1944年8月29日中國部隊試圖重新打開滇緬公路

1944年8月29日中國部隊試圖重新打開滇緬公路

日軍機槍守衛著中國西南的怒江前線,中國軍隊因而需要小心前行。中國部隊試圖重新打開滇緬公路。在塵土覆蓋的碉堡裏的日軍全都被殲滅了。這支由中國最高指揮官衛立煌領軍的中國精銳部隊,同時試圖在緬甸北部與美軍約瑟夫·史迪威將軍的軍隊以及美軍的一支聯絡組會合。這場回合將打通滇緬公路和列多公路,從而開啟一條從印度到中國的補給道路。

8/29/44Chinese Soldiers Battle to Reopen Burma Road

Chinese soldiers advance cautiously on aJapanese gun position on the Salween River front in southwestern China,as their unit pushes forward in the drive to reopen the Burma Road.The only Japanese found in the earth-covered pillbox were dead ones.Commanded by Chinese Marshal Wei Li-huang,the soldiers are numbers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force which,with aU.S.liaison unit,is attempting to make ajunction with the forces of U.S.General Joseph W.Stilwell in upper Burma.The junction will permit linking of the old Burma Road and the new Ledo Road,providing adirect supply route from India into China.