The background of the eight women who threw themselves into the river

In October 1938 during the Anti-Japanese War, in the Ushun River in Linkou County, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, eight female officers and soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces led by Leng Yun, led by the instructor Leng Yun, fought against the Japanese puppets The army launched a fierce battle. They actively attracted the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops, allowing the main force to quickly get rid of the enemy's attack. However, they were besieged by the enemy by the river.

Fighting until they ran out of ammunition, they faced the Japanese and puppet forces forcing them to surrender. They refused to surrender, destroyed their guns, waded arm-in-arm into the Ushun River, and shouted: "Down with Japanese imperialism." !" Singing "The Internationale", they collectively sank into the river and died for their country, which showed the heroic spirit of the Chinese nation in fighting the enemy to the end and was widely praised among the people.

Heroic deeds

In early October 1938, the first unit of the 5th Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces fought with 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops at the Ushun River Ferry in the Mudanjiang area (now part of Linkou County) The rest of the people suffered. The above-mentioned eight members of the Women's Regiment, who had arrived at the river and were preparing to cross the river, resolutely gave up crossing the river in order to cover the breakout of the large forces. Under the leadership of instructor Leng Yun, they divided into three combat groups and started a fierce battle with the Japanese and puppet troops.

They actively attracted the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops, allowing the main force to quickly get rid of the enemy's attack. However, they were besieged by the enemy by the river. After fighting until they ran out of ammunition, they were forced to surrender by the Japanese and puppet troops. They refused to surrender, destroyed their guns, waded arm-in-arm into the Ushun River, and sank collectively into the river, martyring their country heroically. The heroic feat of the eight women who threw themselves into the river showed the heroic spirit of the Chinese nation in fighting the enemy to the bitter end and was widely praised among the people.