During the Republic of China period, the Chinese army was relatively scattered, the military factions were more complex, and the factions were large and small. At that time, the troops could not achieve unified training, nor did they achieve unity in the true sense, and there were local armies attached to the Central Army and local armies with their own territory.
However, "the country has difficulties, and the pirates have responsibilities" In the chaotic world, there will always be the best. In the case of such uprisings in various places, there were also many elite troops, such as the 60th Army of the Dian Army, which was far away in the Yunnan region, and before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this unit was ruled by Long Yun, the "King of Yunnan".
The 60th Army of the Yunnan Army is more prominent in terms of military equipment and combat effectiveness, and in 1936 statistics, the military expenditure in Yunnan reached about 63% of the total expenditure, and their scale is actually not large.
In terms of advantageous geographical location near Vietnam, Yunnan procures a large number of weapons to arm the Dian army, although there are not as many as the regular central army in terms of numbers, but the equipment is much better than theirs, and every year Yunnan spends a lot of money on army training, establishing an arsenal and training camp.
The regular military regulations of the Dian Army are less than 50,000 people, but he has a powerful arsenal, which can be expanded at any time, and many local youth in Yunnan have received more or less military training.
When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing, Long Yun said that the Dian Army could use the strength of the whole army to defend the country in terms of weapons, manpower and financial resources, and said that it could mobilize 200,000 troops to fight the War of Resistance. At first, the Dian Army was still just a miscellaneous army, and Chiang Kai-shek did not attach much importance to it, but when Long Yun's words came out, it also surprised Chiang Kai-shek.
After the Nanjing Military Conference, Long Yun quickly reorganized the army, formally incorporated into the Kuomintang, and renamed the 60th Army, which has long been the enemy's nightmare, as long as this army participates in foreign wars, it has never lost.
The Battle of Taierzhuang in 1938 caused this unit to suffer heavy losses, with nearly 50% of the battle losses. Later, he recuperated and reorganized.
When the 60th Army of the Dian Army first began to be incorporated into the regular army, many people had a skeptical attitude toward such an army, thinking that how could the local army be compared with the orthodox central army.
The first person the Nationalist government saw the 60th Army of the Dian Army was Du Yuming, when he saw this unit, his eyes were also bright, and if nothing else, the military appearance alone was really much better than that of the regular army, such an army was very rare in China at that time, and the total strength of an army was more than 40,000 and nearly 50,000 troops.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard Du Yuming say this, he couldn't wait to see this army that made Du praise him like this, after all, there were not many local armies at that time that could make people shine.
The 60Th Army, which had just been reorganized not long ago, quickly rushed to the front, the 60th Army was well-equipped and its combat effectiveness could not be underestimated, but their travel equipment was far inferior to their weapons and equipment, and when they marched for 40 days to Changde, Hunan, Song was the fierce battle of the Battle of Songhu.
After the Battle of Songhu, Chiang Kai-shek equipped them with 20 more cars at the speed of his march and equipped them with a large number of weapons and ammunition, and the combat effectiveness of this ace unit was much stronger than that of other orthodox armies.
The 60th Army was ordered to rush to Nanjing to participate in the defensive battle, but before it could feel that Nanjing had been captured, the army was transferred to Wuhan, and the 60s before and after 60 participated in the Battle of Wuhan and other famous battles.
In 1940, Vietnam was occupied, Yunnan was in a hurry, and the 60th Army was recalled and reorganized into the Combat Team of the Dian Army. Later, it participated in the Second Battle of Changsha, and during the War of Resistance Against Japan, this unit showed amazing explosive power, and the equipment and tactics were properly coordinated.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek attempted to take possession of this unit to get rid of Long Yun, so he entrusted the task of surrendering to Vietnam to the 60th Army. Because of the civil war, everyone did not want to turn their guns on the Chinese, and when they received the task, they would certainly not be as active as the War of Resistance Against Japan, basically did not win, and slowly Chiang Kai-shek did not attach much importance to this unit.
After the Battle of Liaoshen, the 60th Army peacefully liberated Changchun and surrendered to the People's Liberation Army, the Central Committee reorganized this army, the Communist Party of China, a veteran who returned to his hometown, gave a certain compensation to return to his hometown, and the soldiers who were willing to stay were integrated into the 50th Army.
After the integration of the 50th Army in the 1950s, after the founding of New China, it went to Korea to resist the United States and aid Korea, and in this battle, the 50th Army regained its former glory, invincible and invincible, and with amazing perseverance, it served the cold environment to achieve a key victory in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
This is the Chinese army, the soul of the army, the bottom line, the combat effectiveness, more faith, the firm faith that allows them to win victories again and again, and it is the master of the kings of our country.