On September 23, 2015, the bronze sculpture of Wu Shimin was inaugurated in Chaigoubao Town, Huai'an County, Hebei Province. Wu Shimin, also spelled Mianzhi, was born in 1892 in Chaigoubao Town, Huai'an County, Hebei Province. Joined the League as a student. He participated in the War of Defending the Country and Opposing Yuan. After the Xi'an Incident in 1936, he was the commander of the 169th Division of the National Revolutionary Army. After the outbreak of the National War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, Wu Shimin led his troops to the anti-Japanese front in Hebei and Shanxi. In 1939, he was promoted to commander of the 98th Army of the National Revolutionary Army. In May 1941, the Chinese army lost the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. Wu Shimin led the 98th Army into enemy lines and fought the Japanese army in Shanxi with the Eighth Route Army. On September 23, the Japanese army launched an attack on the 98th Army, and Samurai Min commanded the troops to resist stubbornly and organized several breakthroughs. On September 29, Samurai Min was shot in the head during a breakout battle and died of excessive blood loss at the age of 49. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Bai Mingshan
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