Brief introduction of the Youth Expeditionary Force;

1944165438+10, the National Steering Committee for Volunteer Service of Intellectual Youth was established in Chongqing, the capital, with members including Zhang Boling, Mo Dehui, Jiang Menglin, He, Bai Chongxi, Chen Lifu,,, Gu Zhenggang,, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen, and Xu Yongchang. He, Chen, Zhang Zhizhong, Bai Chongxi, Chen Lifu, Zhang Dingpan, Xu Siping are members of the Standing Committee. At the same time, the editorial training director department was established, with Luo as the director, Huo Yizhang, Huang Wei, Peng and Gao Ziju as the deputy directors and the director of the political department. At the same time, the provinces in the Kuomintang-controlled areas also set up committees to recruit young intellectuals from government agencies, schools and society to join the army. 165438+ 10 The number of conscripts issued by the conscription committee in October is: 97380 in all provinces and cities, 2500 in colleges and universities, 620 in the general party branch, and the total plan is 100500. Registration was completed in February 65438, and it was divided into 9 divisions, namely, 20 1 division to 209 division, which were stationed in Bishan, Qijiang, Wanxian, Lu Xian, Zhazuo, Hanzhong, Kunming, Lichuan and Shanghang respectively. 1945 On New Year's Day, the educated youth expeditionary force was formally established. In April of the same year, after nearly half a year's training, the Youth Army incorporated 207 divisions into the New Sixth Army, and selected a group of personnel from each division to participate in the training of specialized technical arms, including 4,467 mechanics who went to India to study automobile driving, 700 students from the Central Military Academy, 296 students from the Seventh Branch of the Central Military Academy, and American civil aviation students183. In addition, 6,453 people were repatriated. 1945 10 The General Training Department was abolished, and the Youth Army was organized into the 6th, 9th, 3rd1Army and the 3rd Army. Among them, the Sixth Army has 202 divisions, 204 divisions and 205 divisions, and its commander is Huo Yizhang. The Ninth Army has 20 1 division, 203 division and 206 division, and its commander is Zhong Bin. 3 1 Army has 208th Division and 209th Division, and its commander is Huang Wei. When the Youth Army was formed this time, due to the fact that most of the country fell into enemy hands and the tense war in Hunan and Guangxi, the traffic in xi and Jiangxi was interrupted. In fact, the formation of the Youth Army was only carried out in some areas controlled by the Kuomintang, and the work was very difficult, especially the 3 1 Army formed in the border area of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi. 3 1 Army was formed on the basis of Wuyishan Border Region, and its reorganization scope was the third war zone. At the end of February, 1944 1944, Deputy Director Huang Wei arrived in Jiangxi by special plane, set up the Southeast Branch of the Director Department, and together with the Southeast Branch of the Military Commission Cadre Training Group, carried out the preparation and training of young military cadres selected from various units in Hengfeng Lotus, northeast Jiangxi. Joining the army is based on Wuyi Mountain. The 208th Division is located in Lichuan, Gannan, and is responsible for receiving conscripts from144th Division, Gannan and Ji Tai, and educated youth from Northeast Jiangxi, Northeast Fujian, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and forming 622, 623 and 624 regiments and directly affiliated troops. The establishment was completed in July, and the teacher was Huang Zhenwu. 209 division was established earlier. On March 16, 45-year-old Wen Mingjian, Chief of Staff of the Third Theater, was transferred to the post of Lieutenant General of the 209th Division. On this day, according to the establishment of the troops stationed in India, the headquarters was set up in Lead Mountain, Jiangxi Province, and Hangzhou, Wuping and Jiaoling above the Fujian-Guangdong border region were used as training places to start training troops. On March 26th, Wen Mingjian, the division commander, led a delegation from the headquarters to Shanghang to set up command organizations at all levels and set up four new recruits. The first corps was stationed in Jiaoling, receiving the first batch of Guangdong youth, the second corps was stationed in Shanghang, and the third corps was stationed in Ruijin, receiving the teaching group and Jiangxi youth. The Fourth Corps of Recruits received the second batch of young people from Guangdong Province, which was completed in late April. This time, the 209 division received the largest number of people, which was the largest among all divisions. The actual reception number exceeded the departmental establishment 1290. These supernumerary personnel were assigned to Ruijin 638 regiment, political work class and foreign affairs class, and sent to military schools for study. The personnel in the establishment are composed of three infantry regiments, two artillery battalions, one engineer battalion, one signalman battalion, one trench battalion, one search company, one spy company and one young woman brigade. Its inhabitants are; Division headquarters and directly affiliated troops are stationed in Shanghang, 625 regiments are stationed in Guangfu Township, Jiaoling, 626 regiments are stationed in front of Wupingyan, 627 regiments are stationed in Shifang, Wuping, and the 1st, 2nd and 2nd Battalions of Mountain Artillery and Artillery Command are stationed in Wuping County. 1 946 65438+1 October 1, the former Guangfeng Training Corps of the Southeast Branch received 639 regiments compiled by the youth in the Fujian-Zhejiang-Jiangxi Border Region (including northern Fujian) and assigned them to the 209th Division, making the 209th Division have four infantry regiments, two mountain artillery battalions, 1 engineering battalion, and so on.

Recruiters of the youth army come from the army and local areas. The personnel analysis we received from the 209th Division can basically reflect the personnel composition of the Youth Army:

Receiving troops and local personnel: the 209th Division received 75 divisions, 2 regiments, 245 teaching regiments 1904, the 2nd Transport Regiment, 2 battalions, 204, 234 independent engineers and 2287 receiving troops. In terms of receiving local personnel, Guangdong actually received 57 12 (including 3 14 women's youth teams), Fujian received 3078, Jiangxi received 2075 (including 245 from five religious groups), and Guangfeng Training Corps of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces allocated 639 groups 1645, and actually received 65435. The ratio between the army and the local government is about 18/ 100.