Chapter 8 8. Changsha Yuyin, about ancestral tombs

The quietly flowing small river is called Shanxi. It is crystal clear, with soft waves, meandering between villages and fields, as if it came here just to match the green hills around it, and to add poetry to this land. here. There is a small town at the exit of the Jiuqu of Shanxi, which is named "Xikou" after Shanxi.The town is surrounded by mountains, and 15 miles to the south is Fenghua County, Zhejiang Province.It is far away from big cities and transportation lines, and has neither factories nor garrisons, so even during the war-torn war period, it was still a peaceful scene.

This ordinary town by the stream, Xikou, became famous later because it was the hometown of Chiang Kai-shek.After Jiang's political rise, he returned to his hometown several times; Next to the old house "Fenghao House", two small buildings with Western charm compared with the surrounding old buildings were built in Linxi, called "Wenchang Pavilion", which were used as living places for Jiang and Song when they returned to their hometowns.Before marrying Soong Meiling, Jiang was obviously not a good husband. He traveled around all the year round and rarely took care of his family.After the marriage between Jiang and Song, Jiang's first wife, Jing Guo's biological mother, Mao, still lived in Fenghao House, living in seclusion all day long, eating fast and reciting Buddha, to pass the lonely time.Jingguo is extremely filial, although he is away for many years, he sends one or two letters from his family every month.

Things have to start with the propaganda war that started immediately after the Battle of Changsha. The Chinese were very skilled in propaganda, and within a few rounds, the Chinese people, world public opinion, and even Japan believed that the Japanese army was indeed defeated in northern Hunan, and they fled back in embarrassment.The Japanese military couldn't argue, holding their breath in their hearts. In late October, the head of the 3rd Flying Division of the Japanese Army chatted with a Chinese surnamed Lin about China's Yin-Yang and Five Elements in Nanjing.Lin said: Jiang's private house was built extremely well, protecting Jiang from being an official in the Yang Dynasty, and it can't be changed at this time.

It is related to the interests of the Japanese Empire in China, and the head of the division asked for advice on how to crack it.Lin said: According to the Chinese method, dig trenches on the upper and lower sides of this yin house, and then spread iron sand widely, so that Feng Shui can be broken.After speaking, he also drew a map of the location of the Jiang family's yin house. The head of the pilot division has the right to dispatch aircraft to bomb targets he deems important.When the bombs were dropped, ditches were dug and iron sand was sprinkled, so why worry about Feng Shui not being broken!

On November 2, more than a dozen bombers flew over the small town of Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, far away from the combat area, to carry out the task of destroying Chiang Kai-shek's ancestral grave. The map drawn by the Feng Shui master and traitor surnamed Lin was not accurate enough, so a group of planes circled over Xikou several times but failed to find the bombing target.The captain who led the team saw that there was no longer any delay, and if he couldn't find the yin house, he blew up the yang house.So with an order, the planes lined up to unload the bombs on prominent targets in the town, that is, the two small Western-style buildings that Soong Meiling chose to build.The explosion hit rate was extremely high, Wenchang Pavilion was turned into rubble, and a few nearby houses were affected.After the plane dropped the bomb, amidst the fear and anger of Chiang Kai-shek's relatives and fellow villagers, he whimpered and walked away.

The enemy plane was far away, and the people hurriedly counted the personnel. Because Wenchang Pavilion was usually not occupied by people, there was no accident of personnel, but the Mao family of Jiang's family was missing from Fenghaofang. The Fenghao house is intact, where can the Mao family go?People analyzed that the gate is close to Yanxi Street, and there is a straight road in front of the gate, and there is nowhere to hide.The small door at the back is connected to the private house, or maybe the Mao family knew that the Japanese plane was here to seek revenge, bombed the old house of Jiang's family, and escaped through the back door?

Following this line of thinking, I searched again, and saw that there was an alley near the back door where the house was shot, the house collapsed and the walls were collapsed, and the alley was full of rubble. Could it be... People didn't dare to think but wanted to get rid of their doubts. They scraped away the rubble with their hands, and they saw Mao's body, which was in a terrible state.Poor people who eat fast, recite Buddhism, and do good deeds on weekdays, but they end up in such a miserable situation, and the villagers all sigh. The corpse was moved to the Jiang family ancestral hall, and an urgent telegram was sent to Ganzhou according to the letter address, informing Jiang Jingguo, who was the administrative inspector and security commander there, to go home for the funeral.

He rushed back to Xikou after a long journey through the country and starry night. When he saw his mother, he died immediately.After being rescued, she woke up and cried loudly. There was no water or rice for three days, but she just wept. Jing Guo cried and said that he had planned to send someone to send a car to welcome his mother to live in Ganzhou, but he was a few days late, causing her mother to suffer and regretting for life. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was presiding over the second Nanyue military meeting to review the first Changsha battle.After hearing the news, he was silent, didn't eat dinner, canceled a small symposium originally scheduled for after dinner, and told Soong Meiling that he didn't feel well, so he went to bed first.Song Meiling comforted her a few words, arranged for her husband to sleep, and strictly ordered her attendants to block all incoming calls.The next day, Chiang Kai-shek was as usual, and he did not mention the matter in public afterwards.

After the funeral, Jingguo erected a stone tablet at the place where his mother died, and wrote: "Wash the blood with blood". After returning to southern Jiangxi, he wrote "Never hang up the Japanese flag" and other articles. Neiji Okamura learned about the bombing of Xikou and the death of Mrs. Chiang, and he scolded the Air Force for not understanding politics.Since then, there has been no family to engage in political inducement to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was Chinese after all, and Neiji Okamura knew what "ancestral grave" means to a Chinese.