The newly formed 38th Division of the Myanmar Expeditionary Force was a reinforced division. It was formed by Sun Liren in March 1938 in the remaining 5,000 wounded soldiers of the former Tax Police Corps. It was discriminated against by the regular army. All officers and soldiers were trained by Sun Liren. There were a total of six regiments. At the end of 38, Sun Liren pulled the troops to Duyun, Guizhou to train troops. By the end of 1941, the 2, 3, 4th regiments and direct brigades under the Tax Police Corps were reorganized into the new Army's 38th Division (the other 1, 5, and 6th regiments were dismantled by Dai Li. The reason may be that Sun Liren had too large troops and was worried that he would go back to the warlord road again, so the disintegrated soldiers were dispatched to various troops.)

The newly compiled 38th Division is commanded by Sun Liren, and the deputy mayor is Qi Xueqi, former director of the Political Department of the General Tax Police Corps.

The 38th Division, which had just been adapted, participated in the military and political exercises at that time, won the first place, and was valued by Chiang. It immediately rose from the C-Term to the Strengthening Division and was incorporated into the 66th Army to participate in the Myanmar Expeditionary Force's War of Resistance.

The first battle after the 38th Division entered Myanmar was the battle of the Ren'anqian rescue in the novel "The King of War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" mentioned in the novel "The King of War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" and the battle of the British First Division and the chariot battalion was besieged. The 33rd Division of the Japanese Army was encircled in Ren'anqian City on the south bank of Ren'anqian River (also known as the Pinyun River). At that time, the British army repeatedly broke through the siege and failed, and almost ran out of ammunition and food were exhausted. In the late night of April 15, Xiongqian was

The night when the protagonists Dong Limao and Li Yuanyuan parted on the small river in Zhulin, Marshal Alexander, commander-in-chief of the British and Burmese Army, asked Chiang Kai-shek, commander-in-chief of the China-Myanmar War Zone, for help. Chiang then ordered the 66th and 5th Army of the Myanmar Expeditionary Force to rescue. At that time, only the New 38th Division was closest to Ren'anqiang, so the rescue mission fell on Sun Liren's New 38th Division. In fact, this was also the way the regular army wanted to use the miscellaneous army as cannon fodder.

But those who believed in the regular army were wrong. Sun Liren only appointed deputy division commander Qi Xueqi to lead the 113th Regiment of the 38th Division. In less than three days, the surrounded British First Division and the chariot battalion were rescued from the encirclement, accompanied by rescued reporters and missionaries and more than 500 people (this is the story Xiongqi will focus on telling in the novel. Readers can see how the protagonist Dong Limao led more than 100 spies in the company.

Brother, who fought with the Japanese army to save people.), and the 113th Regiment defeated the 33rd Division, known as the elite Japanese army, at the cost of killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 300 people. This is related to the decisive and resolute on-site command of Qi Xueqi, the deputy commander of the 38th Division who was commanding the battle at that time. I will not explain in detail here. When it comes to the spy company to rescue the captured General Qi Xueqi, he will describe in detail how he commanded the battle in the work related.

Although the victory of the Battle of Ren'an-Kang on the Western Front reversed the situation, the battle situation on the Eastern Front was because the Japanese 56th Division crossed more than 1,000 kilometers of primeval forest from the Thai-Myanmar border and broke through the Sixth Army of the Expeditionary Force and directly penetrated the Allied Army's defense line, blocking the retreat route, that is, the Yunnan-Burma Highway was cut off, resulting in the defeat of the Expeditionary Force. At that time, the New 38th Division had taken over the defense line of the British First Division to cover the retreat of the British army who had lost its combat effectiveness. This was equivalent to the New 38th Division taking on the important task of blocking the Japanese army behind the palace. With the New 38th Division blocking the Japanese army, the Fifth Army that penetrated deep into Myanmar had the opportunity to retreat. If there was no New 38th Division blocking the Japanese army behind the palace, the Fifth Army would probably be destroyed.

At that time, Du Yuming only managed to save his Fifth Army, and it could be said that he retreated in a panic. He did not consider that the New 38th Division had to strengthen the division's strength and had to compete with the three elite divisions of the Japanese 18th Division, 33rd Division and 55th Division. Sun Liren decisively ordered to resist one by one in a tiered manner. However, the Japanese 33rd Division was defeated by Ren'anqiang under the force of a regiment of the New 38th Division. The commander was guilty and did not dare to advance rashly, which gave the main force of the New 38th Division the opportunity to cover the retreat of the Fifth Army.

The 38th Division covered the Fifth Army and Yingjun retreated through Mandalay, the British army retreated to India, and the Fifth Army retreated to Yunnan, but the Yunnan-Burma Highway had been cut off by the Japanese army, and the Fifth Army had to go to the Wild Man Mountain (Kachin Mountain), pass through dense primeval forests, with only 18,000 troops, and only more than 3,000 people arrived in India. (The Retreat of Wild Man Mountain is not within the scope of Xiongqi's novel. Xiongqi's novel "The Anti-Japanese Soldier King Zongheng" mainly tells readers the story of the protagonist who led the spy company to mediate with the Japanese army in the rear after the defeat of the Expeditionary Army.)

After completing the task of covering the army, the New 38th Division also retreated to the Indian-Myanmar border and joined with the British army who retreated there. At that time, the British army thought that the New 38th Division must have been beaten by the Japanese army and had the idea of ​​confiscating their guns. However, when the British army saw that although their clothes were tattered, they had strict military discipline and neat lineup. With the speech of the British First Division, Scott Gang, the number of the New 38th Division was retained and was able to participate in Indian training, laying the foundation for the victory of the second phase of the Expeditionary Force.

The New 38th Division was equipped with American-style ordnance training due to its outstanding military achievements, greatly improving its combat effectiveness. In February 1943, under the establishment of the Indian Army, the New 1st Army was established. The commander of the army stationed in India, and Sun Liren was promoted to lieutenant general and served as deputy commander. He was still the commander of the New 38th Division. After the second phase of the Expeditionary Force battle, the New 38th Division was ordered to open the Wild Renshan passage. At that time, the 55th Regiment of the Japanese 18th Division was stationed at the Wild Renshan Pass. Sun Liren took turns to attack with the company as a combat team. In this battle, there were more than 30 company commanders who died in battle, which shows the fierce battle. The New 38th Division returned to Myanmar from Wild Renshan and saw the bones of the Fifth Army soldiers left when they retreated that year. It was shocking.

After the Battle of Wildren Mountain, the 112th Regiment of the New 38th Division entered the Hukang Valley and started the Hukang Valley Battle. When Sun Liren heard that he was encountering the 56th and 55th Regiments of the Japanese main forces, he led his troops to march quickly and felt that the Hukang Valley had annihilated more than 1,000 enemies in three days of battle and killed the 55th Regiment Captain Colonel Fujii Kogoro.

After the New 38th Division unraveled the four major strongholds in the Hukang Valley, it entered the Mengguan Battle, which was the decisive battle with the Japanese 18th Division. This battle was commanded by Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang, then commander of the 22nd Division. The 113th Regiment of the New 38th Division deviated and cut off the Japanese retreat route. The 22nd Division was the main attack and defeated Shinichi Tanaka, the commander of the Japanese 18th Division. He even had time to get the division's defense seal and fled from the small path.

Next, the New 38th Division and the 22nd Division attacked the Bujieban Mountain Natural Hack, which lasted more than 20 kilometers. The two divisions took only one day to seize the sturdy natural Hack.

During the rainy season rest, the New Army was divided into two armies, namely the New Army and the New Sixth Army. Sun Liren, the commander of the New Army, has two divisions under its jurisdiction, namely the New 38th Division and the New 30th Division. Liao Yaoxiang, the commander of the New Sixth Army,
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