Wang Erxiao, an anti-Japanese hero, has died heroically for more than 50 years, but his heroic deeds and dedication will always inspire and inspire us, and he will live in our hearts forever.
Zhang Zizhong, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army of the National Revolutionary Army, led his troops to fight bloody battles with the Japanese army many times, and won the battles of Xifeng, Linyi and Suizao. Later, he died heroically in the battle of Zaoyi.
(2) In order to cover the retreat of the masses and large troops and stop the Japanese army, the five strong men of Langya Mountain finally ran out of ammunition and all jumped off the cliff.
(3) Lin Zexu, anti-smoking movement, strong China.
(4) Li Zongren, a famous patriotic democrat, was the commander of the Fifth Theater during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. He organized major frontal battles such as the Xuzhou Battle, the Winter Offensive and the Zaoyi Battle, and won great victories in Taierzhuang, which effectively dealt a blow to the Japanese aggressors.
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Yue Fei (1103—1142) was born in Tangyin, Xiangzhou, Northern Song Dynasty (now tangyin county, Henan Province). As a teenager, he was subjected to a large-scale looting war by the Golden Nuzhen nobles. He witnessed the tragic historical facts before and after the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, shared the same breath with the people in the occupied areas of the Central Plains at that time, and had a strong desire and demand to resolutely resist the oppression of the Jurchen nobles, recover their homeland and unify the motherland.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, people of Han, Qidan, Bohai, Xi and other ethnic groups who were deeply oppressed by ethnic groups spontaneously organized to resist.
Since the 1920s, a vigorous national war against gold has been launched in the north and south of the Yellow River and Huaihe River. Yue Fei and the famous anti-gold fighters Zong Ze and Han Shizhong stood in the forefront of the anti-gold struggle. However, the corrupt ruling group in the Northern Song Dynasty adopted the policy of compromise and surrender. 1 127 (the second year of Jingkang), Zhao Gou, the leader of the small court in the Southern Song Dynasty, was also a capitulator after the exile of Qin Zong. He settled in Jiangnan and indulged in singing and dancing. He didn't really organize the national war against gold and carry it through to the end. The difference is that he trusted Qin Gui and other capitulationists and conducted a series of negotiations and surrenders through them. On the one hand, Zong Ze, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other anti-Japanese factions were used to resist the fierce offensive of 8 Jin J, so as to keep his throne as emperor and accumulate the capital to kneel down and make peace. In the mid-1920s, after the formation of the military demarcation line between the Song and Jin Dynasties, which started from Jianghuai in the east and ended in Shaanxi in the west, the ruling clique of Zhao Gou and Qin Gui actually became the biggest stumbling block in the anti-Jin struggle in the Southern Song Dynasty. On the other hand, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other anti-Japanese factions have become the biggest obstacle to the activities of capitulationists in Zhao Gou and Qin Gui. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the struggle between the anti-Japanese faction and the capitulators became increasingly fierce.
Yue Fei resolutely opposed the peace talks, advocated the war of resistance to the end, and fought resolutely against the surrender activities of Zhao Gou and Qin Gui at the expense of personal honor and disgrace. 1 139 (the ninth year of Shaoxing), Yue Fei heard in Ezhou (now Wuchang, Hubei Province) that the Song-Jin peace talks were about to be reached, and immediately wrote to express his opposition, claiming that "the Jin people could not be trusted and reconciliation could not be relied on", and directly attacked Qin Gui, the "prime minister", for his ill-intentioned surrender activities, which made Qin Gui take the title (including regret). After the peace talks were reached, Zhao Gou got carried away, issued an amnesty and rewarded the minister of civil and military affairs. However, the imperial edict was issued three times, but Yue Fei refused it, without the reward of the third division of Kaifuyi (first-class official title) and the award of 3,500 food cities. In his polite refusal, he bitterly expressed his opposition to the peace talks: "Today's affairs can be dangerous, but you can't be congratulated. "He once again expressed his determination to recover the Central Plains." I would like to win a great victory, recover the land of the two rivers in the future, avenge my past and serve the country. "This is tantamount to pouring cold water on Song Gaozong's oath, thus making Zhao Gou and Qin Gui bear a grudge." However, regardless of personal gains and losses, Yue Fei insisted on the position of the war of resistance to the end, led the army, contacted the northern rebels, carried out the war of resistance against gold effectively, planned to recover the Central Plains and unify the motherland, and became a powerful pillar in the national war of resistance against gold.
11in the summer of 39 (the ninth year of Shaoxing), Jin Wushu tore up the Shaoxing peace talks, and their lair; Launch a large-scale war against Song again. Under the situation that the East and West armies won the victory over Sister Jin, Yue Fei marched from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and launched an unstoppable counterattack. "Now it's time for him to show his ambition to recover the Central Plains.
After Yue Jiajun entered the Central Plains, he was warmly welcomed by the people of the Central Plains and loyal militia. In July of this year, Yue Fei personally led a Qingqi to Yancheng, Henan Province, and launched a fierce battle with the 15,000 fine riders of Jinwu. Yue Fei led the troops to attack the enemy lines, greatly breaking Jin Wu's "Iron Floating Map" (guards and soldiers) and "Kidnapping Horse" (cavalry flanked from left to right) and crushing Jin Wu. Yue Fei led Yang Zaixing behind enemy lines, trying to capture Jin Wushu alive, but failed to find him. He killed hundreds of enemies with his bare hands and was wounded in dozens of places, so he was brave. Yue Jiajun's soldiers have a fighting style of "saving their lives", and the overwhelming efforts of the enemy can't shake Yue Jiajun's lineup. After the victory in Yancheng, Yue Fei marched into Zhuxian Town (only forty-five miles away from Jin Jun's base camp Bianjing), and Jin Wushu rallied 100,000 troops to resist, and was beaten out of the water by Yue Fei. Yue Fei's northern expedition to the Central Plains recovered Yingchang, Cai Zhou, Chen Zhou, Zhengzhou, Yancheng and Zhuxian towns in one breath, and wiped out the effective strength of 8 Jin J.. 8 Jin Jun's morale was shaken, and Jin Wushu was ready to flee Kaifeng overnight. The struggle against gold in the Southern Song Dynasty took a fundamental turn, took another step forward, and fell into the Central Plains for more than ten years. It is expected to be recovered. Yue Fei excitedly said to the generals, "Go directly to Huanglongfu for a drink!" (Break the wine to celebrate) "and Jin Jun issued a sigh that" it is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family ". "
However, Yue Jiajun, who was hard to shake by foreign enemies, was devastated by the capitulators in the Southern Song Dynasty. At the moment of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's brilliant victory, the emperor, who was willing to be the son of the emperor, was worried that once the Central Plains was recovered and the Jin people were put back to his brother Qinzong, he would lose the throne and was eager to make peace with Jin. The Jin people planted it in the Southern Song Dynasty, stole Qin Jian, a senior spy of the Prime Minister, and seized the unspeakable heart of Emperor Gaozong to engage in wanton activities and undermine Yue Fei's war of resistance. They colluded with each other and plotted to draw up a bad plan to withdraw troops across the board, which ruined the excellent situation of resisting gold. First, they ordered the east-west line to retreat, which caused the unfavorable situation of Yuegujun fighting alone. That is, in the name of "can't be alone for a long time", he won 12 gold (red lacquer gold) and let Yue Fei "deal with the team". Under the unfavorable situation of "training the teacher" and "losing the teacher" in the end, Yue Fei knew that this was the chaotic life of the powerful minister; However, in order to preserve the strength of resisting gold, we had to bear the pain of moving troops. Yue Fei said indignantly; "Ten years of hard work, wasted in one time! All counties will be closed once and for all! Society is hard to revive! Gankun World, there is no reason to reply! " The heroic struggle between Yue Fei and Jin was interrupted. When Yue Jiajun dispatched troops, he missed his brother in the Central Plains in Beiding, Julian Waghann for a long time and stopped crying. In order to protect people's lives and property, Yue Fei deliberately threatened to cross the river tomorrow, scaring Jin Wushu to abandon the north overnight and prepare to cross the Yellow River in the north, so that Yue Fei could calmly organize a large number of Yu troops to go south to Han Xiang and then withdraw from the Central Plains. At this time, a shameless scholar caught up with Jin Wushu on horseback, detained his horse, and advised: "The prince (Wu Shu) does not leave, the capital can be guarded, and Yue Shao can retreat!" ..... Since ancient times, there have been no powerful ministers, but generals can make contributions to outsiders. "The whole army of Jin Wushu returned to Kaifeng and regained the land of the Central Plains as easy as blowing off dust.
As soon as Yue Fei returned to Lin 'an, he fell into the trap of Qin Gui, Zhang Jun and others. 1 14 1 year (the 11th year of Shaoxing), was falsely accused of "rebellion" and put into Dali Temple in Lin 'an (near Xiaoqiao Bridge in Hangzhou). Supervise the suggestion that Wan Hou * (end of sound) personally interrogate and torture Yue Fei. At the same time, the Song and Jin governments are stepping up planning for the second peace talks. Both sides regard the anti-Japanese faction as a thorn in the side, and Jin Wushu even wrote to Qin Gui fiercely: "Yue Fei must be killed to achieve peace." Under the attack of two evil forces inside and outside, Yue Fei was upright, aboveboard and loyal to his country. From him, Qin Gui and his gang couldn't find any evidence of "rebellion against the imperial court", but Yue Fei was killed in Dali Temple in Lin 'an on Lunar New Year's Eve in the eleventh year of Shaoxing, at the age of 39. Yue Fei also beheaded Zhang Xi 'an and his son Yue Yun at the city gate. Yue Fei's father and son and Zhang Xian died at the hands of a treacherous court official and a bad king, which aroused the strong anger of the anti-Jin army and the common people. Han Shizhong questioned Qin Gui face to face, and Qin Gui faltered and said, "It is unnecessary (maybe)." Han Shizhong retorted on the spot: How can the word "unwarranted" prevail in the world? "Yue Fei, a national hero, died unjustly under the charge of" unwarranted ". Before he died, he wrote eight words on the confession, "Every day, every day." This is a cry of grief and indignation!
Although Yue Fei was killed, his loyalty to the country is indelible. It was he who expressed the demands of the oppressed nation, adhered to the lofty national integrity, persisted in the just struggle against the Jin Dynasty under the crisis situation, knew how to care about the people's anti-Jin forces, and saved half of the Southern Song Dynasty by uniting with the anti-Jin military and civilians, so that the people of South China were spared the ravages of the rulers of the Jin Dynasty, thus preserving the highly developed feudal economy and culture of China and enabling it to continue to develop. Yue Fei deserves to be regarded as an outstanding national hero in the history of China.
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World War II air hero Arthur Tien Chin
1997 10 10. On 4th of October, a ceremony was held in the American Air Force War Heroes Hall, which belongs to the American Air Force History Museum, to commemorate the first American air combat hero in World War II. Surprisingly, he turned out to be a China native, who was Arthur Tien Chin, the air hero of World War II. Obviously, for Arthur Tien Chin, this award is decades late.
The American Air Force History Museum in Midland, Texas, USA has a collection of more than 300 American aircraft. Its subordinate US Air Force Combat Heroes Hall specializes in collecting and displaying the deeds of American air combat heroes. However, the air combat hero selected for the museum must have a record of shooting down more than five enemy planes, and can only be awarded the title of Air Combat Hero (ACE) after being selected by the museum's advisory committee. The advisory board is composed of active and retired US Air Force chiefs of staff, military experts and aviation experts, including a retired British Air Force marshal, with a total of 120 people.
In this year's activities to commemorate the "July 7th Lugouqiao Incident" and "Great Victory in the Anti-Japanese Air War on August 14th", the American media widely publicized Arthur Tien Chin's honor as an air combat hero and introduced his heroic deeds and bumpy life. For example, American newspapers such as World Journal, International Journal, Sing Tao Daily, and American Cable TV Military Channel. 1998 international daily in August 14 wrote that he was a "Chinese hawk" and "America's first air combat hero" in World War II; When the World Journal published his military uniform photo in the Guangdong Air Force, he called him "a common air combat hero of China and the United States" and "admirable forever". This has aroused great repercussions in American society, especially among overseas Chinese compatriots.
1932, Arthur Tien Chin, who was only 19 years old, returned to the motherland full of blood. 1937 On the second day of the "August 13th Incident", he participated in the "August 14th" air battle that shocked China and foreign countries. Two days later, he shot down the Japanese Mitsubishi bomber with an American eagle biplane fighter, setting a record for himself to shoot down enemy planes. From 1937 to 1939, 6 enemy planes were shot down and 3 enemy planes were shot down by the wingman. In the air battle, he fought bravely and dared to fight and rush. His plane was shot down by enemy planes three times, but all of them parachuted successfully and survived. Once, his plane was hit, and he risked his life to go straight to the enemy plane and crashed it. When the plane lost a wing, he successfully parachuted and survived. On another occasion, Arthur Tien Chin, who served as deputy commander of the Air Force in the autumn of 1939, flew planes twice to cover the Soviet Air Force bombing enemy-occupied areas around Kunlun Pass. In the battle over Yongning on February 27th, 65438, three China planes encountered more than 10 Japanese fighters. After a fierce air battle of 1 hour, China shot down three enemy planes. In the battle, Arthur Tien Chin's plane fuel tank was unfortunately hit by an enemy plane and caught fire, and his whole body caught fire. He parachuted with flames. In order to blow out the flames on his body with the help of high-speed airflow, he didn't open his umbrella in time after parachuting and kept a clear head until he landed. Although the skydiving was successful, the face and body were still burned in large areas. His heroic deeds were widely celebrated at that time, known as "Hawk of Chima", and also published in American English extracurricular reading "Eagle of China". The series "Real Heroes, True Stories in Comics" published by the United States 1946 was published in the third issue of 13 in March-April of that year, with the title of "thrilling stories about real people and stories", which introduced his anti-Japanese achievements and extraordinary experiences. Roy Grinnell, a famous American painter, specially painted a picture to show the fierce air combat scene in order to commemorate his successful shooting down of the advanced Japanese Mitsubishi 96 monoplane bomber with a relatively backward biplane eagle fighter in 1937. It is said that a Hollywood film company also intends to put his story on the screen. Last year 10/4, 10, it is reasonable that the US Air Force Museum selected him as the earliest air combat hero in the United States during World War II. At the commendation ceremony, he was called "America's first air combat hero in World War II".
Arthur Tien Chin was born in Dajiang Village, Taishan County, Guangdong Province, and had a rough experience. His father is from China and his mother is from Peru. 19 13, Arthur Tien Chin was born in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was interested in flying in his early years, so he learned to fly by working to earn money in high school. When Japan invaded China, he got an American pilot's license. 1932 After the September 18th Incident, Chinese in Portland decided to send volunteers back to China to participate in the anti-Japanese air war. At that time, Arthur Tien Chin had graduated from the American Aviation School founded by local Chinese, and he volunteered to join the Volunteers with 13 patriotic youths from Oregon, Washington and California, including a young woman.
Arthur Tien Chin and his party arrived in Shanghai by boat at first, but they were not deceived by the Kuomintang Central Army. 1 1 year, Chen moved to Guangzhou to join the Guangdong Air Force, and was soon assigned to the Sixth Flying Team of the Guangdong Air Force with the rank of second lieutenant. 1935 was sent to Germany to study fighter flight and tactics, and was promoted to lieutenant after returning home. 1July, 936, Chen was transferred to the Nanjing government, and the Guangdong Air Force was incorporated by the central government, and was assigned to the Central Aviation School in Jianqiao, Hangzhou as a fighter flight instructor. In June of the same year 10 served as the squadron leader of the third brigade of Guangdong Air Force 17 squadron.
1938 summer promoted to major squadron leader.
1939 was promoted to vice captain of the third brigade.
From the Lugouqiao Incident on July 7, 1937 to the Battle of Kunlun Pass on February 27, 1939,/kloc-0 carried out many interception and escort missions in East China, South China and Central South China, and participated in famous major battles such as the victory of building a bridge in Hangzhou, the air battle in Wuhan and the defense battle in Nanjing. In the Battle of Kunlun Pass, Arthur Tien Chin was badly burned because of the fire in the plane fuel tank. Due to the inconvenient transportation, it took him three days to be sent to Liuzhou Hospital. At that time, his facial wound was infected and inflamed. Because the local medical conditions were poor, they could not get good treatment, and then they moved to Hong Kong and Hengyang. Finally, with the help of General Chennault of the Flying Tigers and Mrs. Song Meiling of Chiang Kai-shek, he returned to the United States for medical treatment on 1940. In the United States, his face plastic surgery was unsuccessful for five years. Despite his distorted face, he returned to the motherland at the beginning of 1945, carried out air transport mission on hump route, and continued to contribute to the war of resistance against Japan. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he was transferred to China Airlines as a pilot. In the summer of 1949, he returned to Portland and worked in a local post office, sorting and distributing 1952 letters until 1983 retired. 1997 died on September 3rd at the age of 84.
There were three ladies before and after Arthur Tien Chin. The first is Wu Yuemei, a patriotic overseas Chinese, the daughter of Wu, a diplomatic official of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary government. She met Arthur Tien Chin when she was studying in Guangdong. When the Japanese plane attacked Liuzhou at night, in order to save her husband, she threw herself on him and was unfortunately hit by shrapnel. Arthur Tien Chin and Wu Yuemei have two boys. At first, the second one was an American nurse, FrancisMurdock, whom he met during his five-year treatment in new york, USA. 1945, they broke up because Arthur Tien Chin returned to the motherland to fight against Japan after discharge. They have a daughter.
The third lady, Yang Ruizhi, is from Shanghai. She met him when she was a ground worker in China Airlines, and 1948 got married. They have a boy who is now a diplomat in the State Council.
Arthur Tien Chin has four children, 65,438+00 grandchildren and 65,438+0 great-grandchildren.
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Arthur Tien Chin's heroic deeds and bumpy experiences greatly shocked another American air combat hero, that is, KenJernstbt.
Ken Janster is a Flying Tigers pilot of the United States Air Force who volunteered to help China. After retirement, he served as an Oregon senator for more than 30 years. In the war against Japan in World War II, it achieved a brilliant record of destroying enemy planes 12 (5 Japanese planes were shot down in the air and 7 Japanese planes were destroyed on the ground). So he has already won the title of American air combat hero (ACE).
When Arthur Tien Chin flew back to the United States for medical treatment on 1940, he also took the same plane, so they met. Although he has become famous, he was deeply moved when he learned about Arthur Tien Chin's brave, outstanding achievements and unfortunate experiences. He believes that Arthur Tien Chin is undoubtedly the first American air combat hero in World War II. Because of this, he has been fighting for Arthur Tien Chin's obscurity in the list of heroes in air combat for a long time, and tried his best to recommend Arthur Tien Chin to the Advisory Committee of the Air Force Museum.
However, the Advisory Committee believes that the United States officially declared war on Japan after the "Pearl Harbor Incident" in February19417, and Arthur Tien Chin returned to the United States for medical treatment in February 1940. Moreover, Arthur Tien Chin was not in the US Air Force at that time, but in the Guangdong Air Force, so it was too late to determine.
In fact, the attitude of the Kuomintang Air Force has been very disappointing for a long time: first of all, Arthur Tien Chin, who served the motherland by aviation and joined the army in Shanghai, should not be turned away; Second, Chen is not the Central Army, but the Guangdong Air Force. He has made such a meritorious military service, but he has not been publicized and praised. General Lai, the former commander-in-chief of Taiwan Province Air Force, once said: It is Chen's Cantonese army, not the Central Army. Although many Japanese planes have been shot down, they don't count. That's ridiculous!
After persistent lobbying by Ken Janster, the advisory committee finally accepted Janster's suggestion on the grounds that Arthur Tien Chin was fighting the same enemy, that the Flying Tigers of the US Air Force had been fighting against Japan in China before the United States declared war on Japan, and that Arthur Tien Chin himself was an American citizen. In the selection process, Janster also insisted that Arthur Tien Chin was the first American hero to shoot down a Japanese plane. Therefore, Arthur Tien Chin's name was inscribed on the 1997 heroes list of the War Heroes Hall of the US Air Force, and he was officially selected as the first American air combat hero in World War II. At the same time, seven other American Air Force heroes were selected into the Who's Who of Fighting Heroes of the US Air Force.
Arthur Tien Chin learned this news before his death, and originally planned to attend the commendation ceremony in person. Unfortunately, he died one month and one day before the ceremony, and his grandson, 17 years old, attended the ceremony in his place.
Arthur Tien Chin's heroic deeds and misfortune caused great repercussions in American society, and Chinese Americans and news media paid more attention to it. In addition to extensive publicity in newspapers and periodicals, the US cable military channel is also preparing to make an album of his legendary life, and plans to make a series of feature films of air combat heroes who returned to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression at that time. To this end, they specially entrusted Dr. Ye Chenhui, an American expert in Silicon Valley, to help find and collect information about Arthur Tien Chin before his death, especially the photos before his face was disfigured, as well as information about other heroes.
Mr Ye Chenhui knows a lot about the history of air combat. Last year, he used the China media (see 1997 "The Barber's Adventure in China") and through the efforts of the relevant departments in Hunan, he finally found two benefactors who had saved the American air combat hero barber during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period at the beginning of this year. Before being rescued in that distress, Barber shot down the plane of Japanese navy general Isoroku Yamamoto (see1the article "Who shot down Yamamoto should get to the bottom" in June, 997).