After more than 70 days of fierce fighting, the Burmese government army surrendered without a fight in the last two strongholds of Kokang, and the "Three Brothers Alliance" won the first phase of the Northern Burma Campaign.
On January 5, Brigadier General Thon Thon Myint, the acting chairman of the Lao Cai Autonomous Region in Myanmar, formally signed an agreement to surrender his guns and evacuate Mixiangou and Nantianmen. Six brigadier generals and three colonels surrendered to the "Three Brothers Alliance" consisting of the Kokang Alliance, the De'ang National Liberation Army and the Arakan Army, along with the Burmese army stationed in Lao Cai and a large number of militia groups in northern Burma.
The Allied Forces accepted the surrender of 3,724 Burmese government troops and their families, including 2,123 officers and soldiers and 1,601 family members, and seized 79 pistols, 1,964 rifles and sniper rifles, dozens of artillery pieces, 139 motorcycles, 120 small cars of various types, and 42 large vehicles of various types.
Subsequently, the Allies also issued pensions ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 yuan per person, and found more than 10 large trucks to send the surrendered people out of Kokang one after another, which means that after 14 years after the "88 Incident", the Allies regained control of Kokang.
What did the "Three Brothers Alliance" rely on to destroy the will to fight of the government army and make it disarm and surrender? What will happen to Tun Tun Min after surrendering?
On December 26, the Kokang armed forces successfully regained the stronghold of Kokang Reservoir, and under the siege of the allied forces, Thun Thun Min could only withdraw more than 3,000 elite Burmese troops from Lao Cai County, and gathered to the headquarters of Mixiangou, hoping to rely on the terrain of Mixiangou surrounded by mountains on all sides, and hold it in the mountains for a long time.
However, the Allied forces took advantage of the terrain of "surrounded by mountains" to fight a perfect dumpling-making battle, fighting from the periphery and encroaching inward step by step, while controlling the traffic fortress and cutting off the transportation lines and reinforcement channels of the Burmese army, and the Burmese army could only rely on the 55th Division to send some airdrops, but this was equivalent to nothing.
These thousands of Burmese troops were surrounded and completely turned into turtles in an urn, lacking ammunition and food supplies, and consuming a little less every day. As of the evening of January 4, the Burmese troops in the two places had not eaten for three days, and the soldiers were so hungry that they had no choice but to dig wild vegetables.
What's more, the Burmese army still has more than 1,000 family members with them, and if the problem of eating is not solved, they are not allowed to make trouble with their husbands and blow the wind in their ears? In this way, naturally the war-weariness is very strong, they do not want to fight, and it is pointless to persevere, so why bother to take their wives and children to die together?
So, the ending is very clear, Brigadier General Tun Min, who was once ridiculed by many netizens for "too dark eye circles", led the team out to surrender, breathed a long sigh of relief, and the happiness was beyond words, and even the eye circles looked a lot lighter.
After the surrender, the atmosphere was also very harmonious, a few days ago everyone was still living and dying with you, and they had to work hard when they met, but now they have taken off their military uniforms, laid down their weapons, sat down at a table, drank and talked happily, and smiled and hated, not at all like they had just fought, but like a close friend who had not seen for many years and was not easy to get together.
But after this warm picture spread on the Internet, Min Aung Hlaing was angry enough, he lost the battle, he lost his courage, thousands of people surrendered, but several generals were still drinking and eating meat at the farmhouse, pushing cups and changing lamps, this was really unbearable, and he slapped his head and immediately issued an arrest warrant.
But the problem is that Tun Min's surrender is also "acting on orders", so what kind of crime should be charged? Simple, "disobeying orders, rebelling, and dereliction of duty". 6 Brigadier General arrived in Lashio on January 8 and was sent to a prison cell, and Guan Lashio was not at ease, so he sent the six people to Naypyidaw by helicopter to wait for the autumn to settle accounts.
At this point, Kokang can come to an end, but the war in northern Myanmar shows no signs of stopping, and when the government army has suffered defeats and the army's morale is weakened, the "Three Brothers Alliance" is already laying out for the future.
Lao Cai and Mu Bang have been taken, and in the direction of Mu Jie, the Kokang Alliance Army and the De'ang Army have launched many offensive attempts, and it is a matter of great time to take it, and then it is the final goal, Lashio, the largest city in Shan State in northern Myanmar.
Lashio is an important defense area for government forces, and there is also a military airfield, which has been used by the air force to bomb the area controlled by the Kokang and De'ang forces. For the government army, the loss of Kokang is still acceptable, but if Lashio is gone, it is equivalent to losing a foothold in Northern Shan State, and the Burmese will be ruined for 60 years.
Therefore, once Lashio starts, it will be an unprecedented Armageddon in northern Myanmar!