Chapter 63 Thirteenth, the enemy's siege is tens of millions——Annotation of an old photo related to the Anti-Japanese War

In the movies and TV series we have seen, there are some typical gangster scenes.One of them is the scene of swarming and charging in modern war movies. This kind of scene looks majestic, but it does not conform to historical facts.In fact, on a modern battlefield dominated by hot weapons, rushing to the enemy in a dense formation is almost suicidal.Therefore, the real charge formation is usually a sparse formation and attaches great importance to the concealment during the charge, so it is not easy for people to feel the force of the charge.In the Battle of Laoshan, the Vietnamese army launched a medieval-style dense formation group charge because of their eagerness for success. As a result, they suffered heavy casualties under the fierce firepower of the Chinese guard Zhang Youxia's troops and artillery. Six regiments were defeated by one regiment. men.Marshal Ye Jianying watched the battlefield video and exclaimed: "I have never seen so many enemy corpses since the Huaihai War."

It is an absurd way to rush to the enemy's stronghold in a dense formation in combat. However, there was a photo in front of me. The Japanese army in the photo was in a denser formation than in the movie.Some of them looked very leisurely, not even carrying rifles, and the guard formation they formed seemed somewhat careless. This is not a movie, but a real battle. This Japanese army has completed a circular encirclement, encircling a secret camp of the Anti-Japanese Army in the middle.But facing this photo, it can't make people feel absurd. It interprets the real combat life of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces between the white mountains and the black waters.

The photo on the previous page was taken in the winter of 1938. At that time, the owner of the photo, Suzuki, an officer of the Japanese army stationed in Yangrongweizi, Baoqing, was carrying out the "Second Autumn and Winter Crusade" in Baoqing County with the crusade team.According to Suzuki's records, from October 15th to October 30th of that year, the Japanese army had just completed the "first autumn and winter crusade" against the anti-union forces operating in the Sanjiang area across Baoqing, Huachuan and other places.This crusade failed to completely defeat the resistance of the Anti-Japanese Federation in this area. They stubbornly jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese army and continued to fight the enemy in the mountains and jungles.Although the Japanese army destroyed many strongholds of the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the Baoqing Huachuan transition zone, they failed to deal a fatal blow to the Anti-Japanese Alliance.Therefore, from November 15 to December 11, the Japanese army, with the cooperation of the Puppet Manchukuo Army, once again launched the second autumn and winter crusade. This time, Suzuki's troops still participated in the battle as part of the Nagano crusade.

According to Suzuki's records, the second crusade against the Allied Forces was fatal.Due to the heavy snowfall, the actions of the remnants of the Anti-Alliance Army lost their concealment. In the ice and snow, their wounded could not be treated and their food could not be replenished. Especially in the battle against the first Japanese crusade, the Anti-Alliance The army's equipment and ammunition consumed a lot. Faced with the heavy siege of the Japanese army, their combat effectiveness dropped sharply, so they suffered heavy losses. From Chinese data, it can be verified that in the autumn and winter of 1938, the strength of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in the Sanjiang area was also at a low ebb—earlier this year, their leader, Zhao Shangzhi, commander of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, was detained by the Soviet Union. At that time, the main force of the local Anti-Japanese Alliance went out to carry out the second Western Expedition, and the remaining troops were insufficient, which was an important reason why it was difficult to confront the Japanese crusade troops.According to the investigation, Xu Guanghai, director of the Political Department of the First Division of the Sixth Army of the Anti-Japanese Army, died in the battle against the enemy in Zhangjiayao, Baoqing County during this period.

This photo of Suzuki was found in his photo collection "Zaiman Memorial". It was taken in the later period of the crusade. Their unit (the Yongye Crusade) fought with the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in "Sandaohezi" at the beginning of the crusade, and then fought with the Neighboring troops entered the mountain in the form of dragging nets, chasing after them.The besieged members of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in the middle had obviously realized that they were surrounded and tried to break out of the encirclement several times.Due to the long battle front of the Japanese army and the absolute superiority of troops and firepower, they all failed after fierce battles with the Japanese army.By the end of November, the anti-union troops had been dispersed and retreated into the mountainous areas of Baoqing, Yilan, Fujin, and Huachuan.

Although not dated, Suzuki's photographs were taken during this time.During this period, the resistance of the Anti-Japanese coalition troops was significantly weakened. Most of the time, their guns were completely out of bullets, and they could not even raise their fire, because there were Japanese planes in the sky, and the smoke would attract the enemy.The Japanese army pursued through the snow in the mountains, searching for the remaining members of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.Among them, an important target is the secret camp left by the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. When the Japanese army discovered the secret camp of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, it must be destroyed in order to destroy the Anti-Japanese Allied logistic reserves and possible rear areas.

It was probably expected that the Japanese army would definitely target the secret camps, and there were no traces of people in most of the secret camps of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.However, the anti-union fighters who had no clothes or food in the heavy snow sometimes tried to return to their former camps to find food and survive in desperation. This time, Suzuki and the others found the secret camp with the assistance of military dogs. Judging from the records of discovering the secret camp several times before, the Japanese army usually occupied the commanding heights on all sides after surrounding the secret camp, searched and shouted, and then advanced step by step. If there was resistance, they would organize a fire attack; Check around the secret camp.

It can be seen that this is no longer a battle, because the formation of the Japanese army is like hunting, and even two Japanese soldiers are holding rope nets, obviously to capture the anti-Japanese personnel alive.Their attitude obviously does not feel how dangerous such a battle is. What the Japanese army showed was not stupidity, but arrogance and absolute superiority. In the past few times, the Japanese army was in vain. This time, the situation was a little different. Suzuki recorded that there were two Anti-Union personnel in this secret camp. However, there was no fighting. Suzuki wrote that two people, a man and a woman, had died of cold and starvation in the deserted camp.

At that time, in order to lure the anti-union personnel to waver, the Japanese army introduced a surrender policy with generous conditions. As long as they go out of the mountain and hand in their guns, they will not be killed.In order to better induce surrender, the Japanese army at least superficially complied with this policy. Even Xie Wendong, who had once killed the Japanese army's chief officer, was easily released as a leader in the mine, and even took him to Tokyo for sightseeing by plane. Even in such a tenacious unit as the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, there are many people who were captured or surrendered to the enemy, but some people chose to sacrifice.

I revisit this photo. Outside, the enemy is besieged by thousands of people; inside, it is empty; in the barrel, there are no bullets. In the cold winter of Heilongjiang, what would the two Anti-Union fighters think at the last moment. There is no longer the strength to resist, and the only thing that can be dedicated to this suffering country is one's own life. On February 23, 1940, after six days and six nights without a grain of rice, and dragging down hundreds of enemies who followed and crusaded, Yang Jingyu, who was the last one left, fought heroically in Sandaoweizi Forest, Mengjiang County, Pseudo-Tonghua Province die.After his death, the Japanese army dissected his body, and Hong Baoyuan, a doctor at the public medical clinic who performed the test, recalled: "There is no grain in the stomach, only grass roots and cotton wool. It hasn't changed."

Yang Jingyu's sacrifice was because he was betrayed by four villagers he met.At that time, they also persuaded him: "I think you should surrender. Now Manchukuo does not kill those who surrender." Yang Jingyu said calmly: "I am Chinese, so I can't do such a thing. If we If the Chinese have surrendered, our country will be finished. We must be worthy of our conscience.” The name of General Yang Jingyu is engraved on the historical monument.Two soldiers who died in the secret camp of Baoqing, 72 years after their death, used a photo of the enemy to convey their last news to us. Without meritorious deeds, perhaps, no one even knows their names. Only the enemy is besieged thousands of times.