Construction history of the site of the Laoheigou tragedy

In 1930s, there were more than 300 farmers scattered here. After the September 18th Incident, an anti-Japanese armed force, the Anti-Japanese Mountain Forest Team headed by Song Delin, was active in the mountainous areas around Lan Shu and Wuchang. Laoheigou is one of the base areas of this team. Song Delin's troops took advantage of the favorable geographical conditions here, dispatch troops went into hiding, attacked the Japanese aggressors from time to time, and launched an armed struggle against Japan.

1March, 932, the third detachment of the Ministry, led by captain Xing, sneaked into the enemy camp, killed 58 Japanese troops protecting railway construction, unplugged the turret of Niutoushan, and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition, road construction materials and food items. On the 10th day of the fifth lunar month in the same year, the Volunteers 1 detachment ambushed the main ditch in Shangyingdong, killing Japanese troops 12 and blowing up the bunker. The shadowy appearance of the Anti-Japanese Volunteers made the Japanese army uneasy all day, so the Japanese army mobilized its troops and stepped up its encirclement and suppression while strengthening its defense. However, the volunteers relied on the people and used favorable terrain to carry out guerrilla warfare with the Japanese aggressors. Sometimes they attack suddenly, and then disappear without a trace, which makes the enemy dizzy. 1934, 48 Japanese Crusaders went to Nianzigou to sweep the grave and met an old farmer and asked him to lead the way. The old farmer led the enemy into the valley and then disappeared on the grounds of looking for water. At this time, the gunfire was loud, and the Japanese army was surrounded by trenches and was in a mess. Except for 1 person who escaped, all 47 Japanese troops were annihilated.

The Japanese invaders have repeatedly failed in their eastward expeditions, gnashing their teeth at the anti-Japanese volunteers and being helpless. Even posted a notice offering a reward for the capture of the leader of the volunteer army. At the same time, spies were sent into the mountains to spy on our army. According to the spy report: "There are no good people in the old black ditch, they are all beards." So the Japanese army decided to carry out a crazy encirclement and suppression of the old black ditch. /kloc-in the spring of 0/935, the Kwantung Army was transferred from Qiqihar to the 3rd Brigade of the 38th United Front (also known as Nara United Front) and stationed in Lan Shu and Jiaohe to carry out crusade. After the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army entered Jiaohe River, according to the information provided by the defenders, it made a crusade plan and made preparations for the crusade, such as hard labor, recruiting translators and "appeasing" the people. After careful preparation for the crusade, the 3rd Brigade set out from Jiaohe River on May 1935, attacked Laoheigou and began the spring crusade. On May 29th, the 3rd Brigade arrived in Elk, and then divided into three groups and entered the Old Black Ditch. Withdraw from the old black ditch on June 7. /kloc-within 0/0 days, the Japanese army massacred civilians and set fire to most houses, making Laoheigou a hell on earth. According to the rough statistics of Laoheigou case, the total number of victims is 10 17. Record of Japanese atrocities: Jilin Volume, page 40. The main slaughter points are Betula platyphylla Liudingzi, Liushuhezi, Yushugou and Qingdingzi.

In Liudingzi, Huaqiu (now Chang 'an), the Japanese aggressors slaughtered more than 200 people. One of the means is to block up the people in the house and kill them, then burn the house and the bodies; The second is to drive people to the edge of birch forest and dig a pit to bury them alive. When people are buried in the middle, they stab them with bayonets and kill them. According to the investigation, there are 7 pits, and each pit contains about 10 people, among which more than 30 human skulls were found in a pit in the northwest corner of the village. Record of Japanese atrocities: Jilin Volume, page 28.

Liu Shuhe Huzijia Store is a big barrel house inn, which has become another killing place for the Japanese army. On May 3 1 day, the Japanese army captured 72 ordinary people, first "went to court" at the old grandson's house in the west courtyard, and then took them one by one to Hujiadian for shooting and burned the inn. The body was twisted, shriveled and unrecognizable.

Qingdingzitun is located on the north bank of Hulan River, and there is a crescent bubble on the south bank, which is called crescent bubble. It became the biggest slaughterhouse when the Japanese army washed away the old black ditch. During the three days from May 3 1 to June 2, the Japanese army brutally slaughtered more than 300 people here. On the bank of the crescent bubble, the Japanese army made the captured people kneel down facing the crescent bubble, shot them with machine guns, and then pushed the bodies into the crescent bubble, and the clean soaked water immediately turned red. According to an interview with a Japanese student, by the end of 1980s, when people were fishing, human bones were hung on the Internet from time to time. In the woods to the west of Crescent Moon Bubble, the Japanese tied people to a tree and stabbed them with bayonets. The barking of the Japanese army and the screams of the victims were intertwined and echoed in the silent forest, which was terrible. 200 meters south of Crescent Bubble, the Japanese army took another form of slaughter. They put people's hands on their backs, twisted them with wire, and put a Datura pole between their arms. There are about 20 people on each pole, and they kneel in rows. Then the Japanese fired machine guns and pressed wooden poles on the back of the deceased. This is how the Japanese army slaughtered our people.

However, it is worth noting that the executioners who held the butcher knife in those days have kept their mouths shut about this bloody case and refused to plead guilty. According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, Kenji Fujimori, a Japanese with conscience, has conducted an investigation and interview on this matter. Through historical materials such as military history, the battle of Nara United, and interviews with those serving in the army at that time, it has been made clear that the 38th United had a crusade in Laoheigou in May 1935. However, apart from fragmentary records in historical materials, the interviewed "witnesses" either prevaricate or deny the Holocaust. Fujimori finally sighed: "China at that time" and "Japanese at that time". With "China Now" accurately exposing the "old black ditch" to the bright place, only "Japan Now" desperately pushed the memory into the darkness and struggled. Japan Asahi shimbun 1988 February 12. This shows Japan's attitude towards the war from one side.

65438+1August 3, 19951day, the monument of "Old Heigou Massacre Site" was built in the place where the tragedy occurred. At the unveiling ceremony, Zhao Jiazhi, secretary of Jilin Municipal Committee, Zhan, mayor, Zuo Ronglian, deputy secretary of Jilin Municipal Committee, and other leaders personally spoke and presented wreaths. Lan Shu Municipal Party Committee Secretary Li Tie, Mayor Park Chunmo and other party and government leaders also attended the meeting, paying tribute to the victims and laying wreaths. More than 65,438+0,000 people from mass organizations, news media and mass representatives attended the ceremony.