I build a red alert base in the Golden Triangle

Chapter 206

: One-sided Battle of Mandalay [5K Big Chapter]

Before the full-scale civil war broke out, the Myanmar National Defense Force had a total of 480,000 regular troops and 100,000 retired veterans who could be recruited at any time.

These 100,000 retired veterans were urgently recruited to form twelve infantry divisions after the outbreak of the civil war. In the end, they were all used up in the Battle of Naypyitaw before the training could be completed.

Among the 480,000 regular troops of the Myanmar Army, there are more than 20,000 air force troops. A few days before the Corps joined the civil war, they were continuously bombed by the Corps. More than 200 fighter planes of various types were lost, leaving only some ground troops. personnel.

The naval force also has more than 20,000 people. It is currently mainly participating in quelling the rebellion in the southeastern theater on the southern front.

In other words, the Myanmar Army has approximately 430,000 troops.

Of course, due to the rebellion in the northern theater and southeastern theater, about 50,000 troops in the two theaters will be reduced.

In other words, there are thirty-eight Burmese armies.

Among them, Jingdong lost more than 10,000 people, and Tachilei and other places lost 3,000 people, which is about 15,000 people.

In the Battle of Southern Shan State, including the Battle of Nansang County and the Battle of Taunggyi, the 40,000 troops stationed in the eastern theater of Southern Shan State were completely wiped out.

In the Battle of Northern Shan State, all 30,000 troops in the Northeast Theater Zone stationed in cities in Northern Shan State were wiped out.

In the battle of Naypyitaw, the capital, all 50,000 elite Burmese troops in the Naypyidaw theater were wiped out.

Twenty thousand Burmese troops were lost in the Battle of Meiktila and 20,000 Burmese troops were lost in the Battle of Toungoo.

Today is the 16th day since the Army joined the civil war in Myanmar. The 380,000 Myanmar Army lost nearly 180,000 troops.

“That’s 180,000 pigs! If they are scattered on the plains of Burma, the legion will kill them and eat the meat. They can’t finish it in sixteen days!” Haklen said sadly.

Among the remaining 200,000 Burmese army troops, the local garrison troops that need to stay in large cities in various provinces and states are excluded, as well as the troops that guard against rebels in the northern theater and southeastern theater taking the opportunity to make sneak attacks.

The Myanmar Army only has 140,000 mobilizable troops left.

Harkelen could not mobilize all of these 140,000 troops. He was able to persuade Ding Kun, the commander of the Northwest Military Region, to join him in joint operations. This was because both of them were from military families and had always had a good relationship. They were also in the same military branch. He grew up in a college and studied in the same military primary school, middle school and military academy.

After graduation, he joined the army and kept in touch.

At this moment of life and death for the Myanmar military, only these military children, who have enjoyed privileges for generations, can unite.

But Waylon on the Southern Front…

“I suspect that Waylon may have found a way out.” Ding Kun said.

“The way out?” Harkelen was stunned for a moment, then looked at the southeastern battlefield of the rebellion, frowned and said, “You mean, Waylon is going to join the rebels?”

The Northern War Zone and the Southeast War Zone joined the Myanmar United Government Defense Force, triggering a full-scale civil war in Myanmar. However, the protagonist of this civil war was not the United Government Defense Force.

At that time, the civil war broke out. Although Min Donglai mobilized 150,000 troops in the north and 70,000 troops in the south to attack the coalition government defense forces.

However, because the Myanmar government defense forces know that they are still very weak, they fight guerrilla warfare with the Myanmar army, seeking opportunities and inflicting heavy blows to the Myanmar army.

As a result, the army suddenly joined the civil war and made a sudden advance, all the way from Eastern Shan State. They captured Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, in five days and Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, in thirteen days. They directly destroyed the 380,000 Myanmar National Defense Forces. The decision-makers were beheaded.

Otherwise, it would not be the turn of Lieutenant General Haklen, a theater commander, to lead the 100,000 Burmese troops on the northern front.

Although Min Donglai constantly urged and questioned Hakelun in the telegram ordering Hakelun to lead his troops south to support the Battle of Naypyitaw, and even suspected Hakelun of disobeying military orders in the telegram.

But neither Haklen nor Ding Kun knew that it was not that they did not want to go south to rescue Naypyidaw, but that they were blocked by the Legion!

Not only did Commander-in-Chief Mindon Lai of Naypyidaw seek help from Haklon, but also the Burmese army units surrounded by legions in the Northeast Theater.

Haklen also needs to mobilize troops to defend the eastern Shan plains and penetrate directly into Mandalay, and also mobilize troops south to support Naypyitaw.

But as soon as the troops heading south were assembled, Meiktila was lost. Thousands of defeated soldiers fled from Meiktila to Mandalay, followed by a legion of pursuing troops.

Had Harkelen not been prepared, Mandalay’s defense might have collapsed in the first battle that day.

But even so, the Mandalay Defense Line still lost dozens of tanks and armored vehicles in one day, and more than a thousand troops were lost. Only with the active retreat of the legion, the Mandalay Defense Line was barely able to hold on.

And Harkelen also knew that the legion was not retreating because it could not break through the Mandalay defense line. It was just accumulating strength and waiting for other troops, such as those on the Shan State Plateau.

“The coalition government defense forces of Wen Junkai and Dulavasi can’t even compete with us, let alone fight against the legion?” Ding Kun shook his head.

Although the United Government Defense Force claims to have 100,000 people, most of them are newly recruited troops. The main force with combat effectiveness is the more than 30,000 former Myanmar National Defense Force troops in the northern theater and southeastern theater.

As well as more than 10,000 Kachin armed forces and other ethnic minority armed forces.

These minority tribal armed forces who are good at fighting jungle guerrilla warfare are the ones that cause a lot of trouble.

But as long as they don’t fight deep into jungle areas where the enemy is good at fighting, and fight in plain areas, the Burmese army still has many advantages.

“Not the United Government Defense Force?” Haklen thought deeply about Ding Kun’s words.

Sooner or later, Waylon’s control area will be attacked by the Legion, and with the tens of thousands of troops in Waylon’s hands, it is impossible to block the Legion’s offensive. Then Waylon will either run away or go south to bypass the rebels in the southeastern theater. Enter the coastal theater.

There are less than 10,000 local troops there, and an infantry brigade has been deployed to coordinate the attack on the rebels in the Southeast Military Region. If Waylon can persuade the navy, or seize some merchant ships from the coast, it is still possible to evacuate tens of thousands of people into the coastal theater. .

It is impossible to hide like this for a lifetime. Even if there is a southeastern theater in front of them to carry the legion’s attack, they will not be able to resist for long.

The legion has dealt with the coalition government defense forces in the southeast theater, and they will be next.

Suddenly, Harkelen saw the special terrain of the coastal theater and was heartbroken!

The Coastal War Zone is the southernmost territory of Myanmar, extending deep into the Malay Peninsula and almost dividing the Kingdom of Siam into two.

If the Coastal Theater joins the Kingdom of Siam…

Then the Kingdom of Siam would have reason to send troops.

Woohoo——————

Suddenly, the air raid siren sounded in the bunker, interrupting Harkelen’s speculation.

“Legion air raid?” Harkern looked up at the chandelier.

Since the Corps joined the civil war in Myanmar, cities across Myanmar have been subjected to continuous bombing by the Corps.

As the second largest city in Myanmar, Mandalay is the command center of the northern front of the Myanmar army, so it has naturally been heavily bombed by the army.

On the first day of air strikes, Mandalay Air Force Base was bombed. More than fifty fighter planes of various types were blown up. The ground air defense forces suffered heavy losses. They had lost all their anti-aircraft missiles and only had some anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. air defense force.

Not only that, Mandalay’s railway station and railway lines, and the Irrawaddy River Bridge were also bombed. It can even be said that the troops on the northern front of Myanmar headed by Mandalay have lost the ability to use railway lines for transportation.

Infrastructure such as power stations, substations, and communication base stations have also been bombed. Now the entire Mandalay has lost power supply. Generators are also used in this Burmese army bunker.

boom! boom!

Not long after, there was a vibration on the ground, which was obviously the legion’s air attack starting again.

Harkelen and Ding Kun could only hold on to the table and try not to fall, but the temperature in the air was getting hotter and hotter.

“Commander! Report from the front! The legion has launched an attack!” A staff officer stumbled in and reported.

“Order all troops to launch a counterattack according to the original plan!” Haklen is not a person who likes to be passive. Even if he is at a disadvantage, he prefers to take the initiative to attack in order to open up the situation.

Over Mandalay City.

The Legion’s Intruder attack aircraft and Badger bombers carried a large number of aerial bombs, rockets and various missiles to attack military targets in Mandalay City.

There have been red alert reconnaissance planes conducting high-altitude reconnaissance higher in the sky for a long time, reporting the situation of the Myanmar Army troops in Mandalay to the ground command center.

In outer space, a military spy satellite is also monitoring the situation in the Mandalay area.

In front of the regiment that has air superiority, the Burmese ground forces in Mandalay have no secrets at all.

Before the bombing stopped, the legion’s ground troops began to launch an attack.

The 3rd Brigade and the 1st Guard Brigade combined a total of 15,000 troops to launch an attack from the direction of Meiktila on Kyaoshi County and Mandalay Airport, about 15 kilometers south of Mandalay.

Kyauksi County is located directly south of Mandalay City, and Mandalay Airport is located in Kyauksi County and the west of Mandalay City, forming a triangle area. The Burmese army’s defense focus in the south of Mandalay City mainly revolves around Kyauksi County. and Mandalay Airport.

And in the east of Mandalay city.

The 2nd Brigade and the 3rd Guard Brigade of the Corps, which have completed the battle to annihilate the Myanmar Army troops in the Northeastern Military District of Northern Shan State, with a total of nearly 15,000 people, are launching an attack on Mei Miu County.

Mei Myu County is located in the Nongben Mountains and serves as the eastern barrier guarding Mandalay. Since the terrain on both sides of Mei Myu County is dangerous and mountainous, the Burmese army has deployed two infantry divisions and one artillery division here, three independent Artillery Battalion.

In an attempt to rely on the dangerous terrain of the Nongben Mountains to achieve the purpose of blocking attacks at all levels.

But the main direction of the army’s attack is not Meimiao County.

In Kyaukse District, facing the Legion’s attack, the Burmese Army tried to take the initiative to launch an attack.

The last two armored divisions of the Myanmar Army in Naypyidaw have assembled more than 150 tanks of various types, including T-72 main battle tanks, VT-1 main battle tanks, and second-generation semi-tanks imported from the Dragon Kingdom.

In addition, there are more than two hundred various wheeled destroyers and armored vehicles.

Although these wheeled destroyers have weak armor, the main guns they are equipped with are basically between 100 mm and 125 mm. The use of special armor-piercing projectiles can also pose a threat to the legion’s tanks.

In order to provide fire support to these armored units, the Myanmar Army in Mandalay also assembled an artillery division and two independent artillery brigades.

Of the more than 300 heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of over 100 mm that survived the legion’s continuous bombardment, 200 were deployed on the southern battlefield.

Coupled with the two motorized infantry divisions that cooperated with tanks and armored forces, Harkelen invested more than 50,000 elite troops in this active attack!

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The most elite of the 100,000 Burmese troops in Mandalay, and also the last armored force of the entire Burmese army, launched an active attack on the army on this plain!

However, this tactic has long lagged behind the world.

“Tanks, armored forces and motorized infantry work together?” Yang Wenlong sneered at the frontline headquarters of the Third Brigade of the Legion Synthesis Brigade after learning that the Burmese army had launched an offensive.

“Then let you see what modern warfare is!” Yang Wenlong ordered loudly: “Order the Second Attack Aircraft Battalion to open the tin cans of the Burmese Army! The Wuzhili Third Battalion! The Wuzhi Fourth Battalion! Cooperate with the ground armored forces , destroy all these tanks and armored vehicles of the Burmese army!”

“yes!”

As Yang Wenlong’s order was issued, twelve A-10 Warthog attack aircraft began to rush to the front line at Meiktila Airport.

It is different from the A-6 Intruder attack aircraft that breaks through enemy defense lines at low altitude and high speed and bombs ground targets.

The A-10 Warthog attack aircraft is an attack aircraft specialized in conducting intensive attacks on ground targets.

The difference is that the A-6 Intruder attack aircraft mostly carry bombs, air-to-ground missiles, and rockets to attack enemy ground targets.

The A-10 Warthog attack aircraft mainly relies on the 30mm seven-barrel Gatling cannon on the nose and the air-to-surface missiles it carries to attack enemy tanks and armored targets on the ground.

During the Gulf War, the Eagle Army’s A-10 Warthog attack aircraft shined, destroying more than 900 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles, and more than 1,200 ground firepower positions of the Kingdom of Babylon army, making it Became the most efficient fighter in the Gulf War.

This time, although the regiment only has one group of twelve A-10 Warthog attack aircraft, it is completely enough to deal with these backward Burmese tanks and armor.

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Twelve A-10 Warthog attack aircraft, just like their codename ‘Warthog’, launched a pig attack as soon as they entered the battlefield!

Howling down from an altitude of several hundred meters, an AGM-65 air-to-surface missile was launched towards the Burmese Army’s T-72 main station tank and VT-1 main battle tank on the ground.

Although the frontal armor protection of the main battle tank is very high, the A-10 Warthog attack aircraft swooped down from the sky and attacked the weakest roofs and engine positions of the T-72 and VT-1.

In an instant, the AGM-65 missile directly penetrated the top cover of the Burmese tank, and exploded the Burmese tank like a corkscrew.

After launching the missile, the Legion’s attack aircraft headed directly towards the next target.

On the battlefield, the Legion’s A-10 Warthog attack aircraft attack everywhere, mainly targeting the Burmese army’s main battle tanks. If they encounter the Burmese army’s armored destroyers or artillery positions, the Legion’s attack aircraft will also use their noses. The 30mm cannon poured out firepower.

No armored vehicle can survive the 30 mm armor-piercing rounds fired by an A-10 Warthog.

The few anti-aircraft missiles of the Burmese Army can hardly cause damage to the legion’s attack aircraft after being launched.

Because the Legion’s Warthog attack aircraft carry radar warnings, once they find themselves being targeted by a missile, the pilot will launch infrared decoys or jammers.

As long as the Burmese army’s man-portable air defense missiles and the few surviving air defense missile vehicles are exposed, they will be immediately taken care of by the army’s attack aircraft.

However, the number of attack aircraft in the legion was too small, only twelve. The tanks and armored units of the Myanmar Army continued to advance at the risk of their heads.

After losing more than thirty tanks and armored vehicles against the legion’s attack aircraft offensive, they were met by twenty-four Mi-24 ‘Hind’ armed helicopters.

These armed helicopter groups carrying air-to-surface missiles and rockets not only attack Burmese tanks and armored targets on the ground, but also provide positioning for the legion tank units in the rear.

M1A2 main battle tanks and Grizzly light tanks used special armor-piercing projectiles to carry out precise strikes against Myanmar tanks and armored targets from a distance of two thousand meters.

The M-256 120mm 44x caliber smoothbore gun equipped on the M1A2 main battle tank fires tail-stabilized depleted uranium alloy discarding sabot armor-piercing projectiles. Even at a distance of two thousand meters, the first hit rate is as high as 80% and can penetrate 600mm. of homogeneous steel armor.

The prototype of the Grizzly light tank, the M8 light tank, is designed to destroy the T-72 main battle tank, and its fire control system is also at the level of the M1 tank.

The Burmese army’s main battle tanks are like cans, attacked from the air and on the ground by the army.

On the plains, one Burmese army main battle tank was destroyed, and many Burmese army tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed without even seeing the main force of the regiment.

Fear began to spread among the Tatmadaw soldiers as they watched friendly tanks and armored vehicles being destroyed while their own troops were helpless.

Burmese soldiers even began to appear in armored vehicles trying to escape, causing chaos among the Burmese troops.

As the Burmese tanks and armored units on the front line suffered heavy losses, many Burmese tank soldiers jumped out of their tanks for fear of dying.

No matter how loudly the Burmese army officers scolded, they could not prevent the rout.

The last elite troops of the Burmese army were defeated and disintegrated after just one encounter with the army.