Zhang Hongyi’s personal experience

In the engineering class of Zaozhuang Vocational High School, Zhang Hongyi not only has excellent academic performance, but also is friendly and prudent. Everyone respects him.

In December 1935, the "December 9" student patriotic movement broke out in Beijing. With enthusiasm, Zhang Hongyi and her classmates participated in the student patriotic movement in Zaozhuang, promoting anti-Japanese resistance and opposing surrender and treason. Because of his prestige among students, he soon became an organizer and leader of young students. At the same time, during these activities, he gradually came into contact with the underground party organization in Zaozhuang. He always tries his best to complete any tasks assigned to him by the organization, and is often praised and encouraged by party organizations. In addition, under the inspiration and guidance of the party organization, he read progressive books and periodicals such as "Iron Current", "Mother", "Light" and "World Knowledge", and understood many revolutionary principles and the great historical mission of the Communist Party of China. , determined to fight for the revolution to the end. Under the care and training of the party organization, he grew up rapidly. In August 1936, after being introduced by Li Weidong, secretary of the Zaozhuang Central Department of the Communist Party of China, he joined the Communist Party of China and became the first party member of Zaozhuang Vocational High School.

Zhang Hongyi is responsible for propaganda work within the party. Due to the needs of the struggle, he relentlessly studied Marxism and conducted a large number of social surveys. He became more aware of the great significance of the revolution and the responsibilities he shouldered. He wrote in his diary: "After accepting Marxism, I understood the meaning of human life. From the day I joined the party, I gave myself to the party and the people. For the cause of the party, for the working people He is willing to sacrifice everything for his own liberation."

Zhang Hongyi saw with her own eyes the brutal exploitation of the majority of workers by the Zaozhuang coal mine capitalists and the miserable lives of the workers. He was very concerned about the suffering of workers, took the initiative to make friends with workers, and told them the principles of revolution to arouse their class consciousness. The workers regard him as a close friend and are always willing to talk to him if they have any problems. He took root among the workers.

In order to expand the party's influence and develop and strengthen the party's organization, Zhang Hongyi organized a Xingzhong Reading Club in the school, organizing progressive students to read progressive books and periodicals and study social issues; while participating in revolutionary activities, posting slogans, Distributing leaflets and holding street rallies had a great impact on the masses. After the "July 7th" Incident, Zhang Hongyi and several classmates founded the "Anti-Enemy Newspaper" to organize fund-raising to support the anti-Japanese struggle on the front line.

In 1938, the Japanese army invaded the south in a large scale. The Kuomintang troops retreated repeatedly, and large areas of the country fell one after another. In March of that year, the Zaozhuang area was occupied by the Japanese army. When the Chinese nation faced a critical moment of life and death, the Communist Party of China called on the people across the country to rise up and resist. In May, Zhang Hongyi responded to the party's call and organized more than 90 progressive students to go to the anti-Japanese front line and joined the Lunan People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps led by the Communist Party of China. He served as the instructor of the First Brigade Squadron. In October, the First Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps was officially reorganized into the Sulu Detachment of the 115th Division, and he served as the instructor of the third battalion. The third battalion is the main battalion of the Sulu detachment. It is a force with strict discipline and strong combat effectiveness. Battalion Commander Liu Jingzhen is strong and upright, brave in battle, and vigorous in his work. However, he has a bad temper and simple approach to things. He only focuses on military affairs, despises political work, and even looks down on political cadres. Zhang Hongyi patiently did Liu Jingzhen's work, repeatedly used facts to illustrate the importance of our military's political work, and cared for Liu Jingzhen meticulously in life. The two of them united as one, both civil and military, so that the combat effectiveness of the third battalion continued to improve.

In March 1942, Zhang Hongyi was appointed director of the Political Department of the First Military Division of the Lunan Military Region. At that time, the enemy-occupied areas were dotted with enemy and puppet strongholds and criss-crossed with blockade fortifications, which made it extremely inconvenient for our guerrilla troops to move around. Under this situation, Zhang Hongyi resolutely implemented the resolutions of the party organization, actively carried out propaganda work, and disintegrated the enemy and puppet forces. He personally led the personnel of the "Anti-War Alliance" and at night, carrying a single phone on his back, received the Japanese telephone line and called for the Japanese and puppets. The officer called him and carried out anti-war propaganda to him, which made the Japanese and puppet troops panic. The die-hard elements among the traitors were resolutely suppressed. In Xiyuan Village by Weishan Lake, there was a traitor named Zhang Gufen who was wildly anti-Japanese. Zhang Hongyi warned him many times, but he refused to change.

Zhang Hongyi and Liu Jinshan analyzed that there were enemy strongholds in the Yangzhuang area of ??the northeast. The enemy believed that our guerrillas were weak and would not dare to break out toward the strongholds. For this reason, it was decided to take the enemy by surprise and attack them unprepared, and break out from the northeast. In order to escape the enemy's pursuit, the troops moved forward rapidly. Suddenly, intensive gunshots came from the village behind. Zhang Hongyi judged that there were still our comrades behind who had not broken out, so he asked Captain Liu to lead the team and go back first. He led the guards and a team member back to meet the comrades behind.

Three people climbed a big mountain. Zhang Hongyi stood on a high place and looked towards the village where gunfire was fierce. The enemy found him, and a sinister bullet flew into his right chest, and he fell to the ground. The guards immediately pounced on him, carried him on their backs, and chased him in the direction of the troops' breakout. As soon as they entered an orchard, the enemy shouted and chased after them. The guards used tree branches to hide the three of them from the enemy. Zhang Hongyi gradually regained consciousness and knew that the situation was critical, so she handed her gun to the guards and advised them not to take care of him anymore and to chase the troops quickly. They refused to obey orders and were determined to protect their political commissars with their lives.

The enemy was far away, and the guards finally caught up with the troops carrying Zhang Hongyi on their backs. Cadres and soldiers were very sad to see the political commissar seriously injured. Zhang Hongyi lay on the door panel, holding the hand of Captain Liu Jinshan tightly, asking with concern about the casualties of the troops, and told the captain to bury the comrades who died in the battle, and to do a good job in training and rectifying the troops.

Zhang Hongyi was sent to the First Hospital of Lunan Military Region in Jingshan Temple, Fei County. After hearing the news, the Party Committee of the Military Region telegraphed the hospital to do its best to rescue him. Military Region Commander Zhang Guangzhong sent people to get several bottles of glucose from enemy-occupied areas and sent them to the hospital, and instructed that every effort must be made to rescue Zhang Hongyi. Due to poor medical conditions at the time and his severe injuries, Zhang Hongyi, a good political commissar of the railway guerrillas, died on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and at the dawn of dawn.

In September 1945, the Anti-Japanese War achieved its final victory. 2,000 soldiers and civilians from the Lunan Base Area held a grand memorial meeting for martyr Zhang Hongyi in Teng County. The body of martyr Zhang Hongyi was buried in the Martyrs Cemetery in Feixian County, Linyi City.