In September 1944, according to the instructions of the central authorities, the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region established four second-level military regions, including Jizhong, Jijin, Jicha, and Jireliao, at that time, the commander of the Jizhong Military Region was Yang Chengwu, the political commissar was Lin Tie, and the military region had 5 military sub-districts under its jurisdiction, namely the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth military sub-districts, and the commanders of each sub-district were Wang Xianchen, Yu Quanshen, Jia Shizhen, Wei Hongliang, and Liu Bingzhen. Unfortunately, after only half a year, the Jizhong Military Region lost a commander of the military sub-district, and this person was Wang Xianchen. So, what kind of person is Wang Xianchen? How did he die? Let me introduce you to the martyr Wang Xianchen.
Wang Xianchen was originally named Wang Shuncheng, he was born in 1915 in An, Jiangxi Province, an ordinary peasant family, in 1931, the Red Army entered Yongyang Town, Wang Xianchen had long known about the Red Army, thinking that this was a real people's armed force, so he joined the Red Army unit and became a commander of the army. During the Long March, Wang Xianchen served as the instructor of the division number team, and he charged forward in battle many times and made great achievements.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wang Xianchen served as the political commissar of the Special Agent Regiment of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and as the regimental political commissar in the early stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was a proper lieutenant general qualification.
Wang Xianchen fought very hard. During his tenure as political commissar of the 1st Regiment of the Jizhong Garrison Brigade, he led his troops into the Taihang Mountains and cooperated with the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army against the Kuomintang 97th Army. After that, Wang Xianchen led his troops to pursue for more than 160 miles, causing most of the enemy to surrender. According to post-war statistics, in this battle, the 1st Regiment of the Garrison Brigade annihilated a total of 1,500 enemy troops and captured a large number of weapons and ammunition. After the war, Liu Bocheng praised Wang Xianchen.
In the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, Wang Xianchen led his troops to break the Deshi Railway, and he divided the troops into combat groups one by one, using grenades and explosives to sabotage the railway line, blowing up more than forty miles of the railway line, making it impossible for the Japanese army to support in time. After that, Wang Xianchen led his troops into the battle of Tofu Village in Zhao County, annihilating more than 300 enemy people and capturing more than 200 guns in one battle, which was highly praised by Zhu Laozong and Peng Laozong.
Wang Xianchen was very good at using guerrilla tactics. When he was the commander of the Sixth Military Division, in order to fight guerrilla warfare with the Japanese puppet army, Wang Xianchen took the initiative to break the troops into pieces and disperse the activities, for the convenience of action, he only took more than 100 people, and for a long time he moved between the enemy's fortress groups.
Wang Xianchen was a general who really loved soldiers like sons, he often talked to the soldiers, understood their state of mind, and generally helped the soldiers who had difficulties. One year, the local people sent a lot of vegetable dumplings and cakes to the Eighth Route Army, but some soldiers disliked the vegetable dumplings and refused to eat them, so Wang Xianchen saw the situation and immediately picked up the steamed vegetable dumplings, threw them into his mouth and ate them, saying: "Our task is to eat these dumplings, and after eating them, it is a victory." When the warriors saw the situation, they were influenced by Wang Xianchen and also ate in large mouthfuls.
However, it was such an excellent general who unfortunately died on the eve of the victory of the War of Resistance.
It was July 1945, when In order to surround and annihilate a remnant of the enemy, Wang Xianchen led several reconnaissance personnel to reconnoiter the courtyard, only to be hit by a lurking enemy and died heroically, at the age of 30.