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According to official statistics, the number of casualties in China caused by the Japanese invasion of China reached more than 35 million, and the cumulative number of unnatural deaths in China reached at least 280 million. In the war of aggression against China, the Japanese army committed a series of heinous atrocities, killing tens of millions of Chinese civilians and causing the displacement of tens of millions of Chinese people, the destruction of their homes, and the death of countless people who froze to death and starved to death.
Behind every deceased is a shattered family, and the scourge of war has left countless children homeless and lonely. They joined the army for various reasons, and the troops of our army organized these underage children into classes, called "little ghost classes." The average age of the fighters in the "Little Devil Class" is only 14 years old, the oldest is about 19 years old, and the youngest is about 10 years old.
Most of the time, the troops will take care of the "little ghost squad" and generally will not let them participate in front-line combat. However, the war is very cruel, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. In the event of an emergency, the "little devil class" will also go to the battlefield, and they always think in their hearts: "The devils have killed our relatives, the bayonet is the most heroic, and the killing of the enemy is the most glorious!" ”
Although they were small in size and age, they all bore the hatred of the country and the family, and they had a firm belief. In the face of the enemy armed to the teeth, they were not afraid, regarded death as a homecoming, and played the prestige of the Chinese soldiers and extinguished the arrogance of the enemy army.
Today, I will tell you the anti-Japanese story of the "Little Devil Class" of the Independent Third Brigade of the Dongjiang Column.
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The squad leader of the "Little Devil Class" of the independent third brigade of the Dongjiang Column is called Huang You, also known as Huang Youzai, born in 1927 in Fengdeling Village, Fenggang Town, Dongguan, the family is poor, his father was forced to leave home to make a living in Nanyang, and since then there has been no news, it was his grandparents and mother who raised him, dropped out of school when he was in the fourth grade, and relied on herding cattle for rich families.
In the winter of 1940, the Japanese army invaded Dongguan, burned and looted everywhere, Huang You's hometown was also tragically "swept", 13-year-old Huang You asked to join the local anti-Japanese organization, because he was too young to be rejected. In 1941, he joined the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Group, worked as a correspondent in the Liao Biao team, and later joined the "Little Devil Class" of the He Tong Squadron.
In April 1942, 15-year-old Huang You, along with the guerrillas and the Kuomintang reactionaries (the 187th Division advanced into the Sixth Column, the Eighth Regiment and four detachments) who had come to encircle and suppress the anti-Japanese base areas, charged forward with a spear and stabbed an enemy to death. In October, Huang You participated in the battle again at Qingxi Sanfeng, during the White Blade Battle, he was stabbed in the thigh by the Japanese bayonet, he endured severe pain to kill a ghost, captured a 38 rifle, and became a veritable warrior. Regarding the course of this battle, the historical records have a detailed record:
Huang You and the comrades of the Little Devil Class bravely attacked and drove the Japanese into the cane forest. He took the lead and rushed into the cane forest to fight the oncoming Japanese troops. The Japanese soldier, who was not small, stabbed him with a bayonet, and before he could dodge, he was stabbed in the thigh. Huang You was furious, and despite the pain, he knocked this guy to the ground with one shot and handed over a "three-eight" gun. ”
Because of his outstanding performance in the two battles, Huang You was promoted to deputy squad leader and squad leader of the little ghost squad. The "Little Devil Class" has the reputation of "Little Devil Good War" in the East River Column, and has won honors such as "Hero Class" and "Tiger Class" by relying on a series of achievements. In the Spring Festival of 1944, Huang You led the "Little Devil Class" to fight a beautiful battle, which made Fujimoto, the captain of the Japanese Kou brigade stationed in Pinghu, also fidget.
The enemy took advantage of the Spring Festival, and the puppet army mobilized a squadron and a company of the puppet army to suddenly sweep up the Shrimp Gongtan pond in Youganpu, and they drove the young and middle-aged people of the whole village to the Tangliao behind the village, ready to use poison gas to maim them. He Tong's squadron rested in the area under the Fenggang Guanjing tou, and after learning the news, squadron leader He Tong quickly led 48 people (more than 20 guns) to the rescue with a machine gun. After the battle began, Huang You led the "Little Devil Class" to take the lead, charged and fought hard, crushed the enemy army that was several times larger than himself, and rescued the young adults in the whole village of Shrimp Gongtan.
The Japanese puppet army that fled back told Fuji that they had encountered a young general who could win the first rank of the enemy general among the tens of thousands of people, and that a group of baby soldiers led by him, like the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, were sharp and invincible, and every one of them could be a hundred... Although Fujimoto was half-convinced, listening to the description of his subordinates, he could not help but panic in his heart: "When, when the once invincible imperial army could not even defeat a group of dolls?" ”
On February 15, 1944, the "Little Devil Class" fought the Japanese army at Phoenix Mountain in Pinghu Lake, seized a machine gun, and removed Fujimoto's front teeth. After the war, Huang You joined the Communist Party of China.
Huang You's "Little Ghost Class" is missing 5 famous heroic teenagers: Huang You, Fu Tiancong, Yin Lin, Lai Zhiqiang, Li Charlie (Li Ming), for the soldiers of the Little Ghost Class, the newspaper of that year had this description after their sacrifice:
"The squadron's little ghost squad is all good teenagers, flexible and brave in battle. The squad leader, Huang You, is only 17 years old, with a round baby face, has joined the Communist Party, and is a "veteran" for 3 years. He was wounded twice and captured a Japanese rifle and a light machine gun. Deputy squad leader Richard Lee, 19 years old, with beautiful curly hair, is an expert in assault, he was born in a poor overseas Chinese family, the mother was originally African. Fu Tiancong, 17 years old, has studied in high school, is smart and studious, and is an "intellectual" in the class. Yin Lin is only 17 years old and is an excellent shooter who has shot more than a dozen enemies. Lai Zhiqiang, 19 years old, talks less and does more things, once caught by the enemy to the pseudo-joint defense team, quickly escaped to join the Dongjiang Column, repeatedly fought bravely, what a good soldier! ”
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Huang You and 5 other teenagers are considered to be the "little ghost class" Of China's older children, later, each platoon of the army had a "little ghost class", and the "little ghost class" led by Huang You was responsible for leading them to "grow".
After the Japanese invaders landed and occupied Guangzhou from the coast of Guangdong in 1938, they stationed heavy troops along the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway in an attempt to open up the Guangzhou-Kowloon Line, connect the Guangdong-Han, Pinghan and even beining Xianggui lines, constituting a "Chinese mainland communication line". Pinghu and Zhangmutou in Dongguan are important stations of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, and Pinghu is garrisoned by a brigade and two squadrons of the Japanese army Fujimoto Sumifu Nakasa, and Zhangmutou is garrisoned by Yamashita Nakasa's brigade.
In 1943, the Third Independent Brigade of the Dongjiang Column (code name Flying Eagle) came here to fight against the Japanese Kou, and the enemy and we clashed many times, the largest of which occurred in July 1944.
At that time, our army received information that a puppet army squadron (more than 80 people) was stationed in Tanwu Village, 400 meters away from the fujimoto brigade's stronghold, equipped with new firearms and weak combat effectiveness. The squadron leader, political commissar, and instructor of He Tong's squadron felt that it was a godsend and quickly formulated a battle plan for the night attack and annihilation of the puppet army. After Huang You, the leader of the Little Devil Class, heard about it, he insisted that the "Little Devil Squad" serve as a commando.
On the night of July 21, more than 200 members of He Tong's squadron braved heavy rain to sneak up on the enemy in Tanwu Village. Because the road was muddy, the troops did not enter the position according to the original plan (12 midnight), the battle was delayed until 5 a.m. the next day, Huang You led the "little ghost class" to successfully attack, after killing the Japanese advisers, Xian Lin led the pistol squad to directly attack the pseudo police squadron headquarters, the puppet army quickly surrendered, our army captured more than 40 people (including the pseudo police squadron leader Mondpu), captured more than 80 guns, during the battle, deputy squad leader Richard Lee was sacrificed.
After the victory of the battle, they retreated as originally planned to retreat to the nearby sugar cane forest to cover the retreat. When they reached the Fenggang Shaling Ridge at the foot of Tiger Mountain, they found that more than 400 people of Fujimoto's brigade were driving towards them along the Ping (Lake) Long (Gang) Highway, and an encounter was inevitable.
Although Tiger Mountain is not high, it is a key commanding height for the safe evacuation of the squadron. Huang You once again volunteered to take on the task of blocking the attack, covering the retreat of the main force and blocking the Japanese occupation of Tiger Mountain. Huang You and the others faced the Japanese Kou who rushed like a mad dog, and led the little ghost squad to cleverly block the enemy's crazy attack, and the Tiger Mountain Blockade Battle began.
After 1 hour, the "little devil squad" successfully repelled multiple enemy attacks, ran out of bullets, buried party documents in the dirt, and smashed guns. He raised his bayonet, endured the pain, and shouted and rushed towards the black pressure of the Japanese. In the face of a group of dolls, looking at their childish faces full of murderous anger, the Japanese army was actually timid, and Fujimoto helplessly ordered the machine gunners to supervise the battle: Retreater, kill without forgiveness!
The "little devil squad" and the enemy several times larger than themselves were strangled together, and there was no sound of gunfire on the position, and it was surprisingly calm, only the sound of cold weapons fighting, the sound of bayonets stabbing red, and the groans of pain. Fujimoto watched the battle from the side, and when he saw such a heroic performance of a group of teenagers, he couldn't help but feel admiration and even more frightened!
Some small warriors were punctured in the stomach and their intestines flowed out, and he stuffed them back with his hands, struggling to break through the belly of the enemy, pulling up and down, and retaliating with a tooth for a tooth; some small warriors were stabbed by four or five devils, refusing to fall down for a long time, and a pair of angry eyes always refused to close; some little warriors stabbed and bent, picked up stones and twisted together with the devils...
When he (Huang You) finished firing the last bullet, looking at the way for the main force to retreat, smiling with relief, he smashed his two guns with difficulty, hid in the mud, and stood up hard with his badly injured body, standing upright, rikou rushed up and stabbed Huang You to death with a bayonet.
After the end of the blockade battle, the Japanese army killed more than 40 people, our army killed 8 people, wounded 10 people, the "little ghost class" participated in the resistance war fighters withstood the enemy's attack, so that the troops were safely transferred, they "martyred the country with a hundred glorious honors", all heroic sacrifices!
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Although the Japanese army won the victory, but the spirit was on the verge of collapse, many Japanese troops fell to their knees and cried in the sky, their hearts were already desperate: "War will not be able to win!" Fujimoto witnessed all this, and he led his subordinates to bow to the remains of the "Little Devil Class" to pay tribute: "They are real warriors, and you (the Japanese army) should learn from the warriors!" ”
In November 1944, the Eastern Column Command reported Huang You's deeds and commended him, and at the same time reported to the Party Central Committee. Later, Yan'an sent a telegram: "Comrade Huang You was posthumously recognized as a fighting hero of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Guerrilla And a model party member of the CPC."
Finally, let's end this article with a famous quote by Mr. Lu Xun!
"True warriors dare to face the bleak life and dare to face the dripping blood!" ——From Mr. Lu Xun's "Remembering Liu and Zhenjun"
(Editor's note: This article is 3139 words, the 21st original article in 2022)