The new army was originally composed of the newly compiled 38th Division and the newly compiled 22nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army. The new 38th Division is an extraordinary force in the army. Its predecessor was the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (PRC), which was established in 1932. The equipment of the tax police corps is first-class in the army: all American equipment, from guns, artillery and vehicles to radio stations, telephones, telescopes to canned food, mosquito nets and bedding, are printed with American symbols; Inside and outside the army, up and down, except the gray cloth uniform and porcelain cap badge are made in China, the rest are made in the United States. The quality of officers and men in this unit is far higher than that of ordinary * * * units. Most of the officers above battalion level are foreign students in British and American military schools, and they speak foreign languages more fluently than Chinese. Most soldiers are educated student soldiers. Coupled with the high salary, good food and well-trained, this army is second to none in fighting capacity.

During the Anti-Japanese War between Songhu and Shanghai, the Tax Police Corps fought bloody battles with the ninth and third divisions of the Japanese army at Hetangqiao Station and Liujiazhai in Suzhou for more than a month 1 month, and then took on the task of retreating the troops, fighting for a total of 66 days and annihilating thousands of Japanese troops. Since then, the irregular forces of the tax police corps have attracted the attention of people from all walks of life. Soon, Song Ziwen reorganized the tax police force into an anti-smuggling force, appointed Sun Liren as the chief of major general, and led his troops to Changsha, Hunan. Subsequently, the anti-smuggling corps moved to Duyun, Guizhou for training and consolidation. At the beginning of 1939, the anti-smuggling corps resumed the name of the tax police corps, and Sun Liren remained as the general head, with three regiments including artillery, signalman, engineer and trench, and troops directly under 1 battalion. 19411February, the Tax Police Corps was reorganized into the 38th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, incorporated into the battle sequence of the 66th Army, and immediately joined the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

The new 22nd Division is an army capable of fighting well under the famous Liao Yaoxiang. Founded in 65438+ 1.939, compiled in the sequence of the Fifth Army. Its fighting style is rough and fierce, such as sudden rainstorm, such as axe cutting mountains, and autumn wind sweeping leaves when attacking; When defending, it's like a tiger sitting on a dragon plate. Whether it is blocking war, chasing war, ambush war, tough battle, positional war and field battle, its performance is excellent. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the new 22nd Division was also incorporated into the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

1942 10, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed in India to be the new First Army, with Zheng Dongguo as the commander, Sun Liren as the commander of the new 38th Division and Liao Yaoxiang as the commander of the new 22nd Division, and put on American mechanical equipment to receive American training in Ramga.

India-Burma battlefield

Americans have established many military technical schools in Ramallah, such as chariot schools, automobile schools, communication schools, engineering schools, command schools and so on, as well as specialized logistics support schools. All instructors are Americans and translators are student soldiers. Here, the officers and men of China received training respectively, and received military education from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Lamb cangue base assembled a large number of China troops defeated by North, and at the same time supplemented and absorbed a group of young students with high cultural level, which made the China army here equipped with brand-new weapons and conducted a full set of American training, which also enriched the new forces, and the overall quality was much higher than that of the same type of troops in China. The weapons, equipment and expenses of Indian troops in China are provided by the United States. Its establishment is as follows: "Each division has three infantry regiments, two artillery battalions, 1 engineer, trench, signal barracks, in addition to the health team and 1 special service company. At the beginning of the operation, 1 chariot battalion was allocated. Each regiment has three infantry battalions, 1 mortars and artillery, as well as communication companies, health teams and spy platoons, with a total of about 3,000 people. Each battalion has three infantry companies and 1 machine gun companies. Each company has 3 platoons, 3 infantry squads and 1 light mortar squad. The troops directly under the General Command include: 5 artillery regiments, each with 36 heavy guns. The car company has 400 trucks. Two engineers, chemical soldiers and heavy mortar regiments, 1 mule and horse trench regiments, and seven other chariot battalions, each with several tanks and armored vehicles ... "

Here, China soldiers threw away the old "Made in Hanyang" and "Made in China" and replaced them with American "M 1 Tom" submachine guns, wearing bulletproof helmets and distributing offensive grenades. Each infantry squad is equipped with several light machine guns. At the same time, infantry can also get strong fire support and logistics supply from the air in future operations. In this way, China's troops stationed in India reached the A-level level of the armies of developed capitalist countries in Europe and America at that time, and the ratio of infantry to artillery reached 3: 2, which overwhelmed the Japanese army in weapons for the first time, thus laying the foundation for defeating and destroying the arrogant Japanese army.

After the tiger of the new army came out of the mountain, the first opponent he met was the 18 division of the Japanese army, known as the "king of jungle warfare". In the "two tigers fight", the glory of the new army is vividly displayed.

1943101On October 24th, in the war between New Pingyang and Yubang in Myanmar, the new army was defeated by the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. The Japanese army could not swallow the 1 advance team of the new army with five times the superior strength of the new army, and the Japanese army lost nearly 2000 troops. This is the first time that China's army has fought against the Japanese with fewer troops.

From1June 1943 to1March 1944, the new army has invaded 150 kilometers in Myanmar, killing more than 60 Japanese troops, killing and injuring more than 12000 Japanese officers and soldiers, with 6495 casualties.

1944 In April, during the Battle of Kamon and Meng Gong in Indo-China Peninsula of Asia, the New Army annihilated more than 33rd Army of the Japanese Army 16 100, and rescued the 77th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the British Army, which was defeated by the Japanese army at a critical moment.

1From May to August, 944, during the 80-day battle in Myitkyina, Myanmar, the new army annihilated nearly 4,000 people, and Major General Shui Yuan, commander of the Japanese city defense in Myitkyina, committed suicide by cutting his abdomen. The conquest of Myitkyina marked the decisive victory of the Chinese-American-British allied forces in the Indo-Myanmar battlefield and the collapse of the Japanese defense system in northern Myanmar. Confrontation with the Japanese army in the Indo-Myanmar battlefield made the new army grow into a famous "trump card army" in the East and West.