Under the leadership of Xu Shangwu, Land Rover's team became more and more courageous and developed. The Commander of the Japanese Army stationed in Linyi City came to the soft when he saw that the hard one could not work, and constantly sent people to be lobbyists, hoping to bribe Land Rover with heavy money. Unexpectedly, Land Rovers hated the criminal acts of the Japanese army in killing people and setting fires, and his determination to resist Japan was unswerving, and he vowed to fight the invaders to the end. Moreover, he had already joined the Communist Party of China, and the people who introduced him to the party were Xu Shangwu and the instructor Li Pinsan.
With the help of Xu Shangwu and Li Pinsan, he has long since become a determined Communist Party member. Therefore, he was not at all tempted by the money beauties of the Japanese army, and every time he truthfully reported the fact that the enemy secretly sent people to plot rebellions to xu shangwu county magistrate, he was more and more trusted by Xu Shangwu county magistrate.
Land Rover's loyalty to the party and his confidence in the revolution made Xu Shangwu feel particularly pleased. The two people get along day and night, often talking on their knees, staying up all night, and gradually become brothers and sisters, there is no denying that the friendship between the two is getting deeper and deeper. Later, their respective dispositions and hobbies also infected each other, and the two people felt sorry for each other, and even their temperaments became more and more similar.
Xu Shangwu is a native of Wudi County, Shandong Province, he has been studying since childhood, studying hard, with excellent grades, and after graduating from Wudi County Normal School, he became a primary school teacher. Xu Shangwu was knowledgeable and ambitious, and vowed to educate the country and strengthen the country and enrich the people. After the "July 7 Incident", the brutal crimes of the Japanese army aroused his incomparable hatred, and he resolutely joined the revolution from Rong. Clerk in the anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in the Jilu Border Region. Later, he served as the director of the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government Mobilization Committee of Qingyun County and the minister of anti-rape.
In 1939, Xu Shangwu was appointed as the county magistrate of the anti-Japanese democratic government in Linyi County. At this time, the anti-Japanese situation in Linyi was at a low ebb; first Shang Jinggui, the former commander of the Linyi Anti-Japanese County Brigade, was sacrificed, the county brigade of more than 400 people was scattered by the enemy, Ma Chong, former director of the Political Department and county magistrate of the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, was criticized by his superiors and transferred away from Linyi, He Fengqi, deputy commander of the brigade, rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, and the Japanese puppet forces in Linyi were rampant to the extreme, they frantically arrested the anti-Japanese masses, many anti-Japanese activists were brutally killed, and Linyi was in a state of white terror.
(Portrait of Martyr Xu Shangwu)
Xu Shangwu was resolute and resolute in his work, and was the best at mobilizing and arming the masses; he used iron-blooded means to suppress the traitorous agents who were heavily indebted to blood, and he was mobile and flexible in attacking the Japanese army, and his reputation was great. When Xu Shangwu County Governor came to Linyi, there were more than seventy militia groups and black groups in Linyi, and bandits and vigilante groups were mixed with fish and dragons, and their names were "anti-Japanese", but in fact, they were expropriating violent and fishy townspeople, and there were only seventy-two people who were called "commanders". The Japanese and traitors were even more pervasive, openly organizing a puppet government to serve the Japanese army.
When Xu Shangwu first came to Yiyi, he was attacked several times by the Japanese puppet army, and once he was besieged by the enemy until he ran out of ammunition, and when he was ready to die with the enemy, fortunately, Lu Rover led his troops to arrive in time to break the siege. After Xu Shangwu escaped from danger, after careful investigation, he found that every time he was attacked by the Japanese puppet army, he was a secret agent and a traitor, so he especially hated the people who played for the tiger, and found that one suppressed one and was never soft.
When Xu Shangwu executed Ri Te and the traitors, he first explained to his family the principle of resisting Japan and the great righteousness of the nation, and then executed them within the prescribed time. Therefore, some Ritter and the traitors hated and feared him, calling him "Xu Jia Zaifang" and "Twelve O'Clock" behind his back. Xu Shangwu suppressed more than 140 collaborators within a year, effectively deterring the enemy and boosting the morale of the anti-Japanese resistance.
Lu Rovers witnessed Xu Shangwu's iron-fisted means of struggle against the enemy, and over time, he gradually became greatly affected, and often followed Xu Shangwu's example in adopting iron-fisted means of suppression against the enemy. Xu Shangwu set up a special service squadron for this purpose, often letting Land Rover lead him to perform some special and difficult tasks, and Land Rover was able to successfully complete the task every time. Therefore, Land Rover is more trusted by Xu Shangwu.
Sometimes, when Land Rover encounters difficulties in carrying out his tasks, Xu Shangwu can always come up with some tips in advance to let Land Rover act according to the plan, and Land Rover is completed very smoothly every time. Therefore, Land Rover admired Xu Shangwu so much that he said to the soldiers emotionally: "The governor of Xu County is very caring for me, patient and meticulous, and he is almost closer than his father." The soldiers under The Land Rover burst into laughter.
Once, When Land Rover was ordered to suppress a traitor, the traitor was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and prostrated his head: "Grandpa Lu spares his life, Grandpa Lu spares his life!" Land Rover smiled coldly and said, "I am your Road Daddy!" Then, he pointed at Xu Shangwu and said, "He is your grandfather!" When the traitor heard this, he quickly changed his mouth: "Lu Daddy and Grandpa Xu spared their lives!" Lu Dad, Grandpa Xu spared his life! The Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who had to follow him on the mission grinned. Since then, Linyi has had the legend of "Lu Daddy, Grandpa Xu".
Sometimes, when Land Rover led his troops through some strongholds guarded by puppet troops, he would make the soldiers shout loudly: "We are the team of your road father and Grandfather Xu, and you are not allowed to shoot guns by borrowing the road to pass through here." When the enemy in the stronghold heard this, they were all frightened as earth, did not dare to say a word, and watched as the Eighth Route Army troops swung past. After Xu Shangwu was killed in the Battle of Wang Lou in 1943, Land Rover was promoted by the traitors and called him "Grandpa Lu".
About the author: Sun Jiangong, formerly known as Sun Yanbin and Yanling. Originally from Gaomi Hujiazhuang, Shandong, he was born in Linyi in September 1959. Associate Research Librarian. He is a director of the Shandong Essay Literature Association, a member of the Shandong Writers Association, the third batch of young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in Dezhou City, a member of the Canal Culture and Art Promotion, a reporter of writers' newspaper, and the vice chairman of the Linyi County Writers Association. He is the author of 5 monographs, 300 hundred articles in the newspaper, and has won provincial and municipal awards several times. In recent years, he has devoted himself to the study of folk genealogies, and has participated in the continuation of more than 12 family trees such as (Xu Family Tree) (Xia Family Tree) (Xing Family Tree) (Wang Family Tree) (Zhou Family Tree).