Text/Sister Xiong
After being hit by Burmese shells in the border area of Yunnan on the mainland, the situation in northern Myanmar changed dramatically in a matter of days.
According to Xinhua News Agency, on January 5, Wang Xiaohong, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security, held a video call with Myanmar's Minister of the Interior. On the same day, the pro-Kokang Allied Army media "Kokang Chinese Network" said that the Kokang Allied Army had conquered Lao Cai, and all officers and soldiers of the Myanmar Lao Cai Military Subdistrict, including those stationed at Mixiangou and Nantianmen Mountain, surrendered. The "Kokang Information Network" even released a message saying that after 71 days of "Operation 1027" and persuasion to surrender, the Kokang Allied Forces have now "fully controlled the territory of Kokang".
(Burmese army soldiers surrender)
According to the information of the allied forces, the allied forces accepted the surrender of a total of 3,724 Burmese government troops and their families, including 2,123 Burmese officers and soldiers (6 brigadier generals, 222 other cadres, and 1,895 soldiers), 1,601 family members of the army, and captured 2,043 guns of various types. There are 139 motorcycles, 120 small cars and 42 large vehicles. Some local people also said that the allied forces distributed 5,000 to 8,000 yuan to each of the surrendered officers and soldiers, and found more than 10 large trucks to send these Burmese officers and soldiers out of Kokang one after another. This means that after the "88 Incident" in 2009, the Allies regained control of Kokang and drove government forces out of the area.
(Online surrender video)
Among the photos and videos released by Myanmar, there are two videos that have attracted the attention of the outside world.
In one section, the Allied troops attacked Bai Socheng's house and found that his house was empty, the doors and windows were damaged, but the furnishings in the house were basically intact, and it was obvious that he was in a hurry, and the photos and other objects that he regarded as honor were still hanging on the wall, and "the tea was not poured out". After the Allied troops took stock of his home, they found a lot of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, jade, mahogany furniture, etc., as well as a large number of munitions hidden in the arsenal, such as pistols, rifles and grenades.
Some people said that Bai Suocheng led dozens of guards to escape from the tunnel shortly before the Allied army invaded, and his whereabouts are unknown, and other wanted people have disappeared, "I heard that those old guys (Bai Suocheng, Wei San, Liu Abao, etc.) may be hiding in the sewers." ”
It can be said that the situation in Lao Cai may have settled, but the ending of the Bai family is still confusing.
(The Allied forces searched and counted Bai Socheng's home)
(The Allied forces searched and counted Bai Socheng's home)
(The Allied forces searched and counted Bai Socheng's home)
(The Allied forces searched and counted Bai Socheng's home)
(The Allied forces searched and counted Bai Socheng's home)
In another video, Brigadier General Thun Minmin, the top administrator of the Kokang region, who was once ridiculed by many netizens for "too dark circles under his eyes", also seems to have surrendered to the Allied forces.
(Brigadier General Thun Min)
Some netizens filmed a video of Tun Tun Min greeting people in Chinese on the side of the road, saying that this is the picture after Tun Tun Min surrendered. In the video, Tun Tun Min deliberately emphasized that he was not the chairman but the acting chairman, and it was apparently filmed after mid-November last year. Coupled with the fact that there are no gunshots in the background of the video, the authenticity looks high.
If the video is true, then Tun Min said in the video that he is "Lao Myanmar" and "knows Chinese", and laughed after speaking, looking relieved, happy and happy, and even the eye circles don't look so dark.
Swallow min
Tun Tun Min took over as acting chairman only after the Allied forces launched an offensive, and from the current point of view, several of his decisions are quite wise.
On November 15, the Burmese government urgently dispatched him to Kokang to replace former regional chairman Li Zhengfu to stabilize the situation, and on the same night, the Burmese side captured Ming Xuechang, who was wanted by China, and three members of his family, and handed over the body of Ming Xuechang, who committed suicide in fear of crime, as well as Ming Guoping, Ming Julan, and Ming Zhenzhen, to the Chinese side.
There is also news that Bai Socheng's family escaped by helicopter, which was also stopped by his order, but later Min Aung Hlaing ordered him to defend to the death, and his eye circles are visibly getting darker and darker, and now that he is allowed to surrender, he is naturally quite happy, at least his own life, as well as nearly 4,000 Burmese defenders and their families, can be saved.
(A large number of Burmese government soldiers are waiting to be evacuated)
With the allied forces fully conquering Kokang, in the future, whether the northern Burmese wire fraud industry will be completely wiped out, whether the Burmese military will continue to bomb Kokang Lao Cai, and whether the allied forces will continue to advance, such as going out of Kokang to attack Lashio county, or supporting the "people's armed forces" offensive in De'ang and Rakhine will be the highlights of the situation in northern Myanmar in the future.