Today's old photos were originally intended to update the bandits in western Liaoning, but when checking the source of the photos (below), they found that they came from the "Yadong Printing and Painting Series", so they looked for a long time and finally saw this picture on a website: In 1932, Liaoxi, armed leader.
However, many people who see the group of pictures of bandits in western Liaoning say that the following picture is an armed bandit leader.
After the "918" incident, the Japanese and puppet authorities compared a person named "Old Ladder" with the anti-Japanese national heroes Yang Jingyu and Zhao Shangzhi, and listed him as a key target for "rectification." It can be seen that the weight of this person in the hearts of the Japanese people.
This "old ladder" is Gao Pengzhen, a famous anti-Japanese national hero and commander of the Zhenbei Army, that is, the Northeast National Salvation Army.
A lot of content says that this picture is armed bandits, but identify Gao Pengzhen in the middle.
Gao Pengzhen was born in 1897 in Heishan County, Liaoning Province. In 1931, after the outbreak of the 918 Incident, Gao Pengzhen, based on the old ministry, united with other good men in the green forest, and in October 1931, organized the anti-Japanese team "Northeast National Salvation Army", Gao Pengzhen served as the commander, galloped to the land of western Liaoning, and repeatedly led his troops to annihilate the Japanese. The Japanese Kwantung Army once instructed the traitors to surrender him, and he fraudulently obtained a large number of guns and ammunition from the enemy, which strengthened the anti-Japanese forces.
In May 1937, he led his troops to fight between Zhangwu and Fuxin, and was surrounded by Japanese and pseudo-"crusaders" in Fuxin, and was wounded during the breakthrough. In June of the same year, while recuperating from his wounds, his deputy, a traitor nicknamed "Double Victory", shot Gao Pengzhen to death at the age of 40 in order to receive a reward from the enemy, and died as the commander of the Northeast National Salvation Army.
On August 24, 2015, it was included in the second batch of 600 famous anti-Japanese heroes and heroes released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
The following is from: "Founding Party Network" Published on July 21, 2015: Gao Pengzhen's anti-Japanese family
(This article is dictated by Zhang Ying and compiled by Li Ming)
My name is Zhang Ying, I am 87 years old, and I am a retired cadre of Bohai University. Recently, Mr. Li Ming, an expert of the "918" War Research Association in Liaoning Province and deputy editor-in-chief of the Black Mountain Newspaper, excavated an old photograph of my second uncle Gao Pengzhen, and I could not help but recall the tragic and magnificent past of my second uncle's family who sacrificed 7 relatives for the anti-Japanese resistance.
The second uncle, Gao Pengzhen, was a native of Heishan County, Liaoning Province, and a famous anti-Japanese national hero on the mainland. He was born in the year of The Five, and the country was poor and weak. His parents were loyal people, and from an early age they taught him to learn good skills and serve the motherland. He is very intelligent, and his family attaches great importance to his cultivation, and has been providing him with college. According to the old people, he is proficient in English and Japanese, and if he encounters a good social environment, he will definitely have a good future. After the September 18 Incident, he was the first in northeast China to raise the banner of anti-Japanese resistance and created China's first anti-Japanese team, the "Zhenbei Army". Since then, he led this brave iron horse, galloping across the country, fighting heroically with the Japanese army, insisting on a total of 7 years, fighting hundreds of battles, more than 100 large battles alone, becoming one of the longest volunteer generals in the northeast to persist in the War of Resistance. Historical data show that his two chiefs of staff, Zhang Xinsheng and Li Zhendong, were both members of the Communist Party, and he had very close ties with the Communist Party. In particular, in April 1933, when he learned that Yang Jingyu was in urgent need of guns and ammunition and personnel with combat experience in order to expand the anti-Japanese armed forces, he did not say a word, and allocated 130 officers and men with guns and horses and ammunition to support. However, his membership in the Party has not yet been ascertained. In recent years, after expert research, its military song "Oath Song of the Volunteer Army" is the source of the national anthem "March of the Volunteer Army", which is another historical clue worth studying and excavating.
The sacrifice of the second uncle is also legendary. In 1937, the anti-Japanese situation in the northeast was even more severe. In April of that year, he led his troops to be surrounded by heavy enemy troops at Xinmin Zhangbeiwo Fort. During the breakout, he was wounded in the arm, so he was transferred to a friend's house in Taipingshan, Zhangwu County, to recuperate. At this time, together with Yang Jingyu and Zhao Shangzhi, he was listed by "Manchukuo" as the "key point of rectification," and the Japanese and puppet authorities posted notices everywhere to arrest him with a reward of 10,000 yuan. The righteous son "Double Win", who was responsible for taking care of him, gradually became evil and decided to sell the lord for glory. On June 23, "Double Victory" tricked him into killing him in the name of transfer, at the age of 39.
In those years, under the influence and drive of his second uncle, his family actively participated in the anti-Japanese war, or joined the army to participate in the war, or transmitted intelligence, or did specific anti-Japanese work at home, and 6 relatives successively sacrificed their lives for the anti-Japanese resistance.
In the front row of the picture, the second from the right is Gao Pengzhen, the middle is Gao Pengzhen's brother Gao Pengju, and the first from the right is Gao Pengzhen's brother Gao Pengqi.
The first is Gao Pengzhen's younger brother Gao Pengqi. Before the "918" incident, he served as the police chief of the police section at the Zhangwu Railway Station, and after Gao Pengzhen established the Zhenbei Army, he became an underground traffic officer, often sending intelligence to the volunteer army and covering the wounded. One day in July 1934, he sent gao Pengzhen the information that two Japanese counselors from Zhangwu County had traveled to Shenyang by car for a meeting, and Gao Pengzhen led the intelligence department to fight a beautiful ambush. Two high-ranking Japanese officials were robbed at the same time, and the Japanese and puppet authorities were greatly shocked. During the great search, Gao Pengqi was unfortunately arrested. In the face of the enemy's torture to extract a confession, he preferred to die and did not give any information about the volunteer army. In desperation, the enemy inhumanely fed him to the wolfhound.
The second is Gao Yongchang, the only son of Gao Pengzhen's eldest brother Gao Pengju. He originally served as a platoon commander in a certain unit of the Northeast Army, and later served as a regimental commander in Gao Pengzhen's volunteer army, and was Gao Pengzhen's right-hand man, who shouldered heavy responsibilities in all battles. On September 27, 1933, he accompanied Gao Pengzhen to Zhangwu Hartao with 400 men and horses. Because of the traitors' whistleblowing, the troops were pursued by a large number of Japanese and puppet military police. They dumped the pursuing soldiers, but their whereabouts were exposed. After entering the territory of Kangping County, it fell into the heavy siege of more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops. During the battle, Gao Yongchang led his troops to break through after several battles, but unfortunately they were shot and martyred.
The third was Liu Dayong, the son of Gao Pengzhen's second sister, who was originally a company commander of a certain unit of the Northeast Army, but did not enter the customs with the troops at that time, but stayed behind as the battalion commander of Gao Pengzhen's volunteer army. In the famous Battle of Wutaizi, he led a hundred officers and men to bravely rush to kill, and made great contributions to a squadron of the Japanese army. However, while cleaning the battlefield, he was shot by a wounded Japanese soldier and unfortunately died.
The fourth is Gao Pengzhen's wife and nephew Jia Fenghai. He was originally a company commander in a certain unit of the Northeast Army, and after the "918" incident, he joined Gao Pengzhen's volunteer army and served as a battalion commander, and was Gao Pengzhen's right and left arm. In the summer of 1932, Jia Fenghai led 150 officers and soldiers to meet Gao Pengzhen's troops near Nanqianjiadian in Tongliao County, but they were suddenly surrounded by more than 500 Japanese puppet troops. At that time, the volunteer army was in an open area, suffering from the enemy on its stomach and back, and after more than an hour of fighting, it suffered heavy casualties. In order to cover the retreat of his comrades-in-arms, Jia Fenghai sacrificed heroically.
The fifth is Gao Pengzhen's uncle and nephew, Gao Yongqing, the police chief of the Zhangwu Railway. He was also an underground traffic officer in Gao Pengzhen's troops, and repeatedly passed on intelligence to Gao Pengzhen. On February 3, 1932, during the joint attack of the Volunteer Army on the county seat of Zhangwu County, he, as the internal adviser of Gao Pengzhen's troops, dressed in a false police uniform, went from the station to the city to contact the Volunteer Army. When he walked to the Great Cross Street, Yu Chengbu, a volunteer soldier who had rushed into the East Gate, found himself and unfortunately suffered manslaughter.
The sixth is Gao Pengzhen's father, Gao Pinzhong. In those years, as Gao Pengzhen's father, he also became the focus of retaliation by the Japanese and puppet authorities. At that time, as soon as Gao Pengzhen made some noise, the Japanese and puppet authorities arrested him and sent him to Xinlitun, where he was sentenced to "waiting" several times and locked up for some days. In September 1933, after Gao Pengzhen led his troops to fight the Japanese Kawahara Strong Brigade in Kangping, the old man was once again arrested and imprisoned. This time, more brutal inhuman torture eventually caused the old man to faint in prison and die. Later, when the family carried it to the middle of the road with the old door panel, they gasped.
The Gao Pengzhen family sacrificed the precious lives of 7 people for the anti-Japanese cause of the Chinese nation, which can be described as full of loyal martyrs, the epitome of the Chinese nation's all-people war of resistance, fully embodying the spirit of the national anthem of "building our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall", and has become the source of strength that inspires us to realize the Chinese nation's great rejuvenation of the Chinese dream. (Editor-in-charge: Yang Lianyuan)