Chapter 34 Battle of Khao Yasan

Khao Yashan is located in the heart of Thailand. The Thai Communist Party has been operating for more than 20 years. It has more than 2,000 armed field troops. It uses Soviet Russian weapons and American weapons transferred from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. It is a brave army. Mountain Corps.And they have their militia organization, which is even stricter. Children over ten years old, the elderly, and women are all included in the fighting ranks.They have their own schools, hospitals, small arsenals, training camps, arsenals, and administrative systems. An army of 500 people, led by generals Chen Maoxiu and Yang Weigang, took a transport plane from Kim Kan Airport and went to Phitsanulok to join the main Thai Black Panther Army on February 9, 1981.After the rendezvous, the lone army was humiliated again. In front of the well-dressed, well-armed, and energetic Black Panther Army, the lone army was all yellow and emaciated, like an old and weak soldier in a cartoon that made people laugh.The Black Panthers did not laugh out loud, which is due to their noble qualities, but when they started short-term intensive training and shooting, the performance of the lone army was even more embarrassing. Know how to use it, and it is very easy to learn to use it. For weapons that you just know how to use, the hit rate can be imagined.One sesame cake after another, the Thai military officers just shook their heads and sighed. They had seen the records of the Battle of Badang from the archives, but what they faced was a different image. There was an expression on his face that he regretted not recruiting this batch of waste.

General Chen Maoxiu told me that he was even more ashamed and angry. "I have to report to the commander of the army. The clothes are shabby because we are poor. The shooting is inaccurate because we lack ammunition and usually dare not practice. Moreover, the guns are newly issued, of course we are not familiar with them. I hope you can give us time." This is the picture of the lonely seedlings.General Chen Maoxiu is the previous generation of the solitary army, and General Yang Weigang is the new generation of the solitary army. They have no reason not to be despised. In fact, they also mourn for themselves.General Chen Maoxiu said to me sadly: "We have no successors!"

On February 16, 1981, the general attack began. As General Lei Yutian expected, the five-way column advanced one victory after another. A few days later, it advanced ten kilometers away from the peak of Kaoya Mountain. Caught in the light and heavy weapons hidden in the cave by the Thai Communist Party - including the 57th recoilless gun and the 60th mortar intertwined fire net.The impact of the plane bombing on the cave is very small, only the cannons can be used against the cannons, but the artillery vehicles of the Black Panther Army cannot climb the mountain path. In fact, even if there is no such obstruction, it is difficult for them to go any further. .

This stalemate lasted until February 19, when the Supreme Command ordered the lone army serving as a reserve to enter the battlefield.Even the Supreme Command has no confidence in using the miscellaneous troops temporarily drawn by the Third and Fifth Armies to face a powerful enemy, but they are unwilling to let the Thais alone bear the failure.Khao Ya Mountain is 1,290 meters above sea level. It is not high, but it is steep.General Chen Maoxiu judged that the Black Panther Army fell into an ambush because they used a strong attack.If the lone army wants to win, it must take a large detour.It took ten days just to circumvent Kaoya Mountain. In the Wanshan Mountains, day and night, until March 6th, it was only at the back of Kaoya Mountain. The troops were divided into two groups. General Yang Weigang led the attack. Although the enemy was caught by surprise, it was still impossible to avoid the attack. Fortunately, the Thai Communists concentrated their forces on the front mountain to block the Black Panther Army.The Thai Communist Party will defend every inch of land with the attitude of a mourning soldier. The situation of the lone army at this time is that it will die if it takes a step forward, and no one will survive if it takes a step back.According to the Chinese art of war, when two armies meet along the road, the brave will win.General Yang Weigang, carrying a carbine and shirtless, has been standing in the most dangerous place, and has been rushing to the most dangerous bunker.Thank God, bless him fortunately not to die in battle. If he died in battle, his morale collapsed, and the lone army would disperse and escape in an instant. In the mountains under the influence of the Thai Communist Party, the meaning of dispersing and escaping is that they all died under random guns.

On the night of International Women's Day on March 8, a lone army captured Khao Ya Mountain, the supreme headquarters of the Thai Communist Party. The Thai Communist Party's rescue force, which was blocked by the mountain, encountered the Thai Communist Party who had broken through the encirclement. It collapsed for a while and ran to another mountain. go.Only then did the lone army discover that the mountain named Kaoye Mountain was the corner camp of the Thai Communist Party. "We can't let them take a breather," General Chen Maoxiu said, "Once a foothold is established, it will be difficult to attack."

The lone army took advantage of the victory to pursue, and rushed into the camp on the afternoon of the 9th amidst the turmoil of the Thai Communist Party.A battle that lasted more than 20 days ended, and all lost land was recovered for the Thai government. Thailand's Supreme Command was deeply moved, and when the lone army returned to Chiang Rai Airport by four transport planes from Phitsanulok, a special grand welcome party was held.General Pokemo, Commander of the 04th Headquarters, presided over the event in person.The most noteworthy thing is that Thai newspapers never mentioned a single word about the lone army's hard-working feats in the past.But this time the Thai language newspaper used a large report to commend the lone army for its contribution to Thailand, and thank the lone army for lifting the most serious crisis of being cut down in Thailand.