Pang Bingxun

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Pang Bingxun (Traditional Chinese: ? ; Simplified Chinese: ?; pinyin: Pang Bingxun; Wade-Giles: Pang Ping-hsun (1879-1963) was a General during the the Second Sino-Japanese War for the KMT, whose 3rd Corps of 5 regiments held the city of Linyi against the Japanese 5th Division during the Battle 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