Dai Anlan, whose real name is Gong Yan, was born in Wuwei County, Anhui Province on125. 1923 was admitted to Anhui public high school founded by Mr. Tao Xingzhi. 1925 was admitted to the 3rd Infantry Division of Whampoa Military Academy, and joined the Northern Expedition the following year. 1in the winter of 932, he served as the head of the 25th Division 145 regiment, and led his troops to Peiping, the anti-Japanese front. 1March, 933, fought against the Japanese army at Gubeikou of the Great Wall. After the July 7th Incident broke out, Dai Anlan was promoted to brigade commander of the 73rd Brigade, and participated in the battles of Baoding, Caohe, Taierzhuang and Zhongtiaoshan successively. 1938, in Taierzhuang's war against Japan, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the 89th Division for meritorious military service and participated in the Wuhan Battle. 1in June, 939, he was promoted to be the first mechanized unit in China-the 200th division commander of the 5th Army. In June+February, 5438, he was ordered to participate in the Battle of Kunlun Pass in southern Guangxi. Fighting hard in January, killing six thousand enemies. He killed Major General Masao Nakamura, head of the 5th Division 12 Brigade of the Japanese frontline commander, and wrote a glorious page in the history of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Journalists from various newspapers reported the war in newspapers and magazines at home and abroad, praising Mr. Dai Anlan as a general in the Northern Song Dynasty.
At the beginning of 1942, at the repeated request of the United States and Britain after the outbreak of the Pacific War, China set up a Chinese expeditionary force to go to Myanmar. Dai Anlan was ordered to lead 200 divisions as the vanguard of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to go to Burma to participate in the war, so as to "promote overseas prestige and uphold justice". Winter melon (also known as bronze drum) is an important town to prevent the Japanese army from invading the north. On March 20, the Japanese army launched an attack on the main position of the 200 th Division stationed in Donggua. Facing the Japanese army, Dai Anlan expressed his firm belief in fighting to the death. That evening, he called a meeting of officers above the division level and took the lead in writing a suicide note. He said: "This expedition is a great move to impress foreign countries since Tang Ming. Even if we fight to a single soldier, we will stick to Donggua. " And announced the following orders: "If the division commander dies in the battle, the deputy division commander will take over;" The deputy division commander died and was replaced by the chief of staff; When the chief of staff dies, he will be replaced by an infantry commander, and all levels will follow suit. " In the battle of defending Donggua, which lasted for more than ten days, Dai Anlan led his troops to fight, winning more with less, annihilating more than 5,000 enemy troops and winning the first battle abroad. The U.S. government believes that the battle of Donggua is "the longest defensive action in all battles in Myanmar, which has won great honor for the division and its commanders." Chiang Kai-shek spoke highly of this: "The Huangpu spirit of the China army defeated the Bushido spirit of the Japanese army". The British "Times" said: "We should not worry about the fate of Donggua. However, the story of the besieged defenders fighting bravely against their outnumbered opponents has indeed added a new page to the glorious chapter of China's army. Even the Japanese aggressors had to admit that the Battle of Winter Melon was "one of the hardest battles" in the Burma War.
On April 2 1 day, Dai Anlan was ordered to recover Don Ji. At dawn on 24th, Dai Anlan led an army to attack, successively captured the northwest, north and south highlands, and broke into the urban area to launch fierce street fighting with the enemy. The general went to the front line to command and fought until midnight. After Tang Ji was conquered, the good news came and the whole country rejoiced. However, a large number of Japanese troops invaded from the Thai-Lao border, invaded the rear of China's army and besieged it. Dai Anlan's troops were trapped in the encirclement of the Japanese army, and the situation was critical. The superior urgently ordered them to break through and return to China. General Dai led his troops to break through and retreat into the virgin forest zone in the old border area of Thailand and Myanmar. The conditions are extremely difficult, and the soldiers have no clothes and food. They can only eat weeds and miscellaneous vegetables every day and climb mountains and mountains for more than 70 days. May 1942, 16, it was raining heavily and Dai bu was ambushed by the Japanese. After two days of fierce fighting, the whole division suffered heavy casualties. When General Dai commanded to seize enemy positions on a hillside, he was unfortunately hit by enemy bullets in his lungs, bleeding profusely, and his wound was swollen and festering due to lack of medical care and medicine. On May 26th, when the 200th Division marched into Maobang, General Dai shed his last drop of blood and died heroically at the age of 37. At that time, there were no wooden coffins in Myanmar, and General Marco was buried in China. Through Baoshan, Kunming, Guiyang, Liuzhou and other places, to Quanzhou, Guangxi, the body was placed in Xiangshan Temple, and the people along the way all burst into tears and solemnly offered sacrifices to General Dai.
After Dai Anlan's death, in recognition of his great contribution in World War II, the US government awarded him a medal of merit on 10/29/0. General Dai Anlan became the first China soldier to win the American Anti-Fascist Medal in World War II. The order, signed by American President Roosevelt, said: "General Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the Army of the Republic of China, fought bravely, commanded brilliantly and successfully completed the task during the 1942 allied battlefield in Myanmar. He was really an excellent model for our allied soldiers."
In February of 65438+, the National Government issued an order to posthumously award Dai Anlan as Lieutenant General of the Army, and approved Dai Anlan as the Nanjing Martyrs Cemetery. /kloc-in the autumn of 0/943, Dai Anlan's coffin was moved from Quanzhou, Guangxi to his hometown in Wuhu, Anhui for burial.
On September 2, 1956, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China ratified General Dai Anlan as a revolutionary martyr. 1 year1October 3, President Mao Zedong awarded the Honorable Commemorative Certificate to the families of soldiers who died in the revolution to the survivors of Dai Anlan.
In memory of General Dai Anlan, Wuhu Municipal People's Government renovated the cemetery on 1979 and erected a stone tablet. Zuo Bei wrote an elegiac couplet inscribed by Zhu De, Peng and Deng. The right tablet is the general's life resume; The monument is Wang Kunlun's "Dai Anlan Martyrs' Tomb". There are lush trees, evergreen pines and cypresses in the tomb area, and people are in constant stream all year round.