The Chinese Expeditionary Force's entry into Burma was not smooth, especially the expeditionary force's first entry into Burma, which did not cooperate well in all aspects and was quickly defeated by the Japanese army. During the first expedition of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, there were three corps, namely Du Yuming's Fifth Army, Gan Lichu's Sixth Army, and Zhang Yi's 66th Army.
After the failure of the first expedition, Du Yuming led the Fifth Army to retreat from Burma in three ways. These three routes were the newly formed 22nd Division led by Du Yuming himself, the 200th Division under dai Anlan's charge of the break, and the 96th Division under the command of Yu Shao. Du Yuming's Fifth Army had three divisions under its command, namely: Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division, Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the newly formed 22nd Division, and Yu Shao, commander of the 96th Division. So, what was the end of the three division commanders under Commander Du Yuming?
First, Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division
After Dai Anlan entered Burma, he once wrote a suicide note to his wife Wang Hexin, which contained the following sentence: "It is extremely glorious to die in battle for the country." It can be seen that Dai Anlan entered Burma with the determination to die, and eventually General Dai Anlan also sacrificed his life for the country in Myanmar.
At that time, General Dai Anlan was ordered to break the post, and in the process of the break, the Japanese army frantically counterattacked, trying to leave the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma. The 200th Division, under the command of General Dai Anlan, stubbornly resisted and successfully broke through. However, in the process of the breakthrough, General Dai Anlan was shot in the chest and abdomen by machine guns, and the soldiers carried the general on stretchers to retreat, and finally marched to The Burma State of Mao, the general was powerless and died in a foreign country.
Second, Liao Yaoxiang, commander of the newly formed 22nd Division
The new 22nd Division returned to China along the Savage Mountain under the command of Du Yuming, but the new 22nd Division encountered a flash flood in the rain forest, and then discarded most of the supplies and weights, which can be said to be exhausted. Chiang Kai-shek then ordered the remnants of the new 22nd Division to change their route and enter India to join the new 38th Division, while Liao Yaoxiang entered India with the new 22nd Division.
After arriving in India, the new 22nd Division and the newly organized 38th Division formed the New First Army, and Liao Yaoxiang continued to serve as the commander of the newly formed 22nd Division. Because it received American training in India and equipped the New First Army with American equipment, the New First Army came out of the mountains like a fierce tiger during the second expedition of the Expeditionary Force, and defeated the Japanese ace 18th Division with fewer victories.
In May 1944, on the basis of Liao Yaoxiang's newly organized 22nd Division, the Kuomintang formed the New Sixth Army. Liao Yaoxiang officially became the commander of the New Sixth Army. The New Sixth Army was almost all-Americanly equipped and became one of the five main forces of the Kuomintang. During the Liberation War, the New Sixth Army was completely annihilated by the People's Liberation Army in the Liaoshen Campaign, and Liao Yaoxiang was also defeated and captured.
Third, Yu Shao, commander of the 96th Division
Yu Shao, commander of the 96th Division, led the 96th Division to retreat back along the Fugong Route of Savage Mountain, returning to China in January 1943 and reaching Jianchuan County in western Yunnan, after which Yu Shao became the deputy commander of the Fifth Army. However, Chiang Kai-shek deliberately deprived Yu Shao of his military powers and arranged for him to be responsible for training new recruits for the Nationalist army. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Yu Shao no longer had military power in his hands, and because he was sick for many years, he returned to his hometown in Hunan to recuperate, and usually grew vegetables and weaving at home to maintain his own life.
During the Liberation War, Yu Shao followed Cheng's Hunan Uprising in 1949, then joined the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, successively serving as a counselor in the Hunan Provincial People's Commissar Counselor's Office and a member of the Hunan Cppcc Committee, and finally died of illness in 1962 at the age of 71.
Resources:
"Chinese Expeditionary Force" Zhang Yuexian Qin Shaozhi, "History of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" Wang Daoping