Revolutionary martyrs are the eternal spiritual monuments of a nation and a country. Without the sacrifices of the revolutionary martyrs, there would be no happy life for us now. We must remember history, remember those ancestors who gave us blood and lives!
Xin Junqing (1911-1941) was originally named Xin Zheyun. A native of Feicheng City, Shandong Province. In 1929, he was admitted to Jinan Provincial No. 1 Middle School. After the "918" incident, he participated in organizing the student strike and led the students to lay on the tracks and intercept the train and go to the Kuomintang government in Nanjing to petition. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1929. After being admitted to Peking University, he participated in the anti-imperialist patriotic movement, and during the demonstration, he was injured and arrested and imprisoned, and later rescued from prison by the organization. In January 1938, after the establishment of the Shandong East and West District People's Anti-Enemy Self-Defense Regiment, he was entrusted by the Luxi Special Committee of the Communist Party of China to lead some personnel of the Political Training Office of Fan Zhuxian's Department to set up an office in Feicheng and run a cadre training class in the Sixth Special District of Shandong. In November of the same year, he was appointed as the chief of the anti-rape section of the sixth detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, and later transferred to the director of the political department of the Taixi Military Sub-district. On December 25, 1941, he was assassinated by secret agents in Renliji, Qihe County.
Song Cheng (1910-1941), formerly known as Song Xikui, also known as Song Wenshan, was a native of Huangshan Village, Hushan Town, Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. He joined the Chinese Nationalist Party in 1921. In 1930, Song Cheng went to the provincial Yantai No. 8 Middle School to study, came into contact with underground workers of the CCP, secretly read Marxist-Leninist books, and established a belief in communism. Soon after, he joined the Communist Youth League of China. In the spring of 1931, Song Cheng joined the Communist Party of China at Yenching University in Beiping. In 1932, he participated in the organization of the Tianfushan Armed Uprising and served as the political commissar of a large team of the Third Army of the Shandong People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Army. In accordance with the instructions of the special committee, Song Cheng led a large team to the west to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda. On February 12, 1938, Song Cheng participated in the attack on Muping City. During the battle of the Thunder Temple, Song Cheng was shot in the right chest, still wounded and insisted on commanding the battle. In April 1938, Song Cheng and other leaders of the Jiaodong Special Committee led the "three armies" in the west of Shangpeng (Lai), Huang (County), and Ye (County). On September 18, the "three armies" were reorganized into the fifth detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, with Song Cheng as the political commissar of the detachment. In 1941, due to overwork, he died in the Lunan Revolutionary Base Area at the age of 31.
Zhang Yusheng (1900~1941), formerly known as Dechong, was a native of Tanjiahe Township, Xinyang City, Henan Province. He was one of the main leaders of the anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle behind enemy lines in Xinnan. In April 1939, Zhang Yusheng led a detachment to severely damage the Japanese Kou in Wangjiagang and other places, and developed the base area to Tanjiahe and Dawangchong. After that, he led his troops to the areas around Tanjiahe, Xishuanghe, Liulin, Danggushan, Pingjingguan, and Qingshiqiao, and used flexible and mobile strategies and tactics to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy, opening up the situation for the construction of the Xinnan base area. In January 1940, the Xinying Guerrilla Corps of the Yu'e Advance Column of the New Fourth Army was established, with Zhang Yusheng as its commander. After the "Anhui Incident", he led his troops into anti-civil war and anti-friction battles to repel the climax launched by the Kuomintang recalcitrant army in the Xinying area. In the autumn of 1941, Zhang Yusheng died of illness due to overwork at the age of 32.
Zhang Yayun is a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. In his early years, he joined the Sichuan Army and served as the commander of the artillery battalion. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the colonel of the Forty-fifth Regiment of the newly organized 15th Division of the Kuomintang Army. In March 1941, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Shanggao in Jiangxi. He held the Shuikou Ruins and repeatedly repelled the Japanese attacks. After taking advantage of the victory to pursue for more than 10 miles, he unexpectedly encountered Japanese reinforcements. The Japanese bombarded with heavy artillery fire, and the situation of the battle suddenly turned critical. Personally led the officers and men to bravely charge and kill. In the short engagement, unfortunately, he was shot and died heroically. The Nationalist government posthumously awarded him major generals and built the "Yayun Pavilion" to commemorate them.
Chen Qinwen (1909-1941), commander of the 330th Regiment of the 110th Division of the 13th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, led his troops to participate in the battles of Nankou, Shangrao, and Xinyang. In January 1941, the Japanese 3rd Division divided into 3rd Road and attacked southern Henan. The 330th Regiment was ordered to assemble near wugong town in Wuyang County, Henan Province, and stood by in hiding. On February 1, 6,000 or 7,000 Japanese troops attacked Wuyang. When the enemy's vanguard troops passed through the regimental position in Wugong Town, the command post slammed into the enemy's flank, catching the Japanese army by surprise, annihilating more than 400 enemy troops. On April 4 of the same year, he was ordered to lead a new division to pursue the enemy who was sneaking west of Wuyang. In the area around Zhao He Town, the unit took advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to pounce on the enemy position and annihilated more than 200 enemy personnel. Later, he rushed into the town of Zhao He and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Unfortunately, he died heroically in a fierce battle.
We live in a happy era, and I hope that you will not forget that tragic history and those ancestors who gave us blood and lives!