On April 4, 2011, Qingming Day, with a sense of reverence, I wrote a blog post in Xinlang Toutiao, mourning the 66th anniversary of the death of Comrade Li Jinhai, commander of the 5th District of the Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Penglai County, who died in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Original text: Remembering the martyrs during the Qingming season!
My ancient book is from the three villages of Beigou in Penglai, Shandong. On a spring day in 1945, when I was just eight years old, I was collecting grass with my companions in the Wali (Nie family) when suddenly there was the sound of gunfire from the beach in Luanjiakou, and I heard that it was the squadron of the fifth district blocking the landing of Japanese devil's ships to grab food, and the battle was very fierce. I later learned that our squadron had lost three comrades in this battle, one of whom was Comrade Li Jinhae, whom I knew and was closest to. Later, his body remained in the back mountain of Beiwang Village. After that, every year on Qingming Day, we would visit his tomb. After liberation, his body was transferred to Penglai Lie Tu Lingyuan.
Comrade Li Jin's family origin is unknown, but his portrait is still fresh. He started as a buddy at the "Fuzengli" shop in Beigou Village.
Since he became an eight-way, every time he refused to come back, he always came to my house to play, and that intimacy is still unforgettable.
Tomorrow is Qingming, write a blog post here to express your condolences!
Six years later, on March 16, 2017, I suddenly opened my Sina blog in Baidu and found that a netizen named "Brother Xiong Workshop" had published an article detailing the battle.
My heart is overjoyed and moved, and today, 72 years later, it is truly admirable and admirable to have such a wise man who can sing their praises, and I think the heroes will also feel relieved and at ease in the spirit of heaven.
This "Brother Xiong Workshop" blog article wrote: My hometown is from Liujia Village, Penglai, and the Li Jinhai you are talking about here I compiled according to the memories of Liu Caijiye (Liu Kuiji's younger brother), and wrote in my blog post "Liu Bairuo's military career 19 years, chapters 1 and 2": At the end of May 1945, under the siege of the Penglai Independent Battalion of the Eighth Route Army and the militia of nearby villages, the Japanese puppet army in Penglai City was trapped internally and externally. It was ordered that the grassroots militia of each village near Luanjiakou take turns to wait every morning for reconnaissance, the squadron of the fifth district, and the grassroots militia of the 38 villages under its jurisdiction, including Luanjiakou, to be ready for battle at any time. On the morning of June 9, Liu Bairuo of Liujia Village went to reconnoiter and found no enemy situation. On the morning of the 10th, Hao Mingchuan, commander of the Penglai County pseudo-garrison brigade, and Xu Zidong, commander of the pseudo-district of the sixth district, led more than 100 Japanese puppet troops to the west by sea from Penglai's Shuicheng in four steamboats. Among them, the basic militia of Liujia Village include Liu Kuiji, Liu Zhenji, Liu Songling, Liu Zhenmin, and so on. At nine o'clock, when the Japanese puppet army steamboat was still about ten meters away from the east to the big rock, Li Jinhai, the commander of the district squadron, gave an order, and the earthen guns and grenades of the soldiers and militia fired in unison, of which the four earthen cannons lit by Liu Kuiji exerted great power, and with the cooperation of the earthen gun grenades, the puppet army could not land. When Liu Kuiji was using the earth cannon, because his right arm was crippled and his manpower could not keep up for a while, Luanjiakou Village was agile, and Zhao Rendi, who was only 14 years old, ran to carry pig iron sheets to him to load the earth cannon. During the battle, Li Jinhai was injured and rescued by Liu Kuiji from the sea, and died after the war due to his serious injuries and lack of medical treatment.
After half an hour of fierce fighting in this Luanjiakou coastal defense battle, the Japanese puppet army could only flee in embarrassment. At the post-war merit appraisal meeting, Ma Ziyu, the mayor of the fifth district, praised Liu Kuiji and Zhao Rendi and gave commendations, among which Liu Kuiji was named a combat model of the fifth district and was awarded a mine, four grenades and a pair of cloth shoes.
After reading it, I realized what an unforgettable memory it was, and I would like to pay my respects to all the heroes who participated in that battle!
Later, I wrote a follow-up. Here's what I wrote:
Brother Xiong Workshop: < Liu Bairuo's military career of 19 years. Chapter 1.2> I have read that your grandfather recounted the course of the war in more detail. I was both moved and admired when I saw it. Thank you to his old man for providing such valuable information. Comrade Li Jinhai's personal history is really too small. He is not a local because our village is a family of the Yang and Wang families. Before joining the squadron of the fifth district of the Eighth Route Army, he worked part-time at a business shop "Fuzengli" owned by the five brothers of the Yang family. This is the only cotton shop in the village, the family camp. I was born in 37, and when I was just old in my memory, I used to play at this store, when Comrade Li Jinhai wore an old cotton jacket and a yellow fur hat with hair on his head, and he was always busy sending customers to the owner. Because Gimhae knew my father well, he often came to my house to play. At that time, the annual order was less than thirty. When you come to my house, you always hug me. After a while, everyone in the village said that this guy was missing. According to the villagers, he secretly joined the Eighth Route Army.
The trajectory of district squadron activity is guerrilla tactics. When the ghosts enter the village, they run, and as soon as the ghosts leave, they come, and the activity is ghostly.
One day, as soon as the ghosts left, they returned to the village in high spirits. At this time, a new member was really added to the team, that is, Comrade Kim Hae. The fellow villagers looked at him with admiration.
The fifth sector squadron, speaking of a local armed force, is very irregular. The number of people is dozens of people every time they return to the village. They are all dressed in the clothes of ordinary people. Some had steel guns in their hands, some had only two grenades behind them, and some only carried large blades.
When entering the village, the line of words appeared very formal. At that time, people made up a note for this team: "District squadron, dick, broken socks, broken shoes, broken steel guns..." When they saw the children's recitation, they said with a smile in their mouths, Go!
The main task of the district squadron is to fight the hegemony and eliminate traitors, and strictly prevent the Luan family and the Japanese puppet army from coming out to disturb the people.
Luanjiakou is a fishing village near the sea in the fifth district, where there is a fishing port, a financial center, and sea transportation is also relatively convenient. The Japanese devils took a fancy to the geographical and economic environment here, so they stationed companies of real and false devils.
This group of devils may come out to burn and rob at some time. Entering the village is very fierce, bringing a group of wolf dogs, looking unpleasant to the eye and letting wolf dogs bite people. Another time they brought boxes of matches (about 100) into the village to set fire, burning the fog and clouds in the village, and the ash tips on the ground were scattered with a thick point, and then agreed to their grain donation conditions before withdrawing. A shop across the street from "Fuzengli" was burned down and just caught fire, but was saved by a young man in the village, and the shop was saved from the fire.
The sins of the devil cannot be told endlessly.
Another year of Qingming is coming, let us pay homage to those martyrs who died for the people!