In early 1938, Yuan Wen and several pioneers (the vanguard of the Chinese National Liberation Team) came from Pei to Xuzhou . Li Zongren, commander of the fifth zone of , , received them and asked them to conduct anti-Japanese propaganda activities in , Xuzhou area.
In early April, the Fifth War Zone concentrated more than 100,000 troops, annihilated the main forces of the Japanese divisions Itagaki and Isoya, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses. This was a great victory, and the people of the whole city were deeply inspired. Yuan Wen and other pioneers also hurriedly sent out tabloids, arranged dances, visited the army, and encouraged the people to fight the Japanese.
In early May, the situation suddenly changed, and the Japanese army gathered in Shandong, Henan, Anhui and other places to surround Xuzhou City. On the morning of the 9th, more than 10 Japanese planes began to bomb the city. An bomb landed beside Yuan Wen and others, scaring them to run out of the Vietnamese wall in the deafening roar.
At this time, there were already a large number of fugitives on the street. There was a panic along the way, and he dragged his family and ran desperately out of the city. Yuan Wen and others followed the crowd to the foot of Baiyun Mountain outside the city. There were less than 20 people left in the propaganda team of more than 30 people. Yuan Wen and Yang Zhen were the two youngest women.
After a little calmer, Yuan Wen and others inquired about it, they found out that the Japanese army blocked four counties in Xuzhou, bombed the city, and carried out a sweep. The theater command has been transferred, but more than 100,000 troops, Yuan Wen and others are surrounded by the Japanese army.
The direction where Yuan Wen and others broke through was Xiaoxian in southwest Xuzhou. They asked for directions all the way, but no one knew where to go. The fleeing people were even more miserable. They supported the elderly and the young, with tears in their eyes. They walked and looked at the wheat field beside the road. They couldn't bear to leave their hometown, but they had to leave.
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Yuan Wen and others walked along the road. They walked until the sun set for a long time, but they did not see the shadow of the army. They must find the evacuated army, and it will be much safer to act with the army. They were thirsty and hungry, and their pace gradually slowed down, and the team formed a long list. No one spoke, except for the occasional dry cough or sigh, just walked forward.
Suddenly, an exclamation came from: "Look! There is someone in the woods ahead!" Everyone picked up their heads, and there was indeed a fire in the woods in the left front. Captain Zou Guang hurriedly ran to the edge of the woods. He stopped and shouted to the forest, but no one answered. Then "Bang! Bang!" two gunshots, which scared him and ran away.
Yuan Wen and others also followed Zou Guang and ran back several miles in one breath. In this way, they walked for a long time in vain and never dared to find a place with light again. That night they were resting in the wheat field, and everyone fell asleep in a daze while chewing the wheat grains.
Not long after, Yuan Wen was pushed to wake up. She opened her eyes hard and climbed up. She saw everyone sitting on the ridge of the field in a shadow. It was pitch black in the distance, but there was a fire in the sky in the distance, and the sound of cannons could be vaguely heard, but there was deathly silence nearby.
Zou Guang told Yuan Wen that this may be the center of the Japanese army surrounded, and the people ran away, and the red light in the distance was the Japanese army burned a fire to boost their courage. They must find the army and follow the army to break out, otherwise they will most likely die here.
After dawn, Yuan Wen and others walked to a village, but the people in the village had already escaped and there was no food left in the house. They could only eat wheat grains to satisfy their hunger. Since there was no direction, they could only follow the fugitives. At this time, the fugitives became much rarer, and Japanese planes kept passing by and firing overhead.
After walking for a long time, Yuan Wen and others encountered two scattered soldiers on the road. From their mouths, they learned that in order to avoid Japanese bombings, the army often hikes at night. In order to chase the army, Yuan Wen and others had to change the way of breaking through, and also changed to hiking at night.
One day, they found an ideal place to rest. There is a row of willow trees in that place, behind it is a ground to block the wind, and in front is a dry pond. Keep the wind away, there is a dry pond in front of you, and you can still see the distance. Due to hunger and extreme fatigue, several people started to vomit after drinking the sewage from the stinky groove.At this moment, something like a turtle shell suddenly appeared in the distance, and a rumbling sound crawled towards this side. Everyone became alert. This was the Japanese tank . Everyone ran around like arrows off the strings.
Japanese tanks discovered them, and the machine gun on the tank began to fire at them, and a Japanese plane in the air also showed off its power. Yuan Wen, Zhiyu and Li Jia desperately climbed up the earthen grove behind the willow tree. However, Tugangzi had a large slope and soft sand and slid down while crawling. Half of Yuan Wen's legs were stuck in the pond and could not be pulled out.
The Japanese tanks are getting closer and closer. Fortunately, Li Jia next to Yuan Wen dragged her hard. Yuan Wen crawled up with all his strength and finally climbed onto the Tugangzi. One of her shoes fell into the pond.
tanks rushed over along the hill, Yuan Wen and others quickly got together, and at this time there were only 8 people left, and she became the only girl. They hid under a ditch that Japanese tanks could not see. The tanks circled around the ditch and then left. When Yuan Wen and others climbed out of the ditch, they realized that some of the comrades who fled together were killed by machine guns on Japanese tanks.
After this attack, Yuan Wen and others changed into the clothes of ordinary people, threw away their treasured pens, cut off their long hair, smeared their faces, disguised as countrymen, dragged their weak and tired bodies, and continued to look for the army and breakout .
After three or four days of searching, they finally met Zhang Zizhong's team. It was in the dark at that time, and it was unclear how many of them were. But they were well-armed and had strict military discipline, and were preparing to break through. Yuan Wen and others followed behind them, and the soldiers pulled them with belts to prevent them from losing.
One night, Yuan Wen and others missed the marching time while resting. When they woke up, they found that the army had left. They chased after more than ten miles, but still failed to catch up. Along the way, there were more and more things under their feet, including military debris, broken straw sandals, and soft cloth capsules.
along the way, like a bomb crater after bombing by Japanese planes, but at this time they no longer care about these. When the Japanese army's fire was clearly seen, Yuan Wen and others knew that they were close to the Japanese army's blockade line, and they had to break through the blockade line before they could escape.
On the way, they met two Guangxi soldiers. They took Yuan Wen and others to Fuliji Station, preparing to break out from here. There was a fire burning beside the station, and the figures of Japanese sentries were vaguely visible. The railway tracks were very high, and if you were not careful, you would encounter stones on both sides of the track.
Yuan Wen and others were lying in the dark for a long time before they could not hear the sound of the Japanese army, so they chose to climb onto the railway in the darkest part between the two fires. Yuan Wen squeezed in the middle. At that time, she had only one thought in her mind: "Must climb over!"
Yuan Wen gritted his teeth, used his hands and feet, followed the person in front of him to climb the railway, crossed the sleeper, carefully slipped downhill, and then ran away. The running quickly woke the Japanese army. Before they could run far away, the Japanese machine guns were mixed with howling sounds, and they rang from them.
Yuan Wen ran with the crowd, suddenly tripped under his feet, fell down his mouth and chewed the mud, got up and ran desperately. The Japanese army chased closely along the railway, chasing and shooting. Yuan Wen and others ran to the other side of the railway and ran for several miles in one breath. They could sense the bullets were flying by. Everyone ran with all their might, and they knew that life and death were at this moment.
After the Japanese army chased after a while, they suddenly stopped chasing. When Yuan Wen and others confirmed that the Japanese army was not chasing, they stopped and looked towards the station. They found that the Japanese army fired a random gun at this side, and then retreated. It is estimated that they are also worried about chasing them and ambushing them, so they dare not act rashly.
Yuan Wen and others broke out of the encirclement. They advanced along the road sign left by the theater command, and finally found the army in Xinyang and received living expenses. Yuan Wen and others finally won the victory after seven days and seven nights of life and death.
How difficult is it to break out from Xuzhou after the battle of Taierzhuang? Yuan Wen and her teammates experienced seven days and seven nights of escape, and experienced a moment of life and death many times. Her escape witnessed that period of history and the difficulty of the Chinese military and civilian war of resistance. This period of history is still worth reading again by future generations to remember the unyielding martyrs and the rare victory.
