"Night Tiger" Zhao Chongde

The night attack on Yangmingbao Airport is very famous in the history of the Anti-Japanese War! In contrast, the hero we are looking for seems to be unknown. However, it is this Zhao Chongde who is the supreme commander of our army and the only martyr who left photos.

Therefore, this ordinary standard photo has become the starting point for us to look for this war history.

Details constitute history, and heroes are not myths, but concrete people who wrote the magnificent epic of the people's army with blood as ink. Looking for Zhao Chongde, we admire the heroic footprint covered by the dust of time and the magnificent life reflected by the heroic legend.

Explanation behind the photo: A brief history commemorates the portrait of Comrade Zhao, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 385th Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army 18 and the 769th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Dezong is from Shangcheng County, Henan Province. He is 25 years old. He was born in agriculture. 1932 enlisted, died for the country, worked hard for the revolutionary cause, was loyal and brave, and made great contributions repeatedly. Execute orders, execute leaders and support subordinates. After the July 7th Incident, he was ordered to attend War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in North China. In the Battle of Yuanping, the enemy airport in Yangmingbao was raided, 24 enemy planes were burned and hundreds of people were killed. At zero o'clock, he and Koujun fought several times, defending the country and serving the battlefield. This heroic spirit of sacrifice is great and more important than Mount Tai. The spirit of the martyrs is immortal, and all the music albums that laid the foundation for the victory of the national anti-Japanese war were moved, praised and inspired by the people all over the world. July 7th Memorial Week mourned the martyrs of Dezong, fought bloody battles and fought to the end for the liberation of the Chinese nation. (Note: The words and punctuation in brackets were added by the editor. )

Yangmingbao airport

The Millennium fortress here has accumulated "militancy", as well as the historical wind and frost and heroic temperament engraved in the depths of this land. Daixian has a dangerous terrain, with Wutai Mountain range in the south, Hengshan Mountain system in the north, Yanmenguan in the middle, Great Wall Plateau in the north and Ding Xin Basin in the south. It is famous for its majestic mountains and military importance.

Li He, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once left a famous sentence "The Taishouxing of Yanmen" here: "Dark clouds crush the city and shine brightly. In autumn, the loud bugle sounded; The soldier's blood became dark in the night. The red flag rolled half, and the reinforcements rushed to Xiao; The night frost is heavy and the drums are gloomy. Report your wish in Huang Jintai and take Yulong to your death. " How generous, still echoing, like the annotation of a heroic legend. As the first state in the pass of the ancient Great Wall, there have been endless wars here since ancient times, and the wars recorded in historical books have been 1700 times, especially several fierce battles in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which are still fresh in people's memory. The drums that have resounded for thousands of years now only leave historical traces everywhere for future generations to mourn and cherish.

Follow up all the way and feel the profoundness of this land. In the Yang Zhongwu Temple in Ludijian Village, the story of Yang Jiajiang's loyal service to the country is circulated everywhere. Boarding the Bianjing Building in the center of Cross Street in the county town, looking at Yanmen in the north and pouring down in the south, pride arises spontaneously-"Wei Zhen San Guan" is not a bluff slogan, but a portrait of a man named heroic heroism.

We haven't found Zhao Chongde for a long time, but we are sure that we haven't gone far. In this land full of heroic footprints in ancient and modern times, there must be traces of Zhao Chongde stepping on it-the young Eighth Route Army commander crossed this road, rushed to the front and died heroically.

Wang Jinshan (Li Yunlong) and Chen Xilian

Wang Jinshan and Chen Xilian are both yellow people, both born in 19 15, and both in the 4th Army of the Red Fourth Front Army.

After they met for the first time in the battle of Sujiabu, they became friends who talked about everything. Later, they often fought together, sometimes in the same division and sometimes not in the same division, but they cooperated with each other. In the long-term war between life and death and * * *, the two were as close as brothers.

On the way to the Long March, Chen Xilian was appointed as the division commander of Hong 10, and Wang Jinshan was appointed as the deputy division commander. They went through many dangerous and cruel battles together. Later, Chen Xilian was seriously injured and sat on a stretcher to follow the troops. Wang Jinshan commanded the troops on his behalf. Chen Xilian's injury and safety, he cares.

At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, both of them were in the 129 division. Wang Jinshan is the deputy head of the 772nd regiment of the 386th Brigade; Chen Xilian is the head of the 769th regiment of the 385th Brigade. Later, Wang Jinshan was wounded in the battle of Lisi Village. It didn't take long for Chen Xilian to fight against the enemy and "mop up" Jade Girl Mountain. The bullet went in from his mouth and out from his neck. Coincidentally, the two lived in a ward of 129 field hospital.

Two people look after each other. Sometimes, hospitals improve their lives and cook their own chicken. Because Chen Xilian was injured in the mouth, even his teeth were knocked out, so he had to drink soup, so Wang Jinshan ate meat.

One day, while chewing the chicken in his mouth, Wang Jinshan said happily, "Look, Teacher Chen, we have formed a natural and reasonable division of labor."

Chen Xilian, who was eating soup, stopped and asked, "What division of labor?"

"So ..." Wang Jinshan picked up a big chicken leg and took a sip of Chen Xilian chicken soup, which made Chen Xilian laugh.

After discharge, Chen Xilian was transferred to the 385th Brigade as the brigade commander, and soon Wang Jinshan was transferred from the 386th Brigade to the 385th Brigade, first as the brigade commander, and later became the deputy political commissar of the brigade. They are in the same brigade and often chat together, as close as brothers.

In this regard, Wang Jinshan said: "Chen Xilian and I are brothers, and he is a brother."