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The straight-line distance between Mengka Base and Nanban is 50 kilometers, and the total highway mileage is 60 kilometers.

According to the traveling speed of the motorized troops, it will only take up to 1 hour and 30 minutes for the coalition forces starting from Mengka to reach the front line of the battlefield.

Taking into account the time required for the deployment of the troops, the Dongfeng Corps completed all preparations at 22:00 and broke out of camp.

But in fact, just after 8 o'clock, the Li Gang led the reconnaissance team to Nanban in advance, occupied the commanding heights on the east side, and established comprehensive surveillance of the Nanban camp.

At this time, Chen Chen, who was sitting in the temporarily dispatched warrior command vehicle, was monitoring the intelligence coming from the Li Gang, and every piece of news he heard made his evaluation of the Mongla Army lower by one point.

The enemy is organizing trench digging. They have cut off the Mongla Highway on the south side of Nanban and laid a small number of mines along the route.

Judging from the size, it should be an anti-infantry mine.

There are four teams scattered to both sides of the road. They have anti-tank rocket launchers similar to RPG-29, but they are not many.

I can completely see their position, and we can destroy their lurking positions first.

Now report the location of the enemy's anti-tank position, the coordinates are

The trenches have basically been excavated. The depth is very shallow. It feels like it is only about 1.2 meters, only reaching the waist.

There are three trenches in total, running from east to west, with a length of no more than 600 meters.

The infantry has begun to enter the trenches, and the personnel arrangement is quite dense.

I have identified the enemy's high-value firepower points and will now report the location and reference information.

The defense situation of the Mongla Army position was passed to Chen Chen without missing a beat. He kept making records on the combat map. At this moment, he felt the importance of the central command system with great urgency.

If he could have the kind of thing MPRI used in the last battle, he could now synchronize all enemy information to the PDAs of all combat units through the data link, dispel all battlefield fog, and make his own operations more complex. It has become one-sided and transparent.

Of course, he can now roughly complete similar work.

Through the rough map distributed in advance, he has divided the predetermined war zone into different blocks. By identifying the blocks, each combat unit can quickly locate the location of high-value targets.

Although the accuracy and efficiency have been reduced, at least he can quickly command through names such as D1 and B2 instead of using directional words and markers to make generalizations.

This alone has completely defeated the Mongla Army.

Modern warfare is all about information.

Not to mention lower-level things such as equipment information and personnel information, just a position is enough to bring unparalleled advantages.

Chen Chen even felt that under the situation of comprehensive information crushing, even if he did not have heavy equipment, he could still use flexible guerrilla tactics to slowly kill the Mongla Army.

At this time, the large forces of the Dongfeng Corps were already approaching the first key point, which was Taping where conflicts had occurred many times before.

This was supposed to be the transportation artery between Mengla, Mengkha, and Jingdong. If Chen Chen served as the commander-in-chief of the Mongla Army, he would definitely capture this point at all costs, control the waterway, and rely on the waterway Cut off lines of communication and block attacks from all sides as long as possible.

But it is obvious that Lin Mingxian is really not good at fighting and has no concept of the so-called strategic depth.

The large force did not encounter any obstacles here. The assault boat deployed by Chen Chen in advance was completely useless. However, Chen Chen did not withdraw it. Instead, after careful consideration, he transferred an assault boat originally planned to be deployed here. Only two infantry platoons and a Dongfeng Corps combat team of the 7th Brigade Infantry Company were left to rely on assault boats for defense and establish artillery positions. All other troops continued to be transferred to Nanban.

In fact, such an operation can be said to be a taboo for military strategists.

The defense on the logistics line is seriously insufficient, and the key artillery positions are extremely empty. If an assault team in Mongla bypasses the main road and goes through the jungle to attack the Taping artillery position, our side will face the danger of a fire in the backyard.

But Chen Chen was very confident. He believed that with Lin Mingxian's commanding ability and the combat effectiveness of the Mongla Army, this kind of thing would be impossible to happen.

What's more, there is only one AH-2 that needs to be deployed here, so there is no need to involve too much power.

The troops continued to advance, and it was still a calm journey. At this time, the Mongla Army should have noticed the movements of the Dongfeng Corps. After all, if the communication could not be completely cut off, they could use their mobile phones to make calls as long as they ran farther away. Passed the message to Lin Mingxian.

However, the Dongfeng Corps was not harassed in any way, which made Chen Chen find it incredible.

He ordered the large troops to stop advancing, and the tanks and the vanguard of the Dongfeng Corps went out to reconnoitre and clear the obstacles.

At this time, they were still 8 kilometers away from Nanban. The second artillery position was quickly deployed. Intermediate firepower equipment including SH-3, M56 howitzers, and 107 rockets were deployed. Two hundred 7th Brigade soldiers remained. Here, in cooperation with two Dongfeng Corps combat teams, they are responsible for operating equipment and defending positions.

In the distance, the lights of the Nanban position were dimly visible. Chen Chen sat motionless in the command vehicle, constantly issuing new orders.

Dongfeng Group 2 led the engineering troops forward, using armored units as cover, to quickly occupy the favorable terrain on both sides of the road.

The mines planted by the enemy are concentrated along the Mongla Highway, two kilometers away from the Nanban position.

Be prepared and use rain-enhancing rockets to conduct preliminary demining after receiving orders.

Dongfeng Group 3 and Group 4 cooperate with the 7th Brigade to clean up the villages along the route and establish control areas.

Tanks 1 and 2 continue to move forward to provide fire suppression for engineers and create a window for demining.

Tanks 3 and 4 advance along the main attack direction, bypassing the road damage area to the farmland on the west, and attack the enemy positions from west to east.

One and two artillery vehicles continue to suppress enemy positions and create conditions for assault.

4 kilometers away from the combat zone, be prepared!

clear!

Replies from various combat units came over the radio, and then, except for the roar of the engine, the team fell into silence again.

In fact, given their size, a march of this level would not have been smooth sailing, but it seemed that Lin Mingxian was determined to stay in retreat.

Even though Chen Chen had tried to give him a chance and tried to lure the enemy into fighting, he didn't accept the move at all.

There is only 1 kilometer left from the outermost anti-tank position of the Mongla Army, and only 2.5 kilometers from the main position.

The battle was about to break out, but before the first shot was fired, the night still seemed extremely silent.

At this time, on the Mongla Army's Nanban position, Lin Mingxian was sitting in the temporary combat headquarters with an undisguised look of dejection on his face.

He never expected that things would develop so quickly.

Obviously just two days ago, I, the Dongfeng Corps and the coalition forces were in a completely harmonious state, but two days later, the other party actually had already invaded the border with its troops!

What went wrong?

Is it really just because of that assassination? Or is it that the outcome of both parties has already been decided?

Yes, that must be the case.

Otherwise, how could the other party organize such a large-scale attack in such a short period of time?

Their speed was so fast that they didn't even have time to prepare their positions, and even the trenches were dug in a hurry!

Thinking of this, Lin Mingxian subconsciously rubbed his sore arms.

He was just doing it to show off and boost morale.

But as he dug, he became more and more enthusiastic.

Because he suddenly understood that every hoe he dug would play a role in the subsequent battles.

Although this effect may be minimal, what can be done?

The aid promised by Kachin cannot arrive in the short term, and its own territory is surrounded by coalition forces. There is no way to obtain additional equipment.

In this case, even if it is the slightest advantage, he can only hold it in his hands desperately.

Of course, his performance is not completely meaningless.

At least, the morale of the Mongla army has really improved a lot.

After seeing him, the highest officer, taking the lead in digging trenches and preparing for battle, and listening to his passionate speech, the nearly two thousand militiamen of the 911 Division could be said to be full of fighting spirit.

Especially after hearing Lin Mingxian's promise that everyone would receive at least 10,000 RMB in bonus after the war, they couldn't wait to start the fight.

Because according to Lin Mingxian, although the opponent has superior equipment, there are only 500 people.

As long as we deal with their armored vehicles and make full use of the jungle and farmland terrain, it will not be difficult to defeat them——

If only that were the case.

Lin Mingxian sighed, looked at the adjutant on the side, and said thoughtfully:

Maybe we shouldn't go to war with them.

No matter how you think about it, we don't have any advantage.

Besieged geographically, suppressed in terms of equipment, not to mention combat effectiveness.

We should be good vassals and earn our money honestly.

Sir, this is impossible.

The adjutant rarely interrupted Lin Mingxian, and then continued:

There's no way they're going to let us exist.

The fundamental reason why the Dongfeng Corps wants to go to war against us is not an assassination or a hostile act, but simply because of Mongla.

They cannot tolerate a special zone on their territory, and they are even more determined than the Tatmadaw about this.

Moreover, the Tatmadaw needs to take into account the so-called international influence, but they don't.

There must be a battle between us, either sooner or later.

Now at least we still have the support of Kachin. As long as we persist for two days, maybe everything will turn around.

Hearing the adjutant's words, Lin Mingxian nodded heavily.

Thinking about it carefully, he really had no other choice.

So, he had no choice but to ask:

Where is the opponent's march now? How is the deployment of troops?

They have arrived near the gas station and are still 3 kilometers away from Nanban.

As for military strength.

The adjutant frowned and thought for a moment, then continued:

It's strange. According to the information we obtained from our investigation, they came with very few troops.

There seem to be less than 200 infantrymen and 6 armored vehicles and tanks.

With this little force, they want to knock us down?

I feel a little unlikely.

If we can get rid of their armored vehicles at all costs, wouldn't their operation immediately fail?

Two hundred people!?

Lin Mingxian was shocked, and then asked impatiently:

There are really only two hundred people?

Yes, that's the number.

They seem to have deployed their forces in the rear, on artillery positions.

That's great!

Lin Mingxian became excited instantly.

In this gloomy situation, he finally saw a glimmer of hope!

No, it was not because he underestimated the Dongfeng Corps, but it was precisely because of the strength of the Dongfeng Corps that he needed such an opportunity more and more!

The enemy always makes mistakes, and this time, the Dongfeng Corps made a huge mistake!

How could this be? How can we not invest all our manpower in the battle to attack the position, but instead deploy our troops in the rear?

One of my trenches is 600 meters long. Even if you have artillery, how many artillery troops are needed to fill my trench? !

You know, in that famous war, even if the US military used Van Fleet's ammunition, it could not win the position controlled by the light infantry!

Is it possible that now, you think you are better than the Americans? ?

This is obviously impossible!

They underestimated us!

Lin Mingxian said with joy:

They think that with a random bombardment of artillery fire, our people will collapse directly, just like they did in Tachilek!

But they don't know that the money we can give is much more than Zhao Jialiang!

Ten thousand is not enough, I can give you twenty thousand!

Even if I lose everything, I will get through it!

Give out money! Each person will be given two thousand first!

Let me tell you, as long as we can keep them out of Mongla in this battle, each person who survives will receive 20,000 yuan, and each person who dies will receive 50,000 yuan!

Kill a person and get an extra 5,000!

Those who knock out armored vehicles are worth 200,000 each, and those who knock out tanks are worth 500,000 each!

There must be brave men under the heavy reward. I don't believe it. How can they defeat us with two hundred people?!

Not to mention, most of these two hundred people are militiamen of the 7th Brigade. How can they be stronger than us?!

Hit me, hit me hard!

clear!

The adjutant immediately stood at attention and saluted Lin Mingxian.

Lin Mingxian breathed a long sigh of relief and walked out of the temporary command post.

At this time, most of the lights on the position had been turned off, and only a few searchlights were shining on the road ahead, making everything outside the position invisible.

The militiamen had already tightened their grip on the guns in their hands, and the bullets were already loaded.

Without exception, their faces were filled with greed, and even the fear of facing powerful enemies had been suppressed.

The battle was already approaching, and just when everyone's emotions reached their peak, a burst of intense fire suddenly burst out in the distance.

Then, countless fire rain fell.

——

However, those fire rains did not fall on the position, but on the road.

Boom boom boom——

Explosions continued to sound, but from the perspective of the Mongla army, it was a little funny.

Seeing this scene, someone shouted excitedly:

Missed! They missed -