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A piece of birch bark bears witness to the hero's descendants.
Among the Chinese predecessors, there is one person who has suffered the most heart-wrenching, and he is Yang Jingyu.
General Yang Jingyu
Besieged by the Japanese and traitors, he had to rely on bark and cotton to feed his hunger, and in the final moments, he had to face betrayal and loneliness in addition to the Japanese invaders who were bent on fighting.
After his death, his descendants used the birch bark they ate as a family token to warn their children and grandchildren not to discredit their ancestors.
The mountains and rivers are exhausted, is there still China to surrender?
"Fellow countrymen, we Chinese have all surrendered, is there still China?"
This is what Yang Jingyu told to the villagers who came to persuade him to surrender when he was hungry and cold.
He was surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese invaders for several days, relying on cotton to satisfy his hunger, and the villagers saw Yang Jingyu, who was already hungry and even walking, and came forward to help, but the rations on him were not much, which was not enough to fund the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation.
The Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation fought against the Japanese invaders
Among these villagers, there are not only ordinary people, but also Zhao Yanxi, a puppet army commander who betrayed the motherland.
Knowing that Yang Jingyu's martial arts were superb, he didn't dare to reveal his identity, for fear of a bullet hitting his head, so he began to persuade Yang Jingyu to surrender, saying that if he surrendered, he would not be killed, and he could also get warm clothes and food.
Japanese puppet army
Yang Jingyu did not recognize Zhao Yanxi, a traitor, thinking that he was just an ordinary person, and when he heard the words of persuasion, he was still telling the concept of the homeland, if the Chinese all surrendered, then China would not be saved.
Hearing his words, the surrounding villagers were very moved, but because their family and friends were controlled by the Japanese invaders, they didn't dare to say anything.
The fighters of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation
Seeing that surrender could not tempt Yang Jingyu, Zhao Yanxi wanted to stabilize Yang Jingyu, he said that he could raise food and clothes tomorrow and let Yang Jingyu wait for him here.
Although Yang Jingyu realized that this might be a lie, it was his last straw, and he could only bet that this "fellow" was a real Chinese.
Huaxia Piff, blood splashes mountains and rivers are enough for me!
In the past, Yang Jingyu has encountered many Japanese encirclements and suppressions led by traitors, but he still chooses to believe in the villagers because everyone is Chinese.
He said to Zhao Yanxi, you and I are both Chinese, don't hurt your own people. His words were full of persuasion to his compatriots, but his persuasion did not wake Zhao Yanxi, and the next day, instead of food and clothes, he waited for a group of Japanese criminals.
The picture comes from the Internet
Looking at the roaring trucks and soldiers, he and his few remaining teammates ran deep into the forest, during which time, with experience and tenacious perseverance, they dragged down a Japanese raider of more than 600 people.
In the film and television work, the captain of the Japanese invaders, Yamaki, once again launched a persuasion to surrender, believing that at this moment when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, Yang Jingyu would give up his revolutionary career like other teammates who left.
Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation
But General Yang responded, the rise and fall of the country, the husband is responsible, I resist Japan with a seven-foot body, and the heart of saving the country is like a rock that cannot be shaken.
Later, after Yang Jingyu's sacrifice, the Japanese invaders dug open the general's stomach and found that there was no grain of rice in it, and it was full of bark cotton.
Illustration by General Yang Jingyu
In the last moments, General Yang relied on these to satisfy his hunger, and what saddened him the most was not the difficult situation of eating herbs and trees and drinking snow water, but the harm done by the Chinese to the Chinese.
Zhao Yanxi, a seemingly kind "fellow countryman", attracted the Japanese to hunt him down, and Zhang Xiruo, a former member of the Anti-Japanese Federation, fired the deadliest shot at Yang Jingyu.
The birch bark has been passed down from generation to generation, only to serve the people
In the anti-Japanese team, the Sichuan army is the most rigid and the Hunan army is the fiercest, but whenever the people mention the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, the only word that comes to mind is bitterness, the living conditions are bitter, and the heart is even more bitter.
Yang Jingyu's descendants were not proud of their identity, and they relied on the birch bark that Yang Jingyu had eaten as a token to warn the younger generations to learn from their ancestors and always remember to serve the people.
Northeast Anti-Union armband
Yang Jingyu's only son, who died in the line of duty at the age of 37, held his wife Fang Xiuyun's hand when he left, and said a touching and heartfelt word: "We are the descendants of heroes, and we must tell our children and grandchildren that we can't be bad seeds."
In the years that followed, Fang Xiuyun dragged the children to grow up alone, never asked the organization for help, she didn't have a job, she did all kinds of chores, and even worked as a nanny for people, but never took the initiative to mention the fact that she was a descendant of Yang Jingyu.
Descendants of Yang Jingyu
Whenever the Chinese New Year is celebrated, Fang Xiuyun takes out the birch bark and tells his children and grandchildren about Yang Jingyu's deeds, inspired by the heroes, several sons have joined the army, and they have a low profile, never revealing their identities, just because Fang Xiuyun said to them, grandpa is grandpa, you are you, don't discredit heroes.
Jingyu County is a county town renamed in honor of Yang Jingyu, and in 2005, in order to develop red tourism, they repeatedly hoped that Yang Jingyu's grandson would come over to help publicize it.
Sculpture of General Yang Jingyu
Fang Xiuyun held a special family meeting for this purpose, telling his children and grandchildren that for the country and the people, you can do it with the identity of Yang Jingyu's descendants, but you can't ask for wages, you can't seek power and profit, you must remember that you are the descendants of the generals, and you must stick to your duty.
At the request of the old mother, Yang Jingyu's grandson, who did not want a salary and did not seek power for himself, relied on his status as an assistant to the county magistrate to publicize the red tourism cause in Jingyu County, which not only promoted the spread of the red story, but also helped the local people develop the economy.
Resources:
Yang Jingyu - Baidu Encyclopedia
"My family heirloom is a piece of birch bark!" The famous anti-Japanese general Yang Jingyu's grandson Laining mourns the compatriots killed in the Nanjing Massacre - Yangtze Evening News
Birch bark is a "family heirloom" The best family style of the most beautiful family - the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission
Yang Jingyu, the hero of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation, died heroically at the age of 35, and the brutal Japanese army held a "consolation sacrifice" for him - Guangming.com