Chapter 1402: Than Shwe’s dilemma

The presence of Burmese jade in the world is not high, and there is almost no attention, especially when the eyes of the international community are all paying attention to the US army’s rampant increase of troops in the Gulf and the tense confrontation with Ikla. The rupture hardly caused any waves-but the lack of international attention does not mean that the people in Myanmar are not concerned.
At least Than Shwe, who was entrenched in Mandalay, smelled an unusual breath from it.
After the defeat of the 86th coup, Than Shwe took the old President U Nai Win and withdrew to Mandalay. Subsequently, a series of major incidents occurred in Yangon. "Interim President" Wu Shenglun stepped down, Su Maung took over the transitional government, and various people including him. The leaders of the military region energized the Myanmar jade peace plan, and one year later, the national elections, the "NLD" led by Yang Shanji won the power unpredictably... These ensuing changes changed the political ecological environment of Myanmar jade. The military government system that has ruled Burmese jade for many years has been destroyed, but in Than Shwe’s view, all this has not been able to fundamentally change the political pattern of Burmese jade.
And he also knows that, on the surface, although Burmese Yu has achieved a democratically elected civil government, in fact, the armed forces still play an important role, and they still have the supreme authority in the actual control areas of the military regions!
The elected cabinet of the
NLD
has no binding or compulsive force to implement its policies outside the control area of ​​the Southern Military Region. The major military regions only deal with the
DLD
on the face of the
government
Su’s appearance. The cabinet "listens not to the announcement," and even in the southern military region centered on Yangon, if it weren't for the "traitor" U Khin Nyunt, he also joined the "NLD" and became an active promoter of its policy. I am afraid that the ability to push administrative orders will be greatly reduced.
To put it bluntly, Burmese Jade is currently just pulling a banner of an elected civilian government. The five military regions and the "civil, land, and military" are in charge of their own, and they are in a state of separatism with their own calculations and their own lives.
In fact, speaking of it, there is nothing wrong with this, but for people with high ambitions, they are obviously not satisfied with this situation.
For example, Yang Shan Ji who aspired to become the true successor of his father's career.
Another example is General Wu Qin Niu who relied on the "86 Incident" to grasp the entire military power in one fell swoop.
Of course, it also includes Than Shwe himself, as well as the old President Wu Nai-win, who has been ensnared by him, but has always been worried about the loss of the throne of power.
Originally, the "NLD" government that had mastered the center was also able to conduct tacit transactions with the major military regions through means such as fund allocation and logistical supplies because it also mastered justified taxation and foreign trade qualifications, in exchange for these warlords to at least treat the Yangon government Nominal support, but everyone knows that this support has a bottom line and cannot touch the fundamental interests of the major warlords, that is, to change the area under their control or seek to change the actual armed forces of the warlord himself. But here After the last Yangon talks broke down, it was obvious that some people wanted to make small moves.
The first move is Yang Shan Ji.
As soon as the negotiations broke down, the Ministry of National Defense controlled by the "NLD" cabinet wrote the major military regions and asked them to prepare for war to prevent the "Myanmar Liberation Front" and the "Myanmar Military Forces" from tearing up the "temporary armistice agreement." "Initiated a surprise attack.
Well, this is actually an extremely correct nonsense command-although the "Temporary Armistice Agreement" was indeed signed, and it has also been clearly endorsed by all parties, in fact, over the years, there has been little friction in the area controlled by multiple forces. There is no interruption, and incidents of dead people have occurred from time to time, but in general, everyone can restrain the incident within a smaller scope of influence.
Although the order is nonsense, because the Ministry of National Defense has added some logistical materials to everyone, it still has to behave like a move. Therefore, all major military regions, including the Central Military Region, have organized some small-scale operations. In addition to military exercises, in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of National Defense, some troops were added to the forefront positions that confronted the "civil-district armed forces", and the level and strength of security and patrol were increased.
In response to this, the various "civil-district armed forces" organizations immediately reacted fiercely, and correspondingly raised the level and strength of their vigilance and patrols.
Confrontation of this tactic, once started, unless both sides can maintain calm and restraint, otherwise, the next development is predictable-it is normal to increase and upgrade, and to explode some friction from time to time in various places. With the increasing friction and several bloodsheds one after another, the fire on both sides became somewhat overwhelming.
Than Shwe received the order: his military region needs to be mobilized to put pressure on the front lines of War Town and Mogok, and implement military deterrence against the small actions of the "Myanmar Liberation Army".
To be honest, Than Shwe was a bit dissatisfied with this order. First, the "China Democratic League" cabinet originally lacked real binding force on "Military Heads" like him. Regarding the order from this government, he and several others His attitude has always been to carry out his own favor, and the unfavorable will be ignored; second, why should he mobilize his team to perform this task? You know, the first army garrisoned from Mogok to Zhanhuozhen is the first armed force under the "Myanmar Liberation Army", which claims to have an army of 20,000 and the most powerful weaponry!
Than Rui had suffered a big loss in the hands of this unit back then. He knew that this "first hit" was by no means bragging. It was really real, and when he was fighting, Xie Li was only a division. Over the past few years, the development has swelled, and Than Shwe feels that with his own power and the air force stationed at Mandalay Airport, it is not a big problem to defend this big city, but it is necessary to open fortifications to find other people’s trouble. Just grasp...
Even with Than Shwe’s self-confidence, he has to admit that the speed of the development of power in northern Myanmar in recent years has exceeded his expectations. Taigongdang nickel mines, Mogok gemstones and uranium mines have been discovered in other areas of northern Myanmar. The emerald mines have brought huge wealth to northern Myanmar. The "Opium Removal" strongly promoted by the "Myanmar Liberation Front" is gradually eradicating the historical tumor of drugs, and it is also disintegrating countless small groups of anti-"Myanmar Liberation Front" armed forces. He also heard that the big country in the north sent many agricultural technicians into northern Myanmar to teach the villagers who only grow poppies their entire lives to grow grain, tea, coffee and other cash crops. They even helped They have built small-scale machinery plants, fertilizer plants, and cement plants. They are even helping to repair the dilapidated traffic roads in that area...
These measures are changing the balance of power between the two sides bit by bit!
For the big loss he suffered a few years ago, Dan Rui certainly wanted revenge, but he was rationally told that in a small battle, the equipment in his hands and the military literacy of the soldiers are what he fights; in a big battle, he is fighting for logistics and economy. Strength, an old military affair like him certainly understands this truth, and he believes that he can't be said to be superior in these two items.
So he didn't want to continue to upgrade the confrontation level with Xie Li's department, and didn't want to fight Xie Li with a real sword, at least, not now.
But Yangon's ensuing writing put him in a dilemma.