Siling Four Martyrs Cemetery

　　Linkou County’s Dailing Town was a central town in the revolutionary old base area where the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces fought a long struggle against the Japanese invaders, and where our People's Liberation Army pursued and eliminated the Central Hu Bandits. The “Four Martyrs Cemetery,” located on a small hill in the center of town, adds an even more solemn atmosphere. The four martyrs are Wang Zhaochang, Yin Liangyu, Zhang Jiantang, and Li Lei. They were military and political cadres of our army who heroically sacrificed their lives in the struggle to defend the newly established people’s government. The cemetery of the four martyrs is built on the small hill where they once fought. This hill is less than 70 meters high, yet it features overlapping ridges with lush pines and cypresses standing firmly, guarding the martyrs’ spirits day and night.

　　After the “August 15” liberation in 1945, the reactionary forces launched a frenzied counterattack against our newly established people’s government. In order to eliminate the bandit threat, the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which had been dispatched from Yan’an to the Northeast, in coordination with the bandit-suppression forces of the Mudanjiang Military District and the Hejiang Military District, launched the “Three Battles of Dailing.” After countless battles against the bandits, over ten thousand bandits were annihilated, and bandit leaders such as Xie Wendong, Li Huatang, Zhang Yuxin, Che Liyan, and Yu Tingzhou were captured. Except for Li Huatang, who died when the vehicle transporting him overturned, the rest were publicly tried and executed by our people’s government. The four martyrs gave their lives heroically in these battles. The names of the four martyrs shine as brightly as the sun and moon, illuminating the ages.