During the defense of Nanjing, a Sichuan army unit of over 2,000 men was ordered to withdraw through the Qinglong Mountain area and disappeared entirely. No combat traces, no bodies, no abandoned equipment were found. Multiple military searches turned up nothing. Listed as an unsolved case of mass military disappearance in WWII historiography.
Account
During the defense of Nanjing in the Second Sino-Japanese War, a Sichuan army unit of over 2,000 men was ordered to withdraw through the Qinglong Mountain area. The entire unit disappeared. No combat traces, no bodies, no abandoned equipment were found. Multiple military searches turned up nothing.
Listed as an unsolved case of mass military disappearance in WWII historiography.
Sources
- Nanjing Defense Battle historiography
- Post-war military investigation records