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The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

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On the night of November 21, 1943, the town of Guanxia, the gateway to Changde, Hunan Province, was filled with gun smoke. In this land area of only more than 100 square kilometers, the Japanese army, supported by bombers and heavy artillery, launched a final offensive against the few hundred Chinese defenders.

At this time, above the yuanshui, a small boat was braving stray bullets flying everywhere, desperately rowing towards the opposite shore. In the sound of this rain of bullets, a general who was lying on the ship and had been "killed" woke up from his coma. Seeing that the general had "come back from the dead," the guards and staff officers wept with joy. But the general's first words when he woke up left them silent.

"How is the defense of the city now? How many more people are in the army? ”

After a long time, the subordinates said that the city had fallen and the troops were almost completely wiped out. The general, who was already dying, struggled to shout after hearing this: "I am a soldier!" Soldiers should be wrapped in corpses and killed on the battlefield! You carried me across the river, and you were harming me! At the end of the conversation, he snatched the pistol from the guard's waist and raised his gun to commit suicide.

The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

Xu Guozhang, a patriotic general who would rather die to repay the country than steal his life (1898-1943)

Xu Guozhang, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, was born in the late Qing Dynasty. In his early years, he accompanied Mr. Zhongshan to protect the Law and resisted the Beiyang warlords. Later, he entered the Sichuan Army, was quite appreciated, and successively entered the "Officer Training Institute" and "Officer Research Class" to study, and achieved excellent results.

After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, Xu Guozhang led the 483rd Brigade (belonging to the 161st Infantry Division of the 67th Army of the 29th Group Army) out of Sichuan to resist the Japanese. Before leaving, he said goodbye to his wife and children: "I went out of Sichuan to resist the war, and I was xu guo. You are in the rear, your wives should be diligent and thrifty, and your children should study hard. In addition to sending in your due salary every month, I expect you to work your own. As for me, I hope you don't think about it. ”

During the Battle of Wuhan, the 483rd Brigade, in order to protect the gateway to Wuhan, the fortress of Tianjiazhen, was ordered to launch an offensive against the Japanese troops south of Huangmei and around Dajin. In the fierce battle, Xu Guozhang personally came to the front line and "nailed" the Japanese army in place for a month. In the meantime, the Japanese army suffered huge casualties, and our defense line was as solid as a rock.

In the Battle of Shangba River in eastern Hubei, the 483rd Brigade shouldered the burden of covering the 5th Theater of Operations. Brigadier Xu calmly faced the battle and demanded that the officers and men "put the devils closer and beat them fiercely." The Japanese were busy raiding our forward positions, but they did not expect that there were Chinese soldiers on the flanks. With a command, guns and howitzers fell like a rainstorm on the Japanese army, and in the future, the Japanese invaders could not be defeated, and the 5th Theater of Operations was safely transferred.

The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

Farewell to the brave people who went out of Sichuan to resist Japan

The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

Countless men and women of the Sichuan Army sacrificed their precious lives to resist the war

In late October 1938, Wuhan fell. The 29th Army moved to western Hubei. In early 1939, the 483rd Brigade was stationed in the Shipai area of Xianghe. The Japanese launched several offensives on the area, but were defeated by the defenders. In the autumn of that year, the 483rd Brigade was transferred to Dahongshan. Under the leadership of Xu Guozhang, the Dahongshan Defense Line remained as stable and impregnable as Mount Tai for three years.

The superiors took a fancy to Xu Guozhang's talents. In the autumn of 1941, he was appointed deputy commander of the 150th Division, and a year later he was appointed commander. Xu Guozhang lived up to expectations and set one record after another.

1943 was the year the balance of World War II began to tilt. In February of that year, the Soviets defeated the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. The U.S. military won the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Theater. In order to end the war in China as soon as possible, the crazy Japanese army began to continuously launch offensives against western Hubei.

In March of that year, the 150th Division was stationed in Huarong, Hunan, Shishou, Hubei, and Gong'an. With the support of the Yangtze River Fleet and aviation troops, the Japanese army vainly tried to break through the main position of our army located at the mouth of the Lotus Pond, which was the "Battle of Western Hubei." However, under the hard resistance of the 150th Division, the Japanese army with technical superiority was difficult to further.

As the fighting progressed, the 150th Division was ordered to move to the area around Jinshi and Lixian. At this time, many places in western Hubei had been lost, and the battle situation was very dangerous. Xu Guozhang personally came to the front line: "It is the duty of a soldier to sacrifice his life for the country, and today he will fight the enemy to the death, and those who dare to escape from the front will be stabbed!" ”

At the instigation of the division commander, the officers and men of the whole division showed the courage of the tiger and wolf to block the superior Japanese army out of the Tianjin defense line. By the time the Battle of Changde began in November, the Japanese had lost 2,000 troops here. More than 20 other ships were sunk, and supplies such as firearms and fuel were heavily damaged.

The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

At the Battle of Changde, Chinese soldiers reinforced in the direction of the Japanese breakthrough

The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

However, in the face of a steady stream of reinforcements from the Japanese, the 150th Division had to abandon its positions and withdraw to Mount Taifu north of Former Germany, attacking the Japanese flank together with the 162nd Division stationed at Sun Mountain. The 448th and 450th Regiments were interspersed to Taifu Mountain by shortcut, but the division headquarters was not so lucky. The Japanese cut off the division's road to Taifu Mountain with superior strength, and the original pursuing troops had arrived. Faced with the danger of being attacked by the enemy in the abdomen and back, Xu Guozhang decisively ordered the division headquarters and less than 2 battalions of soldiers to go south and retreat, occupying the gateway to Changde, the city of Qi.

On November 20, the Japanese army, who learned that the defense of the city was empty, was killed. Commander Xu said to his subordinates sadly, "If you kill one more ghost soldier, the pressure on Changde will be reduced by one point." Defend the country and dedicate yourself, just at this time! Due to the lack of troops, even he himself ran into the trenches with rifles to fight against the oncoming Japanese troops. During the fierce battle, Commander Xu was shot several times in the body, coupled with the continuous running, excessive fatigue, so that he was in shock and coma on the battlefield several times. The subordinates thought that the division commander had been "killed" and prepared to transfer it to the south bank of the Yuan River when the city was destroyed.

In the end, Xu Guozhang chose to repay the country with his death, fulfilling the wish of "Ma Ge Shroud". After his death, all walks of life in Chengdu held a memorial service for him at the Martyrs' Shrine. The remains of the martyrs were moved back to their original hometown in Chengdu for burial.

The commander of the Sichuan Army took up his rifle, fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army, and after being seriously wounded, he drew his gun and committed suicide, willing to wrap ma ge's body

Certificate of Martyr Xu Guozhang

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