Eighty-five years ago today, on May 16, 1940 (April 10, 1940 in the lunar calendar), General Zhang Zizhong died for his country. On May 16, 1940, Zhang Zizhong, commander-in-chief of the 33rd Army of the Fifth Theater, died heroically in the brutal battle of the pumpkin shop. According to Zhang Zizhong's subordinates, General Zhang himself was shot several times, and his chest and back were dyed red with blood. Zhang Zizhong, born in Linqing, Shandong Province, was a second-class general of the Kuomintang Army. In his early years, he served as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, brigade commander, etc. in Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. After 1927, he served as the second group army of the National Revolutionary Army. Deputy General Commander, President of the Military Academy, Commander of the 25th Division, Commander of the 38th Division and Commander of Zhangjiakou Garrison. During the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War in 1933, he served as the commander-in-chief of the front line of the 29th Army in Xifengkou and actively fought against the Japanese aggressors. After the North China Incident in 1935, he served as the chairman of the Chahar Provincial Government, a member of the Hebei-Cha Administrative Affairs Committee and the mayor of Tianjin. After the "July 7th" Incident, he once acted as the chairman of Hebei-Cha Administrative Affairs Committee, the appeasement director of Beiping and the mayor of Beiping. After the Japanese army occupied Peiping, he refused to cooperate with Japan, fled from Peiping, and went to Nanjing to participate in the anti-Japanese war. In November 1937, he returned to the army as the commander of the 59th Army. Later, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of Taierzhuang and the Battle of Wuhan, which severely damaged the Japanese army and was promoted to commander-in-chief of the 32nd Group Army and commander of the 59th Army. In the Battle of Suizao in 1939, he commanded his troops to bravely kill the enemy and won the battle of Tianjiaji. In this battle of Zaoyi. He was ordered to lead his troops across the Xianghe River and attack the 39th Japanese Division that was retreating southward. At the pumpkin shop in Yicheng, on the east bank of Xianghe River, because the wireless telegraph was deciphered by the Japanese army, his team directly under the headquarters and the 74th Division were surrounded by the Japanese army. Zhang Zizhong led his troops to fight fiercely with the enemy and died heroically in the battle. Zhang Zizhong wrote a letter to his subordinates before his sacrifice: Judging from the recent situation, the enemy may come and touch a nail again. As long as the enemy invades, my brother will go to Hedong to sacrifice with my younger brother and others. The country has reached such a point that there is no other way to do but we die for it. I believe that as long as we can make this determination, our country and our nation with a history of 5,000 years will never die at the hands of Japanese slaves in Mishima. The determination to die for the nation, the sea is clear (withered), the stone is not rotten, and it will never change at all. I am willing to share it with my younger brothers. (Huang) Weigang, (Liu) Yuexuan, (Fan) Lunshan, (Zhu) Changde, (Liu) Zhenshan, (Jin) Zilie, (Liu) Chunde, () Mingqin, (Zhang) Deshun, (Zhang) Dejun, (Wu) Diji, (Zhai) Zifeng, (Li) Jiusi, (Fan) Shaojiu, (An) Kemin, (Yang) Wosan, (Chen) Fangzhi, (Yu) Zhi?, (Zhang) Wenhai, (Zhu) Chunfang's younger brothers. Brother Zhang Zizhong's hand opens May 1