The route of Japanese invasion of Tengchong, China, I want to know how to get to Tengchong.
1in the spring of 942, the Japanese army launched the Yunnan-Myanmar campaign (the first Yunnan-Myanmar campaign). The second Burma campaign was a counterattack campaign launched by the Chinese Expeditionary Force. 1942 65438+1On October 4th, the 55th Division and the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army attacked Tuwa and Mahlman in southern Myanmar from Thailand respectively. 1942 65438+1October 3 1 day, the Japanese army occupied Mahlman and its south area.
On February 1942, 1 1 day, the 33rd division of the Japanese army broke through the British salween and milian River defense lines and defeated the 1st17th division of the British and Indian armies.
On February 23rd, 1942, the 55th Division of the Japanese Army seized the only bridge on the Xidang River, broke through the Xidang River defense line, and launched an attack on Yangon with the cooperation of the navy and air force.
On March 6th, 1942, the 55th Division of the Japanese Army smashed the counterattack of the British 7th Armored Brigade near Bo Gu. Alexander, commander-in-chief of the British-Burmese army, saw that the defeat was irreparable. After ordering the destruction, he withdrew from Yangon, and more than 3,000 British and Indian troops withdrew to Xu Dong. At the same time, at the request of the British government, China set up an expeditionary force (under the jurisdiction of the 5th, 6th and 66th armies, totaling more than 6,543,800 people) to fight in Myanmar, and the 200th Division of the 5th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force arrived in Xu Dong for defense.
1942 On March 8th, Japanese troops occupied Yangon.
On March 6th, Stilwell, Lieutenant General of the US Army and Chief of Staff of China Theater, was ordered to enter Myanmar to command the Chinese Expeditionary Force. On June 16 of the same month, the Chinese Expeditionary Force officially joined forces with the Japanese army and fought a fierce battle.
1March, 942,17th, the Japanese army launched an offensive again, advancing all the way along the journey to the south of Irrawaddy River and Mandalay Avenue, forcing the British army to retreat. On the 20th of the same month, the 55th Division of the Japanese Army attacked Dongyu, and was stubbornly resisted by the 5th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. By 25th, the 56th division of the Japanese army that landed in Yangon reinforced in the direction of Xu Dong.
1On March 30th, 942, the Japanese army occupied Dongyu, and then the 56th Division turned to the northeast to attack the hard base. The 55th Division and the18th Division, which landed on April 8th, continued to attack Mandalay. At the same time, the Japanese 33rd Division set out from Yangon to attack in the direction of yenangyaung.
1April 7, 942, the Japanese army occupied the alamut and approached yenangyaung. On June 16, the Japanese army captured yenangyaung. By April 29th, the Japanese army occupied Lashio and cut off the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway.
May 1942, 1 day occupied mandalay. The British and China troops immediately withdrew, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force withdrew from India in the west and returned to China. The Japanese army invaded southwest China with six wings of the 56th Division, 1 wing of the 2nd Division and 1 wing of the 8th Division. On May 3rd, Japanese troops invaded Wan Ding. On the 4th, mangshi was occupied, Longling was trapped and Baoshan was bombed. On the 5th, they invaded the Nujiang River in an attempt to occupy Baoshan. At this critical moment, I defended Huitong Bridge, destroyed the bridge and stopped the enemy. The 36th Division 1028 regiment rushed to Baoshan, giving the enemy a head-on attack. 10 in may, the Japanese army occupied Tengchong. The territory west of the Nujiang River fell one after another.
The red circle in the picture below is Tengchong area: