The famous anti-Japanese generals sacrificed their lives for the country, all of their men died in battle, and the whole country mourned for him for three days
During the war of resistance against Japan, a number of famous patriotic generals who were willing to throw their heads and spill their blood for the country emerged. It will be remembered by future generations. However, there was such a pair of father and son anti-Japanese famous generals, both of whom were martyred for the heroic martyrdom of the anti-Japanese resistance. Few people remember it, but at that time, it was a household name. Both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were also shocked, and the whole country lowered its flags to half-mast in silence. So who are they?
During the Beiyang warlord period
The period from 1911 to 1928 of the Republic of China is known as the Beiyang Warlord Period. This may be the darkest period of political chaos in China's recent history. At that time, the Beiyang warlords were mainly divided into three major factions: the Anhui family, the direct family, and the Feng family. After Yuan Shikai's death, the leaders of the Beiyang Army established their own military forces in each province, each as king. In order to compete for control of power, they are deceitful and fighting endlessly. Warlords divided the territory, conscripted and taxed, and opium was rampant. The people were miserable.
Born in poverty, he joined the Beiyang Army, dissatisfied with the melee, and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion
Fan Zhuxian was born in the village of Nanyan Temple (now known as Shoushan Temple) in Guantao County, Handan City, Hebei Province, and was originally named JinBiao, also known as The Champion, and the character Bamboo Immortal. The family was poor. In 1904, he joined the Beiyang Army until he reached the rank of brigade commander. Actively support the Xinhai Revolution. Later, he was dissatisfied with the warlord melee. Resigned and lived in seclusion in the countryside.
During the Northern Expedition
Because of the continuous scuffles, the corrupt and dark rule of the warlords makes the people unhappy. The call to overthrow the Beiyang warlords is getting louder and louder. In order to achieve national reunification, between 1926 and 1928, Chiang Kai-shek launched a war of unification. The National Revolutionary Army under the leadership of the Kuomintang of China began the Northern Expedition from Guangdong on July 9, 1926.
Resolutely make a comeback and join the revolution. Single-mindedly for the people, deeply loved.
In 1926, when the National Revolutionary Army went out to the Northern Expedition, it made a comeback and resolutely surrendered to the command of General Feng Yuxiang. Served as Senior Staff Officer. In order to show the determination of the revolution, "Bamboo Immortal" was changed to "Zhuxian". It means ''Pioneer of Road Building'''.
In 1930, he participated in the Central Plains War and was appointed chief of staff of the First Route Army.
In 1931, he returned to Shandong and served as a major general in the Third Route Army of Han Fuqu.
In 1932, he was transferred to the governor of Yishui County, and later served as the governor of Linyi County, because he was honest and honest, as clean as water, and was deeply supported by the people.
In 1936, he was promoted to the position of administrative inspector of the sixth district of Shandong Province, commander of security, and county magistrate of Liaocheng County.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan
After the end of the Northern Expedition, the Nationalist government in Nanjing took power. After the September 18 Incident in 1931, Japan invaded and occupied Northeast China and established a puppet Manchu government. At the same time, in North China, Shanghai and other places, there are constantly creating incidents and attempting to provoke war. On July 7, 1937, after the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Sino-Japanese War officially broke out.
He refused to retreat south, resisted the Wokou, and took the lead.
After the "Lugou Bridge Incident", Japan launched an all-out attack on China, and the situation in Shandong was also tightened. Fan Zhuxian actively organized the recruitment of anti-Japanese forces and joined forces with the Communist Party to persist in resisting Japan. Resolutely reject Han Fuyu's order to withdraw from the south, and send a telegram to the compatriots throughout the country: "The first to build the governor is a district, it is the responsibility to defend the territory, it is necessary to look north, and it will never cross the south." I swore to lead the guerrillas and armed people, to deal with the slaves, to succeed or fail, to bow down to everything, and not to give up. "The whole country was shocked.
Although Fan Zhuxian was nearly sixty years old, every time he went to war, he was a pioneer and charged ahead. Kill the enemy heroically. Under his influence, his sons and daughters also made great contributions to the War of Resistance.
In the Battle of Jinan, the second son was sacrificed, and he endured grief and sent his other three children to Yan'an.
In August 1938, he participated in the Battle of Jinan, in which his second son, Fan Shumin, who was then the leader of the Youth Anti-Japanese Advance Brigade, was martyred. In the face of the sacrifice of relatives, this strengthens the determination to drive the devil invaders out of China. He asked him to appoint his second daughter as the leader of the advance brigade, and sent his eldest son, eldest daughter, and third daughter to Yan'an Anti-Japanese University to study.
In order to resist the Japanese invaders, General Fan Zhuxian actively cooperated with the Chinese Communists to resist Japan, and many counties united to establish an anti-Japanese regime. With the ancient city of Liaocheng as the center. The anti-Japanese base area in northwest Lubei was formed. In October 1938, after Guangzhou and Wuhan were captured by the Japanese army, the Japanese army changed its strategy and no longer engaged in head-on confrontation with the Kuomintang. Instead, the main forces were transferred to the battlefield behind enemy lines in Northern China, led by the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army. In November 1938, the Japanese army set Liaocheng as the target of the attack, and the premeditated troops divided into three routes: from Jinan, Dezhou, and Yucheng. On November 14, 1938, Liaocheng was completely surrounded by Japanese troops.
Liaocheng was lost. Unwilling to be captured, the general raised his gun and committed suicide. All the defenders of the city were martyred.
In November 1938, the Japanese army mobilized a large number of troops to attack Liaocheng, and the Japanese troops approached Liaocheng in three ways: one way from Dong'a across the Yellow River; one way from Yucheng over Gao Tang; the other way from Daming Jintan Town across the Wei River; at that time, Fan Zhuxian's Liaocheng troops were less than one-tenth of the enemy's troops. The soldiers swore to die and coexist with Liaocheng, and the enemy's attacks were repeatedly repelled. The enemy concentrated tank fire and attacked the four city gates. After a day and a night of bloody fighting, in the end it was outnumbered, and the city gate was still lost. Fan Zhuxian was wounded in the left arm, and he led the rest of his troops to retreat to the downstairs of Guangyue and engaged in a fierce street battle with the Japanese army. The fighting was quite fierce. Japanese aircraft strafed and shells broke Fan's leg bone. He would rather die than be a prisoner. He committed suicide with a gun in determination, and died heroically when he was 57 years old. Nearly 700 of the defenders of the city were all heroically killed. No one was spared.
Soldiers are martyred. Shocked the nation. The Two Parties solemnly mourned.
After General Fan Zhuxian was martyred, it caused a great shock throughout the country. The whole country mourned this national hero who was loyal and courageous to the country. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party also held solemn memorial services respectively. General Fan Zhuxian was highly praised. Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Dong Biwu sent Bang Lian. "When the war is raging, bear with the loss of many soldiers, and show their loyalty and courage; if we are still alive, we are bound to resist for a long time and return our rivers and mountains." This is Zhu and Peng's evaluation of General Fan Zhuxian through Bang Lian. Lao Jiang also wrote in the bang lian: "Blue blood is the mountains and rivers, and the dangerous city of a hundred miles remains with the social tree model; the vast atmosphere exists in the heavens and the earth, and the thousand autumns and green history are combined into national heroes." At the same time, the National Government also ordered the flag to be lowered to half-mast for three days. Deep condolences to the old general were expressed.
Our present days of peace and stability were bought with the blood of these heroes and martyrs. Their heroic and fearless patriotism should be carried forward forever. We really should cherish the peace and security of the present.