Witnessing the fall of the gunboats and the fire on the island of Mong Xi on another troop carrier, Babinu watched the collapse of the coalition landing force on the island, but he had no way to save these comrades, he couldn't help but burst into tears as he looked at the skyrocketing fire, he folded his hands and silently prayed for these innocent creatures, begging the Buddha Shakyamuni to transcend their rebirth in the Elysium.

The Thai side has completely lost its combat capability at this moment, and the three ships of the Burmese army also suffered heavy casualties in the speedboat dogfight under Nauchi, only one ship escaped, and the remaining two were robbed by Nauchi bandits, and the Lao army lost the gunboat, and the rest of the ships immediately turned around and left.

A week later, in the conference room of the National Police General of Thailand, the National Police Inspector General General Brupan and senior police officials sat in a row, all with dark faces and serious expressions.

Admiral Blüpan is 58 years old, he is tall, has tough features, and is used to wearing a pair of light-colored sunglasses, so that others cannot touch the eyes behind the sunglasses.

But everyone knows that more than ten years ago, Brupan was just an ordinary policeman, and the reason why he was able to rise to the top and climb to the high position of the national police chief was mainly because his sister married the richest Chinese in Thailand, that is, the current Thai Prime Minister Tasin.

Sitting in the top position, although Brupan is no different from the past on the surface, but he is very depressed in his heart, and the speed of his promotion in the police system has already attracted a lot of dissatisfaction from the police and the military, and many people regard him as evidence of his cronyism and abuse of power, and the media attacks on him from time to time.

Brupan originally wanted to take advantage of the success of this "Qinghe operation" to win the trust of the outside world in his ability and wash away his suspicion of "nepotism", but he did not expect that so many police forces were dispatched, but the "Qinghe operation" did not receive the desired effect, which made Brüfan, who boasted about Haikou in front of him, very embarrassed.

Sitting opposite Admiral Blüpan was none other than Colonel Babinu, the Thai commander of the "Clear River Operation," who reported with sadness on the analysis of the battle situation of the operation and made a profound review to Admiral Blüpan.

In this operation, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar dispatched a total of 20 ships, 200 military and police, and spent 100 million baht. During the operation, 48 policemen from Thailand, 25 from Laos, 11 from Burma, and a total of 84 military and police officers from the three countries were killed. a pyrrhic victory".

Colonel Barbinu analyzes the reasons for the failure of the operation:

First, improper command. The coalition forces did not establish a unified command system and a unified tactical arrangement, and the three countries went their own way in the operation and did not form a joint force, so that the Nau group could get various opportunities to break through.

The second is intelligence leakage. The operation should have been carried out in secret, but a traitor reported to Naumaki, so that the Naumi group was prepared in advance, and the originally planned raid did not have an effect, and the extermination war turned into a tug-of-war.

Third, there is insufficient cooperation. Although the countries in the Golden Triangle basin of the Mekong River participated in the operation, they had different goals and evil intentions. The Burmese side is bent on recruiting personnel and equipment, but its speed of action is slow, its desire to fight is low, and it is out of touch with the large army; although the old side has a strong will to fight, its tactical level is low, and the soldiers' discipline is poor, so it cannot well cooperate with the actions of the large army.

Although facing the high-level police, Colonel Babinu also bluntly pointed out that the Thai side also had many flaws in this operation, and at the beginning, it had the calculation of letting the country fight in the front and taking advantage of the fisherman himself; The entire operation was under-armed with lightly armed police, and its firepower was inferior to that of the bandits; the surface forces of the Thai side were also very weak, with only two troop carriers lacking self-defense capabilities, and they relied heavily on the protection of Myanmar and Laos.

After Colonel Babinu's analysis, the police officers sitting above were all pale and relatively speechless, and after an embarrassing silence, Admiral Brupan asked, "What do you think the next step of the Naubi Group will be, and how should we take precautions and responses?" ”

Colonel Babinu said solemnly: "After this battle, the Naumi group needs to recuperate and reorganize their troops, and they will not commit crimes again in the area of Mong Si Tan in a short time, and Chiang Rai Province and the Greater Sili area can have a period of peace. However, the Nau Ke group will not abandon the Mekong River Golden Triangle basin and will not stop their criminal activities, and according to the information we have, the Nau Ke group will develop into the upper reaches of the Mae Kong River and continue its criminal activities in the area near the border between northern Myanmar and China's Yunnan province. ”

"The source of the Mekong River is in China, which is an important waterway connecting the countries of the Indochina Peninsula, and if the Nau Nest Group continues to move north, it will inevitably threaten China's trade routes with Southeast Asian countries and undermine the security of China's borders. As a world power and a stakeholder in the Indochina Peninsula, China's involvement is inevitable and must exist, and this is an opportunity that China can take advantage of, and it is also an opportunity that we cannot miss. ”

"Given the lessons learned from Operation Clear River, the security of the Golden Triangle basin of the Mekong River cannot be separated from China's presence, and the benefits of China's intervention will outweigh the disadvantages for the countries in the basin. Accordingly, we suggest that China take the lead in establishing a security and precautionary mechanism for the Mekong River Basin, establish a permanent coordination organization and mobile force, carry out patrols and navigation operations in the Mekong River Golden Triangle Basin, and jointly crack down on the Nau Ji group and other criminal acts in the Mekong River. ”

Colonel Babinu's proposal was very insightful, the faces of the high-ranking police officers on the other side of the table obviously turned from gloomy to sunny, Admiral Blupan and several senior police inspectors looked at each other, nodded slightly, and said: Your proposal is very good, very predictable and feasible, we will report the results of this meeting to the prime minister, and you can draft and prepare the specific plan first.

"Yes, yes. Colonel Barbinu stood up excitedly, straightened up, legs together, and gave a very standard military salute.

Neither Colonel Blupan nor Colonel Babinu expected that just a week later, 14 tanks and 50 soldiers stormed the Thai government building, and the Thai military subsequently announced a coup d'état on television and radio, and Thai Prime Minister Thasin, who was attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York, was forced to resign and remain in exile in the United Kingdom.

After the coup, Admiral Blüpan was transferred from the position of Inspector General of the National Police to another inactive position, and Colonel Babinu's suggestions and plans were put on hold, until the tragic events that shocked Southeast Asia six years later, and the Mekong River Basin Security Mechanism ushered in new opportunities.