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: The Southern Shan State Army is broken into pieces

Meng Ban, the military camp of the Southern Shan State Army.

After suffering air strikes and bombings, the 757th Brigade and part of the 758th Brigade of the Southern Shan State Army assembled in Mongban, as well as a guard regiment and a militia regiment, suffered heavy losses. A total of more than 6,000 troops have now been gathered together. There are only more than 4,000 people.

However, each of the 758 brigade has a regiment stationed in two small towns on the edge of the Nu River in the south of Mengban, and there are still 2,000 troops that can be mobilized.

Now, the remaining senior generals of the Southern Shan State Army do not dare to place their headquarters in the military camp or on the plains surrounding Mangban.

So a quarry on the mountainside west of Mangban became the new headquarters of the Shan State Army South.

“Based on some relics we found, we have determined that the two people in the bombed jeep were our commander-in-chief Liu Yaowen and chief of general staff Zhao Teng.” Inside the temporary headquarters of the Southern Shan State Army, looking at the people gathered Several generals, including Mo Zhiqi, commander of the 757th Brigade, announced such bad news.

Hearing this, although there had been speculations for a long time, everyone was still feeling very heavy.

Less than half an hour after the front line was attacked, our own general headquarters was bombed by enemy air strikes. The military camp suffered heavy casualties, losing at least two thousand combatable soldiers.

Even the commander-in-chief and chief of general staff were killed in the air raid.

“Spy! There must be a spy informing the legion!” Bana, commander of the 758th Brigade, punched the table and said aggressively: “Otherwise, why would Commander-in-Chief Liu’s position be exposed? The legion’s fighter planes specifically chose this time. Come attack!”

Hearing this, everyone’s expressions became a little more silent.

Liu Yaowen was originally an intelligence officer, and he attached great importance to the counter-intelligence work of the army. The Southern Shan State Army has been able to last for so many years, and can occupy a population of more than 100,000 in Meng Nai and Meng Ban counties in Southern Shan State, and has grown from 2,000 to 2,000. The expansion of the number of people to the current scale of 15,000 people is also inseparable from the decision-making of the commander-in-chief.

It can be said that Liu Yaowen’s prestige in the Southern Shan State Army has always been very high, and the following generals basically followed him from the Mongolian-Thai Army period.

However, such a leader who was admired by everyone was killed at the beginning of the war.

Even the commander-in-chief was killed, and now the entire Southern Shan State Army is leaderless.

“It’s useless to talk about it now. The commander-in-chief and chief of staff are both dead. The top priority now is how to avenge them!” Wu Yaoting, the head of the guard regiment, said.

“Why is it useless? If the spy is still there, we will be bombed sooner or later if we get together like this.” Bana, who had a bad temper, widened his eyes, looking for something in this small room.

Mo Zhiqi said angrily: “The Legion’s fighter planes have been flying back and forth so many times during this period. If they wanted to blow up, they would have continued to blow up.”

“Report! Urgent call from the 759th Brigade!” While everyone was still arguing, a Southern Shan State Army staff officer ran in in panic and gasped: “The Army launched an attack on the 759th Brigade stationed at the Salween River Bridge. After a fierce attack, Brigadier Mildan sent a telegram saying that the Nujiang defense line collapsed!”

“What?!” Everyone was shocked.

The Salween River as the Burmese call it is the Nu River. The Southern Shan State Army, which has been entrenched to the west of the Nu River for a long time, is very aware of how difficult the natural dangers of the Nu River are. Moreover, both sides of the Nu River are covered with dense primeval forests and steep stone walls. Only part of the front can cross the river. The only bridge on the beach is the Route 45 bridge.

“It’s less than an hour, right?” Bana stared at the staff officer who came to report with his big eyes, and shouted loudly: “The Salween River is a natural hazard! How could it be broken through so quickly!”

Mo Zhiqi also said strangely: “Not to mention how steep the banks of the Salween River are, the more than 3,000 people under Mirdan’s command are more than 3,000 pigs! They can’t catch them all in an hour!”

The staff officer said: “In the telegram, the 759th Brigade reported that the enemy carried out large-scale bombing and airborne operations on a one-kilometer hilltop position south of the bridge. During the airborne raid, there was also a large number of artillery and air support to suppress various areas. Our army’s support troops on the defense line were not in place, resulting in inadequate support.”

“After the hilltop position was lost, the enemy blocked Highway 45 from a high position and continued to use transport helicopters to lift army troops across the river directly from the air. The 759th Brigade was defeated!”

Listening to the staff officer’s explanation, everyone looked at each other with wide eyes.

They are all veterans of guerrilla warfare. They have fought jungle guerrilla warfare with the government forces for decades, and have also been bombed by the Burmese government air force.

But this was the first time I encountered such an air raid.

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The nearly ten-kilometer-long Nujiang defense line was originally impregnable, but as a result, the legion directly raided and dropped from the air. All the troops deployed on the riverside lost their effectiveness. They were stolen from behind and could only be defeated in a panic.

“Now the main force of the legion should have attacked Mengban County along Highway 45. What should we do next?” Wu Yaoting looked at Bana and Mo Zhiqi.

When Commander-in-Chief Liu Yaowen and Chief of General Staff Zhao Teng both died, and the 756th Brigade was also bombed by the legion in Mengnai, and they were overwhelmed, the biggest military leaders in Mengban County were the 757th Brigade Commanders Mo Zhiqi and Di Bana, commander of the 758th Brigade.

“The enemy is well-equipped and has air force and numerical superiority. We cannot resist forcefully.” Mo Zhiqi said immediately: “The military camp in Mengban County now only has more than 4,000 people, and after being bombed by the enemy’s air force, the morale of the military has fluctuated. My The suggestion is to break it into pieces, withdraw the troops into the mountainous areas, and focus on guerrilla warfare to harass the legion’s troops and garrisons in various places, as well as Route 45, and even find an opportunity to blow up the Nu River Bridge.”

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Although Bana has a bit of a bad temper, he also knows that he cannot fight head-on with the army. The Southern Shan State Army does not even dare to engage in frontal combat with the Myanmar government forces. They can only engage in guerrilla warfare and harassment warfare, not to mention that they have superior equipment. Legion.

Bana said: “I think it would be good to have more than a thousand people left in Mirdan’s hands. We still have four thousand people in Mengban and two thousand people in the south. These two thousand people can command them.” Cross the Nu River, detour from the raw stone jungle to Mengdong and other places, and conduct guerrilla warfare against the hinterland of the legion!”

Just as a few people were discussing countermeasures, another officer of the Southern Shan State Army trotted over and reported that Wanmin Town, located 20 kilometers east of Mengban, was attacked by the army. The stationed company lost its power after sending a telegram asking for help. Contacted.

Mo Zhiqi and Bana knew they could not wait any longer, so they each led their own troops to withdraw from Mengban.

Mo Zhiqi’s 757th Brigade withdrew to the primitive jungle in the north of Mengban, and Bana’s 758th Brigade withdrew to the primitive jungle in the south to join the two subordinate troops there.

The guard regiment and militia regiment evacuated to the mountainous area in the direction of Mengnai.

They are about to break into pieces and let the legion taste the pain of guerrilla warfare! Dry.