Jiang Chao
Jiang Chao was born in 1917 in Ziwei Village, Dingxian County, Hebei Province. He joined the Northeastern Army in 1934 and served as the platoon commander and company commander of the 57th Army after the Anti-Japanese War began. He joined the National Liberation Vanguard in 1938, joined the Communist Party of China in early 1940, joined the Eighth Route Army in the same year, and served successively as battalion commander and regimental commander of the First Regiment of the Binhai District Independent Brigade. In 1941, he served as the commander of the Hailing Independent Regiment of Shandong Military Region. During the War of Liberation, he served as the commander of the Sixth Regiment of the Second Division of the Shandong Military Region, the staff director of the 38th Army Headquarters of the Fourth Field Army, and the deputy division commander and division commander of the 113th Division of the People's Liberation Army. During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, he served as the commander of the 113th Division of the 38th Army of the Volunteer Army. After returning to China, he served as deputy commander of the 38th Army, director of the Artillery Professor Association of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Academy, deputy director of the Training Department, deputy chief of staff and chief of staff of the Tibet Military Region, deputy commander of the Sichuan Military Region, Nanjing Vice-principal of the Senior Army School (at the corps level).
Promoted to the rank of major general in 1964. He was awarded the Medal of Independence and Freedom, Level 2, and the Medal of Liberation, Level 2, and was awarded the Medal of Freedom and Independence, Level 1, and the National Flag Medal, Level 2, issued by the North Korean government. He died in Nanjing due to illness in 1996 and was buried in Yuhuatai Gongde Garden.
Wang Hu
Wang Hu was born in 1864 in Nanzhihe Village, Dingzhou, Hebei. In 1894, he became a Jinshi and was awarded the title of Shujishi of Hanlin Academy. The following year he was appointed governor of Qingfu County, Sichuan Province. When he was transferred to Guanxian County in 1899, the people of Qingfu erected the "Stele of Wang Tieshan's Immortality and Honor" on the roadside outside the city. In August 1920, Wang Hu was appointed as Jing Zhaoyin. In 1921, he was appointed governor of Jiangsu Province. He once lived quietly in a small shop in Nanguan, observing the truth secretly. Therefore, after taking office, he quickly investigated and punished the deputy director of the National Police who had embezzled money, and sanctioned rice merchants who were hoarding money. He also advocated the establishment of Nanjing Jinling University.
In 1933, when Feng Yuxiang organized the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in Zhangjiakou, Wang Hu, despite being seriously ill, went to Zhangjiakou and said to Feng Yuxiang: I, Wang Hu, am old and cannot bear to die on my bed. Give me a knife. Gun, put me on the battlefield, and tell the soldiers that this white-haired old man is Wang Hu of Dingzhou. He will fight with the Japanese and save the country with all the princes. The soldiers will be inspired. Feng Yuxiang and other generals were deeply moved. On April 25 of the same year, Wang Hu died of illness. When his coffin arrived at Qingfengdian Station, there were more than 2,000 people attending the funeral. Wang Hu did not own any property, but he had a large number of precious books. Feng Yuxiang called him the first-class honest official in China.
Liu Wenzheng
Liu Wenzheng was born in 1896 in Chencunying Village, Ding County, Hebei Province (now Dingzhou). After graduating from Baoding Army Officer School in 1925, he served as company commander in the Beiyang Army. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, he was discharged from the army and returned to his hometown because he was dissatisfied with the non-resistance policy. In September 1937, he was introduced to the Communist Party of China by Xiao Bingjun. Later he joined the Eighth Route Army in Western Hebei Province. At the beginning of 1938, he returned to Jizhong from western Hebei to rectify the anti-Japanese armed forces of the Hui people. In April of the same year, he was ordered to expand the army in Hejian and Xianxian areas. He went to Dongxinzhuang Village in Xian County twice to mobilize Ma Benzhai to resist Japan. Soon, the "Muslim Training Team" was established, with Ma Benzhai as the captain, and he served as the political director of the training team. From May to June, the "Hui People's Education Team" and the "Hui People's Cadre Training Team" merged and were called the "Hui People's Education Corps."
In July 1939, the "Hui People's Education Corps" was renamed the "Hui People's Detachment". After that, he was transferred to the Jizhong District Hui Democratic National Construction Association as director. At the end of 1940, he was transferred to the position of deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of Jizhong Administrative Office. In June 1942, due to the recurrence of eye disease, the party organization arranged for him to recuperate in Suning County. Due to a traitor's informant, he was surrounded by Japanese and puppet troops. After all the bullets were fired, he and his wife Jin Huisu were killed by the enemy's swords.