The enemy sides, either you die or I live, the benevolence to the enemy on the battlefield is cruelty to yourself, so there are more life and death on the battlefield, the soldiers are not too late to be sentimental, the enemy will launch an attack on themselves at any time, so on the battlefield more to be rational, sensibility as little as possible.
The Chinese nation has always loved peace, treated people with leniency, and treated people with a kind heart, but during the War of Resistance Against Japan, General Zeng Mei made a "cruel" decision, and he still remembered this matter until his death.
1. Anti-Japanese veterans
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, many heroes emerged, and Zeng Mei was one of them. He was born into a poor rural family, and from the lack of food and clothing, he knew that if he wanted to have a good life, he would have to resist, so as a young man, he participated in the local peasant revolt, and from then on, he also officially embarked on the road of revolution.
He joined the ranks of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and not only made many meritorious achievements in the early years of the struggle against encirclement and suppression, but also participated in the arduous Long March and became one of the survivors.
His rich combat experience allowed him to cope with it easily on the battlefield, and during the second period of Kuomintang-Communist cooperation, he also went to the battlefield to fight for the anti-Japanese resistance and for the peace of the motherland.
The battlefield behind enemy lines led by the Chinese Communists was famously fought during the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which greatly dampened the arrogance of the enemy and laid the foundation for the position of the Communist Party of China among the masses.
In 1941, because of his excellent performance and rich combat experience, Zeng Mei became a regimental commander of the communist unit. The battlefield behind the enemy's back is mainly to fight mobile warfare and guerrilla warfare, such tactics Zeng Mei is very familiar with, and he grasps the characteristics of the Japanese army's march, often catching the Japanese army off guard, and the Japanese army is also a headache for Zeng Mei.
Second, the choice between life and death
The Japanese army has very advanced equipment, in the weaponry and equipment, they are advantageous, and their military management is also orderly, although our weapons and equipment are not as good as theirs, but we have geographical advantages, people and advantages.
Our army knows the terrain and terrain of its own country's land very well, and coupled with the anti-Japanese spirit of the whole people working together as one, the so-called "people's hearts move in unison to Taishan," and the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan will surely belong to us.
However, in some special circumstances, there will still be a stalemate between the enemy and us.
In one battle, Zeng Mei led his troops to seriously damage a Japanese army, but 15 Japanese troops were unwilling to surrender, they fled to a cave, and then hid in it and did not come out, which made Zeng Mei difficult, first, the troops had regulations to give preferential treatment to prisoners, but they did not want to come up with a solution, in case they waited for the reinforcement of the Japanese army, then the casualties should be their own subordinates.
In the end, he still considered the overall situation and helplessly ordered the soldiers to blow up the cave and bury the 15 Japanese soldiers alive.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and victory and defeat are known in an instant, so the most taboo thing about fighting a war is also indecisiveness, and Zeng Mei chose to bury them alive, although cruel, when he recalled this incident in his later years, he would also issue a heavy sigh, but thinking about the various crimes committed by the Japanese Kou against the people of our country, burying them alive does not seem to be anything.
The 14-year War of Resistance Against Japan was over, the invaders had run away, and it was time to "anne". Soon it was the time of the War of Liberation, and as the number of battles he fought became more numerous, so did his ranks, and under his leadership, news of victory came one after another.
Third, the only knot
After the founding of new China, Zeng Mei was awarded the rank of major general, and after that he also held various important positions, and continued to work until the day of retirement.
In the spring of 2015, Zeng Mei, who was 101 years old, died of illness in Shijiazhuang. Zeng Mei's life was worthy of the country and the people, but he always had a knot in his heart, and before he died, he still murmured that in the battle of his life, the only thing he had done was a particularly cruel thing - buried alive the 15 Japanese troops who refused to surrender.
In that case, he was also forced to bury them alive, then it would be himself and his comrades who died. Zeng Mei's approach is flexible, and now it seems that his approach is also beyond reproach and does not need to be questioned, but he has felt guilty for such a correct decision for a lifetime.
The great victory of the Chinese nation was bought by countless revolutionary martyrs with their own bodies and blood; without the invasion of the enemy, they should have lived a happy and happy life, and the Japanese army burned and plundered without evil, and in the face of such an enemy, there can be no pity in the slightest, and benevolence to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.
Comrade Zeng Mei made a correct decision that should be made on the battlefield, but he remembered it for a lifetime; this is the kindness in the bones of the Chinese people, and the sons and daughters of China do not take the initiative to provoke war, but if we want to invade our homeland, we will certainly rise up to resist.
Text/Small Fish
Resources:
1. "1944: The Siege of Tengchong", Yu Ge
2. "Details of the War of Resistance Against Japan", Wei Fenghua