I. Wu Kun grew from a poor child to a red army commander and completed the twenty-five thousand mile long march.
The 20-year-old Wu Kun secretly rescued a Red Army soldier in 1930 and gained a deep understanding of the Red Army, so he and this Red Army soldier defected to the Red Army's Eastern Sichuan guerrillas without hesitation.
Wu Kun
After joining the Red Army, although Wu Kun did not read books and had a low culture because of his poor family, he was meticulous in his thinking and excellent in military quality. Before each operation, Wu Kun carefully considered all the factors that might affect the operation, so only 4 years later, he grew from a small soldier to the commander of the 50th Regiment of the 17th Division of the Red 33rd Army.
Wu Kun was not only meticulous in his thoughts, he was also very brave in battle, often charging in the front line, so in a very short period of time, he was injured six times!
After that, Wu Kun embarked on a long journey and firmly walked to northern Shaanxi.
From the Red Army to the Eighth Route Army and then to the New Fourth Army, Wu Kun came to the forefront of the War of Resistance in the Wuxi area of Jiangnan Province.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Wu Kun, a 27-year-old "veteran red army regimental commander" who had experienced the Long March, was transferred from the Eighth Route Army to the New Fourth Army and served as the deputy commander of the 6th Regiment of the 3rd Detachment.
The commander of this Sixth Regiment was the famous General Ye Fei from the Red Army in eastern Fujian.
Together, Wu Kun and Ye Fei led the old 6th Regiment of the New Fourth Army to enter the areas of Wuxi, Suzhou, Changshu, and Taicang from the Maoshan area in accordance with the instructions of the central authorities to "march east", and entered the heart of Wang Andu and Rikou to carry out anti-Japanese operations.
Jiangkang General Headquarters (Wuxi Meicun)
After the Sixth Regiment of the New Fourth Army met with the local "Jiangkang Third Road Mei Guangdi Department" in Wuxi, the Jiangkang General Headquarters was established, and the Sixth Regiment was renamed the Jiangkang 2nd Route Army, and Wu Kun served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangkang And the commander of the 2nd Route Army.
1. Victory in the first battle.
On May 29, 1939, part of the Jiangkang 2nd Road led by Wu Kun, after clearing more than 10 Japanese puppet army strongholds in Changshu, camped in Xiaochengxiang Village, 500 meters southeast of Wuxi Loess Pond.
Loess Pond Battle Monument
The next morning, fifty or sixty Japanese soldiers went to the village of Xiaocheng Lane to prepare to attack Wu Kun's troops.
Xiaocheng Lane Village is low-lying and surrounded by water on three sides, and only two small dams in the east and west enter and exit the village. Based on the reported enemy situation, Wu Kun ordered the mobilization of machine guns to garrison the river dam, and the companies quickly entered the position.
After a day of fierce fighting, with no superior weapons and numbers, and the continuous reinforcement of the Japanese army, Wu Kun used the tactic of pinch attack to severely damage the Japanese army, killing more than 30 of them, including 1 of Ōsa.
The New Fourth Army only lost 7 casualties and wounded 8 people, and the New Fourth Army's eastward advance was successful in the first battle.
2. Consecutive victories.
The Jiangkang 2nd Road troop led by Wu Kun was also praised by the local people as a "Jiangyin Tiger" unit, and Wu Kun was known as "Wu Tiger", and as soon as the recalcitrant army heard that Wu Kun was coming, it basically slipped away first.
After that, Wu Kun led the Jiangsu Anti-2nd Road Troops to attack the Japanese stronghold at Hushuguan Station at night with the tactic of "encircling the yellow and fighting the Huhu", killing and wounding nearly 30 Japanese troops, blowing up more than 100 meters of railway tracks and two roads and bridges, forcing the Interruption of the Shanghai-Nanjing Line for 3 days.
Night attack on Hushu Pass
The night attack on Hongqiao Airport and the burning of four Japanese and Kou military planes have further encouraged the enthusiasm of the people of the whole country to resist the war.
Third, sacrifice your body for the country and bury your bones in Jiangyin.
1. Beautiful error.
Because of the bravery and brilliant results in combat, the New Fourth Army headquarters was ready to propose Wu Kun as the regimental commander.
But at this time, Wu Kun "made a mistake": he talked about a girlfriend (Zhenjiang beauty Yang Ruinian). He and Yang Ruinian knew and fell in love with each other on the way from Yan'an to Hankou together, because Wu Kun had been injured six times in battle, coupled with seasickness, and his body was very weak at that time, 22-year-old Yang Ruinian took care of Wu Kun for a day and a night, and the two unconsciously thought of developing a good feeling.
Wu Kun's lover Yang Ruinian martyr
When a man marries a woman, why do you say that Wu Kun made a mistake?
It was only because he did not meet the conditions for the "Two-Five-Eight Regiment" stipulated by the New Fourth Army at that time that he could fall in love.
So the regimental commander of Neiding was gone, and Wu Kun could only continue to be his deputy regimental commander. Wu Kun and Yang Ruinian could no longer meet, and the two could only exchange letters.
2. The heroes of the War of Resistance did not die at the hands of the Japanese, but died under the guns of the Kuomintang military command troops.
Wu Kun not only made the Japanese army afraid, but the Kuomintang was even more afraid of Wu Kun's enlargement, so they tried to find a way to take Wu Kun's life.
In September 1939, Wu Kun led his troops to move in the direction of Jiangyin, and while passing through the area of Hutangli in Mazhen Township, Jiangyin, he was suddenly attacked and pinched by two units of the "Zhongyi National Salvation Army" led by Dai Kasa. In the fierce battle, Wu Kun was shot in the head and died heroically, at the age of 29.
After Wu Kun's sacrifice, Chen Yi personally visited Wu Kun's grave in Jiangyin and shed tears of sadness for him.
Commander Chen Yi
Monument to the burial place of wu kun martyrs in Dingshan Bay, Zhouzhuang, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province
Wu Kun was later buried in Nanjing Yuhuatai
Shortly after Wu Kun's death, the "Anhui Southern Incident" occurred, and Yang Rui, who was working in the New Fourth Army Headquarters, was unfortunately captured and killed on June 20, 1942, at the age of 26.
General Ye Fei had a deep affection for Wu Kun, and after liberation, he would personally go to Wu Kun's tomb every year to commemorate and mourn.
Chen Yi and Ye Fei
Conclusion: Let us remember General Wu Kun and always remember the warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country and the nation in the land of Wuxi.