Dong Cunrui (Chinese: 董存瑞; pinyin: Dǒng Cúnruì; 1929 - May 25, 1948) was a Chinese Communist soldier in the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War who committed suicide in order to destroy a Kuomintang bunker guarding an approach to an important bridge in Longhua County. == Death == Under heavy fire, he reached the bunker, but there was no place to effectively position the explosives.
Dong Cunrui (Chinese: 董存瑞; pinyin: Dǒng Cúnruì; 1929 - May 25, 1948) was a Chinese Communist soldier in the People's Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War who committed suicide in order to destroy a Kuomintang bunker guarding an approach to an important bridge in Longhua County. == Death == Under heavy fire, he reached the bunker, but there was no place to effectively position the explosives.
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