Zhang Hao, on his side, was also chatting with Feng Guohai about the warlord issue in northern Myanmar.
Feng Guohai took the opportunity to put forward a bold idea:
"Consul, we have only one garrison base in Myanmar, and the number of troops is less than 3,000. With this strength alone, we cannot eliminate those warlords.
Therefore, I would like to ask you and your wife to stay for a while, and then let the escort navy cooperate with us to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of warlords in northern Myanmar."
It's not that they can't fight, but that the number of troops is a bit small and they can't achieve a quick victory. Once they fall into the quagmire of war, the consequences are really unpredictable.
Zhang Hao didn't want to cause trouble, so he tried to politely decline: "Can't it be done in a while? At that time, I will ask the military to send a special anti-terrorist commando team here."
In everything, be afraid of the unexpected. If the action fails, he, the governor, will bear the responsibility. He has no interests in Myanmar and does not need to take risks.
"Consul, I'm not messing around, it's really not possible!" Feng Guohai shook his head repeatedly, and then explained: "Obviously, the warlords in northern Myanmar are still waiting and watching, and once the news of Deqin's death reaches northern Myanmar, those warlords will definitely
They will not sit still and wait for death, they will hide in the mountains, and it will be difficult to eliminate them."
In fact, what he is most worried about is that the warlords will take the opportunity to transfer property. After all, Myanmar is next door to the Indian Peninsula. If the warlords are allowed to escape, it will be too late.
Zhang Hao frowned when he heard this. What the other party said was indeed reasonable, which made him very embarrassed.
Help me, I'm afraid of taking risks.
If you don't help, it would seem too unkind.
Feng Guohai saw the hesitation of the leader, so he further persuaded: "Consul, we have placed many undercover agents in the north, and we have also instigated some high-level personnel to rebel. I believe that as soon as the army arrives, those warlords will fall apart immediately. Wang Feng
And descend."
"sure?"
Zhang Hao confirmed repeatedly.
In the extreme night and mountainous environment, no matter how weak the warlords are, they are not without resistance. Once they underestimate the enemy and are careless, they will be greeted by a Waterloo, so he has to be cautious.
Feng Guohai nodded solemnly and said with all his might, "Consul, I guarantee my character."
"How many warlords are there in northern Myanmar?"
Zhang Hao was still a little worried.
"There are more than a dozen groups, large and small, with a total number of more than 30,000 people. Even including the number of temporary recruits, the maximum number will not exceed 50,000."
Feng Guohai said with confidence.
Zhang Hao secretly calculated that the escort fleet, excluding the Marine Corps, could barely make up 10,000 people. Adding the garrison base and police personnel in Yangon, 15,000 people were more than enough.
Fifteen thousand versus thirty thousand?
One to two?
Generally speaking, as long as your luck is not too bad, victory is a sure thing.
The most important thing is that our side is full of well-trained regular troops, and they are armed to the teeth. On the contrary, those local warlords are not much better than gangsters.
Thinking of this, he finally made up his mind.
"When do you plan to take action?"
"Of course, the earlier the better, and no more than a week at the latest, otherwise things will change later."
"Okay! I'll personally call Commander Zhu later and ask him to come over quickly. Let's have a meeting together tonight and formulate a specific action plan first," Zhang Hao ordered.
"Great, thank you Archon!"
Feng Guohai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Hao waved his hand: "You're welcome. Anyway, Myanmar is also a part of the federation. There are local difficulties. As a consul, you can't just sit back and watch, right?"
"Having said that, when encountering this kind of thing, the vast majority of people will, without exception, choose to be wise and protect themselves. It is too rare for someone as selfless as you, the consul."
Feng Guohai complimented half-truthfully.
Zhang Hao waved his hand slightly, obviously not taking the other party's praise to heart.
…
After the welcome lunch, Yang Haoxuan immediately found his brother-in-law and told him the "truth about northern Myanmar" one by one.
Zhang Hao was not particularly surprised. The chat with Mayor Feng just now gave him some guesses, and now the truth has finally come to light.
"Mayor Feng is too courageous. In my opinion, the leader of the Deqin warlord probably just wants to meet you, my brother-in-law, and has no intention of taking hostages for negotiation. This is obviously illogical." Yang Haoxuan couldn't help but sigh.
"What's not logical about it?"
Zhang Hao asked with interest.
"This is not obvious. The consequences of holding people hostage are too bad. It is equivalent to annihilating all options. The two sides have not even started contact. How could it be so irrational?
The truth of the matter should be this. Deqin probably heard about the development of Southeast Asia and knew that the direction of the trend had changed, so he wanted to accept the imperial edict.
Mayor Feng was covetous of the property of those warlords and did not want them to go ashore with their money laundered, so before the meeting, he suddenly launched an attack and captured Deqin and his party, which directly cut off their possibility of Zhao'an."
Yang Haoxuan analyzed in detail.
Zhang Hao nodded happily: "You have made a lot of progress recently. This analysis is reasonable and well-founded. Even if it is not true, it is not far from the truth. Those warlords in northern Myanmar really don't have the courage to challenge the official."
"Brother-in-law, tell me, is Mayor Feng's behavior a disregard for human life?"
"Forget it, but there are extenuating circumstances."
Zhang Hao said without hesitation.
Yang Haoxuan's face was full of doubts: "Where is the extenuating situation?"
"The central government is indeed short of money and has limited support for the development of Southeast Asia, especially in remote areas like Myanmar, which is even more difficult to take into account.
Mayor Feng did not wait or rely on others, and carried forward the spirit of subjective initiative and self-reliance. Even if the central government does not support his approach, it should not be completely rejected.
Let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart, as the federal governor, I hope that there will be more local officials like Mayor Feng, who can greatly reduce the burden on the central government."
Zhang Hao explained patiently.
"Well, it seems that I am too naive. To be an official, you must first have a black heart."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yang Haoxuan’s words are extreme.
Without warning, Zhang Hao suddenly raised his hand and slapped his brother-in-law on the back of the head: "What do you mean by being evil-hearted? Don't sit on your butt crookedly, kid? Those warlords are our enemies, and we can't deal with them by any means."
"Brother-in-law, what you said is just to deceive the ignorant people. Without official acquiescence or even secret support, those warlords would have been wiped out long ago."
Yang Haoxuan couldn't help but curl his lips.
"Okay, go and stay where you can, and don't cause trouble for me here."
Zhang Hao waved his hand, turned around and wanted to leave.
He is busy and has no time to talk nonsense with his brother-in-law.
Yang Hao
"How much is he prepared to invest?"
Zhang Hao immediately paid attention to it.
"I didn't say the details, but the amount should be quite a lot, starting at least several hundred million." Yang Haoxuan answered truthfully.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao immediately came to the conclusion: "This matter is obvious. Mayor Feng wants to win over us."
"Then shall we accept it?"
"If it is a normal business cooperation, there is no problem. If he wants to take the opportunity to give you money and bribe me, we must reject it no matter what."
Yang Haoxuan raised his eyebrows: "Brother-in-law, who would bribe a rich man like you?"
"Who would mind having too much money? Besides, isn't it you? Relatives are just as effective."
"Then I refused?"
"No, this matter is not urgent anyway. Let's talk slowly first." Zhang Hao shook his head and then warned: "Sometimes attitude is very important. No matter whether the cooperation can be successful or not, you can't refuse it as soon as you come up. It will give people a feeling of rejection.
It feels like you are thousands of miles away, and you still have a lot to learn."
"ok, I get it."
Yang Haoxuan nodded seriously.
…
In the afternoon, Zhang Hao took his wife for a brief tour around Yangon City, mainly visiting hospitals, schools, welfare institutions and other public welfare institutions.
That night, in the conference room of the guest house.
A group of senior officials from Myanmar State, as well as the main leaders of the escort fleet, plus Zhang Hao and several senior staff, gathered together.
Zhang Hao first explained the theme of this meeting.
and emphasized the principle of confidentiality.
As soon as the consul finished speaking, Commander Zhu of the escort fleet immediately expressed his concerns. Their job was to protect the safety of the consul and the inspection team, and they did not want to be involved in unrelated incidents.
The reason is simple. Every time the Navy loses a soldier, it requires hundreds of thousands of pensions. This is unacceptable at a time when military expenditures are becoming increasingly tight.
Zhang Hao did not issue an order directly. It was a great honor for him to convene this meeting. As for whether he could convince Commander Zhu, this was something Feng Guohai needed to consider and had little to do with him.
In fact, the implication is that if Myanmar officials want to eat meat, they have to let the Admiralty drink soup. As long as the Admiralty agrees, they don't mind smoothing things over.
This was also the result of his discussions with the Admiralty.
Feng Guohai did not delay, and immediately gave his conditions: "Commander Zhu, I will not hide it from you. Those warlords in northern Myanmar have oil wells and mines, and have accumulated a lot of money over the years. As long as you are willing to help, we will eventually reap our rewards."
50/50."
The reason why he gave up such a huge benefit was because he had no choice. Without the active cooperation of the military, they might not be able to get the warlords' property.
Commander Zhu did not blindly agree, although the distribution ratio exceeded his psychological expectations.
"Mayor Feng, can I ask a question first?"
"Excuse me."
"How much property do those warlords in northern Myanmar have? Can you give a specific number?"
Feng Guohai slapped him on the spot: "According to my verification, it should not be less than this number."
"five billion?"
"Commander Zhu, you underestimate those warlords too much. You have to add another zero after that."
"Fifty billion? There are actually so many?"
Commander Zhu couldn't help but exclaimed.
You know, the military's annual military expenditure is just over one trillion, and the navy accounts for one-third, which is less than 350 billion. 50 billion is almost 15%, which is already very considerable.
Zhang Hao was equally surprised. He did not expect these warlords to be so rich. No wonder Mayor Feng was willing to risk the disapproval of the world and try his best to provoke a war.
Feng Guohai nodded to Director Wang of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, who immediately took out a large pile of documents and distributed one copy to everyone in the conference room.
"Consul, everyone, this is the relevant evidence we have collected. You can take a look at it. The warlords in northern Myanmar are smarter than we thought. They secretly smuggled some resources to the Indian peninsula, which is why they have accumulated so much.
wealth."
"Mayor Feng, is this document true?"
Zhang Hao asked.
"It's true." Feng Guohai said solemnly.
Zhang Hao then winked at Commander Zhu and nodded slightly.
After receiving the instruction, Commander Zhu immediately said loudly: "Mayor Feng, our Navy Department is responsible for this task."
"Okay, Commander Zhu, how many people can you have here? When will they be ready at the earliest?"
Feng Guohai said impatiently.
"Our fleet can have a maximum of 10,000 people, and it will be assembled the day after tomorrow at the latest."
The Marine Corps cannot move. It needs to protect the governor and the inspection team closely. It is also to prevent the warlords in northern Myanmar from jumping over the wall and making a sneak attack on Yangon.
Who knows if there is any back-up plan left by the warlords here in Yangon? There are some things that we have to guard against.
Feng Guohai slapped the table excitedly: "Okay, then we'll set off the day after tomorrow. We can't delay this matter. The sooner the better, so as not to let the news leak out."
Next, everyone discussed specific action plans.
In the end, according to the plan, except for Navy No. 1 and two frigates, other warships immediately headed north to completely block the east coast of the Bay of Bengal to prevent the northern Burmese warlords from escaping to the Indian peninsula through smuggling ships.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As for the ground operation, it started in the early morning of April 6th. The reason why we chose this time period was for no other reason than to keep it confidential.
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Time passed and it was soon time to set off.
Accompanied by Feng Guohai and others, Zhang Hao personally came to the train station and formally issued an action order to all military personnel involved in anti-terrorism operations.
In addition, he also gave this operation a resounding codename: Operation Spring Thunder.
After the order was issued, all personnel began to board the train in an orderly manner. This train can reach Mandalay as far as possible. The rest of the journey is not optimistic. We can only rely on transportation vehicles or simply walk.
This is because Feng Guohai carried out temporary repairs on the railway line in advance, otherwise the terminal station can only be Naypyitaw, and one more step will not work.
It was already past two o'clock at night when we left the train station and returned to the guest house.
Zhang Hao found that his wife was still awake, and he quickly asked with concern: "Why are you still up so late? Didn't I tell you that you don't have to wait for me?"
Yang Huaqing helped her husband pour a glass of water and explained casually: "I slept too much in the afternoon and couldn't sleep at night. I just have something I want to discuss with you."
"What's up?"
Zhang Hao took the water glass and took a sip of water.
"You have to stay here for at least half a month. It's too long, and my mother is pressing me hard. I want to take Haoxuan and Nana back first."
Yang Huaqing expressed his plan.
It was originally agreed to separate at the Strait of Malacca, but under the current circumstances, we have no choice but to move forward.
Although Zhang Hao was reluctant to give up, he still nodded: "Okay, I agree. It is human nature for mother-in-law to miss her grandson. When will you set off?"
"The day after tomorrow, there happens to be a passenger ship going to the capital the day after tomorrow." Yang Huaqing replied.
"Okay, early tomorrow morning, I will ask Assistant Wei to book ferry tickets for you, at least a luxury private room."
Zhang Hao nodded.
Yang Huaqing sighed, and then warned: "I asked the Secret Service to help you find a life secretary. Having someone take care of you makes me feel more at ease."
"No, no, no, Assistant Wei is enough."
Zhang Hao waved his hands repeatedly.
Originally, the consul had a life secretary, and there was more than one. However, after Zhang Hao took office, in order to avoid his wife being jealous and because he had to travel far as soon as he took office, he did not have a life secretary for the time being.
Yang Huaqing said helplessly: "Assistant Wei is a grown man after all. He is not as considerate as a woman. In addition, he also has his own job, so he should be equipped with a life secretary!"
"Aren't you afraid that I will cheat on you?" Zhang Hao's lips raised slightly.
There was nothing new around the consul, and his daily life was full of all kinds of scandalous news. It was only after Ji Zhangqiu came to power that this trend was completely reversed.
Yang Huaqing said angrily: "You are thinking too much. The life secretary I found for you is almost fifty years old. If you have the ability, just go ahead and flirt with her."