On this day 88 years ago, on July 28, 1937 (June 21, 1937 lunar calendar), Tong Linge, a patriotic general of the Anti-Japanese War, was martyred. "The dead are glorious, but those who steal the life are disgraced. Honor and disgrace are lightly tied to one person, but those who are tied to the country and the nation are heavy. How difficult the country is, soldiers should wrap their corpses in a shirt and repay the country with death". This is the generous oath of Tong Linge, an anti-Japanese hero, to fight the Japanese invaders to the death at a military conference. Tong Linge (1892-July 28, 1937), also known as Jiesan, a native of Gaoyang, Hebei Province. In his early years, he served in the Beiyang Army. He participated in the War to protect the country and discuss Yuan. In 1922, he served as the head of the senior teaching group of General Feng Yuxiang's Army Inspection Envoy. Later, he served as the commander of In September 1926, after taking the oath of the Wuyuan army, he joined his army in the Northern Expedition. From 1928, he served as the commander of the 35th Army of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the commander of the 11th Division temporarily, and the deputy commander of the 29th Army. In 1933, he led his army to participate in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and achieved a great victory at Xifengkou. In May of the same year, Tong Linge joined the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army and served as the commander of the First Army and the acting chairperson of Chahar Province. He followed Feng Yuxiang as he galloped through Chahar Province, attacked the Japanese army, recovered lost territory, and contributed to the recovery of Chahar Province. On July 7, 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a full-scale war of aggression against China starting from the Lugou Bridge Incident. On July 28, the Peiping War began. The Japanese invaders mobilized tens of thousands of Japanese troops under the cover of planes and tanks to attack Beiping, Tianjin and nearby strategic points respectively. In Nanyuan outside Beijing, the headquarters of the 29th Army, where Tong Linge was located, was bombed by more than 40 enemy planes in turn, and 3,000 mechanized troops launched a fierce attack from the ground. General Tong Linge led his army to resist the strong enemy and resist bravely. The Japanese army relied on its advantages in weapons and equipment to cut the 29th Army into several sections and divide and surround it. The Chinese army was in their own situation of fighting alone. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of enemy artillery and aircraft, the troops flew with blood and meat, and suffered heavy losses. Tong Linge and Zhao Dengyu, the commander of the 132nd Division, vowed to hold their positions to the death and commanded the 29th Army to fight to the death. The battle went on very fiercely. After being ordered to transfer to Dahongmen, he was surrounded by the Japanese army on the way. When organizing a surprise attack, he was shot in the leg by machine guns. His subordinates persuaded him to retreat, but he refused, saying that "personal safety is small, and fighting against the enemy is big," and he still led his troops to fight fiercely. The head was seriously injured again, bleeding too much, and he died a heroic martyr. General Tong Linge fulfilled his promise to serve the country by death with his practical actions. Comrade Mao Zedong once spoke highly of Tong Linge and other Kuomintang anti-Japanese generals, praising them for their "glorious and heroic sacrifice" in carrying out the "sacred task of fighting the Japanese invaders, and they" gave the whole Chinese people a noble and great example. "On July 31, 1937, the Nanjing National Government issued an order to posthumously grant Tong Linge as an army general. After 1945, the Beijing Municipal Government renamed Nangouyan Tong Linge Road to commemorate. After the founding of New China, the Beijing Municipal People's Government carried out many renovations to Tong Linge Martyrs' Tomb in Lanjianggou at the foot of Beijing's Fragrant Mountain. Comment: Mao Zedong once gave high praise to Tong Linge, the first senior general of the Kuomintang who was martyred in anti-Japanese resistance. Mao Zedong said: Give the whole Chinese a noble and great model