Chapter 821 820 [Heroes Are All-Powerful, Warriors Are Brave]

"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 and walked in various neighborhoods. Their ultimate goal was to petition the city government.

"Didi!"

Drivers honked their horns in an attempt to force the parade out of the way.

Zhou Hexuan reminded: "Pull over, park, and wait for the parade to pass 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, but 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 breaks out, 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, I want to talk about the traitor Pan Yugui. This person 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 Peking, all the combat plans of the 29th Army were betrayed to the Japanese army in detail by Pan Yugui.

As early as 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 - Pan Yugui had become a traitor.

Song Zheyuan listened to some of the opinions and ordered people to closely monitor Pan Yugui's whereabouts. However, Pan Yugui had the support of the Japanese, was the highest administrator in Song Zheyuan's territory, and also had internal contacts in the 29th Army, so he still easily obtained the battle plan and spread it.

When the Japanese army gradually tightened its encirclement of Peiping, Song Zheyuan realized the importance of Nanyuan and immediately dispatched Zhao Dengyu's elite troops to support it. But Song Zheyuan was also confused. In view of the fact that the 37th Division's defense line was too long, he also transferred the 37th Division stationed at Nanyuan Camp 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, and the main force still stayed in Zhuozhou. 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 betrayal of the traitor Pan Yugui, the Japanese army not only knew the movements of the defenders, but also knew the weak point 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 got guns and became soldiers. The Japanese army frantically attacked the positions of the student corps, and the frontline command system collapsed. The student soldiers could not find their superiors at all and could only persist in fighting under the leadership of grassroots officers.

For these student soldiers, this was the first battle they encountered, and for most of them, the last battle. They had only served as soldiers for more than half a month, but they showed extremely high combat qualities. No one retreated or surrendered. 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 fights to the death...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, Japanese fighter jets took off from Chengde and carried out frantic bombing and strafing at Nanyuan. The defender's position 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 traitors, and they were ambushed accurately and fatally.

During the breakout, the commander of the 132nd Division, Zhao Dengyu, died at the age of 39. He was the first division commander to die for his country during the Anti-Japanese War. Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Army, died at the age of 45. He was the first military-level general to die for his country during the Anti-Japanese War.

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 hotel entrance.

As soon as Zhou Hexuan got out of the car, he heard Xu Zhimo shouting: "Mingcheng!"

"Are you here too?" Zhou Hexuan was a little surprised.

Zhou Hexuan's trip today was to attend the "Inauguration 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 written. 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."

"Qinyuanchun·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 mouth 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 to sing the sword! Wanping Afterwards, the heroes are summoned to fight, and the brave men are brave. The battles in Nanyuan are fierce in the morning and evening, bullets are raining down, and the soil in the Huangting is scorching! The pain in the desolate suburbs is blue, and the hometown is in tears; the liver and gallbladder of the ages, the soul of a hundred battles is gone. Flick the Spring and Autumn Period, look around the world, and see several places The madmen are shouting again. Under the majestic monument, I will 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 war flames were dragging into the sky! The heroes rose up, and wherever the flags and winds turned, the tragic songs roared, and the air flowed through the rainbow. By the Yongding River, in Nanyuan Lane, how many men were bathed in blood In the middle. Full of hatred, both swords and spears were concentrated, and they were angry at the fierce heroes! God was jealous of the hero. Wherever the bullet flew, scorched stones splashed thick with blood. It was a pity that Zhuang was so pregnant that the mountains and rivers were never restored; the people collapsed and relied on them, and the country lost its cities! The majestic spirit is like the wind. Arouse 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 took out were two poems called "Qin Yuan Chun", which were 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, looking across the world, several madmen are clamoring again. Under the majestic monument, the descendants will remember forever, a generation of heroes." It is obviously about the scene of descendants visiting 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, which has a special motivational significance.

Xu Zhimo repeatedly crooned two songs of "Qin Yuan Chun" and sighed: "The two generals sacrificed their lives for the country and deserve such heroic words."