Chapter 6 dawn attack

On the 21st of January this year (1982), the Thai government forces launched a dawn attack on Manxingdie.Manxingdie is a small basin, surrounded by continuous mountains—there are no steep mountains, just one mountain after another. If a person dies or is killed there, he will not notice it for three years, and the smell of corpses will waft in the wind. , Dispersed in a few days.In fact, insects, ants, and wolves are haunted and impermanent, and the corpses have not completely decomposed, but have been swallowed up, leaving only wreckage. Manxingdie has always been a peaceful village on the surface. Except for the occasional disciplinary killings and deterrent family extinctions, it can be traced back, at least for more than a hundred years, and there has never been a war.As long as you are a "good citizen" with "safety" and don't violate taboos, there is indeed a fully protected free world. The "Shan State Revolutionary Army" collects very little taxes, and also has very few connections between the people and the outside world. It is as quiet as being forgotten by the world, and it also forgets the world.

In the early morning of the 21st of January, when the mist was about to recede, a pale yellow band of light was faintly appearing on the mountain in the east. A team of Thai border police had quietly approached the staff of the "Shan State Revolutionary Army" Mr. Chang Zhang Suquan's residence located at the foot of the mountain - this residence was described by the English "Asia Weekly" as extremely luxurious, with a garage, a swimming pool, and a tennis court.But I can't verify it with my own eyes. When I was in Manxingdie, Zhang's house was still in the hands of the Thai army and visitors were not allowed.According to the intelligence of the border police, Mr. Kun Sha was also at Zhang's house that night, and he hoped to take advantage of this raid to catch them all.But Mr. Kun Sha was not there that night, only Mr. Zhang Suquan and his family were alone.The commandos stopped as they approached the gate, shouting loudly.

——This is a typical Thai way of fighting, without taking any risks.Just as an officer of the lone Hmong army said: "If you rushed in at that time, no one would be able to escape." He commented: "The Thai border police are not fighting, they are just showing off." The shouts of the border police woke up the owner and guards of the mansion.It doesn't matter which side fired first. The important thing is that the war will break out from the first shot.The right-wing detour force of the border police had crossed the Buddhist temple and cut off the back road, and Zhang's house was surrounded on all sides.At the same time as this action took place, the border police conducted a powerful search in the village and expelled all the Chinese, who accounted for about four-fifths of the population of Xingdie, from the village, and then smashed their furniture and household equipment door by door. pulpy.For the precious items that you can't bear to get your hands on, it's logical to take them with you.

— This widespread robbery by the Border Police was certainly a failure of discipline, but they clearly harbored old vendettas. The "Shan State Revolutionary Army" and a small number of Chinese who bully others have planted too many seeds of anger with their usual arrogance. They have forgotten one thing: "This is Thailand's territory", but Thais will not forget it.But there is one thing that makes us gasp. We can't imagine that if the troops of another country are replaced, I am afraid that there will be one row after another. Simultaneously with the ground attack, the Thai Air Force dispatched more than 10 helicopters to drop bombs on the mountains that were considered to be hoarding opium, the premises of the heroin factory, and the headquarters of the "Shan State Revolutionary Army".On the mountain and in the star-studded village, flames burst into the sky for a while.This is an unprecedented change. The "Zhang family" far away in the mountains, apart from emergency deployment, the first thing to do is to rescue their chief of staff from danger.

——People in the Golden Triangle and the border areas call the "Shan State Revolutionary Army" or the "drug cartel" the "Zhang family".From this title, we can see the relationship status and importance of Mr. Kun Sha (Zhang Qifu). Mr. Kun Sha sent a ten-member death squad down the mountain to rescue them. Under the fierce artillery fire, they sneaked into the encirclement of the Thai border police.Mr. Kunsha is famous in the border areas for the strictest discipline and quick and brutal revenge on the enemy.The Death Squad knew that if Mr. Zhang Suquan could not be rescued, he would have to die, and there was no third way to go. If he took the third way—such as fleeing, the ending would be even more terrifying.Therefore, they rushed into the fire net regardless of their own safety. The crazy situation surprised the Thai border police. Now, they know what war is.An officer of the Thai High Command told me that more than 60% of the total casualties were caused by this battle.

Dumbfounded by the Thai border police, Mr. Zhang Suquan withdrew to the mountains, leaving behind an empty house.And in this empty house, photos of Mr. Kunsha and Mr. Zhang Suquan's family traveling in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore and other places were found, showing that money can be used by gods, and gods make them come and go freely. The border police took advantage of the momentum and chased after the mountain. Just after crossing a mountain hill, the Zhang family's troops fought back fiercely.Ten—later reduced to one or two helicopters—was useless in the mountains.The mountain corps trained by the Burmese government painstakingly exerts its power here.The border police had to stop advancing, and by the afternoon, the fighting had turned into a stalemate.

It should be noted that until the time I wrote this report, no opium or other drugs had been seized. The Thai government's large-scale "drug suppression" military operation has appeared to be an embarrassing phenomenon.