In order to boost the morale of his subordinates, the division commander immediately boldly dispatched four bombers and six fighters on the same day, risking the huge risk of being attacked by the Allied air force, to suddenly attack the siege force of the expeditionary force.

This is the greatest support for Masato Ota in despair.

Of course, these 10 Japanese planes threw themselves into the net, and 4 of them were shot down by the Allied Air Force on the spot, and 1 pilot was captured, and the remaining 6 planes only fled in a hurry.

As soon as these Japanese soldiers who had been trapped for many days slipped out of the city, they were like bandits descending from the mountains, robbing along the way, leaving their footprints everywhere, but they were soon discovered by the 116th Division.

On September 12, another group of Japanese troops under the leadership of Hikuma Shaozo broke through from the Dongmen City Wall and fled to Jiang Tho, Wadian and other places through Feifeng Mountain.

The 116th Division and the 2nd Reserve Division immediately split up to pursue.

Although these two Japanese troops slipped out of Tengchong City, they could not escape the net laid by the Chinese army in the end, and were quickly surrounded and annihilated by the 20th Army on the way to escape in embarrassment.

Ota Masato did not break through, and he played the tragic role of covering Hikuma and other breakthroughs. The wounded soldiers with severed limbs and arms were gathered by him and remained in the city to continue their stubborn resistance.

As the number of Japanese troops decreased, their gunfire gradually weakened, and the garrison became less manipulative, and Ota Masato knew that there was not much time left for him, so he had to burn the military flag, the code book, and destroy the telegraph after sending a farewell message to the division commander. He did not commit suicide by disembowelment, but led his remnants to launch a more frantic counterattack, and every Japanese soldier also killed red eyes, desperately pounced on the Chinese army, this suicidal counterattack, like a frog in a hot pot, the last leg kick quickly ended.

On September 13, Masato Ota and his garrison were finished.

On the "13th", the malevolent number of Westerners who were taboo did not expect that it should be on the Tengyue garrison, and on this day, Ota Masato went to see his emperor. Interestingly, it happened that Yasumi Kurashige was also killed by the bombing on this day a month ago.

The 20th Army finally annihilated Tengchong and recaptured Tengchong on September 14.

The commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force breathed a sigh of relief, and the commander of the group army was much more relaxed. The demand to "recapture Tengchong before the National Shame Day" has been realized.

Chongqing Radio immediately broadcast the news of this victory to the people of the whole country with joy.

This battle was fought too hard, from the crossing of the river on May 11, 1945 to the recovery of Tengchong, a total of 127 days, from the beginning of the siege, also fought for more than a month. In just over a month, the 20th Group Army dispatched nearly 50,000 troops, launched more than 40 large and small battles, and allied vehicles flew countless sorties, an unprecedented siege battle, and finally ended with the complete annihilation of the Japanese garrison and the complete recovery of Tengchong City.

This victory did not come easily!

In order to capture this lonely seat, the 20th Army of the Expeditionary Force lost 8,671 officers and soldiers and 10,095 wounded, which is 6 times the number of 3,000 Japanese troops annihilated! For this small border city with a radius of less than 4 square kilometers, in order to regain every inch of the motherland, what a heavy price the Chinese army had!

The war finally ended, the roaring artillery for many days stopped, the streets of the city were destroyed, the corpses filled the streets and alleys, the walls of the city were covered with blood, the scorched earth was full of scorched earth, and the eyes were full of messes.

Tengchong City, which was originally a beautiful and prosperous city, has been turned into rubble after this war. Bustling street markets are hard to find anymore.

Standing on this land soaked with the blood of martyrs, in the face of devastation, the anti-Japanese county magistrate Zhang Wende was sad and joyful.

Since the fall of Tengchong in 1942, this beautiful land has been ravaged by the Japanese army, and the people are not living well, and the city is no longer a city.

In that year, in order to protest the Japanese invasion, the people in the city left unanimous and left an empty city to the Japanese army. This was the resistance of the Tengchong people against the Japanese army.

In order to resist Japan, in order to win the war, Tengchong people did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives, behind the 50,000 Chinese expeditionary force, there were more than 46,000 Tengchong people bravely participated in the war as migrant workers, transporting grain and grass, sending ammunition, carrying the wounded, and following the roar of the army. More than 6,900 migrant workers were killed or injured in the war.

More than 25,000 military and civilian workers were killed or wounded! This is a number written in blood.

Countless officers died in the Anti-Japanese War, but Li Yi's death was even more tragic. Tengchong City was recovered on September 14, but he died at noon on the 13th.

Li Yi, a native of Hunan, born in the sixth phase of Huangpu, served as a colonel of the 11th Group Army, senior staff member, in his early Chinese New Year's Eve, both civil and military, young and strong. Before forcibly crossing the Nu River, he encouraged his subordinates at the pre-war mobilization meeting: "In battle, people always die, but not everyone dies. We are soldiers, and we will die for the sake of our country and nation, and we must die like soldiers. ”

Before Li Yi died, someone reminded him: "The regiment commander should also pay attention to the cold guns of devils!" Then the cold shot hit the wall. Li Yi said: "You are afraid of death, why do you come with me if you are afraid of death." Before he could finish speaking, a bullet hit him in the forehead, and he fell without screaming.

Li Yi's memorial service was held in Heshun, and in the absence of Commander Gu of the Reserve 2nd Division, Deputy Division Commander Peng said at the memorial service: "More than 10,000 of us are in the line of fire, and now there are only more than 800 people left. Where did everyone else go? He cried, and everyone who attended the tracking meeting cried.

After the war, Li Yi and Qin Zibin, the commander of the 594 Regiment who died earlier, were posthumously awarded the rank of major general of the army.

On the night of Li Yi's death, it rained heavily. More than 200 remnants of the Japanese army took advantage of the rain curtain to take the opportunity to break through in batches, and most of the Japanese troops were killed and some were taken prisoner due to the intensive firepower of the expeditionary force.

exchanging blood for a piece of scorched earth is the best interpretation of the "scorched earth war of resistance".

We've won! The people of Tengchong rejoiced with tears in their eyes for this hard-won victory. Now the people of Tengchong have finally ended their days of fleeing and returned to their homes.

The city is ruined, and there is no home left, only to eat and sleep in the open. However, everyone believes that this kind of days will not be too long, and everything will be better if you build your own home on your own land.

Tragic recovery!

On September 14, the people of Tengchong will never forget this day.

In order to commemorate this glorious day, Tengchong people set this day as the "Chongguang Festival".

Tengchong people built the "National Memorial Cemetery" on the beautiful small group slope at the northern foot of Laifeng Mountain.

With high respect, people buried the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country.

Mr. Sun Yat-sen's lifelong practice of "the world for the public" was invited to the National Memorial Garden by Tengchong celebrity Li Gengen, who firmly believed that the strong men who dedicated themselves to Tengchong's recovery can enjoy this reputation.

In the National Memorial Garden, there are also inscriptions of Chiang Kai-shek and Yu Youren and the writings written by generals at all levels of the expeditionary force:

"Blue blood for thousands of years, heaven and earth are righteous."

"The majestic mountains and rivers become benevolent and righteous, and the sun and the moon shine in life and death."

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