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In September 1941, Yang Chengwu, commander of the First Military Region of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei, received an order from Marshal Nie Rongzhen: "More than 100 Bethune girls' school students behind are trapped! Even if the troops are completely wiped out, they must be rescued!"
Hearing this, Yang Chengwu, who was leading the troops to escape the Japanese army's large-scale mobilization, immediately led his troops to plunge into the vast mountains, and the tragic Tizigou breakout battle in kicked off.
Yang Chengwu
So, facing the encirclement and interception of the Japanese army several times that of their own, did Yang Chengwu rescue the female soldiers of the Bai School?
In those war-torn years, what kind of revolutionary style did these young female soldiers, who were not yet twenty, show?
Female medical soldiers were deeply trapped in siege
In August 1940, under the deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, our army launched the Hundred Regiments Battle on the North China battlefield, causing a heavy blow to the Japanese and puppet troops. Anti-Japanese War achieved an unprecedented victory.
However, the heavy losses of the Japanese army quickly made a comeback and in the autumn of the following year, it retaliated wildly against our anti-Japanese base.
In September 1941, the Japanese army commander of the North China battlefield, Guangang Village, dispatched 70,000 troops and attacked the Jin-Cha-Hebei base in Taihang Mountain in three directions.
In order to preserve the anti-Japanese forces, Jinchaji Military Region decided to avoid the edge in accordance with the combat deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. General Yang Chengwu broke the troops into pieces and broke through separately. Soon the district troops jumped out of the enemy's encirclement.
, and he himself brought more than 700 people in the Guard Company and Reconnaissance Company to temporarily stay Langya Mountain , while dealing with the enemy, while covering the evacuation of the large army.
However, at this moment, General Nie Rongzhen suddenly heard news: "There are more than 100 female medical soldiers in Bethune Girls' School who did not break through successfully, so they hid in the Huatashan area."
Then, Marshal Nie gave a death order to Yang Chengwu:
"At any cost, even if the troops are completely destroyed, they must rescue them!"
Yang Chengwu did not hesitate at all, and immediately assembled the troops and drilled into the enemy's encirclement again. With their proficiency in the terrain, they soon discovered trapped female soldiers in the mountains.
However, the situation at that time was far beyond the information provided by Marshal Nie at the beginning, because in addition to a large number of female medical soldiers, there were also more than 2,000 fellow villagers and logistics personnel hidden in the mountains.
The sudden situation caught Yang Chengwu off guard. He immediately expanded the map and studied a new breakthrough route with everyone.
Originally, after they planned to pick up the female soldiers, they quickly ran towards the area around Zijing Pass and met with the large army.
, but now the team has suddenly become more than 3,000 people, among which there are many elderly, weak and sick scholars. It is inevitable that they will not work if they break through the enemy's suspicion. They can only find ways to avoid the enemy's suspicion and move them out quietly.
After repeated consideration, General Yang Chengwu decided to first transfer the large army to the rarely visited Huatashan area, which was located behind the Japanese army and was relatively safe.
So, General Yang Chengwu led his troops along the Grand Canyon in the northwest of Longtan Lake and quietly climbed up Huata Mountain at dawn.
The soldiers at this time were already exhausted after several days and nights of marching, not to mention the female soldiers and the people who were weaker in their bodies. As soon as they climbed up the mountain, everyone fell to the ground one after another.
Longtan Lake
General Yang Chengwu did not dare to be careless at all. He instructed the radio staff: "Send the phone immediately and learn about the surrounding situation." The staff officer next to
whispered: "This place is far away from residential areas and the terrain is steep. There will be no enemy chasing me, right?"
But Yang Chengwu did not think so. Years of experience in fighting on the battlefield told him that this transfer might not be so easy.
As expected, when the sun rose the next morning, Yang Chengwu picked up the telescope and looked down at the foot of the mountain, and was shocked.
At this time, Huata Mountain was surrounded by dense Japanese tents. Perhaps the other party had not found everyone on the mountain, but it was a matter of time to search the mountain.
Yang Chengwu immediately woke everyone up and discussed the next countermeasures.
Nie Rongzhen
Chief of Staff Huang Shoufa pointed to the encirclement at the foot of the mountain and said anxiously: "The enemy has laid out several encirclements in succession, and it is probably difficult to rush out." Deputy Commander Gao Peng, who was beside
, was also anxious: "What should we do now?" Yang Chengwu frowned, and after a long time he said, "Notify the troops to be prepared and wait for orders at any time."
At this time, the investigators also reported the situation to Yang Chengwu. Huata Mountain had been surrounded on three sides. Although there were no enemies in the north, there were cliffs and it was very difficult to walk.
Whenever General Yang Chengwu recalled this experience, he would always frown:
"It would be fine if only us soldiers were. Everyone came from the war, but now there are so many unarmed people and a group of weak female medical soldiers.
They are all talents in the revolutionary team, and I must take everyone out."
Japanese army at the foot of the Huata Mountain
Looking at the female soldiers with tender faces in front of him, Yang Chengwu felt infinite care and helplessness in his heart.
"Is there any other way to break through?" Yang Chengwu asked the local regional leaders.
"No more, this mountain is surrounded by iron barrels." The district leader replied with a desperate look on his face.
At this time, a local citizen suggested: "There is a small valley called Tizigou in the northwest, where you may go out."
In an instant, everyone focused their attention on the fellow villager, and the fellow villager immediately said: "But there is very dangerous, the valley is bumpy, and there is also waist-deep water inside."
Such a situation is indeed difficult for female soldiers, the elderly, weak, women and children, but there is indeed no other choice at the moment.
Tizigou
Just as General Yang Chengwu was thinking about the interests of it, the scouts again heard from him: "An enemy emerged from the southwest direction, and the route seemed to be coming to the top of Huata Mountain."
At this time, the female medical soldiers stood up and said: "Commander, break through! We can do it!"
Bethune School Captain Ding Yi also firmly said: "Commander, we are students, and we are also soldiers of the Eighth Route Army! Please don't worry about us!"
Yang Chengwu swept the surrounding soldiers, the people, and the female medical soldiers, and finally issued an order to break through from Tizigou.
He specifically reminded the soldiers: "Hold on both sides and front and back of fellow villagers and female medical soldiers, and no one is allowed to fall behind!" The breakthrough operation of Tizigou in was launched.
Tizigou breaks through thrillingly
Huata Mountain's terrain is steep and steep. The top of the mountain, which has just rained lightly, is wet and slippery, and if you accidentally fall off the dark cliff.
General Yang Chengwu led his men to clear the way ahead, and even the soldiers needed to climb forward with their hands and feet, not to mention the weak female soldiers and the people.
Some of them were supported by the soldiers, while others pulled the rope head beside them and moved forward slowly. During the process, several figures even unfortunately fell down.
At this time, the Japanese army at the foot of Huata Mountain had begun to line up and surrounded the top of Huata Mountain.
Later years, Yang Chengwu
Yang Chengwu saw this scene through a telescope and stood anxiously on a towering boulder, directing everyone forward while observing the terrain in front.
Yang Chengwu told everyone that some of the Japanese troops were searching towards the top of the mountain, while the other part was running towards Shijiazhuangzi.
Hearing this, the district leader suddenly thought: "Shijiazhuangzi is the location of the rear hospital, and there are still a large number of wounded people who have not broken through!" The district leader immediately reported the situation to Yang Chengwu. General Yang frowned. After a long time, he said: "It seems that the enemy has not discovered us yet, but the wounded people in Shijiazhuangzi must also be rescued."
Female medical soldier takes care of the wounded
" How many wounded are there in the rear hospital? "
" There are about 300 wounded and medical personnel. "
, Huang Shoufa, who was next to him, also added: "Most of the wounded there were transferred from the front-line battlefield, and they were basically seriously injured and unable to walk. "
Hearing this news, Yang Chengwu frowned even more.
Under the circumstances, he had only more than 700 troops in his hand. If hundreds of people were sent to carry the wounded back, once they were discovered by the Japanese army when they were transferred from Tizigou, the large army would be in great danger.
But if more than 300 lives were ignored in Shijiazhuangzi, what awaited them would inevitably be the massacre of the Japanese army.
Just when Yang Chengwu was in a dilemma, the district captain and the female soldiers of Bethune School said: "Commander, let's go! On the one hand, we are familiar with the terrain, and on the other hand, the wounded also need medical soldiers to take care of them on the road. "
Yang Chengwu rejected this proposal without thinking, but when the female soldiers in Bai School heard that they were going back to rescue the wounded, immediately cheered up and surrounded Yang Chengwu and begged:
"Commander, we can hold on, now we are the only one who is the most suitable to go back! "
In fact, Yang Chengwu was also very clear in his heart. He asked the district captain to take the female medical soldiers back to rescue the wounded and led the soldiers to guard the Tizigou himself. This was the only way.
just when he really wanted to convey this order, he couldn't speak.
After all, letting a group of female soldiers with an average age of less than 20 years old go down the mountain to carry out missions is extremely difficult for them. As long as they are discovered by the enemy, they will almost be dead.
Finally, Yang Chengwu made a decision: "Select the backbone of the female medical soldiers with good physical strength, and under the leadership of the district captain, he went to the rear hospital to rescue the wounded. "
At the same time, Yang Chengwu ordered the reconnaissance company and the third company to guard the mountains on both sides of Tizigou, resist the Japanese army that was about to go up the mountain, and cover the large army to transfer from Tizigou.
In order to ensure that the female medical soldiers could return, Yang Chengwu gave the two company commanders the death order: "The wounded and female soldiers in the rear had to withstand me even if they died before they rushed back! Otherwise don't come back to see me! "
In this way, the large army divided into three groups to start the action. The female soldiers rushed to the rear hospital without hesitation, and the evacuation and guarding work of the large army were also launched at the same time.
At this time, in the rear hospital in Shijiazhuangzi, medical staff were still busy rescuing the wounded. After the female soldiers of the Bai School arrived, everyone quickly organized the wounded to evacuate. When
was transferred, due to the shortage of stretchers and staff, some seriously injured people who were unwilling to drag everyone down even chose to swallow their guns and commit suicide.
There was also a pregnant nurse who happened to catch up with the difficult labor when she retreated. After she tried her best to give birth, she needed to get three or four people to help her. Road.
Seeing that the situation was extremely critical, she said halfway that she didn't want to go any further, pushed the nurse beside her and jumped into Longtan Lake next to her.
At the same time, the large army on the other side also began to climb over the Tizigou under the leadership of General Yang Chengwu.
This valley is filled with fog and there are cliffs on both sides. Once it enters, there is no way back.
General Yang Chengwu is worried that his whereabouts will be discovered by the enemy, so he instructs Deputy Commander Gao Peng in advance: "You lead the team to protect the masses in front, and I will cover the guard company behind to prevent the enemy from rushing up. "
Obviously, Yang Chengwu had made the worst plan, because as the large army had just begun to climb over the Tizigou, the sound of fire exchange came from the mountainside, which meant that the Japanese had already known that there was the Eighth Route Army on the mountain.
Soldiers and their families during the transfer
However, although the Japanese army was coming in full force, fortunately, our soldiers occupied the favorable terrain on both sides of the mountain pass in advance, and the enemy's attack was nailed to the mountainside.
Reconnaissance Company and hundreds of soldiers from the Third Company refused to give in and fought desperately to get the time for the large army. Fortunately, the female soldiers of the Bai School were not hunted by the enemy during the operation, and they took the wounded back to Tizigou smoothly.
At 10 am that day, more than 3,000 people rushed out of the Tizigou one after another.
Shortly after, the reconnaissance company and the third company that carried out the cover mission also chased after him. The soldiers were covered in dust and covered in blood.
On their backs, there are also the remains of several seriously injured soldiers and the bodies of their comrades who have died.
Staff General Huang Shoufa, who participated in the command and cover mission, reported: "The enemy rushed to Huata Mountain and rushed to the sky. He didn't catch anyone in Shijiazhuangzi Hospital. After finding our traces, he chased after him frantically."
"How is the casualties?" Yang Chengwu asked with a sad face.
"Forty or fifty soldiers died, the rest were injured, and the third company commander also died..."
Yang Chengwu looked at the soldiers on the ground who had been following him since Red Army , but now they have become cold corpses, and his heart is bleeding.
"Report, no enemy was found in Dapingdi Village ahead!" The voice of the investigator pulled Yang Chengwu back from his great grief.
Langya Mountain
Gao Peng next to him urged: "Commander, we are not out of danger yet. We must break out of the enemy's encirclement as soon as possible."
Yang Chengwu hurriedly sorted out his emotions and summoned the logistics department, Baizhang, rear hospital, district leaders and others to discuss the next plan together.
blood-stained Tizigou
At this time, everyone was more than a hundred miles away from the nearest base, so the comrade of the Logistics Department said: "I carry a lot of luggage, and I am inconvenient to move forward. Everyone is not familiar with the way forward. Our Logistics Department should move south."
Yang Chengwu agreed with this decision, and then turned to the Bai School and said: "You were separated from us and followed us to the north of Langya Mountain."
But the leaders of the Bai School had different opinions. Captain Ding Yi said: "There is another one in front of it." The female soldiers can no longer walk at a single step on the road of more than a hundred miles. Besides, there are hundreds of wounded people. I will sooner or later be caught up by the Japanese when I take us with me."
And Dean Wang of Bai School also believes:
"Even if the lesbians of Bai School can walk around, it will be difficult for these wounded people to go out. Otherwise, let's say goodbye here. We will rest for a while and go to the location of the first district team. The enemy there has been evacuated, so there should be no problem."
Yang Chengwu understands the current situation, but years of revolutionary experience tells him that the more difficult the situation is, the more likely it is to change, so he repeatedly advises Bai School everyone to go with him.
But helplessly, the current situation is so cruel. I can’t leave if I take everyone in the White School and the wounded. Finally, Yang Chengwu had to respect the other party's decision and went in three ways.
Yang Chengwu led the military district troops to rush towards Dapingdi Village, and the Logistics Department also began to go south. There were only more than 200 female soldiers and a large number of wounded soldiers from Baizhao in the Tizigou area.
Everyone rested in the depression at the exit of Tizigou for a while, and Dean Wang and others were preparing to call everyone to move to Wanxian where the first district team was located.
But when everyone was about to get up and leave, a Japanese army emerged from the hill on the north side of the Tizigou.
"There are Japanese devils on the mountain!"
accompanied by this sharp sound, and Japanese bullets and artillery fire. Before everyone could react, the Japanese machine gun spit out a tongue of flames.
Director Wang, Captain Ding and others quickly organized a few armed forces to resist.
"Protect the wounded! Retreat quickly!" Dean Wang shouted at the top of his lungs.
At this time, the wounded on the stretcher also understood that they could not escape death. They shouted at the female medical soldiers beside them: "Go away quickly, take the students away!"
But these female soldiers in the white school would rather die than surrender and vowed to live and die with the wounded.
Soon the Japanese army on the mountain rushed down. Without any weapons to stop them, they used stones and crutches as weapons, and fought desperately with the enemy by grabbing them with their hands and biting them with their mouths.
All female soldiers and wounded soldiers who are still able to move stand up and fight with the enemy. For a moment, there was a roar in the ladder ditch and depression.
In this battle with extremely unequal combat power, the female soldiers of the Bai School and the wounded were soon defeated and retreated to a canyon area at Duanhukou while fighting.
Director Wang, Captain Ding Yi and others have already died in the battlefield. The only dozens of female soldiers in the white school built a wall with their flesh and blood to cover the wounded behind them to retreat.
At this time, the troops led by General Yang Chengwu had already reached the northern foot of Langya Mountain, and they were completely unaware of the tragedy that occurred in the Tizigou depression.
Fortunately, the logistics department, which had a slow marching speed, heard the gunshots from behind and realized that the White School members might have encountered an unexpected accident.
They immediately turned around and rushed back, and finally rescued more than fifty female medical soldiers from the white school in a thrilling manner.
On the same day, General Yang Chengwu and others were resting in Langya Mountain, they received a message from the Dapingdi Intelligence Station: "The wounded and female soldiers of the Bai School in the rear were surrounded by the enemy, and only forty or fifty people rushed out."
General Yang Chengwu has participated in hundreds of battles of all sizes since he participated in the revolution, and has seen the sacrifices of his comrades countless times, but he has never shed a tear.
But this time the sacrifice of the female soldiers of the Bai School made him cry and he would never forget him for his life...
Statue of the student's death at Bethune School
Conclusion
A group of young female soldiers of eighteen or nineteen years old, before they could get out of the school and go to the battlefield, they died under the bayonets' bayonets and bullets.
They were originally rescued, but in the end they became rescuers.
Whether it is following the large army in a harsh environment, risking its lives to rush into the enemy-occupied area to rescue the wounded, or fighting face to face with the Japanese army holding guns, these white school female soldiers have never retreated, they are well-deserved heroines.
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