During the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, thousands of Chinese went forward to succeed each other, and they sacrificed their precious lives in order to win the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Zhang Zizhong, as a senior general of the Nationalist army, when participating in the Battle of Zaoyi, pinned down more than 6,000 Japanese troops with more than 1,500 people, and finally because he was outnumbered, Zhang Zizhong's entire army was destroyed, and none of them survived.
In this battle, the Japanese army launched 9 charges against Zhang Zizhong's troops, and the battle was extremely fierce. After Zhang Zizhong's unfortunate death in battle, the whole country mourned. When Zhang Zizhong's body was returned, after examination, Zhang Zizhong had eight wounds on his body, including two shell wounds, one on the bayonet, and five bullet wounds.
When Zhang Zizhong's wife Li Minhui heard the news of her husband's sacrifice, she died of hunger strike for 7 days after being overly sad. In the Battle of Zaoyi, who killed Zhang Zizhong? At that time, Zhang Zizhong was confronted by Takehiko Yokoyama of the Japanese Army, and many people were unfamiliar with him.
Takehiko Yokoyama, a native of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, graduated from the 25th Infantry Section of the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School in 1913 and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant of infantry on December 23 of the same year.
Unlike other Japanese soldiers, Takehiko Yokoyama fought very bravely on the battlefield, and more importantly, he was very cunning, shrewd, and violent, so he made many achievements in battle, and was promoted to Daisa, known as the "Flower of Famous Generals".
After the September 18 Incident, Takehiko Yokoyama immediately went to the northeast to serve in the Kwantung Army. Subsequently, Takehiko Yokoyama successively served as the second commander of the Independent Infantry Brigade and the infantry daisa, and not long after, Takehiko Yokoyama received orders to lead his troops to participate in the Battle of Zaoyi.
In May 1940, Takehiko Yokoyama's troops fought a fierce war with Zhang Zizhong's troops, and the Japanese army, under the cover of aircraft artillery, launched 9 charges against Zhang Zizhong, and the number of casualties in Zhang Zizhong's unit rose sharply, and finally 8 people, including senior staff officer Zhang Jing and aide-de-camp Ma Xiaotang, were left around.
Although Zhang Zizhong struggled to resist the enemy, he was eventually outnumbered, and finally Zhang Zizhong's army was completely destroyed. Subsequently, Takehiko Yokoyama launched a fierce attack on Jingmen, Qingxi, Danyang and other places, and after invading Dangyang, he killed and plundered the local area, committing all kinds of evil deeds, and his crimes were simply difficult to read.
To this day, the crimes committed by Takehiko Yokoyama in Dangyang still have some historical traces, and these crimes will never disappear with the passage of time.
On March 17, 1943, He Jifeng, commander of the 179th Division of the 33rd Army Group Stationed in Yuan'an Yangping, received top-secret information from the New Fourth Army that Takehiko Yokoyama would go from Dangyang to Jingmen Huangjiaji to inspect the construction of Huangjiaji Airport.
After careful planning, He Jifeng decided to bury Takehiko Yokoyama in the flint of Dalin Fort this time. The flint of Da lin bao belongs to liao jia ya village in the present-day Weixi town of Dangyang City, the military fortress of the Chu state in the early Spring and Autumn Period, and it has always been a place where soldiers and families must fight, with high mountains and dense forests and narrow roads, which is the best place for ambush.
In the early morning of March 18, 1943, Chen Yunlong and Ding Jianzhong rushed to the ambush area to wait for the urn to catch turtles. The arrogant Takehiko Yokoyama led a small team of horses, riding high-headed horses, from Dangyang to the ambush area until late afternoon.
When Chen Yunlong saw Takehiko Yokoyama, he thought of General Zhang Zizhong in his heart, and he was furious and ordered light and heavy weapons to fire together, and the bullets of revenge blossomed in the Japanese army. One by one, the Japanese fell, and the bullet hit Takehiko Yokoyama in the chest.
Chen Yunlong also ordered the heavy gunner Lei Feihu to shoot out of the chamber, blowing up the flesh and blood of the Japanese, and Yokoyama Takehiko, an indispensable war criminal, was killed in Dalin Fort in Dangyang. At this point, Yokoyama Takehiko, a murderous demon, was shot and killed indiscriminately, and after He Jifeng received the news of Yokoyama Takehiko's death, he burst into tears and said that he could finally comfort the heroic soul of General Zhang Zizhong.