In Myanmar, there is a Stilwell Highway, which was built during World War II and has always been a major transportation route in Myanmar.

The Stilwell Highway, passing through Kachin State, arrived quite quickly, and the day after the investigation team left, more than 10,000 troops were already approaching Myitkyina along the Stilwell Highway.

The mobilization of more than 10,000 troops in one day is definitely not slow.

Although Zeng Rong's side was on guard, he didn't expect the speed of the political axe army to be so fast! In addition, the investigation team had just been sent away, and many soldiers thought that they could breathe a sigh of relief, but they did not expect that the political axe army would start attacking as soon as possible.

In three days of offensive, the Axe Army captured two towns in the south of Kachin State. During these three days, some of the problems of the Kachin State troops were revealed.

Although they have better weapons than the political axe army, the soldiers are not very proficient in using them. What's more, 20,000 of Kachin State's 30,000 troops are recruits, less than a year after joining the army. Moreover, it is obvious in actual combat that the coordination between the arms is much more skilled than that of the troops in Kachin State.

On the other hand, the political axe army has accumulated a lot of combat experience during the long-term elimination of local armies, and more importantly, the number of political axe troops still has an absolute advantage!

Although the Kachin State troops were defeated, it was mainly because the garrisons of the two towns combined were only 3,000 men. 3,000 to more than 10,000, which is basically a ratio of 1 to 4, although it is a defensive battle, it is normal to lose.

"I'm waiting for two days for them to advance another fifty kilometers." In the battle hall, Lin Yun said to the military map.

"Are you sure they're going to enter Bamo Town?" Zeng Rong asked.

"The location they want to capture must be Myitkyina, and if they want to enter Myitkyina, Bamo Town is the only way to go, unless they give up their vehicles and take the trail lightly." Lin Yun said, "What's more, even under the two towns, they must also think that the combat quality of our troops is worse than theirs." ”

"That's okay, let Qi Cong quickly intersperse with the armored troops, intersperse behind the political axe army as soon as possible, cut off their retreat, and we will catch them all." Zeng Rong said.

"The local army is the local army, and it is still so vulnerable, if it weren't for the ability to fight in the jungle, if it weren't for the fact that there are many mountains and dense forests in the country, these miscellaneous pieces would have been cleaned up by us a long time ago." Looking at the battle report in her hand, Aung San Suu Kyi said with a laugh.

In five days, 80 kilometers have been advanced, and Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, is only 30 kilometers away. As long as it is not jungle warfare, mountain warfare, Aung San Suu Kyi has absolute confidence in his troops.

This confidence was built up by the victories of long-term battles with local armed forces. With the support of the entire political axe economy, the equipment and training level of the political axe army and the quality of personnel have obviously surpassed those of the local troops. This situation has become even more pronounced in the last decade or so.

"Capture Ba Mo Town, let them rest there for a few days, wait for General Chen Hui's troops to assemble completely, let them meet together in Ba Mo Town, and then directly prepare to capture Myitkyina." Aung San Suu Kyi ordered.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief." The adjutant immediately agreed, and went to the side to prepare the message.

Some troops were left to be stationed in several occupied towns, and the remaining vanguard of the political axe army of more than 10,000 people was approaching Bamo Town. Bhamo Town, an important town in Kachin State, captured Bhamo Town, and on the way to Myitkyina City in front, there was no better position to hold, because after entering Bhamo Town. What they are facing is a plain, and this plain will give no room to the jungle warfare and mountain warfare that the Kachin State local army is good at.

Of course, they don't know that it's just their old thinking at work. When the troops of the Political Axe Army were still five miles away from Bamo Town, they actually heard a dull rumbling sound.

Just as the leading general was wondering what was going on, a batch of shells had already streaked over his head and fallen into the troops behind him.

Explosions rang out one after another, and the troops immediately became confused.

The cannons that Zeng Rong purchased from Europe had an extremely long range, and among the arms that he later urgently purchased from China, the surnames of those cannons were not much worse than those purchased from Europe.

During World War II, artillery could hit several miles away, and by this time, it was very simple for the cannon to reach a range of five miles.

At such a long distance, the crosshairs are a big problem, but as early as a day ago, Qi Cong had already adjusted the crosshairs of the thirty cannons. Just wait for the political axe army to enter the area that has been targeted in advance, and after the reconnaissance information arrives, the cannon will be fired immediately!

It's a very simple thing, and it's extremely convenient to communicate now, and it's just a matter of seconds to send a piece of information back.

A force of 10,000 people, the target is quite large, a burst of shells poured down, and these troops are already in chaos!

They didn't expect that they would be attacked so fiercely not in Myitkyina, but in Bamo! Moreover, in previous operations, I have never seen such a fierce firepower output from the Kachin State local army!

In the previous war, the Kachin local army was as they imagined, with outdated equipment and withdrawn immediately if they could not fight. So much so that in the minds of these generals, they believed that the real fierce resistance should be when Myitkyina was captured. And they also believe that when the time comes to attack Myitkyina, the miscellaneous fish of the local army will also be defeated in a battle under their strong firepower!

After all, experience tells them that in such a positional war, the local army is not their opponent at all!

But this time they were wildly wrong! Although some of the arms purchased by Zeng Rong were seized, it was only a small part, and the authorities misjudged. In their eyes, the poor Kachin State could not have purchased so many arms! Coupled with the arms purchased from China later, Zeng Rong spent 200 million US dollars on arms alone!

As a result of all this money, the Burmese political axe army is facing a torrential rain of relentless artillery fire! For both sides of these weapons, which are basically bought, fighting a war is to see who has more money to burn!

In the more tragic time, during the long-term domestic war friction, the Burmese political axe army, which was backward in weaponry, still attacked in the same way as the Chinese Liberation War in those years, adopting a group charge.

There is nothing wrong with this kind of tactics in the face of local armed forces, but what is wrong is that this army, which has been equipped by Zeng Rong's large amount of money, and this army that has been trained by hundreds of outstanding Chinese soldiers such as Lin Yun and Qi Cong, has begun to accept the concept of modern warfare.

This army completely overshadowed them in terms of firepower, plus the commanders at all levels who commanded in the battle, they were all excellent soldiers from Huaguo, to put it simply, the vanguard of this political axe army was basically facing a regular army unit of Huaguo!

Although China's navy and air force are relatively backward, the conventional forces of the army are recognized as ranking first in the world! In those years to resist US aggression and aid Korea, China was fighting with dozens of countries! The strongest combat effectiveness of the Hua [***] team is the spirit of courageous sacrifice.

According to the world's military theory, when the casualty rate of a troop reaches more than 30 percent, the unit basically loses its combat effectiveness, but the casualty rate of the Chinese troops exceeds 70 percent, and it still has quite strong combat effectiveness!

In the movie, the Chinese troops often fight to the last man, which is actually a frequent occurrence in the history of Chinese battles! A soldier's stomach was disemboweled, and his intestines were left out, and if he was a soldier of the United States, he must be lying down waiting for rescue, but the warrior of Huaguo could stuff his intestines into his stomach, tear off his clothes and tie his stomach, and continue to fight! This is an example in reality, Chinese people are not afraid of death when they fight, this is the special surname of Chinese people!

This is a very strange phenomenon, as the Han people, who are mainly farming, are considered to be slaves, but when the blood rises, they are not afraid of death at all. This is also one of the reasons why in Chinese society, quarrels often arise over trivial matters, and then cause homicides. As soon as the blood surges, nothing matters.

The Burmese political axe army, against a unit with stronger firepower, equivalent to a Chinese conventional army, was quickly divided into victories. As numerous Kachin local armies rushed out armed with German- and French-made guns, the political axe army immediately chose to retreat.

However, the retreat was less than two miles away, and there was another scene of despair that made them feel desperate. More than a dozen tanks, with dozens of combat vehicles, drove out of the road where they wanted to retreat, and the shells on the tanks and tanks were violently sprayed out, and the machine gunners on them were also mercilessly strafing this.

Behind this armored force, there was a black oppressive force, and standing in front of these troops were soldiers armed with individual bazookas, constantly firing rocket launchers at the political axe army.

Seeing this scene, the face of the general of the political axe army leading the army turned pale, and he was blocked before and after, and they were all superior forces, this was completely a dead end! By this time, the general finally understood why it was so easy to occupy Kachin State along the way, and it turned out that he was only deliberately letting it out to paralyze him.

"General, what now?" Several subordinates around the general also asked with pale faces.

10,000 people is a lot, but under such fierce artillery fire, under the blockade of the front and back, it will be consumed in less than a day. The fate of this army has reached a critical moment.

"Let the troops fight on their own, and run away if they can." One of his subordinates suggested, "We should be able to escape from the siege by driving military vehicles." ”

"Run? Where can you escape? We have entered the hinterland of Kachin State! The general said irritably, then bit his lip and said with difficulty, "Surrender!" Even if we can escape back, the troops are all gone, and we don't know what the outcome will be when we go back to face Commander-in-Chief Aung San, we surrender with so many troops, as long as the troops are still there, we still have some capital. The general finally made a decision.

(To be continued)