In January 1942, the 33rd Division and the 56th Division of the 15th Army of the Japanese Army set out from Thailand and began to cross the dangerous areas covered with dense forests and head towards Myanmar.

A small number of Japanese troops were chasing the British army. At the Xitang River Bridge, two Japanese infantry gangs attacked the bridgehead. When the British York City group saw that the situation was not good, they blew up the bridge regardless of their lives, resulting in more than 9,000 British and Indian troops on the other side of the river becoming prisoners of the Japanese army. Another unit on the other side of the river, the 51st Brigade of the British and Indian Army ordered the discarding of all equipment and offered a reward of 100 pounds to encourage soldiers to swim across the river. In the end, only five members of the Chinese liaison team brought back guns and ammunition, and carried them back to the radio station.

After the Japanese army's desperate attacks by the end of February, 10 infantry battalions of the British, Indian and British troops were severely damaged, and 8 artillery companies were almost wiped out. Although the British, Indian and British and British troops still have 30,000 people in Myanmar, they are located in Yangon, Mandalay, Ren'anqiang and Salwen River, they have turned into frightened birds in terms of morale.

The British, who were afraid of being beaten, were about to run away. General Alexander, the commander of the British army, decided to give up Yangon. He asked the Chinese army to quickly enter Myanmar to block the Japanese army.

However, the British were not good intentions. They were afraid that the Chinese army would take root in northern Myanmar for a long time, and asked the Chinese army to enter quickly without providing vehicles and supplies. As a result, the Chinese army relied on walking, so food was brought by itself to a little food from China. The British army itself was speeding up to repair the road to India.

Without any assistance from the British army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Burma like a blind man touching an elephant.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force first entered Myanmar to fight. The food was all up to one's own back, and the lack of ammunition, food, and other supplies. There was not even a Chinese Myanmar military map. The Myanmar map obtained gave the staff of each army a headache. And these maps were not very accurate.

Where are the British troops and where are the Japanese troops now? Where are the supplies, where are the wounded and where are the positions, the Chinese Expeditionary Forces not known. The British did not inform them that the first expeditionary force that entered Myanmar came to this strange country full of dangers in a daze.

In March, the new commander of the Myanmar Army, General Alexander, did not organize any effective resistance in Yangon, resulting in the Japanese easily defeating Yangon on March 8 and successfully achieved the first phase of the combat goal of occupying Myanmar.

On April 18, the Japanese army surrounded the British army of Ren'anqiang. The British army repeatedly assaulted the highway with tanks as vanguards, but were blocked by the Japanese army.

At this time, the British army in Ren'anqiang were the remnants of the British-Myanmar Division and the 7th British Armored Brigade. The British army was trapped in Ren'anqiang, facing the desperate situation of water supply being cut off, food being about to end, and the army was without fighting spirit. General Slim, the commander of the British Division of the British Division, telegraphed General Alexander, commander-in-chief of Myanmar, to send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise he would have to surrender.

At dusk on the 19th, at the last moment when the British army was about to be annihilated by the Japanese army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force appeared in Ren'anqiang. They bravely blocked the Japanese army and covered the British army's escape. In this battle, the Chinese Expeditionary Force rescued more than 7,000 British troops equipped with tanks, armored vehicles, cannons and cars from the tigers of two Japanese brigades. General Slim, the commander of the British army, was the commander-in-chief of the British army in 1944 in the future. In this battle, the 113th Regiment of the Expeditionary Force suffered 204 people below the 3rd Battalion Commander Zhang Qi and injured 318 people. On March 18, the British and Burmese Army 17th Division, the British and Indian Army 63rd Brigade, and the British Armored Brigade all began to retreat to India.

Then, the fucking British escaped! The Chinese Expeditionary Force was in trouble!

The Japanese Southern Army quickly formulated a new combat policy and mobilized four divisions to annihilate the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

The main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was surrounded by the Japanese army and finally had to break through in four directions.

The expeditionary forces retreated from the mountains and forests. It was rainy season and it was difficult to move through mud. In addition, the ants bite and insects were bitten, and the troops were hungry and tired, and the epidemic was prevalent, and many deaths were caused. China's most elite 5th Army lost 7,300 people in battle and 14,700 people in retreat, twice as much as the battlefield loss. What is distressing is that China's strongest 200th Division had only 4,000 people left.

In Myanmar in May, the cry of apes resounds throughout the valley on the mountains. If heavy rain occurs, mountain torrents will often erupt. In the endless primeval forest, there is no one inhabited or roads.

In the Myanmar rainforest, there are many kinds of poisonous insects. Many officers and soldiers of the New 28th Division, which belongs to the 66th Army, as well as the New 38th Division, were missing in northern Myanmar. Later, someone found a large number of set-up but rusty guns in the New Plain Ocean in northern Myanmar. Behind the gun stand were piles of white bones, and then the symbol of the New 28th Division was found among the bones. These soldiers were attacked by poisonous insects one night and were wiped out.

Qin Di and Yan Xue ran thousands of miles overnight, and it took a lot of effort to find Gu Ruhu.

Gu Ruhu led a division, with 11,000 people going to the war. After several battles, the number of troops was reduced to 7,500. He was trapped in the rainforest, with food cut off, exhausted, and lost his way.

Qin Di did not show up, but threw down 50 tons of grain and a batch of medicine near the military camp, plus a map marked with the retreat route, with the words "Guan Chunqiu" written on it.

At this time, Gu Ruhu had several gunshot wounds on his body and had lost more than ten pounds. He received a report from the soldiers. After seeing the medicine and food, he saw the marks on the map. He was confused first, and then surprised and happy. He clasped his hands and prayed to the sky, muttering words.

Han Bing, who was physically and mentally exhausted, heard him clearly, "Thank you, Master, I will never forget you for your life..."

Han Bing thought to himself: "It's bad. The general has become ill due to overwork. Maybe there is a brain problem! Otherwise, why would he not thank the Bodhisattva and the Buddha, but instead just talk about the master?"

However, Gu Ruhu was not crazy. He cheered up and led his soldiers. Following the guidance on the map, after two months of arduous journey, he retreated back to Yunnan. In the end, more than 7,000 people survived were considered to be among the various armies.

The commander of the 200th Division, Dai Anlan, died in Maobang Village, northern Myanmar, due to serious injuries, and the National Government posthumously awarded him as Lieutenant General of the Army.

100,000 soldiers set out to fight, and only 40,000 people came back in the end, and the rest were buried outside the border!

In the first Battle of Myanmar, the Expeditionary Force alone took over the Japanese attack. In the end, because the British army had bad intentions, coupled with its own factors, lack of communication and command, and lack of material supply, it ended in failure.

After the war, Mr. Qing wrote: "The reason for the failure of the Battle of Myanmar is that we have lost our autonomy in decision-making and we are forced to surrender to our allies. However, the sacrifice is too great..."
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