Zhao Shangzhi (1908-1942) was a native of Chaoyang, Liaoning province, who was admitted to the Harbin Xugong Industrial School in 1925. In the same year, during the "May 30th" movement, he was actively engaged in fund-raising and boycotting Japanese goods. In the summer of the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China (CPC). Because of his participation in the anti-imperialist patriotic struggle, he was expelled from the school for "not abiding by the school rules". In November of the same year, he went to Guangzhou to enter the Whampoa Military Academy, and in March 1926, after Chiang Kai-shek's "Zhongshan Ship Incident", he was actively involved in the protests and the rescue of the arrested C*** Party members. In the summer of the same year, he went to Harbin and led the progressive youth to carry out revolutionary struggle. 1926 end to 1930 April, he was arrested twice, and suffered from torture in prison, but always steadfast. 1931, after the "September 18th" Incident, he was rescued from the prison, and in the beginning of 1932, he was in charge of the work of the military committee of the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the C*****. With Yang Jingyu to factories, schools, propaganda anti-Japanese, organizing workers, students to participate in the anti-Japanese volunteer army. 1933 October, as Zhuhe anti-Japanese guerrillas, after February 1934, successive commander of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, anti-Japanese guerrillas, commander of the Hadong detachment, the Northeast People's Revolutionary Army, Third Army commander and other posts. In the northeastern region in the early anti-Japanese war, heroic and tenacious, made significant contributions. on February 12, 1942, led the attack on the Wutong police station, during the battle, for the traitors wounded, unconscious by the enemy arrested, and then died heroically. At the age of 34
Anti-Japanese Heroes: A Generation of Famous Generals - Zhang Zizhong
Zhang Zizhong (1890-1940), the word Arthraxon. A native of Linqing, Shandong Province, Zhang Zizhong secretly joined the United League of Alliance in 1911 when he was studying at the Tianjin School of Law and Politics, and joined the military in 1914; he joined Feng Yuxiang's ministry in 1917 and served as a battalion commander, regimental commander, brigade commander, and divisional commander, etc. After the Great War of the Central Plains in 1930, Feng Yuxiang's military clique was disbanded, and Zhang Zizhong's ministry was integrated by Chiang Kai-shek. Army, Commander-in-Chief of the 33rd Group Army and Commander of the Right Wing Corps of the Fifth War Area.
In 1937, the Japanese invaders pointed their troops directly at Xuzhou, and in March 1938, the Japanese army invested 70,000 to 80,000 troops and marched in two directions to Taierzhuang, northeast of Xuzhou. When they reached Linyi and Tengxian, fierce battles broke out with the Chinese army. At that time, Linyi was defended by Pang Bingxun's Third Army Corps. Pang's army was in urgent need of reinforcements because of its overwhelming strength. Zhang Zizhong was deployed to lead the 59th Army to reinforce him at a speed of 180 miles per day and night. Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun was a longtime enemy, but he took the interests of the country and the nation as the most important, and led his troops to fight with Pang's troops. Enemy forces under the cover of aircraft artillery, with tanks, armored vehicles to the tea leaf mountain position launched an attack. Zhang Zizhong fought with the enemy, repeated physical combat. After several days of fierce fighting, the enemy was heavily defeated and retreated. The Chinese army successively recaptured the Monin and Moss County, **** annihilating more than 4,000 enemies. Soon, the Japanese army again sent Sakamoto brigade to Linyi, Sanguanmiao launched an offensive, trying to make a breakthrough. Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun Department of the two armies fought hard, after a night of fierce fighting, the Japanese were hit hard, its strategic attempts to reinforce the front line to Taierzhuang was completely crushed, to ensure the victory of the Battle of Taierzhuang.
In May 1940, the Japanese mobilized 150,000 elite troops to launch the Battle of Zaoyi, which captured Zaoyang, Xiangyang and Yichang. General Zhang Zizhong originally led his troops to defend the west of the Xiang River, when the Japanese army broke through the first line of defense of the Fifth War Area and attacked Xiangyang and Zaoyang, General Zhang Zizhong, who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Group Army, resolutely led the 74th Reserve Division and the Special Service Battalion of the Military Headquarters to cross the Xiang River eastward to fight against the incoming enemy. After crossing the river, General Zhang Zizhong led his troops to fight against the Japanese army in the vicinity of Nanguadian, and hit the Japanese army heavily, and cut off the rear supply line of the Japanese army. After the Japanese army with heavy troops to General Zhang Zizhong to encircle, in order to hold the Japanese army main force caused by our troops on the outside line to the Japanese army to implement the counter-encirclement, General Zhang fought hard not to retreat, fighting with the enemy, and finally was hit by seven bullets. When he was dying, General Zhang Zizhong left his last words: "I fight and die, I ask the country, the nation, the officer can be said to have no shame, peace of conscience!" Immediately pulled out his sword and killed himself, a generation of famous general Zhang Zizhong martyrdom. General Zhang Zizhong led his troops to cut off the enemy's back road and block the enemy's westward progress, completely crushed the Japanese attack on Xiangfan, threatening the attempts of the Laohekou, so that the entire war situation has turned from danger to peace.