- Pang Bingxun
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portrayedby=Pang Bingxun (Traditional Chinese: ? ; Simplified Chinese: ?; pinyin: Pang Bingxun; Wade-Giles: Pang Ping-hsun (1879-1963) was a General during the
Second Sino-Japanese War for the KMT, whose 3rd Corps of 5 regiments held the city ofLinyi against the Japanese 5th Division during theBattle of Taierzhuang .Pang escaped into the mountains after the defeat of the nationalist forces by the Japanese in the battles after Taierzhuang, and initially refused to surrender. However, due to his opium addiction, his deputy was captured by the Japanese in a nearby city when he was sent to by Pang to purchase opium, which lead to Pang's eventual capture by the Japanese. Later, Pang succumbed to his opium addiction and he surrendered to the Japanese and commanded troops for the Japanese Puppet government after mid 1943.
Military career
*1937 General Officer Commanding 39th Division
*1937 - 1938 General Officer Commanding 3rd Army
*1937 - 1941 General Officer Commanding XXXX Corps
*1940 - 1943 Chairman of the Government of Hebei Province
*1943 Surrender to Japan
*1943-? Command 24th Group Army puppet troopsee also
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Second Sino-Japanese War
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