This article was published in 2015 in " Anhui Business Daily ".
91-year-old Zhang Baoyou is currently living in Yingzhou District, Fuyang City, with his son. Because his ears were deafened by artillery fire in Crossing the River Battle, it was a bit difficult for the reporter to communicate during the interview. However, when it comes to the anti-Japanese experience back then, Mr. Zhang seemed to have returned to the years of artillery fire. He couldn't remember the details of many things clearly, but the number of the troops he was in could blurt out. He said that he would never forget the three days and three nights of the Japanese and puppet troops in Sixian in his lifetime, and that was the most exciting victory he had ever experienced.
New Fourth Army troops number
Zhang Baoyou was born in Fuyang an ordinary peasant family. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War , he was only 14 years old. Since the Japanese did not enter , Fuyang area , for Zhang Baoyou, "Japanese devils" is a concept of "heard and talk". Before, he was very panicked about the cruelty of the Japanese army, but he had not thought that he would pick up a gun to fight this fear in six years and shoulder the important task of defending his country.
In January 1944, the entire War of Resistance Against Japan reached the most difficult time. The national army on the front battlefield lacked enough troops, so they recruited soldiers in Fuyang area, and many people were even pulled out. At this time, Zhang Baoyou was 20 years old and had three brothers in his family, and he was the second. "At that time, the National Army recruited troops, and every household had to send people out. If they didn't go, they would have to be forced to do so." Zhang Baoyou said that he did not hesitate for this and voluntarily stood up and did not let his family make things difficult for him. He asked his elder brother and third brother to be filial in his hometown with peace of mind and decided to have a fight with the "little Japan".
During the days of the National Army, Zhang Baoyou's troops were not only engaged in small-scale guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army in . Later he surrendered to join the Communist army. Although he forgot many things, he could not forget his number in the New Fourth Army unit, "It is the 188th Regiment of the 9th Brigade of the 4th Division, and the commander's surname is Li."
1945 On August 15, like the New Year
1945 late spring, the Japanese could no longer stand it, and the Chinese army began the final counterattack. Zhang Baoyou's New Fourth Army headquarters participated in the large counterattack at the junction of Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui. At that time, they were puppet strongholds ordered to attack Si County. The Japanese army only accounted for a small part, most of which were puppet soldiers "white ghosts". "In Caoxuzi, we dug trenches fortifications and confronted the Japanese and puppet troops a mile away opposite. The battle lasted for three days and three nights." Zhang Baoyou still remembered the battle freshly because the enemy and us were very close, and the soldiers in the trenches did not dare to relax at all and dared not sleep at all. At the same time, they were focused and focused on capturing the position. In the end, Zhang Baoyou and his comrades attacked the county town and won the battle.
August 15, 1945, Zhang Baoyou will never forget it in his life. "The leader suddenly asked us to gather, and then shouted excitedly: 'Tell us good news, the Japanese devils surrendered.' I was so excited at that time that the whole group was cheering, and some people were crying." For him, those days were the most like the New Year's Day.
But the war is far from over, and the war of liberation began soon. Zhang Baoyou participated in the Battle of Crossing the River and was shocked by shells when his right ear was shocked, and later he couldn't hear it clearly. When he crossed the river in Wuhu, he used grenade to attack the enemy's position, so he obtained third-class merit once, which is the most proud battle for him.
The whole country was liberated, and Zhang Baoyou's pace of going home was dragged down by the Americans. He joined the Volunteer Army and crossed the Yalu River. After staying in North Korea for more than a year, he was demobilized and returned home to become a farmer. He said that when he first joined the army, he was very afraid of fighting. But later, he knew what the war was for, so he stayed in the army for more than 7 years. Now, he spent his old age in peace. "The country is now strong and cannot be compared with that time. I hope that my descendants will not carry guns to the battlefield again in the future." Ma Xiangyu/Text Liu Zhiwei/Photo Zhang Baoyou
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