Wang Erxiao was born in 1929 in Shangzhuang Village, Laiyuan County, Hebei Province.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Erxiao's hometown was the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base area and was often "swept up" by the Japanese. Wang Erxiao was a member of the village's children's league. He often herded cattle on the hillside while keeping watch for the Eighth Route Army.

In 1942, Er Xiao was thirteen years old.

On October 25 (September 16 in the lunar calendar), the Japanese came to raid again and lost their way when they reached the mountain pass.

The enemy saw Wang Erxiao grazing cattle on the hillside and asked him to lead the way.

Wang Erxiao walked in front pretending to be obedient. In order to protect the villagers who had moved into hiding, he led the enemy into the Eighth Route Army's ambush.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out from all directions. Knowing that they had been fooled, the enemy angrily threw Wang Erxiao to death on a rock. At this time, the Eighth Route Army rushed down from the mountain and wiped out all the enemies.

The blood of Wang Erxiao dyed the sky red!

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After Wang Erxiao died, local soldiers and civilians buried him on the hillside of Liujiazhuang.

At that time, Comrade Zhang Shikui, who was a cadre of the Youth Rescue Association of Laiyuan County (later a retired cadre of Baoding City) received the news and immediately reported it to the Youth Rescue Association of the Border Region. The Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Daily published the news on the first page.

Lyricist Fang Bing and composer Jie Fu immediately composed the song "Singing the Second Little Cowherd" based on this report.

This song has been sung to this day and has infected countless young people.

Now, the grave of Wang Erxiao is covered with green grass.

The big stone stained red by his blood is still lying quietly in the ravine. People call it the "blood stone".

In order to commemorate the little hero Wang Erxiao, the China Youth Foundation built the "Wang Erxiao Hope Primary School" in Shangzhuang Village, Laiyuan County, the hometown of the second primary school. Chen Mo, an old writer who participated in the revolution during the Yan'an period, created the revolutionary traditional documentary novel "Young Heroes"

Wang Erxiao".

Zhang Zizhong (this person is super famous) Zhang Zizhong (1891.8.11-1940.5.16), also known as Xingchen, was a lieutenant general in the Army of the Republic of China. He was posthumously awarded the rank of second-level general after his death. He was a famous anti-Japanese general and a national hero.

Han nationality, from Tangyuan Village, Linqing, Shandong Province.

In 1911, he secretly joined the Tongmenghui while studying at the Tianjin School of Law and Politics, and in 1914 he joined the army.

In 1917, he joined Feng Yuxiang's department and served successively as battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, division commander and other positions.

After the Central Plains War in 1930, Feng Yuxiang's military group was disintegrated, and Zhang Zizhong's troops were incorporated by Chiang Kai-shek.

After 1931, Zhang Zizhong served as commander of the 38th Division of the 29th Army, commander of the 59th Army, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army and commander of the right-wing corps of the 5th theater.

In 1937, after Shanghai and Nanjing fell one after another, the Japanese invaders directed their troops towards Xuzhou, aiming to seize this strategic location.

In March 1938, the Japanese army invested 70,000 to 80,000 troops and marched in two directions towards Taierzhuang in the northeast of Xuzhou.

When they arrived at Linyi and Tengxian, fierce battles broke out with the Chinese army.

The 3rd Army Corps of Pang Bingxun was guarding Linyi at that time.

Due to the huge disparity in strength and heavy casualties, Pang's troops were in urgent need of reinforcements.

Zhang Zizhong was ordered to lead the 59th Army to arrive in time for reinforcements at a speed of 180 miles a day and night.

Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun were enemies for a long time, but he put aside his personal grudges and led his troops to fight in conjunction with Pang Bingxun.

Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, the enemy troops cooperated with tanks and armored vehicles to launch an attack on the Tea Mountain position.

With the determination to "kill the enemy with all his life" and "serve the motherland in case of emergency", Zhang Zizhong fought fiercely with the enemy and repeatedly fought hand-to-hand.

On the cliff at the foot of Tea Mountain, the Liujiahu position was lost and recovered three or four times, and the battle was extremely fierce.

After several days of fierce fighting, the enemy suffered heavy losses and retreated steadily.

The Chinese army successively recaptured Mengyin and Ju counties, annihilating more than 4,000 enemies.

Soon, the Japanese army sent the Sakamoto Brigade to launch an offensive against Linyi and Sanguan Temple in an attempt to make a breakthrough.

The two armies of Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun fought hard. After a fierce battle all night, the Japanese army suffered a heavy blow. Their strategic attempt to reinforce the front line of Taierzhuang was completely shattered, ensuring the victory of the Taierzhuang battle.

In May 1940, in order to control traffic on the Yangtze River and cut off transportation lines to Chongqing, the Japanese army assembled 300,000 troops to launch the Zaoyi Battle.

At that time, only two regiments of the 33rd Group Army of the Chinese Army were stationed on the west bank of the Xianghe River.

As the commander-in-chief of the group army, Zhang Zizhong did not have to personally lead the troops to attack, but he ignored the repeated dissuasion of his subordinates and insisted on letting the deputy commander-in-chief stay behind. On the evening of May 6, he wrote a letter to deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the 77th Army Feng Zhian:

"My dear brother, I have met you: Because of the all-out war in the theater and my own responsibilities, I have to cross the river to fight the enemy. It has been decided to march to the east bank of the Xianghe River tonight. After arriving at the east of the river, if I can fight with the 38th Division

, the 179th Division got in touch, and then led two divisions to fight against the enemy advancing northward with the Cavalry Division. If they could not get in touch with the 179th Division, they led the three regiments of the Cavalry Division towards our final destination.

The goal (death) is to move towards the north. No matter whether you do good or bad, you must seek comfort for your conscience. From now on, I will have to ask my brother to be responsible for both public and private affairs. From now on, we may be separated for a while or leave forever. I don’t know.

"He personally led more than 2,000 people to fight across the river.

On May 1st, Zhang Zizhong personally wrote to all the troops and generals: "The country has reached such a point that there is no other way except for us to die for it. I believe that as long as we can stick to this determination, our country and our five thousand people will be saved."

A nation with a long history will never die at the hands of a mere three-island Japanese slaves. The determination to die for the country and the nation will not change even if the sea is clear and the stone is not broken." After Zhang Zizhong led more than 2,000 people to cross the Xianghe River eastward,

They attacked bravely all the way and cut off the Japanese 13th Division in the middle.