In 1937, during the July 7 Incident, Zhao Dengyu and some anti-Japanese generals fired the first shot of the all-out War of Resistance. He died in a fierce battle with the Japanese army.
This Zhao Dengyu was actually Feng Yuxiang's old subordinate.
Zhao Dengyu had been promoted to the third rank in nine days under Feng Yuxiang.
When Feng Yuxiang was a brigade commander, he once gave a lecture to the enlisted soldiers, and after the training, he walked toward Zhao Dengyu, who had a large waist and thick waist, and asked, "What are you, what kind of soldier are you?"
Zhao Dengyu stood up straight and replied, "Call Zhao Dengyu and be a messenger soldier." ”
Feng Yuxiang asked again, "How is the momentum?" ”
Zhao Dengyu replied, "It's okay." ”
Feng Yuxiang stretched out his arm, and his sleeves were rolled up, to compete with Zhao Dengyu. Zhao Dengyu did not dare to extend his hand. The platoon commander said, "Don't be afraid, you have beaten a tiger, and the brigade commander likes people who are strong and courageous." ”
Feng Yuxiang asked, "Have you ever beaten a tiger?"
"It was the tiger that touched my hand."
"You're not afraid of being bitten to death by a tiger?"
"If you are afraid of death, you can still fight a tiger!"
Feng Yuxiang liked the soldiers who were not afraid of death the most, and immediately ordered: "Promote Zhao Dengyu to be the leader of the order squad." ”
After two days, the soldiers were trained and tried to fight. Feng Yuxiang watched from the side, only to see Zhao Dengyu's hands and feet sharp, dare to fight, can attack and defend, all of them have become his defeated generals, the more he looks at it, the more he likes it, his clothes are taken off, he walks to Zhao Dengyu and says: "Come!" Let's compete. ”
"Brigadier General, you asked me to order."
Feng Yuxiang said: "No one should let anyone, what skills to use, have a hard time." ”
As a result, when the two fight, you come and go, roll around, it is really a chess match, and the game is difficult to understand. Zhao Dengyu fought more and more happily, suddenly grasped the flaw in Feng Yuxiang's turn, stepped forward, carried the brigade commander up, and pushed forward with both hands, "Flutter." Feng Yuxiang was slammed to the ground by him.
Feng Yuxiang stood up from the ground, shook his arm, twisted his waist, and said to Zhao Dengyu, "You boy is really good!" ”
The platoon commander immediately said, "Please be tolerant of the brigade commander, and I will go back and teach him a lesson." ”
Feng Yuxiang said, "Dare to wrestle the brigade commander, tomorrow tell him to find me." ”
The next day, Zhao Dengyu went to see Feng Yuxiang, and as soon as he entered the door, Feng Yuxiang patted his chest and smiled:
"The lad is really good! From today I appoint you as the platoon leader of my guard platoon. ”
The next day, Feng Yuxiang took Zhao Dengyu into the mountains to hunt. In the evening, rest in a village backed by the mountains. Just as he was about to go to sleep, an old man in a satin robe and a horse coat bumped in. This is a well-known local rich man, rich and powerful, and the eldest son is an important member of the provincial government. The old rich man said angrily:
"Brigadier Feng, your brothers injured my son."
"When?"
"Just now. I broke my legs. ”
As he was speaking, Zhao Dengyu and the two soldiers ran back in a panic. Feng Yuxiang split his head and asked, "Hit someone?"
Zhao Dengyu did not open his mouth and acquiesced. Feng Yuxiang pointed at Zhao Dengyu's nose and scolded:
"Bastards! My soldiers, Feng Mou, are not allowed to hit ordinary people casually. ”
The old rich man poured fuel on the fire and cried, "Brigadier General, you must be the lord of the people!" Feng Yuxiang ordered, "Tie him up!" ”
The old rich man cried and walked away.
Feng Yuxiang said to Zhao Dengyu, who was tied up: "Just promoted to cause me trouble?" ”
"Brigadier General, it wasn't me who caused trouble, it was his son who did something wrong." Zhao Dengyu answered. Two soldiers also said: "The platoon leader is brave to save people." ”
It turned out that at night, Zhao Dengyu went to check the sentry, heard a woman's cry for help, and two soldiers went along with the voice, only to see two big men holding a girl, followed by a young master who was giggling and laughing. Zhao Dengyu went to a stop in the middle of the road and blocked the way. A big man tilted his head and said, "Boss, this is the young master's favorite person, let's open the way!" ”
Zhao Dengyu raised his hand and slapped the big man, screaming. Young Master Kuo came over and asked, "Which way are you?"
"Brigadier Feng's subordinates." How's that?"
"Our well water does not violate the river water, please be less nosy." Young Master Kuo dragged the girl away. "Help!" The girl cried out. Zhao Dengyu stepped forward and stopped Young Master Kuo and said, "You let her go!" ”
"How about not putting it?" Young Master Kuo was leaving again. Zhao Dengyu slapped his hand, causing him to bleed in the nose, and the two big men saw that the situation was not good and went to die.
Zhao Dengyu said to the girl, "You go fast!" ”
As soon as the girl left, Young Master Kuo shouted on the ground: "My brother is in the provincial government, but he is not easy to mess with!" ”
Zhao Dengyu drew his pistol. "Tell me to break you again."
Two soldiers stopped him. Zhao Dengyu snapped his fingers, "Snap—" and fired a shot at Young Master Kuo's leg.
After Feng Yuxiang inquired about the situation, the anger subsided ninety percent, and he said, "Shut up for three days." ”
After Zhao Dengyu was imprisoned for three days, Feng Yuxiang asked him: "Is it a loss to sit in confinement?"
Zhao Dengyu said, "It's a bit of a loss. ”
"His brother is an important member of the province, do you know?"
"If he doesn't say his brother, I won't shoot that one shot!"
Feng Yuxiang laughed and said, "Good, good look!" It's like a soldier. ”
Then he went on to say, "The infantry company has fewer heads like this, and tomorrow you will become a company commander." ”
In this way, Zhao Dengyu became a soldier and was promoted three levels in a row.
Zhao Dengyu was the first commander of the Nationalist Army to be martyred in the all-out anti-Japanese war, and was posthumously awarded the rank of general of the army after his death.