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A historical narrative based on my family’s experiencesTRANSCRIPT
Rose Xi
Identity Portfolio
Family Tree
Historical NarrativeFight for the food!
Tap, tap, the footstep of a person
scurrying towards the main cave in our base
of Ai Mountain.
“Leader! I saw ten traitors near the
openings!” a scout patrolling the
mountainsides reported to our platoon
leader.
My ears picked up the word traitors and
instantly lifted up. I hung on to every word in
the conversation. This might be my Birst
mission!
“What are the situations? Is it serious?”
the leader urged.
“The Japanese are robbing the villages
along the main pathway! This is the times of
food shortage, and the villagers will starve
without the food. Should we send teams to
take the food back?”
“Good idea. Section seven, eight and ten,
prepare for mission,” the platoon leader
ordered. “The Japanese robbed the villager’s
food, our mission is to rescue the food back.
Mission, start!”
“Yes, sir!” we looked in each other’s eyes
and shouted out.
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Rustle. The grass rustled gently next to
my ears as I hid in the grass along the side of
the trail watching the Japanese troops pass
by. I adjusted my position to a more hidden
place as my stomach churned and butterBlies
Bluttered. My hand slipped into the side bag
on my side and felt the four grenades
distributed to me. The troops that just
passed and the ones behind them can’t see
around the curve yet, but if they hear the
bullet sound, we would be discovered. This is
going to be hard if we can’t use our riBles. I
have to act quick, precise and hard.
“This is my Birst mission! I have to
succeed. Go ahead and Bight, for the sake of
our country and the villagers!” I cheered
myself on to give me more courage.
The harsh wind of middle March scraped
my face, a strand of grass on the disguise hat
blocked my vision. Shaking it off, I peeked my
head out of the bush to see around the it. The
previous troops faded out of my sight. The
distinct mud-‐colored clothes exposed their
existence as the traitors marched along
behind the troops. The traitors’ weapons
hung loosely on their backs, their vigilance
worn out after the long trip. Perfect chance
for our mission! Now I just have to wait for
the signal to go. Closer and closer the traitors
come, until the last traitor went around the
curve.
“Now!” our platoon leader shouted.
As the last sound of the leader’s orders
fell, 30 Bigures darted out the bush at once.
The traitor had barely come back to earth
when he discovered a hand on his throat.
“Drop your weapons! Put your hands on
your heads!” I shouted out, heart pumping
fast at my Birst step of success on my mission.
“This is the Birst successful step towards
my mission,” I thought to myself as I picked
up the weapons on the ground.
“CREEEEEK!” the grating noise of feet
skidding on the rocky ground.
“Hmm? what is that sound?”
I twirled around, seeing a traitor kick
against one of our comrades, and sprinting
towards the curve, trying to escape. He was
coming towards me! I have to stop him. If he
gets the message to the Japanese troops
behind him, our mission would fail! Can't let
him do that. I shifted my footstep, jerked up
in front of him and stuck my Bist into his
stomach. The traitor doubled over as I rushed
forward to tie his hands up.
“Hey you, good job there!” the platoon
leader patted me on the back. I beamed a
huge good-‐natured smile, exhilarated at the
leader praising me.
“Call the villagers to help escort the food
back to the mountains!” the platoon leader
commanded.
“Hey, it wasn’t that terrible, was it?” I
thought to myself as I carried the packs of
food on my shoulders, “ I actually did pretty
good there.”
With that happy note, I caught up to my
leader. This, was the start of my serve in the
Eight Route Army.
Interview Q&A
General Questions:1. What was a moment when you felt exciting or proud?2. What was a moment that you disliked the most during the Second Sino-‐Japanese War?3. Why did you feel that way?
SpeciBic Questions:1. What was the people around you wearing?2. What did you think in your heart during the moment?3. What were people saying around you? What did you say?4. Tell me about some of the sight details and sound details.5. Describe the atmosphere.
What was a time when you felt proud of what you did? Japanese robbed food of villagers, and his platoon got back the food.
Why did you feel proud? Civilians had few food, and he was proud that he took back the food so the villagers would not starve.
Where were you at that time?Base of north of QiMeng mountain in
Shandong, DanBu town. Japanese took over base in DanBu(might need research), Eight Route Army retreats back into mountain.
What time of the year was it? March of 1945
Why did the Japanese rob food?Japanese sent 20000 soldiers to TaiAn,
and saw villages so started robbing food from civilians all the way to TaiAn.
How did you know that they were doing that?Mountain close to DanBu, Eighth Route
scout saw Japanese rob.
Can you describe the situation? How was the Japanese army placed?
Situation of Japanese troop: 20000 people, divided into 5 big groups, escorting the traitors with food. Has a gap between each troop of Japanese and traitors. Previous troop just passed, so cannot see behind. Next troop is not so close so don’t know about it. Traitors that betrayed China escorted food using large trailers(research needed). Mountain called Ai Mountain.
What were some of the details of traitors?Traitors’ clothing: gray hand-‐woven
clothes of civilians. Traitor’s weapons: (research needed)
What were the people around you saying? Can you remember any dialogues?
Scout report to platoon leader. Platoon leader dialogue: The Japanese main force isn’t here yet, previous Japanese main force just passed, take advantage of this time and take back the food.”
Describe the actions. Action: Hide in the bushes wearing grass-‐
hat camouBlages, scout is up in the mountains telling them when to run up. Dialogue of scout: “Now!” 30 people run up and snatched the ten traitor’s necks so they cannot speak. Dialogue: “Stop! Raise your hands and drop the weapon to the ground.” Traitor panicked. Captured traitors to be captive, called people to help transport food back into cave.
Research Notes
Second Sino Japanese WarDuring 1937-‐1945Japanese army has 17 divisions, which each has 22000 men, 5700 horses and 9500 riBles and sub machine gun, 600 heavy machine gun,108 artillery pieces and 24 tanks. Japanese Navy has 2600 aircrafts. Every Japanese division in combat power was equal to 3 Chinese divisions.Chinese forces has 80 army infantry, 9 brigades, 9 cavalry, 2 artillery brigades. Chinese Air Force has 600 aircraft only. But the Chinese has a territory 31 times larger than Japan and 5 times the Japanese population.
WikipediaChinese regular weapons:
- Hanyang 88- Chiang Kai-Shek rifle (copy of Mauser
Standard Model)- Czechoslovakian vz. 24.
German trained:- German-made 7.92 mm Gewehr 98- Karabiner 98k. - Czech 7.92 mm Brno ZB26
Central Army units:- one LMG per platoonGerman-trained divisions
- one LMG per squadNRA:
- Maschinen gewehr 34s from GermanyHeavy machine guns:
- locally-made Type 24 Maxim guns- one heavy machine gun every Central
Army battalion Weapons for officers:
- 7.63 mm Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol
- full-automatic Mauser M1932 machine pistol
Chinese also used Japanese captured weapons as theirs because of the shortage of weapons.
Bibliography
"Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)." The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Http://www.military-quotes.com, 30 July 2005. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http:// www.military-quotes.com/forum/ second- h sino-japanese-war-1937-a-t12715.html>.
"Second Sino-Japanese War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 July 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino- Japanese_War>.
"Chinese Armies in the Second Sino-Japanese War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 July 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki Chinese_ armies_in_the_Second_Sino-Japanese_ War>.
"Eighth Route Army." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Jan. 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Eighth_Route_Army>.
"Japanese Infantry Weapons Used in the Second-Sino Japanese War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Nov. 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/List_of_Japanese_infantry _weapons_used_in_the_Second- Sino_Japanese_War>.
"List of World War II Firearms of China." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Oct. 2012. Web. 07 Nov. 2012. <http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_ II_firearms_of_China>.
ReBlection
1.How has working on this project helped you learn about your
family’s history and given you a better sense of your identity?
Working on this project helped me learn about what my grandpa has been through in his young times. During the interview, I asked my grandpa about some of the things and found out that his life is actually every interesting. One of the times he was at the front line and was shot in the left leg. If he had died there, my dad wouldn’t be alive and I wouldn't be here.
2.Why do you think doing a project like this is important?
I think doing a project like this can encourage students to learn more about their families and also improve on writing skills. Some research and the bibliography
helped to let students learn more about historical wars and events.
3.What part of this project did you enjoy the most? Why?
I enjoyed the interview and the writing process the most. During the interview process, I learned a lot about my grandpa, and also writing down notes was actually really fun. I also liked writing the Historical Narrative because the process of producing a narrative is very enjoyable.
4.What specific challenges did you face during this project and how did you over come them?
One of my problems was that I didn’t do a lot of research. At the last two days, I had to spend nearly all of my times on the
research. During the research, I had trouble finding important thing to jog down, because I think that it shouldn’t be too long. In the end, I just chose to write the number of people and divisions in the Chinese and Japanese Armies. I also chose to research about the weapons that the Chinese armies used.
5.What advice would you give future students as they begin this project?
I would advise them to put down research notes as they are researching and not leave it until the end, because they might not have that much to do them all. Also for the interview, remember to format it like one question and one answer when you are asking.