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The 97-year-old was accused of going to court because he couldn't pay the rent, and the old man in the court lamented indignantly:
"I have wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and then they learned that the seemingly ordinary and unsettled old man in front of him turned out to be the legendary anti-Japanese god of war - Xue Yue!
So, why did a generation of famous anti-Japanese generals fall to the point where they can't even pay the rent? What is it that makes the heroes who should have no worries about food and clothing in their old age end up in such a bleak situation?
Anti-Japanese god of war
Xue Yue, just like the word "Yue" in his name, he has taken the national hero Yue Fei as an example since he was a child, hoping to protect his family and defend the country and make contributions.
His father originally named him "Xue Yangyue", but he himself removed the word "Yang" from his name, because he thought that he could not just admire Yue Fei, but really become a hero with integrity like Yue Fei.
Later, Xue Yue did what he promised at the beginning, and became the general who annihilated the most Japanese invaders in the War of Resistance!
Note that this is not one of them, but the most, which shows that Xue Yue's name as the "God of War Against Japan" is indeed well deserved!
So, how did Xue Yue become the god of war against Japan? Let's move on.
In 1931, the Japanese army invaded Huaxia on a large scale, and Xue Yue was indignant, and even sent telegrams one after another to ask him to go to the front.
At this time, the devils did not know that they were about to usher in a death-like nightmare......
Among Xue Yue's many victorious anti-Japanese battles, the most famous is the Battle of Changsha, known as the "Oriental Meat Grinder"!
How cruel was the Battle of Changsha? At that time, the Japanese army did not hesitate to concentrate almost all the elite forces of the entire army and attacked Changsha four times, from September 1930 to August 1944!
At that time, the Chinese army had no air force or navy, and its equipment was inferior and its weapons were backward, especially the soldiers from Sichuan and Guangxi, who even pedaled a pair of straw sandals and only had a big knife in their hands!
Someone once asked them, "Straw sandals wear out very quickly, how will you go back then?"
However, their answer was: "I didn't even think about going back when I came!"
That's right, the officers and soldiers of the Battle of Changsha all had the determination to die, defended the Great Wall of Steel in Changsha with flesh and blood, and tried their best to block the attack of the Japanese army.
It is precisely under extremely difficult operational conditions that the enemy is strong and we are weak, but we have successfully held Changsha for five whole years?
As the commander of this battle, Xue Yue used his soldiers like a god, and the "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" he invented wittily not only beat the Japanese devils to a wow, but also is still regarded as a classic teaching case by military experts from all over the world!
The so-called "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" is a tactic of first resisting stubbornly, and then camouflaging and retreating to lure the enemy into depth.
Through the two steps of stubborn resistance and camouflage retreat, the speed and strength of the Japanese army's attack will be attrition to a certain extent.
Taking advantage of the weakness of the Japanese army, Xue Yue commanded the troops to retreat to the diagonal rear, and then the troops were divided into two routes, one unit lured the Japanese army to continue to go deeper, and the other took the opportunity to detour outside the enemy's encirclement to form a counter-encirclement circle against the Japanese army!
Once the counter-encirclement circle is formed, the troops originally responsible for luring the Japanese army will be able to form a two-sided attack on the Japanese army with the troops outside the enemy's encirclement.
At this time, the Japanese army realized that they had fallen into the net of our army, but unfortunately it was too late, and they could only be surrounded and annihilated by our army!
Surrounded by the "Heavenly Furnace Warfare Method", the first three attacks of the Japanese army all ended in failure and suffered heavy casualties.
In their reports, the Japanese army had to admit: "In the Battle of Changsha, the Chinese army's offensive was extremely large-scale, the will to fight was extremely strong, and the action was active and tenacious, which was extremely rare in all wars, and our army's losses were also the largest in history!"
It can be seen from this how deeply the Japanese army was hit by Xue Yue's battle!
And Xue Yue also annihilated more than 100,000 Japanese troops in this battle, and became the "Tiger of Changsha" that terrified the Japanese devils! Okamura Ningji, who was the murderous demon of the Japanese army, could not help but sigh with emotion when facing Xue Yue:
"It's easy to shake the mountain, but it's hard to shake General Xue!"
Grievances with Lao Jiang
And our army has greatly increased the morale of the whole army because of this battle, and has been greatly encouraged!
Of course, Xue Yue naturally made great contributions to the anti-fascist army by virtue of this battle, and was personally praised by US President Roosevelt in a congratulatory telegram, and was also awarded a Blue Sky and White Sun Medal by Lao Chiang.
Even the Japanese army admired and recognized the strength of Xue Yue's opponent, and when the Japanese army reached Guangzhou and passed by Xue Yue's ancestral tomb, instead of destroying it, they cleaned it up and specially slaughtered chickens and cows to pay tribute! It can be seen that Xue Yue is worthy of being a true hero!
However, what is embarrassing is that the anti-Japanese resistance is only the pinnacle of Xue Yue's military career, and since then Xue Yue has gone from prosperity to decline, and there is no outstanding record, why is this?
This has to start with the grievances and hatred between Xue Yue and Lao Jiang.
Everyone knows that Chiang Kai-shek was nepotistic and only reused the "descendants of generals" from the Whampoa Military Academy, so he never buried talents.
Xue Yue, who was born in Guangdong, could have gone to the nearest Whampoa Military Academy, but he chose to go all the way north to the Baoding Army School, where he became alumni with Ye Ting, Wu Peifu and other famous adults.
Although the Baoding Army School was no worse than the Huangpu Military Academy, the generals from the Baoding Military Academy basically belonged to the faction of the Wuhan Nationalist Government, and were once in competition with the Nanjing government of Lao Chiang. And this is also destined for Xue Yue to gain trust from Lao Jiang, which is naturally much more difficult than other Whampoa generals - although Xue Yue's strength is not necessarily worse than that of Whampoa generals.
During the Baoding Military Academy, Xue Yue was baptized by the revolutionary ideas of the time, and after graduation, he did not hesitate to embark on the revolutionary road and join Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary army.
At this time, his excellence had already been appreciated, and he was directly appointed as a captain and staff officer of the headquarters, and he was promoted all the way to Ye Ting's command as a battalion commander, which can be described as a young and promising talent.
When Chen Jiongming rebelled, Xue Yue also detected his intentions for the first time, cooperated with Ye Ting to send Sun Yat-sen to escape, and defended Sun Yat-sen's presidential palace, which successfully saved Sun Yat-sen's life.
Therefore, Sun Yat-sen also trusted Xue Yue quite a lot. In addition, when Xue Yue was protecting him, he showed great adversity and bravery, which also made Sun Yat-sen very admirable, so Sun Yat-sen intended to promote Xue Yue so that his talent could be better displayed.
It's a pity that it didn't take long for Sun Yat-sen to die suddenly, and with Chiang Kai-shek's ascension to the throne and his replacement, Xue Yue had to be forced to start following Chiang Kai-shek.
The reason why it is said to be forced is because Xue Yue actually did a lot of anti-Jiang things, and he didn't listen to Jiang much.
For example, when Xue Yue led his troops to attack Shanghai during the Northern Expedition, Lao Jiang ordered Xue Yue to be forbidden to enter the concession, and Xue Yue was not allowed to contact the workers and peasants, but Xue Yue went his own way, and after winning the war, he directly entered the concession and held a celebration banquet with the workers and peasants.
Lao Jiang's original intention was to prepare for the next civil war, but Xue Yue was unaware of this, because in his opinion, the workers and peasants were all their own people, so what could they not touch?
Lao Jiang has always been dictatorial and small-minded, so he has planted a thorn of distrust in his heart.
What Lao Jiang didn't expect even more was that when he officially raised the butcher's knife to the Communist Party, Xue Yue was the first to prepare to unite with our party to arrest Lao Jiang, and bluntly said that Lao Jiang was a "counter-revolutionary!"
So the beam between the two was completely concluded.
In addition, He Yingqin was jealous of Xue Yue's strong ability, and he often excluded Xue Yue openly and secretly, and blew the wind in front of Jiang, so Lao Jiang felt that Xue Yue was not easy to control, not only was he suspicious and wary of him, but also directly hid Xue Yue in the snow.
Xue Yue was disheartened, and he was ready to resign and return to his hometown to stay away from the political whirlpool, but unexpectedly, the all-out War of Resistance broke out, and the Japanese devils openly shouted that they would destroy China within three months!
Xue Yue, who is bent on taking Yue Fei as a role model, can he endure this?
Especially after hearing about the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese army and the various atrocities of Unit 731, Xue Yue was even more angry and wanted to kill the devil immediately to vent his anger, and immediately took the initiative to take telegrams one after another to ask Ying to go to the front line.
But who expected that in the face of the righteousness of the country and the country, Chiang Kai-shek was still selfishly wary of Xue Yue, and it was not until Xue Yue took the third letter of heart-wrenching petition that he reluctantly agreed, appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the 19th Army, and sent him to the battlefield.
Who would have thought that as soon as Xue Yue went to the anti-Japanese battlefield, it would be like a tiger coming out of the mountain, winning many battles, and finally achieving the anti-Japanese god of war, and the scenery was the same for a while.
At this time, even if Lao Jiang was jealous of him, he really couldn't find a reason to engage him, after all, Xue Yue was a national hero, and he would make himself notorious by engaging him, so he could only praise Xue Yue with a smile on the surface.
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression came to an end, Lao Chiang began to plot the "division of military and government", forcing the local generals under his command to hand over the administrative power of their jurisdictions to prevent local warlords from engaging in secession and strengthening the centralization of power.
Moreover, Lao Jiang also specially emphasized that the division of military and government this time placed high hopes on Xue Yue's Ninth War Zone, hoping that Xue Yue could take the lead and set an example, and the meaning of this is naturally self-evident.
I couldn't afford to pay the rent in my old age
Xue Yue's stubborn temper was exerted to the extreme at this time, saying that he would not hand over power at all, and even did not hesitate to resign as a threat, but unexpectedly, this move was undoubtedly jumping on Lao Jiang's minefield.
Lao Jiang was angry, and directly did not allow Xue Yue to boast of "Yue Fei", and also forbade Xue Yue to name his troops "Jingzhong Army".
Since then, the contradiction between the two has risen to a white-hot stage, and Xue Yue was angry, so he made up his mind to engage in anti-Chiang separatism, so he united Stilwell and Sun Ke to secretly plan an anti-Chiang action.
However, because Lao Jiang noticed Xue Yue's bad intentions early and thwarted Xue Yue's plan, Xue Yue was nailed as a traitor by Lao Jiang, and as soon as Japan surrendered, Lao Jiang was about to deal with Xue Yue, but Xue Yue suddenly pretended that nothing had happened and chose to reconcile with Jiang.
Even if Lao Jiang couldn't get used to Xue Yue anymore, he couldn't do anything with Xue Yue at this time, but Lao Jiang also made up his mind not to reuse Xue Yue for the rest of his life.
Therefore, since the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Xue Yue has been idle, and there is no chance to play, until the end of the Liberation War, Lao Jiang fled to Taiwan, and saw that there was really no one to use his subordinates, so he moved out of Xue Yue to defend Hainan Island.
But Xue Yue has always disliked fighting civil wars, and he persuaded Lao Jiang a long time ago:
"Everyone is Chinese, and now that we have finally driven out the Japanese invaders, can't we calm down and solve the problem peacefully?"
Therefore, Xue Yue didn't have much motivation to fight in the Liberation War, and finally lost Hainan Island, so he was naturally scolded by Lao Jiang, not to mention what good treatment he could get in Taiwan.
However, although Lao Jiang was very dissatisfied with Xue Yue, he still considered that he was a well-known anti-Japanese god of war at home and abroad, so at least he arranged a decent residence for him.
Unexpectedly, with Lee Teng-hui's ascension to power, Xue Yue's situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
As a patriotic general, Xue Yue naturally could not stand it, so he openly criticized Lee Teng-hui's despicable acts, and even firmly voted against it during the referendum.
Therefore, in order to take revenge on Xue Yue, Lee Teng-hui directly canceled his housing subsidy, and since then, Xue Yue has had to bear his own monthly rent.
Not only that, but Lee Teng-hui also canceled the idle job that was originally hung up on him, causing Xue Yue, who was already 95 years old, not only to lose his source of livelihood, but also to be unable to pay his rent.
But Xue Yue couldn't let himself be homeless, so he had to stay at home, and after two years, Xue Yue was sued by the owner of the Taiwan Bank, hoping to use legal methods to force the famous anti-Japanese general to pay back the rent.
When the 97-year-old Xue Yue stood in court, in the face of the judge's ruthless verdict, he naturally felt sad in his heart, and finally couldn't help but be indignant:
"I annihilated 100,000 Japanese ......"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent one after another, and only then did they finally realize that they were interrogating an anti-Japanese hero who had made immortal contributions for peace! A hero who had made meritorious contributions to defending his home and country deserved to be treated well, but he had been reduced to the point where he had been swept out of the house, which really chilled the hero's heart!
In the end, with the collective support of the Taiwanese people, the authorities finally decided to exempt Xue Yue from rent and guarantee him a peaceful old age, so that the hero could rest in peace.
In the end, Xue Yue lived until he was 103 years old before he died, and his high longevity couldn't help but exclaim, killing devils can really increase yang longevity!