MM Racing Chapter 216
Chapter 216
: Surrender of Yangon Province
As time enters June, the temperature has begun to rise in various parts of Myanmar. The temperature usually reaches 35-6 degrees, and sometimes the temperature can even reach 38-39 degrees.
And because it is located in Southeast Asia, most areas of Myanmar have a tropical climate and are loaded by the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The rain brought by the ocean airflow on both sides makes Myanmar’s rainfall particularly abundant.
Yangon Province is located in the most fertile Irrawaddy River Delta in the southern coastal area of Myanmar. The word “Yangon” means “End of War” in Burmese, so Yangon is also Myanmar’s “City of Peace”.
This is the most prosperous area in Myanmar, and it is also the area with the most developed agriculture.
The legion’s armored forces were traveling on the road, and the resistance the legion encountered along the way was very weak.
The Myanmar Army’s troops on the southern front have withdrawn to the city of Mawlamyine in the southeastern theater.
As the Corps won several battles in the central region of Myanmar and advanced all the way, occupying the core areas of the Myanmar military government such as Naypyitaw, the remaining Myanmar National Defense Forces also began to find their own way out.
The Burmese army in the south is likely to integrate with the rebels in the southeast theater.
The 3rd Battalion of the Legion and the 2nd Guard Brigade are launching an attack in the direction of Moulmein.
Now it is just a guard regiment that is attacking Yangon and other places.
“There are many rivers here, and it has been raining for several days. The troops are advancing a bit slowly.” On a wheeled armored vehicle, the leader of the guard force looked at the troops crossing the river on the bridge, and was deeply moved. frowned.
This is the border area between Bago Province and Yangon Province, and a river has become the dividing line between the two provinces.
The road bridge over the river is now occupied by the legion, and hundreds of legion guard troops are passing through the bridge.
According to intelligence, there are only a few thousand remaining troops of the Myanmar Army in Ayeyarwaddy and Yangon Provinces, and they are basically local permanent troops. The most elite mobile troops have been transferred to Mawlamyine.
The main force of the first brigade of the Legion is moving south from Magway Province along the Irrawaddy River and Myanmar’s most important railway line. At that time, more than 10,000 troops will attack the remnants of the Myanmar Army in Yangon and Irrawaddy Provinces. Forces are being wiped out.
At the same time, due to the special terrain of the southern coastal area, the Corps mobilized two armed helicopter groups and two Nighthawk transport helicopter groups as mobile support units to provide troops on the southern front.
After the troops passed the bridge, they left behind an infantry platoon and more than 40 soldiers stationed at both ends of the bridge. They also left two armored vehicles behind, built sentries, and temporarily blocked the bridge to ensure logistics and transportation safety.
After entering Yangon Province, the regiment’s troops advanced along the road line toward Yangon City.
At this time, the sun was shining brightly, and after several days of rain, there was mud on the ground on both sides of the road, and the air was filled with heat, making the legion soldiers sweat profusely.
In the farmland on both sides of the road, farmers are planting rice seedlings in the paddy fields.
Although this large area is covered with plains, Myanmar’s economy is backward and few people can afford modern farming tools. Most of them still farm by traditional manual labor.
“It’s time for summer plowing. I wonder if new rice has been plowed in my hometown.” Shen Siyuan looked at the farmers scattered like ants in the paddy fields in the endless farmland on both sides of the road and let out a sigh.
“What, you still have a paddy field at home?” Battalion Commander Nie Han said with a smile.
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Then he said something to the soldier driving in the cab.
The soldiers then parked the military armored vehicle they were riding in in a relatively open space on the roadside.
Nie Yun got out of the car with Shen Siyuan and saw many large bamboo mats on the flat land and gentle slopes on both sides of the road, covered with golden rice.
This is after the harvest, farmers are drying the rice to remove moisture.
“My family only has two acres of paddy field on the mountainside. Every time I farm, I have to climb with my old ox for a long time.” Shenyuan said, squatting down and touching the rice in the bamboo mat with his hands.
“This rice is very full and grows well. I have heard before that the land in the south is more suitable for rice cultivation, and now it seems true.” Shen Siyuan was very envious.
He is a Han Chinese from Jingdong, but he lives on the edge of the Jingdong Plain. His family’s farmland is also on the mountainside. It is not easy to go back and forth every time for farming and harvesting.
And he didn’t want to be a farmer all his life like his father, so he chose the remnant army and joined the 141st Infantry Division of the Burmese Army. Because of his cultural foundation, he became a platoon leader of the Burmese Army.
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Later, when the legion attacked Jingdong, he originally stood firm in the city, but after hearing the legion’s propaganda and realizing that the legion was a predominantly Chinese force, he surrendered to the legion with more than 20 of his men.
After not being held in the prisoner camp for long, he was transferred to the legion’s recruit training camp. Later, because of his outstanding performance, he was added to the 2nd Guard Brigade as a supplementary grassroots officer.
He successively participated in the Battle of the Salween River Bridge, the Battle of Nansang, the Battle of Taunggyi, and the Battle of Taungoo. As the regiment fought its way out of Eastern Shan State, he was promoted to the rank of captain and deputy battalion commander.
It is a pity that the guard regiment he was in was deployed to attack Yangon Province instead of going to Mawlamyine, where the Burmese army has the largest number of remaining soldiers.
He now only hopes that the remaining troops of the Burmese army in Yangon and Ayeyarwaddy Provinces can hold on for a few more days and let themselves be promoted to another level. No matter what, they will be promoted to the level of major and battalion commander after the war.
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“Don’t worry, Jingdong has bought a lot of high-yielding hybrid rice seeds from Longguo. The yield per mu can reach more than a thousand kilograms!” Nie Han patted this compatriot on the shoulder and said, “It just might not taste good. ”
The high-yielding hybrid rice introduced from the Dragon Kingdom has an average yield of more than 1,200 kilograms per mu. Even in paddy fields with a mountainous environment and poor fertility, the yield can reach 700 to 800 kilograms per mu.
Although the yield of high-quality, high-yielding rice with better taste is only six to seven hundred kilograms per mu, considering the importance of food, the army chose to introduce hybrid rice with higher yield.
“There’s not much difference in taste or anything else. The most important thing is that it makes people full.” Shen Siyuan stood up from the ground.
In the paddy fields ahead, some local farmers looked at them with trepidation, as well as the legion armed forces passing by on the road.
Some farmers hurriedly collected their own grains for fear of being robbed by the army, but no one dared to approach the rice in the area where Shen Siyuan and Nie Han were.
“Battal Commander! Report from the vanguard troops at the front! Yangon City has surrendered!” At this time, a soldier carrying a communication radio came over happily and said to Nie Han.
“Damn it, why are these Burmese army monkeys shooting so fast?” Nie Han cursed in dissatisfaction.
Then he turned back to the military armored vehicle and continued to advance with the troops.
After Nie Han and other soldiers left, the local farmers dared to step forward cautiously and pick up their own rice.