Wei, a military general of the Republic of China, was a famous anti-Japanese warrior.
Dai Anlan, whose name is Gong Yan, was born in Wuwei (now Wuwei County). After graduating from the third phase of Huangpu Military Academy, he led his troops to participate in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War and Taierzhuang War. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Dai Anlan was ordered to be incorporated into the New Fourth Army and was appointed as the seventh division commander of the New Fourth Army. He died heroically in the war against "mopping up".
Sun Liren, born in Chaoxian (now Chaohu), Anhui Province, was a military general of the Republic of China and was criticized by the western military circles as the most outstanding strategist in modern China.