The Battle of Songhu was the first large-scale battle in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and the battle of the four-line warehouse on the north bank of Suzhou Creek in Shanghai was the last battle of the Battle of Songhu. The soldiers in China who fought were called "eight hundred heroes".

"'eight hundred heroes' actually has more than 400 people, half of whom are Tongcheng citizens. Regrettably, although we have visited for many years, only 87 people have verified their names. " On May 30th, Feng Liqun, director of the Archives Bureau of Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, said.

Tongcheng has more than 200 strong men.

According to Yi Ding, a professor of history at Xianning Teachers College (now Hubei Institute of Science and Technology),1In September, 937, more than 200 people from the 1st and 3rd Squadrons of Tongcheng Security Brigade were reorganized into the 5th Hubei Security Corps. On June 5438+ 10 of that year, Hubei Security Fifth Regiment was ordered to go to the front line of Songhu, and the whole system was supplemented by the 524 Regiment of the 88th Division, which suffered heavy casualties. The two squadrons of Tongcheng merged into one battalion, becoming the backbone of defending the eight hundred heroes, a Shanghai fourth-line warehouse that shocked China and foreign countries.

Tian Jiyun, a brave man in Chibi, once recalled: "There are many soldiers in Chibi, Hubei Province, and I know 22 people. There are more than 200 people in Tongcheng, Linxian County. " Yang Genkui, a strong man living in Chengdu, once recalled that there were 220 people in Tongcheng.

On this basis, Feng Liqun confirmed that more than 200 people in eight hundred heroes participated in the Fourth Line Warehouse Defence War.

There are only 400 people among the 800 heroes. Fan Cheng, a strong man in Tongcheng, once recalled: "As for eight hundred heroes, there are actually not 800 people. Because a reporter came to visit and asked how many people we had, a soldier replied' 800 people' and' 800 heroes' spread like this. " There are 452 people in Cihai eight hundred heroes, but according to Professor Ding Yi's research, Feng Liqun thinks that there are about 420 people in eight hundred heroes.

87 people whose names have been verified have passed away.

Zeng Buxian, former director of Tongcheng County Archives Bureau, is the editor-in-chief of the book Soul of Chinese Common People-Tongcheng and eight hundred heroes. He gave a detailed introduction to the reporter about the mileage of finding Tongcheng heroes in eight hundred heroes.

1980, Tongcheng County * * * organized the compilation of Tongcheng County Records-People Volume. When collecting data, the editor found 1947 Tongcheng County Anti-Japanese War historical materials compiled by Tongcheng County Senate, including the list of 49 strong men in Tongcheng County who participated in Shanghai Fourth Line and Shanghai Fourth Line. The historical information of Tongcheng "eight hundred heroes" was revealed.

199 1 year, Yi Ding, a former professor of history at Xianning Normal University (now Hubei Institute of Science and Technology), led a team to Tongcheng for social investigation, and visited some of the surviving strong men and the families of the late strong men at that time. Through the memories of the parties, 25 strong men were added, leaving a list of 74 strong men in Tongcheng.

In 2008, a post entitled "The remains of 800 anti-Japanese heroes in Shanghai Sidian War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression have not been asked overseas" triggered a large-scale civil tracing. In 2009, this whirlwind blew to Tongcheng County, and more than 20 volunteers conducted a dragnet investigation and visit, and found more than 30 names.

20 13,10 In June, Shen Hongguang, a famous writer in Hubei Province and former chairman of the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, came to Tongcheng County to investigate the situation of eight hundred heroes, a native of Tongcheng County, and then wrote a reportage, The Brave Man is Silent, which was published in Suggestions for Librarians in the first half of 20 14. Soon after, Tongcheng County established the "eight hundred heroes" working group and found the list of 1 1 strong men again.

"Excluding the mistakes of one person with multiple names and overlapping, 87' eight hundred heroes' watches with Tongcheng national characteristics were formed." Zeng Buxian said that there are more than 100 strong men's names to be verified.

"All 87 people whose names have been verified are no longer alive. The last strong man week died in 2005 1 1. " Zeng Buxian said regretfully.