Information about the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain

"Revolutionary soldiers should have the spirit to regard death as returning home; preferring death to surrender is the glorious tradition of Yanzhao heroes." This was the words inscribed by Nie Rongzhen, the commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, for the Five Heroes Memorial Tower in Langya Mountain. During the Anti-Japanese War, five heroes, Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin, and Hu Fucai, soldiers of the 7th Company and 6th Squadron of the 1st Division Regiment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, resolutely led the enemy to Qipantuo on Langya Mountain in order to cover the retreat of the masses and the main force. There was no way out at the top of the mountain. When all the bullets were fired, he jumped off the cliff and used his life and blood to compose a magnificent poem that swallowed up the mountains and rivers.

In 1941, the Japanese army carried out a continuous "mopping up" of the anti-Japanese base areas in the Langya Mountain area of ??Yixian County, Hebei Province, and caused many tragic massacres such as Tian Gang and Dong Lou Mountain in an attempt to use the brutal " The "Three Guangs" policy "cannibalized" our anti-Japanese base areas. On September 23, the Japanese army marched towards Yixian County in three directions, attempting to encircle the first division of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Army Division commanded by Commander Yang Chengwu. On the 24th, 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops suddenly surrounded the Langya Mountain area, surrounding more than 2,000 guerrillas from Qiu Weituan, Yixian, Dingxing, Xushui, and Mancheng counties and the surrounding people. The situation was very serious. Commander Qiu Wei quickly reported the situation to Commander Yang Chengwu. In order to rescue the guerrillas and local people, Commander Yang Chengwu formulated a combat plan of "encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao" and ordered the 3rd Regiment and the 20th Regiment to pretend to attack Guantou, Songshan, and The Japanese army in the Ganhe area prompted the Japanese army to mobilize reinforcements from the northeast of Langya Mountain so that the besieged guerrillas and the people could break out from the northeast of Langya Mountain. Based on this combat plan, Commander Qiu Wei assigned the task of covering the transfer of troops to the 7th Company. At midnight, Commander Qiu Wei commanded the troops and local people to safely move from Pantuo Road to the Tiangang, Niugang, and Songgang areas. In the early morning, the Japanese and puppet troops mistakenly believed that Qiu Wei's regiment had been surrounded. Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, more than 500 Japanese puppet troops fiercely attacked toward Langya Mountain. The soldiers of the 7th Company had already laid mines on the road that the enemy must pass through. The explosion caused the Japanese and puppet troops to leave more than fifty corpses and fled back in a hurry. The Japanese commander was convinced that Qiu Wei's regiment had been surrounded and ordered his troops to attack frantically toward Langya Mountain again. During the fierce battle, most of the soldiers of the 7th Company died. Company Commander Liu Fushan was seriously injured and his life was in danger. In order to allow the main force to move further and the injured soldiers of the 7th Company to be safely transferred, instructor Cai Zhanpeng ordered Ma Baoyu's squad to stay and hold on. In order to hold back and attract the Japanese and puppet troops, Ma Baoyu led five soldiers including Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi to retreat in the direction of Qipantuo while fighting, leading the Japanese and puppet troops to a cliff and a dead end. When they retreated to the top of Qipantuo, all their bullets had been fired, so they raised rocks and threw them at the Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops realized that they had no more bullets, and swarmed toward the top of the mountain, shouting "Capture them alive, capture them alive!" Ma Baoyu, Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Delin, and Hu Fucai would rather die than surrender, in order to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from capturing them alive. The weapons fell into the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops. After smashing the guns, they shouted "Long live the Chinese Communist Party!" "Down with Japanese imperialism!" and other slogans and jumped off the cliff. Ma Baoyu, Hu Delin, and Hu Fucai died heroically. Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi were caught on branches on the cliff and survived. The heroic deeds of Ma Baoyu and other five soldiers quickly spread throughout the army and the country, and they were known as the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain". In May 1942, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region held the naming ceremony of the "Five Heroes of Langya Mountain" and the anti-mopping up victory At the victory congratulations meeting, the leadership of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region awarded the three martyrs the title of "Model Honorary Warrior", and posthumously recognized Hu Delin and Hu Fucai as members of the Communist Party of China; the order commended Ge Zhenlin and Song Xueyi, and awarded them the "Brave and Tenacious" medal. The fearless spirit of sacrifice and unyielding national integrity of the five heroes of Langya Mountain were highly praised by Commander Nie Rongzhen. He said: "They embody the excellent qualities of the people's army led by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese nation. Heroic spirit."

To commemorate and commend the five anti-Japanese heroes, the local revolutionary government built a memorial tower on the main peak of Qipantuo. After the founding of New China, the heroic deeds of the five heroes of Langya Mountain were included in primary school textbooks. In 1978, Song Xueyi died of illness and was buried in Qinyang City Martyrs Cemetery. On March 21, 2005, just before the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Ge Zhenlin died of illness in Hengyang, Hunan. At this point, the last living person among the Five Heroes of Langya Mountain also left people forever.

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In Yixian County, Hebei Province, the mountains are overlapping and majestic. Two thousand years ago, Prince Dan of Yan State bid farewell here to Jing Ke, the strong man who went to assassinate the King of Qin.

Two thousand years later, five Eighth Route Army soldiers wrote more glorious poems with their own blood and lives at this place where the remains of the heroes are engraved. In the autumn of 1941, the Japanese invading army carried out a large-scale sweep of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area. Ma Baoyu, a squad leader of the Eighth Route Army, and soldiers Ge Zhenlin, Song Xueyi, Hu Fucai, and Hu Delin accepted the task of blocking the Japanese army and climbed to the main peak of Qipantuo in Langya Mountain. The Japanese army stormed Langya Mountain with 3,000 troops. Ma Baoyu and other five soldiers, relying on the condescending and favorable terrain, launched a tenacious battle against the enemy with aircraft and artillery. The enemy launched three charges in succession, but they were repelled each time, successfully completing the task of containing the enemy. But at this time, the soldiers had reached the point where they were running out of ammunition and food. They used stones as weapons to smash the enemies who came up, and fought to the death. Finally, facing the enemy approaching step by step, the five warriors jumped off the cliff without fear.

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In the autumn of 1941, the Japanese invaders concentrated their forces and launched a large-scale invasion of our Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area. At that time, the Seventh Company was ordered to persist in guerrilla warfare in the Langya Mountain area. After a month of heroic fighting, the Seventh Company decided to move to the Dragon King Temple, and handed over the task of covering the masses and the company's transfer to the Sixth Squadron.

In order to hold back the enemy, the five soldiers of the 7th Company and 6th Squadron beat the chasing enemies hard while leading a large number of enemies to Langya Mountain in a planned way. They took advantage of the difficult terrain to defeat the charging enemies time and time again. Squad leader Ma Baoyu calmly directed the battle and allowed the enemy to get closer before giving the order to hit them hard. Deputy squad leader Ge Zhenlin roared as soon as he fired a shot, as if the small muzzle of the gun couldn't spray out his full anger. Soldier Song Xueyi always swings his arm in a circle when throwing grenades, so as to use all his strength. Hu Delin and Hu Fucai, two young soldiers, tensed their faces and concentrated on aiming and shooting at the enemy. The enemy can never move forward. On the rugged mountain road, enemy corpses were lying everywhere.

The five soldiers successfully completed the cover mission and prepared to move. There are two roads in front of us: one leads to the direction of the transfer of the main force. You can catch up with the company quickly by taking this road, but the enemy is closely behind you; the other leads to Qipantuo, the top of Langya Mountain, where there are cliffs on three sides. precipice. Which way to take? In order to prevent the enemy from discovering the masses and the main force of the company, squad leader Ma Baoyu said firmly "Let's go!" and took the lead towards Qipantuo. The soldiers were excited and followed closely behind the squad leader. They knew that the squad leader was going to lead the enemy to a dead end.

The five warriors climbed towards the top while relying on big trees and rocks to shoot at the enemy. Many enemy corpses were left on the mountain road. When they reached the top of Langya Mountain, the five heroes stood high and continued to shoot at the enemies following closely behind them. Many enemies fell into the mountain stream and were shattered into pieces. Squad leader Ma Baoyu was wounded and all the bullets had been fired. Only Hu Fu had a grenade left in his hand. Just as he was about to unscrew the cap, Ma Baoyu took a step forward, grabbed the grenade and inserted it into his waist. He suddenly raised a millstone. He shouted loudly: "Comrades! Hit with stones!" Suddenly, the stones were like hailstones, carrying the determination of the five warriors and the hatred of the Chinese people, hitting the enemy on the head. There was a burst of chirping sounds from the hillside, and the enemies rolled down the deep ravine one after another.

Another group of enemies rushed forward. Ma Baoyu pulled out the grenade with a whoosh, unscrewed the cap, and threw it at the enemy with all his strength. With a loud bang, grenades exploded among the enemy group.

The five warriors stood on the top of Langya Mountain, looking at the direction in which the masses and the main force of the army were retreating. They looked back at the enemy who was still climbing up, with the joy of victory on their faces. Squad leader Ma Baoyu said excitedly: "Comrades, our mission has been successfully completed!" After that, he smashed the gun that he had taken from the enemy, and then walked to the edge of the cliff, like every time he launched a charge The same, the first one jumped down into the deep valley. The soldiers also held their heads high and jumped off the cliff one after another. Their heroic slogans rang out from Langya Mountain:

“Down with Japanese imperialism!”

“Long live the Communist Party of China!”

This is the strong and unyielding voice of the heroic Chinese people! This sound is earth-shattering and majestic!