Chapter 42 15. The first Chinese general who died in the Northeast battlefield

The following picture makes people look a little confused. If you don't know its theme, it is really difficult to understand what its content is. In fact, there is a historical fact behind this that the Kwantung Army felt deeply embarrassing. This is the so-called live photo of "killing Ma Zhanshan". On July 29, 1932, fighting with the Volunteer Army in Heilongjiang Province, the Japanese Kwantung Army announced a news that made the Japanese army rejoice. The most important soul of the Chinese Resistance Army in Heilongjiang, Ma Zhanshan, the acting chairman of Heilongjiang Province, was in Angu. He was killed by the Japanese in the battle.According to Japanese reports, the Kwantung Army Infantry Fifteenth Regiment attacked Mazhanshan Headquarters near Angu Town and was on its way to Jilin to contact the local Volunteer Army to organize a counterattack in Harbin.The Japanese army claimed that Ma Zhanshan was shot to death by the horse first, and then he was shot dead by the Japanese army in Luoquandianzi during the pursuit.On the last battlefield, the Japanese army found the body of an officer in a senior yellow tweed uniform. This man was thin and had a beard under his nose, which was very similar to Ma Zhanshan's usual image.From the leather briefcase he was carrying, he found Ma Zhanshan's name card and a personal seal, as well as a set of jade-inlaid and gold-encrusted luxury smoking sets that Puyi gave Ma Zhanshan.Based on this, the Japanese side believed that this was Ma Zhanshan and confirmed that he was dead.In the photos taken by Japanese journalists at the scene of the attack, the houses, woods, and dead horses behind them were faintly visible.

The Kwantung Army was very happy with this victory, held celebrations continuously and reported it immediately, believing that the pacification of "Northern Manchuria" is just around the corner. The reason why the Japanese army is so happy about this is because the name Ma Zhanshan has given them a headache for too much time.Regardless of the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War and Ma's "feigned surrender" and raising the banner of righteousness, Ma Zhanshan's existence itself is a call to make the resisters on the black soil forget their own background and follow suit.Seeing that the occupation of Heilongjiang was imminent, there was a siege to counterattack Qiqihar. Seeing that the resistance was weakening day by day, tens of thousands of volunteers suddenly emerged.The source of everything seems to point to Ma Zhanshan.

Due to Ma Zhanshan's appeal and his title of "acting provincial chairman of Heilongjiang Province", Ma became the number one opponent of the Japanese army in the process of capturing Heilongjiang.Ma Zhanshan was good at using troops and was familiar with the local conditions. From Qiqihar to Helen, from Helen to Bayan, until the summer of 1932, the Japanese army could not do anything to this "little horse".Now that the battle has finally been completed, the Japanese army feels relieved. In fact, within the Japanese puppet, there are not no voices of doubt.The Japanese army cut off the head of "Ma Zhanshan" and hung it on the top of Helen City to show the public.However, some officers of the puppet army who were familiar with Ma Zhanshan felt that he did not look like it after seeing it. The Japanese army also heard this view.However, there was no news about Ma Zhanshan for more than a month, and even the Chinese newspapers reported the news of General Ma Zhanshan's death.So the Kwantung Army finally put aside their doubts and reported the results of the battle to Tokyo, all the way to the emperor.

However, when the Japanese army was rejoicing, news suddenly came out from the Chinese side that Ma Zhanshan appeared in Longjiang and Nehe, mobilized his forces again, and cooperated with Li Du to counterattack Harbin. How did this Ma Zhanshan come back to life?The Japanese soldiers yelled loudly, saying that this was a trick of the Chinese people, and they were just playing a fake Ma Zhanshan to boost their momentum. However, in the attack, Ma Zhanshan's army was as fierce as ever, besieging Laha, an important town in Songbei, by the Japanese army, and was trapped for half a month!This posture was not something that Ma Zhanshan himself could not do in the volunteer army at that time.Under the stubbornness of the mouth, it is inevitable that some Japanese will also secretly be suspicious.

Of course, General Ma Zhanshan did not die. After the all-out war of resistance, he would command the Northeast Army to counterattack Daqingshan and garrison Harazhai. So what's the deal with this farce? It turned out that the one who died in Luoquandianzi was another former general of the Northeast Army, General Han Shupeng (Jialin), an important staff member of Ma Zhanshan. Han Jialin, whose name is Shupeng, is often called Han Shupeng in the materials.His ancestral home is Shandong, but he was born in Lishu County, Jilin Province. At the age of 16, he began to follow General Ma Zhanshan, who was the commander of the cavalry company at the time.Later, he went to Shenyang Northeast Military Officer Training Institute to study and served as Ma Zhanshan's deputy commander after graduation. In 1930, Han was admitted to the Shenyang Northeast Senior Military Officer Research Class for further study. During the "September 18th", he risked his life and fled into the pass, and found Wan Fulin, the chairman of Heilongjiang Province and the commander of the 53rd Army.Wan Fulin wanted to keep Han Jialin as a colonel and deputy commander in the 53rd Army, but Han Jialin insisted on returning to the enemy-occupied areas in the northeast to participate in the anti-Japanese war.At this time, although Zhang Xueliang still held a negative attitude in the war against Japan, he had changed and began to secretly support the resistance forces in the Northeast. In late October 1931, Han was appointed by Zhang Xueliang and Wan Fulin to travel through the Japanese-occupied areas through many risks and returned to Qiqihar, the capital of Heilongjiang Province. Since then, he followed General Ma Zhanshan to various parts of Heilongjiang Province, and made many adventures between the mainland and Heilongjiang. It can be regarded as the liaison between Ma Zhanshan and Zhang Xueliang.He also arranged for Ma Zhanshan and other generals' families to be secretly transferred to Tianjin. In February 1932, Han Shupeng served as a major general counselor, participated in the military aircraft at the Ma Zhanshan headquarters and was responsible for keeping seals, important confidential documents, etc.

When Ma Zhanshan was ambushed in Luoquandianzi, Han Shupeng was following him and jointly commanded the troops to successfully break through.Unexpectedly, the Japanese army used the horseshoe prints to pursue and raided Ma Zhanshan's headquarters again three days later.During the fierce battle, the headquarters was dispersed, and Han Shupeng led some personnel from the headquarters to rush out of the encirclement to the north.Because of their large number of people and carrying some luggage, they were mistaken by the Japanese army for Ma Zhanshan's "main formation" and were heavily pursued.Han led his army through a continuous rapid march, thinking that the Japanese army had been thrown off, but he did not know that the Japanese army was following closely behind. On the evening of the 28th, when Han Shupeng traveled to Luoquandianzi, Dongshan, Qingcheng County, he was exhausted due to lack of people and horses, so he camped.Unexpectedly, the pursuers arrived at dawn on the 29th.When the troops were sleeping soundly in camp in private houses, they were surrounded by Japanese invaders and were suddenly attacked.After being awakened, Han Shupeng and other officers and soldiers fought against the walls of the village houses. All the officers and soldiers refused to surrender. After a day of fierce fighting, almost all died or were killed. This is not a literary modification, but a realistic view of the battlefield at that time.It is precisely because almost all Chinese officers and soldiers died for the country that the Japanese army could not find any living Chinese soldiers to confirm whether Ma Zhanshan was among them.General Han Shupeng was seriously injured in several places, and he fought again with his wounds wrapped up. In the end, he was shot in the face and died heroically. He was only 35 years old at the time.He was the first Chinese general-level officer to be killed after the start of the Anti-Japanese War.

The explanation is translated as follows: "Ma Zhanshan's army, desperately trying to break out of the encirclement, was besieged continuously, like a mouse in a pocket." of.The unit treks across the wilderness, searching for enemy troops.The Sixth Squadron encountered about 800 enemy troops on the 25th. After launching a surprise attack on them, they were forced to retreat into the forest in the northeast.Then follow the enemy's footsteps and launch pursuits one after another at dawn on the 29th, launching an attack on the independent house occupied by the enemy.But the enemy's resistance was surprisingly tenacious, like a mouse eating a cat.Squadron officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, Senior Corpsman Tomioka Niratsu angrily said to his comrades-in-arms: "Let me come, I'll be a meat bomb warrior today!" He picked up four grenades, braved the flying enemy bullets, and rushed towards that place step by step. Tomioka, who reached the throwing distance, suddenly threw a grenade. This bomb hit an independent house, and amidst the violent explosion, the enemy machine guns that had been making our army suffer so much were blown up into the sky.At this moment, Senior Corpsman Tomioka was shot in the foot, but he still had no fear, and continued to throw the second bomb. Several enemy soldiers were killed, but he was also hit by the enemy's second bomb in the chest .

"This godlike private was drenched in blood, and threw a third bullet to kill the enemy, but the warrior himself was hit three or four bullets in a row, and finally fell down like a big tree, and he died a glorious battle." Although the article is full of praise for the Japanese army, it has already reflected the bravery and tenacity of General Han Shupeng's troops in this battle. They still demanded a high price for their lives from the Japanese army at the last moment. In this battle, according to the post-war aerial photos, it can be seen that the house guarded by General Han Shupeng was isolated, so it was difficult to break out, which may be one of the reasons why most of the officers and soldiers who participated in the war died.

Li Jiyuan, the secretary of the lieutenant colonel, Tong Yuheng, the staff officer of the major, Liu Jingfang, the lieutenant of the major, and Yu Junhai, the company commander, were killed at the same time as Han Shupeng. Among them, Li Jiyuan was a Communist Party member introduced by Han Shupeng to Ma Zhanshan's army.Only a few officers and soldiers of this unit escaped the Japanese search, and then returned to the unit and brought back the news of Han Shupeng's death in battle. While Han Shupeng charged northward, Ma Zhanshan broke through the siege eastward amidst the chaos. His horse was also killed at the most dangerous moment due to interception by the Japanese army, leaving only one guard with him, and was pursued by four Japanese soldiers.Ma Zhanshan used the method he had practiced in the green forest, quietly waiting for the Japanese search personnel to relax in a forest, and then made a sudden attack with the guards, killing all four Japanese soldiers, seizing their horses and retreating into the deep mountains, fortunately, he met the general who also broke into the mountain Tai Binshan, Chief of Staff Rong Yuqun, and some members of the accompanying guards made up a total of 42 people. They entered the deep mountains and ancient forests, marched from no man's land for more than 40 days, survived untold hardships, and finally arrived at the unoccupied Longmen County, gathered troops, and continued to resist the Japanese.

At that time, many people doubted Ma Zhanshan's anti-Japanese attitude because he accepted the official position of the puppet Manchukuo in the spring of 1932. Although Ma raised the flag to fight against Japan a month later, it was still difficult to clear himself up.However, after the bloody battle of narrow escapes, Ma Zhanshan still unswervingly led the anti-Japanese war in Heilongjiang Province despite the extremely difficult situation, which won him the trust of the majority of the people in the country. However, the Japanese army always insisted that Ma Zhanshan’s survival was a rumor fabricated by the Chinese side. Until April 1933, when Ma Zhanshan retreated to the Soviet Union and arrived in Berlin, Germany, this drama could no longer be sung.The Kwantung Army had to admit that it had made a mistake, and was accused of deceiving the emperor. The "hero" in the "September 18th" Incident, the Japanese Army Lieutenant General Domon Jiro was transferred to the reserve for this reason. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, General Ma Zhanshan was stationed in Halazhai, Fugu County, Shaanxi Province. He once specially built a martyr's shrine to enshrine the martyrs who died in the anti-Japanese war.Among them, the tablets placed at the front are the tablets of General Han Shupeng and General Liu Guiwu.General Fu Zuoyi inscribed the inscription "Great spirit lasts forever" for the temple.This ancestral hall is still preserved at the foot of the mountain on the bank of Qingshui River.