The Second World War was the largest, bloodiest and most destructive world war in the history of war. From Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, 61 countries and regions, more than 2 billion people have been involved in the war, the combat area of 22 million square kilometers.
As an aggressor country, Japanese imperialism burned and plundered the land of China and encroached on the land. The Chinese military and people rose up in resistance and composed one heroic epic after another that could be sung and wept. There are many heroes worth learning, we cannot forget their heroic posture, and there are many objects worth remembering, because that is the testimony of history.
A large saber, the blade is stained with the blood of the Chinese people, the sheath of the sword is wrapped in the truth of history, such a knife is extremely precious in the hands of the veterans of the War of Resistance, how can it be bought by a small amount of money?
First, devote yourself to serving the country
In the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, the iron hooves of the Japanese army officially stepped into the Central Plains and began an eight-year-long act of aggression. In 1938, the Japanese invaders attacked Henan, which at that time was a large province of real estate and grain in the country, and the Japanese Kou also knew that the occupation of Henan was extremely important to the process of aggression.
As a result, their methods are more brutal, and the people are suffering from disasters and cannot be at peace. Hou Yongsheng, who was 15 years old at the time, witnessed this scene with blood and blood, and perhaps he learned martial arts since he was a child, with chivalrous courage in his bones, and resolutely decided to join the anti-Japanese guerrilla team and defend his family and defend the country.
From a young age, Hou Yongsheng's family was poor, and he did not have enough to eat and wear. Often relying on begging to survive and herd sheep for the landlord's family, he is also deeply exploited and oppressed. So he began to practice martial arts, just so that he would not be bullied in the future, to be self-reliant, to be brave.
Perhaps it was this childhood experience that planted a deep seed in the young heart, when witnessing the Japanese Kou trampling on the land of the people and slaughtering the lives of ordinary people, he could no longer bear it and joined the anti-Japanese team.
Second, the sharp gun kills the enemy
When he first joined the army, because of the reason of practicing martial arts, although Hou Yongsheng was thin, his physical fitness was also stronger than some people, and he was clever and changeable, and his progress was rapid. Coupled with the enthusiasm of serving the country, he has worked very hard to exercise the ability to kill the enemy, and his marksmanship is even more outstanding, which can be said to be a hundred shots.
Through the continuous study and training of the troops and the battles of all sizes, the baptism of the battlefield has made Hou Yongsheng degenerate and become resolute and sophisticated. In a war in 1940, with his superb shooting skills, he detoured between the enemy and the enemy, looking for a favorable position on the battlefield, and killed 3 Japanese officers in one fell swoop, which made the enemy army scattered and retreated.
Gradually, the enemy knew that in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, there was a sharpshooter who made the enemy feel frightened. According to statistics, in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Hou Yongsheng experienced more than 400 battles of all sizes and annihilated more than 500 enemy Kou. And what he remembers most is a battle in an ambush battle in which he killed the Japanese army Daisa, and captured Daisa's saber.
In 1945, the Second World War was gradually coming to an end, and the defeat of the aggressor countries was already very obvious. Surrender and withdrawal from the battlefield of aggression are all proceeding step by step. However, the Japanese Empire was not ready to abandon the vast and fertile land of China, and wanted to continue to implement their occupation plan, and battles often occurred.
In July, in the county seat of Junxian in Hebi, the Japanese Kou were frequent and arrogant, and did not have the attitude that a defeated country should have. Because the Japanese army has dispatched several "sweeps" in the past few days, but has not been substantially resisted by the Chinese army, it is thought that it is afraid of the attack of the Japanese army, and it has become timid. This situation made the Japanese army more arrogant.
One night, I was ready to sweep according to my previous behavior. This time, the leader of the team was a Japanese co-captain named Sakamoto Yoshitaro, who was received by the Emperor of Japan. Perhaps it was the fact that his actions had not been resisted several times, and his heart had become proud and faltering.
He did not follow the large troops, but rode on horseback, galloping all the way, perhaps lamenting his "spirit", but not knowing that danger was approaching. Hou Yongsheng, who was on a sneak sneak attack mission, when he saw Sakamoto Yoshitaro appear alone, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, looked at the timing, snapped a shot, Sakamoto Yoshitaro fell to the ground in response, and died of exhaustion.
It turned out that the behavior of the Japanese Kou had angered Hou Yongsheng, who was then the backbone of the guerrillas, and he decided to teach the Japanese Kou a little bloody lesson and destroy their recent prestige. So after getting information that there were Japanese troops on the move tonight, he took two comrades-in-arms and lurked outside the county gate in makeup, but he did not expect that Sakamoto Ketaro himself came out first, and he saw that the horse he was riding, the saber around his waist, or a big fish.
There were no troops behind him, so he held his breath, lowered his body, and when Sakamoto Yoshitaro approached him, a bullet came out of the chamber with anger, accurately hit Sakamoto Yoshitaro, and fell to his horse and died. Hou Yongsheng and his comrades-in-arms quickly unloaded the things on Sakamoto Yoshitaro's body and quickly retreated. By the time the Japanese troops behind found Sakamoto Yoshitaro, Hou Yongsheng and the three of them had long since disappeared.
Third, adhere to the faith
After the victory of the War of Resistance, Hou Yongsheng returned to his hometown, because in the war he killed Sakamoto Yoshitaro, captured sabers and pistols, etc., and was awarded the second class merit. In order to reward him and encourage him to continue fighting heroically, the superior leaders left him with the captured saber. In the war, there are many veterans who have captured equipment from the enemy and, as a trophy, rewarded to some veterans, which is their honor. Hou Yongsheng also regarded this saber as extremely precious.
In the 1990s, the elderly Hou Yongsheng returned to his hometown to recuperate. One day, an old friend came to visit him, and he brought a wealthy Japanese businessman with him. When the Japanese businessman said, "Knowing that you have a Japanese sagun knife in your hand, I am out of 200,000 and want to buy it."
200,000 was a huge amount of money in the era at that time, but after hou Yongsheng listened to the words of the Japanese businessman, his eyes flashed with a frightening essence, and he refused, "You just gave me 1 million, which is also delusional."
The old man knew what the Japanese meant, and he also knew the historical responsibility that this saber carried. The Japanese vainly wanted to buy the knife back to cover up some historical truths. And the old man still has this captured knife, and has the responsibility and obligation to let more posterity know the cruel facts that happened in China at that time. Money is not omnipotent, it cannot buy away the historical truth, it cannot buy away the belief of a veteran, and it is the responsibility of the veterans of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to adhere to the facts.
4. Summary
Today's Chinese nation can stand tall among the nations of the world and prosper, inseparable from those who sacrificed and dedicated, we should remember them, with a grateful heart, to protect this hard-won happy life. At the same time, it also issued an appeal, if you have objects in your hands that can represent history, then you may wish to let more contemporary young people understand that our ancestors were so righteous and enthusiastic, so that today's China is wonderful because of us.