文/肖慧 图/刘富国 高启民
倾听台儿庄的故事
Listening to the Story of Tai'erzhuang
文/肖慧图/刘富国高启民
○ 眼前的台儿庄分明就是典型的江南水乡。Tai’erzhuang before our eyes is a typical Jiangnan water town.
春暖花开的四月,再次来到美丽的台儿庄,映入眼帘的小桥流水和杨柳依依,在穿梭的人群里安静守望。摇曳在风中的柳枝冒着新芽,一如78年前的这个季节。
1938年春,台儿庄守城将士同仇敌忾,在历时半个多月的苦战中,不畏牺牲,3万将士为国捐躯,取得了震惊中外的台儿庄大捷。
历史的尘烟,掩盖不住世纪的风雨沧桑。历经硝烟洗礼的台儿庄古城,彰显着中华民族文化的深邃与厚重,展示着这片土地的英勇不屈。
78年后的4月8日,台儿庄大战参战将士后代及著名战地记者后代、亲属,来自全国各地的志愿者、游客、学生及社会各界代表,齐聚这里缅怀英烈。
历史的记忆停留在古城遗址墙壁上的密集弹孔中,伤痕累累而触目惊心,也驻留在人们心中,硝烟滚滚而记忆犹新;今天的台儿庄,不仅有复活的古城,还有与古城共生的民族精神。
在4月7日举行的台儿庄战役研究会成立大会上,吴项林会长说,台儿庄战役研究会将寻访抗战老兵,倾听战争亲历者重温悲壮历史,抢救性地记录和整理真实抗战史料。台儿庄战役研究会还致力于广泛联络参战将士及其后人,开展联谊活动,推动海峡两岸经济、文化等各领域的交流合作。
近50位台儿庄战役参战将领后代见证了台儿庄战役研究会的成立。台儿庄参战某旅长吴鹏举之孙吴项林当选台儿庄战役研究会首任会长,李德强、戴澄东、黄蔚君、屈令婉、何平等5位台儿庄大战参战将领后代当选名誉会长。
这是后人对历史的祭奠方式,一同还原并思考那个渐行渐远的年代所发生的故事。
“台儿庄战役在民族精神、军事战术等方面有重要研究价值”,研究会顾问、中国抗日战争史学会秘书长荣维木说,“中国军队在民族危急时刻一致对外、宁死不屈,最终战胜装备先进的日本军队,台儿庄战役是中国抗日战争史上全民抗战的一场‘漂亮仗’。”
而在这场“漂亮仗”中,57把大刀定乾坤的故事至今仍为人们津津乐道。在日军占领台儿庄城池四分之三的千钧一发之际,57名勇士组成敢死队,他们手持长枪,斜挎大刀,腰里挂满手榴弹,慷慨赴死,夜袭日军阵地,一举歼灭占领城西北角的日军,收复了几个关键阵地,赢得了战役的主动权。57名勇士44人战死疆场,仅13人幸存,谱写了一曲感天动地的英雄故事。这也是后来人们喜爱的舞蹈《大刀魂》的创作背景。
每每来到台儿庄,心情总是沉重而愉快的。沉痛于惨烈无情的战争和英勇牺牲的同胞,叹息那满目的繁华毁于一旦,却又欣喜于重建后的古城生机盎然。
“君到姑苏见,人家尽枕河;夜市卖菱藕,水巷小桥多。”眼前的台儿庄分明就是典型的江南水乡。若雨后的深巷,走出一位撑着油纸伞的姑娘;若晚烟里的窗棂,传出声声幽幽的琴韵,会让你恍若错了时空……
这座城,不易。她的故事,很长。
In Apr. with spring flowers blossoming,I came to beautiful Tai’erzhuang again. A small bridge over the flowing stream and surrounding willows jumped into my sight, quietly standing among the crowds flowing back and forth. The willows swaying in the wind sprouted just as in the season of 78 years ago.
In the spring of 1938, the soldiers defending Tai’erzhuang fought with a common bitter hatred against the enemy. In the bitter battle lasting over half a month, they showed the spirit of fearing no sacrifice, and thirty thousand soldiers died for our country. At last, they won a victory in the Battle of Tai’erzhuang, which shocked the whole world
78 years later, on April 8, the descendants of soldiers involved in the Battle of Tai’erzhuang, the descendants and relatives of famous war correspondents,volunteers, visitors and students from all over the country, as well as representatives from all walks of life gathered here in memory of these martyrs.
At the Founding Conference of the Research Society for the Battle of Tai’erzhuang held on April 7, President Wu Xianglin said, “The Research Society for the Battle of Tai’erzhuang will look for and visit veterans in the Anti-Japanese War,listen to the war participants recalling the tragic and heroic history, and record and sort the real historical materials regarding the Anti-Japanese War.” Moreover, the research society is also committed to widely contacting with the soldiers involved in the battle and their descendants, carrying out friendship promotion activities, and propelling the exchange and cooperation on such fields as economy and culture across the Taiwan Straits.