On August 21, 1993, a 97-year-old man sat in the dock in the High Court of Taiwan, China.
Outside the court, thousands of people protested. The trial took a full 2 hours, and during these 2 hours, the old man never said a word, and there was no wave on his face.
However, when the judge was about to announce the final verdict, the old man suddenly stood up, raised his head and sighed loudly:
I wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops on the battlefield, but now I am being tried by myself!
Picture: Xue Yue
This old man, who has been in his most recent years, is accused this time because he cannot pay the rent, but who would have thought that this old man actually had a " What about "Tiger of Changsha", the famous anti-Japanese star and Xue Yue?
On the battlefield back then, even the Japanese army was afraid of three points when he heard his name, but why did it end up so badly?
The life of the army and horse, killing countless enemies
Xue Yue, whose real name is Xue Yiyue, was only 12 years old when he was admitted to the Baoding Army School.
Then although young, he has great ambitions.
At the age of 18, Xue Yiyue enlisted in the army. Because of his outstanding performance, he was promoted one after another. Soon Xue Yiyue became the battalion commander of the first battalion of the first division. Battalion Commander Zhang Fakui was also called the "Three Musketeers".
It was also at this time that Xue Yiyue changed his name to Xue Yue.
Picture: Xue Yue
In the second Eastern Expedition, Xue Yue achieved a lot of results, which made Chiang Kai-shek bright, and soon afterwards, he became Chiang's confidant and beloved.
On August 13, 1937, the battle of broke out,At that time, Xue Yue led the soldiers into the battlefield. Although the final result was no victory, Xue Yue has become the most important existence in this war since then.
After that, the three battles in Changsha, , made Xue Yue even more famous. These three victories were rare victories for the Allied forces in the Asian war and contributed to the global anti-fascist war.
The then president of the United States Truman also awarded him a Medal of Freedom, and Chiang Kai-shek even awarded him the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun.
Picture: Chiang Kai-shek
In addition, Xue Yue has participated in many battles, such as Wuhan battle , Xuzhou battle, Nanchang battle _span4 and so on.
Chiang Kai-shek and Xue Yue
Xue Yuexiao is a brave warrior and a warrior throughout his life, but he is arrogant and arrogant. He never puts anyone in the eye, and he never flatters, so he offends many people, including Chiang Kai-shek.
In the eyes of Chiang Kai-shek, Xue Yue was a confidant, but soon he discovered that Xue Yue was not as trustworthy as he thought.
In 1927, Premier Zhou led an uprising in Shanghai, and Xue Yue protected the whole process. You know, Xue Yue was serving Chiang Kai-shek at that time.
From this time on, Chiang Kai-shek no longer values Xue Yue so much. Coupled with the rumors and rumors around, Xue Yue usually offends too many people. These people will always add fuel to Chiang Kai-shek's side. If he talks too much, Chiang Kai-shek also half-trusted Xue Yue to remove him.
Picture: Xue Yue
In 1928, there was a melee within the Kuomintang, and Xue Yue finally returned to Jiang after going through several rounds.
But Lao Jiang is very suspicious,He also loves to bear grudges and be careful, so even in the past ten and a hundred years, Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Xue Yue will not change.
Faced with Chiang Kai-shek's various targets, Xue Yue didn't fight a single place, but he chose to go south in an angrily. He participated in and organized many anti-Chiang campaigns.
The July 7th Incident After the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the major warlords resumed cooperation, and Xue Yue returned to Chiang Kai-shek again.
The Tiger of Changsha, the God of the Three Wars
In 1939, the Japanese army mobilized as many as 100,000 troops and launched a fierce attack on the Chinese troops. The troops were divided into three routes and surrounded heavily.
Hundreds of fighter jets are densely packed in the sky, and hundreds of thousands of troops are attacking from all directions. Xue Yue is not afraid when he sees it, because he is already thinking about it at this time.
The Japanese army came in mighty, without knowing that Xue Yue was already covered with nets along the way. Whenever the enemy enters the ambush circle, the three troops will open fire at the same time.
Picture: Xue Yue will only defend Changsha.
No matter which way the enemy is attacking, it is useless, because the two groups that are not attacked will work together to shoot in the shortest time.
This kind of warfare is called sky furnace warfare . During the first battle in Changsha, under the command of Xue Yue, the two sides fought fiercely for 20 days and annihilated more than 40,000 Japanese troops.
This made the Japanese invaders Neji Okamura very dissatisfied. After two years of rest, Neji Okamura attacked the couch again in September 1949.
For the second time, the Japanese invaders assembled 150,000 troops, but the result was still defeated.
Three months later, the Japanese invaders still did not give up,Attacked on the couch again, and this time, the weapons used by the Japanese invaders were the most advanced at the time, and their troops were more powerful than the previous two.
Picture: Battle of Changsha
During the 6-month battle, the troops led by Xue Yue wiped out as many as 50,000 Japanese troops. Counting this up, in just two years, the troops led by Xue Yue wiped out 110,000 enemy troops.
Of course, this is a conservative estimate, just the number of enemies annihilated in the three battles. After this battle, Xue Yue was called " the tiger of Changsha " by the Japanese army.
Back then, Xue Yue was so powerful and fought bravely to kill the enemy on the battlefield. He would never have thought that his old age would be so miserable.
But because, when confronted with Central China Field Army , he was caught in a nest, Chiang Kai-shek was very angry, furious, and even more suspicious of Xue Yue.
then sent Chen Cheng and to vacate Xue Yue's military power, and later directly removed Xue Yue's position.
But Chiang Kai-shek is very thoughtful. Xue Yue fought bravely on the battlefield to kill the enemy and made countless achievements. If he removed his post in this way, he would be muttered.
Picture: Anti-Japanese star Xue Yue
So Chiang Kai-shek appointed Xue Yue as the "Commander in Chief of Hainan Defense". Although it looks like a commander, he actually doesn't have much power in his hands.
In order to prevent people from gossiping behind their backs, they still have great respect for Xue Yue and Chiang Kai-shek.
targeted everywhere
In 1949, won the liberation war ,Chiang Kai-shek retreated steadily and eventually withdrew to Taiwan.
After coming to Taiwan, Xue Yue is still very leisurely, raising flowers at home, and living a very leisurely life. I thought that life would go on like this, but in 1952, Chiang Kai-shek gave another order.
In 1952, Chiang Kai-shek began to search Xue Yue's residence on the grounds of "colluding with third-party forces." Chiang Kai-shek did so because he was afraid that Xue Yue would contact the Communist Party.
Picture: Xue Yue
Xue Yue had a hot temper and exploded on the spot, and then questioned Jiang Jingguo . Jiang Jingguo was the same as Lao Jiang. Although he was respectful towards Xue Yue on the surface, he was also jealous.
At that time, Jiang Jingguo only answered one sentence. Go and ask the president.
Afterwards, Xue Yue made a call to Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek only said four words " routine " and it stopped.
Xue Yue was very angry, but he couldn't do anything to Chiang Kai-shek, so he had to swallow his anger, but what Xue Yue didn't expect was that Chiang Kai-shek actually made an inch.
In 1953, Xue Yue was reported to have embezzled public funds during his tenure in Guangdong, so Chiang Kai-shek once again led someone to copy Xue Yue's home.
Xue Yue was extremely frigid, and directly resigned from his nominal position and came to a small county, planning to spend the rest of his life.
Although Chiang Kai-shek is dissatisfied with Xue Yue, but Xue Yue has also made great contributions, so after Xue Yuegong retires, Jiang Jieshi will give him some subsidies every month.
Picture: Chiang Ching-kuo
If this continues, Xue Yue's life shouldn't be too bad, but after Chiang Kai-shek's death in 1975, great changes began to take place gradually.
1975,Chiang Kai-shek passed away and Chiang Ching-kuo took over.
After a lapse of 13 years, Jiang Jingguo passed away, and the power fell into the hands of some unruly people.
These people are very ambitious, no less than Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Ching-kuo's succession on the day of his death is enough to show his ambition.
Two years after taking office, the people became angry and began to protest.
These unruly people intended to completely separate the mainland from Taiwan, but Xue Yue stood up and expressed absolute opposition.
These people felt that Xue Yue was just taking care of their affairs and ruining their good deeds, so they began to retaliate against him.
The house Xue Yue lived in Taiwan was given by Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek had passed away at that time, so the house naturally belonged to the public family.
But if you can pay a certain amount of rent to Bank of Taiwan every year, then Xue Yue can live there forever. These people take advantage of this and make a fuss about it.
Picture: Xue Yue
First, the department where Xue Yue is abolished. In this way, Xue Yue will have no position, and the so-called "retirement" will disappear.
Later, the bank increased the rent, which put Xue Yue into trouble. How could Xue Yue, who had no salary, afford the high rent?
In this way, the bank took Xue Yue to court, and then the scene at the beginning of the article appeared.
"I wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops!"
In court, Xue Yue remained silent all the time, not because he "confessed", but because he understood that even if he talks about breaking the sky, these people cannot let go today. he.
Outside the court, thousands of conscientious people protested at the door, and some even expressed their willingness to bear his debts.
But the purpose of these people is to bring down Xue Yue, and they are naturally deaf to these voices.
The judge announced the final trial. Xue Yue needs to pay high debts and must move away from the place where he lived, otherwise the court will take coercive measures.
Picture: Xue Yue's residence before his death
Later, Xue Yue moved out of his original residence, and kindhearted people provided him with a residence.
The phrase that Xue Yue yelled in the court "I wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops on the battlefield, but now I am being tried by myself! " is distressing, he knows that he cannot escape this catastrophe, but he is not reconciled. .
These words make people feel distressed. The people far away in the mainland have always cared about Xue Yue, but here this old man who has made countless contributions has to suffer such treatment.
The power of the Tiger of Changsha is not there. Xue Yue has made countless military exploits in this life. His biggest mistake is to follow the wrong person back then.
On May 3, 1998, Xue Yue passed away at the age of 103. Before he died, he left this sentence: prefer to use minions instead of talents!
Subsequently, this God of War, once praised by the President of the United States, closed his eyes forever.
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