Yao Zhenshan
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Yao Zhenshan （died 1938） was a Chinese soldier and leader of anti-Japanese volunteer army forces in the resistance to the Pacification of Manchukuo
.
Before the Mukden Incident
, Yao was a captain commanding a company in the Third Battalion, 676th Regiment, 27th Brigade of the Kirin Provincial Army. Following the invasion of Manchuria he joined Wang Delin
's Chinese People's National Salvation Army
.
After the Army of Wang Delin
was defeated and retreated from Manchukuo, Yao Zhenshan remained behind in eastern Kirin province. National Salvation Army's acting Commander-in-Chief Wu Yicheng
soon appointed him brigade commander. He led it north and south to on various expeditions, and coordinated with other Anti Japanese forces in harassing the Japanese. In 1934, was made the First Corps commander of the one of three in the National Salvation Army. He later cooperated with the 2nd Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army
in the war against Japanese and their Manchukuoan armies.
Following Yao's death in battle in 1938, the wife of Kong Xianrong
another of Wang Delin's subordinates, led the remains of his forces, a small band which fought on until the spring of 1941, when it was annihilated.
Pacification of Manchukuo
The Pacification of Manchukuo, was a campaign to pacify the resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo between the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies of Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and the forces of the...
.
Before the Mukden Incident
Mukden Incident
The Mukden Incident, also known as the Manchurian Incident, was a staged event that was engineered by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for invading the northern part of China known as Manchuria in 1931....
, Yao was a captain commanding a company in the Third Battalion, 676th Regiment, 27th Brigade of the Kirin Provincial Army. Following the invasion of Manchuria he joined Wang Delin
Wang Delin
Wang Delin or Wang Teh-ling, , bandit, soldier and leader of the National Salvation Army resisting the Japanese pacification of Manchukuo....
's Chinese People's National Salvation Army
Chinese People's National Salvation Army
One of the most successful volunteer armies was the Chinese People's National Salvation Army or NSA, led by a former bandit turned soldier, Wang Delin. At the time of the invasion, Wang Delin's 200 man battalion was stationed near Yanji, a small town in the east of Jilin province...
.
After the Army of Wang Delin
Wang Delin
Wang Delin or Wang Teh-ling, , bandit, soldier and leader of the National Salvation Army resisting the Japanese pacification of Manchukuo....
was defeated and retreated from Manchukuo, Yao Zhenshan remained behind in eastern Kirin province. National Salvation Army's acting Commander-in-Chief Wu Yicheng
Wu Yicheng
Wu Yicheng one of Wang Delins companions who had been with him for many years as a bandit, was made one of Wang's company commanders along with Kong Xianrong, when Wang was taken into the Kirin Provincial army and became a battalion commander...
soon appointed him brigade commander. He led it north and south to on various expeditions, and coordinated with other Anti Japanese forces in harassing the Japanese. In 1934, was made the First Corps commander of the one of three in the National Salvation Army. He later cooperated with the 2nd Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army
Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army
The Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army was an anti-Japanese guerrilla army in the Northeast part of China after the occupation of Manchuria by Japan in 1931. It was organized by the Manchuria branches of the Chinese Communist Party . However, it lost direct contact with the CCP headquarter in...
in the war against Japanese and their Manchukuoan armies.
Following Yao's death in battle in 1938, the wife of Kong Xianrong
Kong Xianrong
Kong Xianrong one of Wang Delin's companions who had been with him for many years as a bandit, was made one of Wang's company commanders along with Wu Yicheng, when Wang was taken into the Kirin Provincial army and became a battalion commander. When Wang Delin refused to submit to the Japanese...
another of Wang Delin's subordinates, led the remains of his forces, a small band which fought on until the spring of 1941, when it was annihilated.
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