On October 28th, 1941, an earth-shattering and weeping battle took place around Tangma Village in the Houzhou of Liyang, which was the famous "Tangma Battle" in the history of the New Fourth Army. Luo Zhongyi, the brigade commander of the 16th Brigade of the New Fourth Army, and Liao Haitao, the political commissar, sacrificed heroically in order to cover the safe transfer of more than 1,311 party, government and military organs in southern Jiangsu when the Japanese army surrounded our army on three sides.

at that time, the Japanese army adopted the tactics of dividing into and encircling our army, in an attempt to launch a surprise attack and wipe out our 16th Brigade and the party and government organs in southern Jiangsu. Liao Haitao repeatedly explained to more than a dozen comrades present at the Liujia Ancestral Temple: No matter how the enemy comes, we must be calm and tenacious, resolutely resist the enemy's attack, and ensure the safe transfer of the party committee, brigade headquarters, rear staff and people in Suwan District. Say that finish, he looked at Luo Zhongyi said, now please brigade commander orders! At this time, although Luo Zhongyi's voice was hoarse, his voice was as loud and powerful as usual: "Now I announce that Huang Landi immediately returned to the second battalion command, gathered his troops and moved closer to Tangma. In addition, a team of about 111 people is under the command of Liao Kunjin to cover the transfer of government personnel. Tewulian led the second and third rows of soldiers to retreat to Wangjiazhuang (at the East Sanli of Tangma Village), and the second row was arranged at Xindian and Xiaoba. The Houzhou Bridge has been blocked by three rows of comrades led by Lei Yingqing, and the devil xiang tang Ma is not allowed to get close. " Then he took a look at everyone and asked, do you have any opinions on this battle plan? They answered in unison, no! Luo Zhongyi waved his hand. Ok, let's split up!

In order to make the transferred more than 1,311 party, government and military personnel go further and prevent the enemy from catching up, Luo Liao led the soldiers to brave the enemy's gunfire and insisted on commanding the battle in Tangma Village, holding off the enemy. Liao Kunjin had just left with the team, and another team drawn by Huang Landi, the battalion commander of the Second Battalion, was led by Wu Lian instructor Chen Hao and arrived at Tangma Village. Chen Hao, who was fighting fiercely with the enemy on the ground, received a command from the correspondent of the battalion headquarters, ordering him to take some office workers to Tangma as soon as possible, and the task was to cover the retreat of the brigade headquarters. So, Haohappy rushed to TangMalay with the little devil class, the company and the cookhouse squad around him. At this point, the gunfire is getting closer and closer, more and more fierce, the enemy is narrowing the encirclement, and the Second Battalion and Tewulian are stubbornly resisting and fighting back. "Swish" bullets and "Mao Mao" shells flew to Tangma Village from all directions. Haohao saw that Luo Zhongyi had only three guards around him, so he asked Luo Zhongyi if he wanted to leave half a class of soldiers to protect him. Luo Zhongyi smiled and shook his head, just urging Haohappy them to go. In this way, Haohappy took a deep look at Luo Zhongyi, and hurried with the imp class and other comrades to catch up with the comrades who retreated from the brigade headquarters. I didn't expect this to be his last time with Commander Luo. After another hour of fighting, at 9: 11 a.m., Luo and Liao Chuanling ordered the Special Service Company of the Brigade and all the remaining personnel of the Second Battalion of the 48th Regiment to gather in Wangjiazhuang, Sanhuali, southeast of Tangma, to form fists and continue to fight and hold off the enemy. At 11: 11 a.m., more than 1,111 members of the Party, government and military organs in southern Jiangsu province led by Wang Zhi finally jumped out of the enemy's encirclement and came to the Qianbiao (which belonged to Liyang and Jintan after 1951) and Qingshui blasphemy area at the junction of Liyang and Jintan on the bank of Changdang Lake.

unexpectedly, the Kuomintang troops betrayed their faith and gave up the bridge and the prepared defense area, so that the Japanese cavalry flew past, cutting off the retreat of our cover troops from the southeast, and together with the Japanese troops in the northeast, southwest and northwest, they besieged on all sides and launched a fierce attack on Wangjiazhuang. The enemy's various shells poured down to the front line of Wangjiazhuang, and the smoke emitted from them smelled of gunpowder. After heavy shelling, the enemy began to charge. Luo Zhongyi, who is in the southeast of Wangjiazhuang Village, picked up the machine gun in the hands of the dead machine gunner around him. Looking at the approaching enemy, he shouted: Fight! Intensive bullets and grenades-Qi Fei lashed at the enemy group and repelled the enemy's attack. However, the Japanese army's crazy attack rolled up again like a storm. Under the intensive shooting of light and heavy machine guns and rifles, Lei Laisu, the fourth company commander of the second battalion of the sixteenth brigade, and Chen Bili, the fifth company commander, were killed successively, and most of the platoon leaders were killed. The soldiers were also shot one by one, some fell in a pool of blood, and some were still stubbornly blocking the enemy after being shot. Watching the comrades who live together day and night sacrifice one by one, the soldiers have no tears, only hatred for the enemy. There are fewer and fewer soldiers who continue to fight, and the Japanese encirclement is getting smaller and smaller. At this critical juncture, Luo Zhongyi raised his arms and shouted: "party member made in * * * stands up, comrades who are truly revolutionary stand up, comrades, fight with the enemy!" With Luo Zhongyi's cry, dozens of soldiers rushed out of the position, many of whom were already injured, and their faces were covered with blood. But they were fearless in the face of strong enemies, and all of them rushed to the enemy lines with their bayonets in anger, and fought a bloody hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese army. Suddenly ShaSheng was loud on the position, and blood splashed! The enemy in the southeast has just been beaten back, but the enemy in the northeast has come up again, and the situation is even more critical. Seeing that the battlefield was so dangerous, the guards were very worried about the safety of the chief, so they advised Luo Zhongyi to move temporarily with concern. Luo Zhongyi turned to him and said, "Don't worry, kid, we have to destroy the enemy here, and we can't let the enemy move forward!" Say that finish, he commanded even five deputy company commander to take people to support Liao Haitao and TeWuLian. Just then, the evil bullet fired by the enemy hit his head. Luo Zhongyi shook his body and shouted with his arms: Comrades, rushing out is victory! After telling the guards to leave him alone, they rushed out with the leather bag on his body and immediately fell down and died heroically.

Luo Zhongyi's sacrifice aroused the hatred of the soldiers on the ground. When Liao Haitao, who is only more than 111 meters away from Luo Zhongyi, learned the bad news, he immediately sent a battle mobilization to the troops with deep sorrow: revenge for Commander Luo! Resolutely destroy the enemy! The soldiers in the position also shouted together: Fight! Hit hard! Revenge for commander Luo! ..... The anger in the soldiers' chests erupted like a volcano, and revenge bullets were fired at the enemy group, and revenge grenades were thrown at the enemy group. The Japanese army was also struck by this fierce attack, panicked and confused, and hurriedly retired. In the face of the enemy who attacked from multiple routes, Liao Haitao Cycas stood in the wind and remained calm, and decided to concentrate on the enemy's power and prestige in the southeast direction, which was the fiercest and fastest attack. He shouted: "Comrades, don't be afraid, fight the Japanese devils to the end! Never be a prisoner! " After that, he picked up the machine gun and swept at the enemy group. The soldiers also lashed out together, and the strong enemy in the southeast had to rout.

the houzhou bridge, not far from the south of wangjiazhuang, is the only road leading to wangjiazhuang and tangma village. therefore, the Japanese army gathered heavy troops and took turns to attack, trying to get through the houzhou bridge and detour to the southeast of the 16th brigade of our army. On the one hand, it can expand the encirclement, on the other hand, it can form a situation of converging attack on all sides. What is even more dangerous is that once the Japanese army crosses the bridge, more than 1,311 people in the party, government and military organs in southern Jiangsu, who have just broken through the encirclement and are not far from Tangma, will be caught up by the Japanese army. Luo Zhongyi and Liao Haitao had already expected the enemy's intentions. As soon as the battle started, they ordered the 2nd Battalion to stick to the Houzhou Bridge, resolutely refused to let the Japanese army cross the bridge, and sent special agents to reinforce it. At 8 o'clock in the morning, as soon as the Tewulian soldiers led by Lei Yingqing, the Tewulian instructor who was ordered to come to reinforce, arrived at Houzhouqiao, Huang Landi, the battalion commander of the Second Battalion, who was bravely blocking the Japanese attack on the north side of Houzhouqiao, immediately arranged three rows of Tewulian in the forefront positions on both sides of the east bank of the bridge to replace the soldiers of the Second Battalion who suffered serious casualties. Lin Jie, the third platoon leader of the Special Service Company, is an old Red Army. He is brave and experienced in fighting. He arranged his positions in an orderly way and mobilized his soldiers.

another round of fighting started soon. Fierce enemies, with large numbers of people and excellent weapons, continued to take the offensive tactics. Suddenly, gunfire and bullets rained down, and the Japanese army howled and rushed to the bridge with guns, eating our army in one breath. However, all the officers and men of our New Fourth Army are iron men, holding their positions and stubbornly blocking them, and they are not intimidated by the momentum of the enemy. As soon as the Japanese army got on the bridge, our army shot and killed with intensive firepower, forcing the Japanese army to either leave the body or retreat. However, the Japanese army on the west bank of Houzhouqiao also continuously and violently strafed our army with machine guns, causing the spy to fall down one by one, and even the instructor Lei Yingqing was shot in the right wrist, but he didn't have time to dress up, so he immediately shot the enemy with his mauser pistol in his hands.