I build a red alert base in the Golden Triangle

: Attack the Nujiang Bridge, airborne combat!

This section of the Nu River in Myanmar is also called the Salween River by Myanmar.

Because it crosses the north and south of Shan State, it is also the dividing line between the three autonomous regions in Shan State. It is bounded by the Nu River, and everything east of the Nu River is divided into Eastern Shan State.

The high mountains, dense forests and dangerous terrain on both sides of the Nu River have become a natural isolation zone and dividing line. The territory controlled by the Southern Wa State Special Administrative Region and the Southern Shan State Army is also bounded by the Nu River.

After the Southern Wa State Army was attacked by the army and lost the two counties of Meng Sa and Meng Dong, the Southern Shan State Army also sent troops to test and took the opportunity to occupy Wansala, a small riverside town on the east bank of the Nu River along Route 45. .

Now, after the army has ended its unification of the Eastern Shan State, its first goal across the Nu River is the area controlled by the Southern Shan State Army.

The small town of Wansala is just a riverside town with a population of no more than a thousand people, living in the valley plains washed out by the river.

Because the terrain here is relatively gentle, Ou, who was building Route 45, chose the location of the bridge here, which also contributed to the prosperity of this town.

If the goods of the Southern Wa State Army want to enter the central and southern regions of Myanmar, they must take Highway 45 and cross this bridge.

Similarly, if the Southern Wa State Army wants to buy any supplies from the central and southern regions of Myanmar, it must also take this route.

The Shan State Army South thought that by controlling the bridge and the small town of Wansala across the river, it controlled the regiment’s path to the west.

However, when the army really began to expand westward, the first one to be attacked was Wansala’s Southern Shan garrison.

call out–

In the sky, two intruder fighter jets roared past, bombing the Shan State Army South posts and defensive positions at the head of the Wansala Highway Bridge.

Countless rockets fell from the sky, and the bridgehead position of the Shan State Army South was instantly plunged into a sea of fire. The soldiers of the Shan State Army South on the position hid behind the bunker with difficulty, constantly using their walkie-talkies and communication equipment to request support.

In the small town of Wansala, soldiers from the First Combined Brigade of the Red Police Corps and two militia guard brigades have begun cleaning the battlefield to clear away the remaining Shan State Army soldiers who fled into the town.

In the first round of attacks, the positions outside the town of Wangsala were captured by the Legion. Faced with the Legion’s armored vehicles and infantry charges, the Shan State Army soldiers in the South began to retreat after only resisting for a while.

Because the legion’s artillery support and air support have arrived.

Two Mi-24 armed helicopters hovered in the air, with 60mm mortars and 107mm rocket launchers pouring firepower from behind.

The Southern Shan State Army defenders, who were suddenly hit by such fierce firepower, collapsed instantly. While issuing a call for help, they withdrew from their positions, or fled into the small town of Wansala, or ran towards the bridge.

Because the Shan State Army South has deployed defensive positions at both ends of the bridge, with pull rods, it collects tolls from passing vehicles and pedestrians.

But the bridge tolls they will receive today are not money, but bullets and cannonballs.

“Brigadier, the enemy’s 759th Brigade stationed at Wansala Bridge has all appeared.” On a hill on the east bank of the Nu River, Wu Hu, the staff officer of the First Combined Brigade of the Red Police Corps, was reporting to the brigade commander Xu Qian on the front line. latest situation.

I saw Wu Hu explaining in detail on the map spread out on the ground: “The main force of the 759th Brigade of the Southern Shan State Army is at both ends of the Wansala Bridge. The other two units are on the bridge along the Nu River to prepare for deployment. One unit deployed defenses along the Nu River to the south of the bridge. This line of defense was about ten kilometers long. They occupied all the gentle stalls. They also set up heavy machine guns at the stall positions and in the mountains and forests. It would be difficult to cross the river without amphibious armored vehicles. .”

The commander of the 759th Brigade of the Southern Shan State Army is quite good at fighting and knows how to rely on the natural dangers of the Nu River to deploy defenses. Although there are huge virgin forests on both sides of the Nu River, even if the army finds some crossing points, it will not be able to cross the river with large troops.

The scattered troops have to pass through the dense virgin forest again, and it is unknown how many traps have been laid by the Southern Shan State Army.

Therefore, the purpose of the Legion’s attack on Wansala Bridge this time is just to attract the attention of the Southern Shan State Army.

Xu Qian carefully looked at the marked defense line deployed by the enemy on the Nu River, and said with a smile: “I took the bait, and ordered the artillery unit to continue bombarding the Southern Shan State Army positions on the other side, and then told Ma Hongzhen’s air assault battalion, Airborne operations can begin!”

“Yes!” Wu Hu smiled and saluted with a military salute, and then immediately went down to deliver the order.

After a while, the shelling began.

The first to launch the artillery attack were the three combined battalions of the 1st Combined Brigade, which had already entered the bridgehead, surrounded the bridge, and confronted the Southern Shan State Army on the other side of the Nu River. They used dozens of 60mm mortars and 81mm mortars. , 120mm heavy mortars, and 107mm rocket launchers took the lead in firing.

Shell the Southern Shan State Army’s defense line on the west side of the Nu River and its positions on the east side of the bridge.

This was followed by 155mm howitzers directly under each battalion level and 155mm howitzers directly under the brigade headquarters. A total of more than 20 155mm howitzers launched an attack on the Nujiang defense line of the Southern Shan State Army more than ten kilometers away.

In an instant, artillery fire exploded on both sides of the Nu River. Countless artillery shells fell on the Southern Shan State Army’s defense lines and positions on both sides of the Nu River, exploding large craters. Occasionally, some artillery shells fell into the Nu River, exploding water jets into the sky.

More than 3,000 Southern Shan State Army soldiers on both sides of the Nu River could only hide in simple bunkers and tremble under such fierce shelling.

Taking advantage of the bombardment, more than a dozen Nighthawk transport helicopters, escorted by three Mi-24 armed helicopters, conducted a low-altitude raid from the south of the Shan State Army’s Nu River defense line.

The southern part of the Shan State Army’s defense line is deployed along a low hill. This hill extends southward along the Nu River for about one kilometer. On the east side of the hill is the natural barrier of the Nu River, and in the valley on the west side is Highway 45. .

The Southern Shan State Army deployed a company and three heavy machine guns on this hilltop.

When the legion’s air assault force approached the hilltop, in order to avoid accidental damage, the legion’s artillery unit suspended its shelling of the hilltop (Hao Li Hao). Several artillery pieces that originally bombarded the hilltop began to fire towards the west Highway 45 was extended, shelling the enemy’s position at the foot of the mountain and applying fire suppression.

Under the scolding of the officers, the soldiers of the Southern Shan State Army stationed on the mountain picked up their rifles, set up light machine guns and heavy machine guns, and began to fight back against the legion helicopters flying over in the air.

But what came oncoming was a baptism of rockets from Mi-24 armed helicopters.

The three Mi-24 armed helicopters covering the airborne transportation of the Nighthawk Helicopter Group this time are equipped with rocket nests, each of which contains thirty-two 57mm rocket shells.

The six pylons under the wings hold 192 57mm rockets, and the three armed helicopters carried 576 rockets.

When three Mi-24 armed helicopters began to pour rockets towards the hilltop, the entire Southern Shan State Army position on the hilltop was engulfed in a sea of explosive flames.