In order to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the war of resistance against Japan, the blood Road, iron bone and loyal soul - Documentary Exhibition of the western Yunnan campaign of the war of resistance against Japan, jointly organized by Hai'an County Museum and Yunnan Baoshan City Museum, was officially launched in Hai'an County Museum on September 1, 2015.

    The western Yunnan campaign is an important part of the world anti fascist war and the national anti Japanese War of the Chinese nation. It lasted more than three years and recovered 83000 square kilometers of lost land in western Yunnan. It is the only large-scale offensive battle that has won complete victory on the front battlefield since the Anti Japanese War. The victory of the western Yunnan campaign not only opened up the land transportation line between China and the allies, but also opened the prelude to the Allied counterattack against the Japanese on the Asian battlefield. The exhibition is divided into six units: "the road of blood", "the pain of the country", "the strength of the army", "the strength of the people", "Friends of the alliance" and "eternal sacrifice". The background of Yunnan Myanmar highway construction is introduced respectively; The miserable situation of people's life after the Japanese invaders invaded western Yunnan; The process of the expeditionary army launching the counter offensive war in western Yunnan; The people of Western Yunnan are not afraid of the feat of supporting the front; The friendship between international allies and the Anti Japanese aggressors; And the commemoration and Reflection on the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan after the war.

    Through cultural relics and a large number of historical materials, this exhibition truly restores a more important battle in the history of China's Anti Japanese war more than 70 years ago - the battle of Western Yunnan on the battlefield of China, India and Myanmar. There are a variety of cultural relics, rich exhibits and detailed historical materials at the exhibition site, including 226 cultural relics such as American bullet boxes, expeditionary army hat badges, enlistment flags, Japanese mail wrapping cloth, Japanese military banknotes, Chinese Expeditionary Army briefcases, old-fashioned cameras, signal lights, American bullet boxes, British water bottles, military maps of Kunming county and shell shells, It reflects the documentary situation of the western Yunnan campaign from the side.

    Blood Road: at the beginning of the war of resistance against Japan, the Japanese army imposed a comprehensive blockade on China's coastal areas, and Yunnan became the rear of the war of resistance against Japan. In order to transport international aid materials to China, Long Yun, chairman of Yunnan Province, advocated and presided over the construction of Yunnan Myanmar highway. From the end of 1937 to 1938, the people of Western Yunnan brought their own rations, cut mountains and stones with both hands, built roads and bridges. In only ten months, the highway from Kunming to Lashio, Myanmar via Dali and Baoshan was built, with a total length of 1146.8 kilometers. Liang Jinshan, an overseas Chinese leader in Myanmar, donated a lot of money to build the Huitong bridge on the Nujiang River. Nanyang overseas Chinese leader Chen Jiageng donated a large number of cars and organized more than 3000 overseas Chinese mechanics to return home to support Yunnan Myanmar highway transportation. China's aid materials have been continuously transported to China's Anti Japanese battlefields.

    National pain: in 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, launched the Pacific War, captured Southeast Asia, and soon hit southern Myanmar. In order to protect the Yunnan Myanmar highway, 100000 soldiers of the Chinese expeditionary army went to Myanmar. Later, the British Army fled all the way due to defending Myanmar, and the expeditionary army was defeated again and again. The expeditionary army fought and retreated. Division commander Dai Anlan was shot and died. More than half of the army suffered casualties. One withdrew to India and the other returned to Western Yunnan. Without a single shot, the Japanese army occupied Hong, Longling, Tengchong and other places west of Nujiang River. After the fall of Western Yunnan, the Japanese aggressors were proud and rampant, killing and setting fire everywhere, and committed a large number of unforgivable crimes against the Chinese people. Baoshan was bombed on May 4th, and the city became a ruin with corpses lying on the pillow. Then came the plague, and the people left their homes.

    Fierce soldiers: the enemy and our two sides confronted each other across the Nu River for nearly two years. The expeditionary army was reorganized for the second time, and 160000 troops of the two group armies gathered in Baoshan. The famous general Wei Lihuang took over as the commander of the expeditionary army, moved the headquarters from Chuxiong to Baoshan front line, and carried out large-scale military training and prepared for a major counter offensive with the support of general Stilwell, commander of the China Myanmar theater. In early 1944, the CPC Central Committee called on the expeditionary army to counter attack. The national government issued a counter offensive order in western Yunnan. Long Yun, general Wei Lihuang and chairman of Yunnan Province, personally mobilized before the battle. In May 1944, the expeditionary army set out from Baoshan and divided its troops into two routes. Huo caizhang led the 20th group army to cross the Nujiang River from the North Road to counter attack Tengchong; Song Xilian led the 11th group army to cross the river from the South Road to counter attack Songshan and Longling. The western Yunnan counterattack at home and abroad was launched in an all-round way.

    Encirclement and annihilation battle in Tengchong: the 20th group army broke through the two lines of defense of Gaoligong Mountain and Longchuan River in the rain and surrounded the enemy in the urban area of Tengchong. The Japanese army shrank in Tengchong city and stood by for help. Tengchong city is built of volcanic stones, which is very strong. The Japanese army operated in the city for more than two years, and each section of the city wall was equipped with solid fortifications. The expeditionary army took turns to attack from the air to the ground without success, so they had to dig a tunnel, blow up the gap with explosive bags, and rush into the city to fight with the enemy in the streets. After more than a month of bloody street by street competition, almost every building was blasted flat before Tengchong was recovered on September 12, 1944. At the cost of more than 18000 casualties, our army completely annihilated more than 3000 enemy defenders, setting a precedent for the total annihilation of the enemy since the national war of resistance against Japan.

    Songshan bloody battle: Songshan is 2270 meters above sea level. It is the commanding point for Yunnan Myanmar highway to climb over Gaoligong Mountain range. The enemy built bunkers in groups with fortifications. The 11th group army successively invested two armies to carry out backstroke attacks. The whole battalion and regiment of officers and soldiers fell into the enemy array, with heavy casualties. After nine large-scale group shocks, it stood firm in front of the main peak. The enemy's core main Fort could not be attacked for a long time. Our army dug two underground tunnels and buried 3 tons of explosives before it was completely destroyed. The defending enemy was annihilated, eight of them were captured, and their ears were deafened. After the war, Songshan became scorched earth, and only half of the old tree alive was left, with bullet marks. Therefore, the casualty ratio is 1:6. The recovery of Songshan opened the passage to the West.

    Longling battle, Longling city is located at the intersection of the main line of Yunnan Myanmar highway and Tengchong branch line, with Songshan in the East and Tengchong in the north. The front-line headquarters of the 56th division of the Japanese army is stationed in the city. In the early stage of the counter offensive in 1944, the expeditionary army sent troops through Longling twice, both of which failed due to insufficient preparation. Until Songshan and Tengchong recovered, our two armies carried out pincer attack from the East and North, and then captured Longling in one fell swoop. In the third attack on Longling, more than 10000 enemies were killed and more than 28000 expeditionary troops were killed. The expeditionary army entered Longling city and held a flag raising ceremony.

    The chase and annihilation war in Mangshi and buting: the three strongholds of Songshan, Tengchong and Longling were recovered, and the main force of the Japanese army was lost. The expeditionary army headed south, and the enemy's base camp in Mangshi led the rest to retreat. Our army swept all the way from Mangshi and Zha to wanting. Finally, in the first World War at heishanmen, wanting, the Japanese army left nearly 5000 bodies and fled abroad. All the land in western Yunnan was recovered. The expeditionary army fought all the way to mangyou, Myanmar, and successfully joined forces with the Chinese garrison in India, which counterattacked northern Myanmar. In January 1945, the battle of Western Yunnan won an all-round victory, took the lead in expelling the Japanese army from the country in the history of the war of resistance against Japan, reopened the Yunnan Myanmar highway, and effectively supported the great counter offensive of the war of resistance against Japan in the mainland.

    Power of the people: Western Yunnan fell, and Yunnan became the front line of the war of resistance against Japan. Li Yuanyuan, the supervisor of Yunnan and Guizhou, wrote a letter to the father of Western Yunnan, calling on the people of Western Yunnan to rise up against the enemy. Zhang Wende, the Anti Japanese county magistrate of Tengchong, also expressed the determination of the Chinese nation to fight the war to the end. The people of Western Yunnan have joined the Anti Japanese and national salvation movement. These are the outstanding representatives of them - Yingjiang chieftain Dao Jing version, Lujiang chieftain Xian Guangtian, etc.

   The victory of the western Yunnan campaign was inseparable from the strong support of the people of all ethnic groups. They transported grain and ammunition, carried stretchers, built roads, built aircraft factories, and transported more than 30000 children and soldiers and more than 400000 former migrant workers. It can be said that the victory of the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan is the victory of the country and the nation.

    祭之永：战后，人们先后在各地修建了大量的纪念设施。松山阵亡将士公墓、腾冲国殇墓园、保山滇西抗战纪念塔是其中最有代表性的设施。

    More than 70 years have passed since the counter offensive campaign in western Yunnan. However, it has not become "history" in the hearts of every Yanhuang children. Our reflection on the war and our attitude towards history are "forgivable, but not forgotten". In commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the world anti fascist war and China's Anti Japanese War, we have only one wish to hold the Documentary Exhibition of the battle in western Yunnan on the Sino Indian Burmese battlefield of China's Anti Japanese War: always remember the disasters brought by the war to the world and mankind; Always remember the thousands of heroes who sacrificed their precious lives to eliminate war and strive for peace, their achievements and their spirit.

   The exhibition lasts from September 1 to October 30, during which it is open to the public free of charge. Citizens and friends are welcome to visit.

    展览时间：2015年9月1日—10月30日
    Venue: Hai'an County Museum临时展厅
    Organizer: Hai'an County Museum, Baoshan City Museum