I build a red alert base in the Golden Triangle

: Occupy Mengban County

Regarding the candidate for the new commander, everyone tacitly did not mention it again.

Now that the war is in chaos and the enemy is advancing straight in, the top priority is to withdraw from Mengban County and fight guerrilla warfare with the enemy in the jungle.

Moreover, neither Bana nor Mo Zhiqi’s reputation is as high as that of Susa, the commander of the 756th Brigade stationed in Meng Nai. If a new commander is really to be elected to lead the Southern Shan State Army, it will probably be Susa.

But Mo Zhiqi and Bana both have their own small ideas, and want to show their abilities in this war, thereby surpassing Sousa and becoming the new leader of the Southern Shan State Army.

So after a brief discussion, everyone who decided to evacuate the county also sent a telegram notification to the 756th Brigade in Mengnai County.

As the brigade commander of the 756th Brigade of the Southern Shan State Army, Sousa was one of the earliest veterans to follow Liu Yaowen. The Mongolian and Thai Army and participated in the siege of the Mongolian and Thai Army.

After that, he fought many times with the Southern Wa State Army and the encirclement and suppression troops of the Burmese government army, which was a great achievement.

Therefore, Liu Yaowen handed over Meng Nai County, which borders the territory controlled by the Burmese government forces, to Sousa. His 756th Brigade is also the most powerful unit among the four brigades of the Southern Shan State Army and often fights with the Burmese government forces.

However, even such a force with rich combat experience suffered some defeats after being subjected to continuous air attacks by the legion.

The military camp and a stronghold guarding the Burmese government forces were bombed by the Corps’ attack aircraft, catching the 756th Brigade by surprise.

Susa has been fighting against the Burmese government forces for many years and has been bombed by the Burmese Air Force, but he never imagined that one day there would be fighter jets flying behind him and in the direction of his hometown.

As a result, his troops suffered considerable losses.

“Damn it, don’t think I don’t know what the hell Mo Zhiqi and Bana are planning!” On a mountain range in the southwest of Meng Nai County, Susa received a telegram from Meng Ban after leading his troops to retreat into the forest. , Sousa could see what Mo Zhiqi and Bana were thinking at a glance.

Meng Nai County is located in a river valley plain. The county seat is on the east side of the plain. The forest in the southeast of the county seat is relatively sparse. There is a military camp of the Southern Shan State Army, which is where the 756th Brigade is based.

At this time, the military camp was filled with raging fires, and various military buildings were blown to pieces.

As soon as the military camp was bombed, Sousa led his troops to withdraw into the mountains south of the military camp.

“Brigadier, do we all have to withdraw into the mountainous area?” said an adjutant next to Sousa.

“Get out of here!” Susa said angrily: “The army is attacking Mengban now. How many mountain ranges will it have to cross before coming from Mengban?”

“Not to mention the mountains around Mengban, there are dozens of kilometers of mountainous areas in the Wango Mountains and Pangkang Mountains on the east and west sides of Langke Town. We only need to carry out guerrilla warfare in these places to destroy the army’s logistics line, which is to drag , and can also drag down the legion’s offensive troops.”

Although Meng Nai is relatively in a hilly area and does not have as many mountains and virgin forests as Mengban, the Route 45 from Meng Ban to Meng Nai is more than 70 kilometers long, and most of it passes through virgin forests. .

These areas are most suitable for guerrilla warfare.

Therefore, Susa did not want to lose Mengnai County, a base area with a population of tens of thousands, but wanted to use guerrilla warfare to make the legion unable to defeat it.

“However, according to the information from Brigadier Mirdan, the legion has air assault troops that can conduct battalion-sized airborne operations. If they airborne directly into Mengnai County, we are afraid it will be difficult to defend.” At this time, the 756th Brigade Chief of Staff Serre said.

“That’s a problem.” Sousa also frowned.

Directly pass through the guerrilla defense line from the air, cross the long virgin forest, and raid Mengnai County from the air. Mengnai County is on the plains, so it is basically impossible to defend it.

Moreover, there are Myanmar government troops in the north and west of Meng Nai County, stationed in Nansang County in the north and in villages and villages in the jungle.

If the Myanmar government forces take the opportunity to launch an attack and march straight in along Highway 45, Muang Nai County will not be able to hold on.

After thinking for a while, Sousa said: “First mobilize some militiamen and hand over Muang Nai County to the militia forces. The 2266 regiment spread out in the mountainous area in the north of Muang Nai County to guard Highway 45 to prevent the Burmese army from Nansang County from going south and stationing there. The 2267th Regiment in Langke Town entered the Wango Mountains, and the 2268th Regiment entered the Pangkang Mountains!”

Mengnai has a population of 50,000, and the more than 3,000 people stationed there can mobilize up to 2,000 militia troops. Such 5,000 people are already the maximum strength in Susa’s hands.

When various units of the Southern Shan State Army withdrew into the dense virgin jungle, the Army’s 1st Combined Brigade also entered the plain area where Mongban County is located along Highway 45.

Three Mi-24 armed helicopters took the lead in the front, controlling air superiority. There were two Intruder attack aircraft circling higher up, ready to provide air support to the ground at any time.

At an altitude of 10,000 meters, a Red Alert reconnaissance aircraft hovered above the clouds, using various instruments and equipment to scan Mengban County and the surrounding forests within a radius of 100 kilometers, and reported the findings to the ground processing center.

“Brigadier Commander, the 1st Battalion has entered Mongban County and is occupying Mongban County government buildings and important facilities. There has been no resistance for the time being. When the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion entered the Southern Shan State Army’s barracks, they found that people were already at the entrance of the building. , leaving only the camp that was riddled with holes.” On the Nujiang Bridge, Xu Qian was riding an armored infantry fighting vehicle as soon as he crossed the river, when Chief of Staff Wu Hu stepped forward to report on the situation of the vanguard troops.

“As expected.” Xu Qian got off the car, looked at the cliffs and dense forests on both sides of the Nu River, and said, “They must really want to wait for our troops to enter Mengban County to take control, and then get out of the jungle. Come out to engage in harassment warfare and guerrilla warfare.”

“Let the first battalion be careful. There should be 2.5 troops left by the Southern Shan State Army in Mengban City to fight harassment.” Xu Qian ordered again.

These remaining Southern Wa State Army soldiers may be just militia guerrillas with poor combat effectiveness, but the advantage is that they are all locals, familiar with the terrain, and have a popular base. They hide in the corner of Kaka in Mengban County and suddenly come out to fight. A cold shot is quite annoying.

“Brigade Commander!” At this time, a staff officer came to report: “The Air Force’s reconnaissance plane discovered traces of the enemy!”

Then he handed the tablet in his hand to Xu Qian.

Xu Qian took it and took a look, good guy, there are at least a dozen marked points in the mountainous area around Mengban. Each marked point has less than a hundred people and as many as three to five hundred people. There are even two small towns in the south of Mengban. There is also a group of Southern Wa State Army soldiers moving towards the Nu River in the town, apparently trying to cross the river.

“A bunch of rats.” Xu Qian sneered.