Recently, today's headlines "Looking for the Descendants of Revolutionary Martyrs" project cooperated with the Huaihai Battle Martyrs Memorial Tower Administration (Huaihai Battle Memorial Hall) to find relatives and descendants for the martyrs who died in the Huaihai Campaign.
Huaihai Battle Martyrs Memorial Tower
The staff was the first to sort out 96 martyrs who made important contributions to the Huaihai Campaign, including Fang Quan, a martyr from Huizhou, Guangdong Province. Today's headlines use big data and geographical location pop-up technology to send news of the search for the descendants of martyrs to the martyrs' hometowns.
Martyr Fang Quan, a native of Huiyang County, Guangdong Province (now Huiyang District, part of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province), joined the army in September 1943 and is a member of the Communist Party of China. On December 4, 1948, Fang Quan was killed in the Battle of Huaihai, and at the time of his death, he was the deputy company commander of the 1st Company of the 3rd Regiment of the Liangguang Column of the East China Field Army.
Martyr's name: Fang Quan
Date of birth and death: 1922 - December 4, 1948
Martyr's place of origin: Huiyang County, Guangdong Province (now Huiyang District, under the administration of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province)
Enlisted in the army: September 1943
Political outlook: Ccp member
Position: Deputy Company Commander of the First Company of the Third Regiment of the Two Broad Columns of the East China Field Army
Sacrifice: Killed in the Battle of Huaihai on December 4, 1948
Martyr Fang Quan
The Battle of Huaihai was one of the three decisive battles in the Chinese People's Liberation War, and it was also the most intense, the most complex, the longest, the most annihilated enemy, the largest casualties, and the largest campaign of the people's support, and was called one of the world's famous battles. In the Huaihai Campaign, the People's Liberation Army suffered more than 120,000 casualties, more than 30,000 Sons and Daughters of China, and 49 cadres at or above the regimental level dedicated themselves to the battlefield. On average, 500 people are sacrificed every day; every two minutes, one warrior is killed on the battlefield. There are many heroic characters, and the heroic deeds are moving.
"Looking for martyrs, returning home" is a normal task of the Huaihai Battle Martyrs Memorial Tower Management Bureau. Since the establishment of the Huaihai Battle Memorial Hall in 1965, 160 martyrs have been found and their names have been engraved on the Wall of English Names.
List of martyrs of the Huaihai Campaign
Jiang Yuefeng, secretary of the party leading group and director of the Huaita Administration Bureau, said: We have the responsibility and obligation to 'reunite' these martyrs and their relatives. This cooperation with today's headlines 'Looking for the Descendants of Revolutionary Martyrs' project is also to help martyrs find their relatives and descendants with the help of the platform, fulfill their wishes, and let the martyrs return home. ”
According to Jiang Yuefeng, the Huaihai Battle Memorial Hall set up a search group for the descendants of the martyrs of the Huaihai Campaign. "After finding the descendants of the martyrs, they should go to the martyrs' hometowns to collect and sort out the deeds of the martyrs and excavate red materials, so as to carry out education in revolutionary traditions; they will also use important festivals such as qingming and martyrs' memorial days to invite the descendants of revolutionary martyrs to Huai Pagoda to participate in the worship and sweeping activities, and jointly pass on the spirit of the revolutionary martyrs."
To commemorate the exploits of the martyrs, comfort the heroic souls of the martyrs, inherit the red gene, and tell the red story well; today's headline public welfare search launched the "Looking for the Descendants of Revolutionary Martyrs" project, and cooperated with the Huaihai Campaign Memorial Tower Administration to jointly release "Looking for the Descendants of the Martyrs of the Huaihai Campaign". In the past successful cases, the media relay to find the descendants of martyrs, played a great role, today's headlines sincerely invite media across the country to participate in the "search for martyrs descendants of the media volunteer service group".
If there are clues related to the descendants of the martyrs, please contact the headlines to find people (email: [email protected]; tel: 010-58341776), and there will be special staff to verify the information and follow up.