In 1940, in order to control the traffic on the Yangtze River and cut off the transportation line to Chongqing, Japan gathered 300,000 troops to launch the Zaoyi battle . In this war, our country sacrificed Zhang Zizhong, the highest-ranking general who died in World War II. At that time, he was only 49 years old, and he was a general. After his death, Chiang Kai-shek held a grand burial ceremony for him. The Japanese buried his body peacefully, but he was eventually snatched back by our country. The Communist Party pursued Zhang Zizhong as a revolutionary martyr. So how can such a person be so respected by the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, and the Japanese? What happened in this war?
This Zaoyi battle was a battle between Zhang Zizhong and the Japanese, led by Zhang Zizhong himself. Zhang Zizhong was the commander-in-chief at the time. Normally he should be commanding the battle from the rear. Who knows, because the battlefield is too fierce. Encourage soldiers to come to the front line to direct the battle. Although in the history of Zhang Zizhong's resistance to Japan, he often did this. But what he didn't expect was that he would have killed his own life this time.
In this war of resistance, Zhang Zizhong led only more than 1,500 troops at that time, and was surrounded by more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers. In order to be able to break through the siege, the two sides fought fiercely, and eventually Zhang Zizhong's troops were forced to retreat into the pumpkin shop Shili Changshan. Zhang Zizhong did not give up at this time, but was thinking of various ways to break through. However, at that time, the Japanese army was under the cover of aircraft and cannon, and it launched 9 assaults day and night, which also led to a sharp reduction in Zhang Zizhong's troops.
In the course of the battle, his left arm was accidentally injured, but at that time he could no longer take care of so much and insisted on directing the battle. Finally in the afternoon of the third day of the battle, Zhang Zizhong had only a few hundred soldiers left in his hands. In desperation, he could only gather all his guards to come for reinforcements, and he was left with a staff officer, Zhang Jing and his adjutant. Ma Xiaotang and other 8 people. However, due to the fact that the enemy's forces were too strong, all the troops were killed in the end, and Zhang Zizhong was also killed.
And the Japanese soldier who stabbed Zhang Zizhong to death with a Japanese saber was named Fujitsu.He found that this soldier was not an ordinary soldier in terms of clothing or personal ability, so he flipped over the body and found a pen in the pocket of the body, with the words Zhang Zizhong written on it. Fujigang was shocked when he saw these three words and hurriedly reported to his superiors. However, the superiors were also a little surprised. As the commander of the Chinese army, how could it be possible to fight on the front line, and died in the battle, and did not choose to escape. This is really incredible.
In order to confirm the authenticity of this incident, they found a chief of staff who had fought with Zhang Zizhong to come to identify the corpse. After scrubbing the body, it was determined that he was Zhang Zizhong, so the Japanese side made Zhang Zizhong's face and appearance very neat, and bandaged his wounds, then put him in a good coffin and put him in a good coffin. Buried. On the day of the burial, the Japanese soldiers lined up and took off their hats in front of the remains to pay tribute. After the burial, they set up a sign for the tomb of the general Zhang Zizhong.
In addition, the Japanese army also stopped the daily broadcast in Hankou that day, and broadcast the news of Zhang Zizhong's death. The probable content is that the 39th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army launched a decisive attack on the headquarters of the 33rd Group Army and wiped it out in today's "sweeping" of the ditch in Yicheng, Hubei. A large number of military documents and military maps were seized at the same time, including a large number of military documents and military maps, and great results were obtained. The most sincere reverence and silent prayer for the heroic hero who died in battle.
Five hours after Zhang Zizhong's sacrifice, Huang Wei led the troops to the pumpkin shop to support. But it was too late. Not only did all the people in the army died, Zhang Zizhong was also killed, and the body was taken away by the Japanese. At this time Huang Weigang and all the soldiers were very angry and vowed to take Zhang Zizhong's body back. So Huang Weigang led a death squad to raided the Japanese army overnight and successfully snatched Zhang Zizhong's body back. After
,Huang Weigang led the troops to send Zhang Zizhong's body to the headquarters of the Kuaihuopu Group Army. Here, a careful inspection of Zhang Zizhong's body was carried out, and it was found that there were two stab wounds and six gunshot wounds all over the body. After confirming the cause of Zhang Zizhong's death, his body was cleaned again, treated with medicine, put on a brand-new military uniform, and prepared a good nanmu coffin, which was escorted to Chongqing by eight trucks.
When the body passed through Yichang, not only a hundred thousand army escorted the coffin to the river bank, but also countless people spontaneously came to escort Zhang Zizhong, and everyone spontaneously wore black gauze on their arms. During this period, Japanese fighter planes flew over Yichang three times and flew over the control of Zhang Zizhong's coffin, but none of the masses was afraid to escape, and no one fled. The Japanese army also ordered the cessation of aircraft bombing to avoid harm to Zhang Zizhong's body.
Two days after his death, Zhang Zizhong's coffin was finally successfully transported to the Chaotianmen Wharf in Chongqing. At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yuxiang were able to conquer military and political leaders with black gauze on their arms, standing on the dock to welcome the spirits. After the coffin arrived, these people took turns to mourn the coffin. Chiang Kai-shek even "felts the coffin" on the bed, making all the people present. As the supreme commander of the Kuomintang army, Chiang Kai-shek personally took the charge of and posthumously awarded Zhang Zizhong as a second-level general.
The scale of the burial of Zhang Zizhong's body can be said to be very large. The coffin has passed through the whole city of Chongqing, and Chiang Kai-shek also issued a state funeral order, placing Zhang Zizhong in the Martyrs' Shrine and tied for the first place. Going down, Chiang Kai-shek led all military and political officials to hold a grand and solemn memorial ceremony for Zhang Zizhong. In this way, a generation of heroes left us in this way.
And Zhang Zizhong’s wife Li Minhui only learned of her husband’s death two months after her death. Although she was very sad that day, she was also a person of righteousness. She knew that Zhang Zizhong died in battle for the country,So he is not sad. As a woman, although she failed to fight to kill the enemy, but for the death of her husband, he said it was worth it. After that, he gave Zhang Zizhong's younger brother the management of everything in the family. But he chose to go on a hunger strike and died on a hunger strike seven days later.
For such a staunch woman, Chiang Kai-shek and other members of the Nationalist government expressed their admiration, and they were buried together at the foot of Meihua Mountain in Chongqing. Such a fierce woman is also worthy of our respect. She married Zhang Zizhong at the age of 17. Although she did not go to school because of her poor family, she is definitely a person of great righteousness. She once said plainly when she learned of Zhang Zizhong's death: I am not sad that Zhang Zizhong died in battle for the country. Although I am a woman, I should have a share.
From this sentence, it can be seen that the word "country" has multiple weights in his mind. Her husband gallops on the battlefield every day, while she takes care of her family in the ups and downs. She has not seen her husband in four years. Missing and worry kept her in her heart for 4 years. Although she has never read a book, she silently supports her husband to kill the enemy for the country. After her husband was martyred to the country, she calmly arranged the family affairs, and then followed her husband's loyal soul.
This may be a stupid behavior in many people's eyes, but in fact, we can’t simply use the traditional concept of a martyr’s martyr to understand Li Minhui’s behavior, the general’s martyrdom, the martyr’s woman Martyr, in the face of danger, will be full of prosperity. As a loyal woman, many of us may not be able to do what she did now, let alone her measurement. In that era, it was really not easy for a woman to be able to do this and have that kind of consciousness.
As for Zhang Zizhong, he is a taciturn person, so there are not many remarks left during his lifetime. The most frequent word should be "dead". For example, in a letter he wrote to his younger brother, he said: If I don't die for a day, I will do my duty to kill the enemy in a day; if the enemy does not go away, I will die with loyalty. "When speaking to his subordinates,He said: "We soldiers have to'work hard and die before they die' before we can be considered as fulfilling our responsibilities as a soldier. Whenever I have the opportunity, I will take you to find a dead end." When talking with Sun Lianzhong, he also said that he would "wait for the opportunity," "Sacrifice one's life and become benevolent, and set an example for the whole army." It can be seen from this passage that he can't do without the word "death", and it can also reflect his loyalty to the revolution.
When he talks to his subordinates, he still uses the question of life and death to explain. For example, he once said: The average age of life is only about fifty, and the achievement of career is only fifty. It depends on the left and right. Therefore, we should know that the time for hard work is fleeting. If we do not rush to catch up, we will suffer lifelong harm and become a regret forever. Even if you live forever, you will inevitably die in the end. Instead of dying in mediocrity, it is better to build a career vigorously. If it is beneficial to the country and regained the reputation of being noble, it will not die. From this passage, we can also feel that Zhang Zizhong is not only a soldier, but also a very educated person. His opinions are very incisive and original.
Since every battle, Zhang Zizhong holds the mentality of mortal, so he will leave a will every time before going to the battlefield, and use this mortal heart to direct the frontline. How can such a general not let us admire him. Perhaps the death on the battlefield was the ending he had thought about countless times. Therefore, Zhang Zizhong is not afraid of death. It's just that he died on the battlefield and became a hero respected by everyone. But his family was heartbroken because of this, and his wife chose to go on a hunger strike for 7 days and died because he was too sad. This ending is probably what Zhang Zizhong did not expect.
Although their marriage is in the hands of the mother, the relationship between the two of them is still very good for so many years. I believe this kind of love is rarely seen even in this age of freedom of love.
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