A brief introduction to the famous anti-Japanese general Wang Mingzhang: He defended Teng County with his troops until he died for his country.

Introduction to the famous anti-Japanese general Wang Mingzhang: He defended Teng County with the troops until he died. Wang Mingzhang (1893-1938), named Zhong, Han nationality, was from Taixingchang, Xindu, Sichuan Province (now Xindu District, Chengdu City), famous Anti-Japanese general. He was later posthumously awarded the rank of Army General by the Kuomintang. He was one of the senior generals of the Chinese military who died in the Anti-Japanese War.

Born in Xindu, Sichuan in 1893 into a small businessman family. He graduated from Xindu High School in 1909 and was admitted to Sichuan Army Primary School. In 1911, he participated in the anti-Qing struggle of the Comrade Baolu Army. In 1912, he transferred to Baoding Military Academy and later dropped out of school. In 1914, he graduated from the infantry department of the third phase of the Sichuan Army Officer School and served as a platoon leader in Liu Cunhou's department of the Sichuan Army. In 1916, he was wounded in the battle to protect the country against Yuan Dynasty and was promoted to company commander and battalion commander. Later, he participated in the warlord's street battle in Chengdu and was seriously injured again. Because of his bravery and proficiency in fighting, he was gradually promoted from middle to lower-level officers. In 1920, the Sichuan Army was reorganized and he was appointed commander of the Seventh Division. In 1924, he was promoted to commander of the 25th Brigade of the Third Division of the Sichuan Army. In 1925, he was promoted to division commander. In 1926, he was appointed commander of the Fourth Division of the 29th Army. In 1935, the 29th Army was reorganized into the 41st Army, and he served as the commander of the 122nd Division of the 41st Army and was awarded the rank of Army Major General.

In 1936, he was promoted to Army Lieutenant General. On July 7, 1937, the Marco Polo Bridge Incident broke out, and he asked for help to fight against Japan. On September 6, an anti-Japanese swearing-in meeting was held at the station. On September 12, he led his troops out of Sichuan on foot and rushed to the anti-Japanese front line to kill the enemy. On October 21, they headed to the Niangziguan area in eastern Shanxi to intercept the Japanese army's westward advance. On October 24, an encounter with the Japanese army began in the area between Donghui Village and Xihui Village, southwest of Niangziguan. On the 26th, he was ordered to defend Taiyuan and garrisoned in Yuci. After capturing North China, Shanghai, and Nanjing, the Japanese army attempted to attack simultaneously from the north and the south, open the Jinpu Road, and occupy Xuzhou. At the beginning of 1938, he was ordered to set up defenses in Xuzhou and Dangshan areas. Acting commander of the 41st Army and serving as commander-in-chief of the front line. In February 1938, the Japanese army captured Yanzhou, Qufu and Zouxian along the Jinpu Railway. The theater headquarters urgently ordered the 41st Army to march to Teng County.

On March 14, the Japanese army launched a full-line attack on our positions with artillery, tanks, and aircraft. With the determination of "there are no enemies but we, we are invincible", our army fought desperately and defended the boundary river position. The next day, in order to prevent the enemy from encircling him, he deployed troops serving as city defense in Teng County to support the frontline positions and deployed defenses in the northwest of Teng County. However, the enemy directly attacked the county town with more than 10,000 troops. At this time, there were only 2,000 fighting troops in Teng County. It was very difficult to resist the onslaught of more than 10,000 well-equipped enemy troops. On the 16th, the Japanese army began to bombard Akagi with heavy artillery and bombed it with planes. All the people in the city fled. He firmly believed that "the city must survive, the city must survive, and the city must perish" and determined to fight to the death. Dongguan was opened by enemy artillery fire, and enemy troops poured in. Our army concentrated on throwing two to three hundred grenades, killing more than 50 enemies. Repeated attacks like this, more than 100 enemies were killed, and our army suffered nearly 100 casualties. The two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat. The enemy surged to more than 30,000 people, with more than 70 mountain guns, field guns, and four or five tanks, and surrounded the county seat of Tengxian County.

On the 17th, the enemy bombarded the county town with artillery and aircraft indiscriminately, turning the county into a scorched earth. Then he used tanks to cover the charge. He commanded the troops to engage in a thrilling hand-to-hand battle with the enemy. When the situation was critical, he personally went to the city to supervise the battle, determined to fight against the city's survival. The Japanese army invaded from the west city and led the remaining troops to fight in the streets with the enemy, refusing to give in an inch. During the battle, he was shot in the abdomen, seriously injured, and bleeding profusely. In order not to be taken prisoner, he shouted "Fight to the end", shot himself with a gun, and died heroically for his country. His patriotism and heroic behavior greatly boosted morale, and all officers and soldiers fought desperately and fought hard. The defense battle in Tengxian County lasted for three days and nights, blocking a large number of Japanese troops from attacking Xuzhou in the south, allowing the troops in southern Shandong to gain deployment time and laying the foundation for the victory of the Taierzhuang War. After he died for his country, he was posthumously promoted to Army General. In early May, when his coffin arrived at Wuhan Dazhimen Railway Station, thousands of people turned out to welcome him.

*** Representatives Wu Yuzhang and Dong Biwu, Eighth Route Army representative Luo Binghui and others participated in the memorial ceremony. ***, Wu Yuzhang, and Dong Biwu sent elegiac couplets: "Fighting to defend the isolated city and treating death as if returning home are the true qualities of revolutionary soldiers. They are determined to annihilate powerful enemies and sacrifice themselves for the country to bring glory to the Chinese nation."

Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, and Zhou Enlai jointly wrote an elegiac couplet: "A brigade guarding an isolated city and sacrificing their lives for the cause of national liberation is truly a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties and will live in history; tens of thousands of people are indignant and resist Japanese imperialist aggression, which will destroy the earth and revive China." 1938 On June 15, 2011, more than 80,000 people from Chengdu went to Niushikou to greet the deceased. On August 30, the bones were transported to Xindu for burial. The next day, tens of thousands of people held a public memorial in Xindu, and several planes flew in the air to distribute leaflets promoting his deeds. Afterwards, a bronze statue of the general on horseback was cast in Chengdu Shaocheng Park to express the Sichuan people's reverence for the anti-Japanese heroes.