1. June 9, deadline
On June 9th, when Jiang Jieshi was talking to foreign reporters about the current situation of the War of Resistance, he explained:
The key was not whether a city or a place could be defended. The most important thing was to choose a favorable area to break through the enemy's main force.
Facing the other areas and the enemy's rear, try your best to exhaust the enemy's strength... From now on, the war will turn into the mountains and lakes.
Domain." This seemed to be a signal about the breach of the dike.
June 9, 1938 was a sunny day, at least at Huayuankou in the northern suburbs of Zhengzhou. Xiong Xianyu, the staff officer of the new Eighth Division, wrote in his diary,
I made a quick note---
Just like the continuous rain in the past two days, the weather itself could not make him pay more attention. The burden of the new Eighth Division at the entrance of the garden was too heavy.
The special mission was the main point of his diary.
This day was the deadline for Shang Zhen, the commander of the 20th army, to issue a bounty. Just the day before, June 8th, in the morning, the new
The political department of the eighth division specially led the field service team to the construction site at the entrance of the garden to sing and perform condolences, so that the continuous labor was "day and night and half."
The soldiers of the Second Regiment, the Third Regiment, and the Engineering Company of the New Eighth Division were even more excited and did not look tired at all. the soiree
Not long after, at 11 o'clock, Shang Zhen once again sent his Chief of Staff, Wei Rulin, to the Huayuankou construction site to bring his condolences and reward.
If you release the water at 24:00 this night, you will be rewarded with 2000 yuan. If it was completed at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, he would be awarded 1000 yuan.”
Before the dike burst, Huang Yingqing, the battalion commander of the engineering battalion who participated in the excavation of the dike, came to a temple on the embankment and said to the red-faced chief,
The bearded Guan Gong kowtowed and prayed with tears streaming down his face,"Master Guan, the Chinese people are in a great disaster. They are being bullied by the Japanese.
Tragic. We had no choice but to flood the Yellow River and drown the people. You have to forgive us.”When I say this, I feel sad
The injured soldiers knelt on the ground and faced the turbulent Yellow River, crying loudly…
Ever since he was appointed as the person in charge of the supervision and command of the dike breach, Shang Zhen had ordered his subordinate, Liu Heding, the commander of the 39th Army, to act as the commander of the dike breach.
The specific management of the dike breach work, but the initial location of the dike breach--the failure of the two successive breach and tunnel operations at Zhaokou, plus Kaifeng,
The loss of the battle had already made Shang Zhen extremely anxious. After announcing the reward, Wei Rulin decided not to return to Zhengzhou.
They waited for the news of the successful release of water at the construction site. That night, the soldiers of the new eighth division were still at the entrance of the garden.
The dam was constantly excavated and transported. Xiong Xianyu's diary of the war of resistance in the Second Historical Archives of China was very detailed.
It also recorded in detail the simple tools at that time: round shovel, cross pick, steel drill, basket, soil, wooden bar...
Especially when the explosives were suspended, the garden entrance was hard.
It was even more effective on the dam. Loud noises, rising smoke and dust, the long levees
As if a huge gap had been gnawed out, the engineering battalion of the new eighth division ran into the levee without hesitation.
The slope was dug and chiseled, and explosives were loaded. A few floors inside and outside, a wave of exhaustion, a shout
He shouted,"Change." Another wave of strong soldiers charged forward. The gap is constantly widening
As, as lowering…
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