Chapter 180 6. Yang Jingyu martyred for his country

In order to capture Yang Jingyu, the enemy also adopted "comb-style crusade" and "dog-fly tactics" against Yang Jingyu's troops.First, they searched all over the mountains and fields. Yang Jingyu led his team to get rid of one and then encountered another. It was difficult to get rid of.After the enemy discovered the traces of Yang Jingyu's troops, they kept a close eye on them and pursued them relentlessly.Yang Jingyu commanded the troops to fight against the enemy for days in the mountainous areas in the west of Yangjiang and the east of Huinan, without rest, sometimes even fighting for several days.

On January 28, Yang Jingyu led his team to move to Horse Butt Mountain on the west slope of Sifangdingzi, Huinan County, but the enemy "crusade team" followed closely. On the morning of the 29th, Yang Jingyu led a team to fight fiercely with the pseudo-police brigades such as Fan, Sang, Shen, and Qu, and broke out. However, the troops suffered heavy losses, with about 70 casualties.At this time, Yang Jingyu was only surrounded by the special guard platoon, the first platoon of the machine gun company, and more than 60 people from the young iron blood team. On February 1, Zhang Xiufeng, the leader of the special guard platoon, surrendered to the Wujinzi pseudo forest police team with 9960 yuan in cash, 4 pistols and several confidential documents, further exposing Yang Jingyu and the general headquarters of the 1st Route Army. whereabouts. On February 2, Yang Jingyu led a team to fight three times with Cheng, Fan, Shen and other puppet police brigades in Naerhong North, West and Daxibeicha North in Jiangxian County, and the troops suffered heavy losses again.By February 4th, there were still 16 people in Yang Jingyu's department. On February 10th, it was reduced to 12 people. On February 12th, there were only 7 people.Afterwards, Yang Jingyu transferred four other wounded, including security guard Huang Shengfa and Chief of Staff Liu Futai. In the end, only two soldiers, Zhu Wenfan and Nie Donghua, were beside him.

On the morning of February 15, the enemy found Yang Jingyu's footprints in the northwest of Wujindingzi, Jiang County, and immediately gathered more than 600 people from the pseudo-police brigade of Cui, Cheng, Tang, etc., and Wujintingzi's pseudo-forest police team to follow and pursue him.At this time, Zhu Wenfan and Nie Donghua were looking for food outside, and Yang Jingyu fought the enemy alone and retreated.At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy was getting closer and closer. Yang Jingyu took advantage of a favorable position 300 meters away from the enemy to shoot fiercely at the enemy, so that the enemy lay on the ground and dared not get up.

At this time, Ito (Japanese), the deputy captain of the enemy's "crusade team", shouted to Yang Jingyu: You can't run away, surrender now! Yang Jingyu followed his plan and replied: "Don't shoot, come here for a while, I have something to say." The moment Ito stood up, Yang Jingyu raised his gun and shot him in the chest.After Ito was knocked down, the captain of the enemy team also stood up angrily and chased after Yang Jingyu, but was wounded in the thigh. In this battle, Yang Jingyu killed one enemy and wounded six. His left hand was also wounded by the enemy.At this time, Yang Jingyu took advantage of the enemy's confusion and quickly entered the forest to get rid of the enemy.The enemy pursued him relentlessly, and continued to pursue him. This night, he pursued him all night.The enemy was exhausted, and some people kept falling behind. In the end, there were only 50 people left in the "crusade team" of 600 people.By 3:30 a.m. on February 16, the enemy lost tracking clues 3 kilometers east of Dabei Mountain in Jiang County.

At this time, Yang Jingyu had already moved to the south side of the Chao (Chaoyang Town) Fu (Fusong) Highway near the seven tops, and went to wait for the two security guards Zhu and Nie who bought food at the previously agreed place. On February 18, Zhu Wenfan and Nie Donghua were discovered by the enemy when they were shopping for food in Dadonggou, Jiang County.The enemy's Dadonggou police defense team and special search team attacked immediately, and Zhu Wenfan and Nie Donghua died after half an hour of fierce fighting with the enemy.The enemy found pistols, cash, watches, pens, harmonicas and Yang Jingyu's seal from them, and concluded that Yang Jingyu was nearby.As a result, the enemy further narrowed the encirclement, cut off the food source, blocked the traffic, and issued a notice to the nearby villagers: "It is absolutely forbidden to bring lunch into the mountains to cut firewood."

Yang Jingyu didn't see Zhu Wenfan and Nie Donghua come back within the stipulated time. He guessed that they were in danger, so he walked towards Sandaojiang alone.At this time, Yang Jingyu hadn't eaten for several days and was suffering from a bad cold. His clothes and cotton shoes were also in tatters, and he was tossing and turning in the mountains and forests of Jiang County. On February 23, Yang Jingyu came to Sandaoweizi, southwest of Baoan Village, Jiang County, and met four woodcutters including the false platoon leader Zhao Tingxi.Seeing that they were all farmers, Yang Jingyu entrusted them to buy grain and cotton shoes on their behalf, and offered to give them more money.These people said to him: "You should surrender, now Manchukuo will not behead those who surrender."

Yang Jingyu replied firmly: "I am a Chinese, and I must never surrender to the Japanese invaders. My conscience does not allow me to do this, and I am sorry for the people." Finally, these people agreed to Yang Jingyu's request.But Zhao Tingxi met Japanese spy Li Zhengxin on the way back, and they reported the situation to the puppet village office.After receiving this information, the headquarters of the pseudo-police team concluded that this person was Yang Jingyu, and immediately sent a "crusade team" to attack.And more troops were dispatched from nearby to rush to Sandaoweizi.However, when Zhao Tingxi led the enemy to the appointed place, there was no one there.

It turned out that Yang Jingyu had already left the agreed place to prevent accidents.Then, the enemy searched along the footprints on the snow, and found Yang Jingyu near the Sandaoweizi 103 highland, and the battle began.At this time, Yang Jingyu was suffering from hunger, cold, sickness, and extremely weak body, but he still resisted tenaciously, firing a shot and turning around, skillfully dealing with the enemy. In the end, the enemy surrounded Yang Jingyu heavily on the Sandaoyangjiang River near the 490 Heights, and kept approaching.When 50 meters away from Yang Jingyu, the enemy shouted again: "It's useless to resist, surrender!"

Yang Jingyu was awe-inspiring, and regarded death as home, and still shot fiercely at the enemy.Seeing that there was no hope of capturing him alive, the enemy gave the order "kill him".After another 20 minutes of fighting, at 4:30 in the afternoon, Yang Jingyu was hit in the chest by an enemy bullet and died heroically for his country.After Yang Jingyu died, the enemy brutally cut off his head, opened his body, and found that there was no grain in his stomach, only grass roots, bark and cotton wadding.The enemy was shocked and had to admit that Yang Jingyu was worthy of being a hero.

Yang Jingyu, formerly known as Ma Shangde. Born on February 13, 1905 in Liwan Village, Gucheng Township, Queshan County, Henan Province.During his studies, he was influenced by revolutionary ideas and actively participated in patriotic movements such as the "May 4th" and "May 30th" of local students. In the autumn of 1926, he joined the Chinese Communist Youth League.In the winter of that year, he was sent by the party to Queshan County to engage in the peasant movement. In February 1927, he served as the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Farmers Association of Queshan County and the commander-in-chief of the self-defense army of the County Farmers Association. In April, he led an army of 20,000 peasants to capture the county seat and established the People's Government—Queshan County Provisional Public Security Committee. In May, joined the Communist Party of China. In November, he led the peasant army to successfully riot in Liudian, served as the commander-in-chief of the peasant army, and led the peasant army to fight in southern Henan, opening up a guerrilla zone with a radius of more than 100 miles around Liudian.

Yang Jingyu was arrested five times, and was not released from prison until after the "September 18th" incident.After he was released from prison, he successively served as Secretary of the Daowai District Committee of Harbin City, Secretary of the Harbin Municipal Committee, and Secretary of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation Party Committee. In April 1932, he concurrently served as Secretary of the Military Commission of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. In June 1933, he was transferred to work in South Manchuria.On September 18 of that year, the Independent Division of the 1st Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army was established, and Yang Jingyu served as the division commander and political commissar.The independent division of the 1st Army developed rapidly and was formally expanded into an army in November 1934. Yang Jingyu served as the commander and political commissar of the 1st Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army. He actively cooperated with other anti-Japanese armed forces and created a new situation of joint operations. In July 1936, the 1st Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army was reorganized into the 1st Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and Yang Jingyu served as the army commander and political commissar.Subsequently, the 1st Army and the 2nd Army were jointly organized into the 1st Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army. Yang Jingyu served as the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the 1st Route Army, and at the same time served as a member of the Southern Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. From being the commander and political commissar of the Independent Division to the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the 1st Route Army, he led the commanders and fighters of the Anti-Japanese War at the forefront of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War. In order to open up the connection with the Red Army in the pass, two western expeditions were organized; commanding the raid on the wanted railway tunnel project site and the battle of Mozigou, Buicaigou, Chagou breakout, Mujihe Forest Farm, Dapuchaihe War, etc., dealt a heavy blow and threatened the Japanese and puppet rule. After the "July 7th" Incident, he led the First Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Army to fight bravely, took the initiative to attack, restrained the Japanese army from entering the customs, and effectively supported the national anti-Japanese war. After the winter of 1938, according to the deterioration of the situation, he reorganized the troops in time, adjusted the strategy and tactics, led the soldiers of the Anti-Union Army to overcome many difficulties, and fought hard in the Changbai Mountains until he died in Yangjiang County on February 23, 1940.