In August 1942, the Japanese army mobilized heavy troops and launched a crazy "sweep" against the Jilu Border Area, the anti-Japanese base area in Shandong.
In view of this situation, the anti-Japanese soldiers and people in the base areas adopted the method of struggle to avoid the real and attack the false, trying their best not to fight a decisive battle with the enemy head-on, but to avoid his sharp edge, and to find opportunities to attack the enemy's weak troops and empty defenses, and achieved a series of victories.
Although the Eighth Route Army's Manejin County Brigade in the Jilu Border Region was a local armed force, under the leadership of its commander Qi Yaoting, it maneuvered with the enemy with mobile and flexible tactics, allowing the Japanese puppet army that invaded The County repeatedly ran into a wall.
The Japanese commander, embarrassed and angry, concentrated several times the strength of the Manjin County Brigade and attacked in a gradually compressed and advanced manner in an attempt to encircle and suppress this anti-Japanese force.
Although the Brigade of Guijin County fought extremely bravely and tenaciously, because it was far inferior in terms of troops, weapons, and supplies, it became more and more difficult to fight, and finally it was forced to a hill in Wangjiazhuang in the southwest of the county and was besieged.
The enemy's attack became more and more frenzied, and with heavy artillery fire, almost the entire hill was flattened.
The Kuijin County Brigade was isolated and helpless, and the ammunition was almost exhausted, and Qi Yaoting was wounded in many places throughout his body, still gritting his teeth and guarding the forefront of the position, and continued to command the battle with amazing perseverance.
The Guijin County Brigade fought to the end, and there were only two people left on the entire position —Qi Yaoting and Wang Jianmin, a 26-year-old guard.
The Japanese commander saw that the gunfire on the Position of the Eighth Route Army was getting thinner and thinner, so he brandished his command knife and ordered the soldiers to rush up the hill.
Qi Yaoting, who had fallen into a coma due to excessive blood loss, was awakened by the roar and gunfire of the Japanese army, and when he saw the hordes of devils and cats rushing towards the mountain, he understood that this was a desperate situation, and immediately prepared to be martyred.
He called Wang Jianmin over and said to him in a very serious tone, "Jianmin, we, we... At all costs...... You can't be a prisoner of a devil! ”
"Yes!" Wang Jianmin looked at the approaching ghost and asked anxiously, "So what now?" ”
"You've only left two, two bullets... Shoot out all the other bullets, and then... Then shoot me..." Qi Yaoting spoke more and more hard.
"Then there is another bullet..." Wang Jianmin was stunned for a second, and suddenly woke up, "I understand, the last bullet left to myself!" I am also determined not to be a prisoner! ”
Qi Yaoting nodded with difficulty and a smile appeared on his face.
Fortunately, during the conversation between the two men, the enemy suddenly could not hear the sound of gunfire, and thought that the Eighth Route Army had set a trap, but he hesitated for a moment.
Taking advantage of this work, Wang Jianmin suddenly drew his gun and shot, and soon ran out of bullets in the gun. Knowing that the final moment had arrived, he stuffed the last two bullets left into the magazine with great sadness.
When he followed Qi Yaoting's orders and aimed his gun at this superior who had been together for more than three years, like a strict father and a loving brother, his hands trembled involuntarily, and tears blurred his eyes.
In the more than three years of the New Year, Wang Jianmin carried out the orders of the captain of the brigade and never discounted, but now he could not carry out this last order, he could not do it no matter what!
Qi Yaoting saw that Wang Jianmin had not pulled the trigger for a long time, and knowing that he could not bear to do so, he trembled and stretched out a finger, pointed at his head, and shouted anxiously: "Quick... fast...... Shoot me..."
However, because he was so excited, he passed out again, and his body fell on a warrior who had been shot in the chest and had been killed for a long time.
Seeing that the devil was about to rush up, Wang Jianmin had no time to hesitate any longer, he had to make a choice within a few seconds!
At this moment, Wang Jianmin suddenly became anxious and used his palm to squeeze a handful of blood that had not yet coagulated from the chest of the soldier who had already died, and smeared it on his face.
Immediately after, he tilted his head and lay on his side next to Qi Yaoting.
Since the enemy had rushed upwards while firing their guns before, the sound of gunfire actually masked the voices of Wang Jianmin and Qi Yaoting. At the same time, there was a pile of stones in front of the temporary fortifications where they were located, blocking the enemy's view and becoming the perfect cover.
After the Japanese army rushed up, it did not find a single living mouth in the position, and thought that the Eighth Route Army had broken through from the other side of the mountain, so it hurried through the position and continued to pursue.
Coincidentally, Long Shujin, commander of the Second Military Subdistrict of the Jilu Border Region, was leading the Seventeenth Regiment on a mission of interspersed combat at that time, and just passed by Wangjiazhuang and engaged the Japanese army, attracting all the attention of the Japanese army.
In addition to his surprise, Wang Jianmin carried Qi Yaoting, who was unconscious, and took a remote path opposite to the direction of the Japanese army to escape, and with the help of the masses at that time, although he went through many twists and turns, he was finally saved.
It can be said that it is precisely because Wang Jianmin could not bear to shoot Qi Yaoting with a pistol, but instead used a clever trick to save his own life and Qi Yaoting's life.
Interestingly, Qi Yaoting and Wang Jianmin have since experienced the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation and the founding of New China, and they have enjoyed a high life. Wang Jianmin, who disobeyed the order and saved two lives, served as the deputy county magistrate of Wudi County (now Part of Binzhou City) in Shandong Province after liberation.