Chapter 56 7. Fragrance of Loyal Bones—Sacrifice and Battle Recorded in a Photo

This is a depressing and sad photo. On the label of this photo, the Japanese and puppet troops left this description: "The commander of the Red Army bandit chief Cheng led more than 300 people from his party to attack the Shuangshanzi Police Station. Leading the police to go out to suppress and shoot the photos of the 22 heads of the bandits on the spot. On April 29th in the third year of Kant." After asking the relevant staff, I learned that this photo was originally included in the enemy's and puppet files. As if to invite credit, there are still nail holes on it that were bound together with other files at that time.

Kant's three years, that is, 1936, this photo shows the result of a real battle at that time.The "commander of the Red Army Bandit Chief Cheng" mentioned in it is Cheng Bin, the former commander of the First Division of the First Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army.The "attack on the Shuangshanzi Police Station" mentioned in the photo refers to the attack on Cui's compound in Kuandian under the command of Li Minhuan, chief of staff of the First Division, on April 26-27, 1936. The Cui Family Courtyard was the seat of the Shuangshanzi Police Station at that time, located in Pingtuotun, Shuangshanzi Village (now the site of Pingtuo Primary School).Previously, Cheng Bin had written to his acting director, Zou Xingbo, to test whether he could obtain his cooperation.After Wei Zou refused, the 1st Division decided to attack him. In the early morning of the 26th, Cheng Bin led the Anti-Union First Army, First Division, Third Regiment, and Youth Battalion to surround the Cui Family Courtyard in three ways in the rain. Difficult to attack.And the troops arrived during the day and lost the suddenness of the attack.However, Cheng Bin failed to adjust the deployment in time, but launched a strong attack after unsuccessfully persuading the enemy to surrender.Although the anti-union fighters were very heroic, the commanders of the two main attacking companies were killed and the other was injured. After a day and a night of fighting, they still failed to win the place.The next day, the Japanese and puppet military police in Kuandian County came to help, and the anti-union forces were forced to withdraw, but the remains of 22 officers and soldiers could not be retrieved.It is speculated that the heads of the dead displayed by the Japanese and puppet troops in this photo belonged to them.

Afterwards, Yang Jingyu, commander of the First Army of the Anti-Union Army, listened to the battle report and criticized Cheng Bin's reckless behavior.When Yang Jingyu learned that the enemy had cut off the heads of the sacrificed soldiers for public display and dug a big pit to bury the bodies of the martyrs, he personally wrote a warning letter to the Shuangshanzi Puppet Police Department.Intimidated by Yang Jingyu's prestige, the enemy made 22 coffins and buried these anti-union martyrs with respect.The bloody battle in the Cui Family Courtyard was the most costly battle for the First Anti-Union Army in the Kuanhuan area. Not only did the 22 soldiers die, but many wounded stayed in the home of local farmer Li Qingshun and others to recuperate.Although this was a failed battle, the Anti-Japanese Alliance's attack on the police station heavily stationed by the enemy still had a certain deterrent effect on the Japanese and puppet troops.

What is worth exploring is the subsequent life trajectory of the participants in this battle, which is just like a microcosm of the Anti-Japanese War as a whole. The first company commander of the Youth Battalion, Zhang Quanshan, was one of the two casualty company commanders. After the battle started, he was shot in the leg by the enemy while rushing down the mountain. Zhang Quanshan, at the beginning of 1933, joined the South Manchurian Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps in Panshishan, Jilin, and initially served as a scout and guard for General Yang Jingyu.In the battle of Dumb Liangzi, Zhang Quanshan followed Yang Jingyu in a beautiful ambush and became a capable assistant of Yang Jingyu's subordinates.When the Nanman Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps was reorganized into the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army, Commander Yang Jingyu appointed Zhang Quanshan as the commander of the juvenile company. After the juvenile company was expanded into the juvenile battalion, he served as the company commander. In late July 1936, when the juvenile battalion retreated to the old guerrilla areas of Benxi, Kuandian, and Huanren, they encountered the enemy at the northern boundary marker of Haicheng. After a desperate battle, only the company commander Zhang Quanshan and two soldiers remained in the entire company .In order not to be prisoners, they resolutely destroyed their guns and jumped off the cliff.

Zhang Quanshan was rescued afterwards, and he was one of the few survivors of the First Anti-Union Army, and became a historical witness of this battle. After the "August 15th" recovery, Zhang Yudong participated in the bandit suppression campaign, and later served as the head of the logistics department of the Heihe Army Division, at the deputy division level. He died of illness in 1997. The chief of staff of the First Division, Li Minhuan, was the direct commander of the battle, and had to lead his troops to evacuate due to the arrival of enemy reinforcements. Li Minhuan, also known as Han Minhuan and Kim Minhuan, Korean nationality, was born in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea. When he was young, his family moved to Yanji County, Jilin Province due to poverty. In 1928, he entered Longjing Dacheng Middle School and joined the Communist Youth League. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1930.He has successively served as the political commissar of the Youth Company of the Independent Division of the First Army of the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army, the political commissar of the Youth Battalion of the First Division of the First Army, the political commissar of the Youth Battalion of the First Division of the First Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, and the chief of staff of the First Division of the First Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army .

In June 1936, Li Minhuan led the third regiment of the first division to launch the Western Expedition with the cooperation of the fourth and sixth regiments. On July 15, when marching to Motianling on the way back to the division, he ambushed the No. 2 Squadron of the Lianshanguan Japanese Garrison, annihilating the Japanese squadron leader, Captain Imada, and 48 Japanese soldiers under his command.Lee Min-hwan unfortunately died in the battle at the age of 23. Cheng Bin, the commander of the First Division, was the commander of the entire battle. Cheng Bin is one of Yang Jingyu's most valued commanders. He has worked hard to train him, and he was quite brave in combat during the First Division. His battles with the Japanese army have been reported in Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" and other newspapers many times. Known as "Little Yang Jingyu".However, in June 1938, due to the increasingly brutal struggle and the Japanese army threatening his mother's life, Cheng Bin was shaken and surrendered to the Japanese army with more than 100 subordinates on June 29.Afterwards, the department was incorporated into the Fusen Police Brigade of the Pseudo-Tonghua Provincial Police Department, and Cheng Bin was appointed as the deputy captain. General's sacrifice.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Cheng Bin led his troops to defect to the Kuomintang Army. At the end of the Liberation War, he concealed the history and mixed into the Ordnance Department of the Logistics Department of the North China Military Region of the People's Liberation Army. In 1951, he was reported by his subordinates. The Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau reported to the Ministry of Public Security and was arrested with the approval of Minister Luo Ruiqing.He was sentenced to death on May 21 of the same year. The feelings of the old Anti-Japanese soldiers towards Cheng Bin, there is still a trace of regret in the hatred-even if they can’t persist and leave the team, as long as they don’t surrender to the enemy, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, people will not forget that he beat devils back then... …

Some sacrificed, some survived, some turned to the enemy and rebelled. The cruel war is like a torrent of a river, and the waves wash away the sand, showing the iron bones of the true national backbone.The 22 anti-union heroes who died in Kuandian, like the countless resisters who died on that land, did not leave their names.In 1968, the local government built the Anti-Union Heroes Memorial Tower in front of the martyr's tomb, which has become a key historical site for the patriotic education of young people in the area, and it will be worshiped and admired by future generations forever.

The people who once fought for this country will never be forgotten by the people.