In January 1950, the main force of the Kuomintang 8th Army was completely annihilated, and the remnants of Lieutenant General Li Mi fled to Burma. General Li Mi was a famous anti-Japanese general, and every item on his list of military exploits is amazing.
In 1944, he led the army to hold his position in Kunming, and in the face of the siege of the Japanese 21st Corps, he held out for three days and three nights. After running out of ammunition and food, he resolutely led his troops to successfully break through.
His heroic performance was shocking, so in the Yunnan War of Resistance, Li Mi became a high-profile heroic general.
In the flames of the Liberation War, he was defeated repeatedly. In the Huaihai Campaign, he went deep alone, unfortunately surrounded by our army, and had no way to escape. After Huang Baitao's corps was defeated, he fled back to his hometown in Yunnan with only a small part of his team.
The high mountains and dense forests of Yunnan provide him with a natural barrier, and he is convinced of this. At the instigation of Chiang Kai-shek, he decided to hold his position and resolutely not surrender to our army.
After a fierce battle, Li Mi's troops were completely defeated. He led the rest of his men and fled south into Burma. The country is vast, sparsely populated, and surrounded by dense jungles on all sides, but Li Mi's army lacks military supplies, and how to keep his soldiers alive has become the most urgent task.
At first, Li Mi could only sell the valuables in the army to buy food, but soon, these supplies were also exhausted.
Paying for expenses by growing and selling opium**, Li Mi ordered trees to be cut down and the wasteland cleared, quickly becoming Myanmar's biggest drug lord. The best trading in the Golden Triangle has also prospered as a result.
After learning about it, the Burmese ** decided to eradicate them, but because Li Mi had a strong army, the ** army suffered heavy losses. The Yunnan Military Region also joined the fighting, and Li Mi fled to Taiwan.
Later, the remnants of the Kuomintang army settled in the Golden Triangle, and some of them became Burmese or Thai citizens. In the seventies of the last century, the drug dealer Kun Sha came to prominence, and some people speculated that he might be Li Mi's subordinate back then.
Although he was a hero of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Mi went on a path that ran counter to history. In order to be loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, he dabbled in illegal acts. From a highly respected general, to a drug dealer.
This is truly a mockery of fate. Li Mi knew very well in his heart that if he didn't do this, only the end of destruction awaited him. There is no doubt that the phenomenon of drug abuse in Myanmar and Thailand is inextricably linked to Li Mi.