Veteran never die

Chapter 403 The Last Eight Hundred Heroes

0407 The Last Eight Hundred Heroes

The Sichuan Army has come to an end for the time being.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Jianguo led Wang Liang, Ma Xiaogang and Sun Weimin to the outdoor exhibition hall - Chinese Veterans Handprint Square
The Handprint Square of Chinese Veterans covers an area of ​​[-] square meters and is V-shaped, implying victory.

Each handprint wall is about 1.2 meters wide and 2.6 meters high. Corroded tempered glass is used to display the handprints of veterans.

Fan Jianguo introduced to Wang Liang and others: "This is collected by our museum in cooperation with the Sichuan Veterans Bureau and from the Sichuan Huangpu Alumni Association and some veterans of the Anti-Japanese War who came here admiringly. There are a total of 810 anti-Japanese veterans hand model."

Wang Liang couldn't help feeling: "It's not easy! Veterans are already very old. It was their hands that wielded swords and spears, threw grenades, planted landmines, and bombed bunkers. It was these hands that blocked the menacing enemy. The Japanese invading army turned the tide, turned the tide, and held up the future of the entire Chinese nation."

The significance of building this square of handprints of Chinese veterans is too far-reaching. Let future generations see what a hand with outstanding merit looks like. It not only commends the warriors who defend the country, but also warns and inspires future generations.

Looking at these handprints, many of them have been incomplete.

Wang Liang knew that in order to get these fingerprints, Fan Jianguo traveled almost all over China.

Fan Jianguo asked: "Uncle, do you still remember the eight hundred strong men?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense, kid? Your uncle isn't stupid yet, can I forget that?" Wang Liang rolled his eyes, and this little bastard actually got himself tested.

On August 1937, 8, the Japanese army aggressively attacked Shanghai, creating the August 13th Incident.

At the final stage of the battle, on the evening of October 10, more than 26 people from the 88th Regiment of the 524th Division of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China (reported by the press as [-] strong men) guarding the Dachang defense line were under the command of the deputy head of the regiment, Xie Jinyuan. , was ordered to guard the Sixing Warehouse on the north bank of the Suzhou River.

Surrounded by the Japanese army, the eight hundred strong men guarding the Sixing Warehouse fought alone for four days and nights.

The battle lasted until October 10. After receiving the order to retreat, they rushed out of the siege, retreated into the public concession, and stayed in the solitary barracks.

In 1941, Xie Jinyuan was assassinated by Wang puppet agents.

In December 1941, the Japanese army broke into the International Settlement and captured and took away the remaining 12 unarmed soldiers trapped here.

Fan Jianguo pointed to an incomplete handprint and said, "Uncle, this handprint is left by the last of the 'Eight Hundred Heroes'."

Wang Liang knew that some of the more than [-] prisoners were transferred by the Japanese army to work in Xiaolingwei, Nanjing, some were sent to Yuxikou, Anhui to load and unload coal, and some were sent to the Japanese concentration camp in Papua New Guinea to do hard labor.

In the end, dozens of people escaped and returned to Chongqing. They asked to re-enlist in the army and restore the establishment, but they were ruthlessly rejected by the Kuomintang authorities.

He had no choice but to hide his name and disarm and return to the fields.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, surviving lone troops from all over the world came to Shanghai one after another.

With the care of Ling Weicheng, the widow of the head of Xie Jinyuan, the solitary soldiers were engaged in porting work at the Dada Wharf at that time, making a living by labor.

Fan Jianguo said: "The name of the last strong man is Yang Yangzheng, and his real name is Yang Genkui. For decades, this veteran has never dared to use his real name until..."

On December 2010, 12, Sichuan Province was very cold that day, and there was light rain outside the museum.

In the Songhu Battle Exhibition Hall on the second floor of the Frontal Battlefield Hall, the guide is explaining to tourists: "On October 1937, 10, Xie Jinyuan, head of the 27th Regiment of the 88th Division of the Kuomintang, was ordered to stick to the Sixing Warehouse on Guangfu Road in Zhabei... The eight hundred officers and soldiers are known as the eight hundred strong men..."

Just when the narrator said, "Eight hundred officers and soldiers are known as eight hundred strong men", suddenly, an old man next to her interrupted her words: "It's not eight hundred strong men, there are only 390 seven!"

The old man was trembling, but his voice was particularly loud.

Everyone looked at the old man, only to hear the old man say lightly: "I was abiding by the four lines at that time."

Then the old man vividly described the details of the hand-to-hand fight with the Japanese army at that time: "I grabbed a pistol, pinned four grenades on my waist, and rushed out with more than 40 people. A Japanese soldier stabbed me with a bayonet and a long gun. , I tilted my head, and the bayonet made a bloody gash on the left forehead, and I threw the gun and knocked him over..."

The old man spoke with a strong Sichuan accent, re-presenting the battle 73 years ago before people's eyes.

The old man called himself Yang Genkui, 90 years old, and a veteran of the Sixing warehouse defense war.

After hearing the news, Fan Jianguo, in order to prove the identity of the old man, deliberately said that the location where Xie Jinyuan was assassinated was on the playground. The old man immediately corrected him: "It wasn't on the playground! It wasn't on the playground! There was no morning exercise at that time!"

Yang Genkui continued: "At 1941 a.m. on April 4, 24, the regiment commander led the officers and soldiers to do morning exercises as usual. At that time, four privates, Hao Dingcheng, Long Yaoliang, Zhang Wenqing, and Zhang Guoshun, were late. The regiment leader Xie immediately asked why they were late. "

"Who would have thought that they had already been bought by the puppet Wang as traitors, and suddenly took out the daggers and iron picks that had been brought into the camp in advance, swarmed up, and stabbed the commander's chest and left temple."

The old man Yang Genkui said angrily, "Commander Xie was seriously injured in many places and bled profusely. He passed away an hour later, at the age of 37! At that time, he was stabbed and seriously injured. Four ethnic scum were captured on the spot and handed over to the concession authorities for custody. Later, the four traitors were all sentenced to death!!!”

Fan Jianguo recalled and told everyone about the situation at that time.

In the Chinese Warriors 1931-1945 Group Sculpture Square, Yang Genkui found the statue of the regiment leader Xie Jinyuan, took off his gloves, took off his hat, stood at attention, saluted and said: "Regiment commander, subordinate Yang Genkui, lieutenant and platoon leader of the first platoon of the second company of the first battalion .The Anti-Japanese War is over, and you have retreated into the British Concession. I salute you."

In front of the statue of Chang Kaishen, Yang Genkui bowed deeply and stood at attention solemnly: "Chairman Jiang, my subordinate Yang Genkui saluted you..."

Yang Genkui saluted the statues of Mao Zedong, Mao Zedong and Zhu De in turn.

Later, at the Chinese Veterans Handprint Square, old man Yang Genkui left the handprint of his right hand.

The old man Yang Genkui held Fan Jianguo's hand tightly and said, "I saw "The Long Years" broadcast on CCTV, and I couldn't believe that there is a museum commemorating the War of Resistance on the frontal battlefield, so I asked my nephew to bring me here."

As he spoke, Yang Genkui took out a small wooden box from his pocket, pushed open the lid, and inside were three copper badges.

They are [Victory Medal of Anti-Japanese War (No. 6716)], [Central Training Corps Zhen Rong Honorary Medal Officer Certificate No.191] and [24 Squadron 3909] badges.

(End of this chapter)