Ma Renxing was born in 1904 in Pingxiang County, Hebei Province, a peasant family. At that time, the warlords were fighting for years, and the people were not happy. Ma Renxing seventeen years old, was forced by life to go to the army. When he returned to his hometown in 1924, he saw that his brothers and sisters were living in hardship and poverty, which drove him to seek the truth to save the country and the people. The young Ma Renxing once again joined the army, to do something.
After the September 18th Incident, the national democratic movement swept across the country, shaking Ma Renxing greatly. In October 1938, he joined the Chinese ****production party, down to earth for the great ****productionist cause! From then on, he mounted a war horse, waving a whip, leading a light cavalry galloped in Jizhong, Jinsui and other places, to the Japanese invaders with a heavy blow. At that time, he was the commander of the First Military Region of Jinsui and became an excellent commander. From 1941 to 1942, he successfully crushed the Japanese invaders "May Day" sweep, creating an exemplary battle example of cavalry raids on the city of Anping.
In August 1945, the Japanese imperialists declared unconditional surrender, suffered from 14 years of slavery of the people of the Northeast, singing and dancing, celebrating the victory. The people of Northeast China were plunged into the abyss of disaster when the tiger went away and the wolf came, and the treacherous Kuomintang reactionaries rode on the people's head and made trouble. In order to establish a new China, Ma Renxing came to the Northeast on foot according to the instructions of the Party and with the expectation of the people on his shoulders. In October, the First Security Brigade was established, with Ma Renxing as the brigade commander. In May 1947, the First Security Brigade was changed into the First Independent Division, and Ma Renxing became the commander of the division. He led the whole division to besiege and annihilate the reactionaries in Liaoji. In the Four Battles of Siping, he wrote a glorious chapter in the history of the Northeast Liberation War with his strong will to fight and excellent command skills.
Siping, located in a strategic place. The KMT reactionaries regarded Siping as "the center of the destiny of the party and the country". From January 1946 to March 1948, the Northeast People's Liberation Army (PLA) fought four fierce battles with the KMT reactionaries! Ma Renxing participated in and commanded the first three battles.
On March 17, 1946, Ma Renxing division commander led three regiments, braving the snow to the city attack, the next morning to end the battle. Commanding reconnaissance captain Lian Kerong captured the pseudo-governor alive and annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, and the people of Siping were liberated for the first time.
In April of that year, Chiang Kai-shek was frantically expanding the civil war in a vain attempt to occupy Siping. This is the "Battle of Siping", which is the most powerful battle in the world. Ma Renxing was the commander of the Siping garrison at the time. In the first week of the battle of Siping, he was the main commander, in the square in front of the station of ten thousand people meeting, impassioned pre-war mobilization. He put forward the "shovels over artillery", "fortifications with victory over the enemy," the guiding ideology of combat, to inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers defending the city.
After the Nationalist caved in Siping, Ma Renxing division commander did not forget the people of Siping, in June 1947, he waved his division again, determined to liberate Siping for the third time. At this time, he was already forty-three years old, hair slightly gray. Long-term military career in his black and red face with wrinkles. The wind and frost of the northern country made his body more robust and thick. His eyes are full of bloodshot, but they shine brightly.
In order to choose the breakthrough and make preparations for the breakthrough. Ma division commander always closely follow the front line troops together. Thirteen days this day, the troops just took the Li Jia Wubing, he immediately got up on the head of the aircraft coil string, the ground rumbling artillery, the road and muddy, he was fearless. After arriving at the front line, climbed a main tower, risking artillery fire to observe enemy movements.
"Resolutely inserted inward!" Ma division commander's order came down. Under his command, the battle situation quickly opened. The enemy defending the city collapsed, and the modern defense system was smashed. At this point, the higher-ups wanted Division Commander Ma's troops to be withdrawn and build up strength for a new battle! However, he, together with his political commissar and chief of staff, were still observing the ground pattern with binoculars by the bridge. Suddenly, a stray bullet hit Division Commander Ma Renxing in the chest, and he fell into a pool of blood. He fell into a pool of blood, having shed his last drop of blood for the liberation of the people of Siping. The forests of Changbai Mountain were wailing, the water of Liao River was whimpering, the people of Siping sang sadly, and tears were falling. "Sengren have the will to flower should be blue, kill the enemy to stay red soil is also fragrant. "
In honor of Ma Renxing division, Siping City, the busiest street in Dori named Renxing Street.
Comrade Ma Renxing for the people's liberation cause of the martyrdom, but his spirit in the hearts of the people of Siping will always put out a dazzling light, his concern for the masses, love of warriors, self-discipline, hard work and simplicity of character, will always be the majority of the people celebrated.
Comrade Ma Renxing's life is extremely simple, from the high demand, he often take their own allowance to buy books for the soldiers to see. He laid an ordinary blanket, a dog skin mattress has shed half of the hair, covered only a bed of hemp quilt. Once, the organization was ready to make him a new coat, but he said: "Don't look at the old coat, I'm still very attached to it. There is no need to make a new one. When a pair of shoes issued to him wore out, he mended them stitch by stitch. Some people let him change a pair of new, but he said fondly: "Mending shoes is the glorious tradition of our old Red Army, when can not be lost. "
(This is the broadcast of Radio Siping on the program "Siping History" has been aired.)