Chapter 40 Martyr Zhou Fu (1901-1943)

Martyr Zhou Fu, the former Lieutenant General Director of the Political Department of the Sulu Theater of the Kuomintang, was seriously injured in the battle with the Japanese invaders in the Jiaodong area in 1943, and died heroically. first martyr. General Zhou Fu, courtesy name Xuren, was born in Linchuan, Jiangxi Province in 1901. He was smart and eager to learn since he was a child, and read extensively in history books. He was admitted to the third phase of Whampoa Military Academy. After graduation, he went to Japan to study. Study, study politics, law and minor in military. After graduating and returning to China, he has been serving as a political officer of the National Revolutionary Army. He has successively served as Secretary of the Political Department of the Enlistment Department of the Central Military Academy, Secretary and Acting Director of the Political Training Division of the General Training and Supervision Department, and Nanjing Municipal Party Committee Supervision Committee and Special Commissioner.

In 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. The Chinese army rose up to resist the Japanese army's attacks, repelled the enemy's many attacks with inferior equipment, defended the sacred land with blood and lives, and smashed the Japanese imperialists. The myth of invincibility has inspired the strong belief of the military and civilians across the country that the war of resistance will be victorious, and has won wide support from the international community.However, due to the disparity in military strength between the enemy and our own and other factors, our frontal battlefield continued to retreat, and large areas of the country were temporarily lost to the enemy. Our military authorities decided to use guerrilla warfare to contain and consume the enemy's forces and arouse the people to persist in the war of resistance.At that time, in addition to the anti-Japanese base areas led by the Communist Party of China, the Kuomintang anti-Japanese forces also had some guerrilla base areas, and the Sulu border area was one of them.

In the spring of 1939, General Zhou Fu was appointed as Lieutenant General Director of the Political Department of the Sulu War Zone, executive member of the special party department, secretary general, school member of the cadre training regiment, and field party and government member of the Military Commission to specifically lead the anti-Japanese work . In February 1943, in order to suppress the threat of the Sulu theater troops to its lines of communication and the rear, the Japanese army mobilized heavy troops from Qingdao, Weifang, and Jinan in an attempt to annihilate the Sulu theater troops and destroy the guerrilla bases in one fell swoop.Upon hearing the news, our troops split up to meet the invading Japanese army.At this time, General Zhou Fu was stationed in the southwest of Anqiu in the east of Jielu, which was the triangle area between the south of the Jiaoji Railway and the east of the Weiyi Highway.

On February 20, the Japanese army forced into the area, and General Zhou led 800 people to break through to the east.Because the Jiaoji line was blocked by heavy enemy troops, there was no way out.When looking for a way to go west again, they encountered heavy enemy troops, and the two sides fought fiercely on Chengding Mountain in the southwest of Zhangjialei.The strength of the enemy and ourselves was very different, and we suffered heavy casualties and fell into a tight siege. On the morning of the 21st, General Zhou knew that he would be destroyed if he defended the desperate situation for a long time, so he ordered the troops to concentrate their firepower to break through.He personally led dozens of death squads to fight bravely.

For a moment, the sound of killing shook the sky, and bullets flew across.During the fierce battle, a stray bullet hit Zhou Fu's chest, bleeding profusely.He reluctantly stood up and ordered the guards to continue to fight the enemy bravely, to break through as soon as possible, and then to die heroically for the country.