In 1952, there was a "human-tiger war" in Hunan, because hunan was undergoing land reform at that time, many ordinary people had their own land and began to carry out large-scale reclamation of the wasteland and mountains next to the village. In this case, the habitat of wild animals began to be affected, and there were successive incidents of wild animals injuring people in various regions of Hunan, especially the incidents of tigers injuring people in South China.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > tigers hurt people continuously, and Hunan set up a tiger team</h1>
Perhaps because the habitat was affected, the food of the South China tiger was getting less and less, so some South China tigers began to break into the lives of the people, some of the people's livestock were bitten to death, and some people were bitten by the South China tigers. At that time, in some areas of Hunan, there were even South China tiger groups, and often South China tiger groups broke into the territory of ordinary people. In order to protect the safety of themselves and their families, many ordinary people will lock the door of the house firmly after dark, and then take some agricultural tools to block the window, and put some wooden thorns on the window.
However, due to the relatively large size of the South China tiger, some South China tigers can reach three meters in length and weigh up to 200 kilograms, even if some people have taken protective measures, but there are still people who are bitten by the South China tiger. In the 10 years from 1952 to 1963, nearly 2,000 Hunan people fell into the tiger's mouth, and countless livestock were bitten to death by the South China tiger. In order to prevent greater casualties, various regions in Hunan began to form anti-tiger teams to protect their homes, and in this context, the "human-tiger war" began.
After forming the tiger fighting team, the villagers began to arm themselves, and they found that the South China tiger usually attacked the people at night, and hid in the nearby mountains during the day. So the tiger team prepared to go into the mountains during the day to find the South China tigers, they took shovels and other agricultural tools, led dogs into the mountains with rations, and even some women and children were called into the tiger fighting team. Mainly because the tiger fighting team is worried that there are no young adults in the village, afraid that the tiger will enter the village and harm the women and children, for their safety, there is no way but to take them up the mountain to fight the tiger.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="30" > hunted a total of 647 South China tigers, and the "Fighting Tiger King" hunted more than 40 tigers a year</h1>
Later, after statistics, in the whole of Hunan Province, the tiger fighters hunted and killed more than 170 South China tigers, and by the 1960s, Hunan Province had hunted a total of 647 South China tigers. At that time, in order to let more young and middle-aged people join the tiger fighting team, some people were also named "tiger fighting heroes" and "tiger pioneers". Among the many tiger fighting heroes, the most famous is Chen Qifang, who led the tiger fighting team to kill more than 100 South China tigers in 7 years.
Chen Qifang, known as the "Tiger King", was born in Xiatang Township, Leiyang, Hunan Province, and when he was a child, he followed his father to the mountains to hunt, and later became an old hunter, but he did not hunt tigers in the mountains at that time. Until 1952, 64-year-old Chen Qifang found that there were more and more tigers, and there were successive incidents of tigers hurting people, and he thought that in the future, he must join the tiger fighting team, and he would not seal the knife without removing the tiger disease.
One day in 1952, Chen Qifang's 14-year-old grandson ran to the field to dig sweet potatoes, and as a result, he had not yet found his grandson home after dark, he felt that something was wrong, so he rushed towards his own field, and found one of his grandson's shoes on the ground, and also found the footprints of the tiger on the ground, at this time he realized that the grandson should have been taken away by the tiger. Since his grandson was killed, Chen Qifang has been very angry, and he has vowed to avenge his grandson.
Chen Qifang returned home with a poison, briefly handled the aftermath of her grandson, and took her two sons out to prepare to avenge her grandson. Since the murder of her grandson, Chen Qifang has taken her two sons to fight tigers in the mountains for more than three years. After investigation, in the first year, Chen Qifang and his two sons killed more than 40 tigers, and later the nearby tiger fighting team learned of Chen Qifang's heroic deeds, they learned from him, and later Chen Qifang's tiger fighting team also grew from three fathers and sons to more than 50 people.
Chen Qifang was originally an old hunter, he fights tigers in a variety of ways, he will dig traps, use crossbows, use shotguns, set traps, bury explosives, in order to hunt more tigers, he also divided his tiger fighting team into 6 groups, each group takes care of each other, began to look for the traces of South China tigers in the mountains, found the traces of South China tigers and began to hunt. Even later, Chen Qifang's tiger fighting team was invited to fight tigers in other places. At that time, a tiger of more than 200 kilograms appeared in Chairman Mao's hometown of Shaoshan, and the local tiger fighting team had no way to do anything, so the government found Chen Qifang and asked them to go to shangshan to fight tigers.
In December 1955, Chen Qifang rushed to Shaoshan with a team of tiger fighters, and finally found tiger tracks after many days of searching. At that time, Chen Qifang led the tiger team to dig traps, bury poisonous arrows, and then left to wait for the tiger to take the bait. Finally, an hour later, they returned to the scene again and found a tiger of more than 200 kilograms lying on the ground, this tiger was more than three meters long and had a "king" on its head.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="31" > the tiger team was attacked by tiger swarms and the entire army was destroyed</h1>
At that time, many tiger fighting teams ran to fight tigers in the mountains, and after they found the tiger's feces or footprints, they would continue to investigate the tiger's tracks. In order to kill more tigers, the tools used to fight the tigers are also divided into several types, such as traps, crossbows, shotguns, traps, and explosives. During a tiger fight, a tiger fighting team found the South China Tiger Group in advance, and they began to bury explosives and dig traps within the range of activities of the South China Tiger Group. As a result, the South China Tiger Group was very smart, they smelled the smell of humans, and before they could wait for the Tiger Fighting Team to act, the South China Tiger Group rushed into the Tiger Fighting Team, and finally this Tiger Fighting Team was completely destroyed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" > the "Baihuwei Village" incident began, and the small village was besieged for three days and three nights</h1>
Perhaps it was because the tiger team had been entering the mountain forest to shoot and kill the tigers, which angered the South China tiger group. In September 1957, a "Hundred Tigers Wai Village" incident occurred in Gaoping Village, Tongdao County, Hunan Province, and this small village was full of 80 people. A cargo man named Xie Yaozong had just walked into Gaoping Village when an accident occurred. The cattle outside the village suddenly began to flee rapidly into the village, and the villagers' dogs did not dare to bark, so they hid in the corner and shivered. Later, Xie Yaozong heard some villagers at the head of the village start banging gongs, and at the same time as he heard the sound of gongs, he also heard the screams of some villagers.
Xie Yaozong felt that something was wrong, so he quickly ran to the head of the village to check the situation, only to find a group of South China tigers outside the village. These South China tigers stand motionless not far from the village, potentially rushing into the village at any time. Regarding this "Hundred Tigers Encircled Village" incident, a descendant of Gaoping Village said that when the Hunan Provincial Government set up a tiger fighting team entered the deep mountains and killed the son of the Tiger King, it should be that the Tiger King smelled the smell of the little tiger, so he surrounded the village with a tiger group. The descendant said that the South China tiger group was also very afraid of people at that time, and did not dare to attack the village easily, so they surrounded the village day and night, not biting the people's livestock or attacking the villagers.
In order to prevent accidents, the villagers of Gaoping Village found Chen Qifang, the "tiger hero" at that time, and after understanding the situation, Chen Qifang began to dig traps and bury explosives near Gaoping Village, but in the end, the South China Tiger Group still surrounded the village outside the village, and finally three days later, the South China Tiger Group attacked the village. At that time, the South China tiger group ignored the fire lit by the villagers and the sound of gongs, directly rushed into the village, many livestock in the village were bitten to death by the South China tiger, at that time, there were pregnant women carrying a child, holding a child and running to the mountain, and many villagers hid on the roof and did not dare to come down.
Li Huaide, an old villager in Gaoping Village, once told reporters that the situation was very critical at that time, and there was indeed a situation of "Baihuwei Village" in the village. Li Huaide said that the South China Tiger Group is very smart, as if it is organized, at first the South China Tiger Group did not attack any villagers, nor did it bite any livestock, directly surrounded the village, until later someone released the tiger cubs, the South China Tiger Group began to bite the livestock, and it did not take long for the South China Tiger Group to leave the village.
Later, we also found a photo on the Internet, which was a group photo of the entire tiger fighting team, each tiger fighting team member holding a shotgun around, and there were two dead tigers in the middle, one more than 300 pounds and one more than 200 pounds. However, this incident also sounded an alarm bell for everyone, while reclaiming land on a large scale, we should also pay attention not to disturb wild animals.
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