Lin Yingcan

Lin Yingcan

Lin Yingcan (1898-1939) was born in Huanggang, Hubei Province. He once studied in the sixth infantry section of Baoding military academy. After graduation, he successively served as platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander, division major general and chief of staff. In 1936, he was ordered to lead his troops to Hainan QiongYa. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, he volunteered to fight against the enemy and serve the country. In Hainan, he stepped up the construction of fortifications, reorganized the troops, made full use of the topography and tropical climate of Hainan, beat back the Japanese sneak attacks for many times, and was promoted to Deputy major general of the 152nd division of the national revolutionary army.

In order to block China's maritime communication lines and cooperate with the battle in Wuhan, the Japanese aggressor army, under the jurisdiction of the 5th, 18th and 104th divisions of the 21st army, launched an attack on Guangzhou in October 1938. At that time, the national government dispatched troops stationed in Guangdong to reinforce Wuhan and other battlefields, leaving only seven divisions and two brigades in Guangdong. The troops were scattered and the equipment was backward, and Guangzhou soon lost.

At the end of 1938, Lin Yingcan was ordered to lead his troops to sneak across the Qiongzhou Strait to fight against Japan in northern Guangdong, attacking the enemy in Qingyuan and Huaxian. After the Japanese occupied Guangzhou, they attacked Qingyuan County in mid January 1939. Lin Yingcan organized his troops to fight bravely and beat back the enemy's counterattack many times. On January 13, when he led the brave team to pursue the Japanese army, he was bombed by enemy planes, hit the key by shrapnel, and died for his country.

On August 24, 2015, it was listed in the list of the second batch of 600 famous Anti Japanese heroes and heroes released by the Ministry of civil affairs.

Early experience

Lin Yingcan, Zi Wen, was born in Huanggang, Hubei Province (now Xinzhou District, Wuhan City). He was fond of reading and worked hard since he was a child. In his youth, he witnessed the decline of the country, the imperialist tyranny, the corruption and incompetence of the warlord government, and the uneven military strength of the country, which made it difficult to defend the enemy and protect the country. Therefore, he set up his ambition to join the army, serve the country and save the people.

give up civilian pursuits to join the army

Lin Yingcan joined the army and was admitted to the 6th infantry division of Baoding Military Academy at that time. During his study in the military academy, Lin Yingcan trained hard and studied hard with the idea of saving the country and the people. In addition, he was determined and taciturn. He was well-trained and accomplished, which was deeply supported by his classmates and appreciated by the school and the authorities.

After graduating from the military academy, Lin Yingcan served in the army. Because of his good command of troops, clear rewards and punishments, bravery in fighting, and good command of dispatch, he won the support and admiration of the soldiers in the army. He was also promoted from platoon commander to company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander, chief of staff and deputy division commander.

In 1931, Lin Yingcan was appointed major general chief of staff of the 152nd Army division.

In 1936, general Lin Yingcan was ordered to lead his troops to Hainan QiongYa.

Meritorious service in the war of resistance against Japan

In 1937, China's war of resistance against Japan broke out. General Lin Yingcan wrote to the military authorities, asking them to fight against the enemy and serve the country. The military authorities consider that although there is no major war in southern Xinjiang, its strategic position and significance are very important. They must have elite troops to guard and prepare for war. So he ordered general Lin to be fully prepared to fight against the enemy. General Lin Yingcan was ordered to lead his troops to build fortifications in Hainan, organize training troops, make full use of the island terrain, repel the enemy's attacks and sneak attacks for many times, and safeguard the security of Southern Xinjiang. He was promoted to the deputy commander of the 152nd division of the army by killing the enemy and defending Xinjiang.

In 1938, under the order of the superior, Lin Yingcan led his troops to sneak across the Qiongzhou Strait and return to northern Guangdong to fight against Japan. General Lin Yingcan led his troops to attack Jingyuan County and Huaxian county from time to time to destroy the enemy's small groups of active troops, effectively kill the enemy's effective forces, blow up the enemy's transportation lines, organize the enemy to go deep and destroy many enemies.

die for one's country

On January 13, 1939, the enemy concentrated its superior forces and launched a fierce attack on the front line of our army in Longshan City, Jingyuan County, in an attempt to annihilate the main force of our anti Japanese army and continue to march north and West.

General Lin Yingcan led the main force of the 152nd division to hold the position and fight fiercely with the enemy. The enemy has the superiority in weaponry and firepower, and they attack our army with the air plane bombing and heavy artillery bombardment. General Lin Yingcan and his soldiers braved the enemy's bombardment and artillery fire and fought back the enemy's attacks again and again by using the solid formula on the ground. The front of the position was covered with the enemy's corpses. However, after fierce fighting, our soldiers also suffered heavy casualties. Our army's ground fortifications have also been damaged by the enemy's repeated attacks and bombing. In the battle, general Lin Yingcan personally went to the front line to command the troops, educated the officers and soldiers with the revolutionary spirit of winning the Anti Japanese War and vowing to save the country, and encouraged them to fight bravely, kill the enemy, serve the country, and survive with the positions. When the officers and men on the front line saw that the officer was so brave and in high morale, they could calmly respond to the enemy's crazy attacks and would rather die than retreat to beat back the enemy's attacks.

After that, the enemy who failed to attack for many times became angry. They again concentrated their superior forces and weapons, bombarded our army with artillery fire, and took advantage of the situation to launch a dense group charge. The two sides launched a fierce battle. For a moment, the killing was loud and the battlefield was bloody. General Lin Yingcan personally led the brave team to fight back and forth on the battlefield. Because our soldiers fought bravely and the enemy could not support them, they retreated. At this time, the enemy planes and artillery bombarded our army again. General Lin Yingcan saw this and immediately organized his troops to enter the fortification shelter. However, when he organized his troops to enter the fortification, he was unfortunately hit by shrapnel and died in his battle position. He was 41 years old.

Social evaluation

General Lin Yingcan was regarded as a martyr of the Anti Japanese war because he sacrificed his life to defend his country and made great contributions to the war. In memory of general Lin Yingcan's achievements in the Anti Japanese War and his patriotism.

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