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: War in Northern Shan State

The Taunggyi region of Southern Shan State is not just the frontline battlefield where the Corps launches its offensive against the Burmese military government.

The Lashio area and Naoqiu and other places in Northern Shan State were also attacked by the legion.

The situation in northern Shan State is more complicated.

Northern Shan State Army guerrillas are active in the mountainous areas east and south of the capital city of Lashio.

This force is an armed Shan ethnic group that once participated in the Burmese United Army. Later, after the Burmese United Army collapsed, this force became entrenched in the northern Shan State area.

Ten years ago, the commander-in-chief of this force accepted the security conditions proposed by the Burmese government, and most of them laid down their weapons and accepted reorganization.

However, Lei Pan, then deputy chief of staff of the Northern Shan State Army and commander of the 1st Brigade, refused to accept the reorganization. He led his troops to be active in the primitive jungles of Northern Shan State and continued to expand his leadership to five brigades with nearly 10,000 people. .

Another warlord separatist force active in northern Shan State is the Ta’ang Army.

The predecessor of the De’ang Army was the Benglong Tribe Armed Forces, a tribal armed group formed by the Benglong Tribe chieftains. They later reached a ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar government.

But just like some people in the Northern Shan State Army were unwilling to surrender to the Burmese government, many people in the Benglong tribe did not want to surrender to the Burmese government, so they established a separate Ta’ang Army and joined the ethnic armed front organized by Bao Jiaxiang at the time.

The Ta’ang Army, the Northern Shan State Army, the Kokang Army, the Wa State Army, and the Mongla Army are all military allies within this ethnic armed front.

Officers have long been dispatched to the Wa State Military Academy in Bangkang, the capital of the Wa State, for further study. The Wa State Army also supports these military allies with weapons, equipment, funds and personnel training.

When the Myanmar military took advantage of the civil strife of the Kokang Army a few years ago, armed forces entered the Kokang area and tried to occupy the Kokang area. They were attacked by guerrillas from the Northern Shan State Army and the Ta’ang Army.

Mrauk-U, then commander of the Northeastern Military Region of the Burmese Army and now Minister of Defense of the Burmese military government, once reprimanded five military armed groups headed by the Wa State Army for participating in military operations to attack the Burmese army.

These five military armed groups were named, including the Ta’ang Army and the Northern Shan State Army.

Now there are only some remnants of the Kokang Army in Northern Shan State, and the larger separatist armed forces include the Northern Shan State Army of nearly ten thousand people, the Ta’ang Army of two to three thousand people, and the Kachin Army’s guerrillas are still active.

In addition, the Myanmar military’s eastern front and northern front are staggered in defense in northern Shan State.

The Burmese Army’s three motorized infantry divisions, two local infantry divisions, one artillery division, as well as some independent brigades and independent battalions are stationed in Nau Chiu, Hsipaw, Lashio, Muse, Lao Cai and other important towns in northern Shan State. , a total of about 50,000 people.

As early as the first wave of late-night air strikes by the Corps, in addition to Naypyitaw, the capital of central Myanmar, and the military towns of Taungoo, Meiktila, and Mandalay, there were also Taunggyi City, the capital of the Southern Shan State Autonomous Region, and Northern Shan State. Lashio City, the capital of the autonomous region, is also one of the targets of the Corps’ air strikes.

On the night of the air raid, Corps ground forces also launched an attack on these areas.

The legion unit attacking northern Shan State is the Third Route Army, which consists of the 1st Mountain Brigade, the 5th Guard Brigade, the 6th Guard Brigade, the 2nd Armed Helicopter Group, and the 2nd Transport Helicopter Group.

The combination of these troops is configured to better conduct airborne assault operations in mountainous environments.

Under the command of the Third Route Army Commander Sun Hao, the Third Route Army conducted airborne operations in the areas controlled by the Northern Shan State Army.

Thousands of troops, mainly mountain brigades and supplemented by security brigades, parachuted into Mengma County, the home base of the Northern Shan State Army, in just a few hours.

This is a mountainous county located more than 100 kilometers southeast of Lashio City. It is surrounded by a mountainous environment with complex terrain for 100 kilometers.

Mountains and primeval forests in other areas have topographical veins, or narrow valleys carved by rivers.

But Mengma County is different. The mountainous area where it is located is like a box of ice cream in a child’s hand, stirred into chaos.

In addition, this is the northwest area of the Shan State Plateau, and the mountainous terrain is even more complicated.

The Northern Shan State Army entrenched here is developing under the noses of the areas controlled by the Burmese Army, but the Burmese Army has nothing they can do.

The Myanmar military has established an air special service brigade and also has the idea of carrying out airborne operations against these guerrilla nests entrenched in complex mountainous areas.

But now it is the troops of the Corps who are taking the lead in airborne operations against Meng Ma County, the home base of the Northern Shan State Army.

Two brigades and nearly 4,000 Northern Shan State Army soldiers stationed in Meng Ma County were subjected to aerial bombardments by Corps attack aircraft and helicopter gunships late at night.

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The military camps, strongholds and other facilities were clearly visible under the aerial view of the Red Police Air Force. The Legion’s raid directly defeated the Northern Shan State Army. Countless soldiers escaped from the military camps and military strongholds and got into the dense virgin jungle to avoid the bombing. .

As a local guerrilla force, the Shan State Army lacks heavy weapons and anti-aircraft weapons. Faced with the sudden aerial bombardment by the Legion, the Northern Shan State Army has no resistance at all.

Compared with other separatist armed forces whose territories are all connected together, the control areas of the Northern Shan State Army are relatively scattered. Of the five brigades, only the 1st and 2nd brigades are in Meng Ma County, and the other three brigades are in other guerrilla areas. on district territory.

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Therefore, the Legion only carried out bombing and air raids on the base of the Northern Shan State Army, and easily removed the command system of the Northern Shan State Army.

Lei Pan, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Shan State Army, was beaten to death in his headquarters by the legionnaires who rushed in before he knew which force was attacking him.

After losing the command center, the Northern Shan State Army in Meng Ma County fell into chaos and was quickly annihilated by the army.

After occupying Mengma County, the Third Army of the Legion divided into two groups.

The attack was launched all the way from the northern Wa State to the Kokang area. The Myanmar Army has a motorized infantry division stationed in this area for a long time.

All the way from Mengma County to Lashio City at the foot of the mountain, the Myanmar Army’s troops in northern Shan State were cut into two parts.

At the same time, the troops of the Second Route Army assisted the First Route Army in taking over Nansang County and Kelin County, and then moved north along the highway, occupying areas controlled by the Burmese Army in various parts of northern Shan State, and launched attacks on Nau Chiu and Hsipaw. .

The main highway in northern Shan State is Highway No. 3, which extends from Mandalay and passes through Naoqiu, Hsipaw, Lashio, Xingwei and other places, connecting Muse County and Laojie County, which border Long Kingdom. .

Most of this Route 3 is built in a narrow area between mountains, with only the Naoqiu area being relatively open.

The Myanmar Army in northern Shan State also deployed defenses along this line.

The Corps’ offensive in northern Shan State is very simple. It is to cut this line and cut the 50,000 Burma Army troops into small battlefields.

Then eat them one by one! Dry.