Zhang Zizhong, the word Xingchen, later changed to Xingchen, Shandong Linqing people, born in August 1891 in a family of officials and eunuchs, from a young age strong, full of sense of justice, Zhang Zizhong's father Zhang Shugui died of illness when he was 14 years old, his mother Lady Feng became the head of the family, two years later, by Lady Feng as the master, Zhang Zizhong married Li Minhui, the daughter of Li Huanan, a member of the Linqing County Consultative Bureau.
In the third year of Xuanun (1911), the Xinhai Revolution broke out, Zhang Zizhong was admitted to the Tianjin Beiyang Law and Politics School, and then threw himself into the democratic revolutionary movement, 5 years later, his friend Che Zhen recommended Zhang Zizhong to the warlord Feng Yuxiang, because of his outstanding talent, Zhang Zizhong was promoted from an apprentice to a platoon leader, and then became a division commander step by step.
In 1933, Zhang Zizhong fought with the Japanese army for the first time, on March 7, Zhang Zizhong and others arrived at the Zunhua Santun camp and fought fiercely with the Japanese army for seven days, Zhang Zizhong was fierce and fearless, so the Japanese could not win, which was also one of the few victories of the Chinese army in the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Zhang Zizhong actively participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan, from 1937 to 1940, Zhang Zizhong successively participated in the Defense of Linyi, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Suizao and the Battle of Zaoyi.
In 1940, Japan launched the Battle of Zaoyi, Zhang Zizhong did not have to personally lead the troops to attack, but Zhang Zizhong dared to fight on the battlefield, determined to personally fight the Japanese devils, this operation was more fierce, Zhang Zizhong sent a farewell letter to Feng Zhi'an, the deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the 77th Army, before the operation.
It says: "Whether good or bad, we must ask our conscience to be comforted, and in the future, both public and private will have to ask my brother to be responsible." From now on, in the future or temporarily, forever away, I do not know, this is the Buda. ”
After Zhang Zizhong led more than 2,000 people to cross the Xianghe River in the east, all the way bravely attacked, even if it was attacked by the Japanese army without flinching, it inspired our army, but also made the Japanese army very moved, on May 16, 1940, Zhang Zizhong was martyred, and Huang Weigang, commander of the 38th Division, led the death squad to attack the pumpkin shop at night and recovered Zhang Zizhong's remains.
At that time, the Japanese army also specifically ordered the bombing to stop so as not to hurt Zhang Zizhong's body, and the Japanese army also issued a report that Zhang Zizhong was "a brave Chinese general who died in a heroic battle." ”
Subsequently, Zhang Zizhong's body was transported back to Chongqing for burial, when passing through Yichang, 100,000 soldiers and civilians sent the coffin to the riverbank, when there were three Japanese planes circling in the air, the buried soldiers and civilians did not escape, after Zhang Zizhong was buried, the Nationalist government put his tablet into the Shrine of the Martyrs, tied for the first place.
His wife Li Minhui learned of her husband's bad news, passed out at one point, and went on a hunger strike for seven days and followed her husband Zhang Zizhong away, while the couple was buried together in the foothills of Meihua Mountain in Chongqing.