"Looking back now, I can't believe that I was able to get out of Savage Mountain alive!" When I climbed the Mountain of The Mountain, I had only one thought in my mind: even if I died, I would climb to the land of the motherland and die!"
This is the memory of a 95-year-old veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the only female soldier of the Expeditionary Force who crossed the Savage Mountain alive, this veteran who was awarded the "National Hero" by the state on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is the protagonist we want to talk about today - Liu Guiying.
Anti-Japanese War veteran - Liu Guiying
So, how miserable was the expeditionary force crossing the Savage Mountain? Let's take a look at the memories of the elderly Liu Guiying on this tragic history, and the cry of the only surviving female soldier is heartbreaking.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in 1937, the Chinese army rose up in resistance, and in order to eliminate all anti-Japanese forces, the invading Japanese army blocked almost all Chinese foreign roads and prevented international aid from anti-Japanese materials.
At this point, the Yunnan Burma Highway has become the lifeline of China's anti-Japanese resistance, and many materials to aid China have continuously entered China through this lifeline.
However, with the full outbreak of World War II, the Japanese army in the Pacific battlefield successive victories, soon occupied Burma, the National Government in order to defend the Burma Road, sent 100,000 troops to Burma, to fight with the Allies, this is the history of the famous Chinese Expeditionary Force in the history of World War II.
Chinese Expeditionary Force on the Battlefield of Burma
In March 1942, an expeditionary force of 100,000 troops marched into the Burmese battlefield, thus pulling a tragic history of swallowing mountains and rivers.
Among the 100,000 expeditionary forces, there was a 22-year-old female soldier who belonged to the field hospital of the New 22nd Division and was a brave field nurse, and she was Liu Guiying.
At first, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Burma battlefield, hit the morale of the Chinese army, and continuously damaged the Japanese army, but due to the non-cooperation of the British army, the expeditionary force was surrounded by the Japanese army and the rear road was cut off.
Except for a few expeditionary forces that followed the American army to India, the remaining tens of thousands of expeditionary forces, led by General Du Yuming, walked into the Savage Mountain, kicking off the tragic prelude to crossing the Savage Mountain.
The expeditionary force crossed the Savage Mountains
The elderly Liu Guiying recalled: "The primeval forest is as vast as the sea, thousands of trees that have grown for thousands of years stand majestically, and the layers of leaves cover the sky, and the sun cannot shine in." Occasionally, when we see a sky as big as a sieve eye, we feel refreshed. ”
At that time, Liu Guiying, like all the soldiers of the expeditionary force, believed that by drilling into the Savage Mountain, he would be able to avoid the attack of the Japanese army, but where did these tens of thousands of expeditionary army soldiers know
The primeval forest they want to cross is the Savage Mountain, known as the "Green Devil Cave".
Liu Guiying and the other four nurses began the death journey with the troops, and when recalling this tragic journey, Liu Guiying still couldn't help but be in pain, crying that his comrades had sacrificed one by one in this terrible primeval forest.
Field nurse of the Expeditionary Force
Liu Guiying and He Shan, Xiao Chun, Sun Yuexia and Wang Ping, the five female soldiers of the nurse class, followed the large line on foot, and soon blood bubbles were worn on their feet, and they walked to drill the pain in their hearts, but this pain seemed to be very little for Liu Guiying, who later walked out of the Savage Mountain alive.
So, how miserable was the expeditionary force in the process of crossing the primeval forest of Savage Mountain?
First, the great locust, this is the bloodthirsty devil in the primeval forest of Savage Mountain, many warriors were bitten by the locusts covered with scars, on the way to the march, on both sides are full of white skeletons that have been sucked dry by this great locust, which are the bones of the sacrificed expeditionary army soldiers.
Great Locust Data Map
Second, there was a shortage of food, tens of thousands of people quickly ran out of food without any supply, the warriors killed all the horses, and later boiled the belts, gun holsters can be boiled to eat everything, during this time many soldiers were poisoned by poisonous mushrooms in the forest.
Third, poisonous miasmas, bottomless swamps, and man-eating beasts have become the most deadly dangers of the expeditionary force, and many people have been taken away by wolves in the middle of the night.
Through the above fatal dangers, the other four female comrades around Liu Guiying were killed by poisoning and attacked by wild beasts, and the entire expeditionary force suffered more than half of the casualties, and finally only Liu Guiying himself was still stubbornly alive.
Chinese female soldier in Burma
Liu Guiying and his comrades-in-arms, with a strong will, waddled with the large team, more than 30,000 expeditionary army soldiers fell in the primeval forest, and finally less than 3,000 people were left, and finally because of contact with the Allies, they got airdrops and walked out of the primeval forest of this man-eating savage mountain alive.
When walking out of the Savage Mountain to reach the Lambga base in India, only Liu Guiying was a Chinese female soldier, Liu Guiying became the hero of the entire base, and people felt heartfelt admiration for this strong female man.
In short, when the Savage Mountain was first crossed, the number of the expeditionary force was tens of thousands, and only more than three thousand people came out alive, and this casualty rate was worse than an extremely tragic battle, and Liu Guiying became the only female soldier of the expeditionary force who survived.
Travel through Savage Mountain painting materials
It can be seen that Savage Mountain is a nightmare for the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the unknown dangers of the primeval forest have caused many to fall on the road, and the degree of misery has reached an outrageous degree.
And Liu Guiying, as a female soldier, can stand out from more than tens of thousands of soldiers and become a survivor, which is a miracle on this dangerous savage mountain.