Since modern times, with the gradual collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the subsequent establishment of the Republic of China, various warlords have begun to probe out of the mountains, and among them, guilin has always played an important role, especially in the period of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, and the Gui army even became one of the new four warlords of the Republic of China. In 1931 and 1937, Japan successively launched the September 18 Incident and the July 7 Incident, and began to invade China in an all-round way, how could the sons and daughters of China endure this humiliation of encroaching on the national territory, so they rose up to fight back, and a total of more than 35 million people participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan. So, what really happened in this war would make the Japanese who killed people without blinking an eye tremble and tremble, and even lingered in their hearts for a long time and could not erase it? Let's take a look at the details.
When it comes to guilin, everyone says that Guilin landscape is the world, not only has an incomparably beautiful scenery, but also has beautiful landscapes and rivers, which is now a good tourist attraction and is gradually known by thousands of people. But who could have imagined that during the War of Resistance Against Japan, in this place, there was a group of soldiers with straw shoes who fought with the Japanese army for their lives, shed blood and tears, and all the scenery we see now was exchanged for their blood sacrifices. The clothes were very simple, there was not even a pair of decent shoes, all were straw shoes, there were no well-equipped weapons, no sufficient supplies for the rear, just relying on a passion for blood, this fierce force in the confrontation with the Japanese army repeatedly built a miracle, but also played a great name, made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance. Since the beginning of the All-out War of Aggression against China by the Japanese Army in 1937, the people of Chinese have been suffering and living in the depths of the waters, they have committed heinous crimes in our land, robbed the mainland of great mountains and rivers, plundered a large amount of territory on the mainland, burned and robbed no evil, turned many important areas of China into their colonies, and unscrupulously excavated and abused our resources in China. It gives us hope for life.
During World War II, the mainland's army suffered heavy losses, but there was also a team known for its bravery and good fighting, and they were called "wolf soldiers". He was not a regular unit, nor had he received professional military training, but a mixed-card team that had been put together from east to west. Moreover, at that time, the weapons used by the People's Liberation Army on the mainland were only very old-fashioned rifles and grenades, and the Japanese army aircraft, tanks, mortars, and mortars were all complete, and these weapons were placed in China, and many soldiers had not even seen them, not to mention whether we could produce themselves, so it was inevitable that failure would be inevitable, but this was only temporary. After the Japanese army officially announced its invasion of China, various provinces in China began to declare war on Japan, including the army of Guilin, which launched a war of resistance on behalf of the Guangxi region, and in this war, the Gui army fired the first shot of anti-Japanese resistance. But the war is going on, we have neither advanced weapons nor formally trained troops, so what do we rely on to fight the enemy? And how do you win? Yes, we do not have as many resources as Japan, we have only thousands of Chinese sons and daughters united in one heart, and some are only deep hatred for the Japanese invasion of China, which is supporting us to fight and support us to resist. This Guangxi army, known as the "Wolf Soldier", was established as early as the Ming Dynasty, when southeastern China was often invaded by the Wokou, and in order to resist, Guangxi became the Guangxi Wolf Soldier. At first, it existed because of the suppression of bandits, but for a long time, the army in the team was scattered, the bureaucracy was serious, and the originally disciplined troops became no longer the same, but the Wokou invasion did not stop, and in order to resist again, the wolf soldiers were reorganized, and the wolf soldiers after a new look were finally annihilated in one fell swoop after several days of continuous fighting with the Wokou. Since then, the reputation of the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers has shaken the entire Ming Dynasty, and gradually, their reputation has begun to spread. The soldiers of this unit fought bravely, regarded death as a homecoming, and as soon as they received any order from their commanders, they immediately took up swords and guns and rushed to the battlefield, and with a strong patriotic heart, coupled with hatred for the Japanese imperialist forces, they stubbornly held their positions, defended against the repeated attacks of the Japanese army, and resolutely did not let the Japanese army advance half a step.
In 1944, in the Pacific War, Japan was defeated by the United States, not only two warships were completely destroyed, but also forced to accept the military control of the US military. In addition, even on the battlefield of the war of aggression against China, there was gradually no advantage, and because of Japan's crazy provocation, the United States directly cut off Japan's most important sea transportation routes, which was equivalent to directly cutting off their logistical support. After the plan was determined, the Japanese army began to mobilize a large number of armed machinery to prepare for the occupation of the Guilin area. On the surface, Chiang Kai-shek was cooperating with the mobilization of soldiers to protect Guilin, but in his heart he had long been secretly dissatisfied with Bai Chongxi, a rising warlord, and when the Japanese army began to gradually advance, he launched a fierce attack on the Kuomintang in the south, and soon occupied Changsha and Hengyang and other places. In October, in order to attack Guilin, the Japanese army gathered about 150,000 troops in guangxi. However, the Gui army stationed in Guangxi at that time was all added up, but only a mere 20,000 people, compared with the difference in strength between the two, not to mention that the Japanese army successively sent more than three hundred tanks and about thirty aircraft, which shows that in order to completely open up the land transportation route this time, Japan has made a bloody contribution. On the other hand, the army guarding Guilin has neither aircraft nor tanks, and some are some of the most backward and ordinary guns and ammunition, and on the whole, the two sides are not able to resist. Everyone knows better than anyone that this battle is more fierce and less auspicious, and it has already failed in terms of numbers alone, but they have taken advantage of their innate advantage, that is, their familiarity with the terrain and terrain. First all the houses here were converted into bunkers, and then poisoned in the water, why did it do so decisively? Because they knew that Guilin in Guangxi could not be lost, once it was lost, the Japanese invaders could not only go north unscrupulously and directly attack the Central Plains, but also make Chongqing and the rear area in the southwest region threatened, so from the very beginning, they knew the heavy responsibility on their bodies, and they did not think that they could get out alive.
Because of the huge disparity in weapons between the two sides, at the beginning, our army had to engage in street battles with them, which was the only way to cause Japanese casualties in this case. On October 28, the Japanese army launched a fierce fire attack on the defenders guarding the outskirts of Guilin City, but our weapons were at a disadvantage, no matter how we defended, or failed to stop the Japanese army from breaking through the defense, and the Gui army had to retreat inside the city, then the advantage could be really exerted. Although the weapons of the enemy and us cannot be compared, but in the process of confrontation, it is also to make the Japanese army suffer a lot, we are not professional troops, have not received strict military training, but we have a heart to die, when caught in a bitter battle, the Guilin defenders actually began to form a death squad, carrying explosives packages on their bodies, taking advantage of the late night, sneaking into the enemy camp, using their own flesh and blood to blow up everything about the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army suffered heavy losses. This method of fighting made the Japanese once wonder whether it was because of their own tactical problems, and since the siege of Guilin City, there had been no progress. The Japanese army, which had frequently failed in the Pacific theater against the US army, was even more embarrassed and angry, so it used poison gas bombs. And the defenders of Guilin, weapons and equipment and materials are pitiful, where are the gas masks? Faced with this shameless approach of the Japanese army, they were helpless. Serious poisoning directly fell, not serious then took up their own weapons, and the Japanese army began to fight, in fact, since the Japanese army began to use poison gas bombs, the victory or defeat of this war has become a foregone conclusion, and finally the city gate of Guilin was breached by the Japanese army, this extremely unfair war lasted for 14 days, and finally ended, while more than 20,000 guilin defenders more than 20,000 people died on the battlefield.
You see, although we failed, but also let the Japanese army still remember, they also lost more than 10,000 people, there are more than 10,000 wounded, after the end of the battle, guilin within a radius of five kilometers of the Li River water was stained scarlet by blood on the battlefield, the city is full of corpses, there are Guilin defenders, there are also Japanese invaders. After this battle, the combat effectiveness of the Guangxi wolf soldiers directly shocked the Japanese invaders, and countless heroic troops emerged in that fierce battle, we do not have good resources, but there will still be many heroes who will make them feel frightened. It is precisely because of them that we have the current prosperity and prosperity, and it is precisely because of their existence that the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japan has added a touch of legendary color.
Now the mountains and rivers of Guilin are picturesque, the water of the Li River is also crystal clear, and the deafening gunfire and fighting sounds of the past have disappeared, but there is no doubt that Guilin has not changed, and has witnessed that unforgettable history along the way. Today's peace is not easy to come by, although we did not participate in that battle, nor do we have any qualifications to forgive the actions of the Japanese army for our ancestors, hatred can be put aside, but as a son and daughter of the Chinese nation, we cannot forget history, nor dare we forget, I wish the motherland better and better!