The Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China announced a list of 300 heroic anti-Japanese martyrs, including Gu Yongtian, Fan Zixia, Li Zhenqian, and Chang Deshan from Xuzhou, and in August this year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced the second list of heroic anti-Japanese martyrs, including Wang Wenbin, Zhou Qibang, Song Yaonan, Guo Guangyu and other heroic martyrs of Xuzhou. In addition, the heroic martyrs who fought in Xuzhou during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression included Wang Mingzhang, Zhang Zizhong, Peng Xuefeng, Hong Zhenhai, Meng Zhaoyu, Zhang Hongyi, Cao Jie, Xia Cishu, Ma Xiaopeng, and so on. Due to space limitations, only the main deeds of the heroic martyrs of Xuzhou are briefly described here.
Li Zhenqian (1903-1942), a native of Feng County
Li Zhenqian is a native of Lixinzhuang, Feng County, Jiangsu Province. When he was studying, he was diligent and studious, and wrote many articles attacking the reality of corruption with his enthusiasm, which were praised by teachers and students.
On June 11, 1938, according to the instructions of the Suluyu Special Committee of the COMMUNIST Party of China, the Fengxian Anti-Japanese Armed Forces led by Li Zhenqian, the Peixian Anti-Japanese Armed Forces led by Sergeant Hao and others, the Yanshan Anti-Japanese Armed Forces led by Meng Xianchen, and the Shanxian Anti-Japanese Armed Forces led by Gao Wenfu and Wang Huarui converged at The South Canal Building of Fengxian County to form the Second General Brigade of the People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Brigade, with Li Zhenqian as the chief team.
In September 1938, the Second General Brigade, together with the local Kuomintang troops of Feng County, Pei County, Zhongshan, and Xiao County, a total of more than 4,000 people, under the unified command of Li Zhenqian, launched a joint campaign against the traitor Wang Xianchen. Due to the lack of success in the long battle, he voluntarily withdrew from the battle on September 27. In November, Wang Xianchen colluded with the Japanese army to retaliate, attacking li zhenqian's hometown of Li Xinzhuang and three other villages, and bloodily slaughtering anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians. Li Zhenqian's second and fourth brothers died heroically in a fierce battle with the enemy. The head of the second brother Li Kunruo was hung by the enemy at the West Gate of Changdian to "show the public". Li Zhenqian's family property was burned down by the enemy.
Li Zhenqian
In January 1939, the Second General Brigade was ordered to be reorganized into the Shandong Advance Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, with Li Zhenqian as the leader of the detachment. In February, the troops of the advancing detachment north of Longhai Road were reorganized into the fourth brigade of the Suluyu detachment, with Li Zhenqian as the commander of the brigade.
In the harsh war environment, Li Zhenqian set an example everywhere and always insisted on sharing weal and woe with the anti-Japanese army and people. On December 20, 1942, the Ishii Division of the Japanese invading army gathered more than 10,000 infantry, cavalry, artillery, and puppet troops in various counties to encircle the anti-Japanese base area in Huxi.
There are seven brothers li zhenqian, four of whom have been stained with blood, and are now buried in the Li Xinzhuang Martyrs' Cemetery in Shizhai Town, Feng County.
Zhou Qibang (1917-1942), a native of Tongshan
Zhou Qibang joined the Communist Party of China in February 1938. In May 1941, the 4th Division of the New Fourth Army crossed the railway from near Qingliangji and advanced into northeastern Anhui, and the sudong area became the western gate of the base area of the Suwan Border Region. In order to guard the Western Gate, in June 1941, Zhou Qibang was ordered to form a guerrilla detachment in Sudong, successively serving as political commissar and political commissar and captain, and led the team to be active in the heart of the Japanese puppet army day and night, picking up railways, laying mines, bombing bridges, and robbing military columns, making the Sudong area one of the areas where the enemy feared.
In April 1942, Zhou Qibang was ordered to open the Lingbei New Area, and on the morning of the 23rd, he was raided by the Japanese puppet army in Nixuzi, and died in the battle at the temple of the king of Tuonan at the age of 25. Later, it was transported by the local people to the present-day Zhongxing Township Gengwu Village Zhangtang Weizi burial tomb, in the spring of 1986 moved into the Guxian Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery in Anhui Province.
Wang Wenbin (1911-1939), a native of Feng County
Wang Wenbin was born in 1911 in a landlord's family in Wangzhai Village, Feng County, where his family has more than 200 acres of land, as well as a brewing trough and dozens of buildings. His great-grandfather Wang Zao was a tribute to the Qing Dynasty and was once the owner of the eighteen townships in Fengbei.
In 1927, Wang Wenbin was admitted to Fengbei Changdian High School, in 1929 into Xuzhou Middle School, in 1932 into Suzhou High School, in 1935 into the History Department of the College of Literature of Peking Normal University, accepted Marxism-Leninism in the school, and from a rich child with a superior life, he participated in the revolution without hesitation.
Fan Zixia
In June 1936, Wang Wenbin joined the Communist Party of China, and because of his ability to preach, he was sent to the Beiping Students' Federation to participate in leading the student movement, and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Beiping Municipal Federation of Students and the director of propaganda.
In October 1937, Wang Wenbin was dispatched by the Yangtze River Bureau of the Communist Party of China to return to his hometown of Feng County to carry out the Anti-Japanese Salvation Movement. He did not fear hardships or dangers, firmly implemented the instructions of party organizations, correctly implemented the party's policy of the anti-Japanese national united front, mobilized and organized the masses in depth, publicized the party's anti-Japanese ideas, and resumed and developed the party's organizational activities. After more than a month of arduous efforts, the Fengxian County CPC Committee was restored, and Wang Wenbin was appointed secretary.
In July 1939, under the leadership of the party, the military and people of the Sulu-Yu Border Region cooperated with the main forces to suppress the joint attack of the Japanese and pseudo-Han traitors, and profound changes took place in the situation of the War of Resistance in the Border Region, and the broad masses of the people demanded to join the army and participate in politics, and the revolutionary situation was unprecedentedly good. Under this excellent situation, Wang Wenbin was unfortunately arrested and killed by the conspirators who had mixed into the party on the charge of "trust bandit", at the age of 28. In 1980, he was buried in the Feng County Martyrs Cemetery.
Chang Deshan (1911-1942), a native of Pizhou
Chang Deshan was the former commander of the Eighth Military Subdistrict of the Central Hebei Military Region. A native of Xinglou Town, Yi County, Shandong (present-day Pizhou, Xuzhou). In his early years, he joined the Northwest Army as a soldier. In 1929, he led a squad of the Northwest Army to join the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1932. He successively served as a company commander, battalion commander and regimental commander of the Red Army. He made many meritorious achievements in the struggle to create the revolutionary base areas of "Xiang'exi" and "Xiang'echuanqian" and defended He Long's security in the war on many occasions, and was deeply praised by He Long. When rushing to cross the Jinsha River, he led the seventeen regiments to fight bloody battles with the enemy day and night, covering the main force to cross the river in victory, and made battle achievements. After the Red Army's Long March arrived in Yan'an, it was arranged by the party organization to study at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and later to the Central Party School.
In May 1942, Chang Deshan, then a student of the Central Party School, was martyred in the Battle of Xizhangzhuang in Suning County. He was 31 years old. In 1952, the people's government removed his remains and buried them in the Shijiazhuang North China Military Region Martyrs' Cemetery.
Gu Yongtian (1916-1940), a native of Tongshan
Gu Yongtian was born in 1916 to a peasant family in Xizhu Village, Dahuangshan Township, Tongshan. Due to his family's poverty, he only went to school at the age of 12 with the support of his neighbors. After the outbreak of the "129" patriotic movement, Gu Yongtian marched and demonstrated with his classmates, posting slogans and distributing leaflets.
Wang Wenbin
In the autumn of 1936, Gu Yongtian joined the Communist Party of China and was sent to Yan'an to study. In the following years, he served as the county magistrate of the anti-Japanese government in Wenshui County, Shanxi, and was known locally as "a good county magistrate of the anti-Japanese resistance".
On February 11, 1940, the Japanese army carried out a "sweep" around Jiaocheng in Shanxi, Gu Yongtian personally led a battalion of troops to ambush in Tianjiagou and attack the enemy troops who returned from "sweeping". His body was buried in Yanjiazhuang, Jiaocheng Mountain. In order to remember Gu Yongtian, the people of Wenshui County, Shanxi, renamed the water canal originally named Yongfeng Canal to Yongtian Canal.
Fan Zixia (1908-1942), a native of Feng County
Fan Zixia, a native of Feng County, Jiangsu Province, entered middle school after graduating from primary school. After entering the Northeast Army as a soldier, he was selected to study in Tianjin and the Northeast Army with the battalion school, and after graduation, he successively served as a staff officer, platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander of the Kuomintang Army in the Northeast Army. Fan Zixia once wrote this oath in his own handwriting on the handbook of the Volunteer Army: "We will seek liberation for the nation and fight for the survival of the motherland, vow to exchange our heads for the lost splendid rivers and mountains, and swear to crush the evil traitors and enemies with blood." ”
Chang De Shan
Fan Zixia led his troops to the southeastern Jin, northern Henan, and western Hebei areas. In early 1938, he commanded the Volunteer Army to crush the Japanese attack and killEda Yamahara. Soon after, he led his troops to move to the area of northern Henan, and served as the deputy commander of the second guerrilla road and the commander of the second division of the Kuomintang Jicha Theater, the commander of the second district of northern Henan and the commander of the first guerrilla detachment of the first theater, and actively coordinated with the Eighth Route Army to fight against the Japanese invading army.
In November 1939, Fan Zixia accepted the leadership of the Communist Party, reorganized his unit into the Pinghan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Column of the Eighth Route Army, served as the commander, joined the Communist Party of China in the same year, and later served as the commander of the newly organized 10th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the commander of the Pinghan Column and the commander of the 6th District of the Taihang Military Region, and was elected as a senator of the Provisional Senate of the Jinji-Hebei Yu Border Region. He led his troops to participate in the "Eleventh Road Siege" in western Hebei, the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the Battle of Huangyadong and other battles. On February 12, 1942, Fan Zixia was killed in an anti-"mopping-up" operation in the Chaiguan area of Shahe County, at the age of 34. Originally buried in Shahe County, Hebei Province, not far from the place of sacrifice, after the founding of New China, it was relocated to the Jinji Luyu Martyrs Cemetery in Handan City, Hebei Province.
Song Yaonan (1913-1943), a native of Xinyi
Song Yaonan, a native of Yaonan Village (formerly Panshizhuang), Gaoliu Town, Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province. Formerly known as Song Guangbi, the character Yaonan, a native of Xinyi County, studied at Donghai Middle School and Huaiyin Normal School. After the September 18 Incident, he participated in the anti-Japanese rescue activities. In 1938, after the fall of Xuzhou, Gao Henian and 28 other people went north to join the second detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, and returned home at the end of the year to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda work. He joined the Communist Party of China in April 1939 and was appointed secretary of the Shuyang Three District Party Committee in September of the same year.
Gu Yongtian
In July 1943, Song Yaonan led his troops to attack the Japanese puppet army's Sangxu stronghold, because the enemy's artillery fire was fierce, the fortifications were strong, and the attack was unable to be conquered for a long time, so he concentrated the wisdom of the people, sent people to the four townships to mobilize the masses to fight dogs, and threw the dead dogs into the water polders and wells of the enemy stronghold. Song Yaonan was seriously wounded while commanding the battle of Sangxu, and after rescue was ineffective, he died on August 29 at the age of 30. He is now buried in Shuyang Martyrs Cemetery in Suqian City. In honor of Song Yaonan, his hometown was renamed Yaonan Village.
Guo Guangyu (1923-1945), a native of Pizhou
Guo Guangyu was born in 1923 in Guo Songzhuang (present-day Zhancheng Town, Pizhou City), Tushan District, Pi County, Jiangsu Province. Guo Guangyu received a revolutionary education from an early age and was admitted to Xuzhou Middle School in 1936. Later, he worked at the Guangde Pharmacy, a secret organ of the Provisional Special Committee of the Sulu Border Region of the Communist Party of China. At the end of 1937, he was sent to Yan'an by the Special Committee of the Communist Party of China's Sulu Yuwan Border Region to study. In March 1938, he was assigned to the 3rd Phase of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Tenth Brigade to study. Soon after, he joined the Communist Party of China.
In January 1941, he was transferred to the secretary of the Siyang County CPC Committee and the political commissar of the Siyang County Independent Regiment. He established peasant associations in all districts, townships, and villages, actively carried out united front work, and won and united patriots from all walks of life to participate in the work of the anti-Japanese democratic government. At the same time, he helped the leader of the Siyang Independent Regiment to change the original large and small unit structure into a company and platoon structure, and established the party branch in the company. Strengthening political and ideological work and conducting military training have greatly improved the military and political quality of the contingent. In the autumn of 1941, before the Battle of Cheng Daokou, he contracted tuberculosis. In January 1945, he finally died of long-term overwork and ineffective treatment, at the age of 22. After liberation, his body was buried in the Aiyuan Martyrs' Cemetery in Zhongxing Town, Siyang County, Jiangsu Province.
Zhou Qibang