Zulaolou is a large market town in the southwest of Xiaoxian County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province. Located 60 kilometers southwest of Xuzhou, National Highway 3 1 1. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it belonged to the central area of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu anti-Japanese base areas. 1in mid-February, 945, Zhang zhen, then the chief of staff of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army, the brigade commander of the 11th Brigade and the commander of the Luxi Military Division of Huaibei Military Region, received a report that the Japanese puppet troops stationed in Xuzhou would concentrate their forces and "mop up" the newly restored anti-Japanese base areas in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. He made a decisive decision and personally led the 11th Brigade and 31st Regiment to the north from Longshan area. At the same time, he ordered the 32nd Regiment, Xiaoxian Independent Brigade and County Corps in Xiaoyong (city) area to prepare for the battle. On February 15, they arrived at Cuikou, feng village and Zhangge in Xiaoxian County and assembled for standby.
The next day, two regimental enemy and puppet troops stationed in Xuzhou, with a cavalry unit and more than 2,000 enemy and puppet troops stationed in Xiaoxian and other places, entered the anti-Japanese base areas in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu along the Xu (state) Yong (city) highway. Zhang zhen led 3 1 regiment and Xiaoxian Independent Brigade to block the front line of Zulao Building, and the fighting was fierce. In order to smash the enemy's "mopping-up" as soon as possible, Zhang zhen went to the front line and observed the enemy's situation with a telescope. Unexpectedly, a bullet suddenly flew in and hit his right scapula. Suddenly, his blood flowed and dyed his coat red. This is his fifth injury since joining the Red Army. The officers and men at the scene advised him to hurry down to heal, but Zhang zhen casually said: "What is this minor injury!" He asked the military doctor to dress the wound, while commanding the 32 nd regiment and Xiaoxian Corps that were ordered to arrive, and attacked the enemy from both sides. After our army stormed on three sides, the enemy retreated one after another, and the officers and men of the New Fourth Army pursued the victory, and the Vietnam War became more and more brave, forcing the remnants of the enemy to flee to Xuzhou. In this campaign, * * * killed more than 500 enemy and puppet troops, seized more than 300 heavy and light machine guns 10 guns and rifles, and uprooted two Japanese and puppet strongholds, Zulaolou and Qinglongji.
With War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's successive victories, Zhang zhen, as the military commander in the border region of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, neglected the hospitalization. Under the unified leadership of Huaibei District Committee and Huaibei Military Region, he organized the command post department to launch a spring offensive against the anti-Japanese base areas in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu. * * * uprooted eight Japanese puppet army strongholds, killed more than 680 Japanese puppet troops, captured enemy troops 1 0,982, and handed over 24 light and heavy machine guns and rifles 1 unit. From May of 2 1 year, the battle of southern Jiangsu started. After 56 days of hard fighting, he killed more than 200 puppet troops and captured more than 3,000 people, liberated southern Jiangsu and expanded the Second Huaibei Division, which was commended by the New Fourth Army. Then, Zhang zhen organized the command post to fight continuously, liberated Yongcheng County, helped more than 4,000 people in the 18th Division of Puppet Manchuria to successfully uprising, liberated Xiaoxian County and other battles, and made eight counties in the anti-Japanese base areas of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu become one.
After Zhang zhen was injured, leaders and comrades at all levels expressed their concern and sympathy in different ways. 1946 February 2 1 day, Zhang zhen, then commander and political commissar of the ninth column of the Central China Field Army, went to Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province to attend the Gao Qian Conference. Deng Zihui, secretary of the Central China Branch, specially talked with him and asked about the injury. He also gave him a sweater and told him that it was cold, so he should put on more clothes and take care of himself.
During the meeting, Zhang zhen always felt a dull pain in his injured right arm, so he used his spare time to go to Huaiyin Renai Hospital for medical treatment. After the X-ray examination, the doctor told him that there was a bullet under the right scapula and it had to be taken out in the hospital. Faced with the changeable situation and the possibility of a large-scale civil war at any time, Zhang zhen declined the arrangement that doctors and comrades-in-arms let him have an operation in the hospital, and firmly said, "The war is just around the corner, so we can't take bullets in the hospital. Let's talk about it later! "
After the meeting, Zhang zhen returned to the Nine Columns north of Lingbi to convey and implement the spirit of the Gao Qian Conference and organize troops to prepare for the battle. After the outbreak of the national civil war, he was ordered to lead nine cases of Hua Ye to annihilate more than 770 people in Nanhuai Lane, Lingbi County. Then, fighting in the mountains, defending Lingbi County, * * * wiped out more than 870 people; 1From July 26th to 28th, 946, under the unified command of Commander Chen Yi, Zhang zhen led his troops to take part in the battle of Chaoyang in the north of Lingbi, and captured Yugou and other places in one fell swoop, killing more than 0/000 people. With the development of the war of liberation, he led his troops to participate in the battles of Sixian, Huaibei, Subei, Lunan, Meng Lianggu, Nanma, Jiaodong, Yudong and Jinan. 1948165438+10 In October, Zhang zhen, then deputy chief of staff of the East China Field Army, assisted Su Yu, acting commander of Hua Ye, and participated in the command of the famous Huaihai Campaign. 65438+65438 0949+ 10/0. On the night of the Huaihai Campaign, he and Hua Ye Logistics Minister * * * accompanied Su Yu to inspect the main battlefields such as Zulaolou and Qinglongji, which were fought in those years. In the face of victory and looking back on the hardships of the eight-year war of resistance, Zhang zhen said with great emotion: "When we besieged the Duji regiment, our two armies, Hua Ye and Nakano, concentrated in the west of Huaibei Road and returned to our old base." "The people in the base areas did not hesitate to go bankrupt, but also supported the actual actions at the front line and fully supported this unprecedented decisive battle."
1February, 949, Zhang zhen served as the chief of staff of the third field army, and participated in organizing and directing the battle of crossing the river and the battle of the third field army to capture Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Fuzhou, and liberated the southeast coastal islands.
1953 in may, Zhang zhen, then head of the operations department of the central military commission, was ordered to concurrently serve as acting commander and acting political commissar of Chinese people's Volunteer Army's 24th army, leading his troops to participate in the summer counter-offensive operations to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. After more than 40 battles, 13000 people were wiped out. On August 12 of the same year, in order to better summarize the experience of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, Zhang zhen was on his way to Qiaoyanshan Highland for investigation. The motorcade crawled along the tank cross-country road, and the brakes of the first car failed, forcing his car to slide backwards. In order to reduce the load of the car and prevent it from falling into the deep valley next to it, Zhang zhen jumped out of the car. Unexpectedly, the driver suddenly turned around, the wheel ran over his waist, his head was hit hard, and he suddenly fainted. After getting out of danger, he still insisted on investigating and studying in various units and summed up many good experiences. It was not until the end of the same year (1 1) that he explained his work to Liang Jinhua, the newly appointed commander of the 24th Army, that he was ordered to return to the War Department of the Central Military Commission in Beijing.
In the war, Zhang zhen was injured six times, but he didn't get good medical treatment in time, which led to his poor health, frequent headaches, fear of light and loss of appetite. 1953 12.7, when attending the meeting of senior cadres of the party in the military system, he suddenly had a terrible headache, and even taking painkillers for three times was ineffective, and he was sent to Beijing hospital by leaders and comrades. The doctor conducted a comprehensive examination, comprehensive treatment and operation on him, and took out the bullet that had accompanied him for many years. After 50 days of rehabilitation, Zhang zhen was discharged from hospital on June 25th. 1954. Looking at the bullet just taken out of himself, he was excited and full of thoughts. He asked his wife Ma to take good care of this bullet and leave it to future generations, educating them to inherit the glorious tradition of our party and army, work hard and never change color.