In 1995, the eldest son of an anti-japanese war veteran named Li Erxi was shot dead for no reason. Due to the backwardness of science and technology at that time, and the absence of so-called witnesses to the murder, the local police were difficult to solve the case and developed in the direction of headless public cases. The police found Li Erxi and asked him if he and his son had any long-standing enemies. Li Erxi just said that his father and son did not have a vendetta against others, let alone such a big enemy worthy of killing and revenge.
As he spoke, Li Erxi became a little unconfident, and his eyes gradually drifted, as if he was remembering something. The police officer who questioned him saw that Li Erxi had something to hide, so he told him that not explaining the matter clearly would have a great impact on the police in solving the case. Li Erxi said:
"More than 50 years have passed, is it hard to believe that the professional killers sent by the Japanese retaliate against me?" No, it shouldn't. ”
The police believe that there is nothing wrong with this line of thinking, and it may be true. The police then asked what the matter was, and Li Erxi generously told the secret that he personally killed the Japanese lieutenant general on the anti-Japanese battlefield. The matter was leaked out, and the local media immediately published an article entitled "The Old Hero Who Blew Up the Japanese Kou "Famous General's Flower" is in Shaoguan." Li Erxi, who was praised and praised by Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Nie Rongzhen, Chiang Kai-shek, and others and who was famous all over the world, once again became the focus of the people of the whole country.
Li Erxi, who killed the Japanese lieutenant general, what is his legendary story?
In 1921, Li Erxi was born into a peasant family in a village in Lingqiu, Shanxi. When Li Erxi was 13 years old, his parents died of illness one after another, and his brother took the initiative to join the army in order to defend the country, but there was no news, leaving Li Erxi alone at home, relying on a few acres of thin fields to barely survive, and it was difficult to continue to go to the landlord's house to do short-term work and herd cattle.
In September 1937, after the victory at Pingxingguan, Nie Rongzhen, political commissar of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, led two brigades, the 33rd Brigade and the 34th Brigade, to Li Erxi's hometown for recuperation. Yang Chengwu's independent regiment was placed not far from Li Erxi's village. At that time, the troops were short of war horses, and When Li Erxi knew about it, he took the initiative to build a bridge, helped the Eighth Route Army buy back a good horse, and also took care of many sick war horses to restore their health. Everyone thought that Li Erxi was a talent, had a sense of ingenuity, and could do things, so they took the initiative to invite him to help in the army and do some work within their capabilities.
Not long after, the 16-year-old Li Erxi naturally entered Yang Chengwu's independent regiment and became a full-time groom of the regiment leader Yang Chengwu. In contact with Li Erxi, Yang Chengwu found that he liked the 3 mortars placed in the courtyard, had a great interest, and had nothing to touch. When you have the opportunity, ask the soldiers in the regiment who know some knowledge of artillery fighting.
When the independent regiment was preparing to form its own artillery company, Yang Chengwu named him to join the artillery company as an artilleryman. Li Erxi, who had a foundation earlier, became an artillery officer of the independent regiment, and soon mastered the essentials of artillery and became an excellent gunner of the Eighth Route Army. On November 3, 1939, Yang Chengwu's division successfully annihilated hundreds of Japanese soldiers at Yansu Cliff in Hebei Province.
This made it impossible to take the Eighth Route Army seriously at all
Abe was furious. Newly promoted to lieutenant general of the Japanese Army, commanding an elite brigade to fight,
Abe Norihide, the supreme commander of the Japanese army's "Mongolian Garrison Army", after venting, he had a thought of revenge. Norihide Abe was not a mediocre, he graduated from the Infantry Section of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School at the age of 21 and immediately joined the army.
Norihide Abe had no background, but he was able to rise through the ranks of the Japanese Army system step by step, relying on his excellent military achievements. Abe Norihide is a good fighter, but there is a paranoia that cannot be said to be a shortcoming or a merit: too much emphasis on honor and glory. In the face of the fiasco, Abe Norihide did not learn any lessons, still did not feel that the Eighth Route Army had anything outstanding, and the victory over the Imperial Army just happened to be the Imperial Army's carelessness.
When the news of the defeat spread, Abe Quickly gathered his troops to begin a new round of "retaliatory sweeping and encirclement." Yang Chengwu learned from the enemy's internal intelligence to let him know that the enemy army was coming soon, and Yang Chengwu decided to give Abe Norihide and the Japanese army a lesson that he could never forget in the area of Loess Ridge. At 3 p.m. on November 7, the enemy entered the Loess Ridge Gorge and fell into the trap of the Eighth Route Army "half pushed and half pushed" and was crushed into a valley two kilometers long and more than 100 meters deep.
At 4 p.m., the dawn of victory illuminated the sky, and Chen Zhengxiang, commander of the 1st Regiment of our army, observed the enemy army with a telescope and found that there was an officer in a yellow military uniform coat on the mountain bag in the distance, carrying a combat knife, and also observing the battlefield situation with a telescope. About 100 meters away from the mountain bag, there is a small independent courtyard, and there are constantly enemies coming in and out. Chen Zhengxiang knew the old lair of the besieged Japanese army, so he dispatched the gunners to quickly enter the designated position and carry out artillery strikes.
It was Li Erxi, who was on standby under the mountain, who received the order, who found a suitable position on the position and quickly tested the distance with his eyes. Because the fighter plane was fleeting, Li Erxi did not wait for the regimental commander Chen Zhengxiang to give the order to open fire, so he tested firing a shot. The shell did not successfully hit the target, landing not far behind the small courtyard, Li Erxi did not lose heart, hurriedly adjusted the position, reestimated the distance, and quickly fired three shells.
Four shells were fired, the courtyard was filled with gun smoke, and dozens of Japanese soldiers came in and out, saving people while fighting the fire. Li Erxi saw that the enemy was not dead, and wanted to give them a few more rounds, who had thought that there were no shells, so they had to put an end to the flag. I don't know whether it was Li Erxi's accurate artillery, or the villagers' family in the small courtyard who were lucky, and the 4 shells were unharmed and shrunk in the house for more than a dozen Chinese.
A comrade-in-arms asked Li Erxi if he was not afraid of violating discipline by firing cannons without the permission of the regimental commander; 18-year-old Li Erxi stubbornly said loudly:
"What is not a violation of discipline, first blow up the dog to death!"
A few days later, through newspapers from Japan, the Chinese army learned that this battle had left a Japanese lieutenant general in the Taihang Mountains forever. Japan's Asahi Shimbun: The flower of a famous general, withered on the Taihang Mountain. Since the establishment of the Imperial Army, there has been no such example of the sacrifice of a lieutenant general.
The death of Abe Norihide made Li Erxi's name spread to the north and south of the great river, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army personally sent a congratulatory message of commendation. After Abe Washu was killed, the Japanese sent agents to infiltrate the Eighth Route Army in an attempt to retaliate against Li Erxi. One night, Japanese agents found out Li Erxi's residence, sneaked in, and held Li Erxi's head with a gun, trying to capture him alive and ask for credit. As soon as Li Erxi entered the house and realized that the situation was not right, he used his feet to pick up a stream of dirt and threw it at the Japanese agent, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's eyes could not see clearly, Li Erxi used his boxer to shoot down the enemy's pistol, and only then did he get out of danger.
Afterwards, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region held a regional military-civilian meeting, and Commander Nie Rongzhen specially rewarded Li Erxi with a pistol, and Li Erxi held the gun with a look of excitement. After the founding of New China, Li Erxi followed the People's Liberation Army to Guangdong to suppress bandits, so he settled down and transferred to the Shaoguan civil affairs system in 1952. After changing careers, Li Erxi did not tell people about his past exploits, and it seems that the myth of killing a Japanese lieutenant general did not seem to be his doing. If it were not for the huge changes in the family, Li Erxi would probably never have told the outside world about this matter.
Eleven months after Li Erxi's eldest son was killed, the public security organs successfully cracked the case. The truth of this case is somewhat difficult to accept, li Erxi's son was not killed by a Japanese professional killer, but his daughter-in-law spent 113,000 yuan to hire a murderer to kill his son. Old Man Li Erxi could not accept this fact, why did it become like this.
A reporter interviewed Li Erxi:
"The legend you created shocked the whole country, what a glory it is!" But why are you consistently tight-lipped? ”
Li Erxi said lightly: "I have seen too many comrades-in-arms sacrificed in front of me, and I am very lucky to live to this day." I don't think I'm a big hero, but the comrades-in-arms who fell into the war are the real heroes. I'm living well now, the state takes care of me, and I'm content and don't need those vanity. Moreover, in order to protect me, the superior leaders specifically instructed me not to publicize this matter. If it weren't for the fact that after so many years, this kind of thing happened at home, I wouldn't have said it to the outside world. ”
Li Er loves to watch war dramas, and the anti-Japanese drama "Bright Sword" is his favorite, as long as it is broadcast on TV, he will definitely turn on TV to watch. Every time I see the footage of the fierce battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies, the elderly Li Erxi will always sigh:
"On the actual battlefield, it's even more intense than this."
On March 26, 2010, 89-year-old Li Erxi smiled and said to his family on his deathbed:
"Death is death, my life is worth it, if I can see Abe Norihide over there, I must ask him well, the taste of being shelled is not good, right?" Whoever called you to invade our Country is all self-inflicted. ”
After speaking, Li Erxi closed his eyes peacefully and never opened them again.