How did Ma Hao die?

Hao, whose original name was Feng Shengfa, was born in Cicheng Town, Cixi County (now Jiangbei District, Ningbo City). Joined the Communist Party of China in 1939. In 1942, he joined the Zhejiang East Guerrilla Column of the New Fourth Army. In May 1947, he participated in the Menglianggu Battle in the 2nd Battalion and 4th Company of the 4th Regiment of the 1st Column and 2nd Brigade of the East China Field Army (the brigade was renamed as a division in January 1947). He died gloriously in the battle to encircle and annihilate the 74th enemy division.

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In 1923, Ma Hao was born in Donggaolou, Cicheng Town, Cixi County. His father, Feng Kejun, was a clerk in a traditional Chinese medicine shop in Hangzhou. He relied on his salary to support his family. When he was unemployed, he had no means of living. He relied on his mother's meager income from working as a maid, borrowing money, pawning, and knitting straw hats. Due to family poverty, Ma Hao dropped out of school after graduating from elementary school. At that time, the Qiqi Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the full-scale Anti-Japanese War broke out. Cixi, like all parts of the country, launched a vigorous anti-Japanese and national salvation movement. Ma Hao was inspired by the progressive ideas of the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement and actively participated in national salvation activities. He worked tirelessly to publicize the principles of resisting Japan and saving the nation, arousing the masses' enthusiasm for resisting Japan and saving the nation. At the same time, influenced by his eldest brother Feng Bohua and second brother Feng Shunhua (both members of the Communist Party of China), he joined the Communist Party of China in 1939. After joining the party, he joined the secret guerrilla group organized by the underground party and served as the secret liaison station of the underground party in Cixi County.

In 1942, his father sent Ma Hao to be an apprentice at Hu Qingyutang Traditional Chinese Medicine Store in Hangzhou. It didn't take long for Ma Hao to leave the drugstore and return to Cicheng, where he continued to work secretly in the Cixi underground party. In the same year, the East Zhejiang Guerrilla Command of the New Fourth Army was established in Cibei, and the organization sent him to join the guerrilla command.

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In early October 1945, in order to seek peace, the New Fourth Army’s East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column was ordered to withdraw northward. Ma Hao withdrew to Lianshui, Jiangsu Province with the East Zhejiang Column. In November, the troops were reorganized in Lianshui. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Region, the Second Column (i.e. the East Zhejiang Column), the Fourth Column and the Teaching Brigade of the Central Jiangsu Military Region were formed into the First Column of the New Fourth Army. The East Zhejiang Column was renamed the Third Brigade, and Ma Hao was there. Third brigade work. After the Battle of Lianshui, the troops moved to Shandong. After the Subei battle in December 1946, he was transferred to the second brigade (the brigade was renamed the division in January 1947) and the fourth regiment was re-elected as political instructor.

Ma Hao has a simple mind, treats others with enthusiasm and sincerity, sets an example in everything, and is good at political and ideological work. During the march, he often helped the weak soldiers carry their guns, and also talked with the soldiers while walking. He kept the political and ideological work in the hearts of the soldiers. Along the way, he encouraged the soldiers to "don't fall behind, persistence is victory" and kept the troops in a high fighting mood.

In early 1947, after the victory of the Lunan Battle and the Laiwu Battle, the army captured a large number of Chiang Kai-shek officers and soldiers. Therefore, the task of educating and melting the newly liberated soldiers became an important and urgent task of the army's political and ideological work. , the key is to quickly raise their class consciousness and make them become people's warriors. There is no existing experience on how to educate, win over, and melt new fighters, and we can only gradually explore them. The fourth company of the 175th Regiment (formerly the 4th Regiment) has a relatively good foundation in military and political work. In addition, the political instructor Ma Hao is serious and responsible in his work. He usually shares the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He is deeply loved by the soldiers and has a high position in the company. prestige, so the work of educating and melting new soldiers is to take the first step in the fourth company and explore experience. After this work was carried out in the fourth company, Ma Hao held a meeting of the company party branch committee to convey the spirit of the column's political instructor meeting, and studied and determined the work arrangements for launching a grievance campaign. The complaint movement started by guiding everyone to pour out their grievances and inspire everyone's class consciousness, and then moved to accusing Chiang Kai-shek, the general representative of the reactionary class, for his crimes, setting off a climax of revenge and meritorious service, and reaching the point of "being a people's soldier and fighting for the people's liberation." "war" purpose.

Ma Hao works hard and steadfastly. In order to do a good job in grievance education, in addition to making arrangements for meetings, he went into the class at night to personally talk to key members and recruits to learn about family history and personal experiences. Some northern recruits couldn't understand his Ningbo accent, so he would repeat it again and again with a smile. In his notebook, he densely recorded the class hatred, blood and tears of many people, and obtained solid ideological and organizational materials for the education of complaining. Ma Hao also had a certain level of education and was good at publicity and agitation, praising the advanced and helping the underachievers. His articles were often published in the "Workers, Peasants and Soldiers" league newspaper.

During the Complaints Education, at every gathering, he would always personally direct and sing a section that he wrote to the tune of Yangko, "The poor come from the poor to the rich, the poor suffer every day, they don't have enough to eat, they don't have enough clothes to wear, and the life of the cows and horses is really sad." ...Slogans and slogans at the grievance meeting: "Don't forget the suffering of the class, remember the hatred of blood and tears", "Charge the old society, recognize the cannibals, stand up for liberation, and follow the Communist Party of China", "Join the People's Liberation Army, wholeheartedly "For the people, overthrow Chiang Kai-shek, repay Chairman Mao" and so on were all drawn up by himself and written with ink on paper.

During the grievance-complaining movement, both old and new soldiers received profound class education. They generally told about the oppression they suffered in the old society and the old army, poured out their bitterness, and were determined not to forget the suffering of the class, remember the blood and tears, hatred, and bitterness. Practice skills and perform meritorious service by killing enemies, thereby improving the class consciousness of the troops and enhancing their combat effectiveness. The tremendous power generated by the grievance movement was demonstrated in subsequent battles. Ma Sijin, a new soldier of the Fourth Company, laid a solid foundation for class consciousness in the education of complaining. In May, during the Battle of Menglianggu, he led a combat team to kill the enemy with wit and bravery, and was named the "Ma Sijin Pioneer Group". He was awarded the title of Level 3 People's Hero, and made one collective contribution to the entire company.

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On May 13, 1947, the Battle of Menglianggu began. The first column was ordered to coordinate with all friendly and neighboring troops to launch a general attack on Menglianggu and the surrounding highlands. The column decided : Use three regiments of the independent division to attack the 540 Highlands from south to north in the Yangjiazhuang and Yejiagou areas east of Dashanchang, and use the first regiment of the First Division to attack the 540 and 520 Highlands south of the 285 Highlands. The Fourth and Sixth Regiments of the Second Division launched an attack on Highlands 520 and 540 on Highland 285 and the area north of it. At 18:00 on May 15, the general offensive was launched in full force, but failed because it failed to effectively suppress the enemy's firepower. At 2 o'clock on the 16th, the second general offensive was launched. The 1st and 3rd Regiment of the Independent Division, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, the 4th and 6th Regiments of the 2nd Division, under the cover of fierce artillery fire, rushed towards the 520 and 540 heights in separate routes. , the enemy attempted to make a desperate struggle, condescendingly, and used blazing firepower to prevent our army from advancing. Regardless of any casualties, our army's cadres took the lead, and party members and models took the lead bravely. They fought one after another and launched a fierce battle with the enemy with overwhelming momentum. At this extremely critical moment, Ma Sijin, the fourth company of the fourth regiment, led a combat team and seized a hilltop. The enemy used intensive firepower and more than 10 times the force to counterattack on the hilltop three times in a row. Seeing the fierce fighting there, Ma Hao ignored the extremely unfavorable terrain and led a squad to support him. Unfortunately, he was knocked down by the enemy's lead-tipped bullets and was hit with two holes in his chest. He was bleeding profusely on the spot. He died heroically at the age of 24.

After the Battle of Menglianggu, the troops evaluated Ma Hao's consistent performance during wartime and peacetime, especially his creativity in political and ideological work, and posthumously recognized him as a "column model instructor."