Everyone knows that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, there was a legendary anti-Japanese contingent in Shandong, the Railway Guerrillas. The reason why the railway guerrillas can make a name for themselves in the world is that they are indeed a heroic and good fighting team, and second, they rely on the spread of the literary and television work "Railway Guerrilla". Today, without going into the story of how the railway guerrillas "flew cars" to carry out machine guns, ticket trucks, intercept trucks, pick up railways, cut off communications, blow up bridges, and raid enemy barracks, let me tell you who the main leaders of this heroic railway guerrilla are.
The first captain was named Hong Zhenhai.
Hong Zhenhai is a native of Tengzhou, Zaozhuang, Shandong, born in 1910, since childhood with his father in the road mine to make a living, because he often deals with trains, he has trained the ability to fly and climb trains, known as "Scud". During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Hong Zhenhai, under the leadership of our party, established an anti-Japanese intelligence station with his friend Wang Zhisheng and others, a secret anti-Japanese armed force of dozens of people, the Railway Brigade.
The second captain was Liu Jinshan, who served as captain after Hong Zhenshan's sacrifice.
Liu Jinshan, a native of Zaozhuang, Shandong, was born in 1915, his parents died early, and he was an orphan since childhood. In September 1940, he was introduced to the Railway Brigade. Hong Zhenhai, the commander of the brigade, felt that this was a malleable person, so he arranged for him to serve as a messenger in the brigade headquarters, and soon after he became the commander of the railway brigade; after the victory of the War of Resistance, the brigade was abolished, and Liu Jinshan successively served as deputy director of the Lunan Railway Bureau, deputy regimental commander of the Lunan Military Region Special Service Regiment and commander of the second battalion, and commander of the 35th Army's 307th Regiment. He was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and died in 1996 at the age of 81.
After the establishment of the railway brigade, there were five political commissars, namely: Du Jiwei, Wen Lizheng, Zhang Hongyi, Meng Political Commissar, and Zheng Ti. Except for the first and last political commissars, the middle three were all sacrificed.
The first political commissar was du Jiwei, a native of Cangshan, Shandong, born in 1911, in March 1938, joined the anti-Japanese guerrillas, joined the party in July of the same year, served as political commissar after the establishment of the Lunan Railway Brigade, and later served as the deputy political commissar of the Lunan Military Region Special Service Corps, the political commissar of the 21st Regiment of the Seventh Division of the Lunan Military Region, etc. He was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and died on August 21, 1983 at the age of 72.
The last political commissar was named Zheng Ti, he was born in 1923 in Linyi, Shandong, joined the Eighth Route Army in 1938, served as a special commissioner of the Sulu detachment of the Lunan Military Region, the leader of the Armed Engineering Team of the Lunan Military Region, before the victory of the War of Resistance, he was transferred to the Acting Political Commissar and Political Commissar of the Lunan Railway Brigade, and later served as the chief of the Security Department of the Lunan Military Region, the political commissar of the regiment, the chief of staff and the chief of the Military Justice Department of the Xuzhou Garrison Headquarters, and was awarded the rank of colonel in 1955 and the rank of lieutenant general in 1988. He died on 14 September 2002 at the age of 79.
The deputy captain is called Wang Zhisheng, he is a native of Zaozhuang, Shandong, born in 1912, he joined the revolution before 1938, served as the deputy director of the Zaozhuang Anti-Japanese Intelligence Station, he was one of the founders of the railway guerrillas, has been serving as a deputy brigade leader, after the founding of New China, he transferred to local work, died on April 24, 1987, at the age of 75.