In the fourteen years of the War of Resistance, we finally won the war, but we also paid an extremely heavy price for this, because at that time, the strength of us and the Japanese army was too different, not only was the weapons and equipment insufficient, but even the soldiers were short of food and clothing, and the Japanese military strength was very strong, and at that time we had to sacrifice seven or eight soldiers to kill a Japanese army.
In such a historical background, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was extremely arduous, and we must not be deceived by those anti-Japanese dramas; it is precisely because the blood and lives paid for the War of Resistance are too much, so we must cherish the hard-won victory and peace even more, and we must not forget the heroes who paid and sacrificed for the war, such as the anti-Japanese general Fang Xianjue, who played a miracle in military history when the enemy was strong and we were weak.
After the defeat of the defense of Changsha, the Nationalist army had already paid an extremely heavy price, and at this time, after the Japanese army occupied Changsha, it wanted to attack Hengyang immediately, in order to preserve the strength and take care of the overall situation, General Xue Yue could only let the main force retreat first, and let Fang Xianjue lead 18,000 soldiers to hold Hengyang for seven days, the purpose was to buy time for the retreat of the main force.
Because the artillery fire on the battlefield was too loud, Fang Xianjue did not listen to General Xue Yue's orders, and listened to the seven days of death into forty-seven days, so he led 18,000 soldiers to defend Hengyang City without attack or rescue, and he was facing 120,000 Japanese troops with advanced weapons and equipment, at this time Fang Xianjue was actually ready for sacrifice.
Although there is a huge disparity between the enemy and ourselves, but defending the family and defending the country is the duty of the soldiers, Fang Xianjue and the soldiers are not greedy and afraid of death, even if the whole army is destroyed, they will obey the orders of the defending city, because Hengyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Fang Xianjue commanded properly, and the soldiers were extremely heroic, so they resisted the fierce attacks of the Japanese army again and again.
Fang Xianjue led the soldiers to give in, not only caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, but also the senior generals were seriously injured in the attack, although the Japanese army could not attack for a long time, but their reinforcements were about to arrive, and their materials and equipment were also constantly coming, but Fang Xianjue and the soldiers had already run out of ammunition.
In order to hold the city for forty-seven days, Fang Xianjue's warriors were only more than a thousand people, after completing the task, his own troops also suffered heavy casualties, at this time Fang Xianjue felt that he could no longer defend Hengyang and wanted to be martyred, fortunately the adjutants around him prevented him from committing suicide, and in the end he had to surrender in order to protect the remaining soldiers and the people in the city, but this became the reason why he was attacked in the future, obviously the anti-Japanese hero was slandered as a coward, which was really painful.