In 1937, the Japanese army successively cut off the only few international lines of communication in china, which caused a lot of trouble to our country, and was the chairman of Yunnan Province at that time
Dragon Cloud
toward
Chiang Kai-shek
Proposed
Plan for the Construction of the Burma Highway and the Burma Railway
As soon as the plan was proposed, it was approved.
Because of the lack of strength and mechanical equipment at that time, Dian (
diān
The Burma Highway was built by the elderly, women and children of the 28 counties along the route, and it took them 9 months to complete the Burma Highway project, which crossed six large mountains, crossed eight cliffs and crossed five major rivers, using the most primitive tools, and the workload is unimaginable.
In August 1938, the Burma Highway was officially opened to traffic, which solved China's urgent needs in time, and the Burma Highway also became China's anti-Japanese resistance at that time."
The only transfusion vessel
”。 But the good times did not last long, in 1940, after the Japanese army occupied Vietnam, in order to destroy the Burma Highway, specially established"
Burma Road Blockade Commission
and ordered 100 fighters to bomb important bridges along the Burma Highway.
The | old photo of the Burma Highway
In 1941, the Kuomintang government mobilized the local people to build the roadbed day and night, and in this way, most of the roadbed of the Burma Road was built, but this is not the way, the Japanese army will definitely not give up on this, since they have now set their sights on the Burma Road, they will not let go easily, and our country has taken certain measures.
In 1942, in order to defend the Burma Highway, the Kuomintang government mobilized more than 100,000 elite soldiers to form a formation
Expeditionary force
Later, because our army was not familiar with the local terrain and other factors, it was quickly defeated by the enemy, and in order to preserve its living strength, our army could only choose to retreat.
At that time, all the retreats had been blocked by the enemy,
Du Yu
（
yù
）
bright
The general had to lead more than 30,000 expeditionary troops from there
Savage Mountain
Retreat, but Savage Mountain, as its name suggests, is extremely dangerous, it is like a primeval forest, wild beasts are rampant, miasma is pervasive, every step they take is a "death journey", and the road ahead is full of unknowns and dangers.
The | old photo of the Chinese Expeditionary Force
In this harsh environment, 30,000 expeditionary forces died at Savage Mountain, and only more than 3,000 soldiers escaped from Savage Mountain, including only one female soldier, when asked how she escaped danger, she said: "
Walk along the white bones...
”
The only surviving female soldier of the expeditionary force was Liu Guiying
The only surviving female soldier is Liu Guiying, born in 1920 in a poor family in Changsha, Hunan Province, when it was in the era of war and chaos, her parents could not afford to raise her for various reasons, and the neighbor's family wanted a child, so when Liu Guiying was very young, she was given to the neighbor's family as an adopted daughter by her parents.
However, within a few years, the adoptive parents died one after another due to illness, and later, Liu Guiying was treated as an orphan by others and sent to live in a poor women's home. After her adoptive parents left, she became stronger and harder, studying very hard in the poor women's home, and learning all day long except learning.
Later, Liu Guiying was admitted with the first place
Xiangya Hospital
When she graduated, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out and the Battle of Changsha began shortly after, and when she saw many people fleeing for their lives in the rain of bullets and bullets, she also ran with them, ran to the railway station, and followed people to Hengyang.
In Hengyang they were refugees who had fled from the country, and it happened that at this time she saw the news of the conscription and thought:
It's better to be a refugee than a soldier!
In this way, Liu Guiying joined the army and was incorporated into the field hospital of the New Twenty-second Division of the Fifth Army of the National Revolutionary Army and became a field nurse.
Pictured| female soldiers of the Expeditionary Force
In March 1942, the Burmese capital, Yangon, had been occupied by the Japanese army, and China's "only transfusion vessel" was cut off. In order to defend the Yunnan-Burma Highway, China's 100,000 expeditionary forces went to Burma to resist Japan, including Liu Guiying.
However, later, because there was no tacit understanding between the Chinese and British troops and their unfamiliarity with the geographical environment, the expeditionary force was very difficult when fighting, and it was once surrounded by the Japanese army several times, and in May of the same year, the Chinese and British troops retreated one after another, when the order issued by the Kuomintang Committee was: Returning from Savage Mountain, Du Yuming resolutely chose to return from Savage Mountain in order to show his loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek.
But they still underestimated the Savage Mountain, which is located at the junction of China, India and Burma, and has a narrow 400-kilometer-long river valley, so the local people also call this place "
Hukang River Valley
Translated in Burmese, it is "where the devil haunts." As you can imagine, there is something terrible here, but the expeditionary forces, at this time, did not realize that danger was coming...
Before entering the Savage Mountain, Liu Guiying and other sisters agreed that the Savage Mountain is a natural barrier, as long as they enter the Savage Mountain, the enemy will not be able to take them, and there may be wild game and wild fruits in the mountain to fill the hunger! It is true that the enemy army can't take them when they walk into Savage Mountain, but they are also unable to overcome the harsh environment here when they are in Savage Mountain.
Expeditionary force into the "Hukang Valley"
In this way, tens of thousands of expeditionary forces entered the Savage Mountain and began a thrilling "journey of death". Because of the hot climate in Myanmar and the strong sunshine, they were soon exhausted when walking in the dense forest, and the dense forest was full of towering trees, and the interlaced branches formed a huge "net" that covered the sky.
Pictured| Expeditionary Force
They don't see the light here, the jungle is gray, the weather is hot, the environment is harsh and simply unbearable. Soon the expeditionary forces came to the outskirts of Savage Mountain, and there was no road here, because the Burmese inside Savage Mountain did not dare to enter, so the road construction ended here.
At this time, General Du Yuming ordered the soldiers to burn all the mechanical equipment such as jeeps and tanks, according to his words: We would rather burn the things we can't use than leave them to the enemy. In this way, the whole army was fully armed and entered the depths of the Savage Mountain, looking forward to returning home at an early date, but they did not realize the danger.
In the army, Liu Guiying and
He Shan, Chen Xiaofeng, Sun Yuexia, Wang Ping
Four nurses, formed a nurse class, the main task is to treat the wounded, so they walked at the end of the line, within a few days, their feet were bubbled with blood bubbles, but they were in a hurry, they could not take care of the treatment, so after the old blood bubbles were broken, new blood bubbles would emerge, and each step of them was like walking on the tip of a knife, painful drilling.
Pictured| Du Yuming
At night, the beasts of Savage Mountain have come out, their roars echoing in the valley, and just listening to the sound makes people sweat and creep. Because of the fear of unexpected situations, most of the soldiers were huddled together in groups of people.
Savage Mountain rises again and again
On Savage Mountain, even if you have a map, it is useless, here are all undulating peaks, it is difficult to climb over a mountain, a look ahead, there is a mountain, so getting lost here is a common phenomenon, according to Liu Guiying later recalled:"
Sometimes after walking for days, you will find yourself back where you first walked.
Soon after the troops entered the mountains, they encountered the rainy season, during which time the soldiers' clothes were not dried, and even if they were dry, they would be wet by the rain after a while, and the roads in the mountains became very muddy because of the rain, and what was even more uncomfortable was the mud on the peaks, because the rain was very soft.
When the rainfall was relatively large, it was easy to cause mudslides, when many soldiers were washed away, the most important thing was in the troops, the last radio was also washed away, since then, the expeditionary force and the outside world have lost contact, which also led to the fact that all foreign air supplies were cut off, and for a time the soldiers were in a huge panic.
Pictured| Expeditionary Force facing a flash flood
But even so, they can't stop, if they continue to move forward, there is still hope to return home, but if they stop here, it is a dead end. Because there was no supply, soon the remaining grain was eaten, and several soldiers did not hold on to starvation, Du Yu saw the situation, and immediately ordered people to kill the war horses that were carrying the supplies and eat them.
However, this cure is not a cure, the time is up, the war horses are gone, the warriors have to find wild fruits in the dense forest to eat in order to fill their stomachs, but most of the plants here are poisonous, and many warriors have been poisoned.
But due to the lack of medicine, they could only watch as they struggled on the ground until they finally lost their breath. After learning from the past, the warriors only dared to eat leaves and grass roots, and when they ate, as long as they felt numbness in their tongues, they had to spit it out immediately, because it was likely to be poisonous, and they could swallow it if they did not have numbness.
These are not the most difficult, because the rainy season in Savage Mountain is long, and the warriors have long been potholed puddles under their feet, and it is these puddles that are fatal, and there is something troubling in them - ants. They floated through the water in the puddle, and then the small ants would burrow into the skin of the warriors through the gaps in their clothes.
I believe everyone knows that when bitten by an ant, it will only hurt slightly, and then there will be no feeling. Therefore, the warriors never found the existence of these small things on their bodies in the process, and by the time they found out, the little ants had become big ants, thick and large, and very frightening.
Pictured | commemorative painting of the Expeditionary Force
The places they walked were stained red with blood, it was not too much to say that it was a "blood road", during that time, basically every day they could be found from the body, the deeper the jungle, the bigger the ants, you can imagine how difficult the warriors are in this situation, Liu Guiying often has these "small things" patronage.
In addition to ants, the mosquitoes of Savage Mountain are also extremely dangerous, and unlike what we have seen before, they are very large, the place where they have been bitten is very itchy, unbearable kind, many people will keep scratching after being bitten, and soon the body will be scratched and bleeding. And these blood attracted ants, and ants would come to share a piece of the pie and eat their flesh, and in this way, the warriors were weak, and some had even become a white bone on the ground.
Some female soldiers because they can't stand it, they will lean against the tree, slowly waiting for death to come, and soon the Savage Mountain is full of the corpses of the warriors, Du Yuming saw it, worried, several times even he could not hold on to himself, but he still hoped that the soldiers could return to the motherland.
Therefore, Du Yuming ordered that the large troops continue to advance, and the wounded and sick were taken care of by the nurses, followed by the large troops, and at this time, there were already nearly a thousand soldiers who could not move forward due to injuries, and they knew very well in their hearts that they were afraid that they would not have the opportunity to return to the motherland, and their lives could only be accounted for here, and at this time they did not want to drag down other teammates.
Pictured| wounded
They finally chose to end their lives by self-immolation, and the comrades-in-arms were red in the eyes after seeing it, and some even cried bitterly, while Liu Guiying and others were unwilling to leave, sitting there watching the group of wounded, and finally being dragged away by the male soldiers.
One day, there was a rushing river that blocked their way, and everyone jumped into the river and walked carefully toward the opposite bank step by step. Male soldiers are fine, but for female soldiers is not simple, especially the female soldiers who come to the menstrual period, Liu Guiying and He Shan, who were in the physiological period at that time, they were already weak, and there would always be a wave of pain in their abdomen.
In this case, they could not touch the cold water at all, but now they had no choice but to pray to hurry to the other side of the river, and with each step they took, the river behind them would glow red, what was that, it was self-evident, this walk was two days, and when the warriors reached the other side of the river, their bodies were swollen.
The | expeditionary force crossing the river
Although they often get rain during the rainy season, they can't take a bath. This was a bitter pain for the female soldiers, their heads were covered with lice as big as grains of rice, and they had not yet been caught, and new ones had grown, torturing them to the point that they could not do it, and now they knew how naïve their ideas were before entering the mountains, that this was not a natural barrier, but a road to "there".
Female soldiers of the "nurse class" were killed one after another
On this day, the sky is very dark, everyone is very close for safety, at this time, suddenly a scream broke the tranquility of the jungle, Liu Guiying looked, it was Chen Xiaofeng who walked in the front, she seemed to have been bitten by something, rolled up the pant legs, found that there were two blood holes, Liu Guiying knew at a glance, this is the wound left after being bitten by the snake.
Liu Guiying quickly did first aid measures to help Chen Xiaofeng take drugs, but because the medicine in the medical box had been used up, there was no way to completely detoxify, although the last person was saved, but due to the fact that the residual poison was not cleared, her legs were swollen very large, which caused her to be unable to walk, Liu Guiying said that they were not willing to leave Chen Xiaofeng.
But they could not affect the progress of the troops, so the organization left them some self-defense weapons, and in this way, five female soldiers struggled at the back of the troops, and later, a soldier and an old battalion commander could not see it and stayed behind to protect the safety of several of them.
This night, Chen Xiaofeng was walking at the back of the troops, suddenly a pair of green eyes stared at her, and then pounced on her, the female soldiers in front of them heard the movement, turned their heads to see that Chen Xiaofeng was thrown down by a wolf, and immediately called for help:"
wolf! wolf! There are wolves here, come and save people!
Figure | Wolf
The old battalion commander heard the noise and rushed to the wolf's head, but because the night could not see clearly, it did not hit, and the wolf ran into the forest with Chen Xiaofeng, the male soldier saw the situation, and quickly fired three shots at the wolf, the wolf's two hind legs were hit, had to put Down Chen Xiaofeng and fled, several people came to prepare to check Chen Xiaofeng's wounds, found that she had no breath, her throat was punctured.
The departure of their companions made them more united, and they agreed that they must go out of the Savage Mountain no matter what, although they and the large troops were separated, but this did not hinder the rush, because along the way, you can see the white bones at a distance, according to Liu Guiying recalled:"
You don't have to be afraid to go the wrong way, you can't go wrong walking along the white bone.
Along the way, the most they encountered were the corpses of their comrades-in-arms, and finally they were too tired to take care of the corpses next to them, and they fell asleep on their heads, they were really too difficult, they had not yet come out of the mountain, and they encountered a terrible "thing" - miasma
gas!
Because, thousands of warriors fell, too late to bury, the body was exposed to the air, a long time will emit a foul odor, over time will form a miasma, smell will make people faint, great staying power. Sun Yuexia, a nurse with her, was recruited, and she was sick for three whole days, and for those three days she had a high fever and was very weak.
After a little better, followed by a high fever, Sun Yuexia in order not to bother them, he advised them to leave quickly, do not care about her, but Liu Guiying they could not bear it, she stayed alone, certainly live soon, no matter what, they came together to go together, the sisters did not pay attention to Sun Yuexia's words, with actions to show that they would not leave her.
Sun Yuexia was very touched after seeing it, but it was one thing to be moved, and their lives were another thing, so how could she bear to watch her sister die with her? After all, miasma is contagious, and the longer you stay by her side, the more dangerous it becomes, so she snapped, "If you want to wait for me to go with you, you are waiting for death!" Hurry up, if you don't go again, I'll die in front of you now." ”
When the sisters heard Sun Yuexia's threat, they didn't pay attention to it, so why didn't they know what Sun Yuexia thought? They just want to accompany her, accompany her through the difficulties, maybe a miracle will happen? With such a mentality, they took care of Sun Yuexia meticulously.
A few days later, Sun Yuexia was more seriously ill, obviously very hot on her body, but she kept saying that she was cold, and sometimes she would cry and laugh, and the sisters looked very uncomfortable in their hearts, but they were bitter and could not help, and they could only silently shed tears, hoping that her illness would get better quickly.
Sun Yuexia took advantage of the waking moment, a person ran to the edge of the cliff, looking at the bottomless cliff, she showed a relieved smile, when Liu Guiying and her gang came, she had already jumped off the cliff, no matter how the sisters cried, she would not come back after all...
Pictured | Savage Mountain
Things have developed to this point, it is far from over, after Sun Yuexia left, Wang Ping in the squad was also unfortunately infected with miasma, launched a high fever, in order not to affect Liu Guiying and his gang rushed, she made the same choice as Sun Yuexia, let them go first, they are good, they will catch up.
After experiencing Sun Yuexia's affairs, Liu Guiying knew that even if they forcibly stayed, there would be nothing to make up for, but it was better to leave the last time to herself, and save her from spending time in self-blame. After thinking clearly, Liu Guiying and they continued to rush forward, and Wang Ping was taken care of by a warrior.
A few days later, everyone saw that Wang Ping had not caught up for a long time, and their hearts almost guessed something, everyone was very uncomfortable, secretly wiping their tears, they would ask Wang Ping's whereabouts when they met, and later, some people said that they had seen Wang Ping's body on the side of the road, and their emotions could no longer be contained, so why did they all leave?
Once five sisters, now there are only 2 left, how can this be accepted? A group of people walked and stopped, at the moment only Liu Guiying, He Shan and a male soldier were left, the three people were so difficult to move forward, but the accident was always one step faster, He Shan because he ate poisonous plants, caused abdominal pain, one after another, after a while, the whole person was wet with sweat.
He Shan looked at Liu Guiying and the male soldier, tears swirling in his eyes, and pressed down on sadness, saying: "You two go first, believe me, I will rest here for two days, I will definitely catch up with you, will you go first?" "Again, why are the sisters around you always so unlucky?"
Picture | the mountain of savages in danger
At this time, Liu Guiying was very stubborn, no matter what He Shan said that she just wouldn't go, she cried and said: "We said yes, we want to go together, we want to die together, you can't break your word!" He Shan had no choice but to walk with Liu Guiying, but because of the abdominal pain, she stumbled as she walked, and she did not stand firmly and fell down several times.
Liu Guiying wanted to help her, but she refused, because He Shan did not want to involve others, so after a few days, her condition became worse and worse, she began to have diarrhea and fever, and the excretion was black water, she was also very clear in her heart that she could not live long, Liu Guiying looked at He Shan, who was once strong, and became like this, and could not say the heartache.
Before dying, He Shan told Liu Guiying: "You must return to the motherland alive and tell the people of the five of us who fought against Japan in Burma and crossed the Savage Mountain, we are sacrificing our lives for the country, we are all patriotic young people!" Liu Guiying, who heard this, had only one thought in his mind: "No matter what, I must return to the motherland, even if I climb back!" ”
That day, He Shan was already a little delirious, shouting the names of her family members in her mouth, as if they were right in front of her, which made Liu Guiying have a bad premonition, and her heart had been hanging, so she guarded He Shan all night, afraid that she would miss any unexpected situations, but at dawn, He Shan still stopped breathing and closed her eyes forever.
After all the hardships, return to the motherland
Although Liu Guiying was very sad, she firmly remembered what He Shan said before she left, and at this time she only had one thought in her heart: get out alive! In this way, Liu Guiying and the male soldier, relying on the white bone to guide the direction, the two supported each other along the way, at that time the two were already thin and skinny, even so they still did not give up, they believed that they could definitely return to the motherland.
Finally, one day Liu Guiying, who was about to faint, saw some tents in the distance, some red and some green, Liu Guiying thought at first that this was a mirage, until the male soldier told her that this was not a mirage, and there were people waving at them in the distance!
Pictured| elderly Liu Guiying
Liu Guiying fixed her eyes on it, as if it were true, really someone was waving, she burst into tears in an instant, she did not break her word, she really walked out alive, she said in a hoarse voice to the male soldier next to her:"
We have been saved, we can't die now!
China's 100,000 expeditionary forces went to Burma to resist Japan, and only more than 40,000 people returned to China alive, while only more than 3,000 people were able to cross the Savage Mountain to return to China, and Liu Guiying was the only female soldier who came out of the Savage Mountain alive!