Revolutionary soldiers should have the spirit to regard death as returning home; preferring death to surrender is the glorious tradition of Yanzhao heroes.
During the Anti-Japanese War, there were five heroes of the Eighth Route Army who bravely fought against the Japanese and the puppet Manchukuo troops in the Langya Mountain battle in Yi County, Baoding City, Hebei Province. They were Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin, and Hu Fucai. They used their lives and blood to compose a magnificent poem that swallowed up mountains and rivers.
During the battle, they were fearless in the face of danger and bravely blocked the attack. After running out of bullets, they fought back with rocks. Facing the enemy approaching step by step, they would rather die than give in. They destroyed their guns and jumped dozens of feet into the air without hesitation. of cliff. Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin, and Hu Fucai died heroically for their country; Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were hung on branches on the mountainside and survived; the feats of the five soldiers showed lofty patriotism, revolutionary heroism and unyielding national integrity, and were praised by the people Known as the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain".