Chapter Ninety-Five: Qiu Qingquan and Liao Yaoxiang!
Before the destruction of Nanjing, the name of a general was bound to be forever preserved in the history of the Chinese nation's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression!
This person's name is Qiu Qingquan!
In May 1937, Qiu Qingquan returned to China after completing his studies in Germany and served as the chief of staff of the Central Teaching Corps, training troops in accordance with the requirements of the German Army, and the training team was called "Chiang Kai-shek's Iron Guard" for a while. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Qiu Qingquan also geared up and asked Ying to join the war.
In December, when the Battle of Nanjing broke out, Qiu Qingquan was the chief of staff of the Central Teaching Corps and assisted the commander Gui Yongqing to lead his troops to participate in the war. Because it was the maiden battle of the Anti-Japanese War, Qiu Qingquan fought extremely bravely. However, due to the decision-making mistakes of the Supreme Command, Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the defense of the city, had no way to command, and the city of Nanjing soon fell.
After the fall of Nanjing, Gui Yongqing, the captain of the teaching corps, urged Qiu Qingquan to go to Xiaguan to cross the river. At that time, the main position of the Purple Mountain and the defenders of Guanghuamen were resisting bravely, so Qiu Qingquan said to Gui Yongqing:
"You go first, I will stay for the time being, so that I can study the retreat method with the regiments and battalions."
This is what Qiu Qingquan said at a life-and-death moment! Retreating with a large army will undoubtedly be able to retreat with one body, but once you stay, everyone knows what it will mean!
However, Qiu Qingquan still made the choice to stay!
Is this stupid? Or is it heroic?
If this is a stupid move, then as long as there are more such "stupid" generals in China, then Ben'an dares to face China squarely!
Qiu Qingquan, who stayed in this "stupid" way, chose the feat that a middle [***] official should have!
And those who chose to stay with Qiu Qingquan were Liao Yaoxiang, chief of staff of the 2nd Brigade of the Central Teaching Corps!
Like Qiu Qingquan, Liao Yaoxiang is also a generation of famous generals in the Anti-Japanese War, no matter how much unfair evaluation he encountered behind him, like Qiu Qingquan and Zhang Lingfu, but their outstanding performance in the Anti-Japanese War and their heroic struggle in the face of foreign insults cannot be erased by anyone!
Qiu Qingquan and Liao Yaoxiang's guards were scattered, and the only weapons they had now were just two pistols.
"Jian Chu, you and I are both Chinese [***] people, when necessary, use this pistol to end your life." Faced with isolation, Qiu Qingquan wiped his pistol and said calmly.
"Sensit, I've been ready for a long time." Liao Yaoxiang smiled faintly.
These two [***] generals, after being separated from their own troops, are ready for the last and worst in the face of the ubiquitous army:
Kill yourself and serve the country!
In fact, compared to others, they are still lucky. In the Battle of Nanjing, too many [***] high-ranking generals fell on this blood-stained battlefield!
Xiao Shanling: Chief of Staff of the Nanjing Garrison Command, died at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing on December 13, 1937.
Luo Cequn: Deputy commander of the 159th Division, major general, died in the defense of Nanjing on December 12, 1937.
Gao Zhisong: Commander of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division, died at the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing on December 12, 1937.
Zhu Chi: Commander of the 262nd Brigade of the 88th Division, Major General, died at the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing on December 12, 1937
Too much, too much!
In particular, General Zhu Chi was ordered to guard Yuhuatai. General Zhu Chi personally inspected the position, urged the soldiers to be ghosts killed in battle rather than slaves to the country, and encouraged the soldiers to fight bravely to kill the enemy and swear to live and die with the capital Nanjing.
In the fierce battle, in the face of the enemy's dense and frantic group charge, General Zhu Chi personally came to the command position and held the enemy with infantry firepower, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties. On many occasions when the position was critical, General Zhu Chi personally led a death squad to fight into the enemy group, and the soldiers doubled their courage and followed the brigade commander to rush into the enemy group and fight the enemy with flesh and blood.
The offensive of the army became more and more intense, and the positions of the neighboring units of the 262nd Brigade were shaken. Zhu Chi was determined to die. He commanded his soldiers with a pistol, only allowed to advance, not retreat, and repelled the attacks of the Japanese army again and again. Due to the large number of new recruits in the unit, there was a lack of sufficient time to rest and recuperate, and the troops suffered heavy losses, and in the end, only one special service company remained. The army was still rushing like a tide, and Zhu Chi realized that it was impossible to break through, and the only way to fight to the death was to fight to the death.
He ordered the soldiers to open the lids of all the dozens of boxes of grenades, connect the fuses with ropes, and place them in front of the position, and when the army attacked to the front of the position, all the hundreds of grenades exploded. It is said that the flesh and blood of the army are flying, and the corpses are everywhere.
On the morning of the 12th, the enemy, who had failed many failed attacks, became angry and concentrated more than 100 bombers and dozens of heavy artillery to storm the Yuhuatai position, and then charged with superior infantry in a group. General Zhu Chi led the troops to resist desperately, preferring to die rather than give in.
The army launched another organized attack, and because General Zhu Chi's ammunition was exhausted, our army's positions were completely destroyed. General Zhu Chi and all the officers and men died heroically and fought to the last moment of their lives. General Zhu Chi was only 33 years old when he died
Suddenly, a loud scolding came, and Qiu Qingquan and Liao Yaoxiang hurriedly fell down.
A large group of troops, escorting hundreds of [***] officers and soldiers, came slowly, and then gathered these prisoners of war together, and with the officer's order, the terrible massacre began
"Take a seat! Sitting! Liao Yaoxiang pressed Qiu Qingquan to death, with a cry in his voice: "I can't go, I can't go!" There are only two of us, we can't save it, we can't save it! ”
Qiu Qingquan's body was constantly shaking there, not because of fear, but because of anger. He watched his men fall under the butcher's knife of the army one by one, and he wanted to rush out now and die with all his brothers!
Gradually, Qiu Qingquan's body no longer trembled, but his eyes were red, and then he said word by word:
"As long as I, Qiu Qingquan, am alive, I will not share the sky with the Japanese Kou! I, Qiu Qingquan, have spent my life with myself! ”
"Count me in, Senza!" Liao Yaoxiang gritted his teeth and said: "I'll be the captain of your death squad, and we will play with the Orientals!" ”
Qiu Qingquan held the pistol tightly in his hand, and he swore that he would never forget the scene he saw today in his life! All Qiu Qingquan's will to survive was stimulated at this moment.
I can't die, I can't die no matter what, I want to live, live well to avenge these dead brothers! I want to live to tell everyone what I did in Nanjing and what I did about my atrocities!
Suddenly, the back of the heads of Qiu Qingquan and Liao Yaoxiang was pressed against the muzzles of two cold guns, and then a deep voice sounded behind them:
"Don't move!"
At this moment, Qiu Qingquan and Liao Yaoxiang's hearts were completely cold!