Chapter 305 Military Planning
The Myanmar government army does not have a regiment level organization. The government army has major military regions and several mobile divisions. The division level is directly below the battalion level, with a battalion of about 2,100 people.
In terms of number of people, a battalion of the Myanmar government army is almost equivalent to a regiment of the Chinese army.
As a main battalion under the Northern Military Region under the Myanmar Government Army, Chiron has been stationed in Myitkyina, Kachin State for the past two years. The Kokang King Peng Jiasheng, who was very riot in the 1960s and 1970s, suddenly lived in seclusion in the late 1970s and 1970s. The entire Kachin Army had no leader, so the government army easily controlled most of the Kachin State.
But what was unexpected was that King Kokang, who had lived in seclusion for several years, suddenly made a comeback and rose strongly in a very short period of time. Not only did he crush the loose Kachin army into a fist, but he also equipped with advanced weapons from some unknown place, and the government army was defeated.
Under the mountainous and forested landforms of northern Myanmar, the number of troops is no longer the key factor in determining a war. Just like before Peng Jiasheng's rise again, the entire Kachin State had troops of more than 50,000 people, and ten battalions alone had troops of more than 20,000 people garrisoned.
But in this case, Peng Jiasheng only used a small group of elite suicide squads of about ten people to directly take over the Northeast Military Region Command stationed in Myitkyina.
As a result, after losing the highest command organization, the troops of more than 20,000 people immediately turned into a mess and were driven out of Myitkyina by the Kachin army with only a few thousand people. Among them, Chiron's main battalion was wrapped in a confused manner and retreated again and again by the defeated army...
For a professional soldier, this kind of confused failure is the greatest shame for Chiron.
When the defeated army gained a foothold after retreating for hundreds of kilometers, Chiron also led his men to launch a counterattack against the Kachin army. However, although the Kachin army had a small number, they occupied the geographical advantage. Using the narrow terrain, the Kachin army could only block the counterattack of thousands of government troops with only a few hundred people.
In northern Myanmar, there are dangerous terrain that can only be opened by a man. As long as the Kachin army occupied these dangerous terrain, no matter how many government troops were, they would be helpless.
In this case, Chiron proposed to go north along the Bindun River from the western front, and then raid the Kachin army-controlled Mogan through the Wulu River.
This plan seems to be a good plan, but it is very difficult to implement. The Western Front is not as easy as the Central Line and the Eastern Line. In the 1980s, there were almost no roads on both sides of the Qindun River. Although the government forces could mobilize only more than a dozen inland gunboats, this 30-ton small gunboat could not attract many people at all.
If Chiron's troops want to follow the gunboats all the way north, they need to open up a path in the primitive jungle and the mountains.
This is a very dangerous and difficult task. The straight-line distance from Griva to Hongmalin, the small town where the government troops boarded the ship, exceeded 200 kilometers, and almost all of them were unmanned areas in the middle. Moreover, the water volume of the Qindun River in September was still very large. If you go forward in such a situation, it would be no exaggeration to say that it is basically equivalent to dying.
There is no road on the Western Front! This is something that the Kachin Army knows, so the Kachin Army is not on guard at all in the west.
There is no need to defend at all, so nature has already established the best line of defense for the Kachin Army.
Of course, Chiron also knew that this route was difficult, but since he proposed this method, he had already figured out how to deal with it.
The way Chiron opened the route from the Western Front was simple and rough. After all, it was a government army, so Chiron directly asked his superiors for more than 300 elephants and used the elephants to directly open the way in the jungle.
With elephants clearing the way on land, and gunboats transporting supplies along the river, Chiron's main battalion made smooth progress on the western front. Although they walked more than half a month from Griva to Honmalin, they also opened up a road from south to north, which is still of great strategic significance.
In the 1980s, Hongmalin was just a small village, far from the appearance of an important town in northern Shijibang thirty years later. After Chiron's troops arrived in Hongmalin, they only made some repairs and supplemented supplies, and followed the gunboat all the way eastward.
After arriving at Wulu River, it is easier to walk on both sides of Wulu River because some owners at the entrance of the jade field will transport the jadeite raw stones from here to Hongmalin, and then take a boat from Hongmalin to Yangon, so there is still a dirt road here.
In this way, Chiron's troops walked along the Wulu River for three days, completed the journey of about a hundred kilometers, and then took advantage of the night to directly raid the Damkan Mine Area.
The battle at Mogedichangkou was progressing very smoothly. The warehouse area in the mining area centered on Mogedichangkou was set up not far from the south bank of Wulu River. The heavy firepower on the gunboat could easily attack the warehouse area. Especially the two 37mm high-level dual-purpose cannons, which are simply unsolvable killing weapons here.
Chiron knew very well that once the battle started here, the Hangba Field Office on the other side of Yuewan Mountain would definitely know. Therefore, Chiron adhered to the principle of speed of military service. While leaving behind several gunboats and hundreds of soldiers to continue to encircle and suppress the Mogdian Field Office, he led the main force to advance quickly, and strive to directly capture the Hangba Field Office before he had time to react.
After all, this is a jade mining area. Although there are big pits everywhere, there are roads everywhere - whether it is to transport jadeite rough stones with elephants or transport jadeite rough stones with people, roads are needed.
The main force led by Chiron quickly bypassed Yuewan Mountain and arrived at this mining area centered on Hangbachangkou. This mining area is also the hinterland of the Damukan mining area. As long as you occupy this place, the entire Damukan mining area will be completely captured.
According to the guidance of the guide, Chiron knew that the building standing on a small high ground was the common warehouse area of several entrances of this mining area.
"Battery Commander, this warehouse area is not easy to chew. Judging from this posture, there must be preparations here. Look, the fires on the cordon have been burned, and there are machine guns on the four corners. If we attack rashly, the brothers will suffer a lot."
"Yes, this area is about thirty meters higher than the other side of the river, and it is very far from the river. Our gunboats cannot support it. They can't fill it with their lives, but they can't fill this big pit!"
The one who spoke was the deputy battalion commander and the other was the company commander of the first company, both of Chiron's most trusted subordinates. Chiron led several of the most important subordinates and some soldiers, in a forest less than 400 meters away from the warehouse area, using a telescope to look at the situation there, discussing how to take down the warehouse area.
The company commander of the Second Company looked at the company commander with disdain and said, "Sir, let us join the second company! Our second company guarantees to take this warehouse area. And didn't the guide just now? There is a warehouse set up in this warehouse area. This warehouse area has been open for a year, but it has not transported jade out of it. It is all piled in this warehouse. If we take this warehouse, we can get at least thousands of tons of jade! With this money, the battalion commander, your strength will immediately soar, and the hard work we have come from these days will be worth it."
As Chiron's right-hand man, the first company commander and the second company commander were incompatible. As long as the war was not involved, the competition between the two of them was still very fierce.
Of course Chiron knew the value of this warehouse. Taking the warehouse not only means completely taking the entrance of this area, but also getting thousands of tons of jadeite rough stones. At the Moglien entrance just now, there were only three or four hundred tons of jadeite rough stones in a huge warehouse area, which disappointed Chiron.
The reason why he proposed such a military plan and personally led his soldiers to attack from the Western Front was that the Kachin Army was indeed unprepared on the Western Front, and the other more important reason was that this was the jade mining area.
Although they are affiliated with the government army, there are also mountains within the government army. If they can bring all the jadeites from the three mining areas of Damukan, Xiangdong and Lao Pagan to their own hands along the way during this military operation, it would undoubtedly be a huge fortune.
People die for money and birds die for food! Faced with such a high value of jade, Chiron is not moved, that is lies.
The deputy battalion commander said: "Boss, if we use RPG to knock out the four corner buildings of this warehouse, we will have a greater loss, and it is not impossible to get the warehouse area. Although this warehouse area occupies a good territory and has a strong wall, once the four corner buildings that threaten the most will be knocked out, our people will definitely be able to break through. As long as we can reach the bottom of the wall, the warehouse will not be able to escape!"
After a pause, the deputy battalion commander continued, "Look, although the lights of the four corner buildings have turned off, we are not without flares. We have allowed our people to carry the bazooka and stand in place. With a few flares, our people can launch the bazooka immediately and knock out these four in one go..."
Before the deputy battalion commander could finish his words, Chiron discovered in horror that his most heartfelt deputy had suddenly become like a watermelon smashed by a big hammer, and it was split in front of Chiron's eyes.
Chiron even clearly saw that the blood gushed out of his neck because of his loss of his head was two or three meters high. The blood that fell was like a heavy rain, which made Chiron look all over his head and face.
And that's not the end. I just insisted on leading the team to capture the second company commander in the warehouse area. There was a big hole at my waist. This big hole was so big that Chiron could even see the legs of the first company commander through this big hole. The second company commander's upper body and lower body were only two flesh and blood...
A ball of blood suddenly burst out from the thigh of the fourth company commander on the opposite side, and then the entire thigh of the fourth company commander suddenly disappeared, and some fine bones splattered on Chiron's arm. The soldiers next to him were also missing their arms and legs in an instant, and a soldier's chest broke a big hole...
Chapter completed!