Wang lengzhai

Wang lengzhai

Wang lengzhai (1892-1960) was born in Fujian Province. In the winter of 1935, he served as counselor and director of propaganda office of Beiping municipal government. In January 1937, he concurrently served as the Commissioner of administrative supervision of the third district of Hebei Province and head of Wanping county. When the Lugouqiao Incident broke out, he argued with the Japanese army. In January 1946, when the Far East International Military Court tried Japanese war criminals, Wang lengzhai went to Tokyo to testify. After the founding of new China, he served as a member of the second and third National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Museum of culture and history, and librarian of the Central Museum of culture and history. He died in 1960.

Personal profile

Wang lengzhai (1891-1960) was born in Fujian Province. He studied the army since he was a child. He was admitted to Baoding army officer school in early 1914 and graduated in May 1916. He is honest, courageous, elegant and popular. In his early years, he was engaged in cultural work and founded Beijing Tianjin evening news and Far East News Agency in Beiping. Later, he served as counselor of Beiping municipal government and director of Beiping news Inspection Institute. During the Lugouqiao Incident in 1937, he served as the administrative inspector of the third district of Hebei Province and head of Wanping county.

July 7 Incident

In January 1937, he was appointed inspector of the third administrative region of Hebei Province (Wanping, Daxing, Tongxian, Changping) and head of Wanping county. When he was in danger, he was ordered to negotiate with the Japanese side for many times, resulting in the failure of the Japanese plot to enclose 6000 mu of land in Fengtai. During the Lugouqiao Incident, he was in a dangerous city. He was busy in another battlefield of "negotiation and peaceful settlement". He fought against the barbarian enemies on the point of war and safeguarded the dignity of the motherland. On that day, when the military artillery bombarded the Yamen of Wanping county government and the roof fell down, he moved his desk to the courtyard to work, representing the indomitable spirit of the Chinese people. In the tense days of the Anti Japanese war at Lugouqiao, he wrote "50 chronicles of Lugouqiao" in the form of ancient poems, which truly recorded the tense situation of the strong enemy pressing the border at the front line of Wanping and the image of the 29 th army's sword team's imposing attack on the aggressors. Lugou Bridge, located in the southwest of Beiping, is the throat of Yongding River from Beiping to the south of Hebei Province. It was also the seat of Wanping county at that time. After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army continued to create troubles here. Therefore, on January 1st, 1937, the office of the administrative inspector general of the third district of Hebei Province was set up, and the foreign affairs were controlled by the Beiping municipal government. It was at such a critical moment that Wang lengzhai became inspector general and magistrate of Wanping county. in his negotiations with the Japanese army, Wang lengzhai insisted on his patriotism and refused to give up any land involved in sovereignty. The Japanese tried to set up an airport in Dajing village. They came to Wanping many times with the topographic map drawn in advance and asked to cut the land according to the map, but Wang lengzhai firmly refused. The Japanese side failed to negotiate positively. Instead, it started from the people and colluded with local traitors and local ruffians to lure residents to rent and sell land voluntarily. When Wang lengzhai found out, he immediately sent people to Dajing village to investigate, arrested the traitor, and publicized patriotism to the residents, which made the Japanese army's conspiracy come to nothing. On the night of July 7, 1937, the Japanese army conducted an exercise near Lugouqiao. On the pretext that a soldier was missing, they asked to enter Wanping City to search, but the Chinese garrison refused. The Japanese army was transferred from Fengtai to the outside of Wanping City and formed a siege posture. On the one hand, they informed Qin Dechun, the mayor of Beiping, and threatened to solve the problem by force. That night, Wang lengzhai lived in Peiping. When he learned of the situation, he immediately rushed to Wanping to investigate the "missing Japanese army" incident. No matter in Peiping or outside Wanping, there was no progress in the negotiations with Matsui, the head of the Japanese secret service, and Mou Tiankou, the head of the Japanese coalition. We firmly guarantee that there are no missing Japanese soldiers in the city, and refuse the request of Japanese troops to enter the city. The Japanese side's threats and inducements were met by Wang lengzhai's resolute counterattack. Around 1:00 a.m. on the 8th, the Japanese army began to attack the city, firing guns at the same time. The special office and the county government were the first to bear the brunt of the attack, and they were bombed and collapsed by shells. After the breakup of the negotiation, Wang lengzhai moved to the garrison command post and organized the garrison to fight against the Japanese invaders, which started the eight year war of resistance. after the comprehensive anti Japanese war began, he went to the rear area to participate in the war. After the Japanese invaders occupied Ping and Jin, Wang lengzhai retreated with the 29th army and set up the first group army offices in Jinan, Kaifeng and Xi'an. In the spring of 1939, he left the army for Hong Kong. After the Pacific War broke out at the end of 1941, he went into exile in Guiyang. In August 1945, Japan surrendered. In 1946, the Far East International Military Court tried Japanese war criminals. Wang lengzhai went to Tokyo to testify. He attended the Far East International Military Tribunal to try Japanese war criminals. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as the director of the Beijing Museum of culture and history. He died of illness in 1960. Wang lengzhai wrote the whole story of the Lugouqiao Incident and the poems and essays about the Anti Japanese War of Lugouqiao.

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