194 1 year, the Japanese invaders continued to "mop up" the anti-Japanese base areas in Langya Mountain area of Yixian County, Hebei Province, causing many terrible tragedies such as Tiangang and Dongloushan, and "occupied" our anti-Japanese base areas with the brutal "three lights" 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 24th, 3,000 Japanese puppet troops suddenly surrounded the Langya Mountain area, surrounded the guerrillas in Qiu Weituan, Yixian, Dingxing, Xu Shui, Mancheng and other counties and more than 2,000 people around them. The situation is very serious.
Colonel Qiu Wei quickly reported the situation to Commander Yang Chengwu. In order to rescue the guerrillas and local people, Commander Yang Chengwu made a battle plan of "encircling Wei to save Zhao", and ordered the 3rd and 20th regiments to pretend to attack the Japanese troops in the critical juncture, Songshan and Ganhe areas, prompting the Japanese troops to deploy reinforcements from the northeast of Langya Mountain, so as to facilitate the besieged guerrillas and people to break through from the northeast of Langya Mountain.
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.
Safe transfer 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, leaving more than 50 bodies behind for the Japanese puppet troops to flee in haste. 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, the wounded soldiers of the seventh company can be safely transferred, and the instructor Cai ordered them 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 above the chessboard, all the bullets had been exhausted, so they raised stones and threw them at the Japanese and 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 puppet troops from seizing their weapons and falling into their hands, they smashed their guns and shouted, "Down with Japanese imperialism!" " "Long live the China * * * production party!" Wait for the slogan to jump off the cliff.
Song Xueyi and Ge Zhenlin after their escape (right)
Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin and Hu Fucai died heroically, but Ge Zhenlin, the vice squad leader, and Song Xueyi, the soldier, were caught by the branches on the cliff and survived.
The heroic feats of five soldiers, including squad leader 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 celebration meeting on the naming of "Five Strong Men of Langya Mountain" and the victory of anti-mopping-up. The leading organs of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region awarded three martyrs the title of "honorary model", and approved Hu Delin and Hu Fucai to join the Party and China Producers' Party. 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 the 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.
1971On June 26th, Song Xueyi died in Zhengzhou at the age of 53 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 at the age of 88 in Hengyang, Hunan. At this point, the last man alive in the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain has also left people forever. But their spirit will remain in our hearts forever!
On September/0/4, 2009, "Five Heroes of Langyashan" was selected as "100 Hero Model who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China".