At the end of July 1932, major Japanese newspapers published this photo in prominent positions, and the annotation of the photo was "The Scene of the Kwantung Army Killing Ma Zhanshan", and Japan carried out a large report on "Killing Ma Zhanshan", and also collected the so-called relics collected on the spot and took them to Tokyo for exhibition.
Among the items at the scene of the so-called "killing of Ma Zhanshan" by the Japanese army were Ma Zhanshan's photographs, business cards, medals, and a set of jade and gold-encrusted smoking utensils, as well as a large amount of cash. In addition, the Japanese army believed that Ma Zhanshan had "killed" a corpse wearing a general's uniform and with a blurred face of flesh and blood that resembled Ma Zhanshan's body.
Born on November 30, 1885 in Ma Zhanshan, Jilin, he joined the army at the end of the Qing Dynasty and served as a company commander, battalion commander and regiment commander after the Republic of China. In 1929, he was transferred to the 3rd Brigade of the Heilongjiang Army Infantry Brigade, stationed in Heihe, with jurisdiction over more than 10 counties along the Heilongjiang River. In 1931, he also served as the commander of the Heihe Police Force and the defender of Heihe Town. On October 10, Ma Zhanshan was ordered to act as chairman of the Heilongjiang provincial government and concurrently serve as the military commander-in-chief of the Northeast Border Defense Army in Heilongjiang Province.
After taking office as acting chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Government, Ma Zhanshan issued a "Declaration of Resistance" on the 22nd, saying: "If there are those who infringe on our territory and disturb public order, we will do our best to eradicate them and do our duty to defend the localities." ”
It was against this background that Ma Zhanshan organized and led the "Jiangqiao War of Resistance", which fired the first shot of the Chinese nation against Japanese aggression. Although the "Jiangqiao Resistance" lasted only 16 days from November 4 to November 19, Ma Zhanshan relied on inferior troops to cause more than 6,000 casualties of the Japanese puppet army.
After the Jiangqiao Anti-Japanese War, Ma Zhanshan became a major problem for the Japanese occupation of Heilongjiang, and the Japanese army also stepped up the encirclement and suppression of Ma Zhanshan's troops, and by July 1932, after experiencing many battles, the troops suffered heavy casualties, exhausted weapons and ammunition, and had to retreat into the old forest in the mountains of Xiaoxing'anling.
In late July, when Ma Zhanshan's troops marched to the Baijizi Pass of the Zhanghe River in Qing'an County, they were surrounded by thousands of Japanese troops from the Japanese Pine Wood Division. After three days of bloody fighting, more than half of the troops suffered casualties, and Ma Zhanshan was also wounded in the battle.
Under this critical situation, the troops decided that Ma Zhanshan, Tai Binshan, and Rong Yuqun would lead 42 guards to the east to break through into the deeper dense forest to hide. In addition, Han Jialin, chief of staff of the Volunteer Army, led more than 100 officers and men to break through to the north on more than 50 horses, attracting the main force of the Japanese army and covering Ma Zhanshan and others.
It was under such an arrangement that the Japanese army identified the troops led by Han Jialin as the main force where Ma Zhanshan was located, and clung to them in the rear.
On July 28, the breakthrough cover force led by Han Jialin had fought to the point where only 20 people remained, and they were exhausted from the day-to-day fighting. When we went to the seven or eight forests of Luoquan Dianzi in Hailun County, there happened to be a private house. Seeing that the Japanese pursuers had been thrown farther away, the crowd went into the houses to rest. Because they were so tired, everyone fell asleep on their heads.
Unexpectedly, in the early morning of July 29, the Japanese army surrounded this private house and shouted in the face of the surrender of the Japanese army. Han Jialin and other officers and men knew that there was no hope of a breakthrough, but still decided to swear to die, and immediately launched a final attack on the Japanese army under the cover of civilian houses. In the end, all the more than 20 officers and men, including Han Jialin, all died heroically.
After the battle, because Han Jialin's figure resembled Ma Zhanshan, he was wearing a general's uniform, and he had a beard, and his face had been blurred with blood and flesh because of the fierce battle, according to the business cards, stamps and jade smoking tools found at the scene, the Japanese army believed that Han Jialin was Ma Zhanshan. So there were two photos taken by the Japanese army at the beginning of our article, and the news of "killing Ma Zhanshan" was publicized, and many domestic media at that time also believed it and reported it.
At the same time, in order to ask for credit, the Japanese army also cruelly cut off Han Jialin's head and hung it on the wall of Helen in the name of Ma Zhanshan for public display. Tokyo, Japan, also held a special victory exhibition "Killing Ma Zhanshan".
At this time, Ma Zhanshan had entered the depths of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains under the cover of Han Jialin and others, and finally after more than 50 days of difficult transfer, broke away from the Japanese encirclement and arrived in Longmen County.
Han Jialin, who died heroically to cover Ma Zhanshan, was born in 1898 in Heshan Village, Heshan Township, Xiaochengzi Town, Lishu County, Jilin Province. From 1914 onwards, he began to follow Ma Zhanshan, and because of his cleverness and understanding, he gained the weight of Ma Zhanshan, and adopted him as a righteous son to focus on cultivation. He entered the Northeast Military Officers' Research Class in Shenyang for further study.
Just when the Japanese army was hyped up and celebrated the "killing of Ma Zhanshan", in November 1932, Ma Zhanshan regrouped various volunteer troops in Longmen County and once again raised the banner of anti-Japanese resistance. At this time, the Japanese army found that they had celebrated for half a day, and it turned out that there was a big oolong, and Ma Zhanshan, whom they regarded as a big problem, was still unscathed