1903 was born in a poor peasant family in Baitu Zhexi Village, Jurong County, Jiangsu Province. After graduating from normal school, Wu Hengtong stayed on as a teacher and served as inspector of Jurong County and director of Taixing County Education Bureau. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, anti-Japanese armed forces were organized. 1938, Chen Yi had a long talk with him and was ordered to join the army and organize anti-Japanese armed forces in his hometown. 1939 * * Joined China. 1939165438+10, the Jiangnan headquarters of the New Fourth Army was established. The local armed forces led by Wu Hengtong were incorporated into the New Fourth Army as the New Third Regiment, with Wu Hengtong as the head. After the new third regiment returned to the town, the sentence and the river, Lien Chan made some gains and became a strong force in the newly formed troops. In this regard, Wu Hengtong said with great gratitude: "I dreamed of saving the country through education in my early years, but I was completely disappointed with the corruption and incompetence of the Kuomintang. Now that I have found * * *, I want to start a new life and make up for the wasted years in the past. "

194 1 in the spring of, Wu Hengtong was transferred to the inspector general of the fifth administrative region and the order of Jurong County. Despite the difficulties and obstacles, he returned to Maoshan, interspersed with guerrillas among the enemy and puppet troops, and resumed the anti-Japanese base areas while building democratic political power. On September 6, Wu Hengtong and several entourage members of the county-level organs entered the dam in the central township of Jurong District 2. Because of the traitor's informer, the station was suddenly attacked by the enemy and puppet troops. Wu Hengtong led the crowd to break through, unfortunately injured and captured, and was escorted to Jurong Gendarmerie. After Wu Hengtong was captured, the enemy was ecstatic. One is to lure the enemy to surrender and entertain, but Wu Hengtong turned a blind eye and made the enemy at a loss. Chen Xizhou, the pseudo-county magistrate, came forward to deal with it. The witch turned her back to the wall and roared, "I don't know the scum of your nation. Get out of here!" The glory of my life, the glory of my death, it is a delusion for me to betray my country and seek glory! "The enemy captured their youngest son and softened it with emotion. Wu Heng used Wen Tianxiang and other national heroic deeds to educate his youngest son, asking him to be a China man with ambition and backbone when he grows up. Since then, Wu Hengtong refused to go on a hunger strike and decided to die for his country. 14 At 6 am on September 6th, Wu Hengtong died heroically after eight days of hunger strike, at the age of 38. The party, government, soldiers and civilians in the anti-Japanese base areas in southern Jiangsu all stood in awe and mourned deeply. Chen Yi sent a telegram with Wen Tianxiang's poems as a eulogy. " No one has died in life since ancient times, so care with your heart and shine on history. "