After the September 18 Incident, the Japanese army officially began to invade China, and in the situation at that time, when the disparity between the strength of the enemy and ourselves was huge, and the historical environment was very complicated, few people dared to confront the Japanese, and only such a person, who was neither the Kuomintang nor the Communist Party, but a warlord born of banditry, fired the first shot of the anti-Japanese resistance at a crucial moment.
The anti-Japanese hero to be talked about today is Ma Zhanshan, in the historical background at that time, Ma Zhanshan's anti-Japanese road was destined to be very difficult, he was mistaken by others as "surrender and treason", even if he lived in Tianjin, he was often plotted by the Japanese, and his life was in full swing.
The first shots of the anti-Japanese resistance were fired
Ma Zhanshan, born in 1885, is a Jilin person, due to the poor family, often bullied in childhood, there is no way to be only 18 years old, Ma Zhanshan went to the Harabala Mountains to fall into the grass for the sake of Kou, after he became a bandit, relying on his own good riding and shooting and the advantages of morality, he was quickly recognized by everyone, became a big boss, and led his brothers to make a living together.
Although Ma Zhanshan had become a big boss, he understood that being a bandit was not long-lasting, so later by chance, Ma Zhanshan defected to Wu Junsheng, the overseer of Heilongjiang, and served as the commander of the cavalry division, and began to emerge in the warlord army.
After the September 18 Incident, because Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army directly withdrew from the Eastern Three Provinces, resulting in the temporary lack of a person in charge of the Three Eastern Provinces, under such circumstances, Zhang Xueliang appointed Ma Zhanshan as the acting chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government and the military commander-in-chief, and let Ma Zhanshan garrison Qiqihar.
On November 4, 1931, more than a thousand Japanese troops drove straight in the direction of the Nenjiang Iron Bridge, and under the cover of their own aircraft cannons, these Japanese troops launched a fierce attack on the Chinese defenders stationed at the Iron Bridge.
In this war, Ma Zhanshan was far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of manpower and firepower equipment, but they still relied on their tenacious perseverance and spirit of not being afraid of death to persist in a fierce battle for three days and two nights, which was called the "Jiangqiao War of Resistance.", which was the first large-scale resistance of the Chinese army to the Japanese invaders at that time.
Pretending to descend on the Sun, he wounded the Japanese army with a large knife
Although Ma Zhanshan fired the first shot of the anti-Japanese resistance, after all, the disparity between Ma Zhanshan's strength and the Japanese army at that time was too large, and it was obviously not the best plan to continue to confront the Japanese army, and after careful consideration, Ma Zhanshan decided to bear the humiliation and burden, pretending to lower the Sun, in order to make a big plan.
Many times, some actions are always easy to be misunderstood by others, such as Ma Zhanshan's act of pretending to lower the sun, and soon being mistaken by others as "defecting to the enemy and treason", fortunately, history is so fair, right and wrong, with the passage of time, it will always give people an answer.
At that time, Ma Zhanshan pretended to descend the Sun, in fact, it was not greed for life and fear of death, but he understood his own strength, and the Japanese army was tough, there was certainly no chance of victory, it was better to use the way of wisdom, pretend to surrender japan, and then use the power in his hands to seek welfare for the people, at that time Ma Zhanshan served as the puppet Heilongjiang governor and the puppet Manchukuo military and political department chief, these positions are very powerful.
After taking office, Ma Zhanshan put forward the demand that Heilongjiang be autonomous and that the Japanese army should not interfere in internal affairs, and as a result, the Japanese army understood Ma Zhanshan's ideas at a glance, after all, these Japanese troops only wanted to use Ma Zhanshan, and the real thoughts in their hearts were not so simple, and at the beginning Ma Zhanshan's ideas were still simple.
After the Japanese army refused Ma Zhanshan's request, Ma Zhanshan gradually understood a truth, and if he wanted to use this peaceful way to defend his family and defend the country, it was obviously impossible in the face of the ambitious Japanese army, so Ma Zhanshan, after more than a month, led more than two hundred guards to leave Qiqihar, arrived at Heihe, and electrified anti-Japanese, and returned to the camp of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
It has to be said that Ma Zhanshan's consciousness is very high, he was able to understand the ambitions of the Japanese army in a short period of time of contact with the Japanese army, so as to continue to return to the most difficult anti-Japanese front, not only that, Ma Zhanshan also used his position during the period of pretending to surrender, and obtained more than 20 million yuan of counterfeit Manchu coins from the Japanese army, equivalent to more than 2 million silver dollars, and the role of these money at that time was not insignificant.
The team that used to follow Ma Zhanshan to resist Japan heard that Ma Zhanshan's surrender before was false, and now that he has returned to continue to resist Japan, everyone immediately returned to the team without hesitation and followed Ma Zhanshan to continue to insist on the anti-Japanese front. After Ma Zhanshan's experience of fooling the Japanese, the Kwantung Army hated Ma Zhanshan to the bone, so they began to encircle and suppress Ma Zhanshan.
In July 1932, Ma Zhanshan was surrounded by more than a thousand Japanese troops at the Baeksan pass in Gyeongseong County, when Ma Zhanshan and his subordinate chief of staff Han Jialin broke through in two ways, unfortunately, Han Jialin died in the process of breaking through, and ma Zhanshan only learned after breaking out that Han Jialin not only died on the battlefield, but also had his head cut off by the Japanese army as Ma Zhanshan himself.
The revenge of this war, Ma Zhanshan must not fail to repay, this war Han Jialin's grace, Ma Zhanshan has never forgotten, and later he took in Han Jialin's family, has always cared for it, and even married his granddaughter to Han Jialin's son, such a deep brotherhood, let posterity be moved.
In September 1932, Ma Zhanshan reorganized his forces and attacked the Japanese army, they successively conquered Baiquan, Anda, Qinggang, Longzhen, Bayan and other places, and finally on October 20, they went to the vicinity of Laha Station and engaged in fierce battles with more than 2,000 Japanese troops of koizumi's wing, which lasted for ten days, and Ma Zhanshan used his wisdom to repel many Japanese attacks.
In this battle, Ma Zhanshan made full use of the local weather and terrain advantages, in the ice and snow to dumb the Japanese machine guns and submachine guns, and then Ma Zhanshan led his subordinates, with sabers and the Japanese army to carry out a fierce battle, killed a lot of Japanese troops, its toughness, so that the Japanese army are daunted, but in the end the Japanese army continues to have support, Ma Zhanshan led the army had to retreat.
In December of the same year, Ma Zhanshan was forced to follow Su Bingwen's army into the Soviet Union, and it was not until half a year later that he detoured back to China through Europe, and lived in Tianjin, that is, during the time when Ma Zhanshan lived in Tianjin, many strange things still happened, which fully showed that the Japanese army was still waiting for an opportunity to retaliate against Ma Zhanshan.
The Japanese army's plot against Ma Zhanshan
At that time, the Japanese concession in Tianjin, where Ma Zhanshan lived, was full of Japanese, and these people often harassed Ma Zhanshan, but thanks to Ma Zhanshan's good friend, Yu Xuezhong, who was the chairman of Hebei Province at the time, sent some guards to protect Ma Zhanshan at all times, so that Ma Zhanshan could avoid some dangers.
Once the Japanese set up an assassination team composed of eight agents, they divided into two groups to assassinate Ma Zhanshan, in 1934, Chinese New Year's Eve, they took advantage of this special day to carry out an assassination of Ma Zhanshan, as a result, their plan was learned by Ma Zhanshan in advance, so Ma Zhanshan had already laid out a net waiting for them.
The four agents just climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard, they were caught by the ambushed guards, the four people outside heard the news, immediately fled, Ma Zhanshan successfully escaped the disaster, but the Japanese were not discouraged at all, and continued to find ways to target Ma Zhanshan, for example, after this incident, the Japanese threatened Ma Zhanshan by kidnapping Ma Zhanshan's eldest son Ma Kui.
As a result, this time the Japanese army stole chickens and did not become a corrosive rice, Ma Zhanshan, after learning that Ma Kui was kidnapped by the Japanese army, immediately issued a statement saying that Ma Kui had been eating, drinking, gambling, and being kidnapped was deserved, and he announced that he had severed the father-son relationship with Ma Kui. When the Japanese army saw this scene, they were blindfolded, believing that Ma Kui was useless and that their guards were much more relaxed.
At this critical moment, Ma Kui took the opportunity to escape, and after Ma Zhanshan successfully settled Ma Kui, he also issued a report saying that he was willing to cooperate with the Japanese, hoping that they would hand over their son Ma Kui, obviously the people had already run away, and the Japanese were now calling it every day and the earth was not smart, and they had eaten a dumb loss in vain.
epilogue
There are still many things that Ma Zhanshan and the Japanese have fought with wits and courage, but in that very severe historical background, Ma Zhanshan can persist in resisting Japan and always maintain his love for the motherland and the kind of national spirit in his bones.
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