During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in addition to the Japanese devils, the chinese people hated the most, and there was no doubt that the traitors were traitors.
These traitors were also Chinese, but for the sake of profit, they chose to betray their conscience and become the running dogs of the Japanese devils, following them to do evil and mutilate their compatriots.
Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, and among a large group of traitors, there are always a few people who have not completely lost their conscience. He was the political commissar of the Eighth Route Army
Qin Guang
He once met such a traitor, and when he fell to the ground injured and could not get up again, this traitor saved his life.
Figure | Qin Guang
The young man was fearless and devoted himself to the revolution
Qin Guang was born in 1917, a native of Hong'an, Hubei Province.
Like many families at that time, Qin Guang's parents were just ordinary local sharecroppers, and even if they were honestly busy in the fields all day long, they would be insulted and beaten by reactionary landlords. Qin Guang looked at such a situation since he was a child, and his heart was full of resentment, and he secretly vowed that when he grew up, he would definitely devote himself to the revolution and change all this.
He did not break his promise, and when he reached the age of 12 and felt that he had a lot of strength, he ran alone to the Red Army garrison and asked to join the army.
Although the situation in the country was chaotic at that time, and there was a shortage of soldiers in various units, the crowd was not taken in by everyone. A young man like Qin Guang, who was thin and thin in yellow muscles and had a small stature, naturally could not meet the standards for conscription.
Therefore, after the warriors heard his request, they only rewarded him for his courage, and then waved their hands and asked him to leave.
But Qin Guang had already made up his mind that he must join the Red Army, so even though he had heard the soldiers say that he was not qualified and let him leave, he still stubbornly stayed in the Red Army camp and refused to leave.
For a long time, under Qin Guang's soft and hard wrapping, the leader of this team was finally impressed by his sincerity and agreed to his enlistment request.
After Qin Guang really joined the army, the leader slowly realized how correct he had made this decision at that time.
In 1934, under the influence of many factors such as the persecution of reactionaries, the Red Army had to embark on the Long March, and comrade Qin Guang's Red 25th Army was also in the transfer team. In November, the team arrived in Dushu Town, Chengxian County, Henan Province.
One day, there was a heavy rain in the sky, and the heavy rain made the loess road on the ground more muddy, in order to improve the efficiency of the troops' marching, deputy commander Xu Haidong, after some thought, decided to let the team move in a "long dragon" formation, in the process, the red twenty-fifth army 224 regiment and a battalion and three companies were required to be behind the rear hall.
By November 20, one battalion and three connected to the news that the Nationalist army had ambushed 5,000 soldiers on the way forward of our army.
As we all know, in that era, the combat equipment of our army was very rudimentary, coupled with the wind and food along the way, and at this time, it was too difficult for them to deal with a team that had been ambushed in advance and well-equipped. In this case, Xu Haidong ordered the rear army to come up to support the enemy.
Pictured| Xu Haidong
One battalion and three connected to the instructions and immediately advanced at a rapid pace, but they only got a little closer to the enemy, and they were attacked by the enemy fiercely.
The firepower of the two sides was really disparity, and soon after the exchange, the three companies lost a lot of horses. Helplessly, the company commander could only lead the soldiers to retreat into a ditch, using this natural barrier to maneuver with the enemy.
I don't know how long it took for our side to lose more and more, and the company commander saw that the situation was not good and decided to lead the troops to temporarily retreat. In order not to let the enemy discover our combat intentions and rush to pursue, the commander decided to leave a person in place, borrow a flag, attract the attention of the enemy, and cover the safe evacuation of the fighters.
The danger of a person fending off 5,000 people can be imagined, but when Qin Guang, who was only 17 years old, received this task, he did not have the slightest reluctance.
According to his later recollection, when he received this task, he felt only the absolute trust of his comrades-in-arms in himself, and he felt that he was extremely honored and proud to see the backs of his comrades leaving.
With the flag in hand, he was determined to stay here and hold out until the last minute, trying to buy the team more time.
Garrison positions and guard red flags
What even he did not expect was that he stayed in the ditch like this, waiting and waiting, and the tiredness of the march gradually swallowed up his sobriety, and the teenager fell asleep in a daze against the background of the flames.
But perhaps it was his move that caused the enemy to misunderstand. When the enemy could not hear the sound of gunfire coming from the opposite side for a long time, when he came to check, he saw only a sleeping flag bearer and a Red Army flag planted in the soil.
The enemy saw him so calmly that he thought that there were many fighters hidden in the ditch, and as soon as they approached, they would begin to fight back. For a moment, the enemy stopped attacking and began to carefully observe our position.
Of course, the enemy did not have a solution, and seeing that they could not detect our situation for a long time, they called in artillery and attacked the ditch. It's just that the attacks didn't do much damage, they only woke up a sleeping 17-year-old fighter.
After Qin Guang woke up, he did not know how long he had been asleep, nor did he know the specific situation of his comrades-in-arms at this time, but just looked at the empty positions around him and judged that the first battalion and three companies had successfully withdrawn, in other words, the task entrusted to him by the company commander had been completed.
At this time, what he should do is no longer to hold his position, but to leave here as soon as possible and return to the team. Thinking of this, he immediately pulled up the flag that had accompanied him for a long time and rushed in the direction of the retreat of the team.
Qin Guang just ran, ran, and crossed two ditches, just at this moment, he suddenly heard someone behind him telling him to stop. Qin Guang, who had just withdrawn from the battlefield, was startled by this movement, but fortunately, when he turned his head, he found that it was not the enemy who stopped him, but Wu Huanxian, the military political commissar of the Red Twenty-fifth Army. He breathed a slight sigh of relief and turned to run towards Wu Huanxian.
Wu Huanxian didn't know who this soldier really was at that time, just looking at his clothes, he judged that this was also a Red Army, but how could he be here alone? Thinking like this, Wu Huanxian asked, "Which unit is your boy in?" How is it here? ”
Qin Guang gasped and replied honestly: "Report political commissar, I am the flag bearer of the third company of the Second Second And Fourth Regiment, called Qin Guang, our company has just withdrawn from the battlefield, because I am a flag bearer, so I was arranged to leave the battlefield after the palace and wait for my comrades to evacuate safely." ”
Wu Huanxian looked at the young man's cannon fodder-stained military uniform and the flag in his hand, sighed and said: "The river in the rear is soaring, in a short period of time, it is impossible to cross the river, if the troops withdraw at this time, it is very likely that they will face the situation of being blocked by the enemy and the whole army will be destroyed." ”
Qin Guang was startled by this situation and hurriedly asked, "Government affairs, what should we do?" ”
Wu Huanxian, the military political commissar, exerted his usual stable style and said: "The more such a time comes, the more we must insist on fighting, and this is especially true of you standard-bearers." You hurry back to your position, and I will immediately send someone to chase the troops back and let them also go back to fight. ”
Pictured| Wu Huanxian
In other words, even if you understand that the decision made by your superiors is correct at this moment, if you really want to return to the battlefield alone, you will inevitably have some fear. But Qin Guang did not have the slightest fear, and when Wu Huan finished speaking, he immediately returned to the ditch with the flag.
The enemy not far away, after a battle of wits with the air and seeing that the last flag was gone, thought that our side had left.
Unexpectedly, it was not long before the flag reappeared in their field of vision, and the young flag bearer, under their gaze, planted the red flag back into place.
Such a move caused the Kuomintang army to become suspicious and easily did not dare to rush across the front.
Of course, although the enemy was a little suspicious, he did not stop there, and after some discussion, they decided to send a few soldiers to explore our reality.
Qin Guang naturally also knew that once the enemy discovered the secret of the position, it would definitely affect the plans of his superiors, so when the enemy was close to the position, he quickly shot at the opposite side and threw a grenade.
Don't look at the fact that this move did not cause much damage, but it really made the enemy dare not act rashly, thus buying more time for the follow-up support of the army.
He was so heroic, the rest of the soldiers of course did not disappoint him, after a short while, the troops who were chased by the military political commissar quickly returned to the battlefield, and as there were more and more comrades around him, Qin Guang finally had more courage to fight the enemy.
The battle continued into the night, and when the river receded, the crowd finally managed to evacuate. At this time, everyone went back to recall Qin Guang's excellent performance on the battlefield, praised them one after another, and placed more affirmation and expectations on Qin Guang, and Qin Guang's subsequent performance also proved that the expectations of the crowd were not in vain.
Not long after, the Battle of Yujiahe broke out, this battle was also the most sinister battle since the Long March of the Red 25th Army, under the ruthless artillery fire of the enemy, the commander Cheng Zihua and the deputy commander Xu Haidong were seriously injured, Qin Feng's banner was even blown into two pieces by shells, and the bright red flag broke several large holes.
Before the war, Wu Huanxian, the military political commissar, told Qin Guang that "if the red flag falls, the military's heart will also be shaken." So in his mind, this flag was a presence more important than his life, and when he saw the flag fall, he immediately crawled over, picked up the red flag, removed his leggings, and tied it to a small tree.
However, it didn't take long for the enemy's shells to blow up the tree, and Qin Guang had to pick up the red flag again and insert it into a crater.
Because he had been guarding this banner, the soldiers received great comfort from here, so that after the war, he also received the glorious title of "red flag that cannot be blown up".
Anti-Japanese battles, twice survived
During the years of the All-out War of Resistance, Qin Guang was appointed as the deputy instructor of the special third battalion of the Luxi Military Region by virtue of his previous outstanding military achievements.
In 1941, the anti-Japanese war entered a stalemate, at this time, the Japanese devils could not conquer our land for a long time, and instead focused their main energy on "clearing and suppressing" our base area.
As a result, Qin Guang was only the commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, just after taking office
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A large-scale sweep of the Rusi area was launched. At this time, in order to cover the withdrawal of the party, government, and military leaders of the Luxi Military Region from the theater, Qin Guang was asked to lead the special third battalion of the Luxi Military Region to undertake the combat task of protecting the safety of the chief.
On January 17, the soldiers of the special third battalion had only just arrived in Sujia Village when they saw the enemy rushing in this direction, and in this case, the battalion commander immediately commanded the fighters to set up an ambush here.
As everyone expected, it did not take long for the Japanese to enter the ambush circle, and with the order of the battalion commander, the soldiers quickly and heroically began to charge.
But what people did not expect was that just when most of the enemy's firepower had been eliminated by our side, a large number of local reinforcements suddenly besieged them, trapping the soldiers in Sujia Village and unable to break through.
The battle became more and more fierce, and countless martyrs fell under the enemy's guns, and in the end, only more than 20 fighters, including Qin Guang, survived.
However, even to this point, the warriors did not give up the battle, and they entered the small courtyard on the west side of the village, hid by the thick courtyard wall, and continued to negotiate with the enemy.
They were experienced in battle, the Japanese devils kept charging, they kept shooting with guns, and with their own perseverance, they really persisted for a long time.
However, the sinister Japanese devils also quickly came up with a plan to deal with the poison, and seeing that they could not help these 20 soldiers in a short period of time, they actually threw a poison gas bomb into the courtyard.
In order to resist the threat posed by the gas bomb, Qin Guang and the others drank several bottles of vinegar, but this method did not work, the poisonous gas still flowed down the nasal cavity, uncontrollably pouring into the lungs of the warriors, and before long, the crowd lost consciousness in the poison gas.
When Qin Guang and the others woke up again, they found themselves with their hands tied, and dozens of Japanese devils stood behind them, holding sharp knives against them, demanding that they advance in the direction of the wheat fields southeast of Sioux Village, and if they walked a little slower, they would be poisoned.
Qin Guang was not willing to be executed by the Japanese Kou like this, as a Chinese soldier, even if he wanted to die, he would have to die with a backbone, so when everyone was driven to a clearing, Qin Guang immediately ordered: "Comrades, we hurry up, we can't just be killed by Japanese devils!" ”
The rest of the warriors also had this thought, and as soon as Qin Guang's voice fell, these warriors fled like wild horses that had lost their reins.
The Japanese devils were startled by this sudden move, and they picked up the gun and began to shoot indiscriminately at the crowd, in the midst of this chaos, a bullet suddenly passed through Qin Guang's left shoulder, and before he could slow down, another bullet struck him, this time, the bullet pierced Qin Guang's right lung, and the huge pain made him no longer able to support his body, and the next second, he fell to the ground.
The ghost who caught up with him saw that Qin Guang was not dead, and even raised his gun to prepare to shoot him in the head again. At this moment, Qin Guang suddenly opened his eyes, jumped up from the ground, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Down with Japanese imperialism!" ”
Qin Guang's sudden move made the devil's hands shake a little, and in a hurry, the shot he fired at Qin Guang changed from head to neck and came out from Qin Guang's back.
Qin Guang was unconscious again, collapsing in a pool of blood, and when he woke up, he had already come to the hospital in the rear.
It turned out that the shot that hit Qin Guang in the neck did not kill Qin Guang, and Ri Kou thought that he would undoubtedly die, so he left directly, and after the whole battle, our generals rushed to the battlefield to find that Qin Guang was still angry, so they sent him to the hospital.
Because there were too many wounds on Qin Guang's body, some of which even hurt his muscles and bones, and because our medical situation at that time was very backward, therefore, everyone did not have much hope for him to heal, but they did not expect that Qin Guang had miraculously recovered with his own perseverance. Although the shrapnel left in his body would make him feel pain often, he was still alive after all.
Qin Guang was killed by the ghost gate, and later spread in the army, and many people began to call him "living martyr". Qin Guang was also appointed as the political commissar of the detachment of the Seventh Army Sub-district in Southern Hebei because of his outstanding performance.
One day in March 1943, Qin Guang, as the political commissar, led the troops and happened to pass by Zhangliuzhao Village in Guan County, when it was late, and the people decided to stay here for a while and continue to rush tomorrow.
At that time, the Japanese devils, who were already on the verge of the end, in order to win this invasion battle that had no chance of winning, did not hesitate to fight the beast to make a final desperate counterattack, in this case, once the warriors were found, they would be immediately attacked, and this time, Qin Guang and others were unfortunately caught by the enemy.
The Japanese army, stationed nearby, marched through the night and soon arrived at their residence and launched a fierce attack.
Qin Guang observed the situation and found that among the people who came, there were not only Japanese devils, but also several traitorous lackeys, who could understand Chinese, and Qin Guang's orders would also be known to the enemy army.
In the face of a large group of enemies who were staring at the tiger, Qin Guang understood that for the sake of the present, the only way to evacuate was to quickly.
Relying on the combat experience gained on the battlefield, he quickly dispersed his troops into many scattered teams and broke through in multiple directions at the same time, as for Qin Guang himself, he deliberately stayed at the end of the team, shooting as much as possible, leaving the hope of life to the rest of his comrades-in-arms.
The plan went smoothly at first, but when the people ran to the Fanzhuang area, they were ambushed by the enemy again, and it turned out that the enemy had set up an ambush here in order to avoid the trouble.
At this time, the situation was very critical, the enemy in the north was constantly attacking the soldiers, and there was a group of Japanese troops in ambush in the south, and if they did not break through as soon as possible, they would probably be completely annihilated here.
Qin Guang immediately made a decision, led a small group of fighters, rushed out of the trenches, and moved in the direction of the enemy, attracting enemy fire at the cost of his life.
This tactic was very effective, and when they rushed out, most of the enemy's firepower was indeed concentrated on them, but because of this, these soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
Looking at his fallen comrades one by one, Qin Guang only felt that his whole body was burning with the flame of revenge, he took the lead and rushed to the area only thirty meters away from the Japanese and pseudo positions, hurriedly found a cover, then pulled away the grenade and threw it at the enemy.
The grenade successfully exploded in the middle of the enemy, unleashing considerable power, but when he was about to throw the second grenade, the enemy's bullet came and hit him in the waist, and in an instant, he lost all mobility and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Qin Guang, who had fallen to the ground, looked a little confused, but he was still awake, and he calculated in his heart that even if he died, he would have to take a few more cushions!
After a while, the battle was over, and the Japanese puppet army was ordered to come and check whether there was still a living Eighth Route Army.
Qin Guang was lying not far away, listening carefully to the movements around him, and after noticing that the footsteps of the Japanese puppet army were getting closer and closer to him, he unconsciously clenched the gun in his hand.
A traitor who walked toward him clearly saw this abnormal move, and just as Qin Guang was about to act, he heard the Japanese puppet soldier whispering to him:
Don't move, just leave in a moment, I won't hit you, Chinese don't kill Chinese.
”
Qin Guang thought for a while and decided to believe the traitor for the time being, and this traitor was indeed as he said, just after scavenging The equipment on Qin Guang's body, he walked away.
After there was no sound around, Qin Guang struggled to get up from the ground, trying to find out if there were still people alive, but obviously, there were still a few lucky people like him, and the rest of the warriors who fell to the ground were really out of breath.
Qin Guang did not dare to stay here for a long time, and after making sure that there were no remaining comrades-in-arms, he immediately limped alone to a fellow villager's house, who was very kind, and when he saw the anti-Japanese fighters coming to ask for help, he immediately sent him to the army with a donkey.
In this way, Qin Guang once again picked up a life and was able to continue to fight for the people. In 1955, when the central government awarded the rank, this great hero, for his military merits, was awarded the rank of colonel.