Wan Fulin

Wan Fulin (Chinese万福 麟/万福 麟, Pinyin Wan Fulin, W.-G. Wan Fu -lin; Zì寿山, Shoushan, Shou- shan, * 1880, † 1951) was a Chinese general in the time of the Warlord era and the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Wan, who was a member of the Fengtian clique in northeast China's Manchuria, was from June to August 1928 Military Governor of Heilongjiang Province, which was at that time under the de facto control of the Beiyang government.

In addition to Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Xueliang, son of the ruler of the Fengtian clique, Zhang Zuo-lin, Wan was one of the Hauptinitiatioren who ordered the replacement of fünfstreifigen flag of the Republic of China by the new flag of the Republic under the rule of the Kuomintang and thus 29 December 1928, the Chinese reunification of 1928 were performing. In gratitude for this he was up to October 1931 again promoted from January 1929 to the Governor of Heilongjiang before his absence after the Mukden Incident and during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria led to that Zhang Xueliang had to replace it by the General Ma Zhanshan.

As a substitute for this he was given command of the 32nd Corps of the northeast Chinese army which had to withdraw in the wake of the advance of the Japanese in Manchuria in November. This he also commanded in February and March 1933, the Battle of deer. However, his ill-equipped army could not do much and had to be early in the battle retreat against the Japanese.

After the battle he was given command of the 53rd Corps, which remained one of the few larger units of the Northeast Army in the north while most troops to fight the communist insurgency in the south has been deducted. After the incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, he sent a brigade in support of the 29th Corps in the Battle of Beijing -Tianjin, but this does not commanded you. Later, his corps returned to defensive battles with the Japanese along the railway lines from Beijing to Hankou and Tianjin to Pukow.

In late summer and fall of 1938, he had command of the 26th Army, with which he fought in the Battle of Wuhan.

He was throughout the Second Sino-Japanese War Chairman of the exiled government of Fengtian Province and 1942-1945 also a member of the National Military Council. He died in 1951.

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