Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"After our company instructor caught up with us, he sighed and said an idiom, which was also the first idiom I remembered."

"Blood is flowing!"

"I still remember that scene: the red river, surging and covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. Later, I heard that the trees on the other side of Hada Mountain were particularly lush, and the fish in the Songhua River were particularly delicious!"

"Do you want to go back to your old unit?"

"I want to go, but it's not a big deal. I went this year. I was there during the 70th military parade last year and even rode in a car to be reviewed."

"The commander has met me too. He still remembers my name and the note he approved for me. Last year, it was the commander who took us old guys to visit our old unit!"

"The commander is in very good health. He can even pick up a gun and shoot. He even hit a ten-ring shot, leaving the group of new recruits stunned."

"Were we afraid when our division faced hundreds of thousands of Japanese invaders and puppet troops? What was there to be afraid of? No, we were not afraid of death at all!"

"But I'm a little scared of death now. I want to live a few more years and see more of our country. If I go down there, I might run into some old comrades and tell them about our current situation."

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"Old hero, thank you for accepting our interview. We wish you..."

The old hero waved his hands and said, "Don't call me old hero, just call me uncle. What kind of hero am I? Those who sacrificed their lives are the heroes."

——Excerpt from the eleventh episode of the 2020 documentary "My War of Resistance", a soldier of the former Fourth Division of the Shanxi-Heilongjiang-Jilin-Liaoning-Chahar Military Region...

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I feel that the old soldier is from Sichuan and Chongqing, so it would be better to use Sichuan and Chongqing dialect. I think everyone should be able to understand it, right?

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Chapter 607: Memoirs of a Devil

"Dead, all dead, all dead!"

"There were bodies everywhere, on the road, in the river, everywhere."

"All dead."

"I was a new recruit, fresh out of high school."

"Back then, if you chose to join the army, female classmates would actively try to please you."

"I like Aizi, but Aizi was asked by the school to accompany a senior. Aizi stayed with the senior for three days and became very exhausted and had injuries on her body. Later, the senior went to join the army."

"For my son's sake, I also chose to join the army, and my son stayed with me for three days."

"I told Aizi that I would marry her when I came back, and Aizi agreed to wait for me."

"I received training in Sendai, learned how to march, and practiced how to fire a gun. After that, I took a ship to the peninsula. On the peninsula, I and a group of people from other regions were assigned to the 223rd Division. After another month of training, we were sent to Northeast China, which was called Manchuria at the time."

"When I first joined the army, I was only responsible for standing guard and patrolling."

"Later, we were assigned from Xinjing to the surrounding towns. Five other people and I, a total of six people, plus more than a hundred puppet soldiers, controlled the county town."

"Although we are few in number, the locals dare not resist. Although there are only six of us in the city, there are many people in the surrounding strongholds and barracks."

"At the time, the army was implementing a policy of collective responsibility. If someone killed one of our people, we would massacre the whole town."

"I heard that when Manchukuo was first occupied, there were frequent surprise attacks, so many villages and towns were massacred, and there were many massacre graves of hundreds or even thousands of people."

"I originally thought I could serve in the army for a few years, then return to my homeland to marry and have children with my beloved son. But one day, we received an order to assemble immediately in Xinjing. Xinjing was Changchun, the 'capital' of Manchukuo."

"Only after arriving in Xinjing did I learn that General Li Yunlong's troops had entered the four northeastern provinces and had reached Songyuan."

"I don't know where Songyuan is, but I heard it's very close to Xinjing. We were called back to defend Xinjing."

"The airport was bombed, and planes came to drop leaflets. I looked at them, but I couldn't understand the words. An old soldier scolded me and took the leaflets away."

"We stayed in Xinjing for a few days, and planes came every day to conduct reconnaissance. We had absolutely no air superiority."

"Later, I even saw General Li Yunlong's reconnaissance troops on the city walls of Xinjing."

"We stayed in Xinjing for about four or five days. Many surrounding cities were captured by General Li Yunlong's troops. We received orders to counterattack, and then we began to assemble and marched out of the city."

"There were four divisions, plus hundreds of thousands of puppet troops, more than 300,000 people setting out together. It was so crowded that I could only see heads in the throng. I spent over ten minutes on the side of the road taking care of a personal matter, while people kept lining up to pass by. There were so many people, it felt like there was nothing around, and there was no end in sight. It felt like there were more people than in our Sendai area."

"Our counterattack went smoothly at the beginning. General Li Yunlong's troops were retreating. In one day, we recaptured a large number of cities and encountered little resistance until we reached Hada Mountain."

"That was my first and last fight."

"Initially, the 71st and 74th Divisions participated in the battle, but later we took over the attack. Our regiment was assigned to the second wave of the attack. I was very scared at the time. The squad leader kept cheering us up and even let us eat military ration pills. I later learned that those pills were not meant to boost courage, but poison!"

"I was so nervous that the Bingliang Pill fell to the ground, so I didn't eat it, and I didn't dare to say that I didn't eat it."

"Later, I led the charge with the main force. My impression, or rather, the newspapers and various propaganda channels at the time, described the Chinese army as vulnerable, with outdated equipment and low morale. We only needed a single charge to capture their positions."

"Our squad leader told us the same thing at the time. He also told us that warriors who bravely charged forward could be commended by the Emperor and become figures like General Kodera."

"Later, we launched an attack, but I discovered that General Li Yunlong's troops had extremely powerful firepower. Our regiment charged in waves, following our training, but the first group of people were all killed before they even got 200 meters to the position."

"The same thing happened to the second group. When I was about to charge, I received an order to retreat. I was very grateful to have escaped, but this was just the beginning of my nightmare."

"As we were retreating, we heard a roar behind us, and then the troops gathering behind us were bombarded by heavy artillery, killing many people. When I passed by, I saw corpses all over the ground. It was difficult to piece together the bodies. Later I learned that if the bodies were intact, they could be sold for fifteen dollars."

"I heard a sound behind me, like a trumpet. I looked back and saw a group of people rushing towards us with weapons in the place where I had just attacked. At that time, I had only one thought: run, run non-stop!"

"I just kept running and running. I've been good at long-distance running since I was a child, and that's how I managed to survive and escape to the Songhua River."

"There were already many people in the Songhua River. I couldn't swim, so I didn't dare jump in. Just then, I heard the roar of tanks behind me. Next to me was a major general who was saying something, but I didn't hear clearly. Then I saw an Eighth Route Army soldier jump down and capture the major general."

"Then this soldier looked at us alone and told us not to move, or else anyone who moved would die!"

"I didn't have a weapon, but I understood what they said, so I squatted on the ground with my hands on my head and surrendered."

"Then I saw General Li Yunlong's tanks firing into the Songhua River. Anyone who jumped into the river was shot dead!"

"Dead, all dead. The river is covered with corpses. The water is dyed red. Those corpses..."

"I can't describe that scene in words. I'm very scared to recall it."

"After I surrendered, I was sent to the rear, and then to a gold mine in Siberia. Later, I was sent to an iron mine. I mined for a total of 30 years."

"I started mining in Outer Mongolia and the four northeastern provinces, then moved to Siberia, and later to Laos, Myanmar and other regions."

"I am grateful to Prime Minister Kota Kotera, who has been running around for us prisoners of war. Only then was I able to return home alive."

"As for my beloved son, she is dead. She died of illness a year after I left..."

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—Excerpt from the memoirs of Yoshiyaichiro, a surviving Japanese soldier from the 223rd Division, "Thirty Years in a Prisoner of War Camp"

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I'm not allowed to write about a lot of things, so I can only reveal them through my memoirs. I hope you understand! ~

Chapter 608 Why are they all small shrimps?

"Report, the Fourth Division reports that we've captured a Japanese major general, a brigade commander of the Japanese 223rd Division!"

"Report, the 16th Division reports, the Japanese devils' captain has been captured!"

"Report, the 17th Division reports..."

The deputy division commander had arrived at the front line at this time, and the communications soldier beside him kept summarizing the latest news and reporting it to the deputy division commander.

The voice on the walkie-talkie next to me never stopped.

"Why is the highest ranking officer only a major general? Where are the big fish of the Japanese? First, put those who surrendered in custody. Anyone who disobeys orders will be shot immediately!"

The deputy division commander frowned and said that he felt something was wrong. No big fish were caught, only small shrimps, and the biggest one was a major general.

"Fourth Division, stop taking prisoners and continue south. Your target is Xinjing!"

"The First Armored Division will refuel immediately and set off immediately!"

"What? Japs in the Songhua River? Shoot them!"

"Tell the soldiers to be careful, or they might get bitten by the dying devils!"

"Yes, yes, yes, keep going forward and take Xinjing!"

The deputy division commander kept replying to telegrams and instructions on the walkie-talkie while writing telegrams with a pen in his hand.

After the call ended, he handed the telegram to the signalman beside him: "Report this telegram to the headquarters. Our troops have successfully defeated the Japanese in the direction of Xinjing. The exact number of prisoners is still being counted, and it is no less than 70,000. Except for a small number of Japanese who escaped, the rest were killed or drowned. More than 100,000 puppet troops were captured. Our vanguard is continuing to move south!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the telegram was delivered to Li Yunlong's command headquarters.

At this time, Li Yunlong and Jiang Shou were both waiting for the battle report from the Third Corps.

This battle is extremely crucial. If we can defeat the Japanese troops coming out of Xinjing, the entire situation of the war will be fundamentally reversed.

"Report, telegram from the Third Corps!"

The signalman stood up and picked up a telegram, his face unable to suppress a smile. Seeing the signalman's expression, Li Yunlong also became excited, this must be good news.

"...The exact number of prisoners is still being counted, but it's no less than 70,000, excluding a small number of Japanese soldiers..."

Li Yunlong looked at the contents of the telegram and couldn't help but read out the rest of it.

Then, he excitedly waved his fist and said, "We won! The Third Corps won!"

Zhao Gang and the others all smiled. Jiang Shou nodded and quickly walked to the sand table. "Order the Third Corps to continue south! Take Xinjing directly!"

"What should we do about the Japanese coming from Harbin?"

"Don't worry about them. They will definitely retreat after receiving the telegram from Xinjing. If all else fails, we can trade Songyuan for Xinjing!"

"Yes!"

"How is the situation in Fengtian?"