On May 26, 1942, General Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the 5th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, died heroically in the northern part of Myanmar, . After General Dai Anlan died, Chairman Mao and the two great men, Roosevelt, praised General Dai Anlan's life highly. To this day, General Dai Anlan has been dying for 80 years.
Chairman Mao wrote a poem "General of the Seagulls forever" to commemorate Dai Anlan's great life - Foreign aggression requires people to control, and the general's gift is to pick Wei. The teacher is mechanized and wins the power of tiger jaw . Bloody Guagua guards the East and the Great Return of the Dangtang. He died on the battlefield, and his ambitions were not contrary to his ambitions.
President Roosevelt evaluated General Dai Anlan : General Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the Army of the Republic of China, cooperated with the British to fight against Japan in 1942. During the Allied Powers' battlefield, they fought bravely, commanded excellently, and completed their tasks successfully. They are truly an excellent model for the soldiers of our Allied Powers.
General Stilwell, a famous general who supported China's war of resistance, evaluated Dai Anlan - The first person to make contributions to the great Han Dynasty in a foreign land.
It is a timely event that General Dai Anlan has made great contributions to China's War of Resistance and World Anti-Fascist War.
above picture_ Dai Anlan (November 25, 1904 - May 26, 1942)
first. During the domestic War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, General Dai Anlan participated in the main battles of China's War of Resistance. He was a general among the Chinese Expeditionary Force who participated in a series of major operations against Japan, and was more familiar with the situation of the Japanese army than other Allied generals.
933, Dai Anlan participated in Great Wall Anti-Japanese War .
938, Dai Anlan participated in the Xuzhou battle and Wuhan battle . During the Battle of Xuzhou, Dai Anlan commanded his troops to repel the Japanese army and received a medal from the Military Commission. During the Battle of Wuhan, Dai Anlan was commended by the 31st Army Command.
1939, Dai Anlan participated in the Changsha Battle . In the winter of 1939, Dai Anlan led his troops to participate in the Kunlun Pass Battle , with outstanding military achievements and defeated the 5th Japanese Division, known as the Steel Army. General of the 5th Japanese Division, Nakamura Masao , admitted that the 5th Japanese Division "had a more tenacious army than the Russians." Chiang Kai-shek praised Dai Anlan as a "standard general of contemporary youth."
From the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, to the Battle of Xuzhou and Wuhan, to the Battle of Changsha and Guinan Battle of Kunlun Pass in , General Dai Anlan has experienced many battles and has gained rich experience in combating the Japanese army.
By December 7, 1941, The Pacific War broke out, and after the United States and Britain declared war on Japan. The United States and Britain did not have any practical experience in fighting the Japanese army, and Dai Anlan's years of combat experience and experience in fighting the Japanese army made the 200th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force the mainstay of fighting the Japanese army in the Battle of Myanmar. Dai Anlan and the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division will make historical contributions to defending Myanmar and Yunnan-Burma Highway .
above picture_ The Chinese Expeditionary Force launched an attack on the Japanese army in the dense forests of Myanmar
Second. In the Myanmar war, General Dai Anlan was well-instructed. The British army retreated from Myanmar on a large scale and was defeated, and they won the battle against Gugu and Tangji.
1 In December 1941, the Chinese and British authorities signed the "Agreement on Joint Defense of the Yunnan-Burma Road", and Sino-British military cooperation was fully launched. China also sent Expeditionary Force troops to prepare for the battle in Myanmar.
However, due to the severe "Japanese fear" caused to the UK, and after the outbreak of the Pacific War, the British army achieved a series of victories in Southeast Asia, but the British army was generally afraid of fighting with the Japanese army. After the Japanese invaded Myanmar, the British army adopted the idea of passively avoiding war and preserving their strength. After the Japanese attacked Myanmar, the British army planned to retreat its troops stationed in Myanmar to India and concentrate on defending India.
Because the British army planned to withdraw troops from Myanmar, the British side was full of suspicion of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and did not agree to the Chinese Expeditionary Force entering Myanmar in time. In January 1942, the 6th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force assembled in the border area.It was not until February 1942 that the British agreed to the Expeditionary Force enter Myanmar to participate in the war.
From March 1942, the Expeditionary Force decided to fight against the Japanese army in the Mandalay area. The combat plan formulated by the Expeditionary Force was to use the 200th Division to block the Japanese army in Tonggu area, cover the main force of the 5th Army to assemble in Binnë, prepare to fight with the right-wing British army and recover the southern part of Myanmar.
above picture_ Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Myanmar to fight need to picture
However, due to the uncooperation of the British army, the 200th Division became a single army in the blocking war in Tonggu. Even so, General Dai Anlan still put the overall situation first and led the 200th Division to fight against the Japanese army in Tonggu area.
The same-ancient battle fully reflects General Dai Anlan's outstanding command ability. From a tactical perspective, the 200th Division adopted a combination of ambush and positional blocking war for the 200th Division to block the Japanese attack in the positions inside and outside the Tonggu City. After Dai Anlan made up his mind to fight, the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division worked together and achieved a brilliant victory in annihilation of more than 5,000 Japanese troops.
The outpost battle of the Gugu Defense War was the Pew River Bridge ambush. At dawn on March 19, 1942, a Japanese search force passed through the Pew River Bridge. Dai Anlan commanded the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division to ambush near the bridge and detonated the bridge. The officers and soldiers of the 200th Division used rifles and machine guns and to shoot fiercely at the Japanese army. After three hours of fierce fighting, the 200th Division killed more than 20 Japanese troops, and found out from the dead Japanese officers that the Japanese army attacked Tonggu was the 112th Regiment of the 56th Division.
Above picture_The supply and maintenance convoy of the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force
The victory of the Pew River Bridge ambush made the British look at Dai Anlan and the Chinese army with admiration. The British " Times " has to admit that the Chinese army plays an important role in the fight to defend Myanmar.
htmlOn March 19, the Japanese army concentrated their forces and violently attacked the Tonggu defense line of the 200th Division under the cover of aircraft and heavy artillery. The Japanese army's consecutive days of attacks were repelled by the 200th Division, and Commander Dai Anlan was determined to defend the city and vowed to live and die together with the same ancient city. He gave all the officers and soldiers an example to encourage morale: "If the commander of the division (Dai Anlan himself) dies in battle, the deputy commander will take over it. The deputy commander of the division will take over it, the chief of staff will take over it. The chief of staff will die in battle, and the commander of infantry at all levels will be commanded. The troops at all levels will take the action as follows."
The Japanese army took turns to attack the Tonggucheng defense line with the cooperation of aircraft, tanks and chariots, and the 200th Division defended the position and refused to retreat. The battle ended on March 21, and the 200th Division annihilated 600 Japanese troops, and Cao Cheng, deputy commander of the Cavalry Regiment, died. From March 22 to 23, the 200th Division killed more than 500 Japanese troops and blew up 210 Japanese tanks, armored vehicles. More than 260 rifles, 9 machine guns and 1 92 infantry cannon were seized. On March 24, the 598th Regiment fought hard against the Japanese army, and the deputy commander Huang Jingsheng died heroically.
Fighting until March 25, the Japanese army surrounded Tonggucheng from three aspects, and Dai Anlan commanded the troops to continue to resist the Japanese army.
htmlOn March 26, the 55th Division of the Japanese army concentrated the forces of three infantry regiments and launched a full-line attack with three times the offensive force of the 200th Division. The Japanese 56th Division and the 55th Division jointly operated, and the Japanese army attempted to break through the defense line of the same ancient city with the absolute advantage of two divisions. Even the division headquarters of the 200th Division was attacked by the Japanese army. But the steel defense line composed of the 200th Division was firmly defended and refused to retreat. On March 28, the 56th Division of the Japanese army launched heavy troops and forced the attack on Tonggucheng with the cooperation of 200 aircraft, more than 100 cannons, and more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles. The battle for defense of Tonggu reached the most tragic level. Many positions were repeatedly fought for, and the defense line of the 200th Division was as solid as a rock.
above picture_Du Yuming
As the Japanese support force The 18th Division has arrived, the 200th Division continues to persevere is extremely dangerous, and Du Yuming ordered the 200th Division to break through on March 29. On March 30, the 200th Division withdrew from Tonggucheng under the cover of the newly formed 22nd Division.
The officers and soldiers of the 200th Division blocked two Japanese divisions in Tonggu and annihilated more than 5,000 Japanese troops shocked China and the world. According to the records of "The Biography of Dai Anlan", Japanese Prime Minister Tojo Hideki was forced to admit that the battle between the Tonggu was the most difficult battle since the Japanese attacked Lushunkou.
The 55th Division and the 56th Division combined to attack Tonggu with nearly 40,000 troops, while the 200th Division defended Tonggu with more than 9,000 troops. The 55th Division and the 56th Division have the support of large-caliber artillery , tanks and armored vehicles and aircraft, and have strong three-dimensional offensive capabilities. The 200th Division lacks the support of air superiority, and only a small number of artillery cooperate with the defenders to fight. In the overall situation where the Japanese army has more troops and 200 divisions have few troops and 200 divisions have strong weapons and 200 divisions have poor weapons, the 200 division can annihilate more than 5,000 Japanese troops at the cost of less than 3,000 casualties (some say 1,200 people). This is indeed an extremely high level of defense operations in the Chinese army. The officers and soldiers of the 200th Division were good at close combat tactics and defeated the Japanese army under the Tonggu City. Even General Dai Anlan's diary admitted that "the enemy attempted to eat our 200th Division and then kill Liao Yaoxiang's troops. I still used 100 meters to solve the battle, bayonet grenade to solve the problem, but the enemy's aircraft, cannons, tanks were useless, so we drove the enemy away."
above picture_ The Japanese army invading Myanmar
In addition to the battle with ancient defense, General Dai Anlan also commanded the wonderful battle of Tangji. On April 23, 1942, the Japanese army captured Tangji. In order to save the situation in northern Myanmar, the 200th Division fought back on April 24 under the command of General Dai Anlan. In the end, the 200th Division annihilated 800 Japanese troops in Tangji and recovered Tangji. The situation of the British army on the Eastern Front turned danger into safety.
Tangji battle was the first battle to recover Myanmar's lost territory since the 200th Division went abroad to fight, which was in sharp contrast to the defeat of the British army's hastily withdrawn. President Roosevelt commented on General Dai Anlan's "heroic combat and excellent command." General Dai Anlan has become famous abroad since then.
However, the victory of Tangji's battle could not save the overall defeat of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the British army. Because the Japanese 18th Division occupied Mandalay on May 1, the 56th Division invaded Yunnan, my country, and the road to return to China was cut off. Dai Anlan led his troops into the dense primeval forests in northern Myanmar and returned to his motherland.
htmlOn May 18, Dai Anlan led his troops to ambush by the Japanese army while advancing. The Japanese army fired at the 200th Division with intensive firepower, and thousands of Chinese soldiers fought fiercely with the Japanese army with bayonet rifles. During the fierce battle, Japanese bullets hit Dai Anlan's abdomen. Because he was seriously injured and could not move, the guards took turns to carry the stretcher for Dai Anlan. By May 26, General Dai Anlan died heroically on the road to his motherland. The officers and soldiers sent the division commander's loyalty back to the country according to the division commander's last wish. In July 1942, the National Government held a memorial service for Dai Anlan in Quanzhou, Guangxi.
above picture_ General Dai Anlan's tomb
General Dai Anlan made outstanding achievements in the domestic war of resistance, and made many achievements in the battles between the two Gu and Tangji abroad. While fighting the extremely high level of defense war in the Chinese military, he also recovered lost ground. He is indeed an excellent commander and general in the Asian battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist Alliance. Dai Anlan's great achievements also exerted the spirit of the Chinese people, making the British admire the Chinese army. Because of this, after General Dai Anlan died in his country, Chairman Mao wrote a poem to commemorate Dai Anlan's great achievements. US President Roosevelt praised Dai Anlan for "heroic combat, excellent command, and successful completion of his tasks. He is indeed an excellent model for the soldiers of our allied countries."
Author: Sun Yi Correction/Editor: Lilith
Reference materials: "Iron Blood Expedition - Battle of Yunnan and Burma" Yang Gang and Feng Jie Wuhan University Press
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