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In the midst of firecrackers, fireworks, and bells, we ushered in 2024.
On the same day, the old market in Myanmar, although the atmosphere is not as good as our New Year's Eve fireworks, but it is much stronger in terms of lethality, on this day, the old market liberated by the Kokang Army ushered in a new round of shelling by the Burmese army.
On December 26, the Kokang Allied Army had already pocketed most of Lao Cai, including the Bai family's mansion, the electric fraud park, the police station and other important places, and the current commander of the Burmese army Thon Thon Min and the commander of the 55th Division are guarding the Mixiangou headquarters, which is the only remaining stronghold of the Burmese army in Lao Cai.
The bombing of Lao Cai by the Tatmadaw at another stronghold of the Tatmadaw also proves that Lao Cai is now under the complete control of the Kokang Army, and the Burmese artillery, which had been quiet before, was afraid of injuring friendly troops, so there is no need to worry now, their goal is to raze Lao Cai to the ground along with the Kokang Army.
It's a pity that although the Bai family's mansion has been knocked down, no one of the Bai family's upper echelons has been caught in the mansion, which is normal, after all, they have all hit the doorstep, and these electric fraudsters are not stupid, they must have run away with their assets early.
Compared with Lao Cai City, the headquarters of the Burmese Army in Mixiangou can be said to be impregnable, which is also related to the tactical choice of the Kokang Army.
In the street fighting in Lao Cai City, the tactics chosen by the Kokang Army were to cross-penetrate, close to the battle, occupy the high ground, and use the highly mobile and concealed types of lightly armed troops to fight with the Burmese army in Lao Cai City, so that the Burmese army's artillery and aircraft superiority could not be used to injure friendly forces.
The weapons used by the Kokang Army are the 81 series guns developed by China and produced by the Kokang Army itself.
Although the Kokang Army is inferior to the Burmese Army in terms of aircraft, artillery, and tanks, it is far superior to the Burmese Army in terms of individual soldier quality and infantry equipment.
The Battle of Lao Cai lasted almost a week or so, and the Kokang Army won a resounding victory, with thousands of Burmese troops and the Wire Fraud militia either defeated or surrendered.
But when it comes to Mixiangou, the situation is very different, Mixiangou is a strategic place in Lao Cai City, which is not only a transportation artery, but also the "grain and grass land" of the Burmese army, and is also the location of the headquarters of the Burmese army, so it must be heavily guarded.
The Burmese army here will certainly not be a straggler in Lao Cai City, but an elite of the elite, where the gap between the infantry has been reduced and the gap in firepower has widened.
After the distance between the two sides is widened, the artillery deployed by the Burmese army at the Nantianmen stronghold can carry out supporting artillery bombardment on Mixian Gou, and the Tatmadaw air force can also play a role.
The Kokang Army's proud individual combat could not gain an advantage in positional warfare, so after capturing most of Lao Cai, the Kokang Army suspended its rest and did not storm Mixiangou.
Although the Kokang Army now has the advantage, if it cannot expand its advantage in time and take all of Lao Cai, then over time, the Burmese Army will receive more and more reinforcements, and its equipment advantage will also be separated from the Kokang Army.
Once a prolonged stalemate is reached, the Burmese army will go east into Lao Cai for reinforcements via the important road Rolling Bridge, and the Kokang Army will be unable to do anything about it.
After all, the bridge was built with Chinese assistance, and if the bridge is blown up in order to cut off reinforcements, I am afraid it will have a certain impact on the relations between the two countries.
At present, it seems that it is not a wise move to storm Mixiangou, and perhaps it is better for the Kokang Army to turn their guns around first and take Nantianmen first.