Zhang Zizhong's word was changed to ChenHe was born in 1891 in Linqing, Shandong. Zhang Zizhong's father once served as the magistrate of the Qing Dynasty, and he had a lot of pen and ink in his belly, according to the "Book of Songs. Verses from Daya"The king's ministers, without the thought of Erzu", Mr. Zhang took the word Xunchen for his son, which means loyal minister. Zhang Zizhong entered a private school at the age of 6, studied in Linqing Higher Primary School at the age of 17, and was admitted to Tianjin Beiyang Law and Politics School in 1910.
The Beiyang School of Law and Politics was a prestigious university at that time, and it was a promising place to study. But Zhang Zizhong thought that in the troubled times, it was difficult for the law to save the country, so he decided to follow Ban Chao's example and put pen to paper. At this time, Zhang Zizhong was high-spirited, did not discuss with his family, came to the Northeast alone to join the army, and became a private in Che Zhen's army.
Three years later, Che Zhen recommended Zhang Zizhong to defect to Feng Yuxiang. In the Northwest Army, Zhang Zizhong was like a fish in water, and gradually showed the potential of a great soldier. Feng Yuxiang had a good eye, and just after the end of the Xi period, he appointed Zhang Zizhong as the platoon commander, and Zhang Zizhong gave his own words"Xunchen"Instead"Xun Chen"to show determination.
Zhang Zizhong loved the first soldier, and when he was still the battalion commander, one of his subordinates suffered from severe sepsis, and Zhang Zizhong took the initiative to donate blood to save the soldier's life. In 1929, Zhang Zizhong's 25th Division was rated as the first in the country at that time, and Chiang Kai-shek was greatly surprised that the Whampoa troops could not compare with the 25th Division of the Northwest Army.
Zhang Zizhong followed Feng Yuxiang to fight in the south and the north, and participated in the Zhifeng War and the Central Plains War. After Feng Yuxiang's defeat, the remnants of the Northwest Army were absorbed by Zhang Xueliang, and Zhang Zizhong served as the commander of the 38th Division. If this continues, with a strong army, Zhang Zizhong will become a warlord who dominates one side, and there will be no later national vegetarian and the three armies crying. It was also in this year that the Japanese made 918 Incident, the soldiers occupied the northeast without blood.
After the occupation of the three eastern provinces, the Japanese made up their minds about the Pingjin area, which was garrisoned by Song Zheyuan's 29th Army. In April 1937, the Japanese invited Song Zheyuan to visit Japan, but Song Zheyuan was unwilling to hand over the land, but he also did not want to offend the Japanese, so he sent Zhang Zizhong to investigate on his behalf and perfunctory to the Japanese. Strictly speaking, at this time, Song and Zhang had warlord mentality. They did not want to hand over the land to the Japanese, but they also refused Chiang Kai-shek's intervention, hoping to maneuver between the two powers and keep their own territory.
In May 1940, in order to control the Yangtze River traffic and cut off the transportation line to Chongqing, the Japanese army gathered 300,000 troops to launch the Battle of Zaoyi. On the 1st, Zhang Zizhong personally announced that all troops and generals would go to war. At dawn on the 7th, Zhang Zizhong crossed the Xianghe River east and led his troops north. On the 14th, there was an encounter between the two sides. On the 15th, more than 1,500 people led by Zhang Zizhong were surrounded by nearly 6,000 Japanese invaders in the village of Gouyanli, north of the pumpkin shop. The fierce battle lasted until dawn on the 16th, and Zhang Zizhong's troops were forced to retreat into the pumpkin shop. Under the cover of aircraft artillery, the Japanese launched 9 charges in one day and night. The number of personnel in Zhang Zizhong's department has risen sharply. On May 16, Zhang Zizhong kept shouting to supervise the battle from morning to noon, and at noon he was shot in the left arm but still insisted on commanding the battle. By 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Zizhong had only a few hundred officers and soldiers left, and he transferred all his guards to the front for reinforcements, leaving only eight people, including senior staff officer Zhang Jing and adjutant Ma Xiaotang. At 4 p.m. on May 16, Zhang Zizhong's entire army was annihilated, and Zhang Zizhong was killed in battle.
He made mistakes, underestimated the Japanese invasion, and he was stubborn, and he did not retreat until he died.
But everything he did put the interests of the country and the nation first, and in that war-torn era, General Zhang Zizhong defended our national dignity with his own flesh and blood!The reason why our nation has endured hardships and has not fallen is because of people like Zhang Zizhong. Born in times of peace, we don't need to give our lives anymore, but patriotism is still something that everyone must have. Those who are willing to be manipulated by foreign forces to break the law and discipline will eventually be nailed to the pillar of shame, and what they do will not be able to move forward in our country.