宜昌地处长江西陵峡口,上控巴蜀,下引荆襄,自古为“川鄂咽喉”。1940年6月宜昌失守,长江南津关以下航运被截断,航运出川补给前线的物资在南津关以上三峡连山地带阻滞。为保障抗战运输需要,宜昌人民在崇山峻岭中开辟陆路运输线,以人力肩挑背驮接力转运抗战物资、运送伤员,为抗日战争的胜利做出了重要贡献。 Yichang is located in the Yangtze River Xiling Gap, on the control of Bashu, cited Jingxiang, since ancient times as “Chuan E throat”. In 1940 June Yichang fall, the Yangtze River south of the following shipping was cut off, shipping supplies out of the front of the river supplies in the South Tianjin off the Three Gorges Lianshan block. In order to ensure the transportation needs during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Yichang people opened up land transport lines in the mountains and set foot on the mountainous terraces. The transport of war-resistance materials and the delivery of wounded people with their shoulder-back relay made an important contribution to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.