Chapter 38 Forging the Soul of the Nation
"Boom, boom!" Suddenly, several more explosions were heard. Bayi <ā¤<.<8ā¦1 Pi Yongxin looked at the smoke of the grenade explosion, and the past couldn't help but come to mind in front of him...... One day in the 39th year, Zhu Aizhou was standing in front of the prison gate in Ganyu, smiling as he watched the prison guards open the prison door, only to see those weak "prisoners" walking out slowly. When he saw a sturdy young man in his twenties walking out, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and quickly stepped forward and said, "This little brother, what are you being detained?" ā "This ......," Pi Yongxin said timidly, "I can't make a fuss, but the file says that I 'used to learn martial arts and practice martial arts, and have the intention of rebellion', so they locked me up." ā "Is that true?" "County Magistrate Zhu, you are the master of Qingtian, how could I lie to you? Besides, don't you have our dossier in your hand? ā "I've read your dossier, so what you say is true. So how many punches and kicks did you hit on the spot to open our eyes, okay? ā "This ......" Pi Yongxin came to his senses on the spot, nodded his head, clasped his hands into fists and said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, then it's ugly!" ā When Pi Yongxin played a wonderful set of punches, he was praised by Zhu Aizhou. So, Zhu Xiandu said: "Do you want to stay and fight devils!" ā "Okay, I'm looking for a place to fight devils!" "Okay, then you can stay by my side and be the captain of the guard and the tactical instructor of the standing brigade!" "Okay, thank you!" One day in the fourth year, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in Ganyu united with the anti-Japanese forces, which also became a problem for the Japanese invaders. Captain Fujimoto, the little devil of Ganyu, was looking at the map in his headquarters, and Fujimoto said: "We have formulated a plan for the great clean-up and sweep of the Ganyu army in China: that is, we have mobilized superior forces from Qingdao and Haizhou Prefecture, organized 47 ships, more than 7,500 Japanese troops and imperial troops, and wanted to eat Zhu Aizhou's troops in one bite......" "Yes!" The Way. After receiving the order from his superiors, Zhu Aizhou held an operational meeting, formulated an operational plan, and led his troops to conduct a counter-sweeping resistance battle in the Lanshan and Zhewang areas. The battle was fought in full swing and was especially hard. Relying on their absolute superiority in being well-equipped, the Japanese opened the way with small steel cannons (mortars) and machine-gun infantry advanced layer by layer. When the battle is intractable. It was later learned that it was the internal and external collusion and division and disintegration of the troops that led to the loss of combat effectiveness and the collapse of Zhu's army. At this critical moment, Zhu Aizhou led the guards to retreat quietly from a mountain pass, and more than a hundred little devils chased after the guard captain Piyong to start hand-to-hand combat with the enemy with a bayonet, because of martial arts, he stabbed down more than a dozen enemies alone, and at the same time a soldier held a bundle of grenades and died with the enemy. finally covered Zhu Aizhou's safe retreat. In this blockade battle, our troops suffered heavy losses, which was tragic and weeping. After the defeat of Lanshan and Zhewang, after Zhu Aizhou returned to the county seat, he carried out the work of reorganizing the army and eliminating traitors. One night in August, the sound of gunfire suddenly pierced the sky over Ganyu City. Zhu Aizhou, who was asleep, was awakened by surprise and knew that the whole city had been surrounded by Japanese troops. On the one hand, he commanded the breakout, and on the other hand, he organized the staff to pack up the files and retreat, and his family and family members were now blocked by enemy artillery fire in the streets and alleys, and they could not break through. At the critical moment, the captain of the guard, Pi Yongxin, used his "Iron Arch Mountain" kung fu to carry down four earthen courtyard walls in a row and open up a passage to the north of the city. Zhu Jinzhou knew that the Japanese puppet army would not give up, and while leading all the personnel to transfer to Lizhuang and Jinshan, he sent two brothers to Jiagu Mountain and Dawushan to rescue the Independent Regiment of the Second Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army stationed there. Yesterday, Zhu Jinzhou led a large group of people, regardless of fatigue along the way, and arrived at Weijialing in the morning, planning to rest in a dormitory and then make plans. As soon as the morning dawned, the sentry saw that there was an enemy situation around the village, and before he had time to report back, he fired two shots into the sky. It's really amazing, the enemy has surrounded the oranges. Zhu Aizhou organized all the personnel to fight hard, the battle lasted from morning to noon, and finally the enemy was outnumbered, and because of the lack of guns and bullets, Zhu Aizhou was blown off his right leg by the enemy's artillery fire, and when Zhu Aizhou failed to commit suicide, the captain of the guard, Pi Yongxin, led people to rush up. hugged the county magistrate Zhu, who had no bullets in the gun and was about to commit suicide again. So, Changpi Yongxin ordered his subordinates to carry him to a small pine forest in Erxi, and let Zhu Aizhou chair beside a large grave, when the brothers who had withdrawn reported to him: "The chief of staff, Qiao Jinting, was killed by the cannon, and there are not many people left in the guard, and everyone only has two or three bullets left." ā Zhu Aizhou said weakly: "Brothers, I can't leave now, I will cover you to escort the civilian personnel and our wives and children, you must do everything possible to escort them to the anti-Japanese base of the Eighth Route Army, and only finding the Eighth Route Army is the only way out." ā "County Magistrate Zhu, we can't leave you behind, even if we die, we will die together!" Pi Yongxin said with tears in his eyes. "No!" County Magistrate Zhu took out his two-chamber box gun, handed the only twenty bullets on his body to Pi Yongxin, and ordered sternly: "Brother Xiaopi, if you carry me away, you won't be able to leave!" Now I have entrusted you with all the civil servants and wives and children in the county, please help my old Zhu family leave a few seeds to fight devils! Zhu Aizhou said with tears in his eyes, and then said, "Now you go to Da Chijian Village to find the eighth road, in addition, quickly leave me five grenades, I will cover you, withdraw!" ā "Yes!" The captain of the guard, Pi Xin, covered Zhu Aizhou's family and civilian personnel, and retreated to the west quickly, walking less than two miles, when he heard the gunfire in the small pine forest and calmed down. Under the command of Xiaoshan, the little devils of this unit continued to advance after capturing our brigade headquarters, and were attacked head-on by the 50th Army, killing the enemy commander Xiaoshan in Ju County. After Brigade Commander Zhu committed suicide, the Japanese army transported Zhu's body to Qingkou for memorial and embalming to show reverence. In the future, the two armies agreed to exchange the body of Brigade Commander Zhu with the corpse of the devil Xiaoshan. After hearing the report of Pi Yongxin and others, the comrades of the Independent Regiment of the Second Brigade of the Mountain Column in Wutongda Chijian Village were full of emotion, and everyone rose up and shouted: "Avenge General Zhu!" "Completely destroy the Japanese devils!" "Down with Japanese imperialism...... Liu Haitao, deputy brigade commander of the Second Brigade of the Mountain Column, said in a speech at the regimental headquarters of the Independent Regiment at that time: "General Zhu sacrificed his life for the country, which is extremely glorious, and he made great efforts and contributions to the unity of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and now he has sacrificed his precious life for the cause of the liberation of the Chinese nation. He is really a glorious example of our perseverance in the War of Resistance and the realization of national liberation! ā "Avenge County Magistrate Zhu! ......" is full of emotion. "Comrades!" Liu Haitao continued, "We must inherit the legacy of the martyrs, continue to fight, and work hard to completely defeat Japanese imperialism!" We will make special arrangements for personnel to escort their wives and children to the southwest region through various channels and in accordance with the wishes of their wives and children, so that the national government can make proper arrangements. We extend a warm welcome to other brothers who are willing to stay and participate in the Eighth Route Army's fight against devils to save China, and we will pay for those who are willing to go home. ā At this time, General Zhu's guard captain Pi Yongxin led dozens of people, including Qian Zhenzhong, Qian Zhenjiang, Meng Xianshuang, and Wang Tongxu, to stay in the Independent Regiment of the Second Brigade of the Mountain Column, and followed Liu Haitao to continue to fight to kill devils and save China. Later, Mrs. Mao took her children to live in the United States under the escort of the Kuomintang military commanders. On November 24, 1983, the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government posthumously recognized Zhu Aizhou as a revolutionary martyr and buried him in the Anti-Japanese Mountain (Ma'anshan) Martyrs Cemetery.