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By the end of 1944, the New Fourth Army's office in Shangyu County, Zhejiang, had been moved to the Yonghe Temple in the eastern suburbs. The office was busy actively building an anti-Japanese democratic regime, while at the same time the Kuomintang government sent a large-scale security group to encircle and suppress bandits scattered in various areas. On this day, two young women hurried to the office, eager to meet with the director, Chen Shan, and handed over a small note that said: I hope the New Fourth Army can supply 400,000 rounds of ammunition, signed Wang Dingshan. This huge number of requests is shocking, what exactly is the reason why Wang Dingshan needs such a large amount of ammunition?
To understand all this, we need to go back to 1942. At that time, the Japanese army launched an attack on the Zhejiang-Gan Line, launching sweeps from the direction of Xiaoshan and Ningbo. Important cities fell one after another, the Kuomintang government was helpless, and the counties were evacuated. At the same time, the bandits took the opportunity to arm themselves and become a force to be reckoned with. Sheng County and Xinchang also became the anti-Japanese front. The party organization decided to send party members to infiltrate the Kuomintang township self-defense forces and bandit units to create conditions for the future anti-Japanese armed struggle. Chen Shan was one of them, and he was sent to Wang Shanhu's troops to engage in reform and fighting work.
Chen Shan was patriotic from an early age and joined the Communist Party in 1938. In the days that followed, he became the commander of Wang Shanhu's troops, helping to strengthen the troops. Soon after, Wang Shanhu partially split off Wang Xiaoming's troops, and the size quickly expanded to more than 2,000 people. Chen Shan realized that if he remained in Wang Shanhu's troops, the Communist Party's anti-Japanese plan would be difficult to achieve. So, he left Wang Shanhu and formed an independent squadron led by the party organization. In the process, he got acquainted with bandits such as Wang Xiaoming, Ye Hongshan, and Wang Dingshan.
With the escalation of the anti-Japanese war situation, the Kuomintang began to purge the bandit forces in Sheng County, Xinchang, Fenghua and other places. Some bandit units were forced to transform into the Kuomintang's Self-Defense Forces to help eliminate other bandits. Chen Shan left these troops and encouraged them to stick to their anti-Japanese beliefs. He told these troops not to surrender to the Japanese army, nor to submit to the Kuomintang, but to stick to the anti-Japanese stance, and if they had difficulties, they would go to Simingshan to find the communists.
However, in September 1944, the Kuomintang began to purge bandit forces in Sheng County, Xinchang, Fenghua and other places. This led to the fact that those bandit units with "backends" became the Kuomintang Self-Defense Forces, helping to eliminate other bandits. By the end of October, more than 40 bandit units remained undesirable. Faced with the attack of the Kuomintang Self-Defense Forces, these bandits were forced to retreat to the edge of Siming Mountain. However, Wang Dingshan's troops had little ammunition left and faced a siege by the Kuomintang troops. This critical situation prompted Wang Dingshan to think of what Chen Shan once said: In a time of crisis, come to Simingshan to find the Communist Party. He decided to ask Chen Shan's help.
Wang Dingshan sent two women as messengers, dressed as tea vendors, to find Chen Shan. After Chen Shan received the briefing, he quickly arranged accommodation for the envoy and went to the headquarters to report. The party organization took this request very seriously and called an emergency meeting. Zhang Wenbi, director of the Political Department, and Liu Liu, chief of staff, believed that the direct supply of such a large amount of ammunition might have adverse effects, but also understood that if the Kuomintang was allowed to eliminate or annex these bandit forces, it would be more detrimental to the people in the base areas. In the end, the party organization decided to write back, saying that it could not provide such a large number of bullets, but welcomed Wang Dingshan's troops to join the anti-Japanese ranks of the Communist Party. This decision was endorsed by Wang Dingshan and other bandit troops.
Soon after, Wang Dingshan's troops successfully broke through the siege, and they turned their backs on their hometown left behind in Simingshan, and burned it all down with a single fire. They joined the Eastern Zhejiang Column of the New Fourth Army and became part of the anti-Japanese armed forces. The New Fourth Army provided them with uniforms and household items, including family members. A large anti-Japanese army rekindled hope and became a strong fortress of the people. In order to celebrate their participation, a grand anti-Japanese conference was held, calling for unity and joint victory in the War of Resistance.
In August 1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the reorganization of Wang Dingshan's troops, he joined the 9th Regiment of the 3rd Division of the 1st Column of the East China Field Army. Wang Dingshan was promoted to deputy regiment commander, and he fully demonstrated his heroic fighting spirit and outstanding combat merits in the Liberation War.
In this journey full of thorns and dangers, it was only with people like Wang Dingshan and Chen Shan who cherished the feelings of the motherland and were lenient and righteous that enabled China's Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army to stubbornly resist the enemy. It is precisely with these staunch fighters that China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is bound to be victorious and the Chinese revolution is bound to have a bright future.
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