Wang (1893- 1938), a native of Taixingchang, Xindu, Sichuan (now Xindu District, Chengdu), took part in the road protection movement and the war against Yuan Shikai in his early years, and was once famous for his fortitude and bravery in the army. Famous anti-Japanese general. In the battle of Xuzhou, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China, Wang died defending tengxian, which laid the foundation for the victory of Taierzhuang. Later, he was posthumously awarded as an army general by the National Government, and he was one of the senior generals of the China Army who died in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

Heroic martyrdom

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army ran into a hard nail in tengxian, so they mobilized elite troops that night, with dozens of armored vehicles and a large number of artillery. 17 At about 6 o'clock, the enemy concentrated their artillery fire and violently strafed Tengxian County. More than 20 enemy planes bombed indiscriminately, and the whole tengxian was filled with smoke, and houses collapsed and became a sea of fire. After more than two hours of bombing, the enemy began to attack Dongguan, with more than a dozen tanks as the forerunner, covering the infantry from the gap in the Dongzhai wall. The defenders in Dongguan braved the enemy's gunfire and fought to the death at close range, with heavy casualties. Another Japanese army attacked the collapsed southeast corner wall, and a company's defenders blew up two enemy chariots with cluster grenades. The company suffered heavy casualties under the enemy's intensive artillery fire. More than forty enemy infantry rushed to the corner of the city, and the defenders sent another company to fight back against the invading enemy. After fierce hand-to-hand combat, they wiped out the invading enemy, leaving only 14 officers and men in the company. At this time, Wang sent an urgent telegram to Sun Zhen: "The enemy bombarded the city wall and southeast corner with artillery fire, and several sections near Dongguan were washed away. Enemy soldiers entered the city, and after my counterattack, countless enemies were killed and repelled. If there is no news of friendly forces at night, this isolated city will be in danger. " Chiang Kai-shek wrote an inscription for the king.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army stormed the street under the wall of Chengnan City with heavy artillery. At the same time, more than 20 enemy planes bombed Nanguan. Subsequently, enemy infantry attacked Cheng Nan under the cover of tanks. The defenders fought bravely and lost all their lives. The enemy occupied the south wall. At this time, the Japanese army on the Eastern Front concentrated on attacking Dongguan, and the enemy infantry broke into Dongguan under the cover of tanks. Seeing that reinforcements were hopeless, the king sent a telegram to Sun Zhen saying, "I am determined to serve my country to the death." After the enemy captured the city wall and Dongguan, Wang came to the crossroads in the center of the city to direct the operation. At this time, under the cover of machine gun fire, the enemy occupying the south wall pushed from the southwest corner to the west wall, and the enemy artillery concentrated their fire on the West Gate Tower. Ximen, the railway station and the defenders lost the cover of fortifications such as city walls and were exposed to enemy fire, causing great casualties and still persisting in resistance. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the enemy occupied the Western Wall and the West Gate. The king ordered all the departments in the city to engage in street fighting with the enemy. Xiguan defenders fought to the death, boarded the northwest wall, and personally commanded a platoon of the guard company to attack the Ximen Tower. Due to the fierce enemy fire, there was no cover on the wall and the whole platoon was killed. At this time, Wang came to the crossroads in the city center to direct the operation. Unfortunately, he was shot several times and died on the spot. Heroic martyrdom At the same time, Zhao Weibin, chief of staff, and Zou Shaomeng, chief of staff of124th Division, were also martyred. After General Wang's sacrifice, the officers and men guarding the city continued to fight against the Japanese army, and all but a few of them shed their last drop of blood. In the Battle of tengxian, General Wang commanded the 4 1 Army, defeated the enemy's onslaught front, stopped the enemy's advance, bought time for China's army to assemble in Xuzhou, and caused heavy losses to the Japanese 10 Division, which created favorable conditions for the subsequent victory in Taierzhuang. General Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of Xuzhou Battle and commander of the Fifth Theater, spoke highly of this: "Without tengxian's hard work, how could Taierzhuang win?" The victory of Taierzhuang was caused by the martyrs of tengxian! "