山西省壶关县是一个革命老区,历年来有着崇军尚武、拥政爱民的优良传统,曾经闻名全国的常行窑洞保卫战就发生在这块英雄土地上。1943年,日军分南北两路相继侵占壶关县和陵川县,时任常行村民兵队长的张小保,带领该村17名民兵和300多名群众,依靠一条窑洞,同1000多名日伪军开展了针锋相对的斗争。张小保组织民兵坚守四天五夜,先后33次击退进犯之敌,打退敌人10余次进攻,打死打伤日伪军百余人,缴获武器300余件。10月5日,《新华日报》以“惊天动地的四天五夜”为题,报道了常行窑洞保卫战的辉煌战果。1944年11月民兵队长张小保出席太行区首 Huaguan County, Shanxi Province, is a revolutionary old quarter. Over the years, it has the fine tradition of invading the military and loving the people and has always been known throughout the country for the battle of cave dwellings taking place on this piece of heroic land. In 1943, the Japanese troops occupied two counties of Huguan County and Lingchuan County in succession, and Zhang Xiaobao, then the leader of the village militia, led the 17 militiamen and more than 300 people in the village to rely on a cave and more than 1,000 Japanese and puppet troops A tit-for-tat struggle has taken place. Zhang Xiaobo’s militia, which has held four days and nights and has repulsed 33 enemy strikes in battles over more than 10 times, has killed and wounded over 100 Japanese and puppet troops and seized over 300 weapons. On October 5, “Xinhua Daily” covered the glorious success of the clandestine cave battle in the title of “earth-shattering four days and five nights.” In November 1944, militia captain Zhang Xiaobo attended the first row of Taihang District