Zhao Weibin

Zhao Weibin

Zhao Weibin (1893-1938) was born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in 1893. Chief of staff of the 122nd division of the 41st army of the national revolutionary army. The national government pursued the rank of lieutenant general of the national revolutionary army.

On September 1, 2014, it was listed in the list of the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes published by the Ministry of civil affairs.

Life of the characters

Summary of characters

Zhao Weibin's father was an official tannery employee at that time. Zhao Weibin's childhood was in the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, the invasion of Eight Allied forces, the country's difficult autumn, and the Chinese nation was on the verge of danger. After entering the school, he was educated by the famous Chengdu scholars Li Peifu and Shi Si Huai Zhu who were inclined to the democratic revolution at that time. He was deeply influenced by the anti imperialist patriotic thought. He often talked about "every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" and so on. When he was young, he buried the root of "making a good living for the country".

After the 1911 Revolution, in order to guard against the residual forces of the Qing government, the Sichuan revolutionary regime organized students to carry out military training and set up a student army. Zhao Weibin, 18 years old, resolutely participated in the military training and transferred to the Sichuan army officer school the next year.

In 1914, he graduated from the second phase of the military academy and took a post in Xiong Kewu's army, which belongs to the Kuomintang system. In 1920, he was transferred to the army and served as a major staff officer in the first division of xiongbu (division commander Yu Peixiang).

In 1924, he joined the army of suing Thieves (Cao Hun) with Yu Shi, and the army was forced to withdraw from Sichuan and garrison in Guizhou and Hunan. Soon after, Dr. Sun Yat Sen appointed Xiong Kewu as the deputy commander in chief of the five provinces of the founding army, preparing for the Northern Expedition. Zhao Weibin was transferred to Yu Shi's chief of staff. Later, with the relationship of classmates and colleagues, he served as an aide in the military circles of Sichuan. He successively served as chief of staff in the 11th mixed brigade of the 28th army, the 2nd and 3rd divisions of Sichuan kangbian defense army, and the 1st and 2nd divisions of the 41st army, until he left Sichuan for the Anti Japanese war in 1937.

Chronology of people

In 1893, he was born into a small staff family in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.

In 1912, he entered Sichuan military academy.

In 1920, he served as the chief of staff of the first division of Xiong Kewu.

In 1924, he served as chief of staff of the first division of xiongkewu.

On the eve of the Anti Japanese War, he served as the chief of staff of the 122nd division of the 41st army of the Sichuan army.

In March 1938, he died in Tengxian defense.

In 1985, with the approval of Sichuan Provincial People's government, Zhao Weibin was recognized as a martyr.

Personality and hobbies

Although Zhao Weibin has been working in the military for many years, his personality and hobbies are still literati. Due to the influence of Mr. Li Peifu in his early years, the foundation of old literature is very strong (after Zhao Weibin died, Liu Yubo, a famous scholar in Chengdu, commented in his elegiac couplet: "when I was sick for a long time, I could never forget the spring trees and light poems. I'm ashamed that I knew my way.".

After 1926, when his life was relatively stable, he bought a large number of books according to his preference, including Twenty-Four Histories, various kinds of books, poetry anthologies and so on. For works that can represent loyal and righteous officials, such as the collection of King Wu of Yue Zhong (Yue Fei), the collection of Mr. Wen Shan (Wen Tianxiang) and the collection of shigebu (Shi Kefa), they are all purchased and placed on the right side of the case (see Zhao Weibin's postscript on these books, which are now stored in the library of Sichuan University). In the history books, we pay special attention to the history of Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty.

Main story

Before and after the July 7 Incident, the Japanese militarism's aggression and oppression on China became more and more serious day by day. Zhao Weibin's thought of promising the country by example to resist foreign aggression was becoming more and more mature. He naturally accepted the CPC Central Committee's proposition of establishing an anti Japanese National United Front. In order to further understand the situation, Zhao Weibin read a large number of progressive books about Anti Japanese and national salvation. After August 3, Zhao Weibin and General Wang Mingzhang, the division commander of the 122nd division, resolutely asked the whole nation to kill the enemy, abandon their families and go to the front line.

In December 1937, the enemy occupied Jinan, and its follow-up troops landed in Qingdao one after another. The war situation in Shandong became increasingly tense. At the beginning of 1938, Zhao Weibin was transferred from Shanxi to Shandong with Wang Mingzhang.

In early March, the Japanese Jigu division moved southward from the Jinpu line in an attempt to capture Xuzhou. General Wang Mingzhang was ordered to guard Tengxian county.

From March 14, the enemy began to attack the whole line. Our army fought bravely. Although we blocked the enemy, we suffered heavy casualties due to poor equipment.

By the afternoon of March 17, the enemy had occupied the southern city wall and Dongguan of Tengxian county. Wang Mingzhang personally came to Shizijie in the center of the city to direct the battle. At about 5 o'clock, our troops on the western and southern walls were all dead and wounded, and they were caught in enemy hands. The enemy concentrated fire from the walls and fired at the center of the city. Wang Mingzhang led his troops to break through the encirclement and seize the road. Instead, they climbed up the city wall from the northwest corner of the city to continue to command the battle. At this time, the enemy had occupied the west gate tower and continued to push forward. In this extremely critical situation, Wang Mingzhang, Zhao Weibin and other entourage made use of the wires on the city wall to go out and prepare to go to the railway station to command the 372 brigade of the 124th division to continue to fight against the enemy However, as soon as he reached the vicinity of xiguanwai electric lamp factory, he was found by the enemy of Ximen city tower. After a burst of machine gun fire, Wang Mingzhang was shot in the abdomen and was critically injured. Zhao Weibin was shot and fell into the city. He died immediately. Wang Mingzhang died because of his injuries. At the same time, more than 10 people, including Luo Jiaxin, deputy commander of the 122nd division, and Xie Datang, major's staff officer, were killed. At this time, it was nearly dusk, and a few survivors made use of the night to break through the encirclement and bypass Weishan Lake to turn to the rear.

After the death of Wang Mingzhang and Zhao Weibin, the head of the group army once sought the loyal remains with a heavy reward. It was not until April 1938 that the Red Cross officers found them with the help of the local people. Wang Mingzhang's remains were immediately transported back to Sichuan, while Zhao Weibin's remains were not transported back and buried in Tengxian county.

In September 2014, Zhao Weibin was listed in the list of the first batch of 300 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes who fought tenaciously and died for their country in the Anti Japanese war.

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