After a few simple conversations, the conversation between Thong Rai and General Maung Aye came to an end.

From beginning to end, General Maung Aye did not give any clear attitude on anything, let alone any specific guiding opinions to Thong Lay.

In fact, General Maung Aye did this to everyone, not just his brother-in-law.

Normally, General Maung Aye doesn't talk much, so it's hard to figure out what he's thinking.

In the eyes of many people, this is the so-called "leadership art".

If you don't explain something clearly in detail, and then let your subordinates do it, success is due to your own leadership, and failure is the problem of your subordinates.

The more incompetent a leader is, the more he has to act mysterious and mysterious, giving people the impression of being unpredictable and profound.

All leaders of totalitarian governments have this in common with General Maung Aye.

The tyranny and incompetence of the md government has exceeded the imagination of many people. Even Tong Lai felt for a moment that it smelled like a shroud.

Hayek believed that the phenomenon of "bad money driving out good money" is widespread in the economic field. One example of this is that in totalitarian governments, the worst people are often in power.

Many people may wonder why incompetent people become leaders.

The reason is very simple. Although they are lower animals in terms of IQ, they have a skill that most people do not have, which is that they are good at wielding power and conducting political struggles.

To a certain extent, this is not the responsibility of General Maung Aye and his colleagues. Even if they put people with more talent and ambition in their position, they will become like them over time.

The fundamental problem lies in the system, a system that urgently needs change.

Nowadays, various conditions have accumulated to a certain extent, and opportunities for change have arrived. What is missing is only people who can lead the change.

Just as Tonglai left for the Kokang area and prepared to mobilize troops, Pang Jindong ordered the Kokang Republican Army to launch a full-scale attack on the 77th Division.

Although the Seventy-seventh Division was ready for battle and had built a large number of fortifications, it appeared to be very vulnerable in front of the Kokang Republican Army, and soon it was completely defeated.

By the time Thong Lai came back with reinforcements, the 77th Division had already retreated from the Kokang area.

The reorganized New Kokang Republican Army not only absorbed the original three forces, but also vigorously recruited troops from various ethnic groups.

Currently, the Kokang Republican Army has three brigades and six regiments, with a total strength of nearly 6,000 people.

However, despite this, the Kokang Republican Army is only roughly equivalent in strength to the 77th Division.

The fundamental reasons for the overwhelming victory were, firstly, high morale, and secondly, because Pang Jindong learned tactical ideas and training methods from the West and applied them all to the New Kokang Republican Army.

In contrast, the MD government forces are almost stuck in the World War II period, and are old and backward to an unimaginable extent.

Pang Jindong's brand-new combat ideas were unheard of and unseen by them, and their defeat was already certain.

"What's going on with the third brigade?" Pang Jindong looked at the battle map in front of him and asked dissatisfied with the staff: "Why haven't you taken Dinglun Town yet?"

The staff gathered all the information through constant phone calls from various parties to form the current battlefield situation.

Although this will delay the timing of combat to a certain extent, it is the best that can be achieved under such conditions, and this method was established by Pang Jindong.

The conditions in Changqing Mountain were too crude. Pang Jindong did not have an LCD monitor to follow the battlefield dynamics in real time. He could only analyze and study on the combat map, and then continuously convey the orders to the staff.

The outline of the Kokang Special Administrative Region is outlined with a red line on the map. All important areas and residential areas have raised red flags, except for the town of Dinglun in the southwest.

Strictly speaking, Dinglun Town is not even a town, just a small residential area.

The 77th Division did not deploy too much force here. As long as we capture this place, the md government troops in the entire Kokang Special Zone will basically be eliminated.

The second brigade took the initiative in the southwest direction. A considerable part of the officers and soldiers of this brigade were received from the original 206th Regiment. The brigade commander was Deqin Badan.

In the past few days, they have been fighting very bravely, but they were reduced to a coward in Dinglun Town.

No one knows the reason. Deqin Badan himself was unclear, only claiming that he encountered fierce resistance.

Under Pang Jindong's repeated questioning, Deqin Badan finally asked to return to Changqing Mountain and report the situation to Pang Jindong in person.

Pang Jindong had no choice but to wait patiently for Deqin Badan, occasionally complaining.

Deqin Badan arrived soon. He rushed into the war room with a dusty head, glanced at the people around him, and then looked at Pang Jindong with deep meaning.

Pang Jindong understood what Deqin Badan meant and immediately ordered the others: "You guys go out first!"

After everyone left, Deqin Badan unceremoniously sat opposite Pang Jindong and said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to fight..."

An ominous premonition flashed through Pang Jindong's heart, and his brows immediately knitted together: "What happened?"

"Since yesterday, rumors have spread from nowhere, saying that the MD government troops have surrounded the Kokang area and are about to launch a general offensive. And..." Deqin Badan took a deep breath and spoke with a slight hesitation.

Go on: "Rumors also say that... the md government troops have taken control of Gunong... It turns out that the family members of the brothers in the 206th Regiment have been arrested and used to blackmail... to blackmail them into surrender..."

"What?" As soon as Deqin Badan said this, Pang Jindong was stunned.

Deqin Badan looked at Pang Jindong and said cautiously: "I am trying to find a way to quell these rumors!"

"I'm afraid it's not a rumor!" Pang Jindong sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Deqin Badan's words proved that the thing he was most worried about finally happened, and Pang Jindong didn't know how to deal with it.

Threatening the military to surrender at the expense of civilian lives is a very common thing in war, but many people disdain or are unwilling to do it.

Although current international law has provisions for the protection of civilians in war, there is no coercive force to ensure implementation. When people are unwilling to comply, it is equivalent to a piece of waste paper.

Some responsible major power regimes will do similar things overtly or covertly. It is not surprising that a military government like md can do this.

Deqin Badan shook his head and said worriedly: "If it's not a rumor, it would be bad..."

Pang Jindong stood up and paced back and forth in the office. After a long time, he told Deqin Badan: "After all, your brigade still has a group of useful soldiers. Let's take down Dinglun Town first!"

"Okay!" Deqin Badan nodded and asked: "How to deal with these... rumors?"

"For the moment, I couldn't think of a solution..." Pang Jindong was about to continue talking when the phone suddenly rang.

Pang Jindong only listened for a moment before his expression suddenly changed and he sat down on the chair helplessly.

Deqin Badan really wanted to know what the content of the phone call was, but he was very knowledgeable and did not ask questions that others did not want to say.

He coughed softly and said uncomfortably: "I'm going out for a moment. If you need anything, just call me!"

"No need." Pang Jindong put down the phone and said with a wry smile: "What should happen will happen, and you will know it sooner or later."

Even though Pang Jindong didn't say anything anymore, Deqin Badan guessed to some extent: "Could it be that the battle situation has changed?"

Pang Jindong nodded feebly: "That's exactly it!"

The rumors turned out to be true.

While Pang Jindong was talking with Deqin Badan, the surrounding areas of Kokang, especially Gunong, were already filled with MD soldiers. It was the 8th Division and the 32nd Division that Tonglai had just taken over the command.

The original 77th Division in Thong Rai had eight regiments, with a strength of more than 9,000 troops at full strength.

Before the full-scale war started, two regiments were lost due to annihilation and mutiny, and now they were completely crippled by the Kokang Republican Army.

Seeing this army, which he had devoted so many years of hard work, become like this, Thong Lai's anger was hard for others to understand.

This anger prompted him to use any means necessary to retaliate against the Kokang Republican Army.

Since Thong Rai now has two more divisions on hand, the revenge can proceed smoothly.

Just behind the Thong Rai troops, General Maung Aye also prepared four divisions as strategic reserves, ready to go into battle at any time.

As a result, Thong Lai, who became emboldened, was determined to achieve the ultimate goal in one fell swoop - to completely annihilate the Kokang Republican Army and completely annex the autonomous Kokang Special Administrative Region.

It was at this time that Thong Rai's ferocious and violent nature took over. After the troops surrounded the Kokang Special Administrative Region, they did not directly attack the Kokang Republican Army. Instead, they carried out crazy persecution of local ethnic minorities. Those who bore the brunt were the Kokang and Shan people.

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Although the local villages and towns are backward, their peaceful people and beautiful environment are like a paradise.

However, under Thong Lai's clutches, it instantly turned into a hell on earth.

Just rolling over the ground, all the houses of ethnic minorities were burned down, their properties were openly plundered, women were gang-raped, and men and children were slaughtered.

Thick smoke billowed over the town and stayed on all day long. It merged together and turned into a larger smoke ball that spread around, like a ferocious monster, devouring everything bit by bit.

In these atrocities, md soldiers gave full play to their chaotic military discipline and poor quality, threw all moral principles and all laws of war recognized by human society behind, and staged atrocities that shocked the whole world.

Soon, the md situation, which had gradually faded out of people's sight, began to attract attention again.

The two major camps of the international community, the East and the West, have found common ground on this matter, and without exception have severely criticized the MD government.

A force that is not conducive to the MD military government began to gradually gather together.

What is ridiculous is that the MD government itself did not realize this. Instead, it felt that this was the moment to truly unify the country.

It is precisely because of this mentality that the md military government has turned a deaf ear to the increasingly strong criticism from the international community and made a very tough statement, saying that the recent series of incidents are internal affairs and that other countries have no right to interfere.

Under the instigation and instigation of high-level officials, Thonglai's men were divided into teams, disguised as civilians, and carried out plunder and massacre on a larger scale.

Civilians could only watch as their residences and belongings they had worked hard to accumulate for many years were burned to the ground or looted by MD soldiers.

However, compared to life, people no longer care about these external things.

The men rolled up whatever soft clothes they could carry away to protect the women and children. They tried to avoid soldiers and people who spoke the Bamar language along the way, looking for a way to escape.

Without exception, women smear their faces with black ash and wear rags, lest they show any beauty and be noticed.
Chapter completed!