Main functions of China-India highway

1945 65438+1October 24th, China-India Highway was opened to traffic. According to incomplete statistics, more than 30,000 people (not including the soldiers who died in the previous battle) were sacrificed from the start of construction to the opening of the Sino-Indian Highway, so the Sino-Indian Highway is a road soaked with blood! Thanks to the Anti-Japanese War, the Sino-Indian Highway was opened to traffic for half a year, bringing in more than 65,438+100000 vehicles and more than 50,000 tons of military materials, which strongly supported the Chinese-American-British Coalition forces' counterattack against Myanmar. 1945 10, all military materials were shipped out. In view of Japan's unconditional surrender, this road, which took two years to build in the virgin forest, ended its historical mission in only half a year. Since then, the China-India Highway has been left out in the mountains of northern Myanmar. After the opening of the China-India Highway, the China-India oil pipeline was also connected, and oil was continuously transported to the battlefield in China. This oil pipeline started in Kolkata and passed through Tingjiang, Duolei, Myitkyina, bhamo and Wan Ding to Kunming, with a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers, which was the longest oil pipeline in the world at that time. According to statistics, the China-India oil pipeline stopped transporting oil from June 1945 to June 1 1, and imported more than 654.38 million tons of aviation gasoline and diesel in seven months. The Sino-Indian Highway and the Sino-Indian Oil Pipeline were not opened for a long time, but China contributed to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's overall victory.