/kloc-in the autumn of 0/943, Lu Zuofu's eldest son Lu Guowei was studying in department of mechanical engineering, Chongqing Central University. At that time, in order to cooperate with the joint operations of our expeditionary force and allied forces, the Ministry of Education of the National Government and the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Military Commission decided to recruit fresh graduates from universities in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou as translators. After short-term English conversation and military technical training, they were assigned to Chinese and American military organs, troops, military hospitals, warehouses and the No.1 14 air force of the United States in Yunnan, Guangxi, North Myanmar and India as translators and liaison. With the consent of Lu Zuofu and his wife, Lu Guowei was drafted into the army.
In Kunming, Lu Guowei was sent to Chejiabi Infantry Training Center (ITC), where he was trained by American instructors for three weeks on the structure, use and teaching methods of infantry weapons. Later, he was assigned to the operational staff of the U.S. Army to translate infantry weapons's manuals, weapons training and field training materials, and to accompany U.S. military officers out in his spare time. Lu Guowei proposed to join our expeditionary force in India, or to work in Ramga Chariot Training Center in Kolkata, India, and was approved. Three days later, Lu Guowei was sent to the headquarters of the Indian Expeditionary Force to redo it. At that time, the anti-Japanese battlefields in China, Yunnan, Guizhou and Myanmar and India were divided into two lines. The commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front is Wei, and the main war zone is from southwest Yunnan to north Myanmar. The commander-in-chief of the Western Front is Zheng Dongguo, who has over 40,000 people, namely the New First Army (commander Sun Liren) and the New Sixth Army (commander Liao Yaoxiang). The main war zones are from northeast India to northwest Myanmar and the border between Yunnan and Myanmar. The New Sixth Army has three divisions, namely the 14th Division, the newly compiled 22nd Division and the 50th Division. The teachers are Long Tianwu, Li Tao and Pan Yukun in turn. Lu Guowei was assigned to the Staff Office of the Fourteenth Division because of the expansion of the US military liaison group of the two divisions of the New Sixth Army and the urgent need for more translators.
Lu Guowei served as "operational translator" and another colleague served as "enemy translator", mainly responsible for translating radio battle reports, enemy briefings, and some sporadic telegrams and documents received by the Liaison Group at any time. Later, "enemy translation" was transferred to strengthen the propaganda work of current affairs culture, and Lu Guowei also served as "enemy translation".
Lu Guowei's life in the 14th Division is not boring. Do morning exercises, run in the morning, play basketball in the afternoon, and have the opportunity to ride horses. You can go to the military square to see the American new color movies sent by the US military, and you can also listen to the Peking Opera of Kunming Peking Opera Troupe.
According to Lu Guowei's memory, the main force of the east-west line in northern Myanmar is the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Even if it is searching for a recalcitrant Japanese army in the jungle, the US military will let China soldiers go ahead. Japanese snipers often tie themselves to tall tree trunks and hide in green leaves. Shoot the allies through the cracks in the leaves. Due to the large target, the casualties of American troops are not small. Sichuan accounts for a large proportion of the soldiers in our expeditionary force. Compared with the U.S. military, they are small in size, nimble in action, accustomed to the complex terrain of mountains and forests, and light in equipment, so they move faster and sacrifice less than them.
After the capture of Myitkyina, Myanmar, our Indian Expeditionary Force was ordered to rest during the rainy season. 14 Division Chief of Staff sent Lu Guowei to Kolkata, India to contact the required printing materials. Along the way, whether on the roadside or at the station, Lu Guowei met Indians, old or young, and when he saw this young man in China's military uniform, almost without exception, he gave a thumbs-up or shouted "China" or "Ding Hao", and some children followed the train in a friendly way.
After arriving in Kolkata, Lu Guowei checked into the estelle Hotel, which was full of American military officers who came here for vacation. When Americans saw Lu Guowei enter the room, they were all "hello" and "hello" and greeted happily. From time to time, their conversation showed respect for the Chinese expeditionary force.
The printing company that Lu Guowei contacted was opened by an overseas Chinese in Shandong. It is said that most of the overseas Chinese in India at that time came from Shandong in their early years. After changing jobs, they went to the sea to do business or work, and their lives were relatively rich. At the same time, Lu Guowei ran into Lu Zuofu who went to the United States to attend an international trade conference via Kolkata.
With the opening of the China-Myanmar Highway and the China-India Highway, our expeditionary force successfully completed the established strategic objectives, and Lu Guowei also ended his expeditionary career and withdrew to Kunming with the troops.