Shen Gantang, born in 1927 in in Guixian County, she is the fifth daughter of Shen Gong Zhongyue and the youngest daughter of the author (I call it the twelve aunt). During the Anti-Japanese War, most of her brothers and brother-in-law devoted themselves to the bloody Anti-Japanese Frontier. She finished middle school in Guixian and was at a young age (see the article "The Basic Outline of the Family Relationship of Shen Fu Zhaotang, Guixian, Guangxi during the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China" article ).
Shen Gong Zhongyue (left), Twelve Aunts (right) and Six Aunts (standing in the back row) and other family members were photographed in 1937. The New First Army was transferred back to China and incorporated into the Second Front Army. It set off from Nanning and returned to Guangdong. After passing through Guixian, Jiang Yunjin, a young officer under the command of General Sun Liren, stayed in Shen Mansion. General Sun and the author of the second uncle are both Tsinghua. Their life trajectories in the first half of their lives are basically the same. They meet again unexpectedly during the rush to repair the strategic road between Myanmar and Burma. They cooperate with each other and contribute to the country (see headline "Sun Liren and Shen Xilin: Republic of China" Tsinghua University's two academic domineering, reading and reporting the country's different life" article).
Jiang Yunjin
Why is Jiang Yunjin passing through Guixian without seeing General Sun Liren? It turned out that when Sun Liren led the new army back to Nanning in July 1945, he was invited by Eisenhower, the supreme commander of the European Allied Forces, to go to Europe immediately to inspect the European battlefield. His friendship with Shen Jia Xilin, Jiang Yunjin, as an entourage, had many opportunities to know about it. This may be one of the reasons why he stayed in Shen's mansion. As for whether he stayed with other officers, it is not known.
Shen Gantang as an adult
Jiang Yunjin, born in Great Shanghai in 1917, has been in the army for many years, and is an adjutant next to Sun Liren, who is also known as Jiang Counselor, Jiang Secretary, etc. In the arduous years of the expeditionary force going abroad for war,He had to return triumphantly after nine deaths. As a young officer, he was even more handsome, energetic and hesitant.
The middle-aged Shen Gantang and Jiang Yunjin
According to the author, Yamai personally said: She talked with the six aunts and twelve aunts in the back room of the Shen mansion, and the six aunts met Jiang Yunjin. She was young and promising, so she told Ya Nai that Secretary Jiang was from Shanghai, and if the younger sister Gan Tang was with him, she would be quite right. The twelve aunts who had been in love with them heard the words, blushing and took out a letter from their pockets and handed them to the sixth aunt. It turned out that Jiang Yunjin fell in love with the twelve aunts at first sight and had already secretly sent a love letter. Later, under the promotion of Ya Nai and Six Aunts, and Shen Gong Zhongyue's approval, the two finally forged a good relationship. However, due to the unstoppable battles, especially the civil war in the future, the smoke filled with gunpowder, and the twelve aunts also stayed in Shen's house without working with the army.
The family of Shen Gantang and Jiang Yunjin in the future
In addition to the celebration of the marriage of the children, there was a disgraceful anecdote when the new army passed through Guixian. First, briefly explain the background of the "Guixian Daily" of the Republic of China: the newspaper was sponsored by the Guixian County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang and was founded in the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), with a daily circulation of 2,000 copies. On September 2 of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), the county magistrate Luo Fukang issued an order to order the Guixian Daily to "delineate a location where the city’s important thoroughfare can be sheltered from wind and rain, and add ten more newspapers to the street. , Widely available for reading". Obviously, this directive is intended to increase the intensity of public opinion promotion in the Guixian Daily.
The instructions of the County Magistrate Luo Fukang on Guixian Daily
According to the forest bird of Rongxing Street in Guixian County (formerly known as Lin Yurui, when he wrote the historical manuscript in 1989, he served as Shanghai Science and Technology Press editor) ) In the 12th series of "Guigang City Cultural and Historical Data", it was disclosed that shortly after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the autumn of 1945, the New First Army of the Expeditionary Army returned from the Burmese class and passed through Guixian. At that time, the officers and soldiers were all equipped with American style, and they looked particularly mighty and majestic. Compared with the remnants of the Kuomintang, the defeat would be very different.In order to celebrate the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, all walks of life in Guixian warmly welcomed the national army.
Modern Guigang-born painter Lin Qin
Unexpectedly, a negative image of extremely bad military discipline appeared in the new army. One day at the head of the Ximen Bridge leading to Xiaojiang in Guixian County, a couple of lovers were cuddling, when they were bluntly taken apart by three soldiers of the New Army passing by. The man was tied up and the woman was gang-raped.
This incident aroused great outrage from the people on the streets of Guixian, who demanded severe punishment of the perpetrators, rectification of military discipline, and protection of national laws. But the military's countermeasure is to block public opinion and not make it public.
Illustration of another memorial article by Lin Qin
Lin Qin, a reporter of the "Gui County Daily" at the time, interviewed and sorted out a well-considered press release, and sent it to Guixian County of the Kuomintang at that time. Fu Douzha, the party secretary and the director of the Guixian Daily, was detained and refused to publish it.
After the incident, a jeep drove in front of Liuyitang, Mianxin Street, Linqianjiajia, and a regimental commander and military adjutant came to visit and sent some US military cans. Food "greets" him. When he wanted to politely decline, the two of them simply left a gift and left, so he had to accept it.
Lin Qin's comic works after the founding of the People's Republic of China
Another day later, the head of the delegation sent an invitation card to invite Lin Qin to a party at the temporary division of the 30th Division, East Street, County. He knew the weight of the banquet, and when he asked Fu Douzha, he said that he did not want to go to the banquet. Fu Douzha said that the army had to go if they didn't, so he had to bite the bullet and go.
Forest Bird Works: National Color Tianxiang
During the dinner, guests came one after another. In addition to forest birds, there are Fu Douzha and Guixian County Mayor Liu Yuhuai, and Guixian County Court President,President of the Senate, Chief of Police, etc. The adjutant asked everyone to wait a moment, saying that the army commander and the division commander would be there. They waited dryly for an hour. The division commander Tang Shouzhi rushed back from Nanning in a jeep and said that the army commander Sun could not come because of business. During the dinner, Tang Shouzhi toasted frequently, as if he was very happy. After three rounds of drinking, he was drunk and piercingly told some of his experiences in Myanmar. He pointed to a plate of steamed fish on the table and said: There is a kind of muyu in Myanmar. The skin of the fish is as hard as cowhide, and the knife and fork cannot be pierced. However, the fish inside is soft and tender. People love to eat, but I don’t like it.
Guigang-born painter Lin Qin's work: A small village never night
Lin Qin understood the meaning of the teacher's words when he heard it. He was "like sitting on needles and felt", and his wine and food were tasteless. Fortunately, Tang Shouzhi didn't do anything, just as a verbal warning. The 30th Division of the New First Army drove out of Guixian, but he still had lingering fears.
Subsequently, the soldier scandal at Ximen Bridge in Guixian County was published in a report in " Yulin Daily ". As for the author, it is unknown.
Paintings of forest birds
Mr. Hongze, the editor of "Guigang City Cultural and Historical Data" in 1989, added a few lines to the end of the article on the memory of forest birds: "After the victory of the War of Resistance, I will be appointed In the County Daily, one day at 11 o'clock in the evening, Mo Chaoting, the manager of Yuanhengxing opened by the Shen family, called the newspaper and told me that Shen Liushu (the author’s grandfather Shen Zhongyue, also known as Yuqing) invited me to Shen’s house immediately and explained You don’t need to ring the bell, you just open the door and wait. Mr. Shen Yuqing is a local gentleman. What's going on in the middle of the night? When he arrived at the'Mansion Shen', there was Chen Jinyun and Mr. Shen smiled and said to me:'About the expeditionary army. I hope that your county daily will not publish the news about the troubles in the street. This is the head of the expeditionary army, please tell the newspaper...'".
The historical data was compiled and printed in 1989, the county-level Guigang city was just established.
Chiang Kai-shek In order to compete for territory,In 1946, the "New First Army" was transferred to the northeast and participated in the Siping Battle. Due to factional disputes, Sun Liren returned to Nanjing. In November 1947, Sun Liren served as the commander of the Kuomintang Army Training and moved the Nanjing Army Training Department to Fengshan, Taiwan. Jiang Yunjin and other subordinates also accompanied him. So the following month, the twelve aunts left Guixian and went to Taiwan to reunite with her husband. Since then, one of the sons and daughters of Shen Gong Zhongyue began to take root in Taiwan, and some little-known follow-up anecdotes have also been derived.
The author's father, Xi Zhang (front row, left 2), Shen Gong Zhongyue (front row, left 5), and twelve aunts, Gantang (back row, right 4) took photos with his family
Did not stop. As for whether there is absolute freedom of the press in the world, the "Expeditionary Force Newspaper Incident" in 1945 denied it. Not long after the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, the new army’s military exploits were in the annals of history, and its glory was infinite. When the army was in full power, this accidental scandal happened and could not be dealt with in a low-key manner. Whether this matter can be interpreted from today’s perspective, friends may wish to express their views. Thank you for reading, please leave a message and pay attention.
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