The Chinese Expeditionary Force was established by China during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period to support British troops in fighting Japanese fascism in Myanmar (then British territory) and defending the southwest rear area of China. It is a typical example of direct military cooperation between China and its allies, and it is also the first time since the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 that Japanese troops went abroad to fight and achieved great results.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway was built in early 1938 due to the weak domestic industrial base and the urgent need for a lot of materials and foreign aid. Encouraged by the belief of resisting Japan and saving the nation, 200,000 people in 28 counties in western Yunnan brought their own rations and tools, and slept in the wind, chopping stones and drilling rocks. It took them 10 months to build the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway with their own hands and blood and sweat on the rapids in the alpine valleys and along Shan Ye, 990 kilometers west of Yunnan and north of Myanmar. During this period, countless people died because of blasting, falling rocks, falling rivers, heavy earth and stone, and malignant dysentery. /kloc-opened to traffic at the end of 0/938. From then on, the Burma Road became the blood vessel of China's war of resistance.

After the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan tried to interrupt its aid activities to the "third country" by force. /kloc-in the winter of 0/939, the Japanese army occupied Nanning and cut off the international traffic line between China and Vietnam.

1In the spring of 940, Japan bombed the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. In June, France was forced to accept the request to stop the transportation between China and Vietnam. Nevertheless, the Japanese invaders did not stop. In September, Japan invaded Vietnam and signed a friendship treaty with Thailand, and the Yunnan-Vietnam line was completely interrupted. The Yunnan-Myanmar Highway has become the only aid channel in China.

Myanmar is a strategic country on the Southeast Asian Peninsula. Xiping is British India, bordering China, Tibet and Yunnan in the north and northeast. The Burma Road is an important international traffic line in China, and the Japanese army can also threaten the southwest rear of China. Myanmar is of great strategic significance to both China and Britain among the allies. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army swept across Southeast Asia in a short time, and then directed at Myanmar.

In order to defend Myanmar, China and Britain planned to establish a military alliance as early as the beginning of 194 1. China actively prepared to put forward that China troops should enter Myanmar as soon as possible. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, 194 1 12 On February 23rd, China and Britain signed the Sino-British Agreement on Joint Defence of the Burma Road in Chongqing, and the Sino-British military alliance was formed.

However, because the British army despised the strength of China's army and overestimated itself, and did not want foreign troops to go deep into their own colonies, it repeatedly delayed and obstructed the Chinese expeditionary force from entering Myanmar, so the Chinese expeditionary force scheduled to enter Myanmar had to stay at the border between China and Myanmar. However, after the Japanese attack on 1942+65438 10 in early October, the British-Burmese army was defeated all the way, and the China army was hastily invited to join the Burmese war. China set up the headquarters of the Expeditionary Force 1 Road Commander (originally the second road was in Vietnam, but it was cancelled due to changes in the situation) and went to the battlefield in Myanmar. However, due to the loss of combat opportunities, Myanmar's defense was defeated. This is mainly due to Britain's insistence on the established strategy of Europe before Asia. Once the war situation was unfavorable, it completely lost its interest in defending Myanmar, but retreated again and again, making the Chinese expeditionary force defend Myanmar a battle to cover the British retreat.

However, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has made achievements that the British and American allies admire and achieved certain strategic goals. From/kloc-0 to March 1942, the Chinese expeditionary force began to fight against the Japanese army, and at the beginning of August, the British Coalition forces withdrew from Myanmar, which lasted for half a year and fought for more than 500 kilometers. They fought bloody battles and suffered repeated defeats, which made the Japanese army suffer a heavy blow rarely seen since the Pacific War, and gave strong support to the British and Burmese troops many times, and won the battles of defending the ancient times, blocking the war in Xiwa, clearing the battle of yenangyaung and recovering the East Branch.

In yenangyaung's aid to Britain, Sun Liren, the new commander of the 38th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, bravely fought against his enemies several times, winning more with less, and rescued the British-Burmese army 1 Division that had been besieged for several days and was on the verge of despair, causing a sensation in the British Isles. Dai Anlan, the new commander of the 200 th Division, made many brilliant achievements and covered the safe retreat of the British army. Later, when he crossed savage mountain to fight the enemy, he was unfortunately injured and died heroically. After the battle, the British and American governments highly praised and posthumously awarded the Meritorious Medal of General Sun Liren and General Dai Anlan.

The loss of Myanmar has brought extremely negative effects on future operations, which enabled the Japanese army to directly threaten India, and also made China completely lose the only land transportation line-the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway, and later had to open an air route from India to fly over the hump (in the Himalayas). However, it also has great strategic significance, covering the retreat of the British army, saving the troops and consuming some Japanese troops, thus preventing the Japanese army from attacking the southwest rear area of China, thus gaining time and cooperating with domestic troops to stop the enemy from the natural barrier of Nujiang River in Yunnan, and finally forming a long-term confrontation, which shattered the Japanese attempt to attack the southwest rear area of China from northern Myanmar. This expedition was also the first time that China went abroad to fight since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. They carried forward the spirit of internationalism and national sacrifice of the people of China and raised China's international status.

During the first Burma War, there were about 4,500 Japanese casualties, 65,438+3,000 British casualties, and 50,000 Chinese expeditionary forces casualties (mostly in savage mountain and Hu Kang River valley).

After the defeat of Myanmar, some Chinese expeditionary forces retreated to British India. Under the guidance of Stilwell, chief of staff of China Theater, he was trained and reorganized in Ramga Training Camp, and was reorganized into Indian troops in August of 1943, with American equipment provided by American aid to India, and his combat effectiveness was greatly improved.

At the same time, in view of the importance of Myanmar, China actively planned to counterattack Myanmar, reorganized and trained the second batch of expeditionary forces in western Yunnan, and established the General Command of Chinese Expeditionary Force on February 1943, ready to cooperate with British and American troops to counterattack Myanmar.

1943 10 in response to the war situation in China and the Pacific region, the Indian troops stationed in China formulated the plan of "Anna Jim" to counterattack North, so as to ensure the opening of the Sino-Indian highway (Kunming, China-Lido, India) and the laying of oil pipelines. It is planned to start from Lido, a small town on the India-Myanmar border, cross the India-Myanmar border, first occupy the area east of the Tanai River, such as New Pingyang, and establish an offensive starting position and logistics supply base; Then it crossed savage mountain, broke through Kang Hu Valley and Meng Gong Valley with powerful firepower and circuitous tactics, seized Myitkyina, an important town in northern Myanmar, and finally connected the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway.

1in March, 944, the newly-made 22nd Division and the newly-made 38th Division of the Indian Army occupied Mengguan, annihilated the main force of the most elite18th Division of the Japanese Army, and seized its flag, customs clearance, a large number of documents and various weapons. Then, the two divisions marched again, assembled and captured Meng Gong, an important town in northern Myanmar, and won again.

Previously, the new 30th Division, 14 Division and 50th Division, which were airlifted from China to India in the spring of 1944 to receive American-made equipment and training, were successively transported to Myitkyina, Myanmar, and then attacked them. After the Battle of Meng Gong, the new 38th Division also marched into Myitkyina. After more than a month of fierce fighting, Myitkyina was finally conquered in early August. Since our troops stationed in India have opened Ram one after another, they have fought continuously and repeatedly created strong enemies, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly improved compared with before, which the Japanese army never dreamed of. They can't figure out why this China army, which was defeated by themselves two years ago, became a formidable and invincible army in less than a year.

After resting in Myitkyina for about two months, the Japanese army launched a final attack on the Japanese invaders. There is a sentence in the captured Japanese documents that says, "The zhina Army is eager to return to China and is unstoppable." . After the break of Myitkyina, the New 1 Army and the New 6 Army attacked Ba Maw in two directions. All the way through, invincible. Subsequently, the new 1 Army successively conquered bhamo and Nankang, and Mangyou near Wan Ding joined forces with the Expeditionary Force in western Yunnan, and the China-India Highway was completely opened. Indian troops stationed in China immediately went south, conquered Lasso on March 8 1945, and joined forces with British troops in Qiao Mei on March 30, ending the counterattack in northern. At this time, due to the failure in the Philippines, the Japanese army shrank its front and all withdrew from Myanmar. At this point, the war in Myanmar has all ended.

The battle lasted for one and a half years, and the Japanese army killed more than 48,000 people, the Indian troops stationed in China killed more than10.8 million people, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force killed more than 40,000 people.

The counter-offensive victory of the Indian troops stationed in China and the Chinese Expeditionary Force reopened international communication lines, and international aid materials were continuously transported into China. The Japanese army was driven out of the southwest gate of China, which opened the prelude to the frontal battlefield counterattack against Japan; The Japanese troops in northern Myanmar and western Yunnan were clamped down and hit hard, which created favorable conditions for the allied forces to recover the whole territory of Myanmar.

Since China's army entered Myanmar, the China-Myanmar-India War lasted for three years in March, and China invested 400,000 troops with nearly 200,000 casualties. The Chinese Expeditionary Force wrote a very tragic stroke in the history of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression with its blood and life.

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(1) The First Command System of Chinese Expeditionary Force (1March to August, 942)

Commander-in-Chief of the First Route, Wei (not yet in office) and Luo (succeeded)

The 5th Army (Commander) Du Yu Ming.

The 200th Division (division commander) Dai Anlan newly edited the 22nd Division (division commander) Liao Yaoxiang newly edited the 96th Division (division commander) Yu Shao.

Guerrilla detachment engineering corps Li Shuzheng armored force Hu Xianqun artillery corps Zhu

Lin Chengxi and Hong Shishou Cavalry Corps Automobile Corps

Gan Li-Chu, 6th Army (Commander)

The 49th division (teacher) Peng, the 93rd division (teacher) Lu and the 55th division (teacher) Chen.

The 66th Army (Commander) Zhang Yi

Newly compiled 38 divisions (teachers) newly compiled 28 divisions (teachers) Liu Bolong newly compiled 29 divisions (teachers) horses.

Another commander, Li Zhipeng, is directly under the jurisdiction of the 36th Division.

(2) Command System of Chinese Expeditionary Force (March 1943 to 1945)

Commander-in-Chief Chen He Deputy Commander Huang Qixiang (1943 Winter Success).

Song Xilian, commander-in-chief of the 11th Army, and Huang Jie, deputy commander-in-chief.

Wang Lingyun, 2nd Army (Commander)

The 9th division (teacher) Zhang Jinting newly compiled the 33rd division (teacher) Bao Yang.

Duan Shouqing of the trench regiment

Huang Jie of the 6th Army (commander) (succeeded by Shi Honglie)

Prepare the 2nd Division (division commander) Gu Baoyu and the new 39th Division (division commander) Hong Xing.

The trench regiment Zheng Dianqi communication camp Feng Xingzhi chariot defense camp Liang intermediary

7 1 Army (Commander) Zhong Bin

Newly compiled 28th division (division commander) Zhang Shaoxun, 87th division (division commander) of Liu Youjun.

The 36th Division (division commander) of the trench regiment in Wu Tao, other army groups directly under the Central Committee and the 200th Division (division commander) in Li Zhipeng, Hu Jiaji.

The commander of the 5 th Army Artillery Battalion is unknown.

Tian Fang is the commander-in-chief of the 20th Army, and Huo Yizhang is the deputy commander-in-chief.

53rd Army (commander) (replaced by Zhao)

1 16 division (teacher) Zhao (succeeded by Liu Runchuan) 130 division (teacher) (succeeded by Wang)

Liu Baohua trench regiment.

The 54th Army (Commander) Tian Fang

14 teacher (teacher) Pan Yukun, Long Tianwu 50 teacher (teacher) 198 teacher (teacher) Ye.

The commander of Song Lin Communication Force of the Second Engineering Corps is unknown.

He Shaozhou, 6th Army (commander)

Honors 1 Division (division) Wang Bo 82nd Division (division) Wang Boxun 103 Division (division) Xiong Shouchun.

Lu Quanguo, the 93rd Division (division commander) of Lei Zhenbo, the trench regiment of the 6th Army Mountain Artillery Battalion, and the 3rd Battalion of the 49th Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment, are directly under another group army.

Shao Baichang, commander of artillery unit, Fu, commander of engineering unit, and Zheng Po, commander-in-chief of special guerrilla zones in Yunnan, Kang and Myanmar.

(3) Command system of Chinese Expeditionary Force in India (from 1942 to 1945 when Japan surrendered)

Stilwell, commander in chief, and Zheng Dongguo, deputy commander in chief.

New 1 Army (commander) Zheng Dongguo (concurrently, Pan Yukun succeeded)

Su Hu (succeeded by Tang Shouzhi), 30th division (teacher).

Newly-made 38th Division (Division Commander) Sun Liren (succeeded by Li Hong)

Pan Yukun, Newly Edited 30th Division (Teacher)

Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the new 6th Army (1formed after the conquest of Myitkyina in August, 944).

Newly-edited 22nd Division (division commander) Liao Yaoxiang (succeeded by Li Tao)

14 division (teacher) Long Tianwu

The 50th Division (Division Commander) Pan Yukun

Colonel Braun, commander of the chariot directly under the army.

Brigadier general Haig, commander of the Sino-American mixed assault detachment

Captain of the first detachment (new 38th Division, 88th Regiment), Colonel Kenrison.

Captain of the second detachment, Colonel Hunt.

Brigadier general Merrill, commander of the 5307th mixed brigade (code-named Galahat unit) of the US Army.

(4) The combat course of Major General Chennault, commander of the Flying Tigers (1943).

The first expedition

The Chinese expeditionary force, fully equipped with American equipment, fought because of British obstruction. Until mid-February of 1942, only 49th and 93rd divisions of the 6th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered the JD.COM area of Myanmar, and the rest were still assembled on the Yunnan-Myanmar highway. At this time, due to the tight war in Myanmar, the British were eager to send an expeditionary force into Myanmar to participate in the war. On February 16, Jiang Zhongzheng ordered the 5th Army to enter Myanmar first, with the 200th Division as the pioneer. On March 7th, the 200th Division arrived at Tonggu.1On March 6th, 6, the Japanese army began to bomb Tonggu, which was the first large-scale contact between the expeditionary force and the Japanese army. On March 19, the 200th Division made contact with the Japanese ground forces for the first time. Due to the continuous indiscriminate bombing of Myanmar traffic lines by the Japanese army and the negative delay of the British side, the follow-up troops never arrived at Tonggu as planned. /kloc-more than 0/0 days later, more than 2000 people were killed or injured in the 200 th division, and there were no reinforcements outside. Besides, Du judged the situation. On March 30th, after the Japanese army entered the city, it was found that Tonggu was an empty city. In the battle to defend the bronze drum, the 200 th Division wiped out more than 5,000 enemies and hit the 55 th Division of the Japanese army hard.

Subsequently, the Chinese Expeditionary Force made preparations for the Battle of Pinmanna. However, on the west side, the British troops on the right side of the battlefield in Myanmar retreated continuously, completely exposing the right wing of the Chinese expeditionary force in the Pingmanna area in the middle road to the Japanese army. On the east side, the 5th Army of China is in danger of being surrounded and annihilated because of its weak strength. /kloc-in the early morning of April, 0/8, Stilwell and Luo had to give up the battle of Pinmanna.

In the early morning of April 14, Alexander, Commander-in-Chief of the British-Burmese Army, sent an urgent telegram to the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, requesting to rescue the British troops trapped in yenangyaung. At 5: 00 pm on April 19, Ren 'anqiang Oilfield was recovered under the leadership of Qi Xueqi, the commander and deputy commander of the new 38th Division, and Liu et al., the head of the 1 13 regiment, and rescued more than 7,000 British soldiers and more than 500 British-Burmese soldiers, American missionaries and journalists captured by the Japanese. When the news came out, China, Britain and the United States caused a sensation.

On April 20th, Stilwell and Luo trusted the British intelligence, believing that there were more than 3,000 enemy troops between yenangyaung and Chokpodang, and ordered the 200th Division to make a long-distance raid on Chokpodang. When the 200 th Division arrived in Chokebai, it was found that there were no Japanese troops, only the British troops retreated under the cover of the new 38 th Division. Then he returned to Tangji, wasting three precious days and letting the Japanese army capture Tangji first. On the afternoon of April 23rd, the 200th Division attacked Tangji, and after fierce fighting, it occupied Tangji on April 25th18th. On April 24, under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the Sixth Army was forced to give up Leilem.

The Japanese army then advanced northward from Leiliem. At this time, it was meaningless to defend Lashio, so the 200 th Division gave up Don Ji on April 26th.

At dawn on April 29th, the Japanese army stormed Lashio, and the 66th Army suffered heavy casualties. At noon that day, the Japanese army occupied Lashio, and the ministries of the 66 th Army retreated to Xinxu. The so-called battle of Mandalay has been completely ruined. At this time, retreat has become a top priority.

In terms of retreating to the eastern front, the 6th Army was forced to abandon Lelem on April 24th, and then moved to retreat. On May 12, it was pushed to the east of salween and retreated to China.

On the middle line, the main forces of the 5th Army Command, the new 22nd Division and the 96th Division were transferred from Jiaokexi to Mandalay by bus and train on the evening of April 26th, and all arrived at 10 that night. On May 1 day, all troops were evacuated to the area north of the Irrawaddy River. Since then, the new 38th Division directly under the Fifth Army, the 200th Division, the 96th Division and the 66th Army took turns to cover the evacuation on foot. On the morning of May 8th, the Japanese army captured Myitkyina, and on the 7th, Du Feng ordered them to retreat to China. On May 9, due to the discovery of the Japanese army in Jiesha, the new 38th Division had only one regiment to cover first, and it would take at least one and a half days for the main forces of the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division to withdraw from the front line. Du thought that the Japanese army might annihilate the expeditionary force from the north and south, so he ordered the 93rd Division to cover the right wing and occupy the cover position near Meng Gong, and at the same time ordered all the troops to go home separately and fend for themselves.

The new 38th division commander did not obey Du's orders and retreated to India. The new 38th Division was the only unit that retained its organizational structure after the first expedition.

Du led the troops directly under the 5 th Army and the new 22 nd Division, left Miwa Highway to rest in the northwest and transferred to Xinpingyang. The lost expeditionary force wandered around the forest, many people died of hunger and disease, and some people committed suicide because they couldn't stand the torture. Later, an American plane found this army over Savage Mountain, and then the allied forces dropped radio, food and medicine, so that this army finally walked out of savage mountain. Because there are a large number of Japanese troops guarding the China-Myanmar border, which is scheduled to return to China, this army eventually diverted to India.

The 200th Division arrived in Tangji, and later broke through the enemy blockade along the way, and returned home via Nanpanjiang, Meimiao and the west of Namkham. On May 18, the 200th Division split troops and crossed the Ma (Gu) Highway, and the avant-garde troops were suddenly ambushed. One day, after a fierce battle, more than half of the 200 divisions were killed or injured, only a gap was torn from the eastern hillside, and the remaining officers and men were able to survive. Dai Anlan was hit in the chest and abdomen by two machine gun bullets when he broke through. On May 26th, General Dai Anlan passed away.

The 96th Division and 1 artillery engineers returned to China via Meng Gong, Mengguan, Grape and Gaoligongshan respectively.

According to post-war statistics, more than 30,000 troops who crossed savage mountain were buried in virgin forests, among which Liu Guiying, a nurse in the newly-built 22nd Division Field Hospital of the 5th Army, was famous as the only female soldier who left savage mountain.

The result of the first expedition After the first expedition failed, the Yunnan-Myanmar highway was interrupted, and only 40,000 people were safely evacuated after 65,438+10,000 expeditionary troops fought bloody battles. Japan not only blocked the international aid to China, but also opened the door for the West to attack India. The original combat materials were transported by hump route and China-India highway.

The expeditionary force fought in Myanmar for the first time, dispatching 103000 people, with 56480 casualties (mostly in savage mountain and Hu Kang river basin). There were about 4,500 Japanese casualties, and British casualties 1.3 million. The second expedition

Training the Indian army and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in western Yunnan, fully equipped with American equipment, 1942. 15 On July 5th, the new 38th Division left Impala for Ramgar. At the beginning of August, the 22nd Division of the new 5th Army and its directly affiliated units escaped from savage mountain in northern Myanmar also came to Ramga. According to the Sino-US agreement, the first commander of the Expeditionary Force was abolished and renamed the China Army General Command in India. Stilwell is the commander-in-chief and Luo is the deputy commander-in-chief. At the same time, the national government took advantage of the opportunity of hump air transport to airlift hundreds of soldiers to India every day to supplement the army. At the end of 1942, due to the irreconcilable contradiction between Stilwell and Luo, Luo was forced to return to China. After repeated consideration, it was decided to send Zheng Dongguo, commander of the Eighth Army, to take Luo's place. At the same time, it was decided to set up the first army under the Indian Army Commander, with 38 new divisions and 22 new divisions. Zheng Dongguo served as commander, Sun Liren as deputy commander and new 38 division commander, and Liao Yaoxiang as new 22 division commander. In mid-March, Zheng Dongguo led military personnel to Rambuga to formally establish a new army. [ 1]

/KOOC-0/942/KOOC-0/0/KOOC-0/On October 24th, the newly formed 38th Division/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/2 General Sun Liren buried all the surrendered/KOOC-0/200 Japanese soldiers alive in the Burma Campaign. Some domestic scholars have questioned this, which is difficult to prove.

From the end of 1942 to the spring of 1944, the soldiers of the new 30th division were airlifted to India, and the new 30th division was incorporated into the new army sequence. 1944 In the first half of the year, soldiers of 14 and 50th divisions were airlifted to India. Indian troops stationed in China changed American equipment in Ramga, with American military assistance and sufficient food, and their military training was very solid. After a year of training and consolidation, I have developed excellent jungle training and jungle survival skills. In addition, at the same time, a large number of young intellectuals in Jiang Zhongzheng called for "an inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, a hundred thousand young people and a hundred thousand troops" and actively joined the army, greatly improving the quality of soldiers. These two points have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the troops stationed in India.

1June, 942, after the defense line of Nujiang River was stabilized, the national government actively trained the army and prepared to counterattack Myanmar. 1 February, 9431day, Jiang Zhongzheng appointed Chen Cheng as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. On March 28th, the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was established in Chuxiong, Yunnan. Chen Cheng flew from Chungking to Chuxiong to take office, set out to train the expeditionary force, and worked out a counterattack plan. 1August, 943, the training and equipment of five expeditionary forces were basically completed. The transferred 54th Army was also reorganized in 165438+ 10. Among them, 1 1 army has 2, 6, 7 1 army and 20 divisions. The 20th Army has four divisions of the 53rd and 54th Army. In addition, the Eighth Army and the Ninety-third Division are directly under the commander of the Expeditionary Force. /kloc-in the winter of 0/943, Chen Cheng resigned due to illness, and Wei took over as commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

fight back

1In March, 943, the new 38th Division 1 14 regiment advanced into savage mountain to cover the Sino-Indian highway built by Chinese and American troops from Lido, India to savage mountain. 1943 10 10 in late October, the rainy season stopped, and the main forces of the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division in Lido arrived at the edge of the Hukang River Valley by bus, and the counterattack of Indian troops stationed in northern Myanmar officially began. After a bloody battle, the new 38th Division conquered the state on February 29th, 65438. Subsequently, with the cooperation of the new 38th Division, the new 22nd Division conquered Mengguan on March 5th 1944. Later, the two divisions cooperated to capture Varuban. The new 22nd Division raided the headquarters of 18 Division in the battle to capture Varuban, and seized the seal of 18 Division, which was unique in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. Jiang Zhongzheng sent him a letter of commendation: Chinese tiger! 1April, 944, the new 22nd Division, the new 38th Division, the 30th Division and the 50th Division jointly besieged Myitkyina with the US military. After the conquest of Myitkyina, all the troops were prepared for two months. At this time, the 14 division, the 50th division and the new 30th division have been airlifted to the counter-offensive front in northern Myanmar, and China's troops entering Myanmar have reached five divisions. In order to facilitate the command, the new army was expanded into two armies: the new army and the new sixth army. The new army has a new 30th Division and a new 38th Division, and its commander is Sun Liren. The new sixth army has a new 22nd division,14th division, 50th division, and its commander is Liao Yaoxiang. Zheng Dongguo was promoted to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Indian Army. 194410June 16, the New First Army and the New Sixth Army began to attack Ba Maw. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/2, the Japanese army invaded Dushan, and Guiyang was in a hurry. The Military Commission of the National Government ordered the New Sixth Army to return to China to defend the southwest, and the main force of the New Sixth Army was ordered to stop on June 12 1 day. The 50th Division stayed behind to fight with the new army and was under its command (later formally incorporated into the new army sequence). The new army conquered Ba Maw.

A few months after the Indian army began to counterattack, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in western Yunnan began to counterattack. In May 1944, 1 1, the 20th Army crossed the Nujiang River and fought bloody battles near Tengchong at the end of June. After three months of fighting, Tengchong was liberated in September 14. 1 1 the army crossed the river on June 1 day, and the new 28th division conquered Ramon on June 4th and entered Songshan. The division failed in five attacks because of the strong enemy lines. On July 1 day, the attack was changed to the Eighth Army, which was attacked by three divisions in turn for nine consecutive times. It was not until September 7 that the whole army was defeated. After a bloody battle, the expeditionary force captured Longling on June 3rd 1 65438+1October 20th, mangshi on June 20th, Shefang on February1day, and June1945+1October/kloc. 65438+1At noon on October 22nd, the 53rd Army 1 16 Division joined the First Division of the New Army at Mucha and advanced to Mangya with a pincer attack.

1945 65438+1October 15, the new army conquered Nankan and moved on. On June 6th, 65438+10/October 27th, Mangya near Wan Ding joined forces with the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Yunnan. The opening ceremony of 65438+ China-India Highway was held in Wanmachi. After the meeting, the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force returned to China, and the new army went south with the 50 th Division. The new army successively won Xinxu and Lashio, and the 50th Division successively conquered Du Nan, Xibao, Southern Yan and Kyauma. Since 1944 forced the crossing of the Irrawaddy River, the new 50 th Division has advanced 600 kilometers in more than three months. On March 30th, the Chinese Expeditionary Force conquered Qiao Mei and joined forces with the British army. Then Indian troops stationed in China returned home in triumph. So far, the tasks of Indian troops stationed in China and Chinese Expeditionary Force have been successfully completed.

Major battle

1942:

Battle of Tonggu

Yenangyaung triumph

Retreat in northern Myanmar

The second expedition took place at 1944:

Battle of western Yunnan and northern Myanmar

Guangfu Tengchong

Battle of Songshan

Longling campaign

Battle of Hu Kang River Basin

Battle of Meng Gong Valley

Important generals and figures in the battle of Myitkyina

Du-1942 Commander-in-Chief of the First Expeditionary Force (Initial) and Commander of the Fifth Army.

Luo Zhuoying-1942 Commander-in-Chief of the First Expeditionary Force.

Dai Anlan-the 200th division commander

Liao Yaoxiang —— commander of the new 22nd division, 1944 commander of the new sixth army.

Yu Shao, 96th division commander.

Gan Li-Chu-Commander of the 6th Army

Peng-the 49th division commander

Lu-the 93rd division commander

Zhang Ke-Commander of the 66th Army

Liu Bolong-the 28th division commander

Ma-the 29th division commander

Sun Liren —— the new commander of the 38th Division, 1944 as the commander of the new army.

Stilwell-Chief of Staff of China-Burma-India War Zone (USA),1the end of 942 to-1the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in 944.

Solden-(USA) 1944 10 took over as Commander-in-Chief of China Expeditionary Force.

Zheng Dongguo-Deputy Commander of China's Indian Army

Li Hong-1944 was appointed as the new 38th division commander.

Tang Shouzhi-the new 30 th division commander

Li Tao-the new 22nd division commander.

Long Tianwu-14 division commander

Pan Yukun-the 50th division commander

Wei-Commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force (the second time 1944)

Huang Qixiang —— Deputy Commander of Chinese Expeditionary Force (1944 for the second time)

Xiao Yisu —— Chief of Staff of Chinese Expeditionary Force (1944 for the second time)

Song Xilian-11commander-in-chief.

Huang Jie-19431/deputy commander-in-chief of the army, 1944 took over in September 1 1 commander-in-chief of the army.

Wang Lingyun-Commander of the Second Army

Zhong Bin -7 1 Force Commander

Huo Yizhang-Commander-in-Chief of the Twentieth Army

Tian Fang-Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the 20th Army

He Shaozhou-Commander of the Eighth Army

Li Mi —— Deputy Commander of the Eighth Army and Honorary General of the 1 Division.

The expeditionary force is a general above the military level.

Major General Ling Zemin, head of the 288th Regiment of the 96th Division and deputy commander of Laxu Garrison, April 1942, Mana, Myanmar.

Major General Liu (posthumously awarded), head of the 599th Regiment of the 200th Division of the 5th Army of Myanmar, May 1942.

Dai Anlan (1904— 1942), a native of Qiqidai Village, Lianxi Township, Wuwei County, Anhui Province, graduated from Huangpu Military Academy in the third phase. Major General of the 200th Division of China Expeditionary Force 1942 was killed in the battle against Japanese troops in Maobang Village, Myanmar on May 26th. Chiang Kai-shek ordered the body to be transported back to the motherland. Because of the hot weather, it was cremated by his men and brought back to China three days later. 1On July 6th, 942, Zhang Wende, the temporary county magistrate of Tengchong County, led tens of thousands of people, old and young, to kneel down to welcome Dai Anlan's coffin back to China. In the same year, the government of the Republic of China posthumously awarded Dai Anlan as Lieutenant General.

Major General Min Jilian (posthumously awarded), deputy division commander and director of political department of 36th Division, 1942, Baoshan, Yunnan.

Major General Hu Yibin, deputy commander of the 96th Division of the 5th Army,1June 27th, 942, was buried in Myanmar.

Major General Li, commander of the Yunnan-Myanmar Garrison and resident chief of staff of the Expeditionary Force,1summer of 943, Myanmar.

Major General of Chen Fan Army, Senior Staff of Commander of Expeditionary Force,1944 65438+1October 3 1, Myanmar.

Major General Zhang, Senior Staff Officer of the 5th Army,1944 65438+1October 3 1, Myanmar.

Lieutenant General Hong Hang (posthumously awarded), deputy commander of the 39th Division of the 6th Army, 1944 12 17, from Longling, Yunnan.

Wei li (? -1944) A native of Liling, Hunan Province, graduated from the sixth phase of Huangpu Military Academy. 1943 was the head of the fifth regiment of the second division of the sixth army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. 1944, died in the battle of Tengchong Dragon (Mausoleum). 1944165438+1October 29th, the government of the Republic of China posthumously awarded the rank of Major General of the Army.

Qin Zibin (? -1944) Hunan is mediocre. 54th Army of Army Expeditionary Force/Colonel of 594th Regiment of Kloc-0/98th Division. Zeng Jian's "Chinese Death Squad" confronted Shaozuo Yoshihara, the first captain of the Japanese 148 United front, in Lengshuigou, Gaoligong Mountain. In May, 1944, 1 1, a big counterattack began. After crossing the river, he helped Bei Zhai Gong to die. The National Government posthumously awarded Major General and General of the Army. Historical significance

During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, the battlefield in Myanmar was not only the strategic intersection of the two major anti-Japanese battlefields in China and the Pacific, but also the main combat area in Southeast Asia. China's army entered Myanmar twice to fight against the Japanese. It not only strongly supported the allied forces' war against Japan in the Sino-Indian-Burmese battlefield, but also opened up the international transportation lines in the southwest of China, improved the war energy of the frontal battlefield in China, accelerated the collapse of Japanese fascism, dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army, and greatly increased national pride and pride.