Zhang Zizhong's first anti-Japanese general. Commander-in-Chief of the 33rd Army. Zhang Zizhong's election as a general was first decided by his record. In the battle of Taierzhuang, he hit the Japanese army's Sakamoto Division and won a great victory in Linyi. Recover Tongbai in Zaoyang and win the victory in northern Hubei; He also won a great victory in eastern Hunan and was called the fire official by the people. At the same time, because he was the highest general of our army who died during the Anti-Japanese War (Li Jiayu died later than Zhang). But most importantly, it is precisely because of people's sympathy for Zhang Zizhong's tragic experience that such an upright and noble patriot was once mistaken for a traitor and everyone shouted, which is a great shame. Finally, Zhang Zizhong voluntarily chose to sacrifice for this shame and expressed his innocence at the cost of his life.

Zhang Zizhong has a nickname "Zhang skinned". Zhang Zizhong once said to his generals, "I have a nickname, Zhang skinned, so don't skin me." He also said, if I have done something wrong to my country, please come and skin me.

At that time, most of the northwest generals had posthumous title, such as Song Laoha, Ji Hongchang, Zhang Bible and so on. But Zhang Zizhong's nickname is "Zhang Pipi", which is shocking at first sight. In fact, he and "Zhou Pipi" are two different things, without any derogatory meaning.

1In the autumn of 923, Feng Yuxiang, then the inspector and division commander of1division, led his troops to Beijing Nanyuan. Zhang Zizhong is a battalion commander in the school barracks. The troops began to carry out large-scale training in winter, which coincided with continuous heavy snow and cold, and many officers and men were afraid of difficulties. One day, Zhang Zizhong called the whole battalion together and asked loudly, "What if the enemy attacks on snowy days?" The officers and men replied: "Loyalty against it!" Zhang Zizhong went on to say, "Since it's snowing, you don't want to practice, so why talk about fighting? The first rule of being a soldier is not to be afraid of hardship. Now, please take off your cotton coats and run with me! " Say that finish, he actually took off his cotton-padded clothes. The whole battalion was shocked, then took off their cotton-padded clothes and ran in the snow behind Zhang Zizhong. From then on, the nickname "Zhang skinned" spread like wildfire and spread like wildfire in the northwest army.