What heroic deeds did Zhang Zizhong have?

Achievements and Contributions

Bloody Battle of Linyi

In the Battle of Linyi in March 1938, the 59th Army fought fiercely with the enemy for seven days and nights, smashing the Japanese reinforcements to the Taierzhuang front line This strategic attempt defeated the Japanese Itagaki Division known as the "Iron Army" and ensured the victory of the Taierzhuang Battle.

The Battle of Suizao

In May 1939, the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a major confrontation in northern Hubei - the Battle of Suizao. On May 10, Zhang Zizhong's troops annihilated the Japanese army's heavy troops in Jiafan, west of Tianjiaji, forcing the Japanese army to abandon crossing the river to attack Xiangyang (formerly Xiangfan).

Winter Offensive

In December 1939, Zhang Zizhong led the right-wing regiment to participate in the winter offensive. On December 12, Zhang Zizhong led the 38th Division in a frontal attack on the Japanese army, annihilating the 103rd Brigade of the 13th Japanese Division. In early January, he cooperated with the 84th Army to stabilize the front, and launched a counterattack on February 14th. This war was the only strategic offensive campaign launched by the Kuomintang army on a frontal battlefield during the Anti-Japanese War.

Zhang Zizhong (August 11, 1891 - May 16, 1940), whose courtesy name was Xinchen, later changed to Xinchen, was a Han nationality, a native of Linqing, Shandong Province, and a member of the 30th Right Wing Army Group of the Fifth Theater Commander-in-Chief of the Third Army, general of the Chinese Kuomintang with the rank of Army Lieutenant General, posthumously awarded the rank of Second-level General, famous anti-Japanese general and national hero. From 1937 to 1940, he successively participated in the Battle of Linyi Xiangcheng, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Suizao and the Battle of Zaoyi. Unfortunately, he died in a battle with the Japanese army in Xiangyang in 1940.

After the founding of New China, the Central People's Government posthumously recognized General Zhang Zizhong as a revolutionary martyr. In 2009, he was named one of the "100 Heroic Model Figures Who Made Outstanding Contributions to the Founding of New China."

In September 2014, General Zhang Zizhong was included in the first batch of 300 famous anti-Japanese martyrs and heroes.

Personal Honor

On May 28, 1940, the Nationalist Government posthumously awarded Zhang Zizhong the title of Army General.

On December 31, 1942, the National Government explicitly ordered Zhang Zizhong to be enshrined in the National Martyrs' Shrine.

In 1946, the Nationalist Government issued the No. 1 Certificate of Honor to Zhang Zizhong.

On April 16, 1982, the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved Zhang Zizhong as a "revolutionary martyr".

On September 10, 2009, he was rated as one of the “100 heroes and model figures who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China and 100 figures who have touched China since the founding of New China”. A heroic model figure who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China."