One day in August 1993, in the Supreme Court of Taiwan, China, a special trial was slowly kicked off. Why is it special? Because the defendant in this case is a nearly 100-year-old man, and Thousands of people paraded outside the venue, shouting "protest."
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The trial lasted for nearly two hours, but it is strange that the old man didn’t say a word for two hours, and he remained expressionless, no one could tell. What he was thinking about, but just as the judge was about to hammer the hammer to make the final verdict, the elderly man suddenly stood up from his seat and shouted to the sky: "I wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops on the battlefield, but now I want to After being tried by you, what is the truth!”
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After the case was over, the old man ended in failure. Sadly, the reason for this case turned out to be that the old man couldn’t pay the rent. Sued by the bank.
So who is this old man? Why can a case arouse such great public outrage? What happened to the old man shouting that he had wiped out tens of thousands of Japanese troops?
To uncover these problems, we have to start from that era of war!
Everyone must have guessed the identity of this old man. Yes, he is General Xue Yue, who was known as the "Tiger of Changsha". His name once made Ningji Okamura difficult all night. Mian, but such a big man, why did he get to where he is today? Let us walk into the story behind General Xue.
Xue Yue
Xue Yue was born in Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province in 1896. Although his parents were farmers, they were influenced by the times. He hoped that his son could make a difference in the future because he admired Yue Fei For his heroic feat, he was named "Yangyue". After Xue Yangyue became an adult, the country was in the age of warlords.Worried about the country and the people, he determined to join the army to save the country, and changed his name to "Xue Yue" to express his admiration for Yue Fei with actions.
In 1907, Xue Yue was admitted to the Huangpu Army Primary School with excellent grades. After graduating from elementary school, he once again entered the Military Academy with outstanding performance, joined the League, and later participated in the famous Northern Expedition in history. Shang Xueyue's army fought valiantly and made great military exploits. They successively recovered Hangzhou and Shanghai. They had the style of the Yue family's army. After the war, Mr. Sun Yat-sen took him to his side and served as a personal guard. He was also appointed as a guard. The position of the regiment battalion commander.
Xue Yue
After the death of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, Mr. Jiang became the successor of the National Government, and Xue Yue also worked under Mr. Jiang. But the relationship between Xue Yue and Jiang is very delicate. Because the two had a disagreement on the choice to attack in Shanghai, Jiang didn't want to offend Shanghai concession foreigners and ordered Xue Yue to lead his troops to leave Shanghai, but Instead of heeding the order, Xue Yue cooperated with the local gang and invaded Shanghai without authorization. Afterwards, he was scolded by someone from Jiang and excluded him. Xue Yue also participated in anti-Jiang activities in a rage, but he was unsuccessful in the end. The frustrated Xue Yue asked the National Government to resign and return to his hometown.
Afterwards, Jiang was defeated on the battlefield one after another. He was helpless and invited Xue Yue over again, because Xue Yue was very good at fighting, but Jiang was suspicious by nature, let alone Xue Yue who opposed him several times. I want to use Xue Yue to fight for him. When the battle is over, it is natural to "have a rabbit and a dog, cook the bird and hide the bow."
薛岳
I have to say that it was a correct choice for someone to invite Xue Yue to fight against Japan. Xue Yue participated in many anti-Japanese wars and made great achievements, but the most famous is four times. During the battle of Changsha, he created his own sky furnace tactics . He deployed his troops into a network of strongholds in the frontline combat zone, and then used ambushes, stuns, side strikes, tail strikes and other methods to divide them. The Japanese forces are consumed step by step. Simply put, it is to lure the enemy into deep and plunge the enemy forces into unfavorable terrain, and then concentrate all the forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy.
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In fact, at the beginning, Jiang was planning to abandon Changsha, because he believed that Changsha was safe to defend, and it was better to retreat and preserve strength, but Xue Yue did not think so. Front-line generals naturally knew the importance of Changsha. At that time, Changsha controlled the Guangdong-Hanzhou Highway, the north-south transportation hub, and was a transit city for military supplies. If Changsha were to fall, the entire army would suffer severe damage and be in a dilemma. Naturally, the Japanese army also took a fancy to Changsha's geographical advantage, so it attacked in a big way. Xue Yue, who had seen the Japanese army's ideas for a long time, swore to keep Changsha in spite of his opposition.
Xue Yue
But his approach caused strong opposition from Jiang, and even called Xue Yue 9 times overnight, and asked Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng to persuade him and let him Lead troops to retreat to Hengyang and Xiangtan area. But Xue Yue rejected all of them and issued a military order to Jiang: "Changsha, I will keep it. If I lose the battle, I, Xue Yuexiang, the head of the committee chairman will take it at any time!"
In September 1939, Jiang made it. Concession, gave an order to the commander of the ninth theater, Xue Yue, this battle can only be won but not lost, so the Changsha defense battle officially kicked off.
Changsha Defense War
Before the battle started, the first thing Xue Yue did was to take his wife and son to Changsha. This was because the previous Wenxi fire caused the burned soldiers and civilians to lose confidence in the battle. Xue Yue wanted to make this decision to improve the morale of the whole army and the spirit of resistance of Hunan's military and civilians. He also expressed his determination to defend Changsha to the death of the people across the country. At the same time, he also captured the escaping division commander Gong Weijun and shot him on the spot. Frightened all soldiers no longer dared to abscond.
After everything was ready, Xue Yue sent some soldiers to destroy all the roads that might be used by the Japanese army, and mobilized the local people to hide the food. As a result, the Japanese heavy artillery troops wanted to enter Changsha. , And the Japanese army who cannot get food will soon become passive.
Changsha Defense War
Soon, the then Japanese commander Okamura Neji mobilized 100,000 troops and attacked Changsha in three routes. This troop defeated the Soviet Red Army, which led to the morale of the whole army. Lower, Okamura Neji also made up his mind to improve the morale of the army through this battle. He sent hundreds of fighter jets and more than 300 ships to officially launch an offensive against Changsha. In the face of these Xue Yue, not only did he have no fear, but also The vigorous and courageous battles, relying on the unique sky furnace combat method, fought fiercely with the Japanese army for more than 20 days, not only drove the morale of our army, but also annihilated more than 40,000 Japanese troops, that is, this battle, Xue Yue's name Engraved deeply in Okamura's mind.
Okamura Neiji
In September 1941, Okamura Neiji, who refused to give up, launched a second attack on Changsha. This time he learned the lessons of the last time and was transferred to 150,000. In terms of military strength, Xue Yue had already prepared for the confrontation, and Murong doubted the ending. Xue Yue once again used the Heavenly Furnace method to severely injure the Japanese army.
In December of the same year, the impatient Okamura once again mobilized more troops, ships and fighters than the previous two battles combined, as if he would not give up without taking Changsha. This battle has lasted for nearly two months. Under the command of Xue Yue, our soldiers fought stubbornly, the army and the civilian, and successfully won the victory and drove the Japanese out of Changsha.
Even Okamura Ningji had to say with emotion: "It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake General Xue!"
In 1942, Xue Yue, who won three consecutive battles, was awarded by Mr. Jiang and President of Roosevelt. Both praised and won the highest honor of the party-state and the Independence Medal awarded by President Roosevelt in recognition of Xue Yue's contribution to the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Xue Yue
Time soon came to August 1945 when Japan announced its unconditional surrender. The relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party became more and more tense. Soon after the civil war kicked off, Xue Yue, who had made great achievements during the civil war, could be said to have repeatedly defeated. In fact, from the heart, Xue Yue was not interested in the civil war. As early as the end of the war, He asked Jiang to resign,But it was not approved. Later, at a meeting, he also refused the positions of commander-in-chief of the army and commander-in-chief of the navy.
Finally, when Jiang Jieshi saw Xue Yue's performance on the battlefield, he was so angry that he withdrew Xue Yue from his position. However, in order to avoid losing the population, he gave Xue Yue a commander position to hold on to Hainan Island, but he did not have a single soldier. The pawn, commonly known as the polished commander, in desperation, Xue Yue brought six security guards from Guangdong to fight the PLA. The outcome was naturally obvious. In less than four days, he was completely defeated by the PLA. Xue Yue fled to Taiwan overnight.
薛岳
After returning to Taiwan, Jiang still had a sorrow for Xue Yue. Although he was named a "first-level general", he was actually useless and he could only stay at home every day. With flowers and plants as his company, Xue Yue is actually very satisfied with these things. He wanted to quit the army a long time ago, but now these are not what he was expecting.
In 1952, the time came. Jiang suddenly sent someone to conduct a comprehensive search of Xue Yue’s residence, suspecting that he secretly contacted our party members. This move caused Xue Yue to be extremely dissatisfied, and he was forced to resign. After finishing all his duties, he came to Chiayi County to live in seclusion. Every day, he planted and hunted, and lived a good life. Unexpectedly, 40 years later, he did not escape political fate after all.
薛岳
After Jiang and his son passed away, Ah Hui became the supreme leader smoothly, but after he took office, the first thing to do was to amend the law and suppress all opposing party elders. Xue Yue is one of them.
In 1991, Ahui took advantage of his power to withdraw the rent supply of Xue Yue’s house, because Xue Yue’s house property belongs to the bank, and the committee has always been responsible for the expenses. In the early stage, Xue Yue could afford it, but Ahui later instructed The bank added a high rent to him. At this time, Xue Yue was 97 years old, had no income and no job, and could not afford it. So soon, the bank not only did not relax and took him to court.
Finally, the people who learned of this news protested against the court's actions, but these voices disappeared in the crowd of people and did not play a role. Under the court’s trial, Xue Yue was forced to move away from his original residence.I found a small house less than 10 square meters and settled down.
Xue Yue
On May 3, 1998, in this dilapidated farm house, Xue Yue passed away at the age of 102.
Before he died, he tried his best to express his final resentment: "I would rather use a minion than a talent!"
Fortunately, our country has not forgotten him.
On the 60th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the name of General Xue was included in the "Anthology of Anti-Japanese Heroes" broadcast by CCTV. His anti-Japanese merits have been recognized by the people of the whole country, and I hope he can rest in peace under Jiuquan.
I would like to take this film to express my lofty respect to the anti-Japanese hero General Xue Yue!
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