Chapter 25 19. Fighting against Changshan to meet the unfulfilled ambition——Record of General Wang Yizhe

In the Japanese military song "Bei Daying", there is such a passage—— The enemy is 12,000 て ふ Northeast Army の Jing と き き を boast る Wang Yizhe attack む る は Shimamoto Brigade の soldiers only か 600 loyal and brave くひなり The translation should be—— "The enemy is the elite of the Northeast Army with more than 12,000 people, and Wang Yizhe, who is famous for his bravery. The attacking Shimamoto Brigade has only 600 officers and soldiers, and they rushed forward with great loyalty." Among the anti-Japanese generals who were originally from the Northeast Army, Ma Zhanshan, who was undefeated by the Japanese army after eight raids, was probably the most able to fight. Su Bingwen, who was able to deal with the Japanese army, probably took hundreds of prisoners in one go; Tang Juwu, who was able to open up the situation the most, recovered almost the entire Dongbian Road with his regiment; Father Huang Xiansheng.However, before the "September 18th", it was not any of them who made the Japanese army fear the most, but Lieutenant General Wang Yizhe, Lieutenant General of the Seventh Independent Brigade of the Northeast Frontier Defense Army.

If Zhang Xueliang is the soul of the Northeast Army, in the eyes of the Japanese, Wang Yizhe is the fist of the Northeast Army. He is a general Zhang Xueliang relies on most in the military.Moreover, Wang Yizhe has always adhered to the idea of ​​resisting Japan, and was directly called the "head of the anti-Japanese faction" by the Japanese, saying that banners warning Japan were hung in his room. After the "September 18th" incident, Japan published a postcard of the "anti-Japanese leader" of the Northeast Army. There are three people on it. The one in the middle is Zhang Xueliang, a symbol of the Northeast Army; On behalf of the anti-Japanese junior officers, and on the left is Wang Yizhe.

There was even a drama about "September 18" staged in Japan, in which there was a resolutely anti-Japanese "Brigade Leader Wang Yizhe", played by the famous Japanese actor Eitaro Kondo. There are also a large number of photos of this Northeast Army general in Japanese books about the "Manchurian Incident". However, in the Battle of Beidaying, Wang Yizhe's performance was far from expectations.When the incident happened, Wang Yizhe led his troops to defend the Beida Camp as the commander of the Seventh Brigade. In fact, it was Zhang Xueliang's housekeeping force left in Shenyang.However, when the Japanese army attacked, Wang was not in the army, nor were the three regiment commanders, so that the group had no leader after the battle started.Wang Yizhe's phone was cut off during the phone call with the troops. It was not until the next day that he sneaked out of Shenyang and found the remnants of the withdrawn Seventh Brigade in the suburbs.After that, Wang Yizhe returned to Beiping soon, and did not participate in the resistance war in the three northeastern provinces.

Wang Yizhe, is he a fierce general or just a vain name? Wang Yizhe, formerly known as Wang Haishan, nicknamed Dingfang, was born in Bin County, Heilongjiang Province in 1896. He was a young general of the Northeast Army who was single-handedly promoted by Zhang Xueliang after Guo Songling's death.He was admitted to Jilin Province Army Primary School in 1912, and in the autumn of 1920, he graduated from the eighth infantry department of Baoding Army Officer Academy.After graduation, because he was from the Northeast, he didn't want to work in the Zhijun Army, so he asked for leave and returned to Fengtian to serve Zhang Zuolin.Introduced by classmate Wang Ruihua, he worked in the Fengtian Army Sergeant Teaching Team.Wang Yizhe achieved remarkable results in the first, second, and third phases of the teaching team, and won the trust of his superiors and the favor of his students.In his spare time, he wrote "Detailed Explanation of Infantry Exercise Code", which was quite popular among the junior officers of the army at that time, and almost everyone had a copy.At that time, Zhang Xueliang was concurrently the captain of the teaching team, so he began to pay attention to this young officer with triangular eyes but very military demeanor.

Speaking of Wang Yizhe's real rise, it was in the battle with Zhang Xuehao's good friend Guo Songling.During Guo Songling's battle against Fengfeng, Wang Yizhe served as the colonel and head of the third regiment of the supplementary brigade.Afterwards, in the Battle of Nankou, Wang led his army to fight against Feng Yuxiang, defeated his general Zhang Zhijiang, and made great contributions to Feng's invasion of Beijing.Therefore, Wang was deeply trusted by Zhang Xueliang and became his right-hand man in the military. During his tenure as brigade commander of the Seventh Brigade, Wang Yizhe personally compiled "Brigade Training", "Brigade Songs" and "Twelve Questions and Answers for Soldiers" and printed them out to each battalion, company, and platoon; Required educational subjects. "Travel training" is: "Our nation is oppressed by a strong neighbor, and it is in danger. All our brigade officers, soldiers, soldiers, husbands, etc., obey the will of the Prime Minister and the will of the commander, sacrifice everything, work hard, and use the spirit of mutual assistance , sincerely unite, and go to the national crisis together.”

Among them, "the oppression of strong neighbors" refers to Japan. It can be seen that Wang Yizhe's life and dreams are very different from those of ordinary upper-level Northeast Army officers. However, a single piece of paper did not resist the order, so that a generation of famous generals hated the Peking University Camp. On September 6, Zhang Xueliang sent a telegram to Wang Yizhe, the brigade commander of the Beida Battalion in Shenyang: "The relationship between China and Japan is very serious. Our army must be extra cautious in getting along with the Japanese army. No matter how provocative they are, they should be patient and no conflicts are allowed to avoid incidents." Wang Yizhe was not in the camp on September 18th, presumably because of this situation, to avoid troubles caused by his strong "anti-Japanese" image at a sensitive moment.

Since then, General Wang Yizhe has been one of the most active generals in the Northeast Army to regain his homeland. He actively assisted General Zhang Xueliang to promote the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party before and after the Xi'an Incident. However, he was also misunderstood by the radicals and was assassinated on February 2, 1937. Yu Xi'an never fought back to the Northeast. Although he contributed to the anti-Japanese united front, he failed to send troops to the north to fight the Japanese invaders. It seems that the general had great regrets in his life.

However, when we look at that period of history carefully, we may also be able to find some relief for General Wang Yizhe. In 1933, the Japanese army invaded Rehe and approached the Great Wall. The Chinese army rose up to resist, which was known as the "Great Wall Anti-Japanese War" in history. In this little-known Great Wall War of Resistance, General Wang Yizhe once led his troops to fight against the Japanese army.Because Chengde fell easily, the Japanese army approached Changshanyu, the forward position of Gubeikou. Wang Yizhe led the 107th Division of the 67th Army (the 7th Brigade of the Beidaying) to resist again tenaciously, from March 7th to March 9th. On that day, it withstood the joint attack of the Japanese Kawahara 16th Brigade and the Suzuki 8th Brigade, and made outstanding contributions to the stability of the Chinese army on the Great Wall. This more or less offset the regret of the "September 18th" night.

Du Yuming, a general of the Kuomintang Central Army, and others once described General Wang Yizhe's resistance during the Great Wall War of Resistance.The Japanese army recorded in this way that since the attack on Rehe, "the first regular resistance of the Chinese army was encountered in Changshanyu", and published photos of Japanese soldiers who were killed in Changshanyu by the head of the Japanese army's Kawahara brigade. , It proved that in the Battle of Changshan Valley, the Northeast Army had indeed played to a certain level, which made the Japanese army who came all the way arrogant hit a snag.

Throughout the life of General Wang Yizhe, it may be his greatest regret that he could not see the day when the Japanese invaders were expelled, and that he could not shed blood on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War. However, being able to have a Changshan Valley may be another regret of the general A little consolation.