What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
From the Lugou Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937 to the signing of the Instrument of Surrender by Japan on August 15, 1945, after eight years of resistance, nearly 3,000 days and nights, countless Chinese fell on this bloody road, and more Chinese stood up and continued to move forward with the will of the sacrificers. From the beginning of the September 18, 1931 Incident to August 15, 1945, for a full 14 years and more than 5,000 days and nights, the Chinese nation struggled all the way on the bloody road of resisting Japanese aggression, and finally drove the Japanese out of the land of China. In 14 years, how many lives and how many people's youth have been buried, and how many people's lives have been blood-colored romance. On this road, step by step weeps blood, step by step is tears. Without the sacrifices and sacrifices of the predecessors of the last century, there would be no peace today.
General Chen Zaidao spent the best years of his life fighting the Japanese. In the 14 years of war of aggression against Japan, the general has never been absent.
I. Liu Shuai read the telegram of the defeat of the Western Route Army, and the venue was full of crying
Although the defeat of the Western Route Army had little to do with the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was indeed very clear that the united front was not easy. The defeat of the Western Route Army occurred in February 1937, and the Lugou Bridge Incident occurred in July of the same year. Subsequently, the Communist Party of China reached a united front through many efforts. Obviously, such a sad and indignant thing has only recently happened, but the Cpc Central Committee has a great sense of the overall situation and a sense of family and country. The land of China was wailing under the iron hooves of the Japanese Kou, and compared with it, the defeat of the Western Route Army seemed to be bearable indeed.
In fact, this matter is far more tragic than our later people imagined, and even Marshal Liu Bocheng could not cry.
In October 1936, after the successful meeting of the three main forces of the Red Army, it was planned to form the Western Route Army in November. However, the division was unfavorable, and soon the Western Route Army in Gansu, Ningxia, and other places fell heavily under siege by the Kuomintang, and the situation was already very critical. In February 1937, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to form a western army to support the western route army in combat and alleviate the pressure on the western road army. The Western Aid Army, consisting of the Red Fourth Army led by Chen Zaidao, the Red Twenty-eighth Army led by Song Shilun, the Red Thirty-first Army led by Xiao Ke, and the Red Thirty-second Army led by Luo Binghui, had just arrived in Gansu, and on March 5, they suddenly received an order from their superiors: "Stop advancing and stand by." "It turned out that the Western Route Army had been defeated. In order to achieve the goal of concentrating the main force of the Red Army and retreating to the great northwest, Zhang Guotao formed the Western Route Army. However, under the attack of the northwest warlords Ma Bufang, Ma Buqing's cavalry and Hu Zongnan's superior troops, the Western Route Army had no chance of victory, and in March 1937, it was completely defeated in gaotai and Jiuquan, and most of the more than 21,000 commanders including Dong Zhentang died heroically, and finally only a few hundred Red Army soldiers were left.
When Liu Shuai summoned the leaders of the army, division, and regiment to a meeting to read the telegram, the venue was as quiet as a needle, followed by a cry, and even Liu Shuai, who read the telegram, could not cry, and General Chen Zaidao was certainly no exception.
It was in this situation that 4 months later, the Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, the civil war had long been meaningless, and it was important to concentrate on resisting Japan. Who didn't have a little hatred with the Japanese at that time? But whoever is going to lead the way is the Chinese Communist Party. The Emperor did not pay his respects, and finally succeeded in reaching a united front, and the War of Resistance began.
II. Construction of the "Maginot Line" in the Southern Hebei Plain
After the united front, the Red Army in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region was changed to the Eighth Route Army, and General Chen Zaidao led the Red Fourth Army into the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division, the 386th Brigade of the Red Thirty-first Army, and General Chen Zaidao as the deputy brigade commander of the 386th Brigade. After the reorganization was completed, part of the army remained in northern Shaanxi, and Liu Shuai led the 386th Brigade to the front line to resist the Japanese. For General Chen Zaidao, the mood is very complicated, for 10 years, the general stayed in the Red Fourth Army, from an inconspicuous small soldier to a military commander. The Red Fourth Army witnessed the growth of the general, and likewise, the general's feelings for the Red Fourth Army were equally deep. However, before the great national righteousness, the hero was still fighting no matter how his heart fluctuated and no matter how unwilling he was.
Arriving in the northeast of Jin, the general and the Japanese army engaged in battle at Changshengkou, Shanxi, and won the first battle, killing and wounding more than 300 Japanese troops. Subsequently, under the command of Liu Shuai, he won another victory, which greatly encouraged the anti-Japanese sentiment of the army and the people.
In December 1937, the anti-Japanese situation changed. General Chen Zaidao served as the commander of the EastWard March and went to southern Hebei to create an anti-Japanese base area. This is five years, just like the general himself said: "After five years of the Ji'nan War of Resistance, I don't know what it is like to strip and sleep?" "Thinking about the five years of establishing the anti-Japanese base area, the general didn't even have the energy to take off his clothes. It is conceivable that the War of Resistance was not easy. However, the results of the general's efforts are also very, very remarkable.
In order to oppose the "sweeping" of the Japanese army, General Chen Zaidao led the people of southern Hebei to carry out a large-scale road-breaking campaign to destroy the road and block the advance of the Japanese army. What is a road-breaking movement? That is, according to the standards of Japanese vehicles, all roads, especially large roads, were dug into ditches, three feet deep and five feet wide. This just jammed the Japanese car. At the same time, a side wall of one foot and five feet high and two feet wide was built on the edge of the road to serve as a sidewalk. In this way, it will be convenient for our army to operate and besiege the Japanese army. At the same time, every few tens of zhang, four or five zhang of compound passages are dug to confuse the enemy. In this way, digging every day and digging every day, the ditches in southern Ji'nan were dug for a total of 50,000 miles, like a huge spider web covering the land of southern Ji'nan, protecting the people and people of southern Ji'nan. People at that time praised it as "the Maginot Line of the Ji'nan Plain".
Our army has no superiority in plains combat, and Japan's armament is excellent, and when it is paired, the advantages and disadvantages are immediately highlighted. So what to do? Cultivate yourself, change the plain terrain, and build a labyrinth. Slowly possessing "geographical advantages" will such an anti-Japanese base area be stable. With the change of the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, on August 30, 1938, General Chen Zaidao led the Eastern Vertical and Qing vertical Linzhang to launch an attack. It took 10 days and was a great victory. The Japanese attacked with bombers and cavalry regiments. However, it is very regrettable that such a large-scale crazy attack could not save the Defeat of the Japanese Army, but fled back to Anyang. Until the second half of 1939, the Japanese army still did not give up the sweep of the base area in southern Hebei. But Chinese people, is it so easy to grasp? Under the leadership of the Eighth Route Army, more than four hundred battles were launched, killing and wounding tens of thousands of enemy soldiers. In the end, the Japanese army no longer dared to enter the base area in southern Hebei.
The bravery of the general was brought into full play in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
During a battle in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Chen Zaidao set up a command post in front of a separate room, and the battle was in full swing, when suddenly a group of enemy cavalry rushed straight to the command post. At that time, the main force was fighting fiercely on the front line, and the command post was not protected by the army, only a guard platoon. Everyone around is very worried, what can I do now? How can a well-equipped cavalry team defeat a well-equipped cavalry team with only this few men? Only General Chen Zaidao was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "I have not seen meat in this 24 rings, let him open the iftar today." "
After saying this, he rushed out and led the officers and men of the guard platoon to fight with the enemy. Perhaps it was the general who inspired everyone, and this battle was a great victory. After the war, General Chen Zaidao's twenty rounds of bullets killed four enemy men and wounded two. General Chen Zaidao was really a bit crazy to talk about this battle, and in the face of the cavalry, he rushed up to meet it, full of courage. Cao Jie once said: "Husbands and fighters, courage also." "The general's courage is absolutely leveraged, and the close combat and the general's confrontation are indeed some losses. When encountering a lifeless play like a general, once you look at your face, you will show timidity, and once you have a feeling of fear in your heart, then the balance of victory and defeat will tilt. The result is self-evident.
Third, dare to be a traitor, only seen on the battlefield
On a very ordinary morning in 1938, General Chen Zaidao suddenly heard an urgent report: "Ge Guizhai, commander of the Jingxian Sub-district, led his troops to defect to the enemy. Shocked by this news, the general immediately turned on his horse and went to chase, leaving him alone. More than 300 people under Ge's men were stationed in Hedong with machine guns to block the pursuing soldiers. Suddenly, when he saw the general rushing alone, he was shocked and horrified, and he didn't know what to do. You look at me, I look at you, for a moment, no one moved, no one dared to shoot.
In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this trip cannot even be called Chinese. To turn around and kill your own compatriots, to be honest, as a soldier, you still can't get through this hurdle. When the general saw this, he knew that there was still room for redemption. Immediately shouted loudly: "Those who want to resist Japan, go back with me; if you want to be a traitor, let you go today and see you on the battlefield of Japan." Ge Bu heard the general say this, and they all went back with them.
It's actually a very good choice. Everyone chose to be a traitor in order to survive, and to follow the general back was also to survive. First of all, the general's style is clear to everyone, and when it comes to it, it will definitely be done. Once you become a traitor, it is only a matter of time and time, and you will definitely be dealt with by the general. Secondly, when the traitor does not necessarily survive, the Japanese will treat Chinese as a person, the answer is yes, definitely not, do you really want to live a life that is inferior to pigs and dogs? In the end, I still Chinese, do I really want to choose to leave my home country and be a traitor? Everyone's heart is very hesitant, but it needs a step down. General Chen Zaidao sent this step over. Yes, since you can live, why don't you live with dignity and stand tall in the sky! As long as you can choose, as long as you are not an unforgiving person, I believe that no one is willing to choose to be a traitor.
General Chen Zaidao not only went to the front line of the anti-Japanese resistance for many years, but also cultivated himself. Moreover, the general is willing to give those who have made mistakes a chance and persuade them to turn back, which is the peace of the world. This kind of mind is really admirable!