Author: Hammer Jack
Statement: Soldiers say original, plagiarism will be investigated
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The general has the same surname and the same ancestor, and the anti-Japanese front is bright and sword-edged. Dare to throw his head to save the motherland, and leave a hero in mourning for eternity.
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——Mr. Chen Jinpeng, "Tribute to General Chen Zhongzhu"
In the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery in Yancheng, there is a heroic anti-Japanese martyr known as the "Severed Head General" who is buried. Before he was born, he was tall and strong, and at the time of national crisis,
He killed all traitors who betrayed the country and sought glory and made a fortune; he discarded prejudices and supported the New Fourth Army, which had the determination to resist Japan; after the sacrifice, the local people used their own door panels to beat the general's coffin and bury him thickly.
He was General Chen Zhongzhu.
Chen Zhongzhu in a military uniform
In 1906, Chen Zhongzhu was born in Yandong Village, Chenkan Township (now Caoyankou Town, Jianhu County), Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, to a peasant family. His father died prematurely, his family was poor, and the young Chen Zhongzhu could only rely on the support of relatives and friends to complete his studies. After graduating from junior high school in 1925, Yancheng suffered a severe famine. In order to shoulder the burden of his family, Chen Zhongzhu gave up the opportunity to go to high school and went to Shanghai to work as a tram conductor.
At the age of 21, Through the introduction of his cousin Chen Duzhen, who served in the National Revolutionary Army, Chen Zhongzhu joined the army. Subsequently, he was admitted to the Nanjing Army Officer School and became a cadet in the Fifth Police Department of the Officers' Research Class of the school.
After graduating in 1930, Chen Zhongzhu went to the capital of Jiangsu Province to wait for his post. During this period, the elder Ye Chuling had contact with Chen Zhongzhu. Due to his excellent results, coupled with his tall stature and quite masculine spirit, Ye Chuling had a good impression of him. At his suggestion, in 1931, Chen Zhongzhu was transferred to the National University as a military instructor, and later to the Bac Ninh Railway and jinpu Railway.
In 1936, Chen Zhongzhu was transferred to the commander of the 2nd Regiment directly under the Army and began his career as a soldier in the four directions.
Chen Zhongzhu, who looks Sven but does not lose his masculinity
When he was young, he sponsored Chen Zhongzhu to study, and later put Chen Zhongzhu back on the right track, and joined the New Fourth Army and other leaders of the anti-Japanese armed resistance to japan to save the country - the martyr Zhao Jingzhi
After the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, a full-scale war of resistance broke out. Chen Zhongzhu, who was full of enthusiasm, immediately threw himself into the anti-Japanese salvation movement, was appointed as the regimental commander, and went to Taierzhuang to fight.
After the First World War in Taierzhuang, Chen Zhongzhu was invited by Wang Shangzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, to serve as the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the army. What should I do if I have a military position in the air and no soldiers in my hands? Chen Zhongzhu, who had organized the "field service regiment," immediately raised the banners of "resisting Japan and saving the country" and "defending the territory and defending the territory" in Xuzhou, Ganyu, and Lunan, Shandong, and successively recruited thousands of soldiers. Under his overall planning, the troops were organized into 3 regiments to assist Li Mingyang's troops, who were fighting guerrillas in northern Jiangsu, and to carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines along the Jinpu Railway, Xuzhou, and Anhui. By the end of 1938, Chen Zhongzhu and his subordinates had been placed under the command of Li Mingyang, and he served as the commander of the 4th Column Major General.
Chen Zhongzhu was with his wife and son
The general guerrilla headquarters of the Lusu-Anhui Border Region led by Li Mingyang was located in Taizhou, and the deputy commander-in-chief was Li Changjiang. The locals admired these two anti-Japanese righteous soldiers and called them "Taizhou Erli". However, under the temptation of the enemy's high-ranking official Houlu, Li Changjiang chose to defect to the enemy. He planted the flag of the Japanese puppet army on the city of Taizhou and openly became a slave to the country.
Due to Li Changjiang's betrayal, Li Mingyang's anti-Japanese contingent was severely damaged and his strength was greatly weakened. However, the two columns of Chen Zhongzhu and Ding Zuobin did not surrender to the enemy and persisted in resisting Japan
。 They cooperated with the New Fourth Army in southern Jiangsu and launched guerrilla operations against Japan in central and northern Jiangsu, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. Chen Zhongzhu, who knows great righteousness, abandons his prejudices and risks his life to rescue his best friend and brother Zhao Jingzhi. He even disobeyed the orders of his superiors and secretly sent the necessary supplies to the New Fourth Army to support the resistance against the enemy.
In the face of the joint strangulation of Chiang Kai-shek's army and the Japanese puppet army, the New Fourth Army, which was active in the Soviet-Anhui belt, with the assistance of anti-Chiang Kai-shek and anti-Japanese and anti-puppet soldiers and civilians, broke through many difficulties and persisted in the struggle
In the face of the anti-Japanese guerrilla war in full swing, the Japanese and puppet authorities could not sit still. In June 1941, the Japanese army invading China mobilized tens of thousands of people from Jiangnan and northern Jiangsu, with the division commander Nanfang Xiangji as the commander-in-chief, divided the troops into five roads, and tried to pull out this "deadly stinger" in one fell swoop. In the face of the heavy blockade of the Japanese and puppet armies, Chen Zhongzhu was not afraid, calmly commanded, and led his troops to fight with them for 3 days and 3 nights, and finally he was able to rest. However, on the day of June 6, the messenger soldiers came to report that the commander-in-chief Li Mingyang was surrounded by several times the enemy army in Wujiaze and fell into a desperate situation.
Chen Zhongzhu ignored his own casualties and went to break the siege. In order to enable Li Mingyang's troops to cross the river and escape from danger,
He took the lead in organizing night raids against the enemy and personally killed several Japanese puppet soldiers. After the enemy retreated, he made a comeback the next day. More than a dozen motorboats continued to pour fire along the river beach, and the roar of machine guns and the explosion of artillery shells were constantly heard. Faced with this situation, Chen Zhongzhu shouted:
Don't back down, hit hard!
After a fierce battle, the first
4
The column killed and wounded the enemy
600
Remnant.
But General Chen was strafed by enemy machine guns.
In the body
6
Bullets, martyrdom.
After General Chen's death, the ferocious Japanese puppet army cut off his head and brought him back to Taizhou to ask the commander-in-chief for merit.
His body, with the assistance of the local people, was buried and marked with a wooden sign with the words "General Chen Zhongzhu".
General Chen's relics, the left is the business card, the right is the pen written "road strip"
After general Chen's death, he was posthumously awarded the title of lieutenant general by chiang kai-shek authorities. After the founding of New China, he was rated as a revolutionary martyr