- Yao Zhenshan
Yao Zhenshan (姚振山), （？－1938）Chinese soldier and leader of Anti Japanese volunteer army forces in the resistance to the
Pacification of Manchukuo .Before the
Mukden Incident , Yao was a captain commanding a company in the Third Battalion, 676th Regiment, 27th Brigade of the Kirin Provincial Army. Following the invasion of Manchuria he joinedWang Delin 'sChinese People's National Salvation Army .After the Army of
Wang Delin was defeated and retreated from Manchukuo, Yao Zhenshan remained behind in eastern Kirin province. National Salvation Army's acting Commander-in-ChiefWu Yicheng soon appointed him brigade commander. He lead it north and south to on various expeditions, and coordinated with other Anti Japanese forces in harassing the Japanese. In 1934, was made the First Corps commander of the one of three in the National Salvation Army. He later cooperated with the 2nd Route Army of theNortheast Anti-Japanese United Army in the war against Japanese and their Manchukuoan armies.Following Yao's death in battle in 1938, the wife of
Kong Xianrong another of Wang Delin's subordinates, led the remains of his forces, a small band which fought on until the spring of 1941 when it was annihilated.External links
* [http://www.lnlib.com:8080/was40/detail?record=9344&channelid=11431 外文名] Yao Zhenshan
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