It is Song Zheyuan

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Zhang Zhijian Song Zheyuan 18 Song Zheyuan (1885-1940), named Mingxuan, was born in Leling City, Shandong Province. In 1908, the 23-year-old Song Zheyuan began his thirty-three-year military career. From 1925 to 1933, he successively served as the commander-in-chief of Jehol Province, commander-in-chief of the West and North Route Army, chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government, and chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government.

In the spring of 1933, after occupying the three eastern provinces, the Japanese invaders invaded the Shanhaiguan Pass. The battle to defend Shanhaiguan kicked off the "Great Wall War of Resistance". Song Zheyuan was ordered to lead the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army to fight against the Japanese army in the Xifengkou and Luowenyu areas. Since the weapons and equipment of the 29th Army were extremely crude, General Song ordered a sharp sword to be made for each soldier, and coaches were provided to guide and drill, so that many soldiers developed superb sword skills. On the evening of March 9, five hundred swordsmen attacked the enemy camp at night, swung their swords and chopped off the heads of the sleeping Japanese. On the eleventh day and night, the Broadsword team attacked again. The *** killed and injured more than 3,000 Japanese troops, and burned the ammunition and food on more than 200 Japanese troops. This battle broke the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army and enhanced the national self-confidence in the struggle for survival. From then on, the majestic song "Cut off the heads of the Japanese with a broadsword" was sung throughout China.

After 1935, Song Zheyuan served as commander of the Pingjin garrison, mayor of Peiping, and chairman of the Hebei-Cha government affairs committee. On the evening of July 7, 1937, the Japanese army asked to enter Wanping City on the pretext that soldiers were "missing" at Marco Polo Bridge. After being rejected by the 29th Army stationed here, the Japanese army aimed their guns at Wanping City and Marco Polo Bridge. Heavy artillery fire It shook the land of Pingjin and Tianjin. Song Zheyuan ordered "resolutely fight against the Japanese aggressors." The officers and men of the 29th Army shared the same hatred and repelled the Japanese attacks again and again, writing the first glorious page in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War with their blood. [1]

After the "Marco Bridge Incident", Song Zheyuan vowed: "I would rather die in battle than be a slave to the subjugation of the country." Later, Mao Zedong praised him in a letter to Song Zheyuan: "Mr. was passionate about resisting the Japanese, and admired him for his victory. When the Japanese invaded the country, he fought hard on the border and bravely resisted the insults. His righteous voice was admired by both China and foreign countries."

In the spring of 1938, he served as deputy commander of the first theater. After falling ill, he resigned to recuperate. He died of illness in Mianyang, Sichuan on April 5, 1940. The Kuomintang government posthumously awarded him the rank of first-class general. Zhu De and Peng Dehuai presented an elegiac couplet: "One battle and one peace, the moment of change in the past, can make you great in the world; if you keep working hard, there will be many people who will come up next, and you will be as worried as Jiuquan."