After a period of retraining, the Chinese troops which had made their way to Ranchi in India were renamed the "Chinese India Corps." Of these, the New Number One Corps received orders in 1943 to retrace their steps in a counter-attack as part of the second phase of warfare in the Burmese theater.
到了印度藍伽的國軍，經過一番整軍經武後，改稱「中國駐印軍」，其中「新編第一軍」（簡稱新一軍）於民國卅二年，受命沿原路反攻，是為第二次滇緬戰爭。