In 2005, Li Hongyi died of illness and left his son Li Rujiang a calligraphy book of about 50,000 words. On September 14, the reporter drove 200 kilometers to Xichong to find a 70-year-old man, Li Rujiang, which opened a dusty history of the Sichuan Army's heroic war of resistance.
Expedition: Anti-Japanese upsurge in mountain villages
19371kloc-0/,there are 856 volunteers in Xichong County, and Li Hongyi is the first soldier sent by the Anti-Japanese Support Association in Xichong County. 10.2, 65,438,856 people in Xichong were divided into 8 companies and set out from Xichong.
Li Hongyi was born in 19 17, when he was in his early twenties. Li Rujiang heard from his mother and later reunited father that Li Hongyi was almost "returned" because he was young when he joined the army. He said to the conscripts: "Anti-Japanese is regardless of men, women and children! I have made up my mind to resist Japan. I don't want to go to war. When I become an orderly, I will follow you! " 1937 After the July 7th Incident, Xichong County established the "Xichong People's Anti-Enemy Support Association" and mobilized "eight hundred heroes" to join the army before the war.
On September 23rd 1937, Zhanshan Town attended the meeting. In front of the UNPROFOR Director's office and on the stage of the theater, a red paper notice was posted: "Young intellectuals who are interested in resisting Japan, join the Brave Team and go to Sichuan to resist Japan! All young people who are over 18, healthy, educated and willing to participate, please register at the UNPROFOR office. The departure date will be announced later. "
At that time, Yang, a primary school teacher in Zhanshan Town (it was later known that it was an underground party member) and others set up a platform at the edge of the theater and shouted: "Fellow citizens, young people, Japanese devils occupied my northeast, killed my elders, raped my sisters and robbed me of my property ... We should not be a conquered nation! Join the Yong Qiang team and go out to fight against Japan! "
On this day, Zhanshan Town was crowded with people. People stopped buying and selling, surrounded Yang's podium, and the underground party also led students to the streets to perform civilized dramas ... Li Hongyi was very excited and immediately signed up for the army to resist Japan. A week later, Xiang received a notice of registration. There are 18 young people registered in Zhanshan Town. Amid firecrackers, they gathered in the city wearing bright red flowers. Li's wife cried behind her back for a few days, only saying, "Write back!" " Seeing the tears on his wife's face, Li Hongyi turned away.
Li Rujiang said: "My mother later told me that she was pregnant with me and was in poor health. She still holds her sister and quietly goes to the highway to see her father. " On both sides of the road, people saw me off. A wife sends her husband, a father sends his son, and a brother sends his brother. The scene is spectacular. Others brought fruit and hard-boiled eggs. A group of sewing workers carried several cages of hot steamed buns and enthusiastically distributed them to volunteers. They also said, "You go first, and we will follow!" "