readx; When it was time to be liberated, Fang Xianjue was empty, and Chiang Kai-shek's words were still in his ears: "If there is a difficulty for you to solve, you must stick to it!" I'll be worthy of you! ”

These words can only be used as a joke now!

"Junza, this time the army is attacking, and the strength is at least more than 100,000!" Chief of Staff Sun Mingyu said solemnly: "I have summoned officers at and above the division commander level of all departments to study countermeasures!" ”

"What other good countermeasures are there, fight to the death, just fight to the death!" Fang Xianjue smiled bitterly: "It's right for you to summon them, I have something to say!" ”

"Yes, they're out there!"

"Okay, all the division commanders have become bloody people, and those who have not been stained with blood are the only ones who have not been stained with blood!" Commander Fang smiled bitterly: "Today, the army is overwhelming the border with an absolutely superior army, it seems that Hengyang City must be broken, what do you think?" ”

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"Don't you have anything to say?" Fang Xianjue sneered: "If you don't speak at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to say it in the future." ”

"Throne, break through, now, maybe there is still a chance!" Or the commander of the third division, Zhou Qingxiang.

"Okay, Master Zhou, or this idea? Then I still have the same sentence: 'Never break through, you must defend to the death', today you can abandon tens of thousands of subordinates, who will be your subordinates tomorrow? Fang Xianjue sneered: "I can't do what others do, I can't learn from others, maybe you want to laugh at me for being stubborn, but I can't change this problem!" ”

"Military seat, if you don't break through, then only"

"Only what, the whole army is annihilated? Okay, okay, I can't find a devil to kill, but today I just want to kill a good person, and it's good that the army wants to swallow my tenth army, but I feel that I have to jump out a few of his teeth today! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, from now on, you are only allowed to leave a maximum of 4 people with each division commander, and the rest will go to the front to fight. If it is found that there is one more person left, it will be regarded as disobeying the order according to the public, and you will be sorry for your friends according to the private statement. There is only one soldier and one bullet left, and it is not allowed to say anything about breaking through again. We will never run away without permission. Again, if necessary, everyone will come to the military headquarters, we will die in one place, if we want to commit suicide, I will do it first. ”

The meeting did not solve anything, and the division commanders returned to the front line to direct the defense, which had no end in sight.

In the evening, a bad news woke up Fang Xianjue in his sleep: Xiao Guitian's regiment, which was responsible for the defense of the north gate, had laid down its arms and raised the white flag under the order of acting regiment commander Zhou Xiangfu.

"Zhou Qingxiang, Zhou Qingxiang, what is this Zhou Qingxiang doing, why didn't he find out about the apostasy of the entire regiment!" The big man of more than one meter and eight meters had a blue face, and he knelt on his knees: "God, why are you punishing me like this!" ”

"I, I have no shame to see the seat, I have no shame to see Jiangdong's father, gun, my gun!"

"You can't do this, Commander!" The people next to him swarmed up.

August 7, Yucheng.

A telegram from Hengyang went directly into the hands of Chairman Jiang, the supreme commander of the Central [***] team:

Hengyang is finally about to fall, for more than a month, Chairman Jiang has actually been actively organizing rescues, he knows the crisis in Hengyang, he didn't expect Fang Xianjue's resistance to be so tenacious, he once rejoiced for Huangpu to have such a fierce general, Fang Xianjue's image was infinitely magnified with his consent, and in Yucheng and even the whole country, it has become a symbol of resistance heroes and unyielding resistance of the Chinese people, but now, in the face of the absolute superiority of more than ten times the army's strength and weapons, is it possible for Fang Xianjue to continue to insist, the chairman knows, There is no suspense about this anymore. He was very annoyed with the so-called rescue troops, but the law did not blame the people, even if he was in a high position like the chairman of the committee, he could not do anything, and now he could only pray sincerely in front of the Lord like a believer, hoping that his subordinates could turn evil into good fortune.

On July 31, Chiang Kai-shek wrote bitterly in his memoirs: "The battle of Hengyang has been more than a month, and more than eight-tenths of the officers and men of the 10th have been killed or wounded, but the city of Hengyang is still standing. The gains and losses of Hengyang this time are related to the survival of the country and the honor and disgrace of the nation. Three days ago, he was still praying for the officers and soldiers of the garrison: "May the Lord grant me a smooth battle in Hengyang, and I should build a big iron cross on the top of Nanyue Peak to reward the Lord for his kindness." ”

"Commander, let's have something to eat!" Pingzi took out a pack of biscuits and almost stuffed them into Fang Xianjue's mouth, "Go away!" Fang Xianjue pushed Pingzi away, and suddenly found the biscuits: "Where did it come from?" ”

"Dropped from the plane!" Pingzi said lightly: "These devils are too anxious, our plane doesn't dare to come, I came once yesterday, I threw down a bag of things, and most of them sent you here!" ”

"What else is there besides this?"

"And this." Pingzi took out a pack of cigarettes: "Chief of Staff Sun said that one person above the division commander kept a pack, and the rest was distributed to the brothers!" ”

"Hey, what's the use of relying on this little thing, they really remember Hengyang, why didn't a single soldier send it!"

"The chief of staff said he said"

"Say anything, don't spit out!"

"He said there could be no reinforcements!"

"That is, not only do we know, but the devils also know, we must have some scruples about our so-called reinforcements, the devils can go out of the nest, even regardless of the back road, more than 100,000 troops are all used in a broken city!" Fang Xianjue smiled bitterly: "Little ghost, you are still young, Hengyang can't last a few days, if you really run for your life by yourself at that time, don't worry about me, I'm incompetent as a military commander, I can't win the battle, and I can't protect you." ”

"Junzao, I won't leave you!" Pingzi's tone was firm: "I am no longer the little beggar I was at the beginning, I am now an upright soldier of the Tenth Army, I have dignity!" ”

"Dignity?" Fang Xianjue smiled: "In this case, good, good, don't pee on me when the devil comes!" ”

"Definitely!" Hirako said confidently.

The commander of the 8th Regiment of the Zhou Company, who was guarding the Xichan Temple, had retreated to the vicinity of the Peasant Bank, and the squadron was still fighting the enemy by taking advantage of every ruin, because the buildings in Hengyang City were bombarded by artillery fire, and the originally drawn plan for street fighting was in fact impossible to implement.

"Damn, there are devils everywhere, won't we be the only ones left!" There were few remaining soldiers around Company Commander Zhou, and there were not even a platoon of troops.

"Battalion commander, even if you are the only one left, you will be promoted by one level, right?" Hadron half-mocked.

"You hairy doll, you don't blink your eyes when you die, I said that so many brothers are short-lived ghosts, why are you fucking hard!"

"That's, what kind of person am I, I'm Camp Commander Zhou's soldier!" Qiangzi laughed out loud when he said this: "Due to extreme fatigue, his laughter is soft and weak, and it is clearly contrived.

"Dog, devil, devil is here!" I don't know who screamed, and everyone became nervous.

"Brothers, prepare to fight, our limit is coming, kill a few more devils before leaving, don't be embarrassed to see brothers underground!" Zhou Lian roared loudly and rushed forward.

The song "Ode to Zhongxiang" faintly came from the ruins, supported by the soldiers, supported by strong faith, and they firmly believed that under the leadership of the army commander Fang Xianjue, they could overcome all difficulties and persist until the last moment.

"Brothers of the Tenth Division, rush! The division commander is here to save you! It wasn't over there, and there was a sound of rushing and killing on the other side, but the sound made Company Commander Zhou vibrate: "Mom, Master Ge is here with the troops, brothers kill me, don't let the devil escape!" ”

As soon as these few places were killed, more than a dozen devils who rushed in were caught in the front and rear attacks, and after a few shots stopped, as if they had won a big battle, Company Commander Zhou packed his outfits, ready to give a good impression to the old commander and his subordinates.

Not far away, there were also more than a dozen people coming over, and the leader of the leader, Master Ge, had a haggard face: "Is there anyone else, which part of the brothers is it!" ”

"Shizuo, it's me, the former commander of the 29th Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment!"

"However, now I have been promoted to the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 8th Regiment of the 2nd Division!" Lian Chang Zhou cracked his mouth and smiled.

"Excellent! However, my subordinates were transferred to the third division as battalion commanders, and my division commander didn't even know it? Ge Xiancai deliberately teased Company Commander Zhou: "Did you kid report to me!" ”

"Master, isn't this a mess!" Company Commander Zhou sneered: "How many people have you brought?" ”

"Don't you see!" Master Ge also cracked his mouth and smiled: "It's all, this is all my belongings!" ”

"How many people are there, an intensive class?" Company Commander Zhou muttered, but he didn't dare to say, "You really came to save us just now?" ”

"Why, do you look down on me, I'm more or less a division commander, even if I come alone, I don't want to eat your white eyes!"

"No, I mean, you don't care about your own safety"

"You brother, interesting!" Division Commander Ge laughed: "Which one can take care of his own safety now, it is the military seat" Talking about the military seat, he sighed: "I am going to the military headquarters for a meeting now, I didn't expect that there are devils here, and by the way, I scared the devils and saved you." ”

Fang Xianjue was lying on the bed, and on the 8th he said that this meeting was completed by Pingzi's support.

Several commanders still stood aside dejectedly, and Fang Xianjue still had the same old question as soon as he opened his mouth:

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the current situation of the various defensive lines?"

There was a long silence.

"There is no defense!" Ge Xiancai, the commander of the 10th Division, sobbed: "Military seat, where is there a line of defense!" ”

"What about our soldiers"

"I don't know, I don't know anything! We can only hear the sound of gunfire and artillery, how many of them are ours and how many are from the army, no one knows, you don't know, we, the division commanders, have become blind and deaf, and now the battle in the city is all supported by the personal will of the soldiers! ”

"The big picture has gone, is it really the big picture?" Fang Xianjue muttered to himself and stood up:

"Let's just die a few of us, but what about so many wounded soldiers?" Speaking of this, Fang Xianjue dug everywhere: "My gun, my pistol!" ”

"What do you want to do, Gunza!" Sun Mingyu hugged a few people.

"Nothing, nothing, don't mess around!" Fang Xianjue raised his hand and sat down again.

"Commander, as long as we stop resisting," Zhou Qingxiang, commander of the Third Division, said timidly.

Fang Xianjue felt uncomfortable for a while: "What? Get out, get out of here! ”

The commander of the third division was reprimanded, and everyone was silent.

"What is the difference between stopping resistance and surrendering, I don't agree!" Division Commander Rao Shaowei of the 54th Division rarely spoke, and was extremely resolute at this time: "I know, my troops are sorry for Hengyang, and I'm sorry for you!" But I Rao Shaowei didn't feel sorry for everyone, I thought, when it's really a last resort, everyone will die together, but you must not be a scum that insults the country and the nation! ”

"It's not allowed to be a Han Jian, this can't be done."

"Junzuo, no one here wants to be a Han anniversary, no one is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Since the words are said, Zhou Qingxiang, the commander of the third division, has no scruples about anything: "Some time ago, we had several chances to successfully break through, everyone denied them one by one, we all knew in our hearts, the military seat said that it was for the wounded soldiers in the city, and now it is okay, most of our wounded soldiers shelter and wounded soldiers hospital have fallen into the hands of devils, and the devils have said, if they don't surrender, they will kill a group, these days, there have been nearly 1,000 wounded officers and soldiers who have been tragically attacked by the enemy, and now there are nearly 10,000 wounded soldiers in Hengyang City, what do you say should be done in the military seat?" ”

"It's not a pity that we're dead, but this city full of wounded soldiers is pitiful!" When it comes to wounded soldiers, all of them are speechless.

"It's not okay to surrender, but the city is full of wounded soldiers, how can we save them!" Since Fang Xianjue, the commanders of the following armies and divisions are all in tears.

"The army actually released a prisoner of our army a few days ago, and it was said that as long as our army lays down its arms, it will never be embarrassed, otherwise, I will kill a thousand wounded soldiers every day, and we really don't want to talk to the army about the conditions!" It was Zhou Qingxiang who spoke.

"Then how can it be done, more than 10,000 brothers held on for 47 days, how many people died, how much blood was shed, and surrendered when they said they surrendered, isn't that a crime!" Rao Shaowei, commander of the 54th Division, strongly questioned.

"Then what do you say!" Zhou Qingxiang's eyes were filled with a cold light: "Speaking from the heart, we fought hard and shed blood, we held out for more than forty days with a force several times less than the enemy, and each of us shouldered several lives of the army, but what about our so-called compatriots, what about our peak, what about our country, who is right about us!" ”

"This kind of outnumbered battle, fought to this extent, enough, enough, how many times did you mention it at the beginning, break through, break through, break through, but does anyone listen, we are light-hearted, is anyone willing to listen?"

At this moment, his words were almost directly aimed at Fang Xianjue, everyone understood that it was the army commander Fang Xianjue who had been insisting on refusing to break through, Fang Xianjue's eyes were wide open, his face was blue and purple, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Okay, if you want to continue, then go on, how to fight, how to fight, just listen to you!" Zhou Qingxiang's words changed, as if he was angry, he stepped aside, and almost didn't want to sit with others anymore.

Ge Xiancai, the commander of the 10th Pre-Division, smoked a cigarette vigorously, and he had been reluctant to smoke this cigarette, but he was so energetic on such an occasion.

Rong You, the commander of the 190th Division next to Ge Xiancai, stabbed him slightly, and Ge Xiancai snorted.

Rong You's mouth was slightly close to Ge's ear: "Senior Ge, don't you say a word?" ”

"How many more people do you have?" Ge Xiancai turned to Rong Youluo and asked softly.

Rong You shook his head slightly: "You know, when I moved to the city, there were only a few hundred people left in my 190th Division, and after more than a month."

"That's it!" Ge Xiancai sneered: "To tell the truth, in the past 40 days, the defense area where my 10th division is located has always been the most fierce defense area attacked by devils, I estimate that the loss rate of soldiers is at least more than ninety percent, and there should be few people in this way, but they have 3 divisions."

"If you want to fight, only the 3rd Division can fight!" A cold sweat suddenly broke out on Rong Youxiao's body.

"Okay, okay, everyone, be quiet!" Chief of Staff Sun Mingyu patted Zhou Qingxiang: "Commander Zhou, at this moment, the devil soldiers are pressing the border, Hengyang City is already overwhelmed, and gambling can't solve the problem, do you say yes?" ”

"No one listens to what is said, what's the use of saying it, in my opinion, if you don't discuss it, let the person who can decide make the decision!"

"What kind of words are these, it's getting more and more presumptuous" Fang Xianjue finally couldn't tolerate it.

"Throne!" Sun Mingyu leaned around Fang Xianjue and whispered for a while, he had actually heard the whispering between Ge Xiancai and Rong Youluo just now.

"Junza, the enemy is now, if even you are messed up, isn't it really over!" Sun Mingyu's voice trembled.

"Really?" Fang Xianjue's face changed for a while, and he suddenly laughed, "Whoever wants to go, let's go, my Xianjue will never stop it!" ”

"With all due respect, military seat, the battle has reached this point, and I can't leave if I want to!" Zhou Qingxiang, the commander of the Third Division, gradually raised his voice: "Every day we say that reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming, we have deceived ourselves and our brothers again and again, many of them are still looking forward to reinforcements to death, but what have we done for them!" ”

"If you want a gun or a gun, if you want bullets or bullets, you don't want people, and those of us who are division commanders and army commanders can't even know how many brothers are fighting and how many positions are still in our hands, can this battle still be fought, and how long can it be fought?"

"Okay, okay, everyone knows this, I'm sorry for everyone!" Fang Xianjue sighed and suppressed the anger in his heart: "Since you can't run anymore, Master Zhou, you say, what do you think we should do now?" ”

"Many of our field hospitals have been occupied by devils, and the devils have just passed the word that if they don't surrender, they will kill at least a thousand wounded soldiers every day, and they refused to break through at the beginning, according to you, it's not for these wounded soldiers"

"Yes, but I heard that your acting head Zhou Xiangfu has ordered the soldiers to put up a white flag in the defense area, I always hope that it is a rumor, is it a rumor, you say!" Fang Xianjue suddenly stared at Zhou Qingxiang with his eyes like lightning.

Zhou Qingxiang was flustered: "Military seat"

"If what you say is true" Fang Xianjue touched his body for a while: "What about the pistol, what about my pistol, guard!" ”

"Throne, this is a top-secret meeting, your guards shouldn't be there!" Sun Mingyu reminded that Zhou Qingxiang was already in a cold sweat.

"Everyone, don't hide it from you, the battle has come to this point, I think I don't think it's necessary to fight anymore, and I can't fight, everyone said yes!" Zhou Qingxiang knelt on his legs, his voice was lowered, but his face was full of tears.

"I'm not a bad seed, who my surname is Zhou, everyone here must know best, but what kind of battle is being fought now, my current thoughts and practices are not the same as what the military seat thinks, not for the wounded and brothers of the Tenth Army, I just want the 10th Army to live a few more people and keep a few more seeds" Zhou Qingxiang cried.

"Confused, Commander Zhou, you are so confused, the 10th Army is really going to surrender, what seeds are you talking about!" Sun Mingyu was also in tears, touched by this, thinking of the current situation, others also sobbed.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't you want to talk to the devil, if you want to talk, hurry up, otherwise the little devil will start slaughtering again!" Fang Xianjue was also wiping his tears: "It's all my fault, it's my incompetence, it's me who is sorry for everyone, I'm sorry for the tens of thousands of brothers who died in the Tenth Army."

"No, this is absolutely not good, isn't this a surrender, I don't agree!" Rao Shaowei argued loudly, but he could obviously only vent his emotions.

"What then, what do you say?" Fang Xianjue was in great pain, and his voice became louder: "Who is going to surrender, who wants to surrender!" ”

"It's easy for us people to die in battle, but in that case, our more than 10,000 wounded brothers will repeat the mistakes of the defenders of Nanjing, you all know how murderous the devil is in Nanjing" Zhou Qingxiang stood up suddenly: "Everyone, the military seat has already spoken, and I also advise you?" Don't cut off this last way of life, brothers! ”

"Whether it's surrender or what, no matter what, you have to draw up some terms to negotiate with the devil, okay, you-Master Zhou take the lead, mention it, and put forward the conditions with the devil, everyone think about it, draw up the conditions!" Chief of Staff Sun Mingyu said as he looked at Fang Xianjue.

Fang Xianjue nodded weakly, the commander nodded, and the others couldn't be silent if they had any objections.

The ensuing discussion went into a deep dreak, where everyone didn't know what the other was talking about, but they could understand the meaning of shame for the first time in their lives in each sentence.

"First, an immediate ceasefire."

"Second, don't kill the captives when you enter the city."

"Third, wounded officers and soldiers must be treated humanely."

"Fourth, it is allowed to bury the fallen Chinese officers and soldiers according to traditional Chinese etiquette."

"Fifth, retain the 10th Army system."

"Sixth, send a plane to send the military seat to Nanjing to meet Wang Jingwei."

"Seventh, the 10th Army is participating in Wang Zhengaxe in Nanjing, and it cannot be publicized as a surrender."

The crowd was gossiping.

"Do you agree with the latter two?"

"Without the latter two, it can only be called surrender, Chairman Wang is also Chinese after all!"

"What's the difference, what's the difference!"

"Isn't it really a difference, what are we calling surrender for!"

Several high-ranking generals cried in a heap.

"If we do this, we can really save the lives of more than 10,000 brothers, so forget it!"

"But, who are we going to do then, what do we have then, and then we still have a little bit of blood and dignity!"

"The only thing we can do, the only thing we can do now, is to use this so-called false name to give more than 10,000 brothers a way to live, even if he is fake, even if the army is not trustworthy at all, but we have no choice."

There was a long silence after the discussion.

"Well, for now, we must first stabilize the enemy, so as not to trigger their crazy bestiality, and we can propose a conditional truce to the enemy." The army commander Fang Xianjue said slowly, he forcibly suppressed his emotions for a long time, and finally choked up again: "That's it, that's it, it's not that we are sorry for the country, it's the country that is sorry for us, it's not that we don't want the country, it's the country that doesn't want us!" ”

After the meeting, Fang Xianjue felt as if his mind was about to explode, and he held his head in pain.

Hirako quietly came out of the back room.

"Little ghost, can you bring a glass of water!" Fang Xianjue covered his forehead and said to Pingzi behind him in a consultative tone.

"You've surrendered!" Pingzi's tone was cold: "You will surrender?" Fang Xianjue turned around and found that Pingzi's eyes were full of tears: "I finally found confidence and dignity, your surrender, I am again"

"Kid, I'm sorry!" Fang Xianjue's face was full of pain: "I'm a sinner now, if you look down on me, you can walk by yourself in the future, but not now, there are armies everywhere, and you can't walk!" ”

"I won't abandon you, I know you surrendered for the sake of the brothers in the city, but you shouldn't have taken this path!" Pingzi seems to have countless things to say: "I can't even look at you as a beggar, what will you do in the future!" ”

The headquarters of the 11th Army of the Army, with the absolute superiority of five and a half divisions, Yokoyama Yong made a desperate bet, and originally decided that Hengyang City must be taken on the 8th, but there will always be groups of Chinese soldiers out of nowhere, although the army is large in number and has strong firepower, it is helpless in the face of these ghostly Chinese soldiers who seem to never be able to be eliminated.

By 5 p.m. on 7 August, the resistance of the 10th Army was still very stubborn, and various positions on both sides were engaged in a life-and-death struggle.

On the morning of August 8, street fighting in Hengyang was still raging.

Until the west gate of Hengyang, a small white flag was erected in the position of the 3rd Division of the 10th Army, and under the order of Zhou Xiangfu, the acting commander of the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division, the [***] military envoy came to the command post of the 58th Brigade of the 68th Division of the Yue Army and asked for a truce. It is said that the struggle for this position between our soldiers on both sides has temporarily stopped, but the battle for other positions, especially the position of the 10th Pre-10th Division, has never stopped.

Major General Ota, commander of the 58th Brigade of the Army, quickly reported to Lieutenant General Tsutsumi, the commander of the division.

Tsutsumi suppressed his excitement: "Surrender? Very good, but please come in person by General Fang Xianjue, the commander of the 10th Army. ”

"Commander, there's news from Hengyang!" Chief of Staff of Zhongshan at the Headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army took a telegram.

"Fang agreed, agreed to stop resisting?" Hengshan Yongru won the treasure, he could never have imagined that the bloody battle 47 days, the top general of the Hengyang defenders who made the Yue army pay huge casualties would finally choose to surrender.

"Yes, General Fang agreed to stop resisting, but he also put forward several conditions!"

"It's over, it's over, okay, let's agree. The matter was handled by Tsutsumi-kun and Iwanaga-kun at their sole discretion. ”

Soon, Zhou Qingxiang, commander of the 3rd Division, came to the military headquarters with the liaison officer of the army, the intelligence staff officer of the 11th Army Headquarters, Minoru Takeuchi.

Takeuchi Shaosa: "Your Excellency, our commander, General Isamu Yokoyama, has a general. ”

Fang Xianjue was sad: "Please!" ”

At around 10 o'clock in the morning, Ge Xiancai, commander of the 10th Pre-10th Division, and others received an order from Fang Xianjue: "The enemy has accepted our armistice conditions, but the enemy has also put forward conditions and asked our army to disarm, and I have also agreed. The two sides agreed to cease fighting at 12 o'clock on August 12. My armistice and disarmament orders have been issued. At that time, you will make proper arrangements for the military headquarters, and the commanders of our military divisions will gather in one place and let them dispose of it, hoping that they will not have to destroy themselves, and they will not care about their personal life and death. If we were able to achieve the goal of protecting the lives and safety of nearly 10,000 of our officers and men, we were consciously relieved of our heavy responsibilities and our worries were calmed down; from the beginning to the end of the battle of Hengyang, as long as we had a clear conscience, other people's thoughts, opinions, and other people's praise and disapproval were other people's business. ”

A thrilling battle came to an end, but the sporadic resistance of the [***] team was by no means over.

By August 8, the army had finally entered and occupied Hengyang. Chiang Kai-shek wrote sadly in his chronicles: "The battle of Hengyang lasted forty-seven days and nights for the defenders, so at four o'clock in the morning I began to pray silently that the danger could be turned into safety." At 5 o'clock, Hengyang Telecommunications was interrupted after 15 minutes, and it will never be reopened! At about 10 o'clock, he received a reconnaissance report from the Air Force: "There is no trace of anyone in Hengyang City. So he knew that Hengyang had fallen. ”

"8 said, General Fang Xianjue repented and returned to the imperial army, the battle of Hengyang finally ended, General Fang Xianjue was a brave and good tiger general, and 47 said that in the battle with the imperial army, the tenth army 'every inch of land must be fought for, and its spirit of fighting in a lonely city is really admirable'. The brave fighting of the squadron was not only admired by the imperial army that attacked Hengyang, but even the emperor and the base camp had heard of it. The sacrifice was 'terrifying', and General Fang's submission finally brought this bitter battle to an end, and the empire has since added a fierce general! "I can't wait to start spreading my propaganda throughout the country.

"It's a truce, no more fighting!" The message was delivered in a scattered manner to the corners of the village.

Subsequently, a report by Yomoto war correspondent Odajima was published in the Asai Shimbun on August 13, 1944, and the original text was translated into Chinese as follows:

"The commander of the army and others followed the troops to Turen Middle School, the place where the surrender negotiations began, and the commander of our troops, together with the chief of staff and the others, began negotiations in the school's air-raid trench at 10:45 p.m. on the afternoon of 8 July. There was a wooden table built into the trench, and the commander of the army sat in the front, and the commander of the army sat opposite him, and the commander of the army broke through the tense air under Sun Mingyu, chief of staff of the 10th Army, and said in a serious tone: "This officer makes such a request to your officer in the capacity of the supreme commander of this army." He rejected the seven conditions of surrender put forward by the enemy, put forward an unconditional demand for surrender from our side, and said very sternly: 'Please reply in time,' and the commander's eyes were focused on the commander's face. After Commander Fang listened to the translator's words. Whispered affirmation: 'Obey this request'. The commander of the unit said: 'As for the disarmament, I will go back to the instructions of the army.' In this way, the defenders of Hengyang fully surrendered to our army unconditionally, and at 12 o'clock, the face of the commander who signed the surrender document showed wavering fear, and finally our chief of staff asked the commander of Fang: 'Please order the Hengyang Yucheng army to stop fighting immediately'. Commander Fang immediately asked the chief of staff to order the whole army to stop fighting. Commander Fang, together with the commander of our troops, informed the division commanders of the matter of obeying the complete surrender, and the division commanders agreed without objection. The commander of the unit finally stated that the identity of the division commanders was the responsibility of the imperial army for guarantee. This moved the enemy generals who surrendered to our army, and some quiet feelings appeared on the faces of the commanders and division commanders who came out after the meeting. ”

After the article was published, newspapers and periodicals in China also competed to publish it, and the Wuhan puppet political axe newspaper also appeared in the article with the following sentence: "Fang Xianjue's army accepted the adaptation of the text and was named 'Xianhe Army', and Fang Xianjue served as the army commander and provincial chairman." Waiting for the 15th, Isamu Yokoyama received a telegram from the Tokyo base camp from the dispatch army:

The emperor was very pleased with the 11th Army's victory over Hengyang, a military town in southern Shonan. At the same time, General Fang Xianjue, the commander of the Chinese garrison, was full of praise. It is hoped that Fang Xianjue's department can be organized into an army, and the name will be "Xianhe Army" by taking the combination of the word "first" of General Fang Xianjue and the word "and" of the Showa era. After the reorganization of this army, it will be directly subordinate to the Chinese dispatch army and will not be under the leadership of Wang Jingwei.

This series of records, the Hengyang army and the Chinese side that survived by chance are very different from the records of Yue himself or his vassals: for example, whether the Yue army accepted several conditions put forward by the Hengyang army, whether Zhou Division Commander was the first key person to advocate surrender, etc., made the defeat of the Hengyang army even more confusing: whether Fang Xianjue and his generals were captured by exhaustion, or whether they surrendered to the Yue army, this historical mystery may never be clarified! But we must not forget how much sacrifice the Hengyang Army has made and how much success it has achieved, and these real figures are probably rare in the entire history of the Chinese War of Resistance compared to other anti-Japanese war forces.

Company Commander Zhou and others were still lying near the Peasant Bank, and a soldier shouted around with a loudspeaker, reading out Fang Xianjue's armistice order.

"Company commander, don't fight!" I don't know whether to be sad or happy, Hadron said expressionlessly.

"If you don't fight, don't you say you won't fight if you don't fight, the devil has retreated, or has he surrendered?"

"It's us who surrendered!" Zhou Kang sighed: "You hear clearly. ”

"Damn, surrender? The dog said that only those who surrendered, and whoever surrendered would not be able to take Lao Tzu's turn! The hadron shouted angrily.

"Company commander, the devils are coming, there are a lot of devils"

"What's the hair, hit!" Company Commander Zhou was the first to shoot, and the others involuntarily followed suit.

"Baga, Chinese soldiers, your great prince has ordered a truce, Baga, no shooting!" The devil soldiers not far away jumped like thunder, but Company Commander Zhou turned a deaf ear and continued to shoot forward.

"The front, the front, hurry up and cease fire, your 10th division commander has something to say!" Soon, a soldier muttered in jerky Chinese.

"It's Battalion Commander Zhou, I'm Ge Xiancai, the commander of the Tenth Division, I order you to lay down your arms"

"Your orders are useless, I'm not your person anymore!" Company Commander Zhou still goes his own way.

"Company Commander Zhou, don't embarrass Division Commander Ge anymore, as long as there is a Chinese [***] person who is still resisting, the army will have a reason to kill the captured and wounded soldiers, Division Commander Ge and the military seat They accepted the truce for the sake of the surnames of more than 10,000 injured soldiers, do you think they are for yourself!" The person who spoke was Pingzi, he and Commander Fang of the Division of Ge and a group of people, now accepted the "invitation" of the army, and were about to go to the headquarters of Hengshan Yong, this way, encountered countless Hengyang defenders who refused to lay down their arms, when they knew that it was Zhou Company Commander and Qiangzi who were here, Pingzi volunteered to come over to persuade him.

"You are a wreck, you can't see that you are still a Han Jian, Lao Tzu should not have saved you in the first place!" Qiangzi on the side heard that Pingzi was shouting, and he was even more indignant: "The surrender is yours, what are we doing, be careful that Lao Tzu shoots you!" ”

Company Commander Zhou gave a thumbs up to Hadron.

"That's right, you doll, it's worthy of Lao Tzu's soldiers!" Company Commander Zhou sighed and sobbed: "But I never thought that the military seat would surrender, what is this!" ”

"Chinese soldiers, if you shoot a shot, we will kill a prisoner until you lay down your arms!" After they finished shouting, the army began to shout at Company Commander Zhou again.

There was a burst of gunfire, and the surroundings fell silent, and it turned out that the army casually caught some Chinese soldiers who had laid down their arms and began to massacre.

"Company commander, the devil is really killing prisoners!" Hadron's mouth is wide open.

"A lot dead, company commander!" His eyes welled up with tears.

"Bastard, which part of you, are you satisfied when people die!" Company Commander Zhou heard the hoarse voice of the military seat: "It's the military seat, what's wrong with the military seat, how can he call it like that!" ”

"Company commander, they are being escorted by devils, and they are all escorted by devils on the military seat!" Zhou Kang on the side was suddenly full of tears, he often saw Fang Xianjue when he was in the communication camp, how could it not be sad that the once tall tough guy had become like this.

"Put the gun down, you can't fight anymore!" Zhou Kang was the first to throw out the gun, and Zhou Company Commander and Qiangzi didn't know how they gave up their guns, anyway, when the army came later, they were taken away like puppets, and then they were almost unconscious.

"Welcome to the Imperial Army's series!" At the headquarters of the 11th Army, Yokoyama Yong personally met with Fang Xianjue.

"I am the general of the defeated army, and today I will give up resistance and give up Hengyang and never say anything about the army, please understand!" Fang Xianjue's face was expressionless, and he couldn't even face Yokoyama Yong.

"Where is it, Your Excellency has more than 10,000 inferior troops against several divisions of the Imperial Army, I used more than 100,000 troops at the peak, and Your Excellency has been holding Hengyang for 47 years, and it has caused the largest casualties to our Imperial Army since the Shanghai War in the Chinese Theater, although Your Excellency is defeated, Yokoyama Yong still sincerely admires!" After Yokoyama finished speaking, he bowed to him sincerely.

Fang Xianjue closed his eyes slightly: "I hope you can keep your promise!" ”

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will abide by the conditions you have proposed, the defenders of Hengyang are the most respectable troops we have encountered in China, and this imperial army will never let you be humiliated."

"There is an old Chinese saying that 'if you don't fight, you don't know each other', and now we are friends, please, for this grand gathering, I invited a famous photographer to take a photo for us!" Under the courtesy of Yokoyama Yong, Fang Xianjue and several division commanders left a sighing group photo with the commanders of the 68th Division and the 116th Division of the Yue Army who fought against the 47th in Hengyang.

When the reporter also had a "heart-to-heart" conversation with Fang Xianjue.

Reporter: After the unconditional surrender, what is the purpose in the future?

Answer: In the past, I was obsessed with the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and I underestimated the strength of the Chinese army, and even relied on the cooperation of the consolidated positions and the US Air Force stationed in Chongqing to engage in the War of Resistance. As a result, he was finally frustrated by the courage and ingenious tactics of the army. Yu Zeng fought with all his might, and although he was defeated, he had no regrets. I believe that Yu's defeat was not a military defeat, but a real defeat in justice. Now that we have seen the actual situation under President Wang's rule, it is in line with the goal of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and I have decided to participate in the content of peace in the future and do my best to build a new China.

Reporter: How do you feel about the life of the Anti-Japanese War in the past?

Answer: After graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, I have always been a soldier and served the country. However, in view of the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there has been no progress, and the people have sacrificed too much, especially recently, there have been questions everywhere about the words "War of Resistance to Save the Country", which does not conform to my main purpose too much. People must choose their own masters, and in the future, they will dedicate everything they have to the wise Chairman Wang and cooperate with the progress of New China.

Reporter: Is the surrender and movement the opinion of the military commander?

Answer: This is based on my opinion, and it is also the opinion of the commander of the fourth division. Yu had this private opinion and did not dare to announce it lightly, but after receiving the advice of the army, he made up his mind to surrender, and no one objected.

Reporter: What is the policy for the future?

Fang replied: Yu Naijie is a martial artist, although he can't fully confess his personal thoughts, but the army treats the enemy generals so kindly, the righteousness is awe-inspiring, and the great favor should not be reciprocated, and if he can get the understanding of the party, he will bring all the family members and subordinates who have taken refuge in Guilin, and vow to work hard for the construction of New China.

Reporter: What is the future observation of the Yucheng General Proofreading War?

Answer: Due to the protracted nature of the incident, the generals and schools in Yucheng, in view of the contradictions of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the future of the War of Resistance, also have many common feelings. Because of the Anti-Japanese War, life has become more and more distressed, and I am convinced that no one believes in the anti-Japanese war to save the country, but the authority is very strict, and I have to follow it indiscriminately and obey the mandate of heaven.

Reporter: What is Chairman Wang's belief?

Fang replied: Chairman Wang was an instructor at our military academy, so he knows his deeds very well, and if he is allowed to go to Nanjing, he would like to go to Nanjing to pay respects, so that he can hear the plan for peaceful building of the country, and he will be guilty of the crime.

Reporter: Do you want to see the actual situation in the peaceful area?

Fang replied: "I would like to understand the reality of the peaceful region, and I would like to make a trip to Hankow and Nanjing. ”

(To be continued)