Ma Benzhai

Ma Benzhai

Ma Benzhai, formerly known as Ma Shouqing, is a Hui nationality man from Xianxian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. During the Anti Japanese War, the founder of the Hui people's detachment of Jizhong military region of the Eighth Route Army was a national hero.

He led the Hui people's detachment to gallop in the central Hebei plain. He was brave and good at fighting and had a great reputation. Comrade Mao Zedong called it a "victorious Hui people's detachment". On the way to Yan'an with the army in 1944, Ma Benzhai suffered from herpes zoster and pneumonia, and died in Shenxian County, Shandong Province. In September 2009, Ma Benzhai was selected as "100 heroes and models who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of new China" by 11 departments including the Central Propaganda Department and the central organization department.

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During the Anti Japanese War, in the North China Plain, there was an active army mainly composed of Hui brothers, the Hui detachment. This army has repeatedly made war achievements and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese aggressors. It was praised by the Jizhong military region of the Eighth Route Army as "an iron army that can not be defeated, defeated, and dragged.". Mao Zedong called it a "victorious Hui detachment". Ma Benzhai is the commander of this heroic detachment. Ma Benzhai was born in 1901 in Xian County, Hebei Province. In his early years, he joined the Fengjun army as a soldier and rose to the rank of commander. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, because of dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai Shek's non resistance policy, he resolutely abandoned his official position and returned home. After the outbreak of the national anti Japanese War, Hui volunteers were organized in their hometown to fight against Japan. In 1938, he led the team to participate in the Eighth Route Army, and the headquarters was reorganized into the Hui people's Training Corps of Jizhong military region. The next year, he changed his name to the Hui people's detachment of Jizhong military region and served as commander. Ma Benzhai fought bravely and took the lead. He had a high prestige among the Hui detachment and the masses. From 1937 to 1944, Ma Benzhai led his troops through more than 870 battles, annihilating more than 36000 Japanese and puppet troops, which scared the enemy. Ma Benzhai deeply felt the greatness of the party in the revolutionary struggle and was determined to join the Communist Party of China. "I am willing to dedicate everything I have to the great Communist Party of China and the great cause of fighting for the liberation of the Hui nationality and the whole Chinese nation," he wrote in his application for joining the party In October 1938, Ma Benzhai joined the Communist Party of China with honor. Ma Benzhai was seriously ill because of long-term hard fighting. In January 1944, before the Hui people's detachment was ordered to leave for Yan'an, he made his last mobilization report in spite of illness, and told the comrades: "follow the party, follow Chairman Mao, and fight to the end!" On February 7 of the same year, Ma Benzhai died of illness in Shenxian County, Shandong Province.

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Suffering youth

Ma Benzhai, male, Hui nationality, was born in a poor peasant family of Hui nationality in Xianxian County, Hebei Province. There are 13 people in my family who live by renting a few acres of other people's land. Ma Benzhai's mother is kind-hearted and often tells children stories about Su Wu's shepherding, his mother-in-law's Ci Zi and Mulan's joining the army. His mother's words and deeds had a profound impact on Ma Benzhai's young mind. When Ma Benzhai was 10 years old, his mother sent him to the village private school to study under the scientific name of Ma Shouqing. Later, because of the difficulties of his family, he dropped out of school after only three years. In 1919, the drought hit his hometown. In order to survive, 17-year-old Ma Benzhai went out to work with his father Ma Yongchang and set foot on the road of Xikou to seek a livelihood. At first, father and son made a living by frying fried dough sticks in Zhangjiakou. Later, he came to Inner Mongolia to release horses. "Selling horses and horses is home all over the world.". During this period, he traveled between the prairie and Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shandong, broadening his vision and increasing his knowledge. During the period of the May 4th movement, Ma Benzhai, who was born in a peasant family, had a new look.

Search up and down

In the winter of 1921, Ma Benzhai, 19, was introduced by his friends and joined Zhang Zongchang's troops in the Northeast Army. On the first day of joining the army, Ma Benzhai received a type 65 rifle. When he lies in the snow for a few hours, he will lead the way. The more you practice, the more accurate you are. At that time, most of the soldiers were illiterate. Ma Benzhai's writing is rough. Six months later, he was promoted to monitor. Soon, he was promoted to platoon leader. In 1922, Ma Benzhai was selected to study in the Northeast lecture hall. There, he received almost cruel military training and mastered more systematic military knowledge. In September 1924, Ma Benzhai graduated from the lecture hall and was promoted to company commander. Back in the army, the second "Zhifeng war" broke out. He was appointed commander of the "kuanzi battalion" responsible for logistics and transportation. In the spring of 1928, Ma Benzhai led the "Banzi camp" to Laiyang, Jiaodong with Liu zhennian's troops. In a battle, Ma Benzhai used the tactics of combining strong attack and surprise attack to win and was appointed as the commander. Later, the army stationed in Muping area of Jiaodong. In 1928, Zhang Zongchang was defeated by Chiang Kai Shek's Northern Expedition. Liu zhennian, its general, took the opportunity to break away from Zhang's department and take over Jiaodong. Ma Benzhai was controlled by Liu zhennian. In January 1929, Zhang Xueliang, a young teacher, changed his school to support Jiang. After defeating Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yuliang in Shandong Province, Liu zhennian accepted the appointment of Chiang Kai Shek in May of the same year as the commander of the independent 21st division. Ma Benzhai was the head of the fourth regiment of the Ministry. Liu zhennian was not directly affiliated with Chiang Kai Shek, and many of his political workers were Communists. Li Chuli, Zeng Xisheng and Zhang Linzhi all worked in the Ministry. Liu Xijiu, Liu zhennian's younger brother and political director, is also an underground member of the Communist Party of China. Through contacts with underground party members, Ma Benzhai learned that in China, there are still parties and armies that sincerely seek the interests of the poor. In 1930, because the senior officers of the 21st division reported to Chiang Kai Shek, Liu zhennian had to send the CPC members and progressives who had been exposed out of the country. As a result, Ma Benzhai's contact with the peripheral organizations of the Communist Party of China was interrupted. In September 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army launched the September 18th Incident and occupied the whole northeast. The Northeast Army carried out the secret order of Chiang Kai Shek's absolute non resistance, withdrew to the pass without firing a shot, and put tens of millions of people in the Northeast under the iron feet of the Japanese army. Chiang Kai Shek had formulated the basic national policy of "first pacifying the interior and then resisting the exterior", and was busy with "encircling and suppressing" the Red Army; Han Fu Chu and Liu zhennian of Shandong had their own ghosts and only wanted to protect themselves. Under such circumstances, Ma Benzhai's generous deeds naturally led to the boss's brutal reprimand. Soon after, Ma Benzhai was removed from the post of commander in chief and changed to the post of director of Yantai Weihai automobile and Road Bureau. In the autumn of 1932, Liu zhennian, under the strict pressure of Chiang Kai Shek, led his troops to leave Jiaodong, where he had been operating for many years, and set out to "suppress the Communist Party" in the south. Ma Benzhai abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown.

To the light

On July 7, 1937, the Lugouqiao Incident broke out, and the Japanese aggressors soon invaded his hometown, Xianxian County, Hebei Province, burning, killing and plundering. Ma Benzhai immediately organized the Hui people's Anti Japanese volunteer team in his hometown to fight against the Japanese invaders. At the beginning of 1938, Ma Benzhai led his troops to join the Hebei guerrilla army and became the Hui people's training team in central Hebei. In April 1938, the Department was reorganized into the Hui people's Training Corps of Jizhong military region, and he served as the chief of the Corps. Ma Benzhai realized the greatness and selflessness of the Communist Party in the Anti Japanese War, and he was determined to join the Communist Party of China. "I am willing to dedicate everything I have to the great Communist Party of China and the great cause of fighting for the liberation of the Hui nationality and the whole Chinese nation," he wrote in his application for joining the party In October 1938, Ma Benzhai joined the Communist Party of China with honor. In 1939, the Hui people's Training Corps was reorganized into the Hui people's detachment of the third column of the Eighth Route Army, with Ma Benzhai as its commander. In August 1942, the Hui people's detachment was ordered to arrive at the Hebei Shandong Henan Anti Japanese base area. He was appointed as the commander of the third military division of the Hebei Shandong Henan military region and the commander of the Hui people's detachment. Under his leadership, the battle effectiveness of the reorganized Hui people's detachment has been continuously improved, and the team has rapidly developed to more than 2000 people. It has become an elite force capable of fighting well in Jizhong military region of the Eighth Route Army. In 1939, when the Japanese raided North China, the Muslim detachment led by Ma Benzhai moved to fight in Hejian, Qingxian and Cangxian areas, and helped the "Hui people's Anti Japanese War and National Construction Association" organize Islamic teams in major mosque to carry out guerrilla war behind the enemy. During the raiding of Jizhong base area by Japanese aggressors, they cooperated with the main column of the Eighth Route Army and the 120 divisions led by he long and Guan Xiangying to eliminate the sixth route armed bandits. In the battle of Kangzhuang in 1940, Ma Benzhai's troops attacked the invading army from all sides. In half an hour's battle, except six or seven puppet troops fled, all the other 50 people were annihilated. In this battle, a cannon, a heavy machine gun, two light machine guns, more than 60 rifles, more than 10 horses and a lot of ammunition were seized.

Mother and son Heroes

In July 1941, Ma Benzhai used guerrilla warfare to crack down on the Japanese aggressors who occupied Hejian county. The Japanese aggressors did not dare to come out of the stronghold. Yamamoto, the leader of the group, gave an order to the surrounding strongholds: "the troops with less than 100 people are not allowed to go out of the stronghold gate." On August 27, 1941, in order to destroy the Hui people's detachment, the Japanese invading army captured Bai Wenguan, Ma Benzhai's mother, in an attempt to force Ma Benzhai, who was known as a filial son, to surrender. At the same time, Ma's mother was used as bait to induce Ma Benzhai to lead the troops to rescue and take the opportunity to destroy the Hui detachment. The Japanese aggressors used various means to force Ma Mu to write a letter to Ma Benzhai. However, Ma mu, who had a profound sense of righteousness, would rather die than give in and refused the enemy: "I'm Chinese, and I asked my son to go when he was in the Eighth Route Army. Persuading people to surrender? That's delusion Ma Mu fasted for seven days and died at the age of 68. The officers and men of the Hui people's detachment asked for revenge one after another. Ma Benzhai wrote down his oath: "great mother

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