China News Service, Baoding, April 14 (Lu Zihao and Zhang Xuning) According to the Bureau of Veterans Affairs of Li County, Baoding City, Hebei Province, on the 14th, according to the clues provided by Guo Xuegong, a historical researcher of the Anti-Japanese War and a retired veteran, and after in-depth investigation and verification, the Bureau The eight tombs of unknown martyrs arranged outside the east embankment of the Zonglong River in Nanbaoxu Village of the county were identified as the tombs of the eight martyrs of Baima Company of the "Jizhong Cavalry Regiment" during the Anti-Japanese War, and one of the martyrs was identified as the movie "My Father and I" The character prototype Ma Chengfeng in Chengfeng.

Accordingly, the origin of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which has been sealed for 80 years, has finally been revealed.

　　According to the article "The Little-Known Jizhong Cavalry Regiment" published by the Party History Research Office of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and published in the article "The Little Known Jizhong Cavalry Regiment", the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, under the direct leadership of Lu Zhengcao, commander of the Central Hebei Military Region, has more than 1,200 soldiers. According to the color of the mount, it is compiled into the red horse company, the black horse company, and the white horse company.

Song Futing, deputy head of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, led the 3rd Company (White Horse Company) to fight in the areas of Boye and Lixian. On May 20, 1942, they encountered the enemy in Paoqu (Baoxu) Village, Lixian County, and the troops suffered a lot. Casualties, Ma Chengfeng (graduated from the Anti-Japanese University in August 1939), the son of the head of the regiment Ma Renxing, died.

The picture shows the people laying flowers to pay homage in front of the tombs of the Eight Martyrs.

Photo by Zhang Xuning

　　According to the Lixian Veterans Affairs Bureau, Guo Xuegong focused on the research on the development history of the Jizhong Base Area, the Jinsui Base Area and the Northeast Liaoji Base Area during the War of Resistance during the Anti-Japanese War.

Since 2014, Guo Xuegong has been looking for the whereabouts of the martyrs of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment during the "May 1st" anti-sweeping campaign in Jizhong. In the end, he found 8 tombs of the unknown martyrs that have been protected by the villagers in Nanbaoxu Village, Li County, and he Discovering important information such as "the sacrificed martyrs rode white horses, and there was a soldier with a blood-stained graduation certificate from the Anti-Japanese University in his pocket", all of which are consistent with the characteristics of the White Horse Company of the Central Hebei Cavalry Regiment.

　　According to the clues provided by Guo Xuegong, the Lixian Veterans Affairs Bureau clarified that special personnel and special classes will conduct on-the-spot investigation and verification of the basic situation, actively meet with people in the know and the masses, communicate with the Jizhong Anti-Japanese War Research Association, etc., and collect materials on the deeds of the Baimalian martyrs. , and finally identified the eight tombs as the tombs of eight martyrs from the Baima Company of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, and determined that one of the eight martyrs was Ma Chengfeng.

　　According to Di Guoqing, Secretary of the Party Branch of Nanbaoxu Village, Li County, he recalled that when he was a child, he heard from his grandfather that he had participated in the burial of 8 martyrs at that time.

"Everyone in this area knows about the martyr's tomb, and it has been protecting it for 80 years."

The picture shows the cemetery of the eight martyrs of Baima Company of the "Jizhong Cavalry Regiment".

Photo by Zhang Xuning

　　According to the Propaganda Department of the Lixian County Party Committee, for many years, the local villagers have been silently guarding the cemetery of the martyrs. When the farmland is leveled, the cemetery will be released. In the spring, the tomb will be filled with soil, and in the summer, the cemetery will be weeded. The mound is 3 meters above the ground and tens of meters long.

Every Qingming Festival, young pioneers and Communist Youth League members from nearby schools come here to visit the graves of the martyrs.

　　On March 10, 2022, the Li County Veterans Affairs Bureau officially erected a monument in front of the tomb of the Eight Martyrs.

At present, the bureau has strengthened the repair and protection of the martyr's cemetery, and follow-up work such as searching for information on other martyrs is in progress.

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