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Text 309 Capture of Mandalay

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    At this juncture, no one expected that a vigorous AA movement would turn into a civil war. The People's Army of the Communist Party of Myanmar, which had been suppressed in remote areas by government forces for many years, suddenly showed amazing combat power and defeated the government forces.  , after conquering Lashio, the People's Army quickly attacked southward, successively captured many important towns such as Xibunao Qiu, and had already invaded Mandalay Province, aiming directly at Mandalay City, an important town in the country.

    The level of the People's Army of the Communist Party of Myanmar has always been considered to be that of the guerrillas. Its strength and talent are not enough to command a large-scale battle above a certain scale. However, under the slogan of "please for the people", the People's Army is unstoppable. The government forces  First, the defense was empty, and second, the will to fight was weak. Coupled with the appearance of a group of leading parties, several battles were fought relatively easily.

    It seems that the Communist Party of Myanmar, which was originally regarded as a scourge, suddenly became a savior at this moment. When the People's Army of the Communist Party of Myanmar entered Lashio, it was even warmly welcomed by the local residents.  The military government, which had already aroused public anger, seemed very confused when facing the sudden appearance of the enemy. The Burmese Communist Party also rose from the level of a military preschool to a master tactician.

    At the same time, the military government¡¯s perverse actions have also attracted worldwide attention and condemnation.  At a regular press conference the day after Myanmar began its violent crackdown on demonstrators, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs severely condemned the Myanmar government's atrocities and urged the Yangon authorities to immediately stop such unjust acts and respect the voice of the people.  (This is called lice not itching on other people¡¯s bodies, right?)

    ¡°Then the Communist Party of Myanmar began military operations and quickly achieved a series of military victories. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs jumped out again.  Because it has been the biggest supporter of the Communist Party of Myanmar for a long time, although it has obviously alienated the Communist Party of Myanmar in recent times, the Communist Party of Myanmar suddenly seems to have taken aphrodisiacs and is invincible. The outside world cannot help but wonder whether China is planning to start another campaign in Southeast Asia.  The wind makes it rain.

    In order to clarify its relationship, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hypocritically stated: "China calls on all parties to remain calm and restrained, believes that communication and dialogue are the best ways to resolve disputes, advocates peaceful means to solve problems, and is willing to fight the civil war in Myanmar."  play an active role in the process of mediation and democratic reform in Myanmar.¡±

    The United States' statement was slightly slower than China's, but the content was roughly the same. Naturally, it was more critical of the atrocities committed by the Burmese military government, and it was equally cautious about the rise of the Burmese Communist Party. After all, the Burmese Communist Party is still a Red Party, even if they shout "Down"  With ideologically confused slogans like "Yangon, National Election", the United States still does not feel that the Burmese Communist Party will fulfill their promises. It is just one dictator overthrowing another dictator.

    Under such an environment, the key battle to determine Myanmar's future destiny, the Battle of Mandalay, broke out.

    After breaking into Mandalay Province, the People's Army of the Communist Party of Myanmar successively conquered Memei, Aniskan and other places, and assembled four genuine People's Army brigades and a regiment of former government army surrenders under the control of a Red Police Battalion, making up about  A force of 1,560 troops surrounded Mandalay in three groups.

    Mandalay is a long north-south city interrupted by the Irrawaddy River. It is also a base camp where the Myanmar government army urgently mobilized troops to prepare for war after facing the challenge of the Burmese Communist Party. The number of troops in Myanmar is only about 100,000.  Mandalay has a B million army and a certain amount of armored vehicles

    When the Burmese government army general Nai Than organized the Mandalay offensive and defense, he instructed his subordinates: "After the rebels of the Burmese Communist Party started to rebel, their military operations were too smooth, which not only encouraged more rebels.  The bad ideas of the Burmese Communist Party have also damaged the prestige of our government and army. Therefore, our army must defeat the Burmese Communist Party with a clean victory and re-establish the respect of the people for us."

    He did not expect that such a decision to insist on a head-on battle on the frontal battlefield would cause the Myanmar government forces to suffer huge losses, completely expose the weak side of the Myanmar government forces, and make some so-called democrats who are clamoring across the country see  When the opportunity came for the Communist Party of Myanmar, they all chose to cooperate with the Communist Party of Myanmar and challenged the military government of the Platform Party.

    Forty kilometers southwest of Aniskan, government troops took the initiative to attack in an attempt to completely secure the main channel from Shan State into Mandalay Province.  The Memyu River Niskan line is a plain valley about ten kilometers wide between two mountains. It is basically the only way to enter the hinterland of Mandalay Province. It was previously captured by the People's Army due to negligence. Now,  In order to stabilize Mandalay's defense line, government forces must recapture this strategic location.

    What faced the government forces head-on was the People's Army's 6ll Brigade, an elite force composed entirely of Red Police Burmese soldiers.  Although the equipment is far different from other Red Police units, it mainly consists of light weapons and two artillery battalions with a total of 3 and 2 howitzers.  But even this kind of equipment is something that the Myanmar government forces have almost never encountered.

    After detecting the enemy's situation, the elite 6ll Brigade quickly deployed artillery positions. When the government troops entered the firing range, the artillery troops of the 6ll Brigade immediately shelled the government troops who were still marching.  Although the government troops have a large number of people, they rarely engage in frontal battles of this level. Basically, theyThey were fighting guerrilla rebels in the mountains and jungles, but this was their first experience of serious ground combat.

    Because there is no artillery sighting radar, there are no balloons or drones for calibrating and sighting, and these artillery guns are basically the earliest imitations of the Soviet Union in New China. They are no longer useful. They are not accurate in the Burmese formation.  It's extremely high, but its deterrence is jaw-dropping.  The shelling, which lasted for more than ten minutes, actually completely defeated this aggressive government army. The government army that had planned to attack Aniskan in one fell swoop retreated hastily.

    The 6ll Brigade immediately pursued the victory. They had obtained the truck provided by the forward base, and they had completed the initial stage of motorization. The government troops ran on two legs, and the 6ll Brigade pursued them in trucks, so there was no suspense about the more mobile People's Army.  After cutting off the retreat of the government troops, the two sides exchanged fire again. Although this battle did not include the previous artillery bombardment, the demoralized government troops were beaten severely by the infantry of the 6ll Brigade without even massing firepower.

    More than 600 government troops were killed and more than 1,000 people were captured. On the other hand, only four people from the 6ll brigade were killed and about 20 people were injured.

    " Stabilizing the passage of the valley basically means that the People's Army has once again taken the initiative in the offensive and defensive battle of Mandalay.  Without giving the government troops more time to prepare, Chairman Ba ??Thengding of the Communist Party of Myanmar ordered the entire army to encircle Mandalay in three ways. The 6ll Brigade went west to cut off Mandalay's access to Yangon, and the 10l Brigade went north to prevent the government troops from heading north.  After fleeing, the 610th Brigade and the 614th Brigade, together with the newly formed 9th Independent Regiment, attacked the front of Mandalay and attacked this important town in Myanmar.

    Even though the forward troops were completely wiped out, Burmese General Nai Than still did not believe that the People's Army was stronger than the government forces, but attributed it to the incompetence and carelessness of his men. Therefore, he gave up the policy of holding on to the scorched earth, but still took the initiative to attack.  Naidan gathered his most precious twenty-odd 106mm Nl0IAl artillery pieces imported from the United States that year, and also set up his own seemingly decent artillery positions to bombard the People's Army soldiers and horses.

    But he never expected that the People's Army had much more artillery than he did. The 610th Brigade even used the army's largest 2m heavy artillery to bombard Naidan's artillery position and his command post outside the city.  In addition to heavy artillery, the People's Army also launched 10m rocket launchers, 2-meter howitzers, and 15-meter howitzers, almost all types of artillery they owned, and fired fiercely at the Myanmar government forces who did not know the heights of the sky.

    During this artillery exchange, the government troops only persisted for five or six minutes before being silenced by the fierce shelling from the opposite side. A 2mR spoon shell happened to land in the courtyard of the Burmese army headquarters, and the heavy artillery directly bombarded them.  The building collapsed, including the top commander of the theater, General Naidan, who was also killed.

    After losing its backbone, the performance of the government army was even worse. The multi-point assault and division and encirclement tactics adopted by the People's Army made the government army very uncomfortable. Their movement ability was slower than that of the People's Army, so even if they fought for a while, they could escape.  After running a mile or two, they encountered the People's Army troops in the other direction.

    At the beginning, the resistance of the government troops was relatively tenacious, but the government troops, who were beaten to the point of being completely unorganized, became increasingly disorganized in the chaos, and eventually had no choice but to surrender to the Communist Party of Burma.

    The entire Mandalay offensive and defensive battle lasted 61 hours. The 60,000 People's Army troops annihilated more than 5,000 government troops and captured more than 7,000 soldiers. Some troops lost their weapons and fled into the mountains and forests. There were also government incidents.  The army robbed a small boat on the Irrawaddy River and escaped downstream.

    The capture of Mandalay meant that the Communist Party of Myanmar, originally known as a rebel force in remote areas, had officially entered the stage of competing for state power, and it also attracted the attention of all walks of life in Myanmar.  Dechinba arrived in Mandalay on October 7 and announced the establishment of a provisional federal government in Mandalay, declaring the military government an illegal regime.  At the same time, Ba Dingding also invited people from all walks of life in Myanmar, including representatives from workers, farmers, academia, medicine, law, and religion, to Mandalay to convene the Myanmar National Political Consultative Conference and Constitutional Assembly to formulate a new national constitution and organize the complete elimination of the military.  Government after the national election.

    Although many people still have doubts about the Communist Party of Burma, those so-called opinion leaders and influential people who were nothing in the past are flocking to this constituent assembly.  In any case, they are not vested interests, and it is too difficult to break into the military government's regime. If they follow the Burmese Communist Party, once they succeed, they will inevitably enter the political world and rise to heaven.  Therefore, many actual invitees "gladly" attended the meeting, including several prestigious democrats in Myanmar.

    Naturally, not everyone thinks so highly of the Burmese Communist Party. Aung San Suu Kyi, whose father is an important former leader of the Burmese Communist Party, publicly condemned the Communist Party of Burma's rebellion after the Burmese Communist Party captured Mandalay, and called on the Burmese Communist Party to lay down its arms in order to  Solve problems through non-violent means.
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