Central Daily News1October 28th reported that 1937:1October 27th morning,1937, 10, the Japanese vanguard troops marched in front of the four-row warehouse. "Enemy troops followed, but when they heard gunshots, they fell." The Japanese army left more than 10 bodies and hurriedly retreated. The report said: "My 88th Division has more than 800 brave soldiers above 1 battalion, led by Xie Jinyuan, the head of the regiment, and Yang Ruifu, the battalion commander ... These brave soldiers above 1 battalion were ordered to guard the main points and cover the retreating troops."
After the start of the defence war of Sidian, 10/0/From noon to 3 pm on October 27th, the Japanese army attacked Sidian from both east and west directions under the cover of tanks. "A flood of coming, going to make a dash for the door. At this time, our army fired machine guns and threw grenades, and the enemy was killed as many as sixty or seventy people. Since then, the enemy has attacked the city and dare not take it lightly. "
10 year129 October reported: "On the 28th, 800 people of the Xie Tuan repeatedly defeated the enemy, and the residents of the concession risked sending salt, bread and national flag, expressing great admiration for the British troops on the south bank of the river. ...... On the morning of 28th, the British army tried again to persuade them to disarm and retreat into the concession. Although I am very grateful to my strong men for their kindness to the British army, I have decided to fight for the last drop of blood to defend my precious last position and make a glorious sacrifice, so I resolutely declined. "
654381October 29th Central Daily reported: "Although eight hundred heroes is in danger of being surrounded by enemy soldiers' fireworks, he is not only extremely enthusiastic, but also calm. ...... On the 28th, I managed to send a lot of letters, all of which were wills. " In a letter to his teacher Sun, Xie Jinyuan said, "We will fight to the end with the determination to sacrifice and obey your will. Don't sacrifice easily before completing the task. Success means success ... "(Central Daily1937 65438+1October 3 1). 1010.30, the news published the handwritten inscriptions of Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu, which were: "I will fight the enemy with one shot and one bullet" and "I will leave one soldier and one pawn to swear to live for the Chinese nation". This shows the determination and strong will of the brave men to fight to the end.
According to the Central Daily News, at 9: 00 p.m. on October 30th, 65438/KLOC-0, Xie Jinyuan received an order to retreat from his superiors, but he did not tell his soldiers that he was retreating, but prepared to attack and kill the enemy. All the officers and men are determined to survive in the last position. At 1 the next morning, when the enemy's machine gun strafe slowed down slightly, Xie Jinyuan gave the order to clear the way with three machine guns, and the officers and men took the opportunity to rush out. The enemy dare not pursue. The report said: "After about 2 hours, the whole team reached a safe zone. In general, our strong men struggled for four days and destroyed more than 100 enemies. More than 10 of our strong men died in the line of duty. "
On the afternoon of June 365438+1October 3 1, eight hundred heroes retreated to the Concession, and Xie Jinyuan suffered chest rib injury and Yang Ruifu ankle injury. All of them were hospitalized, and all the guns and supplies from the four rows of warehouses were shipped out. After China's army retreated, the inhuman Japanese army set fire to the four-row warehouse.
The fourth-line warehouse defense war is called 800 heroes. How many people are there? In fact, it is difficult to make a complete statistics. In June 1 65438+1October1,the Central Daily published two reports on the same page, with slightly different figures for reference only. Central Daily News 1 65438+1October1Shanghai Special Radio in the morning: "There were 397 people when our army stood firm, 339 people when it retreated, and 58 people were martyred and injured." Shanghai, 1 65438+1October1:"In fact, there are 420 strong men, 377 when retreating, and more than 10 people have been killed in the line of duty, and the injured have been hospitalized."