In the anti-Japanese drama, we can often see some more thunderous scenes, such as hand tearing devils, grenades blowing up aircraft, one person eliminating a platoon of Japanese troops, etc., because it is too outrageous, so it is jokingly called "anti-Japanese drama" by netizens. On the real anti-Japanese battlefield, although there was no such a powerful existence, there were some generals and soldiers with amazing combat effectiveness, which really made the Japanese army feel frightened. Wan Shijiong, commander of the 618th Regiment of the 103rd Division of the Jiangfang Army, who had participated in the defense of Nanjing, was obviously such a person.
Wan Shijiong was born in Tongren, Guizhou in the thirty-first year of the Qing Dynasty (1905), because his uncle Wang Jialie served as the commander of the Second Division of the Qian Army, so he was able to become the study secretary of the Second Division of the Qian Army. In 1929, after graduating from the Guiyang Army Chongwu School, Wan Shijiong successively served as a captain company commander of the 25th Army of the National Revolutionary Army and a captain of the 4th team of the Teaching Brigade. In December 1937, when he participated in the defense of Nanjing, he was the commander of the 618th Regiment of the 103rd Division of the Jiangfang Army.
At that time, the Japanese army mobilized 200,000 troops and attacked Nanjing in three ways. The Zhongshan Gate, which the 618th Regiment was responsible for defending, was a necessary place for the Japanese army, so the battle was also extremely fierce. When the whole regiment entered the position, Wan Shijiong arranged a dense firepower network in the Zhongshan Gate City Tower, and built a machine gun fortification with the Ming City Wall as a cover, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army. In the afternoon of the same day, the Japanese troops from the direction of Xiaolingwei rushed to the bottom of Zhongshan Gate like locusts crossing the border, and took a ladder to attack the city gate. Wan Shijiong commanded the soldiers to slash with knives and axes, strafe with machine guns, killing the ghosts and bleeding into a river, and had to temporarily withdraw their troops.
The next day, the Japanese army, which had suffered a heavy loss, no longer sent heads to the city wall, but transferred more than 10 cannons to bombard the position. Because the Japanese commanded artillery to shoot at a point, the Zhongshan Gate was soon blasted open. When Dai Wei, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 618th Regiment, led his men to carry sandbags to plug the gap, they were unfortunately hit by artillery and martyred on the spot. Wan Shijiong sent people to ask for help from the Chief's Department, but the Chief's Department did not know when it was already empty. Wan Shi jiong scolded angrily, "This group of unreliable guys." As several other gates were successively occupied by the Japanese army, in order to prevent being "wrapped dumplings", Wan Shijiong had no choice but to order a retreat in the direction of Xiaguan.
When they reached Shimonoseki, the garrison was also panicked and looking for equipment to cross the river. The 618th Regiment was scattered, and only Wu Kai, the leader of the Guard Squad, and the Hundred and Ten Men were left by Wan Shijiong's side. Wan Shijiong immediately formed this group of people into two teams, one led by him personally, and the other led by Wu Kai to engage in street battles with the Japanese army. When the Japanese army rushed to Wan Shijiong's squad, the squad members suddenly scattered and fled due to fear, and Wan Shijiong instantly became the commander of the light pole. The Japanese army also saw that Wan Shijiong was an official and decided to take his head for meritorious service.
In order to ensure that nothing was lost, 7 Japanese troops rushed towards Wanshi jiong with bayonets. Wan Shijiong practiced martial arts when he was a child, and he had some martial arts backgrounds. Immediately, his left hand picked up a square wooden plank on the ground as a shield, and his right hand held a saber to fight with the Japanese army. Wanshi Jiong battlefield is experienced, know that he can not be reckless against the enemy, so he specially cut the Japanese army down. After taking the shield in his left hand to block the Japanese attack, the saber in his right hand took the opportunity to give the Japanese a knife to the thigh. Before the Japanese soldier who had lost his thigh could cry out in pain, he was stabbed by Wan Shijiong and went to see Yama completely.
In order not to let himself be surrounded, WanShiJiong fought while retreating, because his combat effectiveness was amazing, so in just over ten minutes, he hacked four devils to death in succession, and the remaining three were also frightened and fled. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wan Shijiong quickly fled outside. After meeting with Wu Kai, they boarded someone else's raft and drifted toward Jiangxinzhou...