During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Yang Jingyu fought with the enemy to the death in the northeast region, and finally died tragically at the hands of the enemy. At that time, the Japanese army was extremely cruel and did a lot of notorious things, but they had special admiration for General Yang Jingyu, and they couldn't understand why Yang Jingyu could persist in fighting under such difficult conditions, he fled around in isolation and helplessness, and what did he rely on to survive?
In order to solve this doubt, after killing General Yang Jingyu, the Japanese army took the body to the hospital for autopsy, and found that general Yang Jingyu's stomach did not have any grain, only some undeciphered grass roots and bark.
There are many reasons why Yang Jingyu was brutally killed, on the one hand, because the strength of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army was relatively weak, and on the other hand, because there were some shameful traitors. One of them was named Cheng Bin, who was originally Yang Jingyu's right-hand man and had served as a division commander of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, and this person was particularly clear about the combat habits and material hiding places of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army.
Cheng Bin was not alone when he rebelled, and some people who were not firm in their positions defected with him to the Japanese army and became traitors. One of them was Named Zhang Xiruo, a machine gunner with strong shooting ability who followed the Japanese army to hunt down yang Jingyu many times. In February 1940, Yang Jingyu was besieged by the enemy, and in the face of the enemy's threats and inducements, he never gave in. Finally, the angry Japanese issued a killing order.
Zhang Xiruo, who was a machine gunner, aimed and shot, killing Yang Jingyu. Immediately afterward, Zhang Xiruo and the others carried the body to the knife and cut off the head, and went to the enemy to ask for merit and reward. So, what is the final outcome of Zhang Xiruo, the traitor who shot and killed Yang Jingyu? Because of the complicated background of the times, he was not sentenced to death, but was imprisoned for two years.
This traitor who betrayed the anti-war team and shot and killed Yang Jingyu was interviewed by reporters in 1984, and what he said at that time has been haunting people for so many years. In the interview, Zhang Xiruo always had a somber face, refusing to admit that he had been a member of the anti-Japanese coalition army, nor did he admit that he had shot and killed Yang Jingyu. Many of the surviving Anti-League soldiers were particularly angry when they saw the report on Zhang Xiruo.