drop out of school because of economic problems.
Because in that chaotic era, ensuring the safety of himself and his family was a necessary and difficult thing, so when he was only a teenager, he worshipped a martial artist as a teacher, learned martial arts with him, after a period of hard training, he learned a variety of martial arts, including tai chi and bagua, and also learned the use of swords and guns and other weapons, and after the martial arts together, he thought that he wanted to join the army and serve the motherland, so he met with another friend and went on the road together.
Because the transportation at that time was not convenient, they relied on foot when they went to join the troops, and the troops they wanted to surrender to were Feng Yuxiang's troops, who were stationed in Tongguan, Shaanxi At that time, it was nearly 2,000 miles away from Shandong, and it was such a long distance that the two of them actually walked there.
After enlisting in the army, the future anti-Japanese general was selected by General Feng Yuxiang as a retinue of guards. There is also an interesting story about his selection as a soldier in his entourage.
The "superior person" was favored by Feng Yuxiang, and the two "high people" began to wrestle
As we all know, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army is relatively strict among the many Nationalist troops, and the reason why so many people can still go thousands of miles to defect is because Feng Yuxiang has the reputation of loving soldiers like sons.
And because Feng Yuxiang attaches more importance to his soldiers, he often goes to the army to tour. Once, when he went to inspect the ranks of recruits, he accidentally found that one of them was "superior". The man's height was more than one meter nine, as long as Feng Yuxiang, who was more than one meter and eight meters tall, came to be interested, he walked up to him and asked him if he would wrestle.
And this person is the protagonist of this article, as a Shandong man, he naturally will not show a timid scene, and even asked Feng Yuxiang what to do if he fell, where Feng Yuxiang can withstand this anger, so the two began to wrestle. And the facts also proved that this recruit was not just hard-mouthed, he threw Feng Yuxiang to the ground several times in a row, and stunned the people next to him.
In the end, Feng Yuxiang did not blame him for this behavior in the slightest, but instead admired him very much. Because he was promoted to an official by his three heels, he became the key cultivation object of General Feng Yuxiang, and was deeply respected and loved. So who is he? He is Zhao Dengyu! Speaking of Zhao Dengyu, he also has a title - "Contemporary Wusong"!
The tiger general eliminated harm for the people and became a hero with a long reputation
In "Water Margin", the story of Wu Song fighting a tiger in Jingyang Gang can be described as a popular population. However, whether this story is true or not is now a subject of debate. And our General Zhao Dengyu is a real tiger hero!
At Feng Yuxiang's side, because of his bravery in battle and good command, Zhao Dengyu was constantly promoted and later became a brigade commander.
In 1919, he accompanied Feng Yuxiang's troops to Hunan to garrison, and tigers were often infested in a local area, injuring many people and domestic animals. As soon as Zhao Dengyu heard this, he was very worried about the safety of the people nearby, so he was determined to kill this tiger and eliminate the harm for the people!
At that time, he led his troops up the mountain to surround and suppress the tiger, and when he found the tiger, they shot the tiger several times in a row, which was because the tiger's life was too tenacious, so his gun could not understand his life, and in a hurry, the tiger jumped into the river and tried to escape, and Zhao Dengyu jumped into the river in order not to let the people suffer again, so he also jumped into the river, dragged it up, and after dragging it ashore, he killed the tiger with his bare hands.
Although this tiger said that he was seriously injured, it was also very remarkable that he could kill him with his bare hands, so he was revered by the locals as a hero of fighting tigers. And also let him take a photo of the tiger and publish it in the newspaper, and Feng Yuxiang was also very happy after hearing the news, and also inscribed a letter on his photo.
In addition to these folk stories, Zhao Dengyu's achievements in the War of Resistance were also outstanding.
The excellent record is a nightmare for the Japanese
In 1933, Zhao Dengyu, as the commander of the 109th Brigade, achieved quite good merit in this war, and the most famous of them was the Battle of Xifengkou.
At that time, Zhao Yudeng was ordered to lead the troops to guard the Xifeng Pass, and in this battle, a total of more than 5,000 Japanese troops were killed, and a total of eighteen cannons were blown up. One of the most legendary is that Zhao Dengyu personally led a large knife team to raid the enemy camp of the Japanese Kou at night, making it difficult for the Japanese army to sleep at night.
In the end, the troops led by Zhao Dengyu not only repelled the Japanese army, but also held the position of the Great Wall. They achieved their first victory since the September 18 Incident, a battle also known as the "Xifengkou Victory". Zhao Yudeng was promoted to the commander of the 132nd Division for his outstanding military achievements, and was also awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
Later, Japan commented in the "History of Continental Warfare" that Zhao Dengyu was a "nightmare"-like existence!
Heroic sacrifice, a special honor is rare in the world
On July 7, 1938, when the Lugou Bridge was forcibly occupied by the Japanese invading forces, the troops led by Zhao Dengyu were responsible for defending the Lugou Bridge and the county seat of Wanping County.
At that time, the Japanese army train suddenly launched a fierce attack, and the soldiers in Zhao Dengyu's troops fought bravely, and after they ran out of ammunition, they took a large knife to fight the Japanese army, and finally because of the huge gap in combat strength between the two sides, all the members died heroically.
They fought bloodily with the Japanese army for six hours, and in the course of the battle, Zhao Dengyu was unfortunately hit in the chest by the Ambush of the Japanese Army, and was martyred at the age of 39!
After his death, Zhao Dengyu was added as a general by the Nationalist government for his outstanding merits, and he was awarded an award. Later, the Chairman also named him a martyr. As a general, there are very few generals who can be praised by both parties at the same time, and this honor can be said to be rare in the world.
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Today, in order to commemorate Zhao Dengyu in Beijing, the tomb of Zhao Dengyu and Zhao Dengyu Road have been built, and there is also a "Zhao Dengyu Street" in Tongzhou District and a "Zhao Dengyu School" in Fengtai District, all of which commemorate General Zhao Dengyu.
The stories handed down today vividly reproduce the glorious image of Zhao Dengyu in different periods, and at the same time praise Zhao Dengyu's heroic deeds of stubborn resistance to the enemy throughout his life and his lofty national integrity. We must respect such a legendary anti-Japanese general, but also believe that the general only sleeps for a long time, and has not left!
References: History of Continental Warfare, National Salvation Times
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