Chapter 45 Martyr Wang Fengshan (1904-1942)

Martyr Wang Fengshan, courtesy name Mingqi, was born in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. Since childhood, he had a simple and honest temperament and was diligent in reading. He often encouraged himself with the national heroes Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang in Chinese history.In his youth, Wang Fengshan witnessed the decline of the country and the invasion of foreign powers. With the desire to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and revitalize the country, he was admitted to the first phase of engineering studies at the Shanxi Taiyuan Military Academy in 1928. After graduating from the military academy, Wang Fengshan entered the Shanxi military circle and served successively as company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander.

In the summer of 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a war of aggression aimed at destroying the whole of China, and the Jin army, led by General Yan Xishan, threw itself into the anti-aggression war of the whole nation.General Wang Fengshan led his troops into the battle against Japanese aggression with the determination that defending the land and defending the country is the bounden duty of soldiers. In the autumn of 1937, the Japanese army invaded Ruyuekou in northern Shanxi. Wang Fengshan led the army to make full use of the terrain and braved the strong Japanese artillery fire to severely attack the invaders and delay the Japanese attack.

In 1940, Wang Fengshan was transferred to the second theater chief's department as the deputy director of the reorganization department. He made careful planning and management of the army's replenishment and training work, and made a lot of achievements. In 1941, Wang Fengshan was promoted to the commander of the 218th Brigade of the Army.Soon, he was promoted to the commander of the major general of the 45th division of the 34th army of the army. In 1942, in order to wipe out all the anti-Japanese base areas of the Chinese army in Shanxi, the Japanese army searched and looted military rations to cut off our food roads and forced our troops in Fennan to give in. The base area launched a crazy attack.

In order to smash the enemy's attack, our military authorities specially ordered the 34th Army to cross the Fen River to fight against the Japanese attack.General Wang Fengshan personally led the temporary 45th Division as the vanguard of the army to cross the Fen River first.He led the troops to cover and collect food while fighting the Japanese army.In the northwest line of Wanquan County, there was a fierce battle with the Japanese army.Annihilate one part of the enemy. On April 16, the defeated Japanese army became furious and gathered more than one Japanese army from the strongholds of Hejin, Wanquan, and Ronghe. Under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, they launched a fierce attack on the Zhangwengcun position under General Wang Fengshan's command. attack.General Wang came to the front line to command the battle, educated the soldiers with the principle of victory in the resistance against Japan and the glory of dying for the country, and encouraged everyone to fight the enemy bravely and live and die with the battlefield.The two sides fought fiercely for two days and nights, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and our position remained motionless.

On the afternoon of the 18th, the Japanese army dispatched a large number of reinforcements and continued to launch group charges against our position. Under the leadership of General Wang, the soldiers resisted desperately. The two sides fought each other with blood and blood, and suffered heavy losses. The situation of the battle gradually turned against our side.Soon, the Japanese army broke through our position with the assistance of intensive firepower.The two sides started hand-to-hand combat, and the battle situation was extremely critical. When General Wang heard the news, he was very anxious, and immediately led the reserve team to counterattack. Seeing the bravery of the general, all the officers and soldiers became more courageous.During the fierce battle, General Wang Fengshan was shot in the arm. He wrapped up his wounds and fought again, commanding the soldiers to fight hard.At this time, several more bullets hit General Wang's abdomen, bleeding profusely, and he died heroically on the spot.