During the July 7th Incident, the Japanese imperialists frantically launched an all-out war of aggression against China, and the county also suffered serious damage and losses.
Indiscriminate bombing On August 25, 1938, Japanese planes invaded the sky above Chen's house in Fanshang, District 2 of the county, and dropped a bomb. On November 16 of the following year, a dark gray monoplane painted with the national emblem of Japan flew from north to south to Shimen Street and dropped 3 bombs, killing and wounding 13 men and women, and destroying 8 houses.
On January 1, 1940, three Japanese aircraft flew over the county town from west to east, and successively dropped bombs on the Huaguang Lane riverside, at the front of the Wuyuan Guild Hall, Houhe Street, Hengjie, Yixiang, Ertiaoxiang, Kangwang Temple, etc. 12 , and fired with machine gun for more than ten minutes. At that time, 25 people were killed, 41 were injured, and 32 houses were destroyed. On March 2, 1941, nine Japanese planes invaded the sky above the county town and dropped more than 40 bombs in one to four lanes, killing and injuring 31 people and destroying 140 houses.
In total, from August 1938 to July 1942, Japanese aircraft bombed the county's urban and rural areas a total of 83 times, killing and injuring 291 people, and destroying 1,137 houses (excluding cattle and ships).
Burning, killing, looting, and looting On May 15, 1941, the Japanese invading army invaded the Shimen Street area from Hukou . The Kuomintang garrison heard the news and fled, and the Japanese troops burned, looted, and killed along the way. Killed 17 people, burned 526 houses, destroyed and looted countless properties.
In May 1942, Japanese warships parked near Changshan, Tangyin and other villages in Leting Township twice. Many people in the village who did not escape were beaten and injured by the Japanese soldiers. Chickens, boats and guns in the township office were looted. Five people including women Cao Yulian, Duan Wangshi, and Chen Wangshi were killed. The residents took refuge in the mountains and fields, which were hit by wind and rain. More than 20 people died of the disease, and many others fled to other places and their whereabouts are unknown.
On June 26 of the same year, the Japanese army invaded the county. The Kuomintang garrison, except for the Fourth Squadron of the 16th Provincial Security Regiment, which resisted, heard that local teams and county offices in Fengyuan County had already been evacuated.
After entering the city, the Japanese army took up residence in Yumin Bank (County Food Factory), building fortifications around it and prohibiting pedestrians. The men retreated to the warships at night, and during the day they came out to rape and kidnap many poor women who did not escape. They raped and even raped them to death. The people and their belongings were not able to be transported away in time, and all the hidden things were looted. All the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, including the portraits of ancestors, were taken away. . After the Japanese troops took over, they began to board the ships and evacuate in the direction of , Nanchang, .
According to the "Jiangxi Province Loss Investigation Report" published in April 1946: after the Japanese army invaded the county, the number of casualties was 34 (more than 110 people less than the actual number); direct economic losses: county government buildings, Appliances, cash, books, documents, medical supplies, etc. are 12,807 yuan (the legal currency used at the time is the same below). School buildings, books, instruments, medicines, etc. in the county are 8,888 yuan. Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline fishery, etc. include houses and equipment. , grain and oil, bamboo and wood, livestock, agricultural tools, fishing gear, agricultural products, aquatic products, transport trolleys, etc., totaling 520,694 yuan, property losses to industrial and commercial, transportation, banking and other institutions and public education personnel totaling 311,257 yuan, medical expenses 20,973 yuan, and burial expenses 5,393 yuan The total amount is 880,012 yuan.
People with lofty ideals rose up to resist the Japanese
After the July 7th Incident, the anti-Japanese army rose and public sentiment was excited. The patriotic youth in this county actively carried out the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement. Wang Yingxie, Cheng Yi, Xu Liping, Xu Baojing (female) and others followed the anti-Japanese battlefield in Jiangxi Province The first brigade of the Youth Service Corps came and set up a stay-at-home office in Taoxidu to publicize and mobilize the masses to support the anti-Japanese war. They opened public night schools and issued progressive publications and anti-Japanese propaganda materials. The organization and leadership of the work.
In September 1937, 87,000 cubic meters of stone were sent to build the Madang River defense. Each cubic meter was equivalent to 35 large stones weighing 60 kilograms. 52 ships with a weight of more than 400 stones were used to transport the stones. After arriving at the Yangtze River in Madang, the boats and rocks were scuttled to the bottom of the river.
html In November, the county formed the Poyang Anti-Enemy Support Association in December, and set up refugees in the county and Xiejiatan. As of July 1939, the shelter housed more than 45,000 refugees, who were later assigned to various districts. In November 1938, the county reorganized the Poyang Anti-Enemy Support Association in accordance with the provincial, municipal and county mobilization committee organization guidelines promulgated by the Kuomintang Central Committee. Poyang Mobilization Committee.
In 1938, the Kuomintang ordered the cancellation of the Anti-Japanese War Youth Service Corps, and the left-behind office was also forced to be cancelled. Cheng Yi and other revolutionary youths followed the instructions of the Communist Party of China and continued to lead the people of Pobei to carry out anti-Japanese activities and vigorously support the anti-Japanese resistance.
In March 1939, Pobei became the Anti-Japanese War of Poyang, Duchang, Pengze, Hukou, Zhide (belonging to Anhui), Fuliang, Leping, Wuyuan, Wannian counties. Guidance center for revolutionary activities. The CCP's Northern Jiangxi Special Committee also dispatched some party members from the above-mentioned counties to study at the New Fourth Army's military headquarters. The next year, it also dispatched many revolutionary young people in batches to participate in the anti-Japanese guerrilla war behind enemy lines.
In the same year, the county was ordered to block river ports and lake branches such as Jiaoshan, Longkou, Shuanggang, Zhuhushan, Zhujunyi, Huangnigang, Zhuposhan, Jiunvshan, and Chemen, and requisitioned a total of 50 civilians and 8,501 kilograms of anchors. (The anchors of the boat owners are almost exhausted) 11,074 bamboo and wood roots and 80 civilian ships. In addition, they were also ordered to build "national defense" fortifications, which were so wide in scope and so large that they were incalculable. For Ma Shi Road alone (i.e., Xianglushan, Dongpoling, Yanjialing, Shujiaqiao, Shukou-Bei), 156,000 civilians were requisitioned, and 31,698 fir trees were requisitioned. At the same time, they were ordered to destroy traffic roads, requisition 259,772 migrant workers, destroy a total of 180 kilometers of roads and railways, and even 309 kilometers of sidewalks.
In October 1943, the county was ordered to launch the "One County, One Aircraft" campaign. By March 1 of the following year, all walks of life in the county solicited 600,000 yuan (legal currency at the time) for three aircraft and paid them to the Raozhou Branch of Yumin Bank to relieve the province. .
From December 1944 to January 1945, many young students in this county participated in the Youth Expeditionary Force. According to relevant historical records, during the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945), the county enlisted 29,224 young and middle-aged people in the army.
Heroic Resistance Against Japan Four days after the "September 18th" Incident in 1931, the Communist Party of China issued a declaration calling on the people of the country to arm themselves to resist Japan: and called on the Red Army to break through the blockade of the Kuomintang opposition and go north to resist Japan. Young people in the county stood up and responded. Many young farmers in Pobei actively participated in the "Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Northward Anti-Japanese Advance Team" led by Liu Ying and the "Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Northeastern Jiangxi Guerrillas" led by Luo Binghui, Tian Ying and others. ", rushed to the anti-Japanese front line and joined the anti-Japanese war.
After the "July 7th" Incident in 1937, the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began. On September 27 of the following year, a Japanese fighter jet crashed into the car door. The local people captured the Japanese driver Ogasawara and immediately liberated the province.
In 1941, some revolutionaries in this county broke through the Kuomintang blockade and crossed the river one after another. Under the leadership of Mr. Huang, they organized the Yangtze River guerrillas and later incorporated into the New Fourth Army to fight against the Japanese invasion.
In the summer of 1942, the Japanese army invaded Poyang. Jiang Yusheng, captain of the First Squadron of the Jiangxi Provincial Water Police Corps and director of the office in Poyang, commanded various fleets of ships on Poyang Lake to resist the Japanese army. They fought fiercely with Japanese warships at Mabeizui for a whole day and night, and were stationed in Kangshan. The third captain, Yang Jingshan, was brave enough not to be killed after being captured.
On June 26 of the same year, the Japanese army invaded Poyang Liude and led a team to kill 7 Japanese soldiers. In the end, the enemy was outnumbered, the weapons were inferior, and there was no support. They fought and retreated. (Bo Xianzhi)
