The enemy face to face is the Japanese army 18 division under the command of Lieutenant General Shinichi Tanaka, which has jurisdiction over 1 14, 55 and 56 regiments, with 32,000 troops. This division is the ace of the Japanese army. Its soldiers are industrial workers from Kyushu Island. They are famous for their ferocity. They participated in the attacks on Shanghai and Nanjing and were one of the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre. In Singapore, more than 30 thousand people forced more than 80 thousand British troops to surrender, and then went to Burma to fight. Known as the "king of jungle warfare."
Hukanghe Valley means "the place where the devil lives" in Burmese. Located in the northernmost part of Myanmar, it consists of Luoda Basin and Xinpingyang Basin, with high mountains and dense forests, vertical and horizontal rivers and flooding in rainy season. It is said that there used to be savages here, so the locals call this no man's land hundreds of miles away from Fiona Fang "savage mountain". Indian troops stationed in China are too familiar with the Hu Kang River basin. When the Chinese Expeditionary Force was defeated the year before last, it broke into this restricted area, causing heavy losses and corpses everywhere. Almost every tree in the Hu Kang River Basin is littered with the bones of China officers and soldiers, and their blood and tears flow on every beach.
Today, the revenge division is full of spears, dust, roaring chariots and roaring fighters, and has left India angrily. This is an Indian army armed to the teeth. These are a group of evil tigers who have been sleeping for a long time. Hungry, they rushed to the China-Myanmar border.
Under the cover of fighter planes, China troops stationed in India moved into northern Myanmar. 1943101on the morning of October 20th, 1 1, the outpost war started in the unknown highland west of new Pingyang. The search company of the new 38th Division met a Japanese army on the road. Both sides immediately seized the favorable terrain and fired at each other almost at the same time. According to past experience, the combat effectiveness of a brigade (battalion) of the Japanese army is equivalent to or more than that of a division of the China Army. At the beginning of this battle, the Japanese army simply ignored a few China soldiers and immediately charged the unknown highland occupied by the China army. Soso Company is the vanguard of the newly-formed 38th Division, with more than 300 soldiers, equipped with 12 mortars, 3 anti-tank guns and 25 light and heavy machine guns. Soldiers are all "M4 Tom" submachine guns. At the beginning of the battle, the company calmly took up the battle, put the enemy within range and gave full play to its firepower advantage to kill it. When the Japanese soldiers came forward with the March 8th Cover, the hail-like mortar shells suddenly smashed down, and the heavy rain-like machine gun bullets formed an impenetrable fire wall, which knocked the arrogant Japanese soldiers dizzy and fell to the ground one by one like mowing grass. It's China's turn to recoil, only to see China soldiers with helmets scrambling and overwhelming. They gave full play to the advantages of automatic weapons in melee, and beat the Japanese army with old rifles to pieces and covered in holes. In the afternoon, another company of China soldiers arrived in time, and they were attacked by two sides. The Japanese left more than 200 bodies and fled in a hurry. The first battle of the outpost was successful, and the Indian troops stationed in China won much more than the Japanese.
65438+1On October 24th, the New 38th Division 1 12 regiment began to attack and occupied New Pingyang on the 29th. The Japanese 18 Division immediately adjusted its deployment after discovering that the China army had entered Myanmar. It defended Myitkyina with the 1 14 wing, reinforced the front with the 56th wing of the 55th wing, and the division also advanced. 1 65438+1At the beginning of October, when the New 38th Division12 Regiment1Battalion and Battalion 2 entered Fubon, they met with the 55th Wing of the Japanese Army 18 Division, and the two sides fought fiercely in the hills around Galasu. 1 12 regiment occupied the top of the mountain, commanding, with 60 mortars of various calibers and light and heavy machine guns1/kloc-0. Although the Japanese army is dominant, there are less than 20 mortars and only 10 machine guns. On the first day, China's army mortars almost dominated the battlefield situation. The Japanese attack was repeatedly defeated, and even the headquarters was hit by two shells. Ichiro Hirata, vice captain of the 55th United, who was directing the operation, was killed on the spot. The Japanese army failed to storm, so it changed its tactics and made a detour to the rear of the position of 112 regiment with1brigade, cutting off its retreat and continuing to pretend to attack small groups of harassment to attract China troops to shoot and consume ammunition. Sure enough, after several days in a row, China's counterattack became sparse and artillery firing became very scattered. At dawn on the fifth day, the Japanese army began to assemble troops on a large scale, and Nobuo Maruyama, commander of the 55th Japanese Army, personally went into battle to prepare for the final general attack. At this moment, however, a group of American planes thundered over the battlefield and dropped ammunition accurately on the hills and positions of China's army. A month later, the 1 12 regiment obtained water and air supplies from the US military transport plane by cutting banana trees and vines, and confronted the Japanese army of 1 regiment for 50 days. The Japanese 55th Wing suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, but failed to break through the positions of the two battalions of China Army. In his report to Lieutenant General Tanaka Shinichi, the head of 18 Division, Maruyama Shinzo lamented: "The Battle of the Highlands (Galasu) is an unprecedented example, and the changes of the people in China are amazing. I hope to attract the attention of the head of the division ... "
65438+At 9: 00 am on February 24th, the new 38th Division launched an all-out attack on Yubang. The artillery units carried out an artillery attack of 1 hour, and more than 370 shells blossomed in enemy positions. When the cannon was ready, China's army launched an attack on the Japanese with a loud charge. Stilwell, who personally supervised the war at the front line, wrote his impression in his diary: "China people played very well. These people are brave and fearless, and junior officers are also good." 12 On February 29th, after six days of fierce fighting, all the new 38th divisions captured the Japanese positions in Yubang. The Japanese 56th United Front left more than 300 bodies and retreated hastily. It is difficult for the Japanese army to understand how the defeated divisions were so magical. The history of Japanese war after the war is recorded as follows: "18 Division, which was compiled in Kyushu and moved to China, has the most confidence in China's military operations. Unexpectedly, the China army in the Hu Kang River basin has completely changed its face in organization, equipment, tactics and technology, ... causing heavy losses to our army. "
After the Battle of Yubang, the captured Japanese army was brought before General Sun Liren, the commander of the new 38th Division. Sun Liren frowned in disgust and ordered the staff without thinking: "These bastards! Go and have a try. Anyone who has been to China will be shot on the spot. Do this in the future. " These orders were quickly carried out. The Japanese18th Division once committed numerous crimes in the battlefield of China. The hands of these prisoners are stained with the blood of the people of China, and of course they are born to die.
1944 65438+ 10, the 55th and 56th United Front of the Japanese army retreated to the Rhoda-Taibaijia line in the Hu Kang River basin. The new 1 army attacked south in two ways. On the left is the new 38th Division commanded by Sun Liren, starting from Yubang area and attacking Taibai. On the right is the new 22nd Division of Liao Yaoxiang, starting from New Pingyang, attacking the heroes in the legal field. By the middle of 5438+ 10, the left-wing new 38th Division had occupied the peripheral positions of the Japanese army and began to attack the front of Taibaijia. The new 22nd division on the right also crossed the Tanai River and entered the Baizeyi River near the northern part of the legal hero.
1at dawn on October 28th, American planes taking off from New Pingyang began to violently bomb the Japanese positions of heroes in the legal field. At about 8 o'clock, the tank column of the new 22 nd division chariot battalion appeared. The torrent of steel is like a sharp knife inserted into the enemy's position, tearing open the enemy's defense line, and then covering the infantry to cut and kill repeatedly, and rushing to the depth without losing time. This is the first time in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War that China manipulated to attack the Japanese, and the advantage of modernization is on China's side. Tankers drove armored chariots, violently swept through enemy positions and infantry, expelled them, chased and crushed them, and beat them insane. China infantry followed closely behind the tanks, using the cover of steel barriers to eliminate all dead ends and occupy enemy fortifications and positions. On June 365438+1October 3 1 day, a group of tanks braved the enemy's gunfire and quickly rushed into the town of rhoda. The steel crawler repeatedly crushed the Japanese army 18 division headquarters in the town, crushing Major General Seto, chief of staff of the Japanese military division, and dozens of officers into paste. Although Shinichi Tanaka, the head of the division, escaped from the town, the seal of the division's defense fell into the hands of Japanese soldiers, so the Battle of Heroes in the Legal World became a great shame in the history of the Japanese 18 Division.
The new 38th Division on the left also launched a general attack on Taibai Family on June 365438+1October 3 1. The US Army 10 Air Force dispatched more than 30 planes to carry out air strikes in turn, and the Japanese army had to break through and retreat. In February 1, the new 38th division occupied Taibai's home. The victory of the Battle of Rhoda-Taibaijia enabled the Indian troops stationed in China to retreat in Myanmar and gain a firm foothold, thus opening the way to attack in depth.
After the Japanese 18 Division retreated from the Luoda and Taibaijia lines, it changed its defense deployment, arranged the 55th and 56th wings step by step, and occupied the Mengguan and Varuban areas in the center of the Hu Kang River basin, with a distance of about 12km, in an attempt to prevent the Indian troops from attacking with deep and solid defense.
On February 20th or so, Indian troops stationed in China advanced to the outer position of Mengguan, and all the new 22nd divisions went into battle. American Laghard commandos transferred from India have also arrived at the front. According to Stilwell's deployment, the new 38th Division was on the left and the new 22nd Division was on the right, as a frontal attack on the enemy of Mengguan. At the same time, each division took out a force and attacked the opposite Mengguan. The tanks and chariots stationed in India crossed the jungle, cutting off the connection between Mengguan and the enemy of Varuban. The American Lagahad commandos took a long detour along the mountain on the north side, captured Varuban and completed the encirclement of the Japanese army.
On February 24th, the Sino-American allied forces launched an all-round attack on the Japanese army, and the main forces of the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division quickly approached Mengguan. On March 1 day, the American Lagahad Commando arrived in the northeast of Varuban, and immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army, occupying the North-South River ferry on its side. After discovering that its rear was cut off, the Japanese army concentrated on launching a counterattack against Varuban, except for leaving a few troops to resist in Mengguan. With the support of the new 38th Division 1 13 Regiment, the American Laghard Commando launched a fierce battle with the Japanese. On March 4th, the new 22nd Division conquered Mengguan and continued to develop its offensive. The Japanese army was surrounded in a narrow area around Varuban.
At noon on March 8th, the new 38th Division 1 13 Regiment, Chariot 1 Battalion and the American Lagahard Commando launched an attack on Varuban. In the afternoon 1, the chariot 1 camp waded across the river from the gap in the river bank. On the other side, the Japanese army didn't expect the tank to wade across the river and quickly concentrated fire to block the river. The Sino-American Coalition forces did not show weakness, and large and small artillery aimed at the enemy lines to suppress shooting. American planes also came to help, and the Japanese position fell into flames. In the afternoon 1: 30, the chariot had already boarded the opposite position, and the tank soldiers were extremely excited. What a slaughterhouse! They stepped on the accelerator and rampaged forward bravely. Under the pursuit of chariots, Japanese soldiers fled like rabbits. This is a contest between stones and eggs, and steel and flesh. This is blood out, blood out. This is an overwhelming victory for Mount Tai. Some Japanese troops hid in earthen bags to resist. The tanker gave it an armor-piercing bullet and immediately told it to hang upside down. Some Japanese soldiers hid under a tree and fired. A shrapnel hit them. The jungle was a pool of meat and mud. The Japanese army crouched in the grass, and when a firebomb was fired, he was exposed and his bones piled up. There are also some clumsy Japanese soldiers who are driven by chariots. The tanker teased him first, and the game. The Japanese ran in front and the chariots chased after them. After running for a short time, the Japanese couldn't run any further, so they wanted to dodge aside. So, as soon as the driver stepped on the gas pedal, the chariot "roared" and ran over the devil's ass ... and entered the highway, lying with the Japanese body. By March 9, Japan's 55th and 56th regiments had suffered more than half of the casualties. Finally, with the help of two secret passages temporarily opened by the engineering troops in the jungle, they escaped from the desperate situation.