Chapter 72: The Public Sacrifice (2)
After listening to the words of the person in charge of the intelligence department, several bigwigs felt incredible, it stands to reason that it is impossible and incapable of such an earth-shattering thing for such a gentleman, but this Master Chen not only did it, but also did not do it ordinarily well.
"There are indeed some contradictions, the scoundrels and scum who robbed the people's girls on the street have become anti-Japanese heroes in the hearts of the people of the whole country, and the military blind who has never been to a military school or a soldier has become a famous anti-Japanese general who has won many battles. A small security regiment that has been established for less than a year has achieved unprecedented victories in a row, and there are many problems! Vice Chairman Zhou said in a deep voice.
"According to the information sent back by our intelligence officers, the 222nd Division is ostensibly just a newly formed B Division, but in fact the strength of the 222nd Division is quite strong, and the detailed reports on the Xinghe victory published in the newspaper this time are actually just smoke bombs released by the division commander Chen, in fact, all the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle are regular troops of the 222nd Division," Li Kenong continued.
"In this way, this Master Chen has been premeditated, what bandits and bandits are fake?" The chairman asked with a smile.
"It's not all fake, there should have been premeditation, the layout of this battle is extremely tight, and every link is very thoughtful. From the beginning of the lure of the enemy to the subsequent encirclement of reinforcements, and then to the final closing of the door and the dog, it was all carefully designed, for which the division commander Chen did not hesitate to risk his life as a bait, and took thousands of people to trap the lonely city, staging the bitter scene of the bloody lonely city. And those bandits, horse bandits, and rogues are not all fake, the reason why this division commander Chen was able to rise rapidly in just a few months has a lot to do with his ways and methods of employing people and soldiers, and now the 222nd Division has a total of three brigades, of which the backbone of the 223rd Brigade is composed of captured bandits, including all the officers who used to be bandits. The cavalry units of the 222nd Division are all composed of horse bandits, and even the officers were horse bandits before, and there are many puppet troops, it seems that as long as it is a person, he dares to use it, and he uses one accurately. It gives people the feeling that this Master Chen is the Bole of Soma, and the people he values seem to be buried Maxima. Li Kenong said.
"This Master Chen is indeed a fan, no matter what he did before, whether he is a gentleman or a second ancestor, as long as he is sincere in resisting Japan, he is a friend of our Communist Party Eighth Route Army, and in the future, our people will try to keep a low profile when they are active in his jurisdiction, and do not clash with this Division Commander Chen, it can be seen that this Master Chen has a very tough style." The Chair instructed.
"Do we have anyone who can influence this Master Chen, and if there is such a person of ours by his side, I will be relieved?" Commander-in-Chief Zhu asked again.
"It's not that we can't say that there isn't, it's that we don't know how important the status of Lu Dao is in the heart of Senior Commander Chen, but in general, we have already communicated with the 222nd Division, and we can get in touch directly with that Senior Commander Chen at any time as long as necessary." Li Kenong said.
"Well, that's good!"
On the morning of September 28, the sky was gray and drizzling. However, there was a crowd of people outside Xinghe City, and tens of thousands of ordinary people spontaneously walked out of their homes and took to the streets, because today was the day when the 222nd Division held a public memorial for the officers and soldiers who died in battle.
Hundreds of unique suona drums in the northern part of the city formed a funeral procession composed of artists in the city to see off the fallen soldiers.
When the heavy city gate was opened, a group of soldiers wearing yellow and green camouflage uniforms lined up in three columns, holding bayonets to open the way in front, followed by two teams of flag guards, each team of 12 flag guards, respectively guarding the blue sky and white sun flag of the Republic of China and the 222nd Division's steppe wolf battle flag.
Behind the flag guard was a group of officers in tweed coats holding coffins, and the first one was Chen Feng wearing a lieutenant general's uniform. Chen Feng and three other officers were seen carrying a simple stretcher made of wooden poles, on which was placed the body of a fallen soldier covered with a white cloth, and on the body was placed a polished wooden board with the name of the fallen soldier written on it.
Chen Feng was followed by all such coffin holders, every four soldiers carried the body of a fallen soldier, and the entire funeral procession lined up from the city gate to the outside of the city, with no end in sight.
According to Chen Feng's instructions, the funeral team was to carry the bodies of the fallen soldiers through the city on foot and carry them to Yinglieling, five kilometers west of the city, for burial. Because there were so many fallen soldiers, they only had time to get a white cloth for each soldier to cover their bodies, and there was no coffin as people imagined.
The whole scene was solemn and quiet, no one was noisy, and many people were silently whimpering, crying for those soldiers who died in battle. For three hours, the long coffin support team was completed, and the bodies of 7,129 fallen soldiers were sent to the Yinglieling Martyrs Cemetery for burial.
The crowd silently followed the troops forward, Yinglieling used to be called Nannao Baoshan, Chen Feng changed his name to Yinglieling two days ago.
People came to the familiar Nannabao Mountain, and found that the mountain had dug pits two meters long, one meter wide and two meters deep, and all the grave pits were built along the mountain, arranged neatly.
"It's time, bury!" With Chen Feng's order, the soldiers gently put the remains of the fallen soldiers into the grave pit, and then began to bury the soil, when the soil was buried more than halfway through, the wooden tombstones were inserted, and when a small grave bag was erected on Nannabao Mountain, all the people couldn't help crying.
Maybe there are their relatives and friends, maybe not, but at this time people can't help but have the urge to cry, the nose is sour, many people for the first time so strongly feel a feeling called 'compatriots', more people have a deeper understanding of the three words 'Chinese'.
Standing in front of the Martyrs' Cemetery, looking at the tens of thousands of ordinary people and soldiers who came spontaneously, Chen Feng's mood was very heavy, although he took the old megaphone handed over by Yang Yi in his hand, he didn't speak for a long time.
"Fellow villagers and soldiers: I have a very heavy heart now, and today we are here to see off the 7,129 fallen martyrs. More than 7,000 lives are gone, many of them were talking and laughing with me a few days ago, but today they are lying here forever, Chen Mian and this lonely hill. They are also fathers, husbands, and sons of others, and it is because of this damned war that more than 7,000 families have been torn apart. But they did not die in vain, their death was valuable, they fought for freedom, for the prosperity of the national independent country, and at the same time for you who stood behind them, more than 33,000 Japanese soldiers buried them, including the commander of the Japanese army's lieutenant general brigade Abe Norihide, they were worth it. ”
"But there are still many people who naively think that it is okay for the Japanese to come, regardless of whether he is Japanese or Chinese, Lao Tzu only needs to be obedient. This is an extremely erroneous idea, the Japanese are not human beings at all, and they did not invade China solely for economic interests, but to completely occupy the vast land of China, and in order to achieve this goal, they did not hesitate to create one tragic massacre after another. Today, I will tell you what the Japanese have done, and whether you can save your life by being a submissive citizen. ”
In October of the 20th year of the Republic of China, the Japanese military police and the puppet self-defense regiment carried out a "crusade" against the Hualien area of Hailan District, Yanji County, and created a bloody massacre of more than 1,700 Korean revolutionaries and innocent villagers. ”
"On January 5, the 21st year of the Republic of China, the Japanese invading army invaded Huaide Town, and after entering the city, they wantonly killed innocents, and the Japanese instructor Otsuka arrested 18 ordinary people in the city with his minions, and encircled them in the courtyard of the Huaide Street Office, and forced these tied people to line up. After that, Otsuka drew his sword and slashed at their necks, and some of them even cut off two heads with one sword. In a short time, 18 Chinese died tragically under the butcher knives of the Japanese army! Subsequently, Otsuka instructed the police to set up a large bench along the street and place people's heads on it for public display. In the twenty-third year of the Republic of China, there was another instructor Onoda in Huaide Town. On October 20, Onoda commanded the police to arrest 19 alleged misdeeds villagers and detain them in the backyard of the police station. One day, Onoda opened the back door of the police station and released the detainees, causing them to escape. As soon as these people ran, the police's guns were fired in unison to practice marksmanship. l9 innocent people were not spared. ”