The domestic war blockbuster "800", which was released on August 2nd1day, once again brought the heroic epic of "eight hundred heroes" who fought against the enemy alone and defended the four-row warehouse 83 years ago to the big screen.
One of the "eight hundred heroes" survivors lived and worked in Nanjing in obscurity for decades, and restored the history mixed with courage and blood and tears with his last memory. When the news media exposed his identity after being "neglected" for 72 years and was confirmed as the fourth surviving "eight hundred heroes" in mainland China, only four days later, at the age of 96, he hurriedly "returned to the team" and reunited with his comrades in another world. ...
This veteran who experienced the baptism of blood and fire of the whole nation in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and cut off the devil's head with a broadsword is called Zhou Dafa, a native of Wangqiao Town, Jianli City, Hubei Province.
Gulou Hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province is located in Zhong Ling, an ancient capital with beautiful scenery and rich dragons and tigers. In the hospital archives, the dusty rope was untied, and the words "Zhou Dafa" appeared on a file numbered 045. The envelope is printed with the words "cadre files" in traditional Chinese characters, and the words "workers" are written on the cover with a pen, indicating the professional identity of its owner. In the archives, there are more than a dozen related materials, yellow paper, telling the vicissitudes of history and revealing shocking secrets.
Due to special historical reasons, Zhou Dafa rarely revealed his real experience in front of outsiders, and friends around him only knew that "he had participated in the Kuomintang", and no one knew more details. But for the unit where he worked, Zhou Dafa completely opened his heart and told the organization in detail about the first half of his legend.
On the top right of Zhou Dafa's resume, there is a black and white half-length photo, which is in sharp contrast with the yellow archive paper. In the photo, his expression is serious and his eyes are firm. As can be seen from the archives, Zhou Dafa's original name was Zhou Liedong, his native place was Wang Jiaqiao, Jianli County, Hubei Province, and his date of birth was1965438+June 27th, 2004.
Zhou Dafa, the second child in the family, was a craftsman in his ancestors. Because his family was poor, he 12 years old began to help others herd cattle and learn bamboo crafts. When the Honghu Soviet area suffered the worst flood in decades, he fled to Chibi to help people make bamboo boxes and cultivate land for landlords.
1936, Zhou Dafa, who only had a fifth-grade primary school education, joined the local "security division" of Chibi Xindian through the introduction of Yu Zemin, a fellow villager, which was the local security force during the Kuomintang period. 1937 After the July 7th Incident, Zhou Dafa went to Shanghai with the security division and was incorporated into the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army. When Zhou Dafa entered the security department, he always used the name Guo Dianchu because of the lack of other people's participation. It was not until he was in Shanghai 88th Division that he officially changed his name to Zhou Dafa, which has been with him all his life.
Shortly after Zhou Dafa was sent to the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, the August 13th Incident broke out and the Japanese army attacked Shanghai. Zhou Dafa's 524th regiment was ordered to defend the fourth-line warehouse. "eight hundred heroes" (also known as "Dusi Line") fought bloody battles with the Japanese army for four days and nights, then retreated to the British Concession in Jiaozhou Road, Shanghai, and was held in a detention center near Jiaozhou Road by the British army. It was not until194165438+the Pearl Harbor incident broke out on February 8 that the British army handed over more than 300 people including Zhou Dafa to the Japanese side. The Japanese army first detained Zhou Dafa and others in Shanghai, then transferred to Nanjing for detention and released two years later.
In May 1999, Zhou Dafa wrote: "In War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Middle School, I joined the Guard Division and went to Shanghai to fight against Japan. Shanghai (the big army) retreated, and (our regiment) defended the four-row warehouse, which was mediated by the three parties of Britain, America and France. At that time, the Nanjing government ordered the withdrawal of the four warehouses, and (I) was detained by the British army in Jiaozhou Road, Shanghai. 1937- 194 1 year, Japan took over the concession, and the British army handed over our four rows of warehouse personnel to the Japanese army, and (we) were escorted to Nanjing Tiger Bridge for detention. 1943 10 10/2, I was released by the Japanese army and went to work in a Japanese cooperative. Japan had not surrendered. After Japan surrendered, I went to work in Gulou Hospital and 1980 retired. " This passage is straightforward, simple and clear, and no bullets can be seen. However, the years are like smoke, like yesterday.
In one of Zhou Dafa's files, there is a record in his resume of "1937.7— 1937.8.9, and he was the corporal squad leader in the 524th regiment 1 2nd company of Shanghai 88th Division", which shows that Zhou Dafa was the squad leader when defending No.4 warehouse.
In Zhou Dafa's diary, there is a newspaper clipping, which was cut from the newspaper of1April 4, 988. In this article entitled "Notes on Shanghai Celebrity Cemetery", Zhou Dafa wrote a paragraph in red ink: "The first person who entered the cemetery was the famous anti-Japanese star Xie Jinyuan, who was originally buried in Jiaozhou Road Cemetery." Xie Jinyuan once belonged to Zhou Dafa's regiment. In the battle to defend the fourth-line warehouse, Xie Jinyuan led the strong men to fight against Japan alone. At that time, it had been 5 1 year since the defending battle of No.4 Warehouse, but Zhou Dafa always remembered the comrades who fought side by side and the commander of this battle. Several years passed, but his heart was always with them.
From 65438 to 0990, Zhou Dafa's daughter Zhou Jie worked in Shanghai. In order to visit her daughter, Zhou Dafa, who is over 70 years old, rushed to Shanghai. He deliberately took his daughter to the construction site of the four-row warehouse. Always silent, he became extremely excited and danced to describe his tragic war to his daughter.
"At that time, we were fighting the Japanese here, playing very hard and desperately!" Zhou Jie recalled that she still remembered her father's words, "When Colonel Xie was encouraged, we all worked hard." Zhou Dafa turned around four rows of small warehouses. "At that time, I was a rifleman, but when the rifleman in my class dropped, I was promoted to a rifleman and played for several days."
This time, it was the last time that Zhou Dafa returned to the place where he had fought after 53 years. He stayed in Sixing warehouse for a whole afternoon and refused to leave for a long time.
In the archives of Zhou Dafa of Nanjing Gulou Hospital, there are several documents that he voluntarily submitted, all of which were reported in the newspapers when defending the four-line warehouse at that time. The title of a newspaper is "Loyalty shines on history, remember the four lines of victory, comrades who fight alone, be honest and honest, and never do anything that violates the law and discipline", which is enough to show that all walks of life at that time gave a high evaluation to this single-minded army.
There is also a yellow discharge certificate in the file, the full name of which is "Special Discharge Certificate for the Fourth Line". This is the strongest evidence found so far that Zhou Dafa was the identity of "eight hundred heroes" that year. Along with this discharge certificate, there are some newspaper clippings, all of which are media reports about the 88th Division, which Zhou Dafa cut from the newspapers at that time.
Regarding this discharge certificate, Zhou Dafa also stated in the materials he wrote to the relevant departments that year: "1In the summer of 946, I asked for leave to go to No.466 Wusong Road in Shanghai to get the certificate." When I received this certificate, I also received more than 200 yuan of "counterfeit money", which was worth "six or seven tons of rice" at that time.
After the release of1October 1943 1 1, Zhou Dafa came to a Japanese cooperative in Dafang Lane, Gulou, Nanjing to do odd jobs. 1July, 946, I went to work in Gulou Hospital on the recommendation of my friend. Here, Zhou Dafa worked as a cook and a general medical handyman. It never occurred to him in almost all his life. It was not until June 1975 1 1 that he went through the retirement formalities.
Because Zhou Dafa seldom talks about his past, few people know that he is actually one of the "eight hundred heroes".
Zhou Dafa is really well known, thanks to Xiao Chen, the first volunteer who discovered "eight hundred heroes". Xiao Chen's screen name is "I love seven". At first, she was just curious about this "Grandpa Zhou" who only had a primary school education but occasionally came up with a sentence or two in Japanese. He occasionally talked about 1937 Shanghai, but Chen Ye didn't care about Xie Jinyuan's name. It wasn't until one day that she saw the report on the activity of "welcoming the remains of the anti-Japanese war soldiers back to China" that she realized that perhaps Grandpa Zhou, who she had taken care of for more than two years, was a survivor of the eight hundred heroes. So she is called Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.
On March 27th, 2009, Shen Jianzhong, deputy director of Shanghai Songhu Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall, led the Shanghai media to Nanjing to meet Zhou Dafa. Although the old man was in poor health at that time, no one expected that he died peacefully on March 3 1, and his body was cremated in Nanjing and buried in Nanjing Nanxiangshan Cemetery. In the diary of the old man before he died, he was worried about his regiment and attached to it. Now that he has "returned to the team", he can finally reunite with his comrades.
According to one of Zhou Dafa's relatives and friends, it was suggested that the name "eight hundred heroes" be engraved on the tombstone of the old man. However, the descendants of the Zhou family thought that the old man had a low profile all his life and didn't like publicity, so the tombstone was carved according to ordinary inscriptions.
Although Zhou Dafa and his family don't care about honor, the party and people have not forgotten him. During the Battle of Songhu in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, eight hundred heroes fought against the invaders alone in the warehouse behind the temple, which became a banner of the national war of resistance. From more than 400 bullet holes and bullet marks left by the anti-Japanese war memorial wall in the warehouse behind the temple, we can deeply feel the indomitable spirit of the people of China in their heroic war of resistance. In 1938, Mao Zedong spoke highly of eight hundred heroes, a typical national revolution.