The Japanese wondered what had supported Yang Jingyu to survive in the ice and snow of more than minus 20 degrees for so long? They cut open Yang Jingyu's stomach, and there were only three things inside: cotton wool, straw, and bark.
In 1945, on the eve of Japan's surrender, Kishitani wrote a suicide note, then poisoned his wife and daughter with potassium chloride, and then committed suicide by caesarean section.
There is a sentence in the suicide note: "It may not be appropriate for His Majesty the Emperor to launch this war of aggression against China." If China has such a predatory soldier as Yang Jingyu, it will certainly not destroy the country. ”
Yang Jingyu
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In 1936, the three northeastern provinces had been occupied for five years, and this Chinese land was called "Manchukuo" by the Japanese.
But there was a Chinese army here that gave the Japanese a headache, and this army did not give up resistance after the official Northeast Army withdrew, and the leader of this army was Yang Jingyu.
Yang Jingyu, formerly known as "Ma Shangde", was born on February 13, 1905 in Liwan Village, Gucheng Township, Qishan County, Henan Province, to a poor peasant family.
In 1919, the "May Fourth" youth movement swept the country, and Yang Jingyu, who was only fourteen years old, threw himself into the fiery struggle; in 1927, Yang Jingyu led a peasant uprising in southern Henan, which crushed a brigade of the Eighth Army of the Beiyang Army; in 1929, he left his hometown and was sent to the northeast and began to slowly intervene in military leadership work.
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After the September 18 Incident in 1931, Tohoku fell into Japanese hands. At that time, there were many regular troops, police brigades and guerrillas active in the heijiliao land, which were collectively known as the "Northeast Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army".
However, the volunteers lacked unified command and fought their own battles, which could easily be broken by the Japanese army. At this time, the united front of the Northeast Volunteer Army, Yang Jingyu served as the division commander and political commissar of the Independent Division of the First Army of the Unified Northeast People's Revolutionary Army.
Yang Jingyu's characteristics are flexible and changeable, and he changed the previous volunteer army's position-based playing style to the guerrilla tactics of "the enemy advances and we retreat, and the enemy fights in chaos," which caused quite a headache for the Kwantung Army and the puppet Manchu army.
The name Yang Jingyu began to become a nightmare for the Kwantung Army.
Yang Jingyu and the warriors
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According to the statistics of the Japanese and pseudo-statistical organs at that time, in 1935 alone, the Northeast Anti-Japanese League launched 39,105 battles in the three northeastern provinces, and by 1940, nearly 70,000 battles had been launched, and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Coalition Volunteer Army had annihilated 180,000 enemies. At its peak, in 1941, the Northeast United Army contained 760,000 Japanese troops in the three northeastern provinces.
Gradually, the Kwantung Army concentrated its spearhead on the commander-in-chief Yang Jingyu, and beginning in 1938, the commander of the Japanese Kwantung Army mobilized 60,000 troops and police brigades to strangle this army led by Yang Jingyu, which was only 30,000 people at its peak. They only fought Yang Jingyu's army, and the other teams spared it.
At the same time, the Kwantung Army made changes, they changed the previous policy of indiscriminate killing, recruited and preferentially treated the rebels of the Anti-League, and the lethality of the traitors was always amazing.
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In July 1938, Cheng Bin, known as "Little Yang Jingyu", rebelled, and the Kwantung Army captured Cheng Bin's mother and forced him to go down the mountain and surrender. He surrendered with 115 men and a large number of guns, ammunition, and cash.
After Cheng Bin surrendered to the enemy, he led the Japanese to destroy more than 70 secret camps set up by Yang Jingyu, which stored grain, cloth, ammunition and firearms.
In the autumn of 1939, Cheng Bin led the Kwantung Army to begin a comprehensive sweep of Yang Jingyu's troops, cheng Bin was too familiar with Yang Jingyu, he only needed to look at the terrain to know where Yang Jingyu's troops would move next. In this process, the Northeast Coalition Army suffered huge losses and suffered serious attrition.
Coalition life
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In January 1940, Yang Jingyu's troops ran out of ammunition, and in the ice and snow environment of more than 20 degrees below zero, they began to walk in the snow with cloth wrapped around their feet, hungry and could only nibble on the bark.
On January 22, Yang Jingyu's guard staff officer Ding Shoulong was arrested and betrayed. Yang Jingyu's hidden location and military strength were known to the Japanese.
On February 1, Yang Jingyu's guard Zhang Xiufeng surrendered to the enemy with a large amount of funds and confidential documents. Yang Jingyu's breakthrough route and intentions were leaked.
On the morning of February 22, Yang Jingyu had not eaten for 5 days and 5 nights, he came alone to the mountains west of Baoan Village, he met 4 "villagers" who cut firewood, Yang Jingyu begged them to bring some grain and cotton shoes, and he would pay him a heavy reward.
A "villager" advised him: "I think you should still surrender, now 'Manchukuo' will not kill those who surrender." ”
The weak Yang Jingyu replied firmly: "Fellow, I am Chinese!" You can't do such a thing. Our Chinese surrendered, and China was finished! ”
These 4 "villagers" were puppet soldiers, and they promised Yang Jingyu that they would inform the Kwantung Army immediately after leaving.
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At about 3 p.m. on February 23, the Japanese arrived and surrounded Yang Jingyu's last hiding place.
When Yang Jingyu was hiding 50 meters away, the Japanese commander shouted: "Commander Yang, now this place, it is impossible to escape, why rush to die?" Is it okay to think about submission? ”
Yang Jingyu walked out with difficulty, his eyes firm: "I cherish my life, but it is impossible to do as you wish." Many of my men have died, and I am now left alone. In spite of the crisis, my comrades are fighting everywhere, and the day of your demise will surely come. I will resist to the end, needless to say, shoot! ”
Yang Jingyu held a double gun and kept shooting, and after being hit in his right arm, he continued to return fire with his left hand until a bullet pierced his chest.
Yang Jingyu after the sacrifice
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In addition to pistols, bullets, and pocket watches, Yang Jingyu's relics have a special thing: harmonica.
The traitor in the team, An Guangxun, the former chief of staff of the First Route Army of the Anti-Japanese League, could not help but cry bitterly after seeing the harmonica--- Yang Jingyu used to take out the harmonica and play the music to the soldiers of the Anti-League whenever he was resting in the team. This is the spiritual sustenance of the warriors.
Writing this, I was moved to tears by General Yang Jingyu, the Chinese soldiers in this 14-year battle to defend the survival of their nation, the former servants and successors, indomitable, it is thousands of soldiers like General Yang Jingyu who won the final victory in the war.
Finally, thank you again to the heroes!
Statue of General Yang Jingyu