At this juncture, no one thought that a vigorous Democracy movement would turn into a civil war, and the Communist People's Army of Burma, which had been suppressed by the government army in remote areas for many years, suddenly showed amazing combat power, defeating the government army to the ground, and after conquering Lashio, the People's Army quickly attacked southward, successively taking many important towns such as Xib and Nauku, and has entered Mandalay Province, pointing directly at Mandalay City, an important town in the country.

The level of the Communist People's Army of Burma has always been regarded as the level of the guerrillas, and its strength and ability are not enough to command a large-scale campaign of a certain scale or more, but under the slogan of "asking for the people's life," the People's Army is as powerful as a bamboo, and the government army is one of empty garrisons, and the other is that the will to fight is not strong, and with the emergence of a group of leading the way, several battles were fought relatively easily.

It seems that the Communist Party of Burma, which was once regarded as a beast of the flood, suddenly became a savior at this moment, and the Communist People's Army of Burma was even warmly welcomed by the local residents when it marched into Lashio. The junta, which had already provoked public outrage, was in a trance when faced with a sudden rise of the enemy, and the Burmese Communist Party rose from the level of a military preschool to a master tactician.

At the same time, the perverse actions of the junta have also attracted the attention and condemnation of the whole world. At a regular press conference the day after the violent crackdown on protesters began in Myanmar, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry sternly condemned the atrocities of the Myanmar government and urged the authorities in Yangon to immediately stop such unjust acts and to face up to and respect the voices of the people. (It's called lice not itching on other people, isn't it?) ）

Then the Burmese Communist Party began a military operation, and quickly achieved a series of military victories, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs jumped out again. Because it has long been the biggest supporter of the Communist Party of Burma, although it has obviously alienated the Communist Party of Myanmar in recent times, the Communist Party of Myanmar suddenly seems to have eaten ****, and the outside world can't help but wonder if China intends to make trouble in Southeast Asia again.

In order to clear up its own relations, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said pretly: "China calls on all parties to remain calm and restrained, believes that communication and dialogue are the best way to resolve disputes, advocates the settlement of disputes by peaceful means, and is willing to play an active role in the process of mediation of the civil war in Myanmar and democratic reform in Myanmar." ”

The U.S. stance is slightly slower than China's, but the content is roughly the same, naturally more blaming the atrocities of the Burmese junta, and being equally cautious about the rise of the Burmese Communist Party, because the Burmese Communist Party is still a Red Party, and even if they shout such ideologically deranged slogans as "Defeat Rangoon, national elections", the United States still does not feel that the Burmese Communist Party will fulfill its promises, and it is nothing more than one dictator overthrowing another dictator.

In such an environment, the Battle of Mandalay, a key battle that would determine the future fate of Burma, broke out.

After the Communist People's Army of Burma broke into Mandalay Province, it conquered Mumi, Aniscan and other places, gathered four regular People's Army brigades, and a regiment of defectors of the former government army under the control of a red police battalion, and gathered about 15,000 troops to encircle Mandalay in three ways.

Mandalay is a north-south city where the Irrawaddy River is interrupted, and it is also a base camp for the Burmese government army to urgently mobilize troops to prepare for war after facing the challenge of the Burmese Communist Party, and the strength of the whole country of Myanmar is only about 100,000, and there is 1 in Mandalay. 80,000 troops, and a certain number of armored vehicles.

When organizing the Mandalay offensive and defense, General Nai Dan of the Burmese army instructed his subordinates: "The group of rebels of the Burmese Communist Party has gone too smoothly in their military operations after the start of the rebellion, which not only encourages the bad ideas of more rebels, but also undermines the prestige of our government and army, so our army must return the Communist Party of Burma to its original form 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 fighting a major battle on the frontal battlefield would cause the Burmese government army to suffer huge losses, and it would also completely expose the weak side of the Burmese government army, and even more make some so-called democrats who are clamoring throughout the country see the opportunity of the Communist Party of Burma and choose to cooperate with the Communist Party of Burma and attack the military junta of the Program Party.

Forty kilometres southwest of Aniskan, government forces took the initiative in an attempt to completely hold the main access road from Shan State into Mandalay Province. The Mumu-Aniscan line is a plain valley about 10 kilometers wide between two mountains, and it is basically the only way to penetrate the hinterland of Mandalay province, which was previously taken by the KPA due to negligence, and now the government forces must recapture this strategic point in order to stabilize the defense line of Mandalay.

Facing the government forces head-on was the KPA's 511 Brigade, an elite unit made up entirely of Red Alert Burmese soldiers. Although it is far from other Red Police units in terms of equipment, it mainly consists of light weapons and two artillery battalions with a total of 36 122mm howitzers. But this kind of equipment is something that the Burmese army has almost never encountered.

The elite 511 Brigade quickly spread out its artillery positions after detecting the enemy's situation, and when the government troops entered the firing range, the artillery units of the 511 Brigade immediately shelled the government troops who were still on the march. Although the government army was outnumbered, they rarely fought frontal battles at this level, and basically fought against the guerrillas in the mountains and jungles, and they were also the first to fight serious ground battles.

Because there is no artillery sighting radar, there are no balloons and drones for calibration and observation, and these cannons are basically those models that were first copied from the Soviet Union in New China, which are no longer of great use, and the accuracy of bombing in the Burmese formation is not particularly high, but the deterrent power is jaw-dropping. The artillery bombardment, which lasted for more than ten minutes, completely defeated this imposing government army, and the government army that had planned to attack Aniscan was withdrawn in one fell swoop.

The 511 Brigade immediately pursued the victory, they had obtained the trucks provided by the forward base, which was considered to have completed the initial motorization, the government army ran on two legs, and the 511 Brigade chased in a truck, so there was no suspense After the more mobile People's Army cut off the rear road of the government army, the two sides exchanged fire again, although the battle did not have the previous artillery bombardment, but the demoralized government army did not gather fire at all and was beaten by the infantry of the 511 Brigade.

More than 600 government troops were killed and more than 1,000 captured, while only four of the 511 Brigade were killed and about 20 wounded.

Stabilizing the passage of the valley is basically equivalent to the KPA once again seizing the initiative in the offensive and defensive battles of Mandalay. Without giving the government army more time to prepare, the chairman of the Communist Party of Burma, Ba Teng Ding, ordered the whole army to encircle Mandalay in three ways, the 511 Brigade to the west to cut off the passage from Mandalay to Yangon, the 101 Brigade to the north to prevent the government troops from fleeing north, and the 510 Brigade and the 514 Brigade with the 929 Independent Regiment formed by Xintou Cheng to attack the front of Mandalay and attack this important town in Myanmar.

Even if the forward troops were completely annihilated, Burmese General Nai Dan still did not think that the People's Army was stronger than the government army, but attributed it to the incompetence and carelessness of his subordinates, so he abandoned the policy of scorched earth and still took the initiative. Naidan concentrated more than 20 of the most precious 105-mm M101A1 guns imported from the United States in his hands, and also set up his own seemingly similar artillery positions to shell the soldiers and horses of the People's Army.

But he never expected that the People's Army had much more artillery than him, and the 510 Brigade even used the largest 203mm heavy artillery in the whole army to bombard Naidan's artillery position and the command post he built outside the city. In addition to heavy artillery, KPA also deployed almost all types of artillery with 107mm rocket artillery, 122mm howitzers, and 152mm howitzers at their disposal, and fired fiercely at the Burmese government forces.

In this artillery bombardment, the government troops only held out for five or six minutes before being dumbfounded by the fierce shelling from the opposite side, and a 203mm shell happened to fall in the courtyard of the Burmese army headquarters, and the heavy artillery directly knocked down the building, including the supreme commander of the theater, General Naidan, who was also killed.

The performance of the government army, which had lost its backbone, was even more unbearable, and the multi-point assault and the tactics of division and encirclement adopted by the KPA made the government army very uncomfortable, and their ability to move was slower than that of the KPA, so even if they could escape after fighting for a while, they could not run for a mile or two and then encountered the KPA troops in the other direction.

At first, the resistance of the government forces was relatively stubborn, but the government forces, which had been beaten to the point of being completely inorganized, became more and more disorganized in the chaos, and finally had to surrender to the Burmese Communist Party one after another.

The entire Mandalay offensive and defensive battle lasted 51 hours, and the People's Army 1. More than 5,000 government troops were annihilated, more than 7,000 soldiers were captured, some of them abandoned their weapons and fled into the mountains and forests, and there were incidents of government troops looting boats on the Irrawaddy River to escape.

The conquest of Mandalay means that the Communist Party of Burma, which was originally known for its rebels in remote areas, has officially stepped onto the stage of competing for state power, and has also attracted the attention of all sectors of Myanmar society. Dechinba arrived in Mandalay on October 7 and announced the establishment of an interim federal government in Mandalay, designating the junta as an illegitimate regime. At the same time, Paldentho also invited people from all walks of life in Myanmar, representatives of workers, peasants, academics, medicine, law, and religious circles to Mandalay to convene a national political and political consultation and constituent assembly to formulate a new national constitution and organize a national general election after the complete elimination of the military junta.

Although many people are still suspicious of the Communist Party of Burma, the so-called opinion leaders and people with prestige among the people, who were nothing at all in the past, are eager to support the Constituent Assembly. In any case, they are not vested interests, and it is too difficult to break into the power of the military government, if they follow the Burmese Communist Party, once they succeed, they will inevitably step into politics and ascend to heaven. As a result, many of the actual invitees "gladly" attended, including several prominent pro-democracy figures in Myanmar.

Aung San Suu Kyi, whose father was an important former leader of the Communist Party of Myanmar, publicly condemned the rebellion of the Communist Party of Myanmar after the capture of Mandalay and called on the Communist Party of Burma to lay down its arms and solve the problem by non-violent means.