Chapter 117 Chapter 117 Noble Spirit Lives Forever 2

These volunteers worked together, working day and night, diligently searching for the remains of the martyrs.Together, they were searching, weeping, and sighing. The "ancient battlefield" in Hengyang is actually not "ancient".Only a year and a half ago, this place was still a bustling city, and these "ancient people" were still lively fighting partners; they were still good sons of the country, beloved sons of their parents, dear husbands and fathers of their wives and children, or The boy's idol, the girl's dream girl! Today, this "ancient" battlefield is already a barren grass.Rusty guns, damaged cannons, bullet casings, shell fragments, military kettles, belts... are everywhere; pale bones are piled up here and there, scattered all over the hills, fields, and house corners. By the wall, unattended, abandoned there.It is often the place where the weeds grow tallest and most lush, and it must also be the place where the bones are the most concentrated.

Where is this place where civilized human beings live?This is simply an open-air massacre!I really don't know where the world is, when is the world! The volunteers said with emotion: "We are lucky that the devil's bullets, shells, and bombs did not hit us. Otherwise, I don't know who will pick up our remains!" Some said with tears in their eyes: "Oh! You don't know, if it wasn't for the cover of my comrades in arms, I would have lost a few lives, and I would have turned into bones!" Day after day, month after month, after sorting the loyal bones exposed on the ground, they began to dig out the bones buried in the ground.Some were buried hastily at the beginning, and it was easier to dig; some were buried deeper, and it was much more difficult to dig;

As a last resort, Ge Xiancai asked people to buy multi-layer gauze masks, sprinkle more perfume, and work in turns to complete this great cause.Some loyal Hengyang residents buried the remains very deeply, and the corpses were still in good condition. Even the military uniforms and bullet belts were intact.There were also relatives of the deceased who heard the news and found them, crying; those who were lucky enough to find the remains of their relatives hired cars to transport them back to their original places for burial.Of course, the number of dead with broken skulls is the highest in wars.

After more than four months of hard work, a total of more than 3,000 skeletons have been obtained, which is already amazing.Ge Xiancai ordered the helping brothers to carry the excavated skeletons to the pond to wash them, and then sprinkle perfume on them.Therefore, during the burial, the Zhongke was already fragrant, without any stink. After the collection and cleaning are completed, a senior photographer is also invited to take pictures. This hill, which is about one foot high and piled up with Yu Zhong's bones, is majestic and majestic, extremely sacred.Faced with this mountain of loyal skeletons, Ge Xiancai was speechless, so he could only pray silently in his heart: "Brothers, rest in peace! You did not die in vain. Little Japan has surrendered unconditionally. Because of your death, the country was saved and reborn. ! You are also seeking benevolence! You can go at ease!"

General Ge Xiancai decided to bury all the collected loyal remains on Zhangjiashan, the main battlefield and main position where the battle was most intense during the Hengyang Defense War.To commemorate the fierce battle that year, people have renamed the mountain Victory Mountain. When people put the loyal skeletons into the grave one by one, Ge Xiancai and the officers and soldiers couldn't help feeling sad, and wept like rain again. "Ah! My dear brothers! If we hadn't experienced the situation, how could we have deeply understood that behind this 'seeking for benevolence and gaining benevolence', there is such a deep sorrow and desolation hidden!"

Heartbroken, weeping blood, and mourning for a long time, people slowly, slowly piled up the graves. Farewell, dear brethren! Farewell, comrades in distress! Farewell, dear folks! Strange to say, just after the cemetery was surrounded, the sky was originally dry and cold, with wind, rain and snow, and the north wind whistling, as if mourning for the dead.Hengyang's garrison and government officials held mourning ceremonies.The common people in the urban and rural areas of Hengyang braved the biting cold wind and the severe cold of several degrees below zero, and spontaneously gathered around the cemetery, bringing flowers, wreaths, fruits, five grains, salt and sugar, three animals and nine rituals and other sacrifices. Come see off the heroes.People mourned for a long time, unwilling to leave for a long time.

"An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood are famous for thousands of years. Loyal bones are buried in the fertile soil of China, and they will be used to destroy Dongying." A literati immediately wrote a poem, which was written by the calligrapher on the spot and sacrificed to the spirit. There were also painters who painted with splashed ink on the spot: the fierce battle scenes, the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, the heroic feelings of the soldiers and the people going to the national calamity, the ghost soldiers being beaten to the point of crying and howling, corpses everywhere, and the scene of fleeing in embarrassment...all are vividly displayed on the paper .

The pines and cypresses are green, and the sorrow and joy are low, entrusting people's endless sorrow. Amidst the deep mourning and the silent prayers of the people, everyone worked together to erect a huge stone tablet, and saw a big book on it: "Tomb of the soldiers who died in the Hengyang Defense Battle of the 10th Army of the Army" This scene, as an unforgettable imprint, will always be engraved in the hearts of everyone present at that time; it has become a touching story passed down from generation to generation; Make your opponents admire and fear the immortal monument!

After the fall of Hengyang, Generalissimo Jiang immediately ordered the national army to gather all officers and soldiers from all theaters and military divisions at 6:00 am on August 20, 1944, to observe a three-minute silence for the defenders who died heroically in Hengyang. Condolences!At the same time, the "Mourning for the Fall of Hengyang" written by Jiang Zhongzheng was published. After the tombstone was erected, General Ge Xiancai read this eulogy again after the mourning ceremony began: "The enemy's invasion of Hengyang lasted for 47 days. The fierce fighting was unprecedented since the War of Resistance. Our officers and soldiers resisted firmly, outnumbered, and under the combined onslaught of the enemy's infantry and aerial attacks and the release of poisonous gas, they fought bloody and heroically. Unprecedented, tenacious and hard-working, repeatedly defeated fierce fronts. The Kou army mobilized elites and reinforced them five times, all of which were severely injured by our defenders; and the 10th Army I was ordered to defend the city fought to the death, fighting for every inch of land, and had lost all casualties.

On August 8, Yin Ke received a call from Commander Fang, saying: "On August 7, the enemy broke into Beicheng, and started street fighting in the city."Our officers and soldiers have suffered all casualties, and there are no more soldiers to attack.The rank vows to serve the party and the country with one's death, and to fulfill the bounden duty of a soldier, and will never bear the grace of Junzuo's life-long training.This telegram may be the last telegram, see you in the next life! "And so on, the viewer is awe-inspiring and deeply saddened. His generosity and righteousness, seeing death as home, can be described as extremely heroic!

Although the life and death of the current Army Commander Fang himself is uncertain, his unyielding ambition until the end of his life is truly believed by the compatriots all over the country.For this campaign, all the officers and soldiers of our 10th Army not only used the spirit of our revolutionary army to treat one as ten and one hundred as thousands, but also practiced the training of fighting to the last soldier and the last bomb. The role models of the revolutionary soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country are the glory of our nation's success and righteousness, which will last forever. At 6:00 a.m. on August 20, Zizi will gather all the officers and soldiers of the national army to observe a three-minute silence for the martyred defenders of Hengyang. The officers and soldiers of our country should know the bounden duty of soldiers, and they will not hesitate to sacrifice, and live and die with the battlefield.Take the heroic sacrifice of the 10th Army in Hengyang as an example, share the determination to die, encourage the spirit of struggle, share the hatred of the enemy, avenge the dead compatriots, and avenge the shame of the country and the nation. To achieve the sacred vocation, and strive for the final victory of the War of Resistance! I hereby electrify, turn my back on the instruction, and recite the full text of this telegram, and follow it as a whole, in order to copy the ardent wishes of the chairman and the compatriots of the whole country. " So far, Ge Xiancai can be said to have completed his merits and virtues.Not long after, General Ge Xiancai, who had successfully completed his mission, returned safely to Nanjing with a sense of relief, and reported his revenge to his beloved principal, Generalissimo Jiang.