The Wang puppet government was a puppet regime established in Nanjing after Wang Jingwei surrendered to Japan during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and was also known as the "National Government of the Republic of China" and the Wang Puppet Government. At the end of 1944, after Wang Jingwei died of illness in Japan, Chen Gongbo served as chairman of the puppet National Government and chairman of the Military Commission of the Puppet National Government, but the regime was still called the Wang Puppet Government, and on the eve of the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the so-called "Peaceful Nation-Building Army" established by the Wang Puppet Government still had six fronts and other units.
The commander-in-chief of the First Front was Ren Yuandao, which had two corps and several brigades under its jurisdiction, mainly operating in southern Jiangsu, central Anhui, and northern Zhejiang along the Yangtze River. After the surrender of Japan, the Wang puppet government collapsed, the First Front Army was reorganized by the Nationalist government into the Nanjing Advance Army, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Advance Army, later handing over the military power as a lieutenant general to participate in the council, and then living in seclusion in Hong Kong, moving to Canada on the eve of the founding of New China, and died of illness in 1980.
The commander-in-chief of the Second Front was Sun Liangcheng, a famous warlord of the Republic of China, whose main activities were in northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu. Sun Liangcheng was one of the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Northwest Army, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression he served as deputy commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army and deputy commander-in-chief of the Jicha Theater; in 1942, he was reorganized into the Second Front Army after leading his troops to defect to the Wang puppet government; after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he was appointed by the Nationalist government as the commander-in-chief of the newly organized Second Route Army; during the Battle of Huaihai, Sun Liangcheng surrendered and took the initiative to persuade Liu Ruming to surrender; he was released shortly after being detained, arrested when he liberated Shanghai, and died of illness in prison in 1951.
The commander-in-chief of the Third Front was Wu Huawen, whose main activities were in central Luzhong, Lunan, and northern Jiangsu. Wu Huawen was originally the commander-in-chief of Feng Yuxiang and Han Fuyu, who fought against the Japanese army in Shandong after Han Fuyu's death, and was reorganized into the Third Front Army after defecting to the Wang puppet government in 1943 (it is said that he surrendered to the enemy on the orders of Chiang Kai-shek), and after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander-in-chief of the newly organized Fifth Army, and later served as the commander of the Ninety-sixth Army, which was changed to the 35th Army after the uprising in the Battle of Jinan. The army was the first to invade Nanjing, and Wu Huawen served as the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Communications after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and died of illness in 1962.
The commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front was Zhang Lanfeng, who was mainly active in the Huaibei region, and after the victory of the War of Resistance, it was reorganized by the Nationalist government into the newly organized Third Route Army, with Zhang Lanfeng as its commander. Zhang Lanfeng was a native of Shangqiu, Henan, a former subordinate of Feng Yuxiang, who had defected to the Japanese before the July 7 Incident, was captured by the People's Liberation Army in Chengwu, Shandong In 1947, and died of illness in prison in 1952.
The commander-in-chief of the Fifth Front was Pang Bingxun, whose main activities were in Henan. Pang Bingxun was a former general of the Northwest Army, who participated in the Great Wall War of Resistance and the Great Victory of Taierzhuang, and later served as the chairman of Hebei Province, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jicha Theater, and the commander-in-chief of the 24th Group Army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Pang Bingxun's unit was reorganized into the newly organized First Route Army, with Pang Bingxun as the commander-in-chief, and then retired and finally withdrew to Taiwan, where he died of illness in 1963.
The commander-in-chief of the Sixth Front was Sun Dianying. Sun Dianying was a famous warlord of the Republic of China, famous for excavating the tombs of the Qing kings, who had successively attached himself to Sun Chuanfang, Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan and others, and also actively resisted Japan, and in 1943 Sun Dianying led his troops to surrender to the Japanese, and later served as the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Front. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Sun Dianying was appointed commander of the newly organized Fourth Route Army, and was captured by the People's Liberation Army in Tangyin, Henan In 1947, and died of illness in prison.