Title: "The Decisive Battle: The Helplessness of Thontonmin and the Aging Problems of the Burmese Army"
With the end of the Battle of Kokang, the surrender of the Tatmada Army Headquarters in Lao Cai and the South Tianmen Mountain, and the successful recovery of Kokang by the Allied forces, it also makes us think about the story behind the war. Tun Min's video, he frequently apologized, what kind of inside story is there?
Kokang's apology in the video has attracted widespread attention. His words are light-hearted, but the hidden pain points behind him make people can't help but think deeply. Perhaps this is an apology to the Kokang people, or an apology to the comrades-in-arms? This subtle gesture aptly points out some problems within the Burmese army.
In the early days of the Kokang War, the allied forces quickly conquered Shiyuanzi and opened the south gate of Lao Cai, which put Kokang in a critical situation. After Thon Thon Min took office, he decisively withdrew his main forces to the Da Shui Tong and Lao Cai urban areas, trying to hold the key strongholds.
However, the problems of the Tatmadaw are obvious. The Allied offensive led to the surrender of the Burmese army, which according to statistics, had a large number of Tatmadaw personnel, including troops from the Lao Cai Army Division, the 55th Division, and the 14th, 16th, and 12th Brigades. Behind this is the internal aging and personnel problems of the Burmese army, and the participation of veterans in the war with their families has become an insurmountable threshold for the Tatmadaw army.
The development of the Kokang war situation seems to reveal a deep crisis in the entire Burmese army. Thon Thun Min made a series of decisions in the midst of domestic and foreign difficulties, but the aging of the Burmese army and the problem of soldiers became an insurmountable problem for him.
Beneath the surface of this conflict, perhaps we should think more deeply about whether this is a mirror of the overall crisis of the Burmese military, and the pressure on the allied forces is only a symptom, and the real problem may lie in the aging structure of the army and the difficulties of wartime management. The battle of Kokang may not just be a local conflict, but a huge revelation of the Burmese military's long-standing problems.