In 1938, Chiang Kai-shek established a modern mechanical unit in Xiangtan County, which was also the only mechanized unit in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, which was regarded as a treasure by Chiang Kai-shek, and at that time the name was the new 11th Army, and the commander of the army was Xu Tingyao.
But in the end, he made a wedding dress for others, and a year later Chiang Kai-shek let his Huangpu disciple Du Yuming serve as a military commander, (we all know that Huangpu was born in the nationalist army, such as wearing a yellow coat) at the same time, and changed the newly organized 11th Army into the Fifth Army, which was later known to posterity as the Fifth Army of the Iron Horse Xiong Division, and probably many people know that the only mechanical unit of the Nationalist Army, the commander is Du Yuming, in fact, there is a credit to Xu Tingyao.
After the reorganization of the Fifth Army, the three division commanders were all famous generals, namely: Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division, Zheng Dongguo, commander of the honorary First Division, Qiu Qingquan, commander of the newly formed Twenty-second Division, and later Liao Yaoxiang, plus two commanders Du Yuming and Xu Tingyao, a total of six famous generals. Moreover, later Liao Yaoxiang and Zheng Dongguo in the Fifth Army served as the commanders of the New Sixth Army and the New First Army respectively, and these two armies later became one of Chiang Kai-shek's five main forces, so the Fifth Army also had the reputation of "cradle of the ace army". You say!
In the following anti-Japanese battlefield, the outstanding performance of the Fifth Army coupled with brilliant achievements won the army the reputation of the proud son of the army.
As the heart of Chiang Kai-shek, the Fifth Army was not put into use on the battlefield from october 1938 until November 1939, because Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to put the only mechanized force into the battlefield, but by November 19, the enemy invaded Nanning and wanted to cut off the international line of communication, which directly threatened the rear of the southwest, because at that time the sea was controlled by the Japanese army, and the only lifeline of foreign aid to China was the south, so Chiang Kai-shek used the Fifth Army. The Japanese army also laid down the 5th Division of the Iron Army in the blood general ace, and the 21st Brigade Regiment under the command of the brigade commander Masao Nakamura, occupied Nanning under his command, and soon captured Kunlun Pass.
Ace to ace, on December 8, the Battle of Kunlun Pass was officially launched at dawn, Zheng Dongguo's honorary first division took the lead in fighting the enemy, the quiet mountain field, shaken by the sound of artillery, the leaves were dyed red by the blood of the soldiers, and the cannon sounded continuously.
All the officers and men of the Fifth Army, under the command of Dai Anlan, Zheng Dongguo, Qiu Qingquan, and Liao Yaoxiang, launched an attack on the enemy troops in Kunlun Mountain, and they took Kunlun Pass with a fierce blow, a fierce attack, and a fierce blow, and killed the brigade commander, Major General Nakamura Nakao, and the Fifth Army became famous in the Battle of Kunlun Pass.
In 1941, the Fifth Army was incorporated into the Yun Conscription Army by Chiang Kai-shek, and successively participated in the Tonggu Defense War and the Winter Melon Defense War on the exotic battlefield, because the British and American countries were withdrawn, so Du Yuming also returned from the Savage Mountain, and after the 200th Division Commander Dai Anlan broke off, the result was a heroic martyrdom. When it came to the great counter-offensive in western Yunnan, the Fifth Army was invincible,
He successively occupied Longling, Shuangpo and other Japanese strongholds, completely annihilated the main force of the enemy's 56th Division, and later led the Fifth Army to return to China triumphantly at Qiu Qingquan. Therefore, the "Iron Horse Division" of the Fifth Army won the reputation of "Proud Son of Heaven" in the Nationalist Army.