During the Anti-Japanese War, a big reason why the squadron was repeatedly defeated was that it suffered the loss of the best equipment, and in the face of the well-equipped mechanized Japanese army, the squadron could only fight hard with one life, which can be imagined how miserable it was. Of course, this does not mean that China does not have mechanized troops, in fact, as early as 1938, China formed its first fully mechanized army, the new 11th Army, which later became known as the 5th Army. The reason why this mechanized unit can be realized cannot fail to mention Xu Tingyao, the "father of armored troops". 
Back in March 1933, in the Gubeikou Anti-Japanese War of the Great Wall, Xu Tingyao's department, as the only ** army stationed in the area of the Great Wall, fought with the Japanese army here for three days and three nights, although many enemies were killed, but the 25th Division under Xu Tingyao was also heavy. It was also this battle that made Xu Tingyao see the broad prospects of mechanized construction in future wars, so after the war, he took the initiative to advise Chiang Kai-shek to build the Chinese's own mechanized troops. When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he also felt that he had a very strategic vision, so he sent Xu Tingyao to Europe to inspect and learn from the experience of others in armored force training and troop building. After completing her studies, Xu Tingyao quickly returned to China and served as the director of mechanized school, ready to let go of her hands and feet. 
However, the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, and there is a big problem in front of Xu Tingyao: At that time, China wanted money or not, and if it wanted **no**, what would it take to form a mechanized army? It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, no matter how solid Xu Tingyao's military theory is, it is just empty talk without equipment! In this way, Xu Tingyao could only wait. When? Until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Soviets assisted our country's first batch of armored combat vehicles. It is with this mechanized army that the 38th Group Army led by Xu Tingyao killed more than 6,000 enemies in the Battle of Kunlun Pass, allowing the Japanese to also understand the power of China's mechanized troops! This battle also opened Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, it turned out that mechanization was really easy to use! Therefore, this is why Chiang Kai-shek did not hesitate to spend money to buy American-style equipment and set up an American mechanic. Let's talk about Xu Tingyao, although he is the "originator" of China's mechanized troops, and many battles are directly linked to his name, but helplessly, he has never been popular, but the subordinates he has cultivated, one is more famous than the other, who are they? Du Yuming, Zheng Dongguo, Liao Yaoxiang, Dai Anlan, Qiu Qingquan, Huang Jie, ......All of them are thunderous, well-known anti-Japanese generals! 
In particular, the Fifth Army led by Du Yuming, as one of the five ace armies in the Kuomintang Army, has combat effectiveness that is obvious to all, and has repeatedly fought the Japanese army head-on without falling behind, so it is also known as the "Iron Horse Hero". And the first commander of this Fifth Army was Xu Tingyao, and later he was promoted to the commander of the 38th Group Army, and then handed over the Fifth Army to Du Yuming. However, the war is not only about the best equipment, in the period of the Liberation War, although Xu Tingyao helped Chiang Kai-shek train hundreds of thousands of American-style mechanized troops, but was still beaten by our army of "millet plus rifles", Chiang Kai-shek also became the "captain of the transport brigade", and gave all the things that Xu Tingyao worked hard to manage to our army. Poor Xu Tingyao, I don't know if there are any broken dreams at this time?