Chapter 590: Special Reconnaissance Company of the Sixty-third Division
Li Dashuang understood that the reason why Zheng Xiong was so eager to send troops to attack Burma was not only to repay his kindness, but also to stabilize the situation in the country. After all, Siam's biggest enemy is Myanmar, and fighting with the enemy is the best way to divert the contradictions within the country. In addition, after he led the army to help Zheng Xiong restore the country, he was going to continue to move westward, and he wanted to clean up this Burma that dared to rush to China, so naturally he would not fail to agree to his request.
The multinational coalition army only stayed in Bangkok for a few days, and after the arrival of the Annam militia that came later, they first drew 30,000 soldiers and horses from the Siamese army, which made the composition of this coalition army even more complicated, but they all had to honestly obey the command of Li Dashuang.
With the help of the Siamese political axe, the march was naturally faster, and the multinational coalition army marched towards the border between Siam and Burma at the fastest speed.
Myanmar, which is moving troops southward in a big way, and the Anglo-Argentine coalition army in southern Burma is in full swing, soon received the news that there has been a major change in the Kingdom of Siam, and then, after the news that the coalition troops of more than 100,000 countries in the Indochina Peninsula are slowly approaching the border between Siam and Burma, King Meng Yun of Myanmar thought that there was something wrong with his ears, but when the news was confirmed, King Meng Yun really regretted it a little, regretted that he should not provoke the Chinese Empire, of course, he hated the British white-skinned ghost who rebelled even more.
Gritting his teeth, he had to forcibly recruit a group of soldiers and horses again, and together with the remaining garrisons from all over the country, he temporarily put together 100,000 soldiers and horses, so that the crown prince Meng was the commander and hurried to the area of Legou City, an important border town in eastern Burma, to defend.
And that Li Dashuang was naturally a great benefit to the Central and Southern States, and under the stimulus, the Central and Southern States coalition forces also fought bravely, and the Burmese Coalition Army led by Na Meng fought a series of battles in eastern Burma, and the battle was also very lively.
In the south, Burma has adopted high-pressure rule over Rakhine State, which originally belonged to the Arakan Kingdom, and the Burmese army and officials stationed in Rakhine State are also reckless in the local area, making the local people who cherish their homeland hate Burma as an invader. The Anglo-Afghan coalition army was repelled several times, but it failed to drive the Anglo-Afghan coalition army out of those states, but after the main force of the British army captured the city of Namagway, the Burmese army was somewhat disadvantaged.
The entire southern and eastern regions of Burma can be described as full of wars, and the battles in the two places have almost wiped out the troops of the Burmese Kingdom, and there are still tens of thousands of elites in the newly occupied land of China in the north, but they have been caught in the encirclement...... On April 7, 1796, the leaders of several major tribes in Kachin State announced their independence from Burma and their annexation to the Chinese Empire.
At the same time, a number of tribes in Burma's Shan State also announced their independence from Burma and joined the Chinese Empire, and the 63rd Division of the Central and Southern Field Army set out from Denni in northern Shan State and advanced directly to the south, aiming directly at Mandalay, the capital of Burma.
In addition, the 64th Division of the Central South Field Army set out directly from Baoshan, and launched a fierce battle with the Burmese army in Longling in Longling, or a one-sided battle, the 64th Division of the Central and Southern Field Army used a large number of mortars to bombard the Burmese army at the beginning of the war, and the hundreds of elephant soldiers in the Burmese army were frightened by the dense artillery fire, and trampled and collided in the Burmese army, and the 64th Division took advantage of the situation to launch a charge, and the Burmese army had already let the fierce artillery fire blow up the army's heart. There was no resistance before the ferocious attack of the sixty-fourth division, which was like a torrent flowing into the valley.
The Burmese army retreated to Ruili before it could stabilize its position, but even with the walls of Naruili City, for the troops of the Central and Southern Field Army, which carried a large number of mortar firearms, it could not cause much obstacle at all, and in more than a day, Ruili City was broken, and the Burmese army had to flee south again.
In a few short days, the territory that Burma's 100,000 troops had spent more than two months occupying was completely ceded within a few days. Moreover, when the 30,000 or 40,000 elites fled back to Burma, there were only about 20,000 people left, but they were still under the fierce pursuit of the 62nd Division of the Central and Southern Field Army, outflanked to the rear of the Burmese Northern Expeditionary Army, and the 20,000 remnants were all surrounded and annihilated in the Ruili River Plain, and more than half of the Burmese soldiers were killed and wounded, and the rest surrendered. Burma's ambitions to spy on the Chinese Empire's southern and northern expeditions have become a joke.
King Meng Yun, the king of Burma, was really panicked at this time, and strictly ordered all parts of the country to gather troops and horses to strictly guard the city and not to fight, and sent an envoy to the 63rd and 64th divisions of the Central and Southern Field Army to negotiate peace, but he did not get the slightest response, and when he got the news, the commander of the coalition army was the supreme commander of these Chinese emperors [***] team after invading Burma.
However, the commander of the coalition supported the recovery of the Arakan kingdom and demanded that Burma agree to cede to the Chinese empire the Kachin and Shan states, which had many tribes who had defected to the Chinese Empire, and that there was a large amount of war reparations that Burma would not be able to pay off even if it had spent ten years of taxes on one country.
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In the end, King Mong Yun of Burma was unwilling to negotiate peace, and wanted to kill himself when the city of Mandalay was broken, but was rescued by his generals, and then tried to escape from Mandalay City, but was captured by the soldiers of the 64th Division. After his son Meng heard that the city of Mandalay had been broken and his father was captured, he led his army out of the city and surrendered in front of Li Dashuang's battle.
After the Anglo-Argentine coalition army captured the city of Magway, because the Burmese army resisted to the death, its troops also suffered heavy losses and could not enter, but the British were greedy after all, and learned that the Chinese emperor [***] broke the city of Mandalay, and King Meng Yun was unwilling to be captured by the opportunity of the Burmese army's heart to collapse, and took advantage of the situation to march north...... Central Myanmar is located in the northern part of the Bago Mountains in the hilly area, at the southwest foot of the highest peak of the Bago Mountains, the famous Buddhist city of Kyaukbo Dongcheng.
"It's your mother, it's finally time to arrive." Through the stars in the sky and the light of the oblique moon, I saw the dark figure of the eastern city of Kyaukbo that stood quietly in this hilly area, and by the light of the sky, I squinted and observed for a long time, and finally determined that the flag hanging on the city wall was the royal flag belonging to the Burmese royal family, and the commander of the special reconnaissance company of the 63rd Division Headquarters Nguyen Cheng gasped and cursed with relief.
"Yes, I have been on the road for several days and nights, and my efforts have not been in vain." The instructor next to him sat down on the grass directly, his head was as soft as the boiled noodles, and after taking off the helmet, the sweat on the helmet liner dripped down like raindrops.
Behind them, a large number of soldiers wearing green and yellow camouflage uniforms also emerged from the small river valley, their young and resolute faces showed joy and excitement, and after seeing the target, the fatigue on their bodies seemed to be completely washed away.
"Don't stop, keep going. Our mission is to bypass the eastern city of Kyaukbo and reach the Mengli Pass, the only northern entrance to the eastern city of Kyaukbo, which is still about ten miles away, and we will work hard to reach our predetermined destination before the sun rises. Ruan Cheng raised his head and looked at the sky, it was almost dawn, the sky was gradually brightening, and the stars and the bright moon that had originally filled the night sky had gradually dimmed.
"Don't worry, I'll be able to get there." A soldier with a 60 mortar on his back wiped the sweat from his face and replied in a deep voice, his legs moving more powerfully, and one by one he hurried forward, as if a long and rapid march was nothing more than a routine for them, and could not drag them down.
"It's a fucking good boy, let's go too." The instructor also stood up, took a deep breath, put the helmet back on his head, and stepped behind the marching group.
Because it was just before dawn, the sky was slightly cloudy, and the entire eastern city of Kyaukbo seemed to be still asleep, and even the warning lights that should have been on the head of the city had long been extinguished, and those guards were afraid that they had already fallen asleep at this moment.
The soldiers of the special reconnaissance company silently and quickly bypassed the small eastern city of Kyaukbo, and walked straight south, ten miles away, which may not sound far, but for these soldiers who have been driving hundreds of miles, it is really a little difficult, but everyone is very clear about their responsibilities.
It was Li Dashuang, the former governor of Annam, and now the commander-in-chief of the Central and Southern Field Army, who entrusted this mission to the special reconnaissance company of the 63rd Division, who trusted them in their ability and strength to arrive on time and to stop all the enemy advancing from the south to the north.
Ten miles, when they arrived at the Mengli Pass, took out the map and carefully confirmed that this was the only entrance to the eastern city of Kyaukbo within a radius of tens of miles, the soldiers dragged their heavy bodies and began to set up positions, until the sun slowly jumped out of the ground line, except for a dozen or so sentries who were still vigilantly watching the distance and the surroundings, the tired soldiers were already in the single bunker, making a fine sound.
"Company commander! Company commander, there is a case! After insisting on the first batch of patrols for two hours, the company commander Ruan Cheng, who finally got the opportunity to change shifts and lie down to rest, was put to sleep by the company instructor who changed shifts with him before he even came to snor.
"What's the situation?" Ruan Cheng, who opened his eyes in a daze, asked in a trance.
"British, just to the south."
"What?!" Ruan Cheng's sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.
(To be continued)