During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese army did have a number of units that were very capable of fighting, and some military enthusiasts also gave the ranking of the "Top Ten Aces of The Anti-Japanese Resistance", and even put the so-called "five main forces" on the list indiscriminately, which is very unobjective. It should be noted that the new first army of the five main forces was formed in 1943, and the new sixth army born out of the army was established in 1944, at this time the War of Resistance Against Japan was nearing its end, and the main battlefield of these two units was in northern Burma, and they had never experienced the most arduous period of the War of Resistance, and it was not worthy of the name.
74th Army Yu Jishi
The Fifth Army, which included China's first mechanized 200th Division, was actually not qualified to be on the list, and this so-called "Iron Horse Division" was only established in Xiangtan, Hunan Province in 1938, and was listed as a strategic reserve unit directly under the military commission from the beginning of its formation. The Battle of Guinan in 1939 was the first shot, and the much-hyped "Kunlun Pass Victory" was actually a crushing defeat, and the Fifth Army eliminated more than 4,000 Japanese Kou people, but itself paid the price of 17,000 casualties.
Therefore, what is less known is that before the Battle of Guinan was completely over, the Fifth Army withdrew to rest due to heavy casualties, and this break was another two and a half years, until the first entry of the Chinese Expeditionary Force into Burma in 1942. In the battle, except for Dai Anlan's 200th Division, which performed well in Tonggu, the entire Fifth Army was in a general state, and finally defeated Savage Mountain. After regrouping, he was always stationed near Kunming and did not participate in the battle (the new 22nd Division was not counted), but he was very strong and active when he solved Longyun.
Wang Yaowu of the 74th Army
The troops who have been fighting in the front line since the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and who have shown strong combat effectiveness in battle are personally interested in the following five ace armies, who are also representative of the various major theaters, and who have become the core of their respective theaters in the most brutal stage of strategic defense and strategic stalemate in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and indeed have experienced hundreds of battles and annihilated rumps, from south to north, they are the 74th Army, the 10th Army, the 18th Army, the 59th Army and the 35th Army.
First, the 74th Army is well known
The army was formed in 1937 in the Songhu Battlefield, the first commander Yu Jishi, and then participated in the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Lanfeng, during which it was the main participating unit in the Battle of Wanjialing. In the hands of the second commander Wang Yaowu, the state reached its peak, and in 1941 the Battle of Shanggao became famous all over the world, the two Battles of Changsha, the Battle of Zhejiang, the Battle of Changde, the Battle of Changheng, and the Battle of Xiangxi, which broke the Japanese Kou, were almost invincible, fought all over the anti-Japanese war, lost almost 1 to 1 in the war against Japan, and was known as the top of the list of "anti-Japanese iron army" (after becoming famous, it did not belong to the Ninth Theater, but was directly under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Military Commission).
Li Yutang of the 10th Army
Second, the 10th Army Mount Tai pressed the top
The official appearance of the army was in July 1939 (previously abolished), and when it was established in Yingtan, Jiangxi, it was originally a reserve force in the Ninth Theater, and the first commander of the army, Liang Huasheng. Due to his performance in the winter offensive of that year, he was ordered to integrate with the 8th Army of the Yan clan and reorganize. The new 10th Army was replaced by Li Yutang, commander of the 8th Army, and thus inherited the history of the 8th Army's War of Resistance, so the number of enemies killed by the 8th Army in the Battle of Wuhan should also be recorded in the merit book of the 10th Army, and by August 1944, the army had also participated in almost all large-scale battles in central China.
The two hard battles of the 10th Army, the Third Battle of Changsha at the end of 1941 and the Battle of Hengyang in 1944, were known for their good defense. In the defense of Changsha, it withstood the siege of the two aces of the Japanese army, the 3rd and 6th Divisions, and made a great contribution to the final victory of the Third Battle of Changsha, and the commander of the 10th Division, Fang Xianjue, was directly promoted to acting commander, as for the 47-day defense of Hengyang, I will not repeat it, the 10th Army was definitely the unit that killed the most devils during the War of Resistance, and there was no one.
10th Military Foresight
3. The 18th Army Civil Engineering Ace
The army was formed in August 1930 during the Central Plains War, Chen Cheng's housekeeper, the basic unit of the civil engineering department became the core of the later Sixth Theater of Operations (formerly the Chongqing Garrison), which had already been put into the battlefield during the Battle of Songhu, and was firmly defending Baoshan and shopping for Luodian, which were all units of the 18th Army. Its greatest achievement was to hold the gateway between western Hubei and eastern Sichuan, and was the backbone of the strategic stalemate to prevent the Japanese army from continuing to advance westward, from the Yichang Defense Battle in 1940 to the Shipai Defense Battle in 1943, all around this purpose, in any case, the 18th Army held the area east of the Three Gorges. In 1945, Hu Lian led the 18th Army to participate in the Battle of Western Hunan Province.
Fourth, the 59th Army miscellaneous troops
This is also the basic team of General Zhang Zizhong, born from the 38th Division of Song Zheyuan's 29th Army, the 59th Army of the 1st Group Army formed after the fall of Pingjin, under the leadership of Zhang Zizhong, with blood and snow shame, and the Japanese army fought in North China for many years, the Great Victory of Taierzhuang in the Battle of Xuzhou, the Great Breaker of the Battle of Suizao, the 59th Army became the backbone of Zhang Zizhong's 27th Army, the 33rd Group Army, and the most capable unit in the Fifth Theater, although it was the remnant of the Northwest Army. Until zhang zizhong was martyred at the Battle of Zaoyi, the commander-in-chief of the group army was destroyed, and the anti-Japanese determination of the troops was still discussed?
Zhang Zizhong of the 59th Army
5. The 35th Army rode on the outer iron horse
Fu Zuoyi's housekeeping unit, the 35th Army, was formally formed in January 1931, the original name was "Border Defense 6th Army", as early as 1936 Fu Zuoyi led this unit to launch the Suiyuan War of Resistance, severely damaged the Japanese army and the puppet Mongolian army, and won the great victory of the Bailing Temple. Since then, the town has been defended for nine years, so that the Japanese army can not pass through the western part of Inner Mongolia to detour to the rear of the great northwest, and the combat effectiveness is still quite strong.
In the bitter cold land outside the Sai, the 35th Army fought only a few thousand people at its worst, but still persevered, becoming the basic unit of the Twelfth Theater of Operations that was formed later, repeatedly defeating the Japanese cavalry and motorized troops, and ranking among the anti-Japanese aces deservedly.
Luo Zhuoying of the 18th Army
In fact, it should also include Tang Enbo's 13th Army and Hu Zongnan's 1st Army, as well as Guan Linzheng's 52nd Army. The 13th Army was a major enemy of the Japanese army in North China in the early stage of the War of Resistance, and the Battle of Nankou, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Southern Henan all inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese Kou. The role of the 1st Army was also ignored by most people, after all, it was the ace unit that prevented the Japanese army from crossing the Yellow River in the west to spy on Shaanxi and Gansu, and it had fought hard against the Japanese in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan, and the casualties were not counted.
However, the performance of these two central military departments in the late stage of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was not good, the idea of eliminating ranks and avoiding war and preserving strength was serious, and the number of places on the list was limited, so it would not be discussed. The 52nd Army performed well in both the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Changsha, but unfortunately it was transferred to the garrison of southern Yunnan in 1940, thus missing the subsequent battles.
The 35th Army Fu Zuoyi