In October 1943, in order to cooperate with the war situation on the Chinese battlefield and the Pacific region and reopen the Sino-Indian transportation line, General Stilwell, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army in India, formulated a combat plan to counterattack northern Myanmar, code-named "Tarzan of the Apes". It was planned to set off from the Indian-Myanmar border town of Lido, cross the Indian-Myanmar border, first occupy the areas east of the Tana River and other areas east of the Tana River, establish an offensive starting position and logistics supply base; then cross the Wild Man Mountain, and use powerful firepower and roundabout tactics to break through the Hukang Valley and the Menggong Valley, seize the important land of northern Myanmar, and finally connect the Yunnan-Burma Highway in Yunnan.

The main offensive mission was the New 1st Army commanded by Zheng Dongguo, the New 38th Division commanded by Sun Liren, the New 22nd Division commanded by Liao Yaoxiang, and the Independent Brigade commanded by Gu Ruhu, with a total force of 35,000.

The enemy in front of him was the 18th Japanese Division commanded by Lieutenant General Tanaka, which was under the command of the 55th and 56th Regiments, with a total of 32,000 troops. The division is a trump unit of the Japanese army. Its troops are from industrial workers from Kyushu Island. It is famous for its stubbornness and has participated in the attack on Shanghai and Nanjing. It is one of the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre. It forced more than 80,000 British troops to surrender with more than 30,000 people in Singapore, and later entered the battle of Myanmar. It was called "King of Jungle Warfare".

The Hukang Valley is a Burmese word called "the place where the devil lives". It is located in the northernmost part of Myanmar and consists of the Daro Basin and the New Ping Basin. It has high mountains and dense forests, rivers crisscrossing, and floods in rainy seasons. It is said that savages have appeared, so the locals collectively call this unmanned land of hundreds of miles apart "Savage Mountain". The Chinese army stationed in India is too familiar with the Hukang Valley. When the Chinese expeditionary force retreated the year before yesterday, it broke into this forbidden area, with heavy losses and countless corpses left. Almost every tree in the Hukang Valley is covered with the bones of Chinese officers and soldiers, and every river beach is covered with blood and tears.

On October 20, 1943, the outpost battle started in the nameless highland west of the New Ping Ocean. The Independent Brigade Search Company encountered a battalion of the Japanese army during its march. Both sides immediately seized the favorable terrain and opened fire at the other side almost at the same time.

According to past experience, the combat effectiveness of a battalion (battalion) of the Japanese army was equivalent to that of a division of the Chinese army. At the beginning of this battle, the Japanese army did not take the mere company of Chinese soldiers seriously at all, and immediately launched a charge on the nameless highland occupied by the Chinese army.

The Search Company was the pioneer of the independent brigade. The entire company had more than 200 soldiers, equipped with 12 mortars, 3 anti-tank guns, and 55 light and heavy machine guns. As soon as the battle started, the company responded calmly, put the enemy into the range, and gave full play to its firepower advantages to kill. When the Japanese soldiers rushed up with the 38th brigade, a hail-like mortar shell suddenly fell down. The heavy rain machine gun bullets formed an airtight fire wall, knocking the arrogant Japanese soldiers dizzy.

In the afternoon, Chinese soldiers from another company arrived in time and attacked each other. The Japanese army left more than 200 bodies and fled in panic. The first victory of the outpost battle, the Chinese army stationed in India made the first record of winning against the Japanese army with fewer victory.

On October 24, the Independent Brigade and the New 38th Division attacked. At 9 a.m., the artillery troops launched an hour of artillery fire, and more than 370 shells bloomed in the enemy positions. After the artillery was prepared, the Chinese army launched an attack on the Japanese army. Stilwell, who was personally on the front line to supervise the battle, wrote his own impression in his diary: "The Chinese fight very well, these people are brave and fearless, and the subordinate officers are good."

On December 29, after six days of fierce fighting, all Japanese positions were captured. The Japanese 56th Regiment left hundreds of bodies and retreated in panic.

After the Yubang battle, the captured Japanese army was taken to Gu Ruhu, the commander of the Independent Brigade. Gu Ruhu snorted coldly and ordered the staff: "You go and try it. Anyone who has been to China will be shot on the spot." The order was quickly implemented. The 18th Division of the Japanese army had committed numerous crimes on the battlefield in China. These prisoners were covered with Chinese blood and of course they were doomed.

In January 1944, the 55th and 56th Japanese rebels retreated to the front line of Daluo in the Hukang Valley to Taibaijia. The newly formed 1st Army attacked in three ways. The 38th Division, commanded by Sun Liren on the left, attacked Taibaijia from Yubang area; the 22nd Division, commanded by Liao Yaoxiang on the right, attacked Daluo from the New Ocean. In addition, Gu Ruhu's independent travel was outside, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack.

On January 31, a team of tanks rushed into Daluo Town with enemy artillery fire. Chinese infantry followed closely behind the tanks, using the cover of steel barriers to clear out all blind spots and occupy enemy fortifications and positions. Steel tracks repeatedly crushed the Japanese 18th Division Commander, Major General Seo and dozens of officers, were shot dead. Although the division commander Shinichi Tanaka escaped from the town, the division guard seal fell into the hands of Chinese soldiers, so the Battle of Daluo became a great humiliation in the history of the Japanese 18th Division Battle.

After the 18th Japanese Division retreated from Daro and Taibaijia, it changed its defense deployment and arranged the 55th and 56th regiments in staging arrangements, occupying the Mengguan and Varuban areas in the center of the Hukang Valley. The two places were about 12 kilometers apart in front and behind, attempting to use solid defense in depth to prevent the Chinese army stationed in India.

The Independent Brigade arrived in the northeast of Varuban and immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army and occupied the northern and southern river ferry of its side and rear. The Sino-US coalition forces launched an attack on Varuban. At 1 pm, the tank troops waded through the river through the gap in the river embankment. The Japanese army on the other side did not expect that the tanks could wade across the river, and hurriedly concentrated their firepower to block the river surface. The Sino-US coalition forces did not show any weakness. The large and small artillery aimed at the enemy's positions to suppress and shoot, and American aircraft also rushed to assist in the war, which made the Japanese positions a sea of ​​fire.

Chasing the chariots, the Japanese soldiers fled like rabbits. On the way to march, they lay down and had Japanese corpses. By March 9, more than half of the Japanese 55th and 56th registrars were killed or injured. Finally, they escaped from the desperate situation with two secret passages temporarily opened by the engineers in the jungle.

Subsequently, the Japanese army formed the 33rd Army in Myanmar. Lieutenant General Honda Masato was the commander and ruled the 18th, 53rd, and 56th Divisions. Honda Masato deployed the remnants of the 18th Division and the 53rd Division in the Menggong Valley, attempting to resist in the danger.

The terrain of Menggong River Valley is dangerous, and the entrance of the valley is a natural danger of Jianbu Mountain. The two major cities in the valley, Jiamai and Menggong, stand opposite each other across the Nangao River, and are facing each other and supporting each other.

After discussing with the Chinese generals, Stilwell made a bold combat deployment: to attack Gamai with the New 22nd Division; to attack Meng Gong with the New 38th Division; to form a Sino-US joint commando with the Independent Brigade and the US Lagahad Commando, detoured through the mountains and ridges on the north side and penetrated into the strategic key points behind the enemy. The Japanese army was divided and surrounded and annihilated at the front lines of Myits, Meng Gong and Gamai.

On March 14, the Chinese army stationed in India began to attack the natural dangerous danger of Jianbu Mountain. The New 22nd Division was on the front, and Gu Ruhu led the Independent Brigade without fear of hardships. On the 14th, he crossed mountains and ridges from the left wing to the rear of Yujianbu Mountain. He attacked both sides with the New 22nd Division. On the 29th, he captured Shaduza, broke through the natural dangerous danger of Jianbu Mountain, and entered the Menggong Valley.

Myitkyna is the first important town in northern Myanmar. It is the northern end of the Myanmar Railway. It has highways connecting Menggong, Mandalay and Bamo. The terrain is dangerous. It is an important transportation hub in northern Myanmar and an important passage for the Sino-Indian highway. The main force of the Japanese 18th Division and part of the 56th Division built solid fortifications here to guard it.

The US military dispatched a large number of planes to bomb Myitkyina for a long time. The Independent Brigade launched a surprise attack and captured the airport about 1 kilometer west of Myitkyina. The Japanese army was at a loss for the sudden Chinese and American troops and resisted in a hurry. After 4 hours of fighting, the Independent Brigade completely eliminated the enemies at the airport.

The Myitkyna Airport was captured, the logistics supply line of Meng Gong and Kamai's enemy was cut off, greatly encouraging the frontal attack of the Japanese army by the New 22nd Division and the New 38th Division. Then the New 22nd Division surrounded the main force of the Japanese 18th Division in Sokadao, killing 5,108 enemies, and capturing 112 Japanese troops below the commander of Sakurai Squadron. The commander of the Japanese 18th Division, Tanaka Shinichi, led more than 1,500 remaining troops, and fled south in a hurry with the main force of the 53rd Division.

However, the battle to capture the Myitkyina city was very difficult. Encouraged by the successful airborne victory, Stilwell ordered the troops to take Myitkyina within two weeks. However, he underestimated the enemy. After the Sino-US joint commando occupied Myitkyina Airport, the Japanese army hurriedly dispatched troops from western Yunnan and Bamo to reinforce the Japanese army, which reached about two registrars in the area. The Chinese and American troops who underestimated the enemy were ambushed by the Japanese army at the Myitkyina Railway Station, with huge casualties. Stilwell continuously airlifted the 41st and 42nd Regiments of the 14th Division, the 89th and 90th Regiments of the New 30th Division, and the 149th Regiments of the 50th Division. The troops continued to launch fierce attacks on the Japanese army, but the Japanese army resisted stubbornly with their strong fortifications.

Finally, Stilwell replaced the coalition commander Brigadier General Botner, and readjusted the deployment. The 50th Division, the New 30th Division and the US Lagahad Commando besieged Myithina from three sides. They quickly cleared the peripheral positions and attacked the city area. Then they began to fight hard with the Japanese army one by one and one by one. After 20 days of fierce fighting, they finally cleared the remaining enemies of Myithina and occupied the entire urban area. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Japanese city defense commander Shui Shangyuanzang was forced to commit suicide. Only a few remaining enemies smuggled across the Irrawaddy River and fled to Bamo. In this Myithina battle, the Sino-US coalition forces fought bloody battles, annihilated about 3,000,000 Japanese troops and suffered about 7,000 casualties.

However, in the battles between the Hukang Valley and the Menggong Valley, the Chinese army annihilated all the 18th Division of the Japanese army, one unit of the 53rd Division and one 56th Division, killing more than 20,000 Japanese troops, one to save the shame of defeating Myanmar two years ago. This was a brilliant and huge victory.

After the victory, Liao Yaoxiang immediately went to Mr. Dianqing and excitedly said, "This time, the enemy's heavy weapons and military vehicles were lost, the number of people who died and injured and sickly turned into the gully, and the tragic situation was even worse than the trajectory of the National Army's savage mountain two years ago. Looking back at the past and the present, he avenged the past and the officers and soldiers were very excited."

Mr. Qing was overjoyed and announced that he would be promoted to officers at all levels!

As a result, Lieutenant General Gu Ruhu was promoted to a second-level general! And after baptism on the battlefield, he absorbed a large amount of evil energy and stepped into the third level of Qi refining.

In fact, there were still many generals in the Qingbai Party. From 1936 to 1949, a total of 53 generals were awarded, such as Zhang Fakui, Deng Xihou, Yu Hanmou, Shang Zhen, He Jian, Jiang Dingwen, Yu Xuezhong, Yang Hucheng... These people were all generals.
Chapter completed!