Chapter 25 Chapter 4 Confucian General Kan Weiyong, Black General Chen Jihuan, Titanic General Lu Zhanmeng

Before the Battle of Guiliu, the 131st Division of the 31st Army of the Gui Army defended Nanning. In 1939, the Japanese navy landed from Qinzhou and once captured Nanning. The Chinese army fought bravely and achieved a great victory at Kunlun Pass, finally driving the Japanese navy to the sea again. The Japanese navy did not find a bargain in Guangxi and turned to attack Vietnam.In the following four years, there was no war in Guangxi. Kan Weiyong, commander of the 131st Division of the Gui Army, led his troops to guard Nanning. Kan Weiyong is a Confucian general in the Guangxi army. He is proficient in playing and singing, playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. He is also knowledgeable, has outstanding insights, and has profound military attainments.His talent has been praised by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi many times.Through self-study and proficiency in Japanese, Vietnamese, and English, he also deciphered the Japanese army's radio code many times, allowing the Chinese army to grasp the Japanese army's combat intentions.Such a general who is all-round in civil and military affairs is really rare.

That year, after graduating from middle school, Kan Weiyong was first admitted to Guangzhou Medical School, and then to Guangxi Army Lecture Hall.When Li Zongren was the supervisor of appeasement in Guangxi and the commander of the First Army, Kan Weiyong was the confidential staff officer.Later, he also served as the commander of the engineering battalion of the seventh steel army, and the commander of the thirty-sixth division of the forty army.During the Battle of Southern Guangxi, he led his troops to fight against Japan as the deputy commander of the 19th Division and the chief of staff of the 31st Army. In 1942, he served as the commander of the major general of the 131st Division.

The veterans of the 131st Division later recalled that the division commander Kan Weiyong often taught them the essentials of being a soldier. He summed up the "five virtues" and "five virtues" of soldiers: the "five virtues" are wisdom, faith, benevolence, and courage. Strictness and strictness are the basic self-cultivation that soldiers should possess; the "five gains" are to eat well, be hungry, sleep well, run well, and endure well, which are the basic requirements for soldiers in war. In 1944, the Battle of Guilin was about to start, and the 131st Division was ordered to drive from Nanning to Guilin.

From Nanning to Guilin, there was no straight road back then, and they were all walking in the mountains, the distance was nearly 1,000 miles.The equipment of the Gui army was very poor. At that time, there was no means of transportation, and all the journeys depended on two legs. Gui Tiaoyuan, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, said that when he participated in the Battle of Kunlun Pass that year, Gui's army first fought against the Japanese navy.Because the equipment is too poor, the sacrifice is great.One night, as a medical soldier, he sent away a group of wounded soldiers. He had just returned to the division headquarters when he suddenly saw ten-wheeled trucks and motorcycles parked at the gate of the division headquarters as far as the eye could see.He thought: No, how could the Gui army have these things.When I walked into the division headquarters, I realized that it was the Fifth Army.The Fifth Army was the best equipped force at the time and the first mechanized army.The equipment of the Fifth Army is far inferior to that of the Gui Army, which is carrying Hanyang made and big blades.At the time of the Guilin Defense War, the equipment of the Gui army was still very poor. It was not until Li Zongren became the acting president that some of the Gui army was replaced with American equipment. This is already after the end of the Anti-Japanese War.

The soldiers of the 131st Division walked from Nanning to Guilin wearing straw sandals and carrying dry food on their backs.Division commander Kan Weiyong did not ride a horse, but let the horse drag the equipment, and he also walked with the soldiers. That year, Kan Weiyong's youngest son, Kan Peitong, was only 5 years old. He clearly remembered the last time he saw his father. Kan Weiyong's family is in Liuzhou, and he passed through Liuzhou on his way from Nanning to Guilin.After Kan Weiyong returned home, he only had a quick chat with them before preparing to leave.His wife saw that his feet were red and swollen, and asked why?Kan Weiyong said that he came all the way from Nanning.His wife asked him why he didn't ride a horse, and he said, "What about officials riding horses, and soldiers?" Many years later, when I interviewed those old people who were familiar with Kan Weiyong, they all said, "Kan Weiyong is strictly following the standards of ancient gentlemen. Ask yourself".

When Kan Weiyong was leaving the house, Kan Peitong's brother said to his father: "I bought a copy of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" at the book stand, would you like to take it?" Kan Weiyong agreed.Kan Peitong and his brother went to the room to look for "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but when they came out with "Sun Tzu's Art of War", Kan Weiyong had already left.They ran out of the gate and saw that the streets were empty, and their father had gone away.At that time, after the Japanese army occupied Hengyang, they were marching westward, and the military situation was urgent. Before Kan Weiyong could say the last word to his son or take the "Sun Tzu's Art of War" bought by his son, he embarked on the journey to the front line.

After more than ten days, the family received a letter from Kan Weiyong from Guilin. The content of the letter is as follows: "Yongtang's virtuous wife, I miss you very much because I didn't write to you after Liu Farewell. I have detailed all my situation in Guilin in Brother Junren's letter. I think you have read it. The battle to defend Guilin will begin in a few days. The relationship is very important. I have to lead my teacher to participate. I feel lucky. If you don’t succeed, you will be benevolent. You will always have to fight the Japanese invaders. You took a group of children to avoid living in Rong County. Once the war broke out, communication has become a problem, and relief is even more difficult. Easy, I have entrusted Jun Ren to take care of me nearby, my family has no savings, and I try my best to save money. No matter how cold or bitter, I should bear it. The victory of the Anti-Japanese War is in sight, and there is always a solution to life. I live here as usual, and there is no need to think about it. After that During the combat period, if possible, you can still communicate as usual, and if you don’t have enough time, just say hello.”

This letter is General Kan Weiyong's last letter.After that, Kan Peitong could only imagine his father's face in his thoughts. According to the memories of the veterans of the 131st Division, Kan Weiyong led the troops to Guilin in only five days.At that time, Kan Weiyong's feet were already blistered and suppurated. He didn't care about rest, and he built fortifications with the soldiers. At that time, there were only two Guilin divisions left in Guilin City.The Japanese army is only one day away from Guilin. Not long after being stationed in Guilin, one day, Kan Weiyong and Feng Huang, deputy commander of the 31st Army, inspected the defensive positions.When they passed a coffin shop, Kan Weiyong said to Feng Huang: "If I die in this war, you can help me buy a coffin and bury me." Later, General Feng Huang wrote about this scene in his memoirs, full of emotion.

Kan Weiyong has come to Guilin to fight the Japanese army to the death with the determination to live and die with Guilin. Guilin City Defense Commander Wei Yunsong ordered Kan Weiyong's 131st Division to defend the east and north, and Xu Gaoyang's 170th Division to defend the west and south. The two armies that were planned to defend Guilin, but now there are only two divisions with 25,000 troops left to fight against 100,000 Japanese troops. Everyone knows what the result will be.But Kan Weiyong was not discouraged. He told the soldiers that it is their bounden duty to obey orders, and everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of a country.Since the Minister's Department sent the 131st Division to stand firm in Guilin, everyone in the 131st Division will live and die with Guilin and will never surrender to the Japanese army.

Gui Tiaoyuan believes that the reason why Chongqing and Bai Chongxi did this at that time was that they had already decided to abandon Guilin.However, Guilin could not be easily handed over to the Japanese, so only two divisions were sent to defend.Later, no one thought that these two divisions would fight to the death, inflicting great damage on the Japanese army. The war is imminent, and the wind blowing from the east over Guilin also carries a bloody smell.Kan Weiyong told the soldiers that they are not afraid of the Japanese army coming to attack, but most afraid of the Japanese army not coming to attack. We will wait for them in Guilin city, and Guilin is the place where they died.

The soldiers of the 131st Division were full of enthusiasm, and they all vowed to live and die with Guilin. The significance of the Guilin Defense War does not lie in victory or defeat, but in knowing that it is impossible to win, but still fighting to the death.This is what Confucius said, knowing that there is nothing to be done, and this is the most precious spirit of the Chinese nation's indomitable and unyielding spirit. The positions defended by the 131st Division became the main attack direction of the Japanese army. Wei Yunsong is the commander of Guilin city defense in name, but in fact he is a polished commander.The soldiers defending the city were really not enough, everyone was sent to the front line to fight, and the Guilin City Defense Command only had Wei Yunsong alone. One day, a tall middle-aged man with a cane limped up to the city defense headquarters on Parrot Hill and found Wei Yunsong.When he moved, his right leg rattled and appeared to be struggling. When Wei Yunsong saw him, he was overjoyed.The man on crutches is called Chen Jihuan. When he defended Nanning against the Yunnan Army and created the myth of the Gui Army, Wei Yunsong's partner was Chen Jihuan.Chen Jihuan is brave and good at fighting, with both civil and military skills.On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, when he was riding a horse, in order to avoid the peasant woman, he fell off the horse and broke a bone, and then became disabled.After that, Chen Jihuan left Guijun, opened a gold mine, and lived the life of a rich man.This time, when he heard that the Japanese army invaded Guangxi, Chen Jihuan left his gold mining business and took the initiative to volunteer to defend Guilin with his old partner Wei Yunsong. As a result, the two-person Guilin City Defense Command was established, with Wei Yunsong as the commander and Chen Jihuan as the chief of staff.City Defense Commander Wei Yunsong, Commander of the 131st Division Kan Weiyong, and Commander of the 170th Division Xu Gaoyang are all lieutenant generals, and Chen Jihuan should also be lieutenant generals. At the beginning, when Chen Jihuan served in the Seventh Army of the Gui Army, his rank was lieutenant general.However, this military rank was conferred by the Gui Army; later, Chen Jihuan went to open a gold mine and broke away from the Gui Army.Now, Chen Jihuan has returned to the Gui Army and served as the chief of staff of the Guilin City Defense Command. Wei Yunsong laughed and said that Chen Jihuan was a "black general" because the national government had no time to award him the rank of lieutenant general because the war was imminent. Chen Jihuan said: "I will also be a 'black general', as long as I can protect my hometown and fight devils." Therefore, the defenders of Guilin City can often see a man with a cane and dragging his right leg, checking the defensive positions and instructing the soldiers to set up defenses.When the soldiers saw Chen Jihuan approaching, they would straighten their chests and stand upright to salute. Some soldiers had tears in their eyes. The disabled general came back to fight side by side with everyone, and the soldiers of the Gui army were all deeply encouraged. On the eve of the defense of Guilin, Japanese planes often came to bomb, and the bombs were accurate. Chen Jihuan judged that there must be Japanese spies in the city. If there were no Japanese spies, the bombs of Japanese planes would not be so accurate.At that time, soldiers were pressing down on the border, and the city defense command asked all those who did not participate in the battle to withdraw from the city so that the Gui army could give it a go.In the city of Guilin, there are many mountains and rivers, and there are many caves. Chen Jihuan ordered the soldiers to inspect the caves one by one to see if there were any people hiding in them. Sure enough, four people who spoke Chinese were found. A small vial of pain-relieving morphine was found, and Japanese characters were printed on the vial.These four people were indeed Japanese spies, lurking in the city and indicating targets for the Japanese bombing.Whenever Japanese aircraft flew over Guilin, they used small round mirrors to refract sunlight during the day and fired signal flares at night, which caused certain losses to the city's food and ammunition stockpiles. Like General Kan Weiyong, General Chen Jihuan also defended Guilin with the determination to die. After the old, weak, women and children in the city had retreated, Chen Jihuan ordered all the city gates to be blocked. Such an action was tantamount to breaking the boat. Blocking the city gates made it difficult for the enemy to attack and the defenders in the city could not escape.Chen Jihuan taught the soldiers guarding the city that the city is alive and the city is dead. Chen Jihuan sticks to the city, disregarding life and death, but his old partner Wei Yunsong is no longer the brave "General Black Bean" he was back then.When the defense of Guilin was at its most intense, Wei Yunsong secretly sent people to build a pontoon bridge on the Lijiang River in order to escape early. After Chen Jihuan heard about it, he sent people to blow up the pontoon bridge.Chen Jihuan's awe-inspiring righteousness made Wei Yunsong dare not retaliate. Chen Jihuan methodically made all the preparations before the war, readying his troops for battle.Quanzhou has fallen, and the Rongjiang River has fallen. The sound of Japanese artillery has been heard in Guilin city.Chen Jihuan wrote his suicide note in the sky filled with gunpowder smoke and rumbling gunfire.At that time, his wife was pregnant but had not yet given birth. Chen Jihuan said in his suicide note that if he survived the battle, the child would be named "Kewei", which meant that Guilin City could be guarded; if he died in battle, the child would be named "Kewei". , let him become a great personality in the future. At that time, there were no evacuated generals in Guilin City, and there was Lu Zhanmeng, chief of staff of the 31st Army. Lu Zhanmeng graduated from the fifth period of Whampoa Military Academy and the 13th period of Central Army University.After graduating from the Army University, he stayed at the school to teach. He insisted on going to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, so he was transferred to the second reserve division as the chief of staff. At that time, the division commander of the second reserve division was Chen Mingren, and he was the 13th batch of the Central Army University. classmates.In the autumn of this year, the second division was preparing to go to the front line of Kunlun Pass, and Lv Zhanmeng asked to go to battle to kill the enemy not long after he was newly married. In the bloody battle at Kunlun Pass, Lv Zhanmeng led a force to hold on to a mountain pass, preventing the Japanese army from encircling and preparing for the Second Division.At that time, this army fought fiercely with the Japanese army for seven days and seven nights. In the sky, Japanese planes bombarded them indiscriminately, and on the ground, the superior forces of the Japanese army charged wildly. Lu Zhanmeng led this army to fight to the death. He suffered multiple injuries on his neck and shoulders. Still screaming and fighting, commanding to kill the enemy.Seven days later, Chen Mingren came with his troops and finally killed the Japanese army. After the war, at the celebration meeting, Chen Mingren, the commander of the second reserve division, said to all the soldiers in tears: "Without the bloody battle of the chief of staff, we would not be here today to drink and celebrate." The victory at Kunlun Pass shocked the world. This is the first time that the arrogant Japanese navy has failed. The Japanese navy has always looked down on the Japanese army. They have always believed that they are invincible, and even arrogantly clamored that they can defeat China with just the navy. Actually, they had just landed in Qinzhou Bay and were defeated by the Chinese army before they penetrated far into the hinterland of China. Moreover, most of the troops who defeated them were Chinese motley troops. The Japanese government and the opposition were extremely shocked. Later, a monument was erected at Kunlun Pass to commemorate the anti-Japanese soldiers who died in this battle. General Du Yuming personally wrote an inscription, one of which reads: "...There is no day without war, and there is no war without fierceness. Our army is united as one. The hardships of climbing, not afraid of the solidity of the fortress, the artillery fire is intertwined in the valley, and the flesh and blood are flying across the forest. The difficulty of conquering and the fierce sacrifice are rare since the founding of the army. Bravery, Pi Zhenjun's prestige... Woohoo! The ambition is gone, and the mountains will be buried in the mountains. The name, counting the three thousand four hundred officers and soldiers who died in the battle, is unique, comforting the heroic spirits, and using it to honor the loyal..." A total of 4,700 Japanese soldiers including brigade commander Masao Nakamura were killed and 102 captured during the Kunlun Pass victory. After the victory at Kunlun Pass, Lu Zhanmeng was transferred to the headquarters of Zhang Fakui of the Sixteenth Group Army as a major general staff officer. On the eve of the Guilin Defense War, knowing that there would be a big battle in Guilin, and 100,000 Japanese troops were about to approach the city, Lu Zhanmeng still took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the front line of Guilin to command the battle.At that time, the headquarters was stationed in Liuzhou, and Zhang Fakui had decided to let him retreat to Guizhou with the headquarters, but he insisted on going to the front line in person, and said: "The enemy is now, and it is time to serve the country. How can I go to the rear and live in peace?" " Other people in the headquarters also persuaded him, but he said: "I have decided to go, and I will be stationed in Guilin to fight a decisive battle with the enemy." Zhang Fakui couldn't resist him, so he had to appoint him as the chief of staff of the 31st Army. The Eleventh Army was stationed in Guilin, and was about to fight the enemy. Before leaving Liuzhou, Lu Zhanmeng bid farewell to his wife and children. At that time, the headquarters had decided to let the family members of some generals of the headquarters retreat to the Sanjiang minority area to prevent the Japanese massacre.At Liuzhou Station, Lu Zhanmeng told his wife that he was going to Guilin to send a batch of arms to the front line, and he would be back soon.The wife said that the Guilin war was about to start, and she was very worried about her husband's safety.Lu Zhanmeng said: "If I really die in battle, someone will take care of you. Take good care of yourself and your daughter." At that time, their daughter Lu Ling was only four years old. Lu Zhanmeng left Liuzhou while his wife and children watched with tears in their eyes. Later, his wife and children had been waiting for him to return safely, but what they did not expect was the sad news of his death in battle. Soon after Lu Zhanmeng came to Guilin, he actively prepared for war. However, due to changes in the strategic plan, both the military headquarters of the 31st Army and the 46th Army were ordered to withdraw from Guilin. As the chief of staff of the 31st Army, Lu Zhanmeng should have accompanied the military headquarters Act together, but Lu Zhanmeng insisted on staying with the 131st Division of the 31st Army to fight the enemy to the death.At that time, everyone knew that the chances of winning a decisive battle between 20,000 people and 100,000 Japanese troops were very small, but Lu Zhanmeng committed suicide and was determined to serve the country with death. Before the war, at the 131st Division swearing-in meeting, Lu Zhanmeng said: "Being a soldier is not afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, you should not be a soldier. The country is in danger. We soldiers should kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, serve the country, and fulfill the duties of a soldier." He taught everyone to kill the enemy vigorously and never take a step back, and said that if he ran for his life, everyone could shoot him. The major general's chief of staff was so heroic, and the soldiers were all deeply inspired.The old man in Guilin City said that at that time, the soldiers shouted loudly: "Serve the country loyally and fight to the death." The sound of mountains and valleys echoed, and the sound shook the wilderness. On October 29, a small group of Japanese troops rushed out from the sugarcane forest in front of Maoer Mountain defended by the Gui Army and attacked the position of the 131st Division.The fierce battle was not long, and three Japanese soldiers were killed.The Japanese army dragged the three dead bodies back to the sugarcane forest. The defense of Guilin began. When the Japanese army arrived at Guilin North Station, its strength was five times that of the guarding Guilin army. In the early days of the fierce battle, the Japanese army paid the price of casualties.The artillery and machine guns of the Gui army prevented the Japanese army from taking a step towards the city of Guilin. Gui Tiaoyuan was the company commander of the Artillery Battalion of the 46th Army at that time.The artillery battalion of the 46th Army was stationed in the outer artillery positions. He said that the artillery of the Guangxi Army was German artillery, which could hit 3,000 meters at the farthest, while the Japanese small steel artillery had no range.However, small steel guns also have advantages, that is, they are flexible, they can be lifted and carried, and they can be carried around; German guns are not good enough, they need to be towed by cars, and each gun weighs one or two tons.The artillery and the Japanese soldiers did not meet, and infantry was needed to guide the direction. After the artillery adjusted the muzzle, the shells would bloom in the enemy group, and the Japanese did not know where the shells were fired from. When attacking Guilin, the Japanese army transferred many tanks, and these tanks became the targets of artillery.Gui Tiaoyuan said that Japanese tanks are all light tanks, with thick armor on the front and thin sides.When bombarding the tank with the German cannon in the hands of the Guangxi army, as long as the orientation is correct, the Japanese tank can be blasted into scrap iron with one shot. In addition to artillery support, there were also Chennault's planes.When the Japanese army attacked the North Gate, the planes of the Flying Tigers flew screaming over the low hills of Guilin City, dropping bombs one after another on the heads of the Japanese troops. In addition, obstacles such as barbed wire, deer villages, and wooden fences were set up in front of each position in Guilin, and landmines were laid where the Japanese army must pass. Artillery, aircraft and mines made the Japanese attack on the first day extremely difficult. The next day, a large number of Japanese aircraft suddenly flew over Guilin. In addition to the 131st Division and 170th Division, there was also a reinforced regiment of the 79th Army guarding Guilin. Luo Shouzhan worked as an ammunition officer in the anti-aircraft machine gun company of this reinforced regiment. Luo Shouzhan said that at that time, his position was set up on Fubo Mountain, and he specialized in attacking Japanese planes.The anti-aircraft machine gun company is divided into two groups of two people, one person is the machine gunner and the other is the ammunition hand.In the city of Guilin, in addition to anti-aircraft machine guns, there are also anti-aircraft guns.Anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are deployed separately, and every few hundred meters, there is an anti-aircraft machine gun position, or anti-aircraft gun position. On this day, Japanese planes were flying in the sky of Guilin like locusts, bombarding the ground indiscriminately. Luo Shouzhan saw the bombs fall in the Li River with his own eyes, and the dead fish floated white on the water. The anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns fired at the Japanese aircraft at the same time. The shells exploded around the aircraft like fireworks, and the shell casings of the anti-aircraft machine guns spread a layer on the ground.The Japanese plane was worried that it would be hit, so it took off.The anti-aircraft machine guns are no longer enough, but the anti-aircraft guns can still be reached. On this day, anti-aircraft guns shot down a Japanese plane.Luo Shouzhan said that the anti-aircraft gun can fire 20 rounds at a time, and there is a scope in front of it. As long as it is aimed at the Japanese aircraft, the artillery can fire 20 rounds at once.Make a row of fireworks in the sky.Compared with anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns are more powerful. On this day, for shooting down a plane, all the shooters were rewarded that night, including the machine gun shooter, with slices of pork. When the fierce battle between the two sides was in full swing, a group of Japanese troops from the 58th Division found that the east bank of the Lijiang River was laxly defended, so they organized a squadron of Japanese troops to cross by force.As a result, the Japanese assault boat was launched, with machine guns on it, and sailed to the opposite bank.Just as the assault boat of the Japanese army sailed to the east bank, a group of militia soldiers suddenly rushed out from behind the house and in the woods. Some of them were holding guns, some were holding knives and spears, and some were even holding wooden sticks, strangled together with the Japanese soldiers rushing up the embankment.Relying on sophisticated weapons, the Japanese army did not pay attention to the group of peasants wearing different colored clothes. The machine guns on the assault boats rang out, and batches of militiamen fell down. , Even bare-chested militia soldiers came, and they went on and on, and as soon as they rushed into the Japanese army's ranks, they brandished a machete and chopped off the Japanese army's head.What the Japanese army feared most was having their heads cut off, because headless ghosts are not allowed to enter the Yasukuni Shrine. Under the overwhelming attack of the militia, the Japanese army began to retreat. The Japanese army always thought that once they left the embankment, they would be out of danger. Unexpectedly, from the upper reaches of the Lijiang River, bamboo rafts were quickly rowed over. The bamboo rafts were filled with homemade explosives. These militia soldiers driving bamboo rafts would die with the Japanese army.In front of these Guangxi civilian armed forces wearing all kinds of tattered clothes, the Japanese were afraid.The Japanese think they are brave in battle, but today they finally know that there is a group of beggar-like people dressed in rags, who are braver than them and less afraid of death.At that time, the head of the 58th Division of the Japanese Army, Mori Suehiro, said in the battle report: "Our division was blocked by the local indigenous armed forces in Guangxi in Guilin. Although they were poorly equipped, they were extremely fierce and determined to die. Its bravery is far inferior to that of our army, and our army's morale is extremely low. This battle is the most tragic battle I have experienced in my life. It is not because of the scale, but because of the bravery of the opponent." Some Japanese veterans also wrote in their memoirs: The bravery of Guangxi people surpassed that of Japanese soldiers. A junior Japanese officer wrote in his memoirs: Today our army has encountered the fiercest resistance since the war. There are gunshots everywhere in the city, landmines are everywhere, and the whole city is fighting hand-to-hand. More than 900 people from my brigade died at the end of the battle. In the end, there were only more than 70 people left, and most of them were wounded soldiers. After the Guilin Defense War, some of the surviving veterans also wrote a memoir article. The article said that when the Japanese army attacked the positions of the Guilin army, they also used flat guns and flamethrowers.Some soldiers, when they held their positions, were covered in fire, jumped out of the fortifications, hugged the Japanese soldiers who rushed forward, and burned the Japanese soldiers to death. The bravery of the Gui army is indeed inferior to that of the Japanese army.I have read several books written by Japanese veterans about the Western Yunnan War and the Northern Burma War. After the Japanese soldiers were burned by flamethrowers, they would only run for their lives in embarrassment and wailing endlessly. No one was as fierce as the Guangxi Army. Local elders said that during the Guilin defense battle, as many as 7,000 Japanese soldiers were killed or injured by the militia. In the first two days of the Japanese attack on Guilin, they did not take any advantage. Also on this day, Kan Weiyong has been on the front line in person, braved the enemy's artillery fire, and led the division reserve team to run in the trenches, where he appeared in the most critical place.As soon as they appeared, they were like a whirlwind, pushing back the Japanese troops that had already broken into the position. That night, when Kan Weiyong was inspecting the position, he saw that despite the heavy casualties, the guards and soldiers were still determined. Everyone expressed that they vowed to live and die with Guilin. In the past two days, Chen Jihuan has also been on the front line in person, dragging a rattling lame leg and leaning on a cane.Wherever he came, his morale was boosted, and the killing sound shook the sky. The same is true for Lu Zhanmeng. He has been commanding a regiment of soldiers to fight the Japanese army. The Japanese artillery shells flew over and the dust covered him. He got up, shook the dust off his body, and continued to command the battle. The defense of Guilin was destined to be extremely tragic. The city walls in the southwest are different from those in the rest of China.The city walls in the north are tall and majestic, such as the city wall of Xi’an, the ancient city of Pingyao that is still well preserved, and the city wall of Nanjing, which is located in the south but is on the southeast coast. I once saw a well-preserved Ming city wall by the Xuanwu Lake. There are holes in the walls that were blown out by Japanese artillery shells.Without exception, these city walls are tall and strong, and they are extremely thick.From ancient times to the present, the north, especially the Central Plains, has been in constant war. From the Xiongnu, Dangxiang, Jurchen, to Houjin, the flames of war have been burning this land. Compared with the north, the southwest has been peaceful for a long time. Therefore, the city wall It is only used as a decoration and to prevent bandits from rioting. I have seen the city wall of Dali, which is very delicate and low. It seems that a bamboo pole can jump on the city wall. I have never seen the city wall of Guilin. The city wall of Guilin has disappeared completely now, but I learned from the local old man in Guilin that during the defense of Guilin, Guilin had a city wall and a city gate, but the city wall was not at all. High, after a burst of artillery from the Japanese army, a gap appeared in the city wall. Guilin does not have the towering city walls of Changde and Hengyang, and there are no mountains and rivers outside the city walls that are strong enough to resist. Guilin has many mountains, but the peaks are low and not connected. effect.Guilin's defenders organized a defensive battle hastily on the eve of the fall of Hengyang. It was not like the Battle of Longling and the Battle of Tengchong that took place at the same time. The Japanese army could hold on to the danger and resist steadily.During the two years of occupation of western Yunnan by the Japanese army, they never stopped building the fortifications of Longling and Tengchong. They have already hollowed out the underground of the two cities.The Gui army sticks to Guilin, they can only rely on these beautiful and low peaks, and the unyielding will to defend their hometown. Both Gui Tiaoyuan and Luo Shouzhan said that the defense of Guilin was miserable, and the world must know the arduous struggle of those years, otherwise the 20,000 martyrs would die in peace.