-1944年8月3日，中國駐印軍攻克緬北重鎮密支那-
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拍攝時(shí)間：民國卅三年（一九四四年）八月三日
拍攝地點(diǎn)：緬甸北部重鎮密支那Myitkyina
拍攝者：美軍SIGNAL CORP信號兵種所攝
來(lái)源：昆明二戰研究學(xué)者戈叔亞(孫立人將軍義子揭鈞先生贈送)
照片中人物：中國駐印軍第五十師第150團突擊隊員
故事：
圖中戰地記者抓拍了中國駐印軍第五十師第150團突擊隊員通過(guò)壕溝步步逼近日軍的現場(chǎng)影像。關(guān)于密支那戰役的最后時(shí)刻，在晏偉權、晏歡所著(zhù)的《抗日名將潘裕昆》一書(shū)中有詳述如下：
敢死隊建奇功
8月2日，50師鑒于當面之敵仍作垂死掙扎，負隅頑抗，強攻損失過(guò)大，師長(cháng)潘裕昆少將決定組織敢死隊智取，由副師長(cháng)楊溫傳令各團招募敢死隊員。老華僑寸世祖，冒著(zhù)生命危險到50師師部，情辭懇切地對潘師長(cháng)說(shuō)，他熟悉城內陸形，不惜一死愿為敢死隊帶路，幫助我軍消滅日本鬼子。潘師長(cháng)深受感動(dòng)，當即答應老人的請求。最感人的一幕是，150團少尉排長(cháng)崔復生得知招募敢死隊員的消息時(shí)，應募人數已經(jīng)大大超過(guò)了所需名額，他放聲大哭，要求把自己的名字添加進(jìn)去，經(jīng)師部批準，敢死隊由104人組成，編為15個(gè)班，由師部參謀處副處長(cháng)李大同中校擔任隊長(cháng)。
8月3日凌晨3時(shí)，潘師長(cháng)對敢死隊員作行前動(dòng)員。出發(fā)時(shí)，隊員們個(gè)個(gè)同仇敵愾，視死如歸，顯示出為國家、為民族不怕?tīng)奚拇鬅o(wú)畏精神，場(chǎng)面動(dòng)人，感人肺腑。在寸老先生引領(lǐng)下，敢死隊避開(kāi)了敵人的工事和層層封鎖。敵人過(guò)于疲憊不堪，加之夜深雨大，有時(shí)就在鬼子工事前十幾米外通過(guò)也不被覺(jué)察。他們在泥濘中葡匐進(jìn)入街區，來(lái)到第11條橫馬路，隊員四散開(kāi)來(lái)，利用滿(mǎn)地的斷磚殘瓦，焦木樹(shù)枝，就著(zhù)彈坑筑成一個(gè)個(gè)臨時(shí)工事，每處可容三五人，同時(shí)將敵電話(huà)線(xiàn)等通訊設備破壞殆盡，凌晨四點(diǎn)半，一切準備就緒，李中校下令發(fā)射信號彈。守在外圍陣地的潘師長(cháng)立即對參謀長(cháng)下令，命令各部隊發(fā)起攻擊。大約半分鐘后，吹起嘹亮的沖鋒號，作為內應的敢死隊員從工事里一躍而起，他們向日軍城防司令部和其他重要據點(diǎn)沖擊，將手榴彈、擲彈筒連續不斷地投擊，敵人懵頭轉向，驚慌失措。在我軍凌厲的攻勢下，日軍陣地土崩瓦解，殘敵爭先恐后涌向江邊渡口逃命，未能走脫的傷病員大部分自殺。8月5日我軍完全占領(lǐng)密支那及附近區域，終于結束了80多天的激戰。密支那一役敢死隊可謂功不可抹。
臺灣國民政府國防部史政編譯局編寫(xiě)的《抗戰時(shí)期滇印緬作戰（三）-總檢討》45-46頁(yè)中對潘裕昆將軍及150團有如下文字記錄：
“密支那作戰，乃駐印軍出奇兵之突襲作戰，史迪威命令梅里爾準將，率領(lǐng)中美聯(lián)合突擊支隊，自胡康河谷出發(fā)，穿越懸崖峭壁，森林茂密之庫芒山區，鉆隙闢路前進(jìn)，深入敵軍后方，秘密奔襲密支那。5月17日我第50師之150團奇襲奪取密支那機場(chǎng)，約三小時(shí)后，空運部隊迅速著(zhù)陸增援，使敵驚為天兵下降，措手不及，不僅收奇襲效果，且開(kāi)空運大部隊于敵后增援之新紀元，予我全軍士氣及戰術(shù)思想，有極重大之影響。惜而后進(jìn)襲密城失敗，演成圍攻之下策，實(shí)出人意料。究其原因，固由于敵軍之頑抗死守，自殺防御，使我之攻勢受挫，但我軍之指揮系統紊亂，兵力火力運用不當，部隊未受攻城訓練，致圍攻兩個(gè)半月之久，遭受極重大之損傷，無(wú)絲毫進(jìn)展，美方指揮官調免四次，在戰術(shù)及戰斗技術(shù)上，實(shí)無(wú)模范之處，最后改由第50師師長(cháng)潘裕昆將軍統一指揮，一面集中空軍炮兵，逐點(diǎn)摧毀敵困守據點(diǎn)，一面派敢死隊潛入敵后方，破壞敵通信聯(lián)絡(luò )，突襲敵之指揮所，經(jīng)兩日血戰，痛殲頑敵。于8月5日，攻克密支那，全殲敵守軍，在戰略上乃為最大之成就，一般影響，極為深遠。敵守城指揮官水上源藏少將，亦兵敗身亡。”
美軍軍事教材書(shū)《THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WORLD WAR II》（由美國軍隊軍事史研究中心編撰，作者Charles F. Romanus和Riley Sunderland）中有關(guān)密支那戰役的章節，上面清楚記載了潘裕昆將軍在戰役中如何與史迪威將軍等美、英將領(lǐng)部署戰斗，也記載了潘裕昆將軍組織第50師敢死隊攻破密支那城的計劃得到眾將領(lǐng)的贊許；
There is a set of three books written by Charles F. Romanus and Riley Sunderland which have been noted as being an accurate history of the China-Burma-India Theater. You may have already read them. In Volume II, "Stilwell's Command Problems", on page 253 (attached) your grandfather is credited with drafting an ingenious plan of attack that helped end the fighting in Myitkyina:
"Weighing the many evidences that control of the situation was rapidly passing into their hands, Wessels and his colleagues drafted a new plan of attack. It included an ingenious device, credited to Major General Pan Yu-kun of the 50th Division. A raiding party, formed into fifteen heavily armed sections, was organized and briefed on infiltrating Japanese lines facing the 50th Division. Having made its way through the Japanese lines in darkness, it was to remain hidden until 0430 when the 50th would assault while the raiders spread confusion behind the Japanese lines. Meanwhile, air reconnaissance revealed many rafts moored against the Irrawaddy within the Japanese lines.
At 0300 hours (3 August), when the moon went down and rain and thunder set in, the raiding party of the 50th Division moved out. The approach was detected only once and some shots were fired at the raiders, who hit the ground. The Chinese did not return fire however, and after laying low for a while, moved out again quietly and cautiously." Later the 50th Division attacked and, thanks to the efforts of the raiders and the preliminary stages of the Japanese evacuation, made rapid progress. The attack spread rapidly up the Allied line as regiment after regiment moved forward with comparative speed. Resistance by the Japanese rear guards was speedily overcome and at 1545, 3 August, Myitkyina was officially called secure. One hundred eighty-seven Japanese prisoners were taken, most of them patients. Colonel Maruyama made good his withdrawal with about 600 men."
照片二：廣為流傳的1944年8月3日中國駐印軍沖入密支那的瞬間戰地照片
