Who were the young heroes during the Anti-Japanese War?

1. Wang Pu

Wang Pu, also known as Wang Pu (1929-1943), was a native of Yechang Village, Wan County (now Shunping County), Hebei Province. When he was 11 years old, he was elected as the leader of the village children's troupe, leading the children in the village to carry out various activities such as standing guard to check roads, delivering messages to the Eighth Route Army and leading the way.

In May 1943, facing the vicious Japanese devils, he still refused to disclose the hiding place of the Eighth Route Army's guns, ammunition and other materials. He was eventually brutally shot by the invaders at the age of 14.

During the Anti-Japanese War, a group of little heroes emerged. Like adults, they fought tenaciously, shed blood and sacrificed their lives. They were full of energy, sang and wept, and will always live in the hearts of the people. Wang Pu is one of them.

After the "July 7th Incident", the flames of war quickly burned Wang Pu's hometown. The brutal acts of burning, killing and looting by the Japanese aggressors ignited the fire of national hatred in Wang Pu's young heart.

He followed his parents to participate in the Anti-Japanese War since he was a child. When he was 11 years old, he was elected as the leader of the village children's league. When he learned that the Eighth Route Army was fighting the Japanese, the young Wang Pu dreamed of becoming an Eighth Route Army soldier.

Wang Pu led a group of children's league members all day long, armed with red tassel guns, standing guard to check roads, deliver messages to the Eighth Route Army and lead the way, and carry out activities to support the army and give priority to their families.

In order to deal with the Japanese "mopping up", the militiamen engaged in land mine warfare. Wang Pu not only learned to lay mines, but also learned to make mines. Once, he used a homemade landmine to kill a traitor, and also assisted the militiamen in capturing two Japanese.

In the spring of 1943, the Japanese army carried out a large-scale "mopping up" on both sides of the Tang River. Yechang Village, as the logistics and supply office of the Eighth Route Army's Jizhong Military Region, became a key target of the Japanese army.

On May 7, due to reports from traitors, the Japanese army suddenly surrounded Houshigou where more than 200 people were hiding, and set up machine guns on the hillside to force the people to reveal the Eighth Route Army's guns, ammunition, and food supplies. Hiding places with costumes.

The unarmed people glared at the enemy, but no one said a word. The angry enemy threatened to shoot into the sky, and the panicked crowd began to commotion;

On the other hand, Wang Pu, who was only 14 years old, acted very calmly. He pulled the eight children around him closer. Encourage everyone in a low voice to ignore the enemy. The Japanese army said in a gentle tone: "Whoever tells where the Eighth Route Army's food and ammunition are hidden will be released."

At this time, Wang Pu could no longer suppress his anger, and he scolded the traitors. , and loudly said to people: "Everyone must remember the Anti-Japanese Convention, and you can't talk about it even if you die." Several children also shouted: "You can't talk about it even if you die."

The crowd also They shouted in unison: "You can't even die!" The vicious Japanese officer raised his command knife and shouted wildly: "Kill them all."

Three machine guns sprayed evil tongues of fire at the crowd at the same time. Xiao Wang Pu, his mother and 128 people died tragically under the gunfire of the enemy. This heroic boy, only 14 years old, sacrificed his precious life for the Anti-Japanese War.

To commemorate Wang Pu, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region Government awarded him the glorious title of "Anti-Japanese National Little Hero" and erected a monument. After liberation, he was awarded the title of "Top Ten Young Heroes in the Country" by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

2. Wang Erxiao

Born in 1929 in Shangzhuang Village, Laiyuan County, Hebei Province.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Erxiao's hometown was the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base area and was often "swept up" by the Japanese. Wang Erxiao was a member of the Children's League. He often herded cattle on the hillside while serving as a sentinel for the Eighth Route Army. .

On October 25, 1942 (September 16 on the lunar calendar), the Japanese came for another "sweeping operation" and got lost when they reached the mountain pass. The enemy saw Wang Erxiao grazing cattle on the hillside and asked him to lead the way. Wang Erxiao walked in front pretending to be obedient. In order to protect the villagers who had moved into hiding, he led the enemy into the Eighth Route Army's ambush.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out from all directions. Knowing that they had been fooled, the enemy was furious and stabbed Wang Erxiao with a bayonet to death and threw him hard on the rocks. At this moment, the Eighth Route Army rushed down from the mountain and wiped out all the enemies.

After Wang Erxiao died, local soldiers and civilians buried him on the hillside of Liujiazhuang. Comrade Zhang Shikui, who was a cadre of the Youth Rescue Association of Laiyuan County at that time (now a retired cadre of Baoding City), received the news and immediately reported it to the Border District Youth Rescue Association. Lyricist Fang Bing and composer Jie Fu immediately composed a song based on this report. "Singing Erxiao Cowherd".

This song has been sung to this day and has infected countless young people.

Now, the grave of Wang Erxiao is covered with green grass. The big stone stained red by his blood is still lying quietly in the ravine. People call it the "blood-colored stone".

In order to commemorate the little hero Wang Erxiao, the China Youth Foundation built the "Erxiao Hope Primary School" in Shangzhuang Village, Laiyuan County, the hometown of the second primary school. Chen Mo, an old writer who participated in the revolution during the Yan'an period, created the revolutionary The traditional documentary novel "Young Hero Wang Erxiao".

3. Xia Qiusheng

A native of Songjiang County, he lives in Huixingqiao Cove in the city. He has been thin since he was a child, but he is extremely intelligent and has excellent academic performance. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out, Japanese planes bombed Songjiang indiscriminately. Soon, Songjiang fell.

He heard about the Japanese invading army killing people, setting fires, raping and looting. Although Xia Qiusheng was young at that time, he also felt the pain of national subjugation and national hatred. On a certain day in the twelfth lunar month of the twenty-seventh year of the Republic of China (1938), eight characters "Down with Japanese Imperialism" were written on the wall of the square tower.

Soon, he was discovered by the Japanese army. That afternoon, a group of heavily armed Japanese soldiers surrounded Sangong Street and forced residents to hand over the person who wrote the slogan. The Japanese military officers gathered a group of children again and coaxed and threatened them, but no one said anything.

I was forced to write, and finally the handwriting was revealed. I dragged Qiu Sheng to the Huixing Bridge and forced me to tell him who had written it, but he never said a word. In the end, Qiu Sheng was thrown into the river by the Japanese army, but was rescued and brought home by his sister.

The Japanese officers rushed into the house again and dragged Qiu Sheng under the square tower. He leaned against the tower and faced the south, surrounded by Japanese troops holding bayonets.

The Japanese officer pointed his pistol at his chest and threatened Qiusheng in blunt Chinese, asking him to tell him who asked him to do this. Qiu Sheng glared and said nothing. The Japanese army's threats were ineffective, so they stabbed him to death with a bayonet. He was 12 years old.

4. Li Aimin

Li Aimin is a little anti-Japanese hero in the Taihang Mountains.

In the spring of 1942, 11-year-old Li Aimin served as the leader of the Anti-Japanese Children's League. One day, Battalion Commander Zhong of the Eighth Route Army asked him to pass through the enemy's blockade to deliver an "urgent" message. Without saying a word, Li Aimin went home and caught up with his beloved little donkey. He brought a straw rope and a sickle, put the letter in a sock and set off.

It was a smooth journey. Seeing that he was about to reach the enemy's blockade area, he suddenly noticed a figure holding a gun shaking on the mound not far ahead. No, the Japs' mobile sentinels are targeting him.

What to do? Li Aimin had an idea and grabbed a handful of thin cow dung and smeared it all over his body. Then he drove the donkey into the grass slope and bent down to cut the grass. "Bage Yalu, raise your hands!"

Out of the blue, the Japanese who had circled behind him grabbed him by the collar. Another Japanese officer stared directly into Aimin's eyes and shouted: "Capture the big eight-way spy!"

"I'm here to let the donkeys cut grass. Look, that's a pile I cut." Damn it, isn’t that my little black donkey?” Li Aimin responded wittily.

The Japanese saw that he was covered in manure and looked like a poor boy herding livestock, so they kicked him down, muttered a few words, and turned away. Little Aimin endured the severe pain and got up, staggeringly drove the donkey straight to the trail, and successfully completed the task of delivering the letter.

Late the next night, the Japanese's temporary stronghold here was cleared by soldiers of the 14th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and the joint defense militia.

Unfortunately, this little anti-Japanese hero fell into the hands of the enemy while protecting his fellow villagers in 1943, and fell under the knife of the Japanese. That year, he was 12 years old.

5. Zhou Yinhai

Zhou Yinhai was born in 1933 in Xingfu Village, Houhe Township, Jingjiang City, Jiangsu Province (now Maqiao Town). His family is poor and he mainly relies on the rented land from his parents, who are landowners. His life is precarious. The young Zhou Yinhai had to help the adults with work, and sometimes dug wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger.

In 1940, the New Fourth Army marched eastward and Zhou Yinhai's hometown was liberated, which gave him the opportunity to enroll in school and receive revolutionary education.

In 1943, the Peasant Resistance Association and the Children's League were established in the township, and Zhou Yinhai happily signed up and became a member of the Children's League. From then on, he went to class during the day and stood guard at the beginning of the village and at the intersection at night. He could complete the task with excellence every time.

In the early morning of January 18, 1947, the Kuomintang reorganized the Fourth Division to conduct a "mopping up" campaign in the Houhe area. After Zhou Yinhai discovered the enemy's situation, he immediately notified the township cadres who were meeting at Zhuntian Primary School and asked them to move quickly. In order to cover the retreat of these township cadres, Zhou Yinhai stepped forward and led the enemy away, but he was bravely arrested.