1937, after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese invaders marched south in a big way, and they were so arrogant that they clamored for the destruction of China within three months. After the enemy chieftain Kenji took Baoding lightly in the middle road, the soldiers were divided into two roads, all the way down to Shijiazhuang, Xingtai and Handan; The other road comes from Hengshui, Nangong, Yongnian and Feixiang. 1In the early morning of September 20th, 937, the 1st brigade of Shanglin Army of the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army attacked from Feixiang County to Cheng 'an County. The invaders thought that since the Lugouqiao Incident, they had swept across North China and were invincible. A small third-class county won't have any trouble, and capturing Cheng 'an County is as easy as finding something.
What the Japanese army never expected was that the soldiers and civilians in Cheng 'an were United and bravely resisted the enemy's attack, killing and injuring more than 400 people. The Japanese never dreamed that the blow to Cheng 'an, a small county in southern Hebei, was so heavy. "Lose Ye Ying's armor, lose the sword and gun on the ground." It's like a mad dog trying to bite someone, and suddenly he gets a sap, and he won't let it go. Moreover, most of these Japanese soldiers who invaded China were fugitives indoctrinated by fascism for many years. Japanese militarism believes that it is natural for Japanese Yamato people to invade other countries, leaving no room for other peoples to survive. Seeing the lives of the people of the invaded nation as dirt, how can we not retaliate crazily under such a severe blow? To this end, they transferred a large number of troops and artillery from Handan, opened the west gate of Cheng 'an county with fierce shelling, and began a crazy revenge on the people of Cheng 'an on the land of China.
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1in the early morning of September 20th, 937, after the first defense battle in Cheng 'an and before the arrival of the large troops transferred by the Japanese army from Handan, dozens of Japanese troops who escaped from the net fled around like mad dogs and entered the village at first sight, killing everyone. A dozen Japanese soldiers ran to Gaozhuang in the west of the city. Farmer Gao Zhong heard the sound of leather shoes in the street and came out to see what was going on. He was shot and killed by Japanese soldiers. Gunshots and barking alarmed the neighbors. A dozen neighbors came to Gao Zhong's house to find out, but this group of Japanese soldiers had already entered Gao Zhong's house, and the dozen people were surrounded by Japanese soldiers as soon as they entered the door. All the people were tied up except one who escaped. Gao Ze peeped from his house and was seen by Japanese soldiers, who immediately ran to his house with a gun. Gao Ze had nowhere to run, so he had to hide in the corner. When Japanese soldiers found him, they stabbed him in the stomach with bayonets, and he died immediately. Chang Fangni has a dozen people hiding in her house. Several Japanese devils shot at the house with guns and immediately bled all over the floor. None of them were spared. The Japanese devils, like wild animals, dragged a dozen people tied to Gao Zhong's home to the east of the village, tied them to a tree and killed them with bayonets. Wang Liansheng and Wang Sansheng were dragged to the east of the village by Japanese soldiers. The two brothers raised their fists and fought with the Japanese soldiers, who screamed and stabbed them to death. The soldiers and civilians standing guard on the city wall were furious when they saw the tragic situation of Gaozhuang people being killed, and fired revenge bullets at Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers dared not stay in Gaozhuang, so they turned around and ran to Fanerzhuang.
Several Japanese devils who broke into Fanerzhuang stabbed the old man Wang Dejun first, and then joined the Japanese devils who came from Gaozhuang. They searched from house to house, but more than a dozen well-intentioned people, such as Li Degui, Zhang and Liu Fengxiang, who didn't run, were tied into a string with hemp rope and rushed to the front of Cundong Primary School, where they died under the enemy's bayonet. They swore loudly before they died, showing their heroism without fear of the enemy.
When the Japanese devils in the command post of Phoenix Terrace in Qucun saw that the siege troops were scattered, they were ready to flee back to Feixiang, but our soldiers and civilians searched for the Japanese devils in the north of the city, forcing them to change their escape direction. Together with a dozen Japanese devils who escaped from Gaozhuang and Fanerzhuang, they slaughtered people in Qucun. More than 30 old, weak, sick and disabled people who did not escape from the village all died tragically under the bayonet of the Japanese devils. The Japanese also set fire to more than 65,438+000 houses and killed more than 70 cattle. What's even more hateful is that Japanese devils nailed Zhong Zhang's old and gray mother alive to the wall with wooden stakes, and set up firewood under it to burn her alive.
After killing many people in China, this vicious Japanese army fled to Dutangbao in Feixiang.
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1937 At about 9 o'clock on the night of September 20, the Japanese army from Handan began to attack Cheng 'an County. First, they smashed the Western Wall with heavy artillery, opened the gap, and the infantry immediately occupied the West Gate. Due to the rapid development of the war, our troops guarding the city have not been withdrawn so far. The Japanese army has boarded the western city wall and set up machine guns to shoot at the chaotic crowd along the east and west streets. Many innocent people fell in a pool of blood. Panicked people ran eastward like running water, trying to escape from the east gate, but there were soil bags more than 4 feet high under the east gate, and both east gates were locked with chains, leaving only a gap less than 1 meter wide between the two doors, so two people could not pass side by side. Bullets rained down on the fleeing crowd, and innocent people fell in rows in a pool of blood. Fortunately, there are seven ancient archways in the east and west streets, which have become a natural obstacle for the Japanese to shoot and kill people, blocking some bullets of the Japanese army and saving some lives.
In the early morning of Lunar New Year1September 2, 9371,the ghost soldiers in the West Wall began to enter the city at dawn. As they advanced, they shot at each other, and when they reached the crossroads, it was already dawn. Although there were no troops, there were people who escaped, but the Japanese kept shooting at the chaotic crowd, resulting in more people being shot and killed. Some stunned people ran home to hide, while others ran to the "Wanzihui" (note: "Wanzihui" is an international charity organization) to hide. Zhang Shixian and Han Dadu, members of Wan, greeted the Japanese army at the gate of Wan under the banner of "Wan Zi". Crazy Japanese invaders, regardless of these, rushed into the courtyard of the "Wan Zihui" with bayonets. The courtyard of the "Wanzihui" is crowded with people who have escaped. Zhang Shouyi, the head of the "Wan Zi Hui", rushed forward to meet him and shouted: "We are an international charity!" Japanese officers, whether they are members of the "Wanzi Society" or people fleeing difficulties, ordered people to kneel, while the Japanese army surrounded the people fleeing. The Japanese tied up all the people and then escorted them to the edge of the pit in the east of the Confucian Temple like sheep. The Japanese set up machine guns, and the dull sound of machine guns sounded, and the pit water was dyed red with blood. Hundreds of people hiding in the "Wanzihui" did not survive. After dawn on September 2 1, hordes of Japanese devils went from house to house looking for people and continued their terrible slaughter. The main ways of Japanese killing people in Cheng 'an are: shooting with guns and shooting the masses collectively; Tie a person to a tree or post, kill him with a stick, or pick him with a bayonet; Throw the bound people on the road and let the vehicles run over them; Set fire to death
There are more than 65,438,000 women and children in three houses in Zhang Cai, south of East Street. When Guizibing found out, he locked the door, piled firewood outside, poured gasoline on it and burned it alive.
There are 14 refugees in the east room of Li Xiangqin's home in South Street. A group of Japanese devils chased two young women to Li Jia and found the people hiding here. The devils insulted and raped these two young women in various ways. In the evening, several Japanese devils came to the Li family to look for a woman, but they didn't find it. In a rage, they shot and killed 13 people who took refuge here. Of the 14 people who took refuge, only 9-year-old Song Yu saved a life in the cupboard.
Two women in North Street were killed in the street, and the baby under two years old was still crying and nursing on his mother. A group of Japanese devils first grinned around the child, and then two Japanese devils came up, grabbed the child's leg cruelly, tore it in half and threw it more than a foot away.
Chi's wife saw the tragic situation that the Japanese army killed everyone and stabbed everyone, thinking that she could not escape. With tears in her eyes, she kissed her one-year-old daughter, threw her into the water tank with her heart crossed, watched her die with her own eyes, immediately ran to Nanda puddle, cried and scolded the Japanese invaders, and then drowned herself.
Yinxiang's mother dragged her 7-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son to find a safe place to hide. Unexpectedly, the Japanese army who came behind found her, vowed not to let the mother and son die under the Japanese butcher's knife, picked up two children and jumped into the big puddle in front of the Confucian Temple. Mother and son swallowed their anger and drowned in the pit.
A 17-year-old young woman was stripped naked by Japanese devils and her hands were tied. She lay naked on the ground in front of the Three Holy Temples, and was gang-raped by a group of Japanese troops in broad daylight. An old lady in her fifties failed to escape the ravages of the Japanese devils. There are more than 20 women hiding in the flour mill in South Street. The evil Japanese devils broke into the house, selected four young women, dragged them upstairs to the Wangs' house in Nanjie, and forced them to put on colorful clothes and jump in skirts. Japanese devils have fun while insulting, drinking and laughing, insulting for a while and barking for a while. When these girls came back, they had been destroyed.
Twenty-three elderly couples took their grandchildren to the Temple of Heaven in Southwest Street to hide. These kind-hearted old people think that the Temple of Heaven is a place where immortals live and beggars live, and Japanese devils may not come here. As we all know, a handful of Japanese devils even spared the Temple of Heaven. The Japanese stood in front of the temple and rushed in to arrest people. The old people repeatedly said, "We are good people!" The Japanese don't care. They tied up 23 old people. The children cried and the old ladies knelt down to plead. Twenty-three old people were dragged outside the temple, and children and old women were blocked in the temple. After a burst of gunfire, the bodies of the old people piled up at the pit in front of the temple, and no one was spared. Gui Zibing left, and the old, weak, women and children were crying in front of the temple.
A dozen young people in the city saw the Japanese devils standing on the wall, and the Japanese devils set fire to the people in the city. They feel that there is no way out. In order to avoid the Japanese, they also ran to the Temple of Heaven to hide. They climbed to the top of the temple and lay on the slope between the front hall and the back hall. They have been hungry for two days and two nights, without eating or moving. The Japanese army on the ground didn't see it, but it was discovered by Japanese planes hovering in the air. The Japanese devils on the plane sent a signal to the ground. One morning in September of 2 1 year, a large number of Japanese devils surrounded the Temple of Heaven, dragging the dozen youths down from the roof one by one. Although these young people were dizzy and weak from hunger, they still shouted "Down with the Japanese devils!" Wait for the slogan. The ferocious Japanese devils immediately shot them on the ground in front of the temple. Outside the city, although our anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians organized many counterattacks, they all failed. The Japanese carried out the second bloody massacre even more crazily.
The Japanese went door-to-door throughout the city to search for people's fat and paste, killing all men, women and children. Many people fled to the Catholic Church to take refuge, thinking that there were priests in the Catholic Church, and the slogan "Welcome to Japan" was hung at the door of the church. The Japanese may not kill religious believers. Can kill the red-eyed Japanese who care about this! Dozens of Japanese devils gathered all the people in the yard, picked out 70 or 80 people and tied them up with ropes. The priest crossed himself and begged the Japanese not to kill these kind people, but it was useless. These innocent people were still dragged out by the devils and killed in Xikeng.
Two massacres, the city is full of bodies. Dogs eating human flesh will turn red-eyed and go crazy. Bite people when they see them, and dogs eat fur and gain weight. The city has become a hell on earth, and almost all wells have dead people. There is only one well in the west courtyard of the Catholic church in the city, which is the only well that can fetch water and eat.
The most outrageous thing is that the Japanese have no mercy on the dead. They gathered a large number of bodies of our dead compatriots, stripped men's upper bodies and women's lower bodies, and made them kneel, lean back and stand. They leaned against the street walls as targets for their practice shooting, cruel and vicious.
Almost every family in the county was killed, and many families were killed. In addition to Cheng 'an locals, there are also people from other places doing business in Cheng 'an County. In Nangong County alone, more than 100 businessmen who came to Cheng 'an for business were killed by Japanese devils.
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The Japanese army not only carried out massacres in the county town and nearby Gaozhuang, Fanerzhuang and Qucun, but also created the Donghe Massacre. Donghe consists of three natural villages: Hedong, He Zhong and Lizhuang. Located in the northeast corner of Cheng 'an County, 35 miles away from the city, it is connected to Menggu Village of Guangping County in the east and Feixiang County in the north, at the junction of the three counties, with a remote place and simple human feelings. In the early years, the Red Gun Association set up an altar here to practice martial arts, and the people in the village, especially the young people, were practicing martial arts.
I heard that the Japanese army occupied Cheng 'an County, and the people of Donghe fled in succession. All ages have left, but almost every household still has a young man guarding the door. There are more than 30 people headed by Guo Xinfu in the Red Gun Club boxing field in Hedong Village. It is agreed that if the enemy comes, we will avoid it; If a small group of enemies run amok in the village, we will kill them all.
1937 On the sixth day of the tenth lunar month, the Japanese advance team set up wire reconnaissance along the way to Hedong Village. They set up electric wires, went into houses to catch chickens and beat dogs, and made chickens fly and dogs jump all over the street. More than 30 young people in the ring saw the Japanese entering the village to grab things. Everyone took off their shirts and rushed at them with machetes.
At this time, most Japanese devils are pulling wires, erecting telephone poles and bowing their heads to work. They thought that the people in the village had run away, so they let their guard down. Suddenly I heard "Go!" Dozens of skinless young people from China ran out of the yard, but the devils didn't know what was going on, and some of them had been stabbed. The devil blew up the nest like a grasshopper and ran around to hide for a while. However, after all, the Japanese devils were well-trained, and soon stabilized their positions and killed them with these warriors. Because it is hand-to-hand combat, the excellent weapons of the Japanese devils can't play a role, so we have to fight with these dozens of young farmers. Several devils fell, and the devils retreated eastward while fighting, and fired a gun to send a distress signal to the big devils in the neighboring village.
Young people killed each other and were divided by Japanese devils. After fighting for more than an hour, the battlefield moved from the street to the cotton field in the east of the village. At this time, a large group of Japanese cavalry came to the neighboring village, and the tall horses were on the rampage. Some people fell dead, others were badly wounded by war horses and killed by Japanese bayonets.
The enemy is strong and we are weak, and the situation is getting more and more serious. There are more and more casualties among young people in Hedong, and it seems that they can't support it anymore. Several people took advantage of the chaos of the battle and climbed south along Mianmian Ridge. It took a long time to climb to safety.
In this fierce battle, 14 Japanese devils in Hedong village were killed by young people and dozens were injured. Twenty-three patriotic youths in Hedong Village died for their country. Half a month ago, after the ferocious Japanese devils left hundreds of bodies in Cheng 'an County, they didn't expect to send more than a dozen lives in this village. After they occupied the village, they immediately retaliated wildly, set fire to it, and went door to door to kill people. Although most people in the village have escaped, there are always one or two janitors in each family, and some families have not escaped. When they entered the village, they saw that the Japanese could not escape, so they had to get into the dry well and hide in the firewood pile. Li Sijing's family of six (father, wife, two daughters and two sons) hid in a cave in the soil and were all killed after being discovered by Japanese devils. Some people who fled to other villages heard the fighting between young people and devils in Hedong village, and wanted to know about the situation in the village. They were killed by devils before they entered the village.
The Donghe Massacre made by Japanese devils killed more than 100 people, and only one natural village in Hedong killed more than 80 people, robbed more than 70 large livestock and burned many houses. They filled the village wells with people's bodies. Later, they only fished out 27 bodies from a well in the vegetable garden. After the Japanese left, families in Hedong village came back one after another. Almost every family has dead people, and the streets are full of mourning and crying. The enemy owes the people of China a blood debt.
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1937, the Japanese army slaughtered the people in Cheng 'an County twice. According to the investigation organized by the Japanese army, 37 18 people were killed in the city and Sanguan, and more than 600 people were killed in Gaozhuang, Fanerzhuang, Qucun and Hedong villages. In this way, the Japanese army owed more than 5,300 lives in Cheng 'an, including more than 0/00 businessmen from Nangong County who came to Cheng 'an to do business. More than 65,438+0,200 houses were burned and all property was looted. This huge blood debt will never be forgotten by Cheng 'an people.
To commemorate the victims, Cheng 'an raised funds to build the Anti-Japanese Memorial Hall, and designated September 20th of the lunar calendar as the Anti-Japanese Memorial Day.