While Baoding in North China is covered in silver and snow is everywhere, the plateau area in northeastern Myanmar is still lush with green.
A large number of Burmese ethnic minorities (ethnic groups other than the Burmese) live scattered in the vast eastern and northern areas of Myanmar, and most of these ethnic groups are remnants of the Chinese nation. For example, the junction of northeastern Myanmar and southwestern Yunnan and Longling, Yunnan, Zhenkang, the Han people in the Kokang area bordering Mengding, and the Wa people in Myanmar who have the same roots as the Kawas in my country. In addition, the Shan people, the third largest ethnic group in Myanmar, are the Pai Yi in China.
The Kachin ethnic group, one of the seven major ethnic groups, is actually the Jingpo ethnic group in my country, and other ethnic groups are more or less closely related to the Chinese nation. Therefore, the ethnic minorities in northern Myanmar are influenced by the Chinese Han culture. It has a great influence. Although it has been gradually separated from the motherland under the rule of British colonists in recent decades, as long as they are given an opportunity, they will naturally have a centripetal force towards China.
This opportunity was the strong entry of the Anjia Army into southern Yunnan, and its influence quickly radiated to the entire northern region of Indochina. Among them, northern Myanmar, Shangliao, and northern Vietnam at the border with southern Yunnan experienced the most dramatic changes.
As batches of trainees majoring in special operations and intelligence graduated from the Military Academy and the University of Political Science and Law, the Anjiajun's infiltration into British Burma and French Annan began to proceed in an orderly manner.
At noon on December 30, with the sun high in the sky, a team of 62 people, with more than 40 draft horses, walked along a river more than 20 meters wide north of Dagao Town in the Shan State Plateau.
They meandered forward along the vaguely visible yellow dirt road. Except for a few people in front who were wearing suits, most of the others were dressed in shorts and long trousers. However, since most of them carried long guns on their shoulders, the packhorses also had different weights.
weapons, so the whole team looks murderous.
"Brother Qinian, you said that the terrain of many places we passed along the road was stable, the soil turned out with a shovel was fertile, the climate was good, and there were rivers nearby for irrigation. Why didn't anyone open up the land and settle it? Now there are domestic disasters.
"A lot of people don't have their own land. If they could move here, I don't know how many people could be saved."
In the middle of the team, a young man of 17 or 18 years old spoke with a Henan accent and asked the burly man next to him who was a head taller than him for advice.
The sturdy man named Zhao Qinian was tall and tall, and his voice was not quiet. He spoke Qilu dialect so that the whole marching team could hear clearly:
"Who says it isn't? When I was in the military academy, I heard the instructor say that Myanmar has an area of nearly 700,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of our four Shandong provinces, but has a population of only more than 20 million. It can truly be called a land.
It is sparsely populated. Now Myanmar is under the control of the British. Its residents are mainly concentrated in the western coastal plain area. The eastern plateau area is not paid much attention to. The population is concentrated along the railways and highways. Other places are inaccessible. Many villages were destroyed before the European War.
Demographics incorporated into colonial government
After a few years of symbolic tax collection, the British colonial authorities felt that they could not bring much profit and that it would be a waste of government manpower and material resources, so they simply ignored it. These places that the British could not take care of were convenient for me.
They immigrate quietly
.You are new here and don’t know. In fact, since the customs clearance between southern Yunnan and Myanmar last year, immigrants have continuously entered Myanmar through various channels and quietly opened up dozens of settlements. The tasks we are performing now are
It has something to do with that.”
The young man suddenly realized: "Tell me, why are Director Chen and the others writing and drawing along the way, and even taking out surveying and mapping tools to keep making gestures? It turns out they are looking for new settlements suitable for immigrants. I saw that they passed through several places along the way today.
Just stop at the right place! By the way, brother Qinian, where are we going? Why have we been walking for most of the day and we haven't seen anyone?"
Just as Zhao Qinian was about to answer, a muscular man of 23 or 24 years old who was walking at the front turned around and said with a smile: "Little question mark, why do you have so many questions? You really deserve your name! But you asked
It’s a good question, and it may be something that most brothers don’t know, so I can tell you about it.”
At this point, the strong man stopped, turned around, signaled everyone to stop moving forward, and then raised his right arm and said loudly: "Brothers, we are going to a Yao village this time. Two days ago, the brigade headquarters received a message from our air force.
An investigation report said that there was a large village at the end of the river. Later, the news was revealed by circumstances.
The newspaper department obtained confirmation in Jingdong and surrounding towns. According to insiders, this Yao village has existed for hundreds of years and has a population of nearly 10,000. On weekdays, except for buying salt, iron and other daily necessities in nearby towns, it is difficult to contact the outside world.
So the brigade headquarters sent us to take a look and, if possible, help our suffering compatriots.
"Everyone must be aware of how miserable our compatriots' lives are in Myanmar. Not only are they plundered by the colonial government, but also frequented by bandits and rebels. Many families are so poor that they can't afford to blame, and even sell their children, daughters, and wives.
The purpose of establishing settlements from east to west this time is not only to increase the population base of Chinese people in northern Myanmar, but also to knit the various ethnic groups in northern Myanmar into one, so that they will no longer be subject to the colonial government and bandit bullies.
Hazing.”
The young man with constant problems has a well-known surname. He is an ordinary soldier in the first detachment of the Taunggyi Detachment of the Burma Advance Brigade. After listening to the introduction of the strong man, he nodded in agreement. This man from Yanjing University who enlisted in Baoding, Hebei last year
student, after receiving short-term training in Yichang, he served as a soldier at the Southern Yunnan Garrison Command for half a year. After passing the political review, he was sent to Myanmar and became a non-commissioned officer in the advancing brigade.
In order to solve the problem of rear stability during the future Anti-Japanese War, the Southern Yunnan Joint Service Command, with the consent of An Yi and the Appeasement Office of the Syrian government, decided to incorporate the entire northern Burma into the overall strategic defense system, directly transferring manpower from the Military Academy and Southwest University of Political Science and Law.
Then they transferred elite soldiers and generals from the southern Yunnan garrison, and finally formed the Myanmar Advance Brigade.
The advancing brigade is a division-level unit with jurisdiction over three detachments: Taunggyi, Lashio, and Myitkyina. The detachment is a regiment-level unit with jurisdiction over detachments (battalions) and squads (platoons) respectively. Over the past year, we have been searching for ethnic minority villages.
In the operation to establish immigrant settlements, the advancing brigade mainly carried out activities in small groups and achieved good results.
Taking the first detachment of Taunggyi Detachment as an example, it has nine squads, each with four squads, of which squads one to three are composed of thirteen people. In order to ensure an absolute firepower advantage when encountering an equal number of enemies, each squad has
The squad is equipped with three An-36 automatic rifles newly produced by the Xufu Arsenal.
This automatic rifle can perform single and continuous shooting. Since a large number of parts are stamped and welded, the receiver is manufactured by stamping process instead of machining process. The whole gun weighs only 3.9 kg, has a caliber of 7.62mm, and a magazine capacity of 30 rounds.
, muzzle velocity 710 meters/second, theoretical rate of fire 600 rounds
/min, with an effective range of 300 meters. A hammer deceleration device is added to the trigger assembly to eliminate the possibility of misfire when the firing pin strikes the bullet primer. In addition, a simple bevel-shaped muzzle anti-bounce device is installed on the muzzle to improve continuous firing.
The dispersion accuracy during shooting is the latest masterpiece of the Xufu Weapons Research Institute.
Each squad is equipped with eight Zhongzheng III rifles. This rifle has a caliber of 7.62mm, a muzzle velocity of 865 meters per second, an effective range of 730 meters, a full length of 1107 mm, a weight of 4.75 kg with a bayonet, and an ammunition capacity of 8 rounds.
.In addition, it is also equipped with a pistol, a Zhongzheng III general-purpose machine gun and a 12.7-caliber sniper rifle, which are mainly used by squad leaders, machine gunners and snipers.
The fourth class is the heavy firepower class. In addition to each soldier having a Zhongzheng Type-3 submachine gun, they are also equipped with three 60mm mortars. At the same time, the team's correspondent is also in this class. They are also equipped with Zhongzheng Type-3 submachine guns during battle.
Provide fire support for artillery in close combat.
The muscular man was none other than Lieutenant Zhang Yu, the leader of the first team. He graduated from the command major of the Xufu Military Academy. After a year of internship in southern Yunnan, he was urgently transferred to the advancing brigade. He had already been fighting bandits and bandits who threatened the safety of immigrant settlements.
The local armed organizations supported by the Japanese made great achievements in the crossfire.
This time, the main purpose of Zhang Yu's team's mission was to cooperate with four officers from the Surveying and Mapping Section of the brigade headquarters to find a new settlement for immigrants. The requirements for this settlement were to be far away from traffic lines and to have ample land for the new immigrants to cultivate.
It is best to have paddy fields suitable for growing rice, which is why most of the previous batches of immigrant settlements were built on both sides of the river. Another purpose is to visit Yao Village at the end of the river and see what Zhang Yu said before.
See if they can rely on each other and form an alliance of offense, defense and interests.
The team continued to move forward, and after walking for more than an hour, the road suddenly stopped, and a beach appeared in front of it. The beach was a steep slope, and there was a zigzag road that could pass through. The rapid water became very gentle at this section, and standing on the beach
On the stones on the side, clear
The crystal-clear river water was within reach, which was extremely greedy. Zhang Yu saw the soldiers licking their lips greedily, shook his head and smiled, took out the map and looked at it, then raised his wrist to look at his watch, and immediately ordered everyone to
Disband, take a rest, drink some water, and get some dry food before continuing on the road.
Just as the soldiers were happily squatting by the river and playing in the water, a burst of violent gunfire and explosions suddenly came from the north.
Zhang Yu was surprised and quickly raised his telescope. Unfortunately, the steep slope in front blocked his view and he could not see what was happening on the other side of the mountain.
Zhang Yu quickly reorganized his troops and sent out a group of soldiers on a rapid march to conduct reconnaissance. He then led the other three squads of soldiers and drove their pack horses toward the zigzag mountain road.
After climbing over the more than 400-meter-high hill in front, there was a flat land at the top, where the gunshots and shouts of death became louder and louder. Just when Zhang Yu was about to take out his binoculars and take a closer look, squad leader Li Yun came panting to report:
"Captain, it's the Myanmar Independence Army that is attacking the village. We got the independence army to talk about it. It turns out that this Yao village has been raided by the independence army and nearby bandits many times. The food has been exhausted, and I can't even fill my stomach.
, they could only live by fishing, hunting and eating wild vegetables. But this time the Myanmar Independence Army came to collect food again, asking for 100,000 catties of food. How could the village, which was so impoverished, get it? So the leader of the village and
The elders begged in every possible way and managed to scrape together more than a thousand kilograms of grain and asked the Independence Army to understand. The people who did not want the Independence Army became angry and said that the people in Yao Village were cunning and cunning. They did not support their revolution and threatened to bloodbath the village to establish their authority. The village was forced to
We really had no choice but to rise up and resist. According to our observation, most of the weapons in the village are old flintlocks, shotguns and cannons. It is estimated that they will be captured if they cannot resist for a long time."
Zhang Yu nodded: "Well done, do you know how many people there are in this independent army?"
Li Yun looked stern: "There is a group with about 1,200 people. Now that we include Director Chen and others, there are only 62 people in total. The ratio between ourselves and the enemy is almost 20 to one. The matter is very difficult!"
Zhang Yu picked up the telescope and observed the terrain far and near, thought for a moment, and immediately said: "Although there is an open area in front of Yao Village, there are two or three roads connecting it, but under our mountain is a concave-shaped area, surrounded by dense forests, we are completely
This advantageous terrain can be used to give the independent army a head-on blow.
"Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3, you immediately deploy snipers and soldiers with good marksmanship to go behind the enemy and engage in cold shooting, attract the independent army to our ambush point, and then focus on mortars, machine guns and automatic rifles, and strive to capture the enemy."