Zhao Ceng was praised as "Tiger Hero" by Feng Yuxiang. In the Battle of xifengkou, he made full use of tactics and annihilated more than 5,000 Japanese troops in World War I, which was called "a nightmare in the daytime" by the Japanese army. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression started, he insisted on standing in the front line of Beiping defense, and never flinched until he died. What kind of glorious story does Zhao Dengyu have? Why is he regarded as a nightmare by the Japanese?
From 65438 to 0898, Zhao was born in Heze, Shandong. The Zhao family makes a living by farming. However, due to the low grain output and various natural disasters at that time, Zhao's childhood life was extremely poor. His father died when he was very young, and his mother shouldered the burden of the family alone and raised several children at home with hardships. In order to reduce the burden on her mother, Zhao and several brothers and sisters go out to pick mulberry leaves and raise silkworms every day, in exchange for some meager income to supplement their families.
When he was seven or eight years old, his mother took out the thrifty money and sent Zhao to a private school to study. Zhao cherishes this hard-won opportunity to study, but when he looks at his mother's haggard face, Zhao feels very uncomfortable. After studying in private schools for two years, Zhao refused to go to school again. He doesn't want to burden his mother any more.
Zhao is a stubborn man. After dropping out of school, he helped his mother do farm work at home and did odd jobs to support his family. Zhao's favorite thing is to listen to the old people in the village telling some legendary stories about heroes. He admires those heroes who uphold justice for heaven and yearns for their righteous deeds. He hopes that one day he can do good things for the people like the hero in the story, and his interest in martial arts also arises.
When Zhao Yi was free, he began to practice his own boxing and boxing. Although he didn't get a systematic education, with his efforts, he also accumulated some foundations of martial arts. When his mother saw that he was interested in martial arts, she supported him to learn from a teacher. /kloc-When he was 0/3 years old, Zhao studied martial arts from the local martial arts master Zhu.
Because of many years of farm work, Zhao's physical fitness is very good, coupled with Zhao's hard exercise, his martial arts level has improved rapidly. Master Zhu knows a little about all kinds of martial arts. Under his guidance, Zhao learned Tai Chi, Eight Diagrams, Shaolin and other boxing techniques in less than three years, and he was proficient in using various weapons. Zhao has another unique skill. He can take each other's swords and guns with his bare hands.
Zhao is tall, martial arts is high, and he can hold a knife with his bare hands. He fought with others, and the other side was afraid to get close, and his reputation gradually spread. However, Zhao did not always stay in his hometown to study martial arts. At that time, the wind of revolution had spread all over the country, and Zhaolou Village, where Zhao was located, was also influenced by the revolutionary trend of thought. Because he had a chivalrous heart since he was a child, Ye Zhao saw many sufferings of people's livelihood. He decided to join the army and serve his country with his martial arts.
In A.D. 19 14, Zhao took his brother and some friends from his hometown to Shaanxi to join the army led by Feng Yuxiang. At that time, the reputation of Feng Yuxiang's army spread from Shaanxi to Shandong. Zhao heard that Feng Yuxiang's army was disciplined and patriotic, and thought it was a revolutionary army. So Zhao and his brothers traveled across mountains and rivers, starting from Shandong and heading for Shaanxi.
Shandong is more than 800 miles away from Shanxi/KLOC-0. They soon ran out of dry food and had to beg all the way. They walked around the clock for more than 20 days and their shoes were worn out. This just went to Tongguan, Shaanxi, and became a deputy soldier in Feng Yuxiang's team. Zhao is tall and strong, and has martial arts skills. He works hard in the army and is not afraid of hardship. He quickly stood out among a group of soldiers and was promoted to bodyguard by Feng Yuxiang.
19 18, Feng Yuxiang led the troops to pacify bandits in western Hunan, and then moved to Changde area. Zhao went to Hunan with his troops, which eliminated two major hazards for the local people. At that time, there was a Japanese consulate in Changde, and Japanese hooligans were bullying and bullying the people. Zhao doesn't like their behavior. Once several Japanese hooligans got drunk, not only abusing passers-by, but also beating vendors.
Feng Yuxiang arrived in time when he heard the news and taught the Japanese a good lesson. These people have been bullying in the local area for a long time. This is the first time anyone dares to hit them. Japanese hooligans were very angry and threatened to find the Japanese consulate and make Zhao look good. Unexpectedly, Zhao not only didn't feel scared, but also sent them directly to the Japanese consulate and showed evidence of their evil deeds in the local area.
Because of the conclusive evidence and fear of Feng Yuxiang's strength, the Japanese consulate can only order those people to apologize to the vendors who were beaten. Since then, no Japanese hooligans have dared to bully the people. Because Zhao is stationed in a nearby mountain, he often trains with his comrades in the nearby mountain. During a training session, a tiger suddenly ran out. Zhao has long heard that tigers often haunt nearby, and he has repeatedly gone down the mountain to hurt people and animals. I didn't expect the tiger to be met by them this time.
The tiger was obviously hungry and stared at them warily, waiting for an opportunity to rush up and take a bite. Zhao rushed to everyone without fear and fired several shots at the tiger. A tiger with several bullets in its body bared its teeth in pain. Because it felt threatened, it turned around and ran, but jumped into the river in desperation. Zhao took the lead in rushing into the river and punched the tiger on the head until he died.
The soldiers dragged the tiger out of the river and gave it to Feng Yuxiang. Feng Yuxiang was very happy and specially invited a photographer to take photos of Zhao riding on the back of a tiger. When the local people heard about it, they were very grateful to Zhao for getting rid of this great harm. In order to celebrate his success, Zhao spread his reputation as a tiger hero. Through Zhao's brave and decisive behavior of eliminating two evils for the local people, we know that he is a man with great courage, and his legendary life has just begun.
After the September 18th Incident broke out, due to the Kuomintang's policy of non-resistance, the Northeast was fully strategized by the Japanese army, and the country was in danger, which worried every patriot. Zhao hated Japanese aggression and devoted all his energy to military training. He made full use of his martial arts, developed a knife method suitable for use on the battlefield, personally led the soldiers to contact the essentials of chopping and killing, and was always ready to fight to the death with the Japanese army.
Japan's ambition was not satisfied because it got the Northeast. They pointed the arrow of aggression at the Jehol again in an attempt to invade Inner Mongolia and North China by occupying the area. Subsequently, the Japanese army launched a large-scale war, crossed Shanhaiguan and launched an attack on the gate of the Great Wall, and the Great Wall campaign started. After receiving the order, Zhao, led by Wang Changhai, rushed to xifengkou to resist the Japanese invasion.
Xifengkou is an important throat of Peiping and Jehol, and it is also an important barrier in many places. As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was a barrier for Beijing to resist foreign enemies. Once xifengkou fell, the Japanese army not only mastered the blockade of China, accelerated the pace of aggression, but also resisted our counterattack with favorable terrain. Zhao and others all know that xifengkou must not be lost. However, when Zhao troops arrived, the Japanese army had occupied xifengkou Highland and hundreds of cavalry had reached the foot of the Great Wall.
Zhao and others didn't flinch at all. They fought the Japanese to the death. After several hours of fighting, they finally occupied the highland. Using this favorable terrain, they annihilated more than 100 Japanese invaders. But soon, the Japanese army dispatched aircraft artillery, and the shells were continuously thrown in the direction of Zhao. Under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese army launched a fierce counterattack and captured the highlands again.
After that, the Japanese army increased a large number of troops and came in the direction of xifengkou, ready to attack again. However, Zhao's army is getting smaller and smaller. Faced with the indiscriminate bombing by the Japanese army, they had little chance to advance. At this critical moment, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief Zhao. He led the troops and lay down in the mountains on both sides of xifengkou, hiding in the Japanese bombing for several hours, during which he didn't fire a shot.
Just before dawn, when the smoke filled the air, when the Japanese army thought that all China troops had been killed, Zhao quietly returned to the trenches with all the soldiers. When the Japanese army entered, Zhao and others jumped out of the smoke and fought with the enemy with broadswords, annihilating more than 700 Japanese troops. During the battle, Zhao's left leg was hit by a shell. The guards advised him to back off first, but Zhao didn't want to leave the front line. He simply bandaged the wound on his leg and stuck to the front line of the battle.
That night, Zhao organized the second night attack. He led the soldiers around the camp behind the enemy in the dark. Every soldier carries a big knife. When the battle started, the soldiers wielded broadswords and killed more than 1000 Japanese invaders, which ushered in the victory of the battle of xifengkou. In this campaign, Zhao led his troops, annihilated 5,000 Japanese troops and seized countless trophies. His broadsword team has also become a Japanese nightmare.
After this campaign, Zhao led his troops to Zhangbei County, and a sensational "Zhangbei Incident" occurred. 1934, eight Japanese people passed through Zhangbei County on the pretext of traveling. Not only did they not show their certificates, but they also verbally abused the guards guarding the city, showing great contempt. When Zhao learned about it, he arrested all the Japanese, but they were still cruel and abused soldiers.
In order to destroy the prestige of these Japanese people, Zhao specially selected a group of tall and strong soldiers, let them hold bayonets, in groups of ten people, and constantly stabbed them one inch away from the Japanese head. The Japanese were scared out of their wits, and there was no more insolence just now. They knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and wrote down their mistakes. Coincidentally, in the second year, another similar incident happened in Zhangbei.
1935, four Japanese agents passed Zhangbei again in an attempt to steal our national defense map. They are arrogant and don't cooperate with the guards' inspection, thinking that we dare not do anything with them. But they didn't expect Zhao to order them to be arrested and held overnight. Soon after, the people in the Japanese consulate once again provoked unreasonably, relying on Chiang Kai-shek's policy of non-resistance, even ordinary Japanese without guns dared to yell at our soldiers.
Without forbearance, Zhao directly ordered a counterattack, scaring the Japanese army to flee, and the soldiers present were very happy. Subsequently, relying on the Zhangbei Incident, the Japanese army kept putting pressure on our army. The national government still adheres to the policy of non-resistance. They not only dismissed Zhao's boss Song, but also signed the humiliating Qin-Tu Agreement with Japan, which made China Province fall into the hands of the Japanese again.
Zhao was disappointed with the national government's policy of non-resistance. He was bent on killing the Japanese aggressors and retaking our territory, but he didn't expect that all the cities were sent by the National Government. Until the Lugouqiao Incident occurred in 1937, the Japanese army assembled a large number of troops and headed for North China. Song ordered Zhao to be the commander-in-chief of Nanyuan outside Beijing. Zhao Dengyu encouraged everyone to say: "Soldiers have death and no life in the Anti-Japanese War, and Lugou Bridge is our grave." And his last grave is next to Lugou Bridge.
1On July 27th, 937, the Japanese army attacked Nanyuan with weak garrison. Zhao Hetong sticks to his post. In addition to army soldiers, the garrison also includes student groups without guns. At the gate are more than 3,000 Japanese mechanized troops with more than 30 bombers overhead. Bullets and bombs kept falling in the city, and people around them fell down one by one. Zhao led his men to kill the enemy with a broadsword. Seeing the broadsword, the Japanese army was terrified out of their wits and retreated one kilometer.
But what followed was the fierce artillery fire of the Japanese army, and Zhao had to give up the pursuit and retreat to the original position. Just as Zhao was preparing to reorganize his troops, due to the betrayal of the traitor Pan Yugui, the reinforcement route of the reinforcements was mastered by the Japanese army, and both regiments were annihilated by the Japanese army. Later, Zhao's troops retreated to Dahongmen, where the Japanese who learned the news set an ambush. Troops suffered heavy casualties, and Ye Zhao was blown up by Japanese bombs.
Zhao, who was shot several times, woke up from a coma. He knows he can't live any longer, but he still has an elderly mother at home, which makes him unable to let go. Zhao looked at the emissary around him and told him to go to his mother after the war, bring the news of his sacrifice and let the army take care of his elderly mother. No sooner had the words been finished than Zhao stopped breathing. He is only 39 years old this year.
Feng Yuxiang was deeply saddened by the news of Zhao's sacrifice. He found out Zhao's previous photos and nominated him as "the general who killed tigers in the seventh year of the Republic of China". After the National Government posthumously awarded Zhao as General and buried his body beside Lugou Bridge. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, people from all walks of life in Beiping came to attend Zhao's public sacrifice ceremony. The road named after his nation is still in Xicheng, Beijing, silently telling the tragic past.
Zhao's great spirit of sacrificing himself to serve the country faithfully shows the heroic and unyielding national spirit of the Chinese nation. He is the backbone of the people of China, a model for all the people of China and a martyr that we should always remember and respect. Peace is never dull. Peace is made up of brilliant and tragic stories. It is precisely because people like Zhao blocked the disaster for us that we have a peaceful and stable life today.