Shandong anti-Japanese hero

Song Yuanzhe (1885- 1940), a native of Laoling County, Shandong Province, originally belonged to Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army after joining the army. Because of his rigorous management of the army and brave combat, he was known as one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Northwest Army.

At the beginning of 1933, the aggressive Japanese invaders invaded Shanhaiguan again, and then marched into the Great Wall with the cooperation of the Air Force. Song immediately led the army and bravely joined the Great Wall Campaign against Japanese invaders. From March 9 to April 13, more than 3,000 soldiers from 29 army wiped out the enemy in xifengkou, and a record called "xifengkou's bloody victory" caused a sensation throughout the country.

However, the Japanese warlords did not stop there, but intensified their aggression. 1935 at the turn of summer and autumn, Qin Dechun, deputy commander of Song School, went to Lushan to report the situation in North China to Chiang Kai-shek and asked for instructions. Chiang Kai-shek said, "We must bear the burden of humiliation and compromise, so that the central government can quickly complete national defense." Probably because of Song's prestige in leading the army to kill the enemy in xifengkou, he was forced to be the chairman of this committee. Song and the 29th Army were in an extremely embarrassing situation.

1On July 6th, 937, the Japanese aggressors couldn't wait to attack Lugou Bridge and Wanping Ancient City. At this time, the commander of 29 army broke Chiang Kai-shek's ban on "non-resistance" and fired a precious shot at the Japanese aggressors all over the country! After the anti-Japanese artillery fire broke out at Lugouqiao, General Song ordered the generals above division level to go to the front to direct and supervise the war. The fierce fighting and high morale are unprecedented.

Just as the Japanese invaders were advancing on our hinterland step by step,1in March, 938, Song was transferred to the deputy commander of the first war zone, losing the power to directly command the army, and was deeply worried about the current situation. He was depressed all day, so he suddenly suffered from liver disease in September of 1999, and his condition deteriorated. 1March, 940, returned to Mianyang, Sichuan, the hometown of his wife Chang Shuqing. On his deathbed, the general encouraged his old men to "try to recover lost ground"! On April 5, General Song finally died at the age of 54 because of ineffective treatment. When the bad news came out, the whole country mourned. As two old coaches, Zhu and Peng, said in their elegies, they love their motherland. "There are many people in the grave who can be carefree."