Text: Historical Curiosity
Edited by the Historical Institute
The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was the most difficult and painful period for the mainland. During that period, many brave men were born who fought bravely to kill the enemy.
However, during the anti-Japanese period, there was a general who made the Japanese evaluate him as ruthless, and even later generations praised him.
Some praised him for his bloody nature, others said he was too cruel, and all this stemmed from the fact that he ordered the heads of one hundred and thirty-two Japanese prisoners to be cut off.
After cutting off the heads of the Japanese soldiers, the general also ordered the Japanese soldiers to be stripped of their clothes and thrown their heads and bodies into the open space outside the temple.
The general's actions frightened the Japanese reinforcements that arrived later. This general is General Mo Dehong, who has the title of "King of the Gui Wolf Army".
After the defeat of Japan, General Mo Dehong was also court-martialed. So what happened to General Mordehong in the end?
«——[Dismemberment of the Japanese Defendant Military Court]——»
All of the above happened in the very tragic Battle of "Taierzhuang". In 1938, Mo Dehong was ordered to take his troops to Taierzhuang to encircle the Japanese army.
At that time, it was Japan's two most well-equipped troops that attacked Taierzhuang, and they were also Japan's two most murderous troops.
But even so, there is no chance of winning against the troops known as the "wolf soldiers" with Mo Dehong. The Japanese army attacked Taierzhuang several times, but was repulsed by the troops led by Mo Dehong.
Although Mo Dehong repelled the Japanese army several times, there were also relatively large casualties among Mo Dehong's troops, which made Mo Dehong feel that he could no longer wait passively and must take the initiative to attack.
So Mo Dehong divided the army into three, one part for defense, one part for reserves, and one for attack. After the battle began, Mo Dehong first let the defenders launch a fierce attack, and then Mo Dehong personally led the remaining soldiers to charge the Japanese army.
But the Japanese took out artillery and tanks. In the face of the sophisticated weapons of the Japanese army, Mo Dehong issued an order, that is, to fight the Japanese army in hand-to-hand combat.
The Japanese army burned, killed, looted, and killed Chinese compatriots on the mainland, and these soldiers had long hated the Japanese army in their hearts, so after receiving Mo Dehong's order, the soldiers rushed forward one by one.
Some raised their machine guns and fired at the Japanese soldiers, while others chased the Japanese soldiers with big knives and slashed them, and the Japanese commanders were shocked by this ferocious momentum.
They had wanted to defeat Mordhon's troops with artillery and tanks, but now they were impressed by the ferocity and bravery of these soldiers.
In this way, the Japanese army was defeated by Mo Dehong and scattered and fled. Mo Dehong did not let his troops pursue the Japanese army, but occupied the favorable terrain and ambushed the scattered Japanese army.
Why didn't Mordehong let his troops take advantage of the victory to pursue him? It was because Mordehong had already anticipated the next move of the Japanese army.
In the evening, the Japanese army really sent a reinforcement force of more than 1,000 people, wanting to take Mo Dehong by surprise. But unexpectedly, Mo Dehong had already arranged everything.
Mo Dehong first sent the defending troops to fight the Japanese reinforcements, and then the defending troops pretended to be defeated and fled, and the Japanese pursued the defending troops closely. In this way, the Japanese army fell into the trap that Mo Dehong had laid long ago.
Mo Dehong had already arranged for the troops to be ambushed on both sides, and when the Japanese troops stepped into the encirclement, the troops on both sides immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army.
In this way, the Japanese army was defeated by Mo Dehong, and only more than 100 people escaped. The Japanese soldiers fled to a temple near Taierzhuang, and Mo Dehong led his soldiers in pursuit.
The remnants of the Japanese army saw the ferocity of Mo Dehong, and they wanted to live, so they wanted to surrender to Mo Dehong, because international treaties could not kill prisoners.
So when Mo Dehong led the soldiers to surround the temple, those Japanese soldiers walked out in a line with their hands raised.
These Japanese soldiers naively thought that they could spare a life, but they did not expect that Mo Dehong ordered their heads to be cut off after asking the soldiers to count their numbers.
Because Mo Dehong knew that the people of these two Japanese troops did a lot of evil, their crimes were unspeakable, and the Nanjing Massacre, which made the people grieve a lot, these two troops also participated in it.
So Mo Dehong didn't care about any international treaties, and ordered these Japanese soldiers to be stripped naked and beheaded. Those Japanese soldiers watched the people in front of them being beheaded one by one, and wept bitterly in fright.
But even so, Mo Dehong would not spare them! Mo Dehong cut down a total of 132 Japanese soldiers. After beheading, Mo Dehong was still angry, and asked the soldiers to dismember these Japanese soldiers and throw them into the wilderness to feed the dogs.
When the follow-up reinforcements of the Japanese army arrived, they were stunned when they saw the stumps and heads all over the ground. After that, the Japanese unit reported what Mo Dehong had done to the Japanese headquarters. After Japan's surrender, Japan also sued Mo Dehong in a military court.
Perhaps the judge also felt that the Japanese army's statement was too ridiculous, why did you just kill the Chinese? Mo Dehong just killed a few Japanese soldiers?
The Japanese army, which had lost its conscience, brutalized the Chinese on Chinese soil! Therefore, the military tribunal rejected Japan's request on the grounds that Japan had illegally invaded the territory of another country. In fact, Mo Dehong's approach is to give all Chinese a bad breath.
It was also because of his great contribution in the Battle of Taierzhuang that Mo Dehong was rewarded by Chiang Kai-shek.
In addition to the Battle of Taierzhuang, the troops led by Mo Dehong also made many great achievements. In the ensuing battle, Mordehong's forces also shot down a Japanese plane.
There were twelve Japanese soldiers in that plane, and all twelve Japanese soldiers were killed. Among the twelve Japanese soldiers who died, one of them was also the culprit of the Nanjing Massacre, General Tsukada Tsukasa.
The death of General Tsukada also completely collapsed Japan's subsequent plan to invade China. The news of the killing of General Tsukada by Mordehong's troops boosted the morale of the other troops. In fact, General Mo Dehong has such a fierce personality, which is related to his early experience.
«——[When I was deceived when I was young, I developed a fierce character]——»
General Mo Dehong is a native of Guangxi, and he is also from a poor background. Mo Dehong's ancestors all made a living from farming, and Mo Dehong's father's generation was no exception.
The family's income is already small, and the death of his father has made the family even worse. Mo Dehong has two children at home, and he also has his sister.
This means that Mo Dehong's mother has to support two children by herself. At that time, Mo Dehong and his sister were too young to support their mother.
So their mother worked very hard, in order to support the two children, Mo Dehong's mother went to a vegetable farmer's house to help others farm, and when it was the season to harvest vegetables, she would help them sell vegetables.
With the hard work of their mother, the two children grew up. However, because of the poor living conditions, Mo Dehong, who lacks nutrition, is much shorter than his peers.
This also led to the children in the same village treating Mo Dehong as a "punching bag" and often came over to bully Mo Dehong. But Mo Dehong is not a pustule who can only be bullied.
Under the bullying of children in the same village, Mo Dehong gradually learned to fight back with his fists, and his fierce personality gradually developed. From here, we can see that Mo Dehong is a bloody person.
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When he was a child, Mo Dehong's mother was busy with work and was often away from home, and it was usually Mo Dehong's sister who took care of him, so the relationship between Mo Dehong and his sister was very deep.
When he was a little older, in order to reduce the burden on the family, Mo Dehong's sister married into a local wealthy family. With the help of her sister and husband, the living conditions of Mo Dehong's family have improved a lot.
The wealthy family that Mo Dehong's sister married was a big family, and the family also opened a private school. Seeing that the children in the clan are all studying in private schools, Mo Dehong's sister also wants Mo Dehong to study here.
With the efforts of his sister, Mo Dehong successfully entered a private school. Unexpectedly, Mo Dehong is very talented in reading.
Mo Dehong is very good, so Mr. Teaching also likes him very much. But Mr. Teaching's liking made Mo Dehong bullied by other children in the private school.
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Since most of the children studying in the private school are from the same clan, they are very reluctant to Mo Dehong, a foreign child. After seeing that Mo Dehong was liked by Mr. Teaching, these children even isolated him and bullied him. Mo Dehong was afraid that his resistance would affect his sister, so he silently endured the bullying of these children.
Unexpectedly, Mo Dehong's patience was exchanged for the intensified bullying of these children. Mr. Teaching is a person who cherishes his talents very much, and he is afraid that he will pity Mo Dehong, a good seedling.
So he said to Mo Dehong, don't be here, go outside. Mr. Teaching decided that Mo Dehong would make a big difference. When he was in a private school, Mo Dehong heard from Mr. Jiaoshu about the social turmoil, and after thinking about it, Mo Dehong decided to join the army.
«——[Decided to join the army to show his talents]——»
After that, Mo Dehong became a small soldier in the Gui army. Because Mo Dehong had read books before, there was a shortage of such talents in the army, so Mo Dehong was quickly reused after entering the army.
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Although Mo Dehong was put to good use, the rest of the army still saw Mo Dehong as having no future. Because corruption was very serious in the Gui army at that time, people like Mo Dehong who had no education and no background had no future.
But Mo Dehong was not only very good at reading, but also very talented in military affairs. Relying on his own ingenuity, Mo Dehong has repeatedly made military achievements.
So Mo Dehong was first promoted to platoon commander, and later to regiment commander. At that time, Mordhorn was not yet twenty years old. After that, Mo Dehong followed the troops to suppress bandits.
Among them, what made Mo Dehong praised was the Longtan Gorge bandits. Longtan Gorge is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the local bandits are also very scheming.
The local bandits colluded with the local landlord bullies and asked the landlord bullies to give them a tip-off. Of course, in return, the bandits will also guarantee the safety of these people.
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It is precisely because of this that all the anti-bandit troops sent by the local government have failed, which has made the government lose a lot of face. The defeat of the anti-bandit forces further fueled the arrogance of the bandits, who were even so bold as to poison the army, causing many soldiers to be poisoned and sick.
The local government is very troubled by the bandits in Longtan Gorge. At this time, someone recommended that Mo Dehong lead troops to suppress the bandits. This made the government very suspicious.
Because Mo Dehong was still a newcomer at that time, the government was very skeptical that Mo Dehong could do it. But at that time, the government had no one to use, so it could only send Mo Dehong to suppress the bandits.
Mordhong is not a reckless man who can only charge with soldiers, he knows how to use strategy. Therefore, Mo Dehong first looked for the troops sent by the previous government to suppress the bandits, and asked what combat tactics these bandits used.
After receiving a clear answer, Mo Dehong knew in his heart that if he wanted to defeat these bandits, he had to catch their eyeliner first.
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So when Mo Dehong set off to suppress the bandits, he deliberately passed through the local village. After entering the village, Mo Dehong asked his soldiers to arrest all the landlords and bullies in the village.
And Mo Dehong also threatened these people not to report to the bandits, and whoever dared to report would be killed. Under the threat of Mo Dehong, these people really did not dare to report the news.
Because of this, Mo Dehong's crackdown on bandits was successful, which made the local government look at Mo Dehong with admiration. The local government discovered Mo Dehong's talent and did not want to bury this talent, so they sent him to the front-line combat unit.
After arriving at the front line, Mo Dehong relied on his talents to make many achievements. After that, Mo Dehong also participated in the Northern Expedition.
Although the matter of General Mo Dehong cutting off the heads of Japanese soldiers is controversial internationally, some people think that his behavior is too cruel, and others think that Mo Dehong's behavior is justified, because the Japanese army also killed many Chinese.
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But we cannot deny the contribution of General Mordhong. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, with his excellent military ability and heroic fighting spirit, General Mo Dehong made important contributions to the anti-Japanese cause of the Chinese nation.
General Mo Dehong performed well on the battlefield and led his troops to major victories on several occasions. In addition to his outstanding military talents, General Mo Dehong also showed a firm will to resist the war and a strong sense of national pride.
He was well aware of his responsibilities and missions, and always stuck to the forefront of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and fought bloodily to defend the dignity of the country and the nation.
Overall, General Mordhorn is a legendary historical figure. His life was full of legends, with both brilliant achievements and controversial decisions.
But in any case, he was an important figure in China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and deserves our memory and respect.