introduction
In the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we will always remember such a woman:
She learned martial arts with Wu Dangren at the age of 5, won many battles in the ring at the age of 15, married at the age of 22 but unfortunately widowed, and took her only son to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy at the age of 39 just to resist Japan... After the victory of the War of Resistance, she resolutely retired from the Nationalist Army, returned to her hometown to teach, and persuaded her son to revolt!
She can enlighten and teach, be a teacher; she can go to battle to kill the enemy, which makes the Japanese Kou shudder; and the most valuable thing is that she understands the great righteousness, is committed to serving the country, and can be a model of a good mother!
She is
Zhou Yongnan, a hero of the Anti-Japanese War, encouraged countless women who Chinese in the most difficult years of the War of Resistance.
01 Five-year-old to learn art, seven-year-old to set doll pro
Zhou Yongnan, nicknamed Qiu Qiong, was born in 1900, and his father Zhou Luqing was a Hunan Xiucai and a well-off family.
In the autumn of 1904, Zhou and his friends came to Wudang Mountain to visit friends and met Zhou Ju, a true person of Wudang. Zhou Luqing had admired Taoism for a long time, and after talking with Zhou Ju, he was amazed at his erudition and talent, and admired his Taoist martial arts.
After this conversation, Zhou Luqing and Zhou Ju formed a friendship with Mo Rebellion and strongly invited him to travel with Xiaoxiang.
The following year, Zhou Ju came to Zhou Luqing's hometown of Qiyang, Hunan, and the two talked about astronomy, geography, and martial arts, and often slept at the foot of the foot.
Because the late Qing Dynasty was in a turbulent situation and was humiliated by the great powers, Zhou Luqing deliberately let Zhou Ju stay and teach his 8 sons and daughters some martial arts to strengthen their bodies and resist external humiliation.
Zhou Ju readily agreed, that year, Zhou Luqing's only daughter, Zhou Yongnan, was only 5 years old.
Zhou Ju had no intention of accepting female disciples, but Zhou Yongnan was brilliant and had a clear skeleton, so he made an exception and accepted her. To Zhou Ju's surprise, after only 2 years, Zhou Yongnan, who was only 7 years old, surpassed her 7 brothers in terms of knowledge and martial arts, which was really a wizard in the chaotic world!
Therefore, Zhou Ju decided to teach her what he had learned without distraction.
Although the winter practice of sanjiu and the summer practice of sanfu are the pearls in the palm of the Zhou family, the little Zhou Yongnan is very able to bear hardships and soon becomes the first of Zhou Ju's disciples.
Zhou Luqing has a close friend named Huang Xi, who is a literary celebrity in Shonan and has more knowledge than Zhou Luqing.
Zhou Luqing intended to form a pro-family relationship with Huang Yan, but Huang Yan heard that Zhou Yongnan "did not love red makeup and loved arms", which was inconsistent with the door style of the Huang family's poetry and book heirlooms, so he repeatedly resigned.
After Zhou Ju heard about it, with
Huang Di talked and persuaded him to compare zhou Yongnan with one or two.
What Huang Yan did not expect was that after some examination, he found that Zhou Yongnan was not only knowledgeable in poetry, but also quite insightful, and even convinced him and made him gladly accept this future daughter-in-law.
02 Fight for the glory of the woman, and fight in the ring on the orders of the master
In 1910, the 11-year-old Zhou Yongnan had made great strides in martial arts, and just when she was about to rise to a higher level, master Zhou Ju suddenly resigned to the Zhou family.
At this time, it was the eve of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and zhou Judaoren insisted on returning to Wudang Mountain.
Zhou Luqing was puzzled, and called Huang Di to persuade him to stay.
In the chaotic world, Zhou Ju hopes to return to the Wudang Mountain retreat, which is the common sentiment of people.
In order not to embarrass Zhou Ju, the Zhou and Huang families mobilized their friends to raise donations and built the "Yunxian Temple" for zhou juDao's people in the ten miles of Xiongyi Ridge in Qidong County. Since then, zhou ju daoists have settled down here.
However, more than 10 years later, when the Japanese invaded, Zhou Ju suddenly left the Taoist Temple, and it is rumored that he went down the mountain to resist the Japanese.
Speaking of Zhou Yongnan, when she was 12 years old, Master Zhou ordered her to go down the mountain and enter the local area."
Qiyang Girls' Primary School "learning. At that time, the primary school had already introduced Eastern and Western cultures, which showed that the thinking of Zhou Judao people was relatively open.
Unfortunately, the squires at that time did not approve of women's schooling, but thought it was against morality.
In order to make the world pay attention to the role of women, Zhou Judao's famous apprentices held a ring competition in the local area, which was located at Qiyang Girls' Primary School.
Obviously, Zhou Ju's purpose is to let Zhou Yongnan participate in the competition, showing the fashion of women in the new era.
That year, Zhou Yongnan was 15 years old.
After the ring match began, Zhou Yongnan, who was standing tall, attracted the attention of many people: a weak woman also dared to go into the ring, is this not an insult to men?
Therefore, martial arts masters from the surrounding area sent disciples to challenge Zhou Yongnan.
The essence of Zhou Ju's martial arts is "borrowing the strength of the other, attacking the body of the other", paying attention to the use of force to fight, four or two strokes of a thousand pounds.
Although she was only 15 years old, Zhou Yongnan had already learned the essence of her master's martial arts, and she was heroic in the ring, defeating more than a dozen good men from Xiaoxiang in a row, which immediately caused a sensation in the whole of Shonan.
Who says women are inferior to men?
In that era when the people's wisdom was first enlightened, Zhou Yongnan's deeds did not go away, which deeply encouraged many girls who were forced to live in the deep home, and began to rebel against the "guardian" behavior of the feudal parents, and gradually walked out of the boudoir and into the school.
03 Determined to resist Japan, he forced his son to apply for military school together
In 1920, the armed men were stopped to make up red makeup, and Zhou Yongnan got married.
After marriage, the couple and Hemeimei, soon, her son Huang Tian was born.
However, it is sad that when Huang Tian was 9 months old, Zhou Yongnan's husband Huang Yanqing unfortunately died of illness. Just married for more than 1 year, and a swaddled son, Zhou Yongnan's grief can be imagined!
However, strong, she refused her father-in-law's pity for her to remarry, and entered the WhiteLand City Center Primary School as a teacher, raising her son alone.
Time is rushing, 18 years have passed, and his son Huang Tian has grown up.
Just the year before, after the "July 7 Incident", Zhou Ju, the master of the hermit "Yunxian Temple", called Zhou Yongnan and told her that she was going to Yunyou and might never come back.
In fact, Zhou Yongnan knew that Master had always been worried about the outside world, and he must have hoped to use the martial arts he had learned to fight against the Japanese and serve his homeland!
After Zhou Yongnan bid farewell to his master, he began his own plan.
In 1938, his son Huang Tian graduated from high school and was about to marry his wife. However, Zhou Yongnan persuaded his father-in-law to stop this move.
Then, she persuaded her son to go with her to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy, learn the skills of killing the enemy, and go to the battlefield to resist Japan!
The son was puzzled and retorted that "the only son does not need to join the army", but Zhou Yongnan asked him solemnly: "Does the Japanese Kou have any rules that do not allow the slaughter of orphans and widows?" ”
Huang Tian was speechless and dragged by his mother to the military academy.
But, yes
Hengyang Admissions Office, in charge of Tian Guidance
I heard that she and her son were going to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy, but they resolutely refused!
Field guidance
The reason is very simple, Zhou Yongnan is 39 years old, too old!
Hearing this reason, Zhou Yongnan pointed at his son sadly and retorted:
"He is my only son, I lost my father in 9 months, I have suffered so much to pull him into adulthood, am I willing to send him to the flesh and blood battlefield?" 」
"The world rises and falls, and it is the responsibility of the puppet, and I am a teacher, so I should lead by example." Sending my son to join the army today, I am also determined to pledge myself to the country, sign up for the examination, and go to the country together, are you willing to refuse me to report outside the country?"
Zhou Yongnan's words were moved
, the mother and son are both admitted.
04 Anti-Japanese heroine, brave to kill the enemy
After more than a year of intense study, Zhou Yongnan and her son Huang Tian both graduated with excellent results.
At the graduation ceremony, Principal Jiang Zhongzheng rewarded the mother and son with the "Commendation Order No. 256 of Rong Ting Ai Zi": "Mother and son joined the military, went to the country together, a model for the world, and a special award." ”
After graduation,
Zhou Yongnan was assigned to serve as a lieutenant officer in the 53rd Army of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and the troops were stationed at the front line of Jinshi City, Changde City, Hunan Province. His son Huang Tian was assigned to the Sixth Theater of Operations and stationed in Enshi, Hubei Province.
However, Zhou Yongnan was very dissatisfied with his work distribution!
What good is it for an officer to send documents back and forth every day and watch the big guys in the background fight each other?
Therefore, Zhou Yongnan found her superiors and took the initiative to ask to go to the battlefield and face the enemy directly.
In January 1943, Zhou Yongnan finally got his wish and was ordered to form a female soldier company directly under the 53rd Army, serving as a company commander, and began to train female soldiers.
Because Zhou Yongnan herself has advanced martial arts, plus she learned a good marksmanship during her studies at military school. Soon, the female soldier company she led was given the heavy responsibility of sticking to the line of the Baiyang Causeway in Changde City.
In November 1943, a brigade of the Japanese 116th Division launched an attack on the Aries Causeway.
The battle was fierce, and with the help of Japanese aircraft and artillery, the front was in jeopardy.
Zhou Yongnan wrote a suicide note to his son Huang Tian between battles:
"My mother and son, if you promise your country by your own body, do not think of your safety. The mother is like a ma ge shrouded corpse, the wish is also the wish, the hope to inherit the ambition of my country, to inspire the soldiers to kill the enemy bravely, is also the wish. ”
Subsequently, Zhou Yongnan put aside all his worries and rushed to the battlefield again with a company of female soldiers!
Throw the grenade when the bullet is exhausted, and the grenade will be thrown out and the white blade will fight!
What the devils who were proficient in "bayonet warfare" did not expect was that the female soldier company, which was originally the weakest in the position war, actually defeated them in the white-knife battle!
To the surprise of the 53rd Army, the female soldier company, under the leadership of Zhou Yongnan, actually defeated the attacks of the Japanese Kou again and again, and Zhou Yongnan had an amazing record, killing 5 Japanese Kou in a row, including Squadron Leader Matsuki!
In this white-knife battle, Zhou Yongnan's martial arts finally had a place to play.
05 Understand the great righteousness and persuade the son to revolt
Unfortunately, in the last battle, Zhou Yongnan was shot in the leg, and after recovering from his injuries, he left the root of the disease and had to withdraw from the battlefield.
Soon, Zhou Yongnan was transferred to the 129 Military Station Hospital as the director of the major of the news room.
For Zhou Yongnan, this kind of work is nothing more than a kind of torture.
However, in order to find a master who also joined the tide of the War of Resistance, and in order to continue to inspire his son to kill the enemy bravely, Zhou Yongnan chose to stay.
But what disappointed Zhou Yongnan was that for several years, she had not found her master Zhou Juzhen.
In August 1945, when Japan was defeated and surrendered, Zhou Yongnan resolutely took off his military uniform and returned to his original elementary school to continue teaching.
Some people advised her to continue to stay, because behind it was a good opportunity to "reward merit and deeds", and with her battle achievements and "exemplary" image, "promotion and wealth" is ten to nine. However, Zhou Yongnan, who had already seen through the essence of the National Government, did not return and left with a wave of his hand.
In 1946, Chiang Kai-shek launched a "civil war", and Zhou Yongnan wrote a letter to his son, asking him to see the situation clearly and defect to the bright road. However, Huang Tian, who was seduced by the nationalist army, insisted on not complying.
In order to win back his son, Zhou Yongnan, with his daughter-in-law and grandson under one year old, rushed to the unit where his son Huang Tian was located, found his regimental commander crying about the pain of "keeping the festival and caring for orphans", and brought his son home.
However, young people always have some unrealistic ideas and stubbornness.
Soon, Huang Tian secretly escaped from home and entered the Nationalist army again, serving as a battalion commander of the 554th Regiment of the 185th Division of the 66th Army.
His son's short-sighted vision and rebellious psychology made Zhou Yongnan very sad.
However, she did not give up her persuasion and education for her son, but wrote him a letter every month, teaching him to look far ahead and cherish his homeland... She believed that a motherly heart would one day touch her son!
In January 1949, Huang Tian revolted with the troops and gloriously joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army!
When the news came, Zhou Yongnan had tears in his eyes and smiled in front of her husband's spiritual seat.
postscript
However, zhou Yongnan regretted all her life that until she was dying, she could not find her master Zhou Juzhen.
Some people say that her master fought against the Japanese army in the northeast, and some people say that her master has already joined the guerrilla group of the Eighth Route Army and died in a battle... In short, although there was no trace or news of Master, what comforted Zhou Yongnan was that she had always been in a trench with Master to fight against the Japanese!
Killing the enemy does not distinguish between north and south, and the anti-Japanese resistance does not distinguish between old and young!
In the face of the invaders, Wudang Zhou Juzhen gave up his life of seclusion and resolutely took up a sword and gun; Zhou Yongnan, a 39-year-old mother, joined the army with her son and was determined to resist the war; I would like to ask, how can such an anti-Japanese hero not be remembered and remembered by future generations?
The most admirable thing is that Zhou Yongnan resolutely gave up all fame and fortune after the victory of the War of Resistance, and persuaded his son to revolt, such a mother who understands the great righteousness, is not it a symbol of Chinese women?