The place where Yang Jing and his friends finally stayed was a hotel of decent size.
It's not a hotel, it's a motel.
In this era, there were not many decent roads in the city of Myitkyina, let alone hotels. According to Yang Jing's estimation, Myitkyina at this time was at best equivalent to some small county towns in the inland of China in the 1950s and 1960s. Although Myitkyina was not small in area, the buildings here were just like that.
This hotel can be said to be the best hotel in Myitkyina, located on the west bank of the Malikha River.
The hotel not only provides accommodation and meals, but also serves as a dock. Fishing boats and cargo ships traveling on the Malikha River load and unload goods at the docks on both sides of the hotel. The Malikha River is the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River.
Although the conditions are not very good, this is what we have.
After taking a hot bath at the hotel, Yang Jing didn't even have time to eat dinner. He just threw his head on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
I slept until noon and then woke up. It’s good to be young. I felt like a broken body yesterday, but after a good sleep I was fully recovered.
Although Myitkyina has now been occupied by the Kachin Army, Peng Jiasheng, the supreme leader of the Kachin Army and nicknamed the "Kokang King", is not in Myitkyina at this time.
After repelling several attacks by the Myanmar government forces at the beginning of the year, the Kachin Army drove the Myanmar government forces directly out of Maw Khan in the south. At the same time, the Kachin Army continued to move south along the Mailika River and is now in a stalemate with the Myanmar government forces in Bhamo.
So now the situation in Myitkyina has been completely stabilized. The Kachin Army, which has received military support from U Khin Maung, has taken advantage of the geographical advantage and has defeated the Burmese government army.
It is no exaggeration to say that the elite troops of the Kachin Army are now better equipped than those of the Myanmar government forces.
Especially in such a complex mountainous area, it is almost impossible to rely on the advantage of numbers to win the war. The natural conditions in Myanmar are worse than those in Afghanistan. The Eagle Sauce and the Russian Bear can't even take over Afghanistan, so how can the Myanmar government army possibly take over the well-equipped Kachin Army?
Peng Jiasheng is now leading his troops to a standoff with the Myanmar government army in Bhamo, but according to U Khin Maung, it is unlikely that the Myanmar government army can hold Bhamo. If nothing unexpected happens, the Kachin army will be able to take Bhamo by the end of the year, and drive the Myanmar government army out of Kachin State in one fell swoop.
As long as the Kachin Army can control the two strategic checkpoints of Maw Khan and Bhamo, it will be almost unrealistic for the Myanmar government forces to attack Kachin State again unless they are willing to use those outdated Mi-2 armed helicopters and equally outdated T-54 tanks.
Even though the Myanmar government forces sent small gunboats up the river and took advantage of the geographical location, the Kachin Army ignored the government soldiers.
Of course, if Yang Jing gave the weapons he supported to Peng Jiasheng, the Kachin Army would have a greater chance of holding on to Kachin State.
No matter whether it was the attack on Myitkyina before the New Year, the attack on Maw Khan after the New Year, or the attack on Bhamo now, the 100 RPG7 individual rocket launchers provided by U Khin Maung played a great role. Both the Myanmar government army's armed helicopters and tanks were blown up by RPGs. In the end, the Myanmar government army did not dare to send out tanks and helicopters.
Compared with the Myanmar government forces controlling Kachin State, Yang Jing would rather see Peng Jiasheng control Kachin State.
Although this guy was also an out-and-out warlord, compared to Khun Sa and Lo Hsing Han, he later advocated drug prohibition and even completely eradicated all opium poppies in his jurisdiction.
The most important thing is that Peng Jiasheng's ancestral home is in Sichuan Province, China, and he is very good to the Chinese people, and has been working hard to safeguard the national interests of Kokang. The Kokang people are actually Han Chinese, and what Peng Jiasheng did is actually very much in line with the interests of China.
Of course, Yang Jing didn't mind providing some convenience to Peng Jiasheng as long as it didn't cause a time and space paradox.
It was originally planned to depart from Myitkyina to the Hpakant area today, but after Yang Jing woke up in the morning, he received news that Peng Jiasheng wanted to meet him, so Yang Jing decided to postpone his trip to the mining area and wait for Peng Jiasheng's arrival in Myitkyina.
We waited for a whole day until dusk, when three small gunboats came from the lower reaches of the Mailikai River.
Bhamo is nearly 150 kilometers away from Myitkyina, and even if you take a small gunboat, it will take a whole day.
Then, when the three small gunboats approached the dock, Yang Jing finally saw the legendary "King of Kokang".
He looked to be about fifty-five or fifty-six years old, not tall and very thin, but his small eyes were full of murderous intent.
"It's true that hearing about him is not as good as meeting him in person. This old man is not simple! Really not simple!" Yang Jing secretly gave this old man a definition.
Isn't that right? To become a "Kokang King" in a place like northern Myanmar, ordinary people really can't do it. Only a person who is ruthless and has a certain amount of luck can do this.
"Haha, you are Mr. Wu's boss, Mr. Smith from the United States, right?" Seeing Yang Jing standing at the door to greet him, Peng Jiasheng walked up to him with a big laugh, stretched out his somewhat skinny hand, grabbed Yang Jing's hand and shook it vigorously a few times.
Peng Jiasheng's English is not very good and has a strong local accent. If you don't listen carefully, you can't hear what he says.
Yang Jing smiled and said, "Commander Peng, very nice to meet you. I'm Cole Smith, just call me Cole." The two men exchanged greetings and walked into the room together. Peng Jiasheng gave a few instructions to the adjutant who followed him, and the adjutant immediately turned around and walked out. Only he, Yang Jing and Wu Qinmao were left in the room.
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