Taizhou City in 1941 has been completely occupied by the Japanese invaders.
The Japanese commander Nan Xiangji, who was sitting in the main hall, was looking at the woman with a pregnant belly and a calm and determined face, holding a 6-year-old girl, into the gate of the Japanese headquarters with an expression of disbelief.
Even though the two rows of soldiers in the hall were well prepared and snipers were ambushed all around, Nan Xiangji still felt a deep fear. In this fear, in addition to the worry for his own life, there was also a bloody fear of the Chinese.
When the woman came to the front of the hall, he asked knowingly: "Who are you?"
He heard the woman say angrily: "I am the wife of General Chen Zhongzhu! I come to ask for my husband's head!"
After hearing the woman's answer, the Japanese soldiers on both sides looked at each other. ; They had heard earlier that Chen Zhongzhu's wife was valiant and brave, and she was not inferior to men. But what they didn't expect was that after Chen Zhongzhu died heroically, his wife actually broke into the enemy camp alone, showing no fear or timidity in her every move.
During China's long and difficult Anti-Japanese War, countless heroes emerged who sacrificed their lives for the country; General Chen Zhongzhu is a "decapitated hero" worthy of admiration by future generations; he graduated from Huangpu Military Academy and was full of enthusiasm for saving the country. Participating in the Anti-Japanese War, in the test of life and death under the hail of bullets, he successively participated in famous battles such as the Battle of Taierzhuang and the Battle of Xuzhou, and later became the commander of the 4th Column of the National Revolutionary Army's Shandong-Suwan Border Guerrilla Headquarters.
Chen Zhongzhu and his wife Wang Zhifang even wrote a love story of life and death during the turbulent years of the Anti-Japanese War.
After the death of General Chen Zhongzhu, his wife Wang Zhifang broke into the enemy camp alone to get her husband's head back; so what kind of hardships did she encounter on her own? Surrounded by the Japanese invaders, can this determined and tenacious woman escape unscathed?
Next, let us go into the war-torn years of the Anti-Japanese War and witness this tear-jerking love of life and death.
[Chen Zhongzhu and Wang Zhifang: A loving couple sharing weal and woe]
In 1906, Chen Zhongzhu was born into a peasant family in Yandong Village, Jianhu County, Jiangsu Province.
He is the second of five brothers. His father died young, and he was led by his widowed mother, who cultivated several acres of poor land and struggled to make ends meet.
Until 1927, 21-year-old Chen Zhongzhu was introduced to the Jiangsu Provincial Police Officer Academy by his cousin Chen Duzhen. Later, because of his excellent performance, he was transferred to the Nanjing Military Officer Research Class. He graduated in 1930 and was assigned to the sixth phase of the Huangpu Military Academy.
While studying in Nanjing, Chen Zhongzhu often stayed at the home of Wang Zhifang's aunt.
It was precisely because of this coincidence that the two met.
Although Wang Zhifang was born into a wealthy family at this time, her stepmother did not tolerate her because her mother died young. For 15-year-old Wang Zhifang, the high-spirited, tall and heroic Chen Zhongzhu undoubtedly became her most ideal life partner.
The beautiful, strong and lively Wang Zhifang also gave Chen Zhongzhu a warm feeling.
With the help of their aunt, the two got closer and closer and eventually became husband and wife.
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out across the country.
Chen Zhongzhu was full of enthusiasm for anti-Japanese and national salvation, and actively participated in the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement; at a time when the country was in danger, he relied on his outstanding leadership skills to organize railway employees, students and the masses along Jinpu Road to establish a field service corps. He was later appointed as a national Major General Commander of the Third Government Special Regiment Corps.
In 1938, with the defeat of the Chinese army on the Songhu battlefield, the Japanese army moved north from Shanghai to Nanjing.
Seeing that Nanjing was already in danger, many important officials of the National Government at that time took their families to the rear of Chongqing.
At that time, Chen Zhongzhu also received a letter of appointment to take his wife and daughter to Chongqing, but he ultimately rejected the transfer order.
Faced with the persuasion from the superiors, Chen Zhongzhu's answer was: "When the country is in danger, Huangpu students must stay at the front to fight against the Japanese invaders."
In turbulent times when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, love is destined to suffer repeated hardships.
In the marriage between Wang Zhifang and Chen Zhongzhu, they were forced to separate and life and death were unpredictable... which became the normal state of their love.
Faced with the rapid advance of the Japanese invaders, Chen Zhongzhu could only endure the pain and arranged for his wife and daughter to move to the unfamiliar Chongqing.
The battlefield, filled with bullets and bullets, is always full of unpredictable dangers of life and death.
Since she separated from her husband and raised her daughter alone, Wang Zhifang was deeply concerned about her husband's safety. In that era of underdeveloped communications, those deep worries and torturous waiting were undoubtedly the most unbearable.
The good thing is: for more than a year after the husband and wife separated, all Chen Zhongzhu brought to his wife was good news.
After the couple separated, Chen Zhongzhu accepted the invitation of the Shandong-Suzhou-Anhui Border Region Guerrilla Headquarters and served as the major general commander of the fourth column. He led more than 2,000 troops to garrison near Xuzhou ; in the battle against the Japanese invaders, Chen Zhongzhu led the The team grew day by day, and by mid-1938, it had grown to more than 3,000 people, and led the troops to participate in the famous Taierzhuang Battle, becoming the most capable guerrilla force in the Kuomintang's fifth theater.
[Her husband died, and she broke into the enemy camp alone to ask for his head]
Chen Zhongzhu's outstanding commanding ability also made his name famous in the five theaters.
But at the same time: He dealt a fatal blow to the Japanese invaders and made himself a thorn in the side of the Japanese army. The Japanese invaders became so angry that they even posted a notice offering a reward of 50,000 yuan in exchange for Chen Zhongzhu's head.
In the most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Zhongzhu not only faced the raids by the Japanese invaders, but also faced the danger of the upper-level leaders rebelling and surrendering to the enemy.
In February 1941, Li Changjiang, who served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the headquarters, officially surrendered to the enemy; in order to ensure the success of the rebellion, he specially summoned the commanders of each column to hold an emergency meeting at Xishan Temple in Taizhou city;
waited until the generals arrived before It was found that machine guns were set up all around and sentry posts were densely posted. Li Changjiang, who publicly declared his surrender to Wang's puppet government, even forced the commanders of each column to kowtow to the Bodhisattva and swear to surrender to him.
At that time, Chen Zhongzhu was forced by the situation and could not act rashly, so he had to participate in the "swearing"; and then took advantage of the opportunity to use the toilet and quietly returned to his station.
At this time, the cunning Li Changjiang discovered that Chen Zhongzhu had slipped away, and immediately sent a large number of troops to chase him.
Faced with the enemy's pursuit and interception, General Chen Zhongzhu shouted to his subordinates: We will never be traitors; and we are ready to sacrifice. At this time of life and death, the New Fourth Army took the initiative to attack thousands of puppet troops led by Li Changjiang. It caused huge damage to Li Changjiang.
The cunning Li Changjiang was afraid of another attack by the New Fourth Army, so he called the Japanese army to command the troops in Xiangji in the south, hoping that they would be stationed in Taizhou with him.
Nannan Xiangji naturally agreed to Li Changjiang's request; for him, he had long wanted to take Chen Zhongzhu's head.
At this time, Taizhou City had been fully occupied by the Japanese invaders. In order to combat the enemy's power, General Chen Zhongzhu united with the New Fourth Army to fight guerrilla warfare . Their tacit cooperation many times made the enemy frightened.
During this relatively stable period, Chen Zhongzhu also reunited with his wife Wang Zhifang; and this rare reunion turned out to be the beginning of their life-or-death separation.
In early June 1941, the Japanese and puppet troops conducted "sweeping operations" in several directions to suppress the troops of the Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui Guerrilla Command that insisted on resisting Japan. The main target was the fourth column commanded by Chen Zhongzhu. Due to the ferocity of the enemy's attack, Commander-in-Chief Li Mingyang failed to notify Chen Zhongzhu of the enemy's situation in time. As a result, the fourth column was suddenly attacked and retreated while fighting. The troops suffered more and more casualties, and were finally forced to retreat to the Benglong River area. The column was isolated and helpless.
At that time, Wang Zhifang was pregnant with her third child, and was accompanied by her eldest daughter Hongxiu, who was only six years old. She knew in her heart that the fourth column was already in dire straits, but she did not say anything. She just gritted her teeth and silently followed her husband's troops.
As the fourth column's casualties became more serious, Chen Zhongzhu decisively ordered guard Yang Feng to take Wang Zhifang away.
After this separation, life and death are separated.
Facing his wife's crying, Chen Zhongzhu said firmly: "I am a soldier, and the duty of a soldier is to protect our family and the country; take good care of our children. No matter whether the child is a boy or a girl, just name it "Chen Zhi"!"
Naming the child "Chen Zhi" means not to forget the ambition to serve the country when the nation is in crisis.
After saying these words, this loving couple said goodbye!
After sending his wife away, Chen Zhongzhu led his men and fought fiercely with the Japanese army for several days and nights.
On June 7, 1941, Chen Zhongzhu, who had run out of ammunition and food, took the lead in trying to seize the Japanese bunker in order to reduce the casualties of his troops. In the end, he was shot by the enemy's machine gun. He was shot six times and died heroically.
What was even more cruel was that the enemy cut off his head to collect the 50,000 reward.
The local people heard about General Chen Zhongzhu's heroic deeds and buried his body quietly regardless of the danger to their lives.
At this time, Wang Zhifang, because she could not bear to leave her husband, did not follow her husband's instructions to leave by wooden boat; instead, she took her children and hid beside a firewood pile in a village, waiting for news about her husband.
Unable to wait, Wang Zhifang arranged for guard Yang Feng to find out the news.
But when she was pregnant with Liujia, she didn't know that the worries and fears in her heart would eventually become a cruel reality; after a brief separation, she and her husband were separated by life and death.
In order to let her husband Jiuquan sleep in peace, Wang Zhifang ignored everyone's opposition and walked into the Japanese military headquarters in Taizhou to retrieve her husband's head from Xiangji in the south.
When he learned that Mrs. Chen Zhongzhu came to Taizhou, Nan Xiangji felt funny. In his opinion, how could a weak woman who was pregnant with Liujia dare to approach the Japanese headquarters? Isn't this a suicide?
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But when Wang Zhifang and her 6-year-old child actually arrived at the Japanese military headquarters, the Japanese guards with steel guns in their hands were full of panic and fear.
No one expected that this seemingly weak woman had no fear on her face, and the anger and hatred in her eyes shocked the extremely arrogant Nan Xiangji.
Perhaps in order to maintain his arrogance, Nanfang Xiangji deliberately asked:
What if I don't give you Chen Zhongzhu's head?
Wang Zhifang replied: Two people were lying on their bodies, bleeding for five steps.
It was obvious that she was ready to die with her enemies.
At this time, Xiangji in the south had just occupied Taizhou. In order to win over people's hearts, they had no choice but to hand over Chen Zhongzhu's head to Wang Zhifang.
When Wang Zhifang walked out of the headquarters with her husband's head, Nan Xiangji ordered all Japanese troops to line up and salute Wang Zhifang.
After learning that Chen Zhongzhu had two daughters, he even said hypocritically to Wang Zhifang: "I hope you will give birth to a boy."
Due to the turbulent situation, Wang Zhifang was unable to send her husband's body back to his hometown, and could only be buried in a landowner named Tang outside the west gate of Taizhou. fields. It was not until 1987 that the Yancheng City People's Government posthumously recognized General Chen Zhongzhu as a revolutionary martyr, and in the same year moved the martyr's remains to the Yancheng Martyrs Cemetery.
At this point, the beheaded general who sacrificed his life for the country has finally found a stable home, and his heroic deeds have become known to more people.
[Last words]
After the death of General Chen Zhongzhu, how will Wang Zhifang and his children live?
In these turbulent times, many people felt that Wang Zhifang would remarry even for the sake of livelihood.
But it was beyond everyone’s expectations: this strong woman never married again in her life.
After burying her husband, she gave birth to her posthumous son and youngest son Chen Zhi; and then relied on her own strength and tenacity to cultivate her three children into talents.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, General Chen Zhongzhu’s eldest daughter Chen Pu was in her first year of high school.
She had no experience in the world, just like her father back then, she had the idea of joining the army to protect her family and country.
However, due to her young age, Chen Pu's application was rejected by the army. Later, with the special approval of her superiors, this righteous girl was sent to the Sanye Logistics Military School of the East China Military Region to study. After graduation, she was assigned to the Xinjiang Military Region for transportation. I worked in the ministry until I retired.
In this special era, Wang Zhifang and her three children also suffered severe tests; later, due to the children's work, Wang Zhifang and her son Chen Zhi's family immigrated to Australia. In the happy life of five generations living under the same roof, this woman who has experienced great storms, He also witnessed the successful careers of his children and grandchildren.
On November 12, 2017, 101-year-old Wang Zhifang passed away.
She seemed to have been waiting for this day for most of her life, her face full of calmness and expectation.
Wang Zhifang was very open-minded when facing her grieving children; for her, after waiting for a long time, she could finally be reunited with her husband.
The last instruction left by this centenarian was to transport his ashes to the motherland to reunite with his husband who had been separated for most of his life.
After hearing this instruction, all the children and grandchildren present shed tears.
In this life, what she has been thinking about is nothing more than reunion after a long absence; from 1941 to 2017, during the entire 76 years, no matter the vicissitudes of time, no matter life or death, as long as she still remembers each other's agreement and thinks of each other's past, Any belated reunion is worth it.
The mountains and rivers are vast, changing the world!
This loving couple is finally reunited!
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Author: Chu Shi
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