Chapter 119: Burmese jade

"A group of 13 people secretly left the farm. At the beginning, we still walked along the road. Later, we were afraid of being tracked, so we drilled in the woods, bypassed the Wanding port, waded across the Menggu River, and entered Burmese jade. , Became a trousers.
Why are they called trousers? Because the people of Burmese jade from China, generally speaking, there are mainly two kinds of people, one is an educated youth like us; the other is a veteran in the mainland; and when crossing the border, they need to cross the Menggu River. . The river is very shallow, and you can wade through the water by pulling up your trousers. Therefore, those of us who used to be called trousers by the locals.
When we arrived at Mianyu, it was already a month later when we saw Bao Yan’s brother Bao Qixia. Bao Qixia was already a brigade commander at that time. There was a team of about 3,000 people under his command, which was divided into two regiments. One regiment was full of trousers like ours, with more than 1,300 people, and the second regiment was all Wa ethnic group. More, about 1,500 people, as well as personnel from the heavy weapons company and guard company directly under the brigade headquarters, as well as some communications, logistics, and medical personnel.
Because of my relationship, the ten male compatriots who came here naturally formed a squad. I was the squad leader and belonged to the third platoon of the guard company directly under the brigade department. Yanlai and their three lesbians were assigned to the direct communications team of the brigade department to be in charge of the radio station.
Bao Qixia welcomed us very much, but the situation he faced was actually not very good.
Beginning in 1966, the Communist Party of Burma began a great purge campaign, killing many people by mistake and causing internal divisions. This gave the Burmese Jade government army an opportunity. They began to aggressively attack the areas controlled by the Burmese Communist Party in 1968, but the Burmese Communist Party has adopted the wrong response strategy, fighting hard battles and bad debts, and only pays attention to the presence of people. The slightest strategy, the result will be lost, even the chairman has been folded in two, and the situation has taken a sharp turn.
Until 1975, that is, the year we arrived in Burma, the base area of ​​the Communist Party of Burma left only a little site in northern Burma close to the China border.
The new chairman Deqin Badengding was good at the beginning. He changed the tactics and policies of the first two terms in time. He relied on the ethnic coalition composed of the Wa mountain people and the bold Chinese and trousers to resist desperately. Leaning on China with his upper back, he finally managed to gain a firm foothold.
However, after the Deqin Baden stabilized the regime, he was not grateful to these ethnic minorities who were able to conquer the war. Instead, he desperately promoted the Burmese to the top and promoted Burmanism, the Wa, Kokang Huaxia, trousers and other non-Burmans. The troops became the target of being squeezed out.
Although this Deqin Badengding himself is considered incorruptible, these promoted senior Burmese cadres are not good enough. Corruption has become a trend, and the life style is very casual. They look for women everywhere, and some even reach out to the lovers of the frontline soldiers. The impact is very bad.
These are not counted, and then another huge mistake was made in the military.
Deqin Baden Ding was too old to move, so he stayed still in Bangsang, and all the troops around him, all combats aimed at the death of Bangsang, fighting the guerrilla warfare that should have been flexible and mobile. Fought a war of attrition between the position and the attack.
Originally, the CPK’s troops were smaller and inferior in equipment than the government troops. No matter how hard it hits, the loss of the troops will be great, especially the troops made up of excluded ethnic minorities. They are desperately fighting every time. Before, but after the war, not only did they fail to get rewards for reasons, but they often had to bear the scapegoat of defeat, and even their supplies were not guaranteed. Everyone was grieving.
At this moment, something far-reaching happened.
Trousers are notorious for being funny and having a bad mouth. There is no entertainment in the local area. The trousers returning from the front line almost always play cards, drink and brag about it day and night, criticizing the superiors for it is commonplace.
At that time, there were three middle-level cadres of trousers. They were all the backbones who had been trained for many years. They criticized a few words about the corruption of their superiors when they were playing cards. As a result, a dozen of them gathered together with them. All the trousers were arrested. After severe torture, some people were beaten and said that they were using cards as a cover to prepare for the riot. A large number of trousers were implicated and one of the middle-level cadres was shot dead on the spot.
This incident caused great dissatisfaction among the trousers, because everyone knows that this is an internal struggle of the Communist Party of Burma, preparing to clean the trousers. The direct consequence of this incident was that a large number of trousers applied to leave the team to return to China, and the indirect consequence was that the entire group of trousers lost their trust in the top leaders of the Burmese Communist Party. In fact, according to my opinion, the influence of the latter is greater and worse.
You must know that the trousers are notoriously powerful in the army of the Communist Party of Burma, because there are a large number of Chinese veterans in the team. These people were originally very high in quality and training level, and after being tested in actual combat, their style was extremely tenacious and belonged to the elite of the elite. The large number of these people left was tantamount to a draw from the bottom of the pan for the weakening of the Burmese Communist Party, and the loss of trust led to the disintegration of the Burmese Communist Party.
In this situation, the Kachin, Wa, Kokang Huaxia, Shan State, trousers, etc. began to form small hills according to their ethnicity, origin, distance and relatives, and the number of control troops, and they fought openly and secretly. , Fighting for benefits, the leader of the army gradually degenerates into a mountain king.
We arrived at this time and undoubtedly helped Bao Qixia. Although we are not many people, when other trousers began to apply to leave the team and return to China, and some even fled directly, his army actually had new trousers to join. , Which makes him very face.
However, Bao Qixia himself is from the Wa ethnic group and went to school in China. His military command skills were all trained in China. Even his parents still live in China. Now he commands a team of 3,000 people and is powerful in combat. The team, how can you rest assured against him? Some people always want to find opportunities to fix him and get him down.
In the battle, it is too easy to find opportunities to fix people.
It just so happened that shortly after I arrived in Myanmar and joined the army, the long-planned 7510 military operation started.
According to the combat plan formulated by the upper-level leaders of the Burmese Communist Party, the minimum combat objective of the 7510 military operation is to occupy the Mengxiu area located west of the Salween River and east of the Namban River, and establish new base areas. Our 6803 brigade is the first combat unit. The combat mission is to penetrate directly behind Mengxiu's enemy, cut off the connection between Mengxiu's defenders and the rear, form an encirclement and sniper the reinforcement enemy.
After receiving the combat mission, the brigade commander met to formulate a combat plan. The two regiments feigned on the upper reaches of the Salween River, and the first regiment attacked on the lower reaches of the Salween River. In addition to the deployment of a platoon followed by the second regiment, the brigade command and heavy firepower company deployed a platoon and second regiment. The guard company and reconnaissance platoon followed a regiment.
The reason for this distribution is not because Bao Qixia is the Wa people want to protect their troops, but compared to other troops, a group composed of all trousers, although the number is small, but the combat effectiveness is much higher. In Myanmar In Yu's battle, trousers have always been the main force.
Before we set off, Deqin Baden personally went to the military district auditorium in Bangsang to see us off, and left the brave words of meeting west of the Salween River. By the way, this Salween River is actually our China's Nu River.
However, this battle has been doomed to a failure from the beginning.
In mid-November, our brigade was dispatched, and as usual, the reconnaissance platoon opened first. Our class was anxious to do meritorious service because of the new arrivals, so we applied to join the investigation platoon and organized it into a strengthened investigation platoon, which was regarded as the vanguard of the vanguard.
We took a radio station and set off. The task was to reconnaissance and determine the location of crossing the river, and to find the best breakthrough on both banks of the 150-kilometer stretch of river between Manxiang in the north and Biegang Mountain in the south. However, when our team rushed to the scheduled ferry along the Salween River, we discovered that no one could be found on the river or on the riverside!
You must know that the terrain on both sides of the Salween River is high and steep. There are no bridges on both sides of the Salween River. The traffic has always been dependent on ships. Therefore, there have always been a lot of ships on the river. But in this situation, there can only be one. Explanation:
Our action plan has been leaked, the enemy is prepared, they have controlled all the ships!
When we discovered this situation, we immediately reported it with the forward-pointer on the radio. The forward-pointer ordered us to continue the investigation, find a ferry where we can cross the river, and organize local Yi tribe sailors.
We walked through the rugged jungle for five days along the rugged river bank, and finally determined two crossing points, one is Na Gao in the upper reaches, and the other is Wan Xin, which is 100 kilometers downstream.
Based on the results of our investigation, the former finger decided on a plan for crossing the river: the second regiment moved from Nagao to cross the river, attracted and mobilized enemy defenders along the river, and proceeded westward, crossed the Nanban River via Danyang, and then turned around and arrived south. Meimiao: After crossing the river from Wanxin, our regiment crossed the Nanban River near Wansen, heading towards Kitimansan, and merged with the second regiment near Meimiao, cutting off direct contact between the enemy of Mengxiu and the rear. , Forming a circle. "