, which dominated the drug trafficking army in , the Golden Triangle for more than 20 years, turned out to be the remnants of the Kuomintang back then? What is even more surprising is that the combat power of this Kuomintang army can only be considered a third-rate product. When they see the People's Liberation Army, they will only run away, but they are dominant in the Golden Triangle, which is very arrogant.
What is even more shameful is that in order to stay in the local area, they knelt down to the then Thai king, and they received permanent residence . So, how did this army escape to the Golden Triangle? What did they go through? What is the final outcome?
1949, the Jiang family dynasty set in the west, and was defeated by the People's Liberation Army and fled to Baodao. All the remnants of the mainland were expelled by our army. Especially after the liberation of Yunnan Province, Li Mi, as the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang, led the remnants of the army to flee south and came all the way to the near the Golden Triangle in Myanmar.
They wanted to renovate the team here and rest on the spot, but they did not expect that their actions undoubtedly invaded the territory of other countries. Because they had destructive weapons in their hands, the safety of the local people was threatened. So after learning about the situation, the Myanmar government first politely and then trooped, demanding that they withdraw from their territory.
The mainland cannot go back, Myanmar does not allow it to stay, and this army has become the "alone army" of , and Li Mi is naturally unwilling to give up and tries to contact Chiang Kai-shek far away on the treasure island, but the news has not been sent back for a long time.
Seeing that these remnants of soldiers had no intention of retreating, the Myanmar government could only choose to defend itself. However, although the Myanmar army was a regular army, these national troops fought desperately to survive. In the end, the Myanmar regular army was beaten and fled in panic. More than 4,500 people were wiped out in one fell swoop and 303 were captured.
This incident alarmed Chiang Kai-shek who was far away on Baodao. Only then did he realize that there was a group of national troops in the Yunnan border area. For this reason, he personally sent a telegram, calling them "soldier models" of .
In order to use this group of isolated troops to attack the mainland and cooperate with Baodao to launch a counterattack, Chiang Kai-shek ordered these people to stay in place without retreating.
This decision directly angered the Myanmar government, and the two troops were about to break out in conflict every few days. Although the warlords in Myanmar could not defeat the national army, they could not withstand the large number of people. The repeated attacks and raids made the national army able to fight and escape while fighting, and were forced to the China-Myanmar border.
At this time, the Kuomintang army was injured countless times. In order to provide more support, Li Mi reached out to ask Chiang Kai-shek for military expenses, but Chiang Kai-shek did not give any money. After all, the Baodao and the land of Thailand and Myanmar are far apart, and this army that is stranded outside still does not know whether it will be life or death, and does not want to waste money on them.
The helpless lonely army could only grow opium in the Golden Triangle area to survive. This is how the infamous Golden Triangle developed.
With the source of economic resources, these remnants were slightly better and still took root in the local area. After some of the national troops who were wandering abroad found out, they all ran to the Thai-Myanmar border to join them.
This team continues to expand, and by 1951, it has grown to tens of thousands of people. Chiang Kai-shek, who learned of this news, immediately sent Chiang Ching-kuo to the destination, with the purpose of reorganizing the troops and intending to counterattack.
Although he was wandering outside, he was a soldier after all. After all, he was a soldier. Who dared not to obey the military order? Under the leadership of the Kuomintang special envoy, the Kuomintang remnants began to tentatively invade the Yunnan border.
However, the People's Liberation Army drove these people out without any effort, and lost three battles and three defeats, making these national troops dare not move forward rashly. The Myanmar government saw that the national army was defeated, and wanted to take advantage of the victory to chase them out of their territory.
This army was abandoned by Chiang Kai-shek twice, and then used by the Americans. They had no nationality, no military pay, and no status. In order to win a nationality, their experience back then could be said to be even more exciting than a movie!
Although the national army could not defeat the People's Liberation Army, they became very arrogant when they arrived in the Golden Triangle region. It was easy to fight the Myanmar army. As soon as the two sides fought, Myanmar's side suffered numerous casualties and wounded, and the Myanmar government could only go to the Soviet Union to request assistance.
So the Soviet Union put pressure on United Nations General Assembly , demanding that the Kuomintang withdraw from the national military forces. In the bipolar structure, Chiang Kai-shek dared not offend the United States, let alone offend the Soviet Union. With his current strength, even Southeast Asian countries cannot afford to offend.
So, he asked the Kuomintang special commissioners to divide the troops into five armies and withdraw them in three batches. However, the third army's Duan Xiwen and the fifth army's Li Wenhuan did not want to execute the order.
They are from Zhenkang County, Yunnan, and they are very reluctant to leave their hometowns when they go to Baodao. What's more, these two people have a big business in the Golden Triangle. Everyone is fighting. They become local tyrants. The soldiers who follow these two just want to live quietly.
Chiang Kai-shek didn't want to admit this army at first. Since the two of them didn't want to come, there was only one way. They would not be allowed to fight in the name of the national army in the future. They would have no relationship with Taibao Island anymore.
After hearing this order, Duan Xiwen and Li Wenhuan could only agree helplessly. From now on, they have become stateless , military pay, and unorganized "three no troops".
Since Myanmar is unwilling to take them in, Duan Xiwen and his two men could only bring a large number of brothers to the Messler area of Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand.
Now it is the Thai government's turn to worry again. Thailand is a monarchy country and everyone has to be headed by the king, but there are too many guerrillas in the country who specifically oppose government rule.
These opposition elements have not been eliminated yet, and the remnants of the National Army have come. The Thai government is in trouble, fearing that the two forces will be entangled together.
At this time, the remnants of the Kuomintang army did not know where they got the plane and blew up two Myanmar fighter jets . The terrified Thai king let senior government officials contact the national army and must not let them get along with the guerrillas.
After investigation, it was learned that the national army had been funded by the United States, and the United States wanted them to counterattack the mainland, but unfortunately, after the failure, the United States never cared about them again. The only thing left was these two aerial fighters.
After hearing this, Thai officials decided to appease and solicit these people, and let them make their own requests, as long as they are reasonable, it is acceptable.
Duan Xiwen and Li Wenhuan suggested that they want to settle in Thailand to obtain permanent residence and allow future generations to reproduce.
When Thai officials heard this, it was of course easy to deal with this request. As long as they were willing to follow the Thai army to eliminate the guerrillas, they would be given permanent residence after the battle ended.
Duan Xiwen was overjoyed. This was definitely the best choice for them to settle down. Since they broke off contact with the Kuomintang, their survival has problems. Without a source of income, they have been selling opium crazily.
But at that time, the Golden Triangle drugs had become rampant, and those drug lords were desperate for life. They were simply a waste of sacrifice when fighting with them.
What's more, there are more and more families with the army, and the second and even the third generation are born. They have lived enough of this kind of life without the rights of citizens, so after discussion, they decided to help Thailand fight the guerrillas.
This war to clear out the guerrillas continued until 1970, but at this time Duan Xiwen's troops were already in scattered, and some people were still old and could not stand the trouble. They were eager to get official recognition from Thailand and take root in the Golden Triangle. After all, life is not easy without nationality, military pay, and no status.
The Thai government saw that they could no longer pose a threat and did not want to fulfill their promises, but was afraid that they would be unfavorable. They could only give them the title of refugee and allow these people to operate in the Messler area and have the same power as other residents in the town.
But in Duan Xiwen's mind, this is far from enough. Without nationality, he will be lonely ghosts everywhere. At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek frequently sent spies to Messler, hoping to bribe Duan Xiwen and Li Wenhuan to ask them to be loyal to the party and the country and deal with the mainland.
However, Duan Xiwen, who had long seen through the ugly face of the National Government, would never submit. The Kuomintang spy who could not get a good deal could only return in disappointment.
Duan Xiwen found the Thai government for the second time for these brothers who had been alive and died, asking them to give Thai nationality. The Thai government hesitated because in 1971, there were anti-government armed forces more powerful than guerrillas in the area.
The King of Thailand told Duan Xiwen that as long as the armed forces were wiped out, Thailand would be willing to take in these soldiers.
Duan Xiwen was shocked. The anti-guerrilla warfare has been exhausted over the years, and it is really hard to bear to let the elderly soldiers go to war.
After returning to Messler, most soldiers heard of this request. They expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Thai army to go to the battlefield in order to make their descendants live a happy life. Duan Xiwen agreed to the Thai government's request.
In this war, the national troops rushing on the front line fought bravely to kill the enemy, and more than 1,000 soldiers annihilated 3,500 enemies. Under the firepower demonstration of the Thai army, all opponents were wiped out in just a few months.
Since the national army has won, the King of Thailand will fulfill the promise in the agreed matter. However, when the envoy and Professor Duan Xiwen were teaching the rules, he told him that he must kneel down when he saw the King of Thailand.
When Duan Xiwen heard this request, he was angry. The man had gold under his knees. He knelt on the sky, kneeling on the ground, and his parents, and asked him to kneel on the king. Then the battles over the years were in vain.
Envoy told him that since he came to Thailand, if he wanted to be recognized, he had to abide by the Thai system and integrate into society.
Looking at his brothers who were born and die with him, Duan Xiwen was in a state of uneasy. The next day, he came to the palace of the King of Thailand and knelt at the feet of the King of Thailand for the sake of the brother who could become a naturalized person. This also means that he completely surrendered to the King of Thailand and will never be able to return to his motherland from then on.
In order to make 1,500 soldiers survive, the commander of the National Army Duan Xiwen knelt at the feet of the King of Thailand. The generals who fought on the battlefield knelt over the sky and over the ground, but they didn't expect that they would suffer this humiliation even after being over 60 years old. After
, Duan Xiwen accepted the honors awarded by the King of Thailand and the medal of permanent residence . However, the King of Thailand only gave 1,500 places, and the rest were refugees.
By 1981, armed forces appeared in Thailand again. The King of Thailand, who wanted to reuse the same trick, found the Kuomintang troops. At that time, they were already seventy-year-old and eighty-year-old, and Duan Xiwen also died a few years ago due to a heart attack in . The rest of the people are not able to resist such a huge force again.
However, in order to obtain nationality, the younger generation of soldiers still fought with the Thai army. After a battle, only 800 people were left in the first place.
In March 1982, Thailand cleared the reactionary team, and the last 800 refugees finally obtained Thailand's permanent residence.
