Historical background information of the five strong men in Langya Mountain

Five chivalrous men of Langya Mountain

"Revolutionary soldiers should have the spirit of death; It is the glorious tradition of Yanzhao heroes to die rather than surrender. " This is the inscription of Nie Wei, commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, for the Five Heroes Monument in Langya Mountain. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai, five heroes of the 1 division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, resolutely led the enemy to the top of Qipaituo Mountain in order to cover the retreat of the masses and the main force. When the bullets ran out, they jumped off the cliff and wrote a magnificent poem with their lives and blood.

194 1 year, the Japanese army carried out a series of "mopping-ups" on the anti-Japanese base areas in Langya Mountain area of Yixian County, Hebei Province, resulting in many terrible tragedies such as Tiangang and Dongloushan, in an attempt to "nibble" our anti-Japanese base areas with the brutal "three light" policy. On September 23rd, the Japanese army marched into Yixian in three ways in an attempt to surround the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army 1 Division under the command of Commander Yang Chengwu. On the 24th, 3,000 Japanese puppet troops suddenly surrounded the Langya Mountain area, and surrounded more than 2,000 guerrillas and surrounding people in Qiu Xutuan, Yixian, Dingxing, Xu Shui and Mancheng counties. The situation is very serious. Colonel Qiu Wei quickly reported the situation to Commander Yang Chengwu. In order to save the guerrillas and local people, Commander Yang Chengwu made a battle plan of "encircling Wei to save Zhao" and ordered 3. According to this battle plan, Colonel Qiu Wei handed over the task of covering the transfer of troops to the 7th company. At midnight, Colonel Qiu Wei commanded the troops and local people to move safely from Pantuo Road to Tiangang, Niugang and Songgang. Early in the morning, the Japanese puppet troops mistakenly thought that the Qiu Wei regiment had been surrounded. Under the cover of planes and artillery, the puppet troops violently attacked Langya Mountain for more than 500 days. The 7 th company soldiers had already laid mines on the enemy's only road, and the bombed Japanese and puppet troops left more than 50 bodies and fled back in a hurry. Convinced that Qiu Wei's regiment was surrounded, the Japanese commander ordered his troops to attack Langya Mountain again. In the fierce battle, most of the 7 th company soldiers died, and the company commander Liu Fushan was seriously injured and his life was dying. In order to make the big troops go further and the wounded soldiers of the Seventh Company can be safely transferred, instructor Cai ordered the small team to stay and stick to it. In order to stall and attract the Japanese puppet troops, Ma Baoyu led Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi and other five soldiers to retreat in the direction of Qipaituo while fighting, which led the Japanese puppet troops to a dead end. When they retreated to the top of the chessboard, there were already five people left, and all the bullets had been polished, so they had to raise stones and throw them at the Japanese puppet troops. The Japanese puppet troops found that there were no bullets, and rushed to the top of the mountain, shouting "Take them alive, take them alive!" Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai would rather die than surrender. In order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from seizing their weapons and falling into their hands, they smashed their guns and shouted "Long live the China Production Party!" "Down with Japanese imperialism!" Wait for the slogan to jump off the cliff. Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai died heroically, while Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were caught by branches on the cliff and survived. The heroic feats of five soldiers, including Ma Baoyu, quickly spread throughout the whole army, and were known as the "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain". 1In May, 942, the Jinchaji Military Region held a victory celebration for naming the "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain" and anti-mopping-up. The leading organs of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region awarded the title of "honorary model" to three martyrs, and ratified Hu Delin and Hu Fucai as Chinese Communist party member. Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were awarded a writ and were awarded the medal of "Courage and Tenacity". The fearless spirit of sacrifice and unyielding national integrity of the five strong men in Langya Mountain were highly praised by Commander Nie. He said, "They embody the excellent quality of the people's army led by the Chinese Production Party and the heroism of the Chinese nation."

In order to commemorate and commend five anti-Japanese heroes, the local revolutionary government built a memorial tower at the main peak of Qipaituo. After the founding of New China, the heroic deeds of the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain were included in primary school textbooks. 1978, Song Xueyi died and was buried in Qinyang Martyrs Cemetery. On March 2, 2005, on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ge Zhenlin died in Hengyang, Hunan. At this point, the last living man among the five strong men of Langya Mountain has also left people forever.

A synopsis of the story of the Five Heroes in Langya Mountain (1958)

Yixian county, Hebei province, with overlapping mountains, is magnificent. Two thousand years ago, Dan, the prince of Yan, bid farewell to Jing Ke, a strong man who stabbed the king of Qin. Two thousand years later, five Eighth Route Army soldiers wrote more brilliant poems with their own blood and lives in this place where the remains of strong men were engraved. 194 1 In the autumn of, the Japanese aggressor troops carried out a big sweep of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region. Ma Baoyu, the squad leader of a certain unit of the Eighth Route Army, and soldiers Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Fucai and Hu Delin accepted the task of stopping the Japanese army and climbed the main peak of Qipaituo in Langya Mountain. The Japanese army swooped down on Langya Mountain with 3,000 troops. Five soldiers, including Ma Baoyu, fought tenaciously against the enemy with planes and artillery, relying on the commanding favorable terrain. The enemy launched three consecutive charges, which were repelled by them, and successfully completed the task of containing the enemy. But by this time, the soldiers had run out of ammunition and food. They used stones as weapons to smash the enemy who rushed up and fight to the death. Finally, facing the approaching enemy, the five warriors jumped off the cliff without fear.