Chapter 1473 The Martyrs’ Temple!
Both of them have seen the handsome Dan Tai guy, but this is the first time Fang Xianjue has seen him, but everyone has heard of Dan Tai.
As for Dan Tai Yunshu, who was standing under the tree and smiling at these three, it was obvious that he had guessed that the three of them were in the center.
In the entire Hengyang area, there may be no one else who can keep the Chief of Staff of the First Army and Mayor HY with him except the former Chief of the 10th Army.
Since leaving Taihang Mountain, Dan Tai Yunshu has no military position and is still a professor at Jinling University. When he sees these three, he naturally does not have to hold the rituals of a soldier, and greets each other with a handshake gift.
"Today I came to Fuyan Temple to visit. Master Zhiyuan asked me to tell the young masters about my Chinese history. On a whim, when I talked about the war in China at this time, I showed off my aggression in front of Commander Fang. I would like to ask Commander Fang to tell you so that I will not mislead you." Dan Tai Yunshu said.
Even if a general like Fang Xianjue who once held heavy troops could make the arrogant and humble handsome man Dan Tai, there were really few people.
That's really not that his son-in-law is in Hengyang and belongs to this person's jurisdiction, but that Fang Xianjue is really a general.
During the third battle of Tanzhou, Anan Weiji, who was then the commander of the 11th Army of Japan, knew that the 10th Preparatory Division of the 9th War Zone was guarding the south gate of Tanzhou. When the Japanese lieutenant general saw that the word "preparation" was mentioned in front of the unit, he made a judgment that this was a second-rate unit, so he set the combat plan as "the target of attacking the south gate of Tanzhou as the focus."
Anan Weiji's judgment was correct. The 10th Preparatory Division had many new recruits and few veterans. He had just participated in the second Battle of Tanzhou, and the troops had not been fully reorganized, and the entire division had only 7,000 people.
But Ananwei underestimated the commander of the 10th Division at that time, Fang Xianxian was outstanding!
When he received the task of guarding the south gate of Tanzhou, Fang Xianjue made a will and asked the adjutant to hand it over to his wife.
On the 4th day of the battle at the South Gate, because the Japanese army gathered heavy troops to attack the South Gate and their positions were lost one after another. Fang Xianjue, as the supreme commander of the 10th Preparatory Division, went to the front line to supervise the battle with a pistol. The confidant commander of his commander was inspired to carry out counterattack against the Japanese army with a machine gun and his guard company. He repelled 11 rounds of Japanese attacks on the same day.
The division commander and regiment commander all came to the front line to fight, which greatly inspired morale. Only 58 people were left behind the 30th Regiment of the main regiment under the 10th Division who were able to finally get out of the position by themselves.
Not only was the Japanese army finally forced to retreat, but they also left more than 3,000 corpses in front of the Nanmen position of Tanzhou, which was the battlefield where the 11th Army suffered the most heavy losses in the third Battle of Tanzhou.
After the war, the 10th Army, which was in charge of the 10th Division, was awarded the highest honor of the "Flying Tiger Flag", and was named "Taishan Army". Fang Xianjue was promoted to commander of the 10th Army.
"Please tell me!" A young monk who was over 18 stood up and folded his hands at Fang Xianjue.
When I was doing the Buddhist rituals, my eyes were filled with anger. It was supposed to be the excitement caused by what the handsome man Dan Tai said earlier.
"Okay! Then I'll tell you!" Although Fang Xianjue was a little depressed, seeing this young monk cares so much about the war, he couldn't help but recall the young officers and soldiers of his 10th Army who died on the battlefield.
They are so young, and after hearing about the evil things the Japanese have done, they angrily walked to the battlefield and then gave their young lives.
In this world, these young people cannot be missing!
"I heard what Professor Dan Tai said just now outside the wall. There are many reasons for the defeat in the Battle of Central Plains, but as Chinese soldiers, we cannot refuse to blame!
However, I still want to say that history will not repeat itself, and China will not perish! The Chinese nation has been indomitable for five thousand years and has its own great power hidden.
First of all, we have to thank our ancestors. It is their continuous expansion of territory that has given China three major advantages: land, vast territory, and numerous people. This is exactly the shortcomings of the Japanese island country.
In addition, over the past five thousand years, the Chinese nation has experienced many war baptisms, but it still exists on this land. That is because we are the most labor-hard nation in the world, able to survive in an environment where others cannot survive, and constantly carry forward it. This is why our China will not perish!"
Fang Xianjue paused and continued, "We are in Hengyang, so let's talk about the war in Hengyang. The gentleman I admire the most, General Baili once made such a prediction 20 years ago: "There will be a war in China and Japan in the future. Compared with the current national strength of China and Japan, China will definitely be at a complete disadvantage in the early stage. After the war begins, if Jinpu and Pinghan are occupied by the Japanese army, the lifeline of China's war of resistance will be transferred to Luoyang-Xiangyang-Hengyang, which is called the Sanyang!"
Mr. He also said that from the perspective of geographical and ethnic characteristics, Hunan Province is the heart of China. Once a war breaks out, the coastal industrial and commercial areas are ravaged by war, all industries will be transferred to mountains, while Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou are the most suitable places. Why should we focus on Hunan Province? It is Hunan Province that has been on the edge of the regime for a long time in history and has strong folk customs. The manpower and military sources here are equivalent to Prussia in China, and it is the best base for China to fight for a long time. He also asserted that the final outcome of the Sino-Japanese War, the three Hunan and seven lakes will be the largest cemetery of the Japanese army!”
At this time, the sun was gradually setting in the west, and the golden warm sunlight passed through the pine forest, covering half of the courtyard with an oblique slope, casting the figure of the former commander of the 10th Army onto the white gables.
The young monk who stood up and invited Xianjue to speak and sit down when he heard this, he was filled with tears.
The old monk standing not far away sighed silently.
The Buddhist silence still cannot cleanse the resentment of his disciple!
"Everyone, how unfortunate we are? Why did the Japanese invaders have grown up for many years? Today is such a critical moment again. But how lucky we are to talk about scriptures and discussions in such a quiet place in the midst of the war. Although Luoyang was lost and Xiangyang fell several times, Hengyang is still there, and our glimmer of hope remains! As long as we guard this lifeline, exchange time for space, and turn passive into initiative, China will not perish!" Fang Xianjue's emotions were obviously excited at this time.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "If each of us Chinese, from the commander of the country, the army is important, and the height of the temple, we worry about the people, and from the general public, monks and Taoists, all of us have the ambition of "mounting a horse and killing a bandit, and dismounting a horse and learning Buddhism", then our China will definitely not perish!"
The young monk with tears in his eyes could no longer hold back, and stood up with tears in his face, raised his right arm and shouted loudly: "Get on the horse and kill the bandits, and get off the horse and learn Buddhism!"
The monks also stood up and shouted!
The majestic slogans of the monks resounded throughout the mountains and rumbled in the mountains!
The quiet thousand-year-old ancient temple is destined to be no longer quiet at this moment.
Even the old monk with a calm expression was no longer as quiet as before.
He is a practitioner, but his body and mind are still Chinese.
Only Zhao Junmai, looking at his colleague surrounded by monks, frowned slightly.
Fang Xianjue and him have worked in Hengyang for nearly a year. Both sides still appreciate each other's character and ability, otherwise they would not have come to Fuyan Temple together today.
However, Fang Xianjue has always been in line with Commander Xue, who has promoted him as the commander of the army and has now forced him out of the 10th Army with his own hands.
Just like what he said just now, he had actually expressed his thoughts very clearly. There will be a battle between Tanzhou and Hengyang soon, but this is obviously contrary to Commander Xue's views.
Although he had already reminded him very clearly, this person could not help but say it. Perhaps it would not take long before his views would be transmitted to Commander Xue. It seems that he will never come back to the 10th Army.
"My little master, how dare you ask for the Dharma name?" Fang Xianjue said everything in his heart, as if he was breathing a sigh of relief and turned his eyes to the young monk who was in high spirits.
"My Dharma name is Huiyuan!" The young monk answered quickly.
"Okay! I'll see you again." Fang Xianjue smiled slightly and walked out.
Fang Xianjue, who had seen the abbot worshipping the Buddha again, walked to the temple gate, looked at the half-Western blue brick buildings on the side, and looked at the handsome Dan Tai who was sending him to the ground, and said, "Mr. Dan Tai stayed, where is the Commander Tang? Time flies. The last time we met, it was nearly half a year since the last time, and I was leaving. Why didn't he come to see me off? Why, do you think I, a lieutenant general, are not worthy of? Then be careful that I surrendered him in front of Minister He, so that he will not be so happy in the future!"
Tang Dao led the Four Army Corps to station in Hengshan. Although it was directly under the command of the War Zone Command, if it was not under this jurisdiction, if it really didn't come to see him off on his territory, it would be really no etiquette.
Fang Xianjue's words seem to be a joke, but they may become the truth at any time.
"Tang Dao said yesterday that if Commander Fang really wants to be transferred, he will definitely come to Fuyan Temple. Then he, the commander of the engineering corps, must be waiting for the big lord." Dan Tai Yunshu said calmly.
"Haha! The self-proclaimed engineer commander, Captain Tang, has achieved good reputation, and it won my heart in seconds! Then, I, a consul, have to meet the engineer commander no matter what."
At the end of 1942, the Four Army Regiment received the order and was changed to the 9th War Zone. It was originally thought that the 9th War Zone was in urgent need of strength to be supplemented by two consecutive battles in Tanzhou, but Tang Dao thought he could participate in the third Battle of Tanzhou.
As a result, the Four Army Regiment was directly stationed in Hengshan on the edge of Hengyang, and by the way, they became engineers on the green mountain in Nanyue, which had nothing to do with fighting.
It turned out that since the Provisional Military Commission moved south to Hengshan, the wife and the wife who came here several times have loved Nanyue. Commander Xue from the 9th War Zone has been particularly concerned about the construction of Nanyue and wants to reflect his political achievements in governing Hunan.
After 1939, the northern Hunan Province had been in full swing for five consecutive years, and the construction of Nanyue had made rapid progress. In 1943, because a heroic group of anti-Japanese war put down their guns and picked up the dust bucket, they even entered the peak of construction.
The Nanyue Martyrs' Temple, Zhongai Society, gymnasium, hospital, sanatorium, swimming pool, etc., which cost tens of millions of silver, were built one after another. It seems that the smoke of the War of Resistance has dissipated and the prosperous era is about to arrive.
Arrived at the 9th War Zone in February 1943. The Four Army Regiment, which had great military achievements, did not participate in the war for even one day, and even built a large-scale construction on Hengshan Mountain. Couldn’t the commander of Tang Dao be the commander of the engineer?
This is probably the case with the so-called self-destruction of martial arts.
And Tang Dao! It seemed that he simply fell into trouble. Since early September, he brought his wife and son to Hengshan, and he spent most of his time traveling around with his wife and children, looking like enjoying life and attitude. Otherwise, Fang Xianjue would not have said anything that would not allow Tang Dao to continue to be so happy.
From the perspective of a soldier, Fang Xianjue naturally didn't want to see the sharpest knife in the army dull, and wanted to have a good talk with Tang Dao before leaving.
"Since Commander Tang can even guess that I will come to Fuyan Temple and his party, then I, the former commander of the 10th Army, must not lose face of the 10th Army. I will go to him." Fang Xianjue smiled faintly, looked up at the sky, turned his head and said to the two people beside him.
"I'll go and see Ming Jin! Let's meet you later."
After saying that, he walked towards the direction of Xianglu Peak.
The two generals looked at Fang Xianjue's direction and their eyes were dark. They knew that this Lai Fuyan Temple was probably the most important thing, and they wanted to go there to see it.
There is a large building complex that has just been built, called the Nanyue Martyrs' Shrine!
The Nanyue Martyrs' Temple is covered with sky and earth. The main building is built along the mountain. From south to north, there are archways, July 7 monuments, memorial halls, memorial pavilions, and enjoyment halls. It has a magnificent temperament and strict regulations, like the Zhongshan Mausoleum.
There are 13 large martyrs' tombs around the Martyrs' Temple, with green mountains and green cypresses and towering ancient pines on both sides, and the remains of the fallen soldiers in the 9th War Zone are buried.
After the Jiangxia Battle in 1938, the man held a military meeting in Nanyue. At the meeting, many generals said that the troops were evacuated in a hurry, and most of the dead officers and soldiers were killed on the battlefield. If the people were not restrained and birds and beasts were fighting for food, the situation was terrible. This was not only disrespectful to the dead officers and soldiers, but also affected the morale of the living.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the other hand, the Japanese army tried to snatch the bodies of the soldiers who died in battle, either burn or buried, so that they would not be stolen from the position and become food for birds and wild dogs. They sacrificed their lives for the country but ended up like this, which was enough to make everyone's hearts cold.
In his summary speech, the man listed this as the leader of the twelve major shames in the army and blamed himself: "The thing that our army was most despised by the enemy in the past was that many of our fallen soldiers were not only unable to be carried back for burial, but also abandoned on the battlefield of violent corpses on the positions. It is really a shame to our army!"
After the meeting, the designated General Chen of the 3rd War Zone and General Xue of the 9th War Zone took the lead in establishing the Nanyue Martyrs' Shrine Construction Committee. It took four years to finally be completed by the end of 1943.
The Four-Road Group came here to garrison and built a martyr's temple was one of their tasks.
Fang Xianjue's main purpose is not to come to find Tang Dao, but to visit his most favored subordinates. Although he knew that if Tang Dao wanted to see him, he would definitely wait for him here.
Since he stepped into the archway and stepped up the steps, the big tomb was not far away, and his eyes gradually blurred. He seemed to see that on the warm sunshine afternoon in late spring of 1940, the young Chief of Staff Sun Mingjin came to report to him, baring his white teeth and looking gentle and kind.
At that time, Fang Xianjue became the commander of the newly established 10th Preparatory Division. Sun Mingjin was his first chief of staff. Both of them were graduates of Huangpu, of the same age, and with the ideal of killing the enemy and serving the country, they both wanted to train the army into a brave and war-friendly unit, and soon became friends as close as brothers.
Sun Ming was both civil and military, good at planning, good at training troops, brave in combat, and never picks on food and clothing. He broke several holes in a major general's official uniform, but he still made up for it. When he encountered the enemy, he was always at the front line command center. If there was a critical battle situation, he would lead the team to kill the enemy.
At the last moment of the Battle of Changde, as the commander of the 10th Division, he even carried a spear and fought with the Japanese invaders in hand-to-hand combat, killing six people in a row, but was suddenly fired by the Japanese invaders' machine gun and was killed by five bullets.
Before his death, he did not forget to instruct his regiment commander: "Implement the military commander and achieve the mission!"
When the major general was buried that day, Fang Xianjue led the officers above the 10th Army Barracks, braved the continuous rain, stepped on the yellow mud on both legs, and led the hearse along the winding mountain road to transport it to the Nanyue Martyrs' Temple.
The rain in December is extremely cold, but the coldest thing is not the body, but the heart.
The death of his close friend was not only due to the fierceness of the Japanese invaders, but also the blame for some people's mistakes during wartime, but the man shirked all the responsibilities with a light saying, "The reinforcements arrived too late because of the difficult and dangerous journey!"
Now, he is even more away from the 10th Army, and he will not know when he will return to this Martyrs' Temple to meet his close friend's tomb again.
Thinking of this, even though he showed his strong temperament, he couldn't help but burst into tears at this moment.
With tears in my eyes, I saw a small figure kneeling in front of my close friend’s grave, giving me a bunch of bright and dazzling red mountains!
Chapter completed!