Northern Shan State In a short period of time, the MNDAA attacked and occupied the North-East Military Headquarters based in Lashio, because of the breach in the communication of the army, and the breaking of such news was also due to the information of the watermelons (called watermelons) in the army.

The arrival of reinforcement columns to the Northeastern Military Headquarters in Lashio; The news about the deployment and protection of columns in Lashio Township reached the other party through a communication breach. Therefore, the reinforcement columns were crushed; The fact that the columns surrounding the Northeast Regional Headquarters were easily defeated were the reports of watermelons (called caterpillars) from inside the army. According to the report submitted by the army, it happened through the related communication breach.