I closed my eyes, but I didn't feel sleepy for the moment, pondering over the details of this operation
Our preset ambush location is the Maka River Valley less than 50 kilometers away from Jingdong city. According to the report of the reconnaissance team, although it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the terrain is not very dangerous. A small river flows through the foot of the mountain. There are stockades in the valley. Farmers often herd cattle on the hillside. A poor quality sand and stone highway connects jingdongcheng with the ferry. It is said that once the Maka valley was full of poppies. Later, when the road was opened, the poppies moved further into the mountains.
Lao Qin chose to ambush on the edge of the city. I had doubts at that time, because according to military common sense, this kind of place is not suitable for ambush. On the one hand, it is difficult to hide because of the large number of people, and it is easy to expose the target. On the other hand, it may disturb the Burmese army in the city.
But Lao Qin was very confident. He asked me: if you were them, when would you relax your vigilance? When will your team be out of touch and loose? In the hot weather, in order to lighten the burden, the soldiers unloaded the bullet clips and secretly put them on the mule's back. The artillery could not find the gun rack and ammunition. Strategist cloud: surprise, attack unprepared. Enemy paralysis is the best time to attack.
There has always been collusion between the Kokang self defense forces and the government forces. Li Shun and I agreed to what Lao Qin said. At the same time, I can't help admiring Lao Qin's military experience.
During his meditation, Li Shun sent a telegram to inform him of an action: in order to cover the actions of Lao Qin and me, Li Shun divided the company directly under his headquarters into two parts. A small part of the company continued to stay, while most of the people drove a lot of broken ox carts in a big way and made a huge move towards Lashio in the opposite direction, as if for fear that others would not know they were going A large quantity of goods.
Li Shun's idea is very smart, but in this way, the base camp is basically empty. Li Shun's move is really a little risky. He is gambling on empty city.
I can't help but worry about Li Shun's safety, but he has already carried out this action, and it's useless if I say it's redundant. At the same time, by doing so, he can really paralyze the opponent and help to cover the actions of Lao Qin and me.
I contacted Lao Qin again. He also took the way of rest in the day and marching at night. At this time, he was resting in the dense forest. It's only a day's walk from their intended ambush.
In other words, Lao Qin had to enter the attack position one day ahead of me, and had to lie in the ambush for at least a whole day. Their ambush location is close to 10 kilometers away from the base camp of Kokang self defense force. It is a no man's land and a dead corner for the other side to defend.
According to the agreement in advance, I'll do it first. I'll move my hand and inform Lao Qin immediately. Then Lao Qin will lead his troops to attack the headquarters of the Kokang self defense forces, and take them to their hometown directly.
When night fell again, it began to rain again. I ordered the team to finish their rest and set out immediately.
The team went on, running fast and noiselessly on the muddy and slippery primeval forest path.
At daybreak, I ordered the team to stop again.
The rain has not stopped, it continues to rain.
At this time, I got the news from Lao Qin that he had arrived at the ambush position in the no man's land, and all the people had been lurking well, waiting for me to start sending signals.
The reconnaissance unit reported that we are 30 kilometers away from the Maka valley. The other party is approaching the Maka valley from the no man's land. It is expected to enter the valley at noon tomorrow.
Time is relatively loose for me. After dark, we don't need a night to enter the Maka Valley, and we can ambush and wait for prey at dawn.
Everything seems to be going well.
At 4 p.m., the rain stopped and the sky cleared up. A few rays of sunlight penetrated through the dense leaves of the virgin forest and projected in. Most soldiers continued to sleep in raincoats. A team leader and I were studying the route of the March tonight. The nearby swimming sentries appeared in the jungle from time to time
"Deputy commander in chief, listen to the guide. About 10 kilometers further, there is a swamp where there is miasma, which can poison people." A team leader said softly, "it rained heavily for two consecutive days. I think the water in the swamp will be deeper and the miasma will be thicker."
I understood what swamps and miasma meant to human beings in the primeval forest. After thinking about it, I said, "let's go around Go around the swamp on the left
"If you have to walk about 20 kilometers more, I'm afraid it will delay the time to reach the ambush site." Said one of the team leaders.
I said, "let's inform you that we will leave as soon as it gets dark. We will have enough food and drink before we leave. We will not stop tonight. We should make sure that we enter the ambush position before dawn tomorrow."
A team leader nodded: "OK -"
I went on to say: "the people who carry mortars should rotate twice in the middle, and the people who carry heavy machine guns should also rotate."
"Good!"
I looked at the mortar which was covered by black oilcloth beside me and said, "how many shells have you brought?"
"20! There are so many family members, all of them have been brought out! " A team leader grinned at me.
I said, "family background? That's 20 shells in all? "
"Yes It's hard to work with heavy weapons. They were captured when they attacked another village. What's the age of the mortar Said one of the team leaders.I don't know
"Hey, hey It was used by the Chinese military at that time, and it was used in the 1960s. " Said one of the team leaders.
"National army?" I said.
"Yes, the remnant army of the Kuomintang, who fled to the Golden Triangle after defeating the mainland in 1949..." A team leader said: "they developed and grew up here, reaching more than 40000 people at most. They defeated the Burmese government army several times and almost destroyed the country If Myanmar could not defeat them, it went to the United Nations to sue Lao Jiang. Later, the American people intervened and the troops withdrew to Taiwan.
"Some of the people who are reluctant to leave continue to engage in guerrilla activities here. They have been encircled and suppressed by Myanmar, Thailand and Laos for several years. At last, their vitality has been greatly damaged and they are fragmented. The main people and their families have joined the Thai nationality. Those who are unwilling to join the Thai nationality have taken up the mountain and become bandits by themselves. They have taken up the top of the mountain to protect businessmen and drug trafficking, fight for territory and fight against each other It's fun
After listening to the leader of the detachment, I couldn't help looking at the two artillery guns again and said, "I wipe, can this gun still be used? Can you still fire? Can the shell still ring? "
The team leader said, "I don't know. Maybe I can The chief of staff checked it and said it should still work! "
I couldn't help laughing: "just don't blow it up..."
Just then, the intelligence personnel sent a secret telegram from Li Shun.
The secret telegram brought an unexpected Intelligence: Wood suddenly left Kunming and flew directly to Bangkok.
I feel very sudden, very surprised, how wood suddenly left Kunming? We initially analyzed that he would not leave Kunming before receiving the goods. Why doesn't this dog day come according to our analysis?
What does it mean that he suddenly left Kunming for Bangkok? What is he doing in Thailand?
Is he aware of our intention? Is he planning something else?
I had a little confusion in my mind for a moment, and I couldn't find out the reason why wood suddenly made such a move.
But at the same time, a string of place names came into my mind: Bangkok, Rangoon, Jingdong, tachili, Chiang Mai
Yes, Chiang Mai!
Bangkok - Chiang Mai!
Chiang Mai is the only way for Bangkok to reach the golden triangle, which is the largest city in northern Thailand closest to the golden triangle.
Then, will wood go to Bangkok through Chiang Mai to enter the golden triangle?
I can't guess. I can't figure it out.
Wood's sudden action has disturbed our previous analysis and judgment. I can't help suspecting that wood, a cunning fox, is either aware of our movement or planning to engage in some conspiracy.
My sudden disappearance must have made wood very suspicious. He'll most likely guess that I'm in the golden triangle.
So I urgently communicated with Lao Qin through the radio. Lao Qin also got information from Li Shun and was analyzing the matter.
"What do you think of wood's sudden move?" I directly took the microphone and asked Lao Qin.
Lao Qin was silent for a moment and said, "do you think our actions are revealing? Wood noticed? "
I said, "I think it's possible! Wood will probably come to the golden triangle when he comes to Bangkok. He will go through Chiang Mai first
Lao Qin said, "your worries are the same as those of the commander in chief But I don't think so. I just finished my judgment with the commander in chief. "
"Oh, you say."
Lao Qin said: "wood's sudden departure from Kunming to Bangkok is indeed a move towards the golden triangle. To get to the golden triangle, he must go through Chiang Mai We have contact points and workstations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. I've arranged for our people to pay close attention to what's going on after Bangkok As for wood's action, I think it just proves that he is not aware of our actions. "
"What do you say?"
"Just because he didn't know it, he felt that after a few days in Kunming, the mainland was very safe and there was no problem with drug handover. That's why he flew directly to Bangkok. He might enter the golden triangle through Chiang Mai, and then he would meet with the people of the Kokang self defense force to discuss the plan of the revolutionary army to wipe out boss Li
"If he is aware that this batch of goods is dangerous, if he knows that we are going to start this batch of goods, then he will definitely not leave Kunming Moreover, there will be abnormal conditions in Xinghai, but our intelligence shows that everything is the same in Xinghai. "
"So, I think wood's move shows that our operation is still a secret measure, which is very successful, whether it's intercepting the goods or attacking the headquarters of the Kokang self defense force The whole operation of red storm has never been aware of it
I said, "well What you said is reasonable. What does boss Li think? "
"He also agrees with me. He and I both believe that there is no need to adjust and change our action plan, and we still need to continue," Qin said
I said, "OK Then go on! "
"Although I don't think wood is aware of our plan, I seem to think it's going too well So far, I think it's a bit too smooth. "I laughed and said, "isn't it a good thing that things are going well?"
Lao Qin said, "of course, success is a good thing However, we can't underestimate the Kokang self defense forces. They have experienced many bloody battles before they have a foothold. They also have rich survival experience in the Golden Triangle I was thinking... "
Lao Qin did not finish this sentence.
I said, "what are you thinking?"
Lao Qin said, "nothing. Maybe I think too much Let's not talk about this. Let's go ahead with the original plan and keep in touch at any time I don't think this wood incident will interfere with our actions. "
Lao Qin's words puzzled me. Since he thought that the other party was not aware of our action plan, why did he worry? What is he worrying about?