As Sima Qian said, everyone's final end is bound to be death, but some people's death is heavier than Taishan's, and some people's death is lighter than Hong Mao's.
How exactly do you face death? In the revolutionary years, there were countless martyrs who made their own choices, that is, to die for the country, to die for the nation, to die for the revolution, and if they could save the nation with their own lives, then this death must be heavier than Taishan. General Zhang Zizhong is the national hero who made such a choice.
For the name Of Zhang Zizhong, I believe that many people will not be unfamiliar with the famous anti-Japanese general, the highest rank general sacrificed by the Kuomintang during the War of Resistance. He was born in 1891, and later during the Xinhai Revolution, the Manchu Qing government was overthrown, and Zhang Zizhong, who was only 20 years old, chose to join the revolution.
In 1911, Zhang Zizhong joined the Chinese League, the predecessor of the Kuomintang, and began to devote himself to the revolution. In 1916, Zhang Zizhong threw himself into the command of Feng Yuxiang and began his life as a horseman.
In fact, in the stage of warlord scuffle, Zhang Zizhong was also confused, he did not know why he fought, seeing the warlords fighting endlessly, the domestic turmoil and the people's lives were difficult, it seemed that nothing had changed in the revolution for many years.
In the later stages of the Central Plains War, Feng Yuxiang was defeated, and the Northwest Army eventually survived in name only. At this time, Zhang Zizhong and the remnants of his own Northwest Army were also confirmed to be transformed into the National Revolutionary Army, and Zhang Zizhong served as the commander of the Thirty-eighth Division.
It was not until 1937, when the Japanese invaded the land of China in an all-round way, that Zhang Zizhong suddenly found himself to find the meaning of life, as a soldier who served the country as a soldier who had fought a lifelong civil war and finally had the opportunity to truly resist foreign enemies.
In one battle after another, Zhang Zizhong led his troops to engage in a bloody battle with the Japanese Kou, and countless patriots were killed on the battlefield, Zhang Zizhong was heartbroken, but he knew that the battle would continue and China could not lose.
In 1940, the Japanese army fought the Battle of Zaoyi in order to control the communication line of the Yangtze River, and the purpose of this battle was to completely blockade Chongqing and lay the foundation for further attacks. Zhang Zizhong led the army to a major battle with the Japanese Kou, and in order to ensure the victory of this battle, the Japanese Kou sent a total of 300,000 troops, while Zhang Zizhong only had some warlord remnants of the defeated generals.
On May 1, Zhang Zizhong personally sent a telegram ordering all his troops to swear to resist to the death and absolutely not allow them to retreat half a step. In fact, Zhang Zizhong could have presided over the battle in the rear, but in order to boost morale, he took the initiative to lead the army to fight on the front line.
On May 7, Zhang Zizhong personally led his troops to cross the Xiang River in the east, and a week later, on May 14, Zhang Zizhong's troops encountered the Japanese army, and fierce fighting broke out between the two sides.
Whether it was Zhang Zizhong or other soldiers who fought hard, the gap between the weapons and equipment of the two sides was too large, and finally after a day of fierce fighting. On the 15th, Zhang Zizhong and more than 1,500 of his men were surrounded by Several Times Their Own Japanese troops at the village of Gouyanli. Seeing a general encircling China, the Japanese immediately launched a frenzied attack, launching dozens of charges under the cover of aircraft and tanks.
Zhang Zizhong personally led the troops to command the battle, repelled the Japanese army again and again, even if he was hit by 16 bullets, he did not give up the battle, but he could not break out of the encirclement circle in the face of several times the enemy. Finally, at 4 p.m. on May 16, all the generals under General Zhang Zizhong were killed and bathed in blood, and General Zhang Zizhong was also unfortunately killed.
When Zhang Zizhong's body was sent to Chongqing, hundreds of thousands of people along the way were sent off, and Chiang Kai-shek was also in pain, and China lost one of its most loyal generals.
Not only Zhang Zizhong, but also countless patriotic sons and daughters on the anti-Japanese battlefield, for the sake of the country and the nation, they threw their heads and spilled their blood. It was precisely because of their sacrifice that they finally defeated the Japanese Kou, in exchange for victory, in exchange for the future of the nation. Each of them is a hero of the nation, and their death is ten thousand times heavier than Tarzan!