In the magnificent and glorious war more than seventy years ago, countless people chose to be martyred.
The so-called "generosity is easy, calmly go to death." "With a heart of blood, dying on the battlefield is certainly precious, but when you calm down and face your wife and son, will you still calmly die?" Once the strong man is gone, he will not return, knowing that this will be more evil and less auspicious, but he still abandons his wife and son, and resolutely goes to death.
Below, the inn has sorted out the ten most touching and magnificent letters of death in the War of Resistance, in chronological order. Of particular note is the eighth letter, a man who said a word before his death, causing 640,000 casualties in Sichuan, but won the respect of the whole country.
The first letter
After the July 7 Incident broke out, Li Jiayu, a famous general in Sichuan, immediately asked the Nationalist government to resist the war, saying: "I was anxious to fight the civil war before, but now it is finally time to serve the country. ”
Before leaving, the hometown father asked him to leave a few words. Li Jiayu then wrote a couplet, which is also a desperate letter: "The boy wants to repay the favor of the country, and dying on the battlefield is a good end." ”
On May 21, 1944, Li Jiayu was martyred in Henan at the age of 52.
Second letter
In August 1937, the 583rd Regiment of the 98th Division of the 79th Army was ordered to rush to the Battlefield of Shanghai, and the regimental commander Lu Jingrong could not say goodbye to his family and immediately led the troops to set off. It was only three days later that the wife received her husband's death letter - "Virtuous wives are like meetings: War against Japan is inevitable." This battle was extraordinary, and the soldiers had the responsibility to defend the territory, not to repel the Japanese attack, and never to spare their lives! As long as you take three children well, I am at ease even if I die! Paper short love long, Linchi Yiyi, I hope you are more precious in your hometown! ”
A month later, Lu Jingrong was hit by a cannon and martyred at the age of 35.
Third letter
After the July 7 Incident, Rao Guohua, a famous general in Sichuan, knew that the time had come for the soldiers to serve the country with their own bodies, so he held the 70th birthday for the old mother in advance, and left a desperate letter to the teacher, Mr. Wu Jun: "The students will fight against the country in this way, and if they are not successful, they will become benevolent." If the student is fortunate to be wrapped in the body of Ma Ge, the student's family will still look forward to the teacher's care. ”
The desperate letter to his wife reads: "I am fighting for the country this time, and I have no remorse. Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult, the old mother is old, hope to be dedicated to raising, the child is still young, but also hope to do their best to counsel, let them remember that their father is loyal to the country. ”
On December 1, 1937, Rao Guohua was martyred in Nanjing at the age of 43.
Fourth letter
Before the Battle of Songhu, Xie Guji, commander of the 152nd Regiment of the 26th Division of the 43rd Army, left a desperate letter to his mother: "The son has gone to the front line to resist Japan, and the ancients have yun: 'If you can be loyal, you can't fulfill filial piety.'" 'Sons and daughters are willing to be loyal to the country and the nation, please do not think of me.' And wrote a couplet: "After death, I wish to be a ghost in the battlefield, and I will not be a hometown person before I die." ”
On October 23, 1937, all the soldiers of the 152nd Regiment were martyred, and Xie Guji was also blown to death by the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, at the age of 40. The people of his hometown built a crown tomb for him, and his old mother built a straw hut next to the crown tomb, and never left half a step in his life.
Fifth letter
After the Outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, the 322nd Brigade of the 108th Division of the 67th Army was ordered to the front. Brigade Commander Liu Qiwen wrote a desperate letter to his family on the way to the march: "This time to go to the front to resist Japan and save the dead is a good opportunity to wash away the shame of the country, as a warrior, a son and daughter of China, I am determined to lead my troops to kill the enemy heroically, and I have the heart of death to repay the country." When you go back to your hometown, you have to rely on your brother to raise your children, and I hope that will be enough. ”
On November 10, 1937, Liu Qiwen was shot several times in his body and martyred at the age of 39, the first general in the Northeast Army to be martyred after the all-out War of Resistance.
Sixth letter
After the Outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, the 11th Reserve Division rushed to Shanghai to participate in the battle. Before leaving, Fang Xuesu, deputy commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade, sent his wife and son back to his hometown, and could not bear to tell them the truth, so he wrote a letter to his brother Fang Qiang: "On November 1st, that is, to go to Shanghai to participate in the war, Wu Suzhi has reached, this time to compete with the enemy, try to see when the fierce flames of the Slaves will be." My brother will never say goodbye, without the slightest sorrow, and it is a great honor to fight for the survival of the country and the nation! The brother of the family should be fully responsible for the future, I have no savings, and the life of my wife and children should be tired of Ru and others, and this remains to hate things. ”
On November 11, 1937, Fang Xuesu was martyred at the age of 30.
Seventh letter
On October 7, 1937, Liu Meisheng, commander of the 510th Regiment of the 253rd Brigade of the 85th Division of the 14th Army, was ordered to participate in the Battle of Xinkou. Before the war, Liu Meisheng wrote a desperate letter to his wife: "Since the departure of Beijing, it has been three months, and this time he went north with Master Chen, and although kurama Lawton and the fierce battle with the enemy on the way, he felt that the grand wish of resisting Japan had been realized, and he did not feel his bitterness. In recent days, it has reached the north of Jin, and it is planned to block the enemy in the area of Yuanping. The Japanese are fierce, they have seized my territory, and they have killed my compatriots, and they are willing to repay the homeland where I have nurtured with a body of seven feet, even if they are killed in battle, I am honored. I hope that Wuqing will not cry bitterly, hope to raise two sons, continue my unfinished ambitions, unfinished karma, swear to die to resist the enemy, light my Huaxia, although I am still alive, I am still alive, and I laugh at the Nine Springs. ”
On October 28, Liu Meisheng was martyred at the age of 33.
Eighth letter
On January 20, 1938, Liu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan Army, died of a serious illness, and before his death, Liu Xiang wrote a desperate letter: "Yu was ordered to go out to resist Japan this time, with the intention of going to the former enemy, fighting for the survival of the nation, fighting for the glory of Sichuan, and fulfilling the duty of a soldier." Unexpectedly, the disease recurred, and it was not fulfilled. In the future, we hope that the military and people of our country will continue to fight the war to the end under the leadership of the central government and Supreme Leader Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. Especially looking forward to my Kawachu robe, a book of this ambition, always unswerving. That is to say, the enemy army will not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day, in order to win the final victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and to achieve the goal of independence and freedom of the Chinese nation. This order. ”
"The enemy army will not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to its hometown for a day", this sentence has become the highest instruction of the Sichuan soldiers in the eight-year War of Resistance. According to statistics, during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Sichuan's military casualties reached 640,000, ranking first in the country.
Letter 9
In 1942, Lu Shengxun, deputy commander of the Jiaodong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, received a family letter, saying that his mother and wife had died of illness one after another, and that his father had also fallen ill in bed due to excessive grief, declaring: "Father hopes that in his lifetime, he will see his son again, deliver the family affairs and his two children, and he will be concerned." ”
After Lu Shengxun read the letter, he was silent for a long time. A few days later, Lu Shengxun replied to his father," and finally wrote: "The country is in trouble, and it is difficult to be loyal and filial piety, please forgive the child for not filial piety!" ”
On December 8 of that year, Lu Shengxun fought fiercely with the Japanese army in Sunjiayuan Village, Laiyang County, Jiaodong, and died heroically, at the age of 35.
Tenth letter
In the autumn of 1944, the Japanese army invaded Guilin, Guangxi. Chen Jihuan, a former famous general of the Northern Expedition and then director of the Second Gold Mine of the Guangxi Appeasement Office, stood up and proposed himself as chief of staff of the Guilin Defense Command. After arriving in office, Chen Jihuan left a desperate letter to his family: "I have no way to repay the country, only five feet of long ears, Guilin exists, I survive, Guilin dies, I also die." I have made up my mind, and if I don't succeed, I will become a benevolent person. ”
On November 10, Chen Jihuan was martyred at the age of 51.
Jin Yong once famously said in the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon": "Although tens of millions of people are looking forward to it." It shows Qiao Feng's determination in the face of Righteousness. In fact, this sentence is more suitable for these heroes of the War of Resistance.
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