Remember today and never forget the blood and tears of the nation
Song Haifeng
html August 15, a day that hundreds of millions of Chinese people will always remember. On this day 77 years ago, Japanese radio broadcast the " Final War Edict " read by Emperor Hirohito. Japan announced The Chinese people surrendered unconditionally after 14 years of bloody fighting. Finally ushered in the victory of the war of resistance.At that moment, the Chinese people rushed to tell each other and cheered heartily. Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets. The celebrating torches were connected together like fire dragons. gongs, drums, flutes, bells... anything that could make a sound. It is the clarion call of victory. Look at the majestic main peak of Wanshan Mountain. Walking around the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Halls and Red Sites in Shenyang, Beijing and other places, you can feel the core of the great anti-Japanese war spirit that the Chinese people have cast with their blood and lives under the banner of the anti-Japanese national united front established by the Communist Party of China, and pay tribute to the people who wrote the history of the Chinese nation. I would like to pay high tribute to the heroes and martyrs who resisted foreign aggression in this magnificent epic.
The mountains and rivers are in turmoil, and our compatriots are suffering. Standing in front of the square of the Shenyang "September 18th" History Museum, staring at the "Remnant Calendar Monument" fixed on an unforgettable page of the Chinese nation on the calendar - September 18, 1931, I was transported back to that night in a trance. That night, the Japanese Kwantung Army blew up the tracks of the Liutiao-Hunan-Manchuria Railway in Shenyang, blaming the Chinese army, and used it as an excuse to raid the Chinese army at Beida Camp in Shenyang. The "September 18th" Incident broke out. At that time, the Kuomintang government headed by Chiang Kai-shek implemented a non-resistance policy against Japanese aggression. Overnight, the entire beautiful and rich Northeast fell.
Walking into the former site of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China at No. 3 Fu'an Lane, Huangsi Road, Shenyang, reading a piece of historical materials, looking at pictures, and listening to stories, it felt like traveling through the tunnel of history and returning to the passion for saving the nation and creating communists. The eventful years of the mission.
On the day after the September 18th Incident, the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China held an emergency meeting here and issued the "Declaration of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Armed Occupation of Manchuria for Japanese Imperialism." On November 27, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic issued a foreign declaration calling on the people of the country to mobilize to oppose Japanese aggression and the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang.
Youthful history is like a mirror that shines through the ages. The Northeastern Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, led directly by the Communist Party of China, fought bloody battles in the white mountains and black waters. The heroes shining like stars shine in the sky of history, and their names will always be engraved in the hearts of the people.
On February 23, 1940, Yang Jingyu, commander-in-chief of the 1st Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, who was besieged by the enemy in the ice and snow, died for his country. After Yang Jingyu died, the enemy brutally disemboweled him and found that his stomach was full of withered grass, bark and cotton wool, but not a grain of food!
On February 12, 1942, Zhao Shangzhi, the injured deputy commander-in-chief of the 2nd Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, was arrested by the Japanese army. His body under torture was covered with scars, and blood had already penetrated his clothes, but he still had a burning gaze and remained silent. He vowed not to surrender and "will die on the Northeast Anti-Japanese War."
"We will not cherish our heads for the new motherland, but will fertilize China with our blood." In the arduous struggle, the Anti-Union soldiers made huge sacrifices, contained and eliminated a large number of Japanese troops, and made great contributions to the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. contribute.
One of the famous "Eight Scenes of Yanjing" in Beijing - the old mottled, uneven, rain-covered stones on the Marco Polo Bridge, brought me into the dusty historical memories. .
On the night of July 7, 1937, in the quiet night beside the Marco Polo Bridge, the Japanese invaders brazenly launched the Marco Polo Bridge Incident . After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, the Kuomintang troops retreated steadily, and a pessimistic atmosphere enveloped the country.
"The vast land of China has fallen and is waiting to be turned back; in the vast China, who is the mainstay?" The Chinese Communists, taking responsibility for themselves and others, fought bravely at the forefront of the anti-Japanese war to support the Chinese nation's salvation and survival. Hope to become the mainstay of the entire nation’s war of resistance!
In the drizzle, walking on the wet bluestone road, I walked across the Marco Polo Bridge and arrived at the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall in the center of Wanping Ancient City.
"The patriotic feeling that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, the national integrity that regards death as home and would rather die than surrender, the heroic spirit that is not afraid of violence and fights to the bitter end, and the indomitable and persevering belief in victory." Staring at the great spirit of resistance scrolling on the TV screen in the hall, I remembered the incisive words of Li Dazhao, one of the main founders of the party: "Sometimes we reach a difficult and dangerous situation, and it is only through our strong spirit that we can overcome it." ."
" is brave and responsible for saving the nation, and is popular in . Yan'an . "On the second day of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent a message to the whole country, "Pingjin is in danger! North China is in danger! The Chinese nation is in danger! The whole country's military and civilians unite to drive the Japanese invaders out of China..." Then the Chinese Communist Party The Ten-Point Program for Resisting Japan and Saving the Nation was formulated, and the line for a comprehensive war of resistance was clearly put forward. Under the active promotion of the Communist Party of China, the anti-Japanese national united front based on the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was formally formed.
The majestic sky sweeps away the mountains, and this peak is the mainstay of the human world. The Chinese Communists have always fought at the forefront of the War of Resistance Against Japan, supporting the Chinese nation’s hope of salvation and survival.
adapted and went to the front line. In August 1937, when the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army First, Second, Fourth Front and Northern Shaanxi Red Army units were reorganized into the National Revolutionary Eighth Route Army, the Red Army guerrillas fighting in the eight southern provinces were also reorganized. Create a new Fourth Army for the National Revolution.
"The first battle at Pingxingguan was famous all over the world." On September 25, 1937, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army set up an ambush in the Pingxingguan area of Shanxi and annihilated the Japanese army in one fell swoop. More than 1,000 elite soldiers destroyed more than 100 cars, and achieved the first major victory that the Chinese army actively fought against the Japanese army after the outbreak of the national war of resistance. It broke the myth that the "Japanese army is invincible" and greatly boosted the morale of the people across the country.
A picture of Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, commanding operations on the front line, brought my thoughts back to the days when the Hundred Regiments War strengthened the army.
On August 8, 1940, the Eighth Route Army headquarters issued the "Campaign Operation Order" for the Hundred Regiment War. The Eighth Route Army led by the party launched a large-scale campaign on the battlefield behind enemy lines.
"He who knows himself is a hero, and he who wins is a hero." On August 20, the Hundred Regiment War kicked off. “The attacking red flares soared into the sky one after another, piercing the night sky.” Marshal Nie Rongzhen described the battle in his memoirs: “The assault troops from all walks of life were like tigers descending from the mountain, rushing towards the enemy’s stations and strongholds, thundering Explosions, one after another, resounded throughout the entire Zhengtai Road..."
In the Hundred Regiment War, which lasted three and a half months, the Eighth Route Army killed and wounded more than 25,000 Japanese and puppet troops. The Hundred Regiment Battle was like an awakening lion roaring, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders, enhanced the prestige of the Communist Party of China and the Eighth Route Army, and further boosted the confidence of the people across the country to win the Anti-Japanese War.
I watched attentively the schematic diagram of the establishment of anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines by the Chinese Communist Party. There seemed to be a sonorous and powerful voice telling me: Mao Zedong proposed in " On Protracted War" that "the deepest roots of the power of war exist among the people." "As long as the people of the country are mobilized, the enemy will be plunged into a vast ocean of disaster", which played an important strategic guiding role in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
" Tunnel War , hey, Tunnel War, there are millions of magic soldiers lying in wait..." Stopping in front of the restored landscape of Tunnel War, the interlude of the movie "Tunnel War" lingered in my ears, the exciting melody, The impassioned rhythm makes me full of emotions , if we say that the Great Wall of China is a magnificent treasure left by the ancient people to future generations, then we can say that the tunnel networks formed in the central Hebei region at that time were "forty million people working together with one heart and one mind." "Rong Yi" is the most powerful testimony.
The flames of war are far away, but the spirit of heroes will linger forever. The only "family photo" of Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, with his wife and daughter. The yellowed old photo cannot dim Zuo Quan's young smile - this was taken before his wife and daughter were about to return to Yan'an, and it was also the photo he had with his wife and daughter. The last face of the family...
In May 1942, when Zuo Quan was commanding troops to cover the transfer of the Eighth Route Army headquarters and other institutions, he was unfortunately hit in the head by shrapnel from a Japanese artillery shell and died heroically.
"Famous generals died for their country and are willing to defend our country with their blood. Taihang The majesty has been passed down through the ages, leaving flowers in Qingzhang vomiting blood." Silently reading Marshal Zhu De's eulogy of Zuo Quan, I couldn't help but sigh, no Chinese Communist "is not afraid Without the spirit of "sacrifice and heroic struggle", there will be no national independence and people's liberation.
"There have always been many heroes in China, and they all drove away the Japanese." Throughout the War of Resistance, the anti-Japanese armed forces under the leadership of the Communist Party of China conducted more than 120,000 anti-Japanese battles, with more than 600,000 casualties among commanders and soldiers, and mass casualties in the anti-Japanese base areas. More than 6 million people.
The mountain peaks stand tall, and what stands straight is the backbone. The cultural relics and photos in the memorial hall allow visitors to deeply feel the great anti-Japanese spirit of the Communist Party of China, which is the spiritual crystallization of the Communist Party of China’s practice of uniting and leading the people of all ethnic groups in the country to achieve national independence. Forty million people united as one and built a new Great Wall of China with their flesh and blood. They resisted the invasion for 14 years and paid a great price. In the end, China won the first complete victory in the fight against foreign invasion in modern times and won the national victory. liberation. This is a great victory in which the Chinese Communist Party plays the mainstay role, and a great victory in which the whole nation unites as one and fights bravely!
Walking out of the memorial hall, I walked slowly to the sculpture of the Medal of Independence and Freedom in the Memorial Square. I stared at the Chinese and English words "1937.7.7" and "Memorial Site of the Comprehensive Outbreak of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" engraved under the base of the sculpture, and my heart surged with passion. Surging - The Chinese Communists on the century-old journey, for the sake of national independence and people's liberation, for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people, have continued and moved forward bravely, composing an epic that shocked the past and the present, and ushered in the glorious sunrise of national rejuvenation .
After experiencing war, we pursue peace more; after experiencing humiliation, we understand dignity better; in remembering today, we can learn from history and strengthen China.
(The author is a senior reporter at " Jiangxi Daily ")
