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Early one morning in 1942, villagers in Wanghaizhuang, a base area in central Hebei, were awakened by sudden gunfire. The residents of the village did not dare to act rashly, for fear of attracting the attention of the Japanese army. The village had been swept up by the Japanese many times before, and whenever the Japanese attacked, the residents were nervous, and some even took up their own weapons to prepare for a possible attack.
After the Japanese troops withdrew, the villagers finally plucked up the courage to go and check, and found a body in the northwest of the village. This unfortunate man, who had borrowed water from his fellow villagers in the village the day before, was brutally shot and killed by the Japanese army. Feeling guilty, the villagers buried his body, leaving a pair of shoes as physical evidence in the hope that someone would claim it in the future.
Who is this nameless people? In the invasion of the Japanese army, what kind of tragic experience did Wang Haizhuang Village experience? The young Wang Shuqi experienced all this firsthand, and decades later, he recalled and recounted the terrible experience of the Japanese invasion. Here is his account.
Beginning on May 1, 1942, which lasted for more than a month, Okamura Ninji, commander of the North China Front of the Japanese Army invading China, led 50,000 murderous Japanese soldiers to carry out a thorough sweep of the base area in central Hebei, and at the same time implemented the cruel "Three Guang Policy" in an attempt to eliminate the anti-Japanese armed forces in central Hebei. The villagers experienced this terrible "May Day sweep".
The events witnessed are frightening. After the Japanese devils entered the village, the old people in the village put on a welcoming gesture and set up two eight-immortal tables on the side of the road, which were filled with various snacks, as well as hot and cold water. When the devils entered the village, the children of the village cheered loudly. However, behind this enthusiasm lies the fear in the hearts of the villagers.
In the devil's procession, there were horseback and walkers, and every ten people were a soldier holding a Japanese military flag, showing their majesty. Although the devils pretend to be friendly, the villagers know that they are invaders, not friends. A little devil pointed his gun at an old man in the village, and after shooting, the old man fell to the ground. This terrible sight deeply stung the hearts of the villagers.
With the invasion of the Japanese army, the houses in the village were burned down, pots and pans were thrown everywhere, and the yard was filled with chicken feathers and horse manure. Some devils even on the kang of the house, showing great disrespect to the ancestors of the village. The devastation of the entire village made the villagers more and more bitter about the Japanese army.
It is not only the villages that have suffered, but the villagers have also been displaced to survive. Villagers had to sleep on river beaches, embankments, large depressions and other places to find shelter under the sky. Even if someone was lucky enough to cross the river and suffer from hunger and cold, the villagers endured.
In this predicament, Japanese devils and traitors take advantage of the suffering of the villagers and encourage them to return to the village in order to carry out their despicable plan. Rumors of the establishment of the Sustaining Association spread like a plague, leaving many people unable to resist the temptation to return home. In the end, only a part of the young youth, village cadres, and scattered army cadres and soldiers remained bravely holding out in the face of the enemy.
The threat of the Japanese army and the displacement of villages became unbearable suffering for the people at that time. However, they stand firm and protect their homeland. This experience is deeply engraved in the memory of history, and it also teaches people today not to forget history and cherish peace.
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