Liu Laozhuang company memorial park of the New Fourth Army

Liu Laozhuang company memorial park of the New Fourth Army

Liulaozhuang company memorial park of the New Fourth Army (Huaiyin 82 martyrs cemetery) was founded in 1955. The memorial park is located in liulaozhuang Township, Huaiyin District, Huai'an City, covering an area of about 480 mu, with a green coverage rate of 75%. The main Memorial facilities in the park are: 82 martyrs' tomb, 82 martyrs memorial hall, ambition Pavilion, 82 martyrs' monument and square, stele Gallery, gallery column, 82 pines Red Star Square, bloody liulaozhuang theme trench, memorial to martyr Zhang Fangjiu, Tomb of unknown martyrs, centralized burial area for scattered martyrs in Huaiyin (relief project), memorial Pavilion of Liupi street, memorial forest of 82 martyrs in liulaozhuang, etc. In recent years, the park has been named as a national anti Japanese War Memorial facility, a national defense education demonstration base, a national 4A scenic spot, a national Red Tourism classic scenic spot, a provincial martyr memorial building protection unit, a provincial cultural relic protection unit, and a provincial patriotism education base, receiving more than 500000 visitors annually.

brief introduction

Liulaozhuang company Memorial Park (Huaiyin 82 martyrs cemetery) of the New Fourth Army was built in 1955 to commemorate March 18, 1943. Under the leadership of company leader Bai sicai and instructor Li Yunpeng, 82 officers and soldiers of the second battalion of the 19th regiment of the third division of the New Fourth Army, in order to protect the safe transfer of liulaozhuang local party, government and army leading organs and the people, faced more than 1000 days from dawn to dusk More than 170 people were killed and more than 200 injured by the puppet army. They fought back the enemy's five charges bravely and tenaciously, but all died because they were outnumbered. Comrade Hu Jintao said in his speech at the meeting commemorating the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese war that many heroic groups such as "Liu Laozhuang company" of the New Fourth Army are outstanding representatives of the Chinese people who are not afraid of violence and fight bravely. Comrade Xi Jinping put forward again in the 69th anniversary Symposium Commemorating the victory of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japan and the world's anti fascist war.

Liu Laozhuang company and many other heroic groups of the New Fourth Army are outstanding representatives of the Chinese people who are not afraid of rape and who have sacrificed their lives for their country. The memorial park is located in liulaozhuang Township, Huaiyin District, Huai'an City, covering an area of about 480 mu, with a green coverage rate of 75%. The main Memorial facilities in the park are: Tomb of the 82 martyrs, Memorial Hall of the 82 martyrs, ambition Pavilion, Monument and square of the 82 martyrs, stele Gallery, pillars, 82 pine trees, red star square, theme trench of liulaozhuang, monument of the Zhang Fangjiu martyr, and nameless martyr They are the tomb of the martyrs, the centralized burial area for the scattered martyrs in Huaiyin (the project of comforting the martyrs), the memorial Pavilion for the battle of resistance in Liupi street, and the memorial forest for the 82 martyrs in liulaozhuang.

present situation

In recent years, the construction and development of the park has stepped into a fast lane and leapfrog period. More than 80 million yuan has been invested in the reconstruction and expansion project of the park. Especially since 2010, the famous planning master, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Qi Kang of Southeast University, has been invited to carry out the overall planning and design of the memorial park. The park has formed a memorial hall, monument, martyr's tomb, red star square and memorial forest The landscape features in the table become a garden style cemetery with functions of publicity, hanging, education and sightseeing. At the same time, it also increased the internal management, innovated the concept of service reception, and focused on creating the characteristic brand of red tourism classic scenic spot. The park has been successively named as national anti Japanese War Memorial facilities, national defense education demonstration base, national 4A scenic spot, National Red Tourism classic scenic spot, provincial martyr memorial building protection unit, provincial cultural relics protection unit and provincial patriotism education base. It receives more than 500000 visitors annually.

On the night of March 18, 1943, the fourth and sixth companies of the second battalion of the 19th regiment, under the leadership of the leader of the battalion, came to liulaozhuang after two or three days of high-intensity fighting, transferring and attacking. After that, they came to Huaihai district and mobilized all the Japanese forces in the urban bases to attack the Huaihai Anti Japanese base. All the troops of Huaiyin and Huai'an, led by Kawashima himself, were the main force of the Japanese army in this raid. Before dawn on the 18th, they drove from Huaiyin City in the starry night, crossed the Wangying bridge, attacked the north in the fog, and advanced to the Huaihai Anti Japanese base area.

At dawn, the fourth company of the second battalion of the 19th regiment buries the stove for cooking. The sentry reports that there is an enemy situation, and then there is a faint gunshot from the south of Liu Laozhuang. Led by the commander of the battalion, the sixth company immediately made a detour to the East and jumped out of the encirclement. At the same time, the fourth company was ordered to keep up with the transfer. Bai sicai, the commander of the fourth company, and Li Yunpeng, the instructor, asked the commander of the battalion for instructions: stop a little, cover the local authorities and the rebellious masses, and then move. Ambush company commander Bai sicai and instructor Li Yunpeng on the spot, and decide to stop the Japanese army in Zhuangnan.

The more than 1000 Japanese puppet troops led by Kawashima from Huaiyin included infantry, cavalry and artillery. The top soldiers of the Japanese army were only 50 or 60 meters away from the firepower point of the fourth company, so Bai Si issued a battle command. The Japanese army was suddenly attacked and fell down on the spot in a hurry. They used the terrain to carry out passive defense. Less than 20 minutes later, the ambush ended, and the fourth company decided to withdraw from the village and move northward. Northern Jiangsu is a plain area. In guerrilla warfare, in order to protect themselves and effectively fight against the Japanese puppets, we dug deep trenches on the plain which are connected vertically and horizontally and connected with villages. The trench was 5 feet wide and 4 feet deep, with more than 1 foot of accumulated soil piled on both sides. The army and the people call it "communication ditch", also known as "Anti Japanese ditch". To the north of liulaozhuang is an open area, densely covered with "traffic ditches". Si Lian decided to withdraw to the traffic ditch to the north of Zhuangzi.

The Japanese came from all directions. However, the traffic ditch that I went into four companies turned out to be a 50 meter wide one that was not dug. The fourth company was in a desperate situation. The Japanese set up machine guns on the grass roof and the earth wall and fired at the positions of the fourth company to block its retreat. Japanese cavalry patrolled around the encirclement to prevent the militia from attacking the Japanese army. In the face of duantougou, the fourth company decided to give up the invalid retreat and began to build fortifications, turning the blocking war into a defensive war and carrying out the "counter charge" battle.

At about 9 am, the Japanese began their first charge under the cover of machine guns and grenades. "Counter charge" is not a charge, not a counterattack, nor a pure block. Instead, it is a compound combat form that integrates block, counterattack and even small-scale charge in order to grasp the opportunity of the war and effectively block and counterattack in order to smash the enemy's attack. In the second counter charge, Yang LinBiao, a health worker, died for his country. Li Yunpeng called on the soldiers to pick up the guns and ammunition lost by the Japanese army in front of the position of our fourth company to supplement themselves. Platoon leader Wei Qingzhong gave his young life to cover the withdrawal of his comrades in arms. The Japanese army organized a third, fourth and fifth charge. The fourth company organized five "counter charges", which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army.

During the intermission of the fighting, Li Yunpeng held a party branch committee to study and deploy to continue the fighting, and also received a number of soldiers' applications for joining the party. Instructor Li Yunpeng wrote a war situation report to the battalion, calling on the Communists to kill the enemy bravely. At the same time, the soldiers were digging deep and repairing the fortifications. The meeting boosted the morale and morale of the army. In order to solve the battle as soon as possible, Kawashima decided to concentrate all the artillery and bombard the positions of the fourth company. After nearly a day of fierce fighting, only more than 30 disabled officers and soldiers were left in the company, and the ammunition was almost exhausted. Towards dusk, the enemy stopped shelling. Relying on their combat experience, company commander Bai and instructor Li deeply realized that the Japanese army's retreat before dark was hopeless, and they should organize forces to make another breakthrough. Commander Bai's order: except for the rifles and bayonets, all the bullets of the light wounded were gathered for the use of heavy machine guns, and the rest of the light machine guns and rifles were demolished and buried on the spot. As dusk approached, the enemy swarmed in. The soldiers jumped out of the trench to fight with the enemy. In this battle, more than 170 Japanese and puppet soldiers were killed and more than 200 wounded, while 82 warriors of the fourth company died for their country!

In 1982, it was a provincial cultural relic protection unit

In 1997, it was a key revolutionary martyr protection unit in Jiangsu Province

In 1997, the provincial patriotism education base

In 2010, it was a national Red Tourism classic scenic spot

In 2012, it was a national demonstration unit of professional style construction

In 2012, it was a national defense education demonstration base

On September 1, 2014, national anti Japanese War Memorial facilities and sites [State Council]

In January 2015, it was a national AAAA scenic spot

Address: 202 County Road, liulaozhuang village, liulaozhuang Township, Huaiyin District, Huai'an City (next to liulaozhuang middle school)

Longitude: 118.97461356377

Latitude: 33.812463946483

Tel: 0517-84360017

Ticket information: free. It is free of charge. You need to register at the ticket office of the tourist reception center with your valid certificate and get the tickets free of charge.

Chinese PinYin : Xin Si Jun1 Liu Lao Zhuang Lian Ji Nian Yuan