"Stop the civil war and unite with the outside world!"
"Down with Japanese imperialism!"
"Long live the Chinese nation!"
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The streets were full of parades, and students on summer vacation gathered together through various channels. Along the way, many citizens also spontaneously joined in, walking in various neighborhoods, with their ultimate goal being to petition the city government.
"Didi!"
The driver honked his horn to force the parade to move out of the way.
Zhou Hexuan reminded: "Pull over, park, and wait for the parade to go by first."
The driver and the car were both borrowed from Xu Zhimo. There was only one old janitor left at the Zhou Mansion in Shanghai.
After the parade left, the car continued to move forward and stopped in front of a hotel.
More than 20 days have passed since the July 7th Incident broke out.
At the beginning, Chang Kaishen and Song Zheyuan had the same attitude, that is, they must hold on and resist. But while holding on to the resistance, they also looked forward to peace talks, and this fluke was quickly extinguished by the Japanese reinforcements.
On July 17, Chang Kaishen finally chose to face reality and delivered his important speech, one of which was widely circulated: "Once the war begins, there will be no distinction between north and south, no distinction between age and age, no matter who
, we all have the responsibility to defend our territory and fight the war, and we should all be determined to sacrifice everything."
At this moment, the tragic "Battle of Nanyuan" is going on in Peiping.
First of all, let’s talk about the traitor Pan Yugui. He was the top administrator of Peiping, Tianjin, Hebei and Chahar. He also served as Song Zheyuan’s political affairs director and senior adviser to the Pingjin Garrison Command. From the outbreak of the incident to the fall of Peiping, twenty-nine
All combat plans of the army were betrayed to the Japanese army in detail by Pan Yugui.
As early as when Zhou Hexuan returned to Shanghai, he sent a telegram to Song Zheyuan, saying that the Japanese army was planning to capture Peiping, and reminded Song Zheyuan to be careful that Pan Yugui had become a traitor.
Song Zheyuan listened to some of the opinions and ordered Pan Yugui to closely monitor Pan Yugui's whereabouts. However, Pan Yugui had the backing of the Japanese and was the top administrator in Song Zheyuan's territory. He also had insiders in the Twenty-Nine, so he still easily obtained the battle plan and passed it on.
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When the Japanese army gradually tightened its encirclement of Peiping, Song Zheyuan realized the importance of Nanyuan and immediately sent Zhao Dengyu's elite troops to support. However, Song Zheyuan was also confused. In view of the fact that the 37th Division's defense line was too long, he also sent troops stationed in Nanyuan.
The 37th Division of Yuan Daying was transferred to the direction of Peiping.
All this was known to the Japanese army due to the betrayal of the traitors, so the Japanese army took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.
When the Battle of Nanyuan broke out, Zhao Dengyu took only one regiment with him in order to rush for reinforcements. The other two regiments were still on the way. The main force still stayed in Zhuozhou, and the 37th Division originally stationed in Nanyuan was withdrawing from the defense line.
Only one regiment of reinforcements came, but the garrison was retreating. The Japanese launched another surprise attack. The battlefield was instantly in chaos, and the Chinese defenders were caught off guard.
The most abominable thing is that due to the traitor Pan Yugui's betrayal, the Japanese army not only knew the movements of the defenders, but also knew the weak points of the defenders - the student corps.
The student corps was recruited last year and has been participating in training. It was not until the July 7th Incident that they officially picked up guns and became soldiers. The Japanese army frantically attacked the position of the student corps, and the frontline command system collapsed again. The student soldiers could not find a way to find a way.
If you don't have a superior officer, you can only continue to fight under the leadership of junior officers.
For these student soldiers, this is the first battle they have encountered, and it is also the last battle for most of them. They have been soldiers for only more than half a month, but they have demonstrated extremely high combat qualities and are incompetent.
The people retreated, no one surrendered, and most of them died in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army.
On the first anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" interviewed Ichiki Kiyoshi, captain of the First Battalion of the North China Garrison Army. The man said with emotion: "(Chinese student soldiers) refused to retreat in face-to-face combat...even being injured several times, they still rushed forward.
Come up and fight."
Because they knew the defenders' combat plan and weaknesses in advance, the Japanese army thought they could easily capture Nanyuan. However, they encountered extremely strong resistance and were even driven out of the position by the officer education group led by Tong Linge. Under heavy losses, the Japanese fighter jets
Chengde took off and carried out frantic bombing and strafing on Nanyuan. The defenders' positions instantly turned into a sea of flames.
The Chinese defenders had no choice but to break out, and their retreat route was betrayed to the Japanese by the traitors, and they were ambushed accurately and fatally.
During the breakout, Zhao Dengyu, commander of the 132nd Division, died at the age of 39, becoming the first division commander to die for the country during the War of Resistance. Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Army, died at the age of 45, becoming the first military-level general to die for the country during the War of Resistance.
The news of the sacrifices of Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge has been spread to Shanghai by Ta Kung Pao reporters, and people across the country will know about it tomorrow.
The entrance of the hotel.
As soon as Zhou Hexuan got out of the car, he heard Xu Zhimo shouting: "Mingcheng!"
"You're here too?" Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised.
Zhou Hexuan's trip today was to attend the "Inaugural Conference of the Shanghai Literary and Art Circles National Salvation Association". The attendees were mainly left-wing literati. Unexpectedly, Xu Zhimo also came to join in the fun.
Xu Zhimo said: "Since it is a national salvation meeting of the Shanghai literary and art circles, I am Chinese and a member of the Shanghai literary and art circles, so I naturally have to come to participate. By the way, your poem has not been written yet? "Spring Outlook" in two days
The poetry magazine is about to issue its first issue."
"It's finished. I wanted to give it to you when I get back." Zhou Hexuan took out two poem manuscripts.
Xu Zhimo opened it and looked at it, and was surprised: "It's not a vernacular poem... No, Tong Linge and Zhao Dengyu are dead?"
Zhou Hexuan nodded: "Sacrificed."
"Qinyuan Chun·Ode to Zhao Dengyu": "The wolf smoke is billowing, the mountains and rivers are weeping, and the hatred is gathering in the angry tide. Listening to Huanggu's village, the thunderbolt is frightening. At the entrance of Xifeng, the sound of killing the bandits is loud. In the fields, mountains and rivers, inside and outside the Great Wall, men rise up and sing the sword! Wanping
Later, the heroes were summoned to fight, and the brave men were brave. There was a fierce battle in Nanyuan in the morning and evening, bullets rained down, and the yellow pavilion soil was scorched! It hurts the desolate suburbs and the blood is blue, and the hometown sheds tears; the liver and gallbladder of the ages, the soul of a hundred battles disappears. Flick the Spring and Autumn Period, look around the world, and see several places
The madman is also called Pah. Under the majestic monument, I teach my descendants to remember, a generation of heroes!"
"Qinyuan Chun·Ode to Tong Lin Pavilion": "How can we forget the dawn moon in Lugou, when the flames of war were dragging into the sky! The heroes rose up, and wherever the flags and winds turned, the tragic songs roared, and the air penetrated the rainbow. By the Yongding River, in Nanyuan Lane, how many men were bathed in blood
In the middle, he was full of hatred, and all his swords and spears were concentrated, and they were angry at the heroes! The God was jealous of the heroes, and the bullets flew away, and the scorched rocks spattered with thick blood. It was a pity that the country was in trouble, and the mountains and rivers were not restored; the people collapsed and relied on them, and the country suffered from the loss of its cities!
The majestic spirit is strong and the wind is blowing. It arouses the public to defend our Chinese origin. On the Western Mountain, there are pines and waves roaring at night, and the frost leaves are bright red."
What Zhou Hexuan brought out were two poems called "Qin Yuan Chun", which were later rumored to be the desperate patriotic poems of Tong Linge and Zhao Dengyu. In fact, this was not the case. They were created by later generations to commemorate them.
For example, the sentence "Flicking the fingers of the Spring and Autumn Period and looking around the world, several madmen screamed. Under the majestic monument, they teach their descendants to remember, a generation of heroes." It is obviously about the scene of descendants sweeping the tombs of the martyrs under the monument many years after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Of course
, if Zhou Hexuan "created" it at this time, it can be understood as the longing for victory in the war of resistance, and it has a special motivational meaning for the owner.
Xu Zhimo repeatedly murmured two songs of "Qinyuanchun" and sighed: "The two generals sacrificed their lives for the country and deserve such heroic words."
