Chapter 683: On their own

Benqiang Town, from the map, is just a small, humble town on the southern end of the Kachin Plateau. Highway 311 passes through the city. The strategic location is not very important, but now it has made Than Shwe restless. Of a thorn.
Because, from here, along Highway 311, only 25 kilometers away, is the strategically important Tekyain, and Tekyain is important because of a bridge, a highway bridge connecting the two banks of the Irrawaddy!
Highway 311 crosses the turbulent Irrawaddy River from this bridge, connecting Mu Adam on the east bank with Tigoyain on the west bank, and 20 kilometers to the north of this bridge is Tai Gongdang!
If the Kachin Independence Army takes further action and takes control of the bridge, it means that the Kachin people can continuously send reinforcements to the Taigongtang area, and can even move south along the Irrawaddy River at any time to attack Mandalay. !
This is something that Than Shwe will never tolerate!
Enemy, this is forcing myself to go north as soon as possible.
Dan Rui stared quietly at the military map, and finally came to a conclusion after a long time.
This is a conspiracy, and it is a conclusion that every commander standing in his position can draw, and he believes that the enemy's attacking posture is declaring to him that the enemy is also determined to win. !
Although Than Shwe did not know when the three forces of Xie Li, Peng Jia Sheng, and Kachin Independence Army were brought together, at least one thing he knew was that there must be some change in the Communist Party of Burma, and this change. For government forces, it is by no means a good thing.
How long has it been since the Burmese Communist Party has failed to launch a large-scale operation?
Than Shwe thought about it for a while and discovered that since the "7510" campaign in 1975, apart from the sudden emergence of the Ministry of Xie Li last year, the "Civilian Military Forces" had not conducted a unified operation of this scale for many years. He knew that this was the "Communist Burma". "The internal fragmentation was caused by the fact that they had to dormant in the face of powerful government forces.
According to the latest intelligence, there are at least three regiments of nearly 5,000 troops in the Peng Jia voice group assembled in Maben, which can almost be regarded as coming out, and the Kachin Independence Army, which has occupied Benqian, also has two regiments with more than 3,000 members. From the above point of view, the enemy has achieved a partial advantage!
After receiving these two pieces of information, the original Burmese government troops stationed in the Taigongdang area have changed their original strategy of continuously attacking and suppressing the activities of the "Mindiwu" guerrillas in the area, and they have begun to strengthen the defenses of their respective garrisons. Fortifications to deal with the next enemy attack, and the undisguised assembly of the Kokang Army and the Kachin Independence Army is telling him that they will not give up easily to Tai Gong!
Of course, Than Shwe does not think that these "civil-district military" armed forces will have any effect on the semi-mechanized mixed forces that are heading northward in his hand. On the contrary, he thinks this is the right thing. It is an excellent opportunity to lure the enemy out of the deep mountains and dense forests and wipe out its viable power in one fell swoop.
After many years of warfare tests, he knows deeply that modern warfare has long passed the ignorant period that can be won by relying on "human sea tactics". No matter how many enemies, when faced with the dual superiority of the air and the ground, they cannot It's a group of lambs that can only be slaughtered.
Since you want a decisive battle recklessly, then the decisive battle is good!
Than Rui clenched his fist, punched his fist on the table, and shouted loudly: "Order, the whole army sets out, you must arrive at Taigong within 72 hours!"
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"report!"
"Come in."
At a military camp in the dense forest, a communication soldier handed over the message to Xie Li who was checking the military map. After Xie Li opened it, he handed it to Lin Mingxian who was standing aside and said, "Old Lin, it seems , The time has come."
Lin Mingxian smiled and said, "Tan Rui seems to be really anxious. He was harassed so fast by Commander Peng all the way, so it's too fair."
Xie Li quipped: "Old Peng is giving his son-in-law a punch, can you not work hard?"
A blush flashed across Lin Mingxian's face, and he coughed twice to cover up the embarrassment on the face before he said, "I'm talking about business, don't interrupt."
Xie Li smiled and said, "Well, what is the position of the old man's team at present?"
Lin Mingxian picked up the red pen and ticked a circle on the map: "The news I received an hour ago, now they are here."
Xie Li glanced at it and laughed: "This place is good. It's less than 20 kilometers away from Taigongdang. It is the intersection of forest and plain. They hide in the woods. They can keep threats at any time and let Dan Rui The mechanized troops of China have nothing to do with him, really an old fox."
Lin Mingxian replied: "The old man also fought the old war. If nothing else, this tactical vision is definitely not wrong."
Xie Li asked again: "What about the Kachin Independence Army?"
"They, they have been repairing since they took down the Qiang, except for sending a small group of troops to harass Tikoya's defenders every day, they basically did nothing."
Xie Li frowned slightly, and then he was relieved: "I didn't expect them to do better. It was the best result that the Burmese army in Sagaing Province would not dare to enter the Taigongdang area by taking down the Qiang. After all, it’s just a friendly army and can’t ask for more.

Lin Mingxian sighed softly: "Yes, after all, it is just a friendly army. Some time ago, my father and I visited the chairman of the Kachin Independence Army in Kachin. However, I think his thoughts are a bit complicated. The personal relationship convinced Chief of Staff Du Jae that this action will not be approved."
The Kachin nationality is actually the Jingpo nationality in China. In Burmese jade, their largest habitat is the Kachin Plateau, which is located on the North Burmese Plateau, across the Gaoligong Mountain from China. The mountains are dense and the roads are difficult to walk, but it is one of the main specialties of Burmese jade-teak. Main producing area.
After the bankruptcy of the Panglong Agreement, the Kachin nationality also established its own armed forces in 1961 to protect their own interests-the Kachin Independence Army. The original leaders were the three Zao Dan brothers, because Kachin State has the most complicated terrain in Burmese jade. The plateau, coupled with the heroic fighting of the Kachin people, and the financial support of teak, which was almost the largest export material of Burmese jade at the time, under the leadership of the three brothers, the Kachin Independence Army grew into the largest national autonomy of Burmese jade. One of the armed forces is also one of the strongest ethnic autonomous armed forces in northern Myanmar. The entire Kachin State is under the actual control of the Independence Army, except for the capital Myitkyina and the limited area around the important town of Bhamo.
However, the good times did not last long. With the growth of strength, the Kachin Independence Army also had great contradictions due to competing for power and interests. In 1975, the year when the "7510" campaign was launched, the contradiction finally Irreconciliation caused a big fire within the Kachin Independence Army. The three Zao Dan brothers were killed, and Zao Dan became chairman.
It is precisely because of this conflagration and the fact that the Kachin Independence Army was originally "heard and not listen" to the Communist Party of Burma, which led to its withdrawal from the coordinated action of the "7510" campaign organized by the Communist Party of Burma, which also became the "7510". "One of the external factors for the defeat of the battle.
However, although Zaomai succeeded in gaining power, it was not able to achieve monopoly. After the Kachin Independence Army, huge internal rifts appeared. Several major leaders seemed to be in harmony with each other, and they all controlled a man. The chairman was the strongest early, and the chief of staff was the second. The Kachin Independence Army who participated in the operation was under the jurisdiction of the chief of staff. Therefore, it is better to say that the Kachin Independence Army participated in this operation. It is more appropriate to say that Dojae participated in this operation.
This also caused a problem. Although Dozai agreed with Peng Jiasheng and Lin Mingxian’s plans, he alone could not represent the views of the entire Kachin Independence Army, and he could not command or even command the troops that were not affiliated with him. Dare to fully support Peng Jiasheng's actions-after all, he can't put all of his old books in. If he is taken advantage of by early steps, wouldn't he lose all his old books?
Of course Xie Li knew the hidden secrets, so although he was worried about the Kachin Independence Army's inability to implement the original plan to win the Tikoyan and even the bridge across the river, he still understands it.
He rubbed his cheeks vigorously, and stood up and said to Lin Mingxian, "Since the Kachin Independence Army did not expect to do more, then that's fine. We still have to rely on ourselves."
Lin Mingxian also laughed and said: "Yes, regardless of them, we rely on ourselves. This is the first tough battle that our "815 Military Region" has fought since the establishment of the "815 Military Region". Master Xie, give an order!"