In April 2021, Toutiao Tracing partnered with the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs of Jingyan County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, to help 69 martyrs buried in the Leshan Bamboo Garden Martyrs' Memorial Park find their relatives. The 69 martyrs all died in the battle of Zhuyuanpu, the first battle of the 1949 Battle of Chengdu, and the cemetery has not yet established contact with their loved ones.
Information on the relatives of martyrs is now collected from the whole society, and the relatives of these 69 martyrs are jointly searched for.
This time, we will search for the relatives of the following martyrs:
Martyr's name: Chen Hengyou
Martyr's place of origin: Donghai County, Jiangsu Province (affiliated to Lianyungang City)
Date of birth: December 13, 1949, 1920
Service unit: 2nd Company, 83rd Regiment, 28th Division, 10th Army of the People's Liberation Army
Sacrifice: Killed in the Battle of Zhuyuanpu on December 13, 1949
In early December 1949, the People's Liberation Army conquered Chongqing, and under the command of Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping, hundreds of thousands of strong troops took advantage of the situation to approach the Western Sichuan Plain from the east, south and north. Hu Zongnan learned that Erye would launch the Battle of Chengdu, and urgently ordered his 31st Division to enter the Zhuyuanpu area on the east bank of the Min River on December 9, in an attempt to plant "nails" in the road that our army had to pass, to block the People's Liberation Army, and to buy time to lay out the Minjiang defense line and cover its remnants to escape to Xichang and Yunnan.
On December 13, 1949, the Battle of Zhuyuanpu began. This fierce battle lasted for 18 hours, and the People's Liberation Army completely annihilated more than 3,300 defenders known as the "first regiment under the heavens", captured all weapons and equipment, and won the first victory in the Chengdu Campaign.
The Battle of Zhuyuanpu fired the "first shot" of the Chengdu Campaign, cleared the way for the People's Liberation Army to directly pound the Chengdu Plain, and made immortal contributions to the liberation of Sichuan and the complete liberation of the whole country.
A total of 90 people were killed in this battle. Of the 90 martyrs who died in the first battle of the Chengdu Campaign, 15 were buried in the Rongxian Martyrs' Cemetery, 3 were buried in the Zigong Martyrs' Cemetery, and 3 were relocated to their hometowns by the families of the martyrs.
In order to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who died heroically in the first battle of Zhuyuanpu in the First Battle of Chengdu in 1949, the Jingyan County Party Committee and the county government built the Zhuyuan Martyrs' Cemetery in Zhuyuan Town, and buried a total of 69 revolutionary loyal bones who died in the Battle of Zhuyuanpu.
Leshan Bamboo Garden Martyrs Memorial Park
Leshan Zhuyuan Martyrs Memorial Park, formerly known as Zhuyuan Martyrs Cemetery, was later renamed Leshan Zhuyuan Martyrs Memorial Park, in 2010 was rated as the key protection unit of Sichuan Martyrs' Memorial Buildings, in 2006 was rated as the fourth batch of Sichuan Provincial Patriotism Education Base, in addition to being rated as Sichuan Provincial Youth Education Base, Sichuan Provincial National Defense Education Base, Leshan City Primary and Secondary School Students Research and Practice Education Base, by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government as "two basic points", that is, revolutionary traditional education and patriotism education base. Party member cadre party sex education base and administrative college on-site teaching point.
Although the hero is gone, the spirit lives on. The historical merits of revolutionary martyrs are always worth remembering; the lofty spirit of revolutionary martyrs will always inspire people to move forward.
Headlines to find people "looking for the descendants of martyrs" public welfare project will use geographical location precision pop-up technology to pop up the information of 69 martyrs to the martyrs' hometowns, helping the souls of heroes to return to their hometowns.
To commemorate the deeds of the martyrs, comfort the heroic souls of the martyrs, inherit the red gene, and tell the red story well; the headline search launched the "Looking for the Descendants of the Martyrs" project, cooperating with the Jingyan County Veterans Affairs Bureau to jointly find relatives for the martyrs. In the past successful cases, the media relay search for the descendants of martyrs, played a great role, the headline search for people sincerely invited 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: 010-83434440, 010-83434485), there will be special staff to verify the information and follow up.