1929, the Yang Zirong family moved to Anton to make a living. Yang Zirong, 12 years old, works as a child laborer in a private silk reeling factory in Anton. After the September 18th Incident, Yang Zirong's father fell ill and died when the Japanese invaded Anton. Mother led her two sisters back to their hometown in Shandong, leaving him to continue to make a living in Anton. Four years later, he worked as a boatman in the Yalu River with his fellow villagers, and went against the current. Later, he was arrested by the Japanese army as a laborer, exiled to the mountains to mine, and lived a life inferior to that of cattle and horses. He has tasted human sufferings and conquered people, and made many friends in need. 1943, he couldn't bear to be bullied by foreigners, took the lead in beating the foreman who served foreigners and ran back to his hometown in Shandong from the northeast.
After returning home, he secretly joined the militia and actively participated in the anti-Japanese struggle. 1August, 945, participated in the battle of the Eighth Route Army to liberate Mupingcheng. In the autumn of the same year, 29-year-old Yang Zirong signed up for the Eighth Route Army and joined the Jiaodong naval detachment. 65438+ 10 In late June, the Jiaodong naval detachment went to Mudanjiang to suppress bandits. In June, 165438+ 10, Yang Zirong joined the China * * * production party. After the reorganization of the army, Yang Zirong was placed in a class of the 3rd Battalion and 7th Company, 2nd Regiment, Mudanjiang Military Region. Chief sees that he is a veteran who is "young and length of military service is not long", so he is assigned to the kitchen as a cook. He often braved the enemy's gunfire, sent hot meals to the front to help rescue the wounded, and gave advice to platoon leaders and company commanders at critical moments, winning the praise and love of commanders and soldiers.
Banditry is serious in Mudanjiang area. Yang Zirong's army shoulders the heavy responsibility of fighting bandits and defending land reform. Head sent Yang Zirong and more than 30 people, disguised as plainclothes, first arrived in Hailin Town. Yang Zirong walked into the headquarters of Sun Jiang, the landlord with more than 100 guns, and asked him to lay down his weapon. Those who refuse to surrender will be disarmed on the spot. 1February 2, 946, Hailin Town was liberated.
On a night March, I met a habitual bandit nicknamed "Jiang Zuoshou" in the jungle before dawn. Cleverly forced Jiang's adjutant to make a propaganda and outwit "Jiang Zuoren" and hundreds of people in Jiang's department. On the morning of March 20th, 1946 3rd Battalion pursued Li Kaijiang and Li Fei in Xingshugou, and fought back according to the danger. Yang Zirong exchanged operational opinions with the battalion commander, and the troops carried out feint and fire reconnaissance. Yang Zirong led a group of people to detour to one side of the enemy position. He motioned the vice squad leader and the soldiers to hide, jumped out of the bunker by himself, stood up in the enemy group, bullied more than 400 enemies to lay down their weapons, and forced gang leaders Li Kaijiang and Zhang Dezhen to surrender. Yang Zirong was rated as a model of collective combat. After a large number of bandits were annihilated, a few remaining bandits fled in the deep mountains and forests. The head of the army set up an armed reconnaissance unit (regiment reconnaissance platoon) to eliminate the remnants of bandits. Yang Zirong is the monitor. He is familiar with the local situation and has the ability to command and fight independently. After the formation of the team, the so-called Xujia Four Tigers (Xu Fu, Xu Zhen and Xu Xiang) were captured alive first, and the nine tigers such as Lin and others were eliminated. Later, Yang Zirong led four soldiers, disguised as enemies, and went deep into the snowfield near the sea to learn about the enemy. On the night of June 6th, 19472, he went into the den alone, cooperated with the periphery, and captured "Zuo Shandiao", the security brigade commander and bandit leader of the Kuomintang in Mudanjiang area. The Northeast Military Region awarded Yang Zirong the third class merit and awarded him the honorary title of "Super Reconnaissance Hero".
On February 23rd of the same year, Yang Zirong was shot dead while chasing stubborn bandits Zheng Sanpao and Liu Huanzhang, at the age of 365,438+0. The investigation platoon led by Yang Zirong was named "Yang Zirong platoon". The remains of martyrs were buried in Hailin Martyrs Cemetery. In April, 198 1, Yang Zirong Memorial Hall was built in Hailin County.