Say "it doesn't matter" when you die.

What Quaid remembers most clearly about the casualties he witnessed on the battlefield was the death of a China soldier while attacking Myitkyina. After the siege began, the Japanese army hiding in a building in the city opened fire on the attacking China army, and China soldiers fired an old cannon. In Quaid's view, artillery mounted on wooden wheels is an antique of Qing Dynasty, but it is the only heavy weapon of China army.

During the scuffle, Quaid and his comrades hid in a bunker and looked out. He saw a little soldier from China running towards him. He is obviously just a child, wearing a white shirt made of parachute silk, blue parachute shorts sewn, and a wooden box with grenades at both ends of a pole.

Seeing the Japanese submachine gun shooting at him, Quaid shouted to him in his limited Chinese: "Friends, friends, get down, get down, no! Not good! " However, the soldiers still carried the pole and rushed forward desperately.

When he ran near, "pa! Bang! Hey! " Submachine gun bullets also catch up. The soldier glanced at Quaid hiding behind the bunker and said, "American soldier, timid."

Just then, the bullet hit his back, and Quaid quickly pulled the soldier into the bunker. Holding the child's thin body, the blood gushed out dyed his thin clothes red. Seeing the serious injury, Quaid approached him and whispered, "Friend, the situation is not good."

The soldier looked up into his eyes and replied, "It doesn't matter …" Recalling this, Quaid paused and said softly, "He died like this."

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The wounded soldier in China said that canned beef was "first-class".

In "China-Burma-India War Zone News Synthesis" 1944, Richard McLage, an army correspondent, vividly recorded his experience of visiting the American field hospital where Indian wounded soldiers were treated.

"We have a common enemy."

In the field hospital, McLaugh first came into contact with China soldiers. "Some of their names sound strange to Americans. Their skin color is different, and their eyes, nose and cheekbones are different from ours. Their language is even stranger. However, we are no strangers to their enemies. They are familiar with the weapons and tactics they use. "

The interview in the hospital was completely unexpected to McLaugh. "The atmosphere in the hospital is as lively as a holiday, but after seeing the injuries of those soldiers, I am sure that if it were me, I would not be optimistic." Through translation, he learned that 22-year-old China wounded soldier Zhong had served in the army for seven years and participated in the Battle of Songhu.

Zhong proudly showed American reporters the newly healed wound on his leg. When asked how he was injured, Zhong sat up in bed and posed as a sniper shooting with a rifle. "Japanese soldiers! Bang! Hey! " His face is red.

"Top Good" and "Bad"

Another wounded soldier, Liu, was injured by a Grenade and his left leg was amputated. He said that the pain will stop after a while. Of course, losing a leg is "bad" But the treatment he received here was "excellent", the food and doctors were "excellent" and the American nurses were "excellent".

At dinner time, except rice, the wounded in China eat the same food as American soldiers, such as canned corned beef, potatoes and bread. But unlike American soldiers, China soldiers say canned beef is "the best" because even bread is a luxury for senior generals in their army.

To the pride of this field hospital, only one of the wounded sent so far died of his injuries. "This is a' top-notch' achievement of the American medical team," McLage said. Of course, China soldiers who fought in the front line in Kang Hu are also "top experts". So we're even. "

"Not every captured Japanese soldier has a caesarean section."

At the end of 1943, the top commander of the US military in the China-Myanmar-India theater and the Chinese Expeditionary Force began to counterattack the operational plan of North Myanmar, and the battle of the Hukang River Basin started. After five months of fierce fighting, more than 5,500 Japanese troops were killed.

1944 On the cover of "China-Burma-India Theater News Synthesis" published on March 2, there were photos taken by 164 from the front. General Stilwell and several China officers stood beside the captured Japanese wounded soldiers.

The caption reads: "This photo proves that not all Japanese soldiers will commit suicide by caesarean section after being captured-Japanese soldiers captured by China's army lie on a stretcher and smile bitterly. He also tried to shake hands with General Stilwell, but was rejected because the general thought it was unnecessary to express friendship. "

B04-B05 was written by our reporter Xie Lai (the information in this article was recorded by David Quaid, a veteran of American 164 camera company, and was comprehensively reported by China, Myanmar and India).