The Japanese Kwantung Army used the "Congress" left by Kenji Ueda and soon obtained information about Zhao Shangzhi's transit and returning home. A large network of deceiving and murder crimes against Zhao Shangzhi quietly opened next to Zhao Shangzhi.

Yesterday we said that after Yang Jingyu, who was once the "Southern Yang and North Zhao", was brutally killed by the Japanese in February 1940, Zhao Shangzhi became the target of the Japanese Kwantung Army's key extermination. The Japanese Kwantung Army used the " Alliance Association " left by Ueda Kenji to quickly get information about Zhao Shangzhi's transit and returning home. A large network of deceiving and murder crimes against Zhao Shangzhi quietly opened next to Zhao Shangzhi.

Zhao Shangzhi's portrait

After Zhao Shangzhi returned to the Northeast, in order to quickly strengthen the anti-Japanese forces, he frequently operated in the Heyuan area, contacted the mountain people and expanded the team. Zhao Shangzhi's frequent activities attracted the attention of the local Japanese and puppets.

This person is called Dongcheng Zhengxiong. He was the spy director of the pseudo Xingshan Police Office at that time. He was specifically responsible for the spy who lured and murdered Zhao Shangzhi. After obtaining information about Zhao Shangzhi's activities, he decided to secretly send spies to sneak into Zhao Shangzhi's team and wait for an opportunity to take action.

Dongcheng Zhengxiong

They first sent spy Liu Deshan to disguise himself as merchants collecting mountain goods, and entered the northern mountainous area of ​​ Heli County to explore the traces of Zhao Shangzhi. In early February 1942, Liu Deshan not only found Zhao Shangzhi and his party, but also provided Zhao Shangzhi with false information to deceive Zhao Shangzhi's trust.

Liu Deshan used his fur merchant as a cover, and the Japanese gave him a considerable amount of activity funds. When the Anti-Japanese United Army team led by Zhao Shangzhi was in the most embarrassing, Liu Deshan took the opportunity to take out the activity funds given by the Japanese to fund the Anti-Japanese United Army, which can be said to be a timely help. Because of the difficulties, Zhao Shangzhi was eager to develop and strengthen the anti-Japanese forces, so he was blinded by Liu Deshan and believed in Liu Deshan.

Zhao Shangzhi's portrait

Zhao Shangzhi appointed him as the adjutant and the captain of the guerrillas, and gave Liu Deshan a rifle and two hundred bullets, which laid the murder of his life.

Liu Deshan successfully lurked beside Zhao Shangzhi, but due to heavy snow, Liu Deshan could not send any information about Zhao Shangzhi's activities. So, Dongcheng Zhengxiong sent another spy to go into the mountains to find Zhao Shangzhi.

The Japanese sent another spy named Zhang Qingyu to continue to go into the mountains to find Zhao Shangzhi. Finally, Zhao Shangzhi was found. Zhao Shangzhi suspected that this man was the enemy's spy and was about to shoot him, but Liu Deshan lied that Zhang Qingyu was here to find him, which dispelled Zhao Shangzhi's suspicion.

is like this, because of the rush to expand the team, two enemy spies lurked to Zhao Shangzhi. There are spies inside and enemies outside, and a net of conspiracy against Zhao Shangzhi has been opened! However, Zhao Shangzhi was still unaware that for the anti-Japanese plan, he led the few remaining teams to rush between the white mountains and black waters, looking for all opportunities to attack the enemy.

In February 1942, the Lunar New Year is approaching, and the small army led by Zhao Shangzhi has been nesting in the mountains for several months. The army has severely lacked supplies and its morale is low. Zhao Shangzhi urgently needed a victory to replenish supplies and boost morale. The Japanese and puppet spies lurking by Zhao Shangzhi, Liu Deshan and Zhang Qingyu, followed the instructions of Dongcheng Zhengxiong, strongly encouraged Zhao Shangzhi to attack the Wutong River puppet police station. What is the garrison where there is empty, and you can get a lot of weapons, ammunition and food from there.

February 11, 1942, this day was the New Year's Eve. Zhao Shangzhi, who believed in the spy intelligence, led a team to quietly march towards the pseudo-Wutong River police station. At this time, Zhao Shangzhi didn't know that among the five people around him, there were two Japanese spies. What he didn't know was that the so-called Wutong River police station was empty, and it was just a false information to trap him and arrest him.

When moving towards Wutong River, Liu Deshan led the way. When the team walked to the gate of a small vegetable garden, Liu Deshan said he wanted to go and make some convenience. He walked behind Zhao Shangzhi, raised his rifle, and fired at Zhao Shangzhi. The bullet passed through Zhao Shangzhi's waist. While falling to the ground, Zhao Shangzhi also raised his gun and killed the spy Liu Deshan.

Zhao Shangzhi was killed

The sudden gunshot alarmed the enemy ambushing in Wutong River. When the enemy heard the gunshots, they knew that Zhao Shangzhi was ambushed, so they surrounded him with the gunshots.At this time, only a soldier named Jiang Lixin left by Zhao Shangzhi. Just as Jiang Lixin was about to carry Zhao Shangzhi to transfer, Zhao Shangzhi ordered Jiang Lixin to retreat quickly and send the news to other troops. So, Jiang Lixin disappeared into the thick night with the Anti-Japanese United Nations documents.

Seeing that the comrades were safely transferred, Zhao Shangzhi became much calmer. Because he was too seriously injured, Zhao Shangzhi lost his ability to resist. The enemy surrounded him and then used a car to pull him to the Wutong River police residence for interrogation overnight.

Japanese war criminal Masao Togeki who had participated in the murder of Zhao Shangzhi recalled this in his reflection article, and the interrogation immediately began. General Zhao Shangzhi was majestic and said nothing, but just looked at the traitor who was turning around in front of him and behind him with contempt. No matter how the enemy asked, General Zhao treated him with silence. It was not until the end that he said angrily that you are lackeys of Japanese imperialism and there is nothing to say about you.

Zhao Shangzhi's portrait

At 8 a.m. on February 12, 1942, in the interrogation room of the pseudo-Wutong River police station, the heart of the anti-Japanese hero Zhao Shangzhi stopped beating due to excessive bleeding. Japanese and puppet newspapers used this to create momentum that Zhao Shangzhi had been beheaded and the culprit was killed from then on.

After Zhao Shangzhi's death, the spy director of the Xingshan Police Department of Japan, Masao Together, personally custodial Zhao Shangzhi's body, set off from the Heli County Police Station, and under the escort of three police cars, he went to the pseudo-Sanjiang Provincial capital Jiamusi .

In Jiamusi, Dongcheng Masahoho separated Zhao Shangzhi's body and prepared to send the hero's head to Kwantung Army Command . After taking off Zhao Shangzhi's head, Dongcheng Zhengxiong sent people to chisel a meter-square ice hole on the ice surface of the Songhua River outside the city and threw the body into the Songhua River.

left is General Zhao Shangzhi's remains

hero Zhao Shangzhi's head was first sent to the Ministry of Public Security of the Puppet Manchukuo. At that time, the commander of the Kwantung Army , Meizu Mijiro , saw that Zhao Shangzhi died with his head, and he could believe that this powerful figure on the northeast land was indeed dead. Only then did he feel relieved.

Zhao Shangzhi's head was watched by the Kwantung Army Headquarters for a few days, the Kwantung Army finally decided to burn Zhao Shangzhi's head and destroy it, and the ashes were used to commemorate the dead of the Japanese army. Soon, the news was learned by Master Yanxu, the abbot of the Prajna Temple in Huguo, Changchun. Heard that the head of the anti-Japanese hero Zhao Shangzhi was about to be burned. Master Yanxu did not want the head of the anti-Japanese hero to be insulted like this. With his status and influence in the religious world, he found the commander of the Kwantung Army, Mijiro Umezu, and asked to bury the hero's head in the temple.

Master Yanxu

Faced with Master Yanxu's request, Mijiro Umezu made an exception and agreed to the request of Monk Yanxu. After the salvation ceremony, Monk Yanxu secretly buried Zhao Shangzhi's head in the backyard of the Huguo Prajna Temple. After Master Yanxu sat in the transformation, his spiritual tower was chosen only two meters away from Zhao Shangzhi's head.

When Zhao Zhenduo, who was far away in Xi'an, learned the news of his son's death, the strong old man held back his sadness. He said that Zhao Shangzhi died for the country and died as his home. Zhao Zhenduo regarded his son as his greatest pride throughout his life. Later, he wrote in his will: I hope I can be buried by my son after my death. Don’t write anything else on the tombstone, just write “Zhao Shangzhi’s father”.

Zhao Shangzhi's father

1982, after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China conducted a serious review of Comrade Zhao Shangzhi's punishment in 1940 in accordance with the instructions of the Central Organization Department of . On June 8 of the same year, the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee made the "Decision on Restoring Comrade Zhao Shangzhi's Party Membership": Restore Zhao Shangzhi's Party Membership, demolish all false words imposed on Zhao Shangzhi, and restore reputation. ”

In 2004, General Zhao Shangzhi's skull was found in Boruo Temple in Changchun; on October 25, 2008, General Zhao Shangzhi's skull was buried in Zhao Shangzhi Martyrs Cemetery, Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province. The general's old father Zhao Zhenduo was also buried next to the Martyrs Cemetery. After more than 60 years of storm, the general can finally rest in peace.

One breath is still there, I will fight against Japan to the death! Regarding Zhao Shangzhi, the people of Northeast China praised him as the "Lion of the North". He had a bumpy life, was imprisoned three times and was seriously injured many times, but none of them changed his original belief. This firm communist fighter shed his last drop of blood for the Chinese nation! After the founding of New China, in order to commend Zhao Shangzhi's anti-Japanese achievements and to remember this anti-Japanese hero forever, the People's Government changed the name of Zhuhe County to Shangzhi County and changed his place of sacrifice to Shangzhi Village .

Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Warriors Oil Painting

Fourteen Years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the soldiers of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces persisted in the most difficult environment. Their deeds are always worthy of our memory and remembering. As the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is about to be held, we tell the stories of these martyrs, which is a relive and a reminder that we should never forget the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives to save the Chinese nation.

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