Chapter 245: Traditional skills, surrender at the first sign of disagreement! “The rise of the Sichuan Army is too fast. It is unimaginable that it has achieved such strength just so long ago.” Terauchi Shouichi looked at the telegram and sighed with emotion. He now regrets not adding more troops to destroy the Sichuan Army when it was just rising. Mainly because the Battle of Midway was imminent at that time, the Navy was unable to deploy warships, and the troop increase plan was shelved. As a result, what is happening now is that the Sichuan Army is rising rapidly and is almost unstoppable. Originally, I wanted to wait for the fleet led by Nagumo Chuichi to return, and then discuss it before considering sending troops to Bangkok to completely eliminate the Sichuan Army. But now the Sichuan Army began to attack the French army, and the French army suffered heavy losses. If they do not send troops to support, it means that the French army may lose Annan. Then the situation the Japanese army will face will be precarious. If he sends out troops, what will he use to transport the soldiers?
Know that Siam’s navy was essentially intact. Even if the opponent's warships are not that good, the transport ships attacking them will definitely be crushed. For a time, Shouichi Terauchi fell into a tangle. Suddenly I realized that it would be great if the army also had battleships. Without warships, they have to rely on the navy whenever shipping is involved. Originally, when Nagumo Chuichi's fleet was still there, he could still negotiate with the other party and use the only oil in his hand to exchange for the other party's fleet escort. But now they are doing well in the Mediterranean, and they have even brought a large amount of steel and fighter planes to the navy. This made the Army extremely jealous. But there is nothing we can do. Who makes the relationship between the two parties not so good? You want the navy to provide oil for escorts and let them share part of the steel? impossible! Absolutely impossible! It is estimated that it would be more reliable for the navy to use artillery to bombard their army base camp at that time. The steel that their navy got back with their own abilities, why should they give it to your army? Is the current army actually short of steel? What a shortage! ! But Tianzhu's army is not lacking. After they captured a large amount of territory in Tianzhu, the amount of steel they captured was even more shocking. As a result, two problems were encountered.
First, there was no port, and the captured steel could not be transported back, so the Japanese army in Tianzhu began to attack southward, trying to seize a port. Second, let’s go back to the first question, there is no battleship escort. Although there are no decent warships in this area of the sea, who can say clearly about accidents. No one knows who will come first tomorrow or the accident. So in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, a naval **** is still required. Then back to the most basic problem, there are still no battleships. Originally, without Nagumo Chuichi, Isoroku Yamamoto could still be found, but it turns out that this guy has been obsessed with revenge recently and has not bothered to pay attention to him at all. So even if he wants to send troops now, he has no ships. Unless you walk through the land of Borneo, the road to the tropical rainforest is difficult to describe. Moreover, it is still the rainy season, so the marching speed is very slow. The non-combat attrition is serious. I'm afraid it would be good to have 70-80% combat strength left when we arrive in Bangkok. More importantly, the Sichuan Legion is not a soft persimmon. "Your Excellency, Commander, if we don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid that all the French troops in Khmer will be destroyed, and Annan will be next." The combat staff saw the hesitation in Juichi Terauchi's heart and said emphatically again. “I know.” Terauchi Shouichi said with some dissatisfaction. How could he not know? If tens of thousands more elites are lost, it will not only be the Indo-China Peninsula that will be lost. Even Borneo has to be lost. At that time, the guilt will be even greater. More importantly, he currently has no generals who can fight. To be precise, a general who can surely defeat the Sichuan Army. There used to be a Yamashita Fengwen, but this guy was transferred away. There don't seem to be many people in the remaining six sabers. He himself is a member of the Saber Six. The key is to let him command the battle? This is too cheap. "Where are the Thai troops? What are they doing?" Terauchi Shouichi asked. Ever since the Siamese royal family led by Songkhen withdrew from Bangkok, this guy has been completely silent. Fortunately, Shouichi in the temple felt that the Siamese royal family was still a good flag, so he supported a batch of weapons and equipment to allow the other side to rearm their arms. So much time has passed now, so logically it should be almost done.
"The officers sent by us are being trained. At present, the combat effectiveness has improved compared with before. I'm afraid it will take a long time to reach our level." The combat staff replied. Hearing this, Shouyi in the temple nodded silently, and after a long time he spoke. “Tell Songkram that now is the time to retake Bangkok, and we will send fighter planes to support it.” “Huh?” The combat staff officer was immediately confused. What does it mean? They won’t send troops! Let Songkan lead the remaining Thai army to send troops? Isn't this a joke? Perhaps seeing the doubts in the mind of the combat staff, Shouichi Terauchi shook his head and said. “Without naval escort, our troopships are unable to fight back against the Siamese navy, let alone land. As for marching from land, not to mention the logistical consumption. It is the rainy season now, and logistical supplies are very difficult.” “We can only survive the rainy season first and then wait until autumn.” Hearing this, the combat staff remained silent because he knew that what Terauchi Shouichi said was true. But if the Sichuan Army continues to be left alone now, when the other side really takes over the Indochina Peninsula, it may be really troublesome. "Don't worry, Annan still has the Japanese Fourth Division. Although they will delay the battle, they will definitely explode with strong combat effectiveness in the face of the Sichuan Army's attack." Terauchi Juichi said confidently. Seeing this, the combat staff could not give any more advice. Major General Songkan was stunned when he received the telegram. Let him lead the troops to attack Bangkok. That’s right! It is to attack Bangkok! Since the main force of the Sichuan Army is in Khmer, now is a good time to attack. According to reliable information, there is currently only one regiment of the Sichuan Army stationed in Bangkok. As for those rebels, their combat effectiveness is almost zero and they are no longer considered at all. Looking at the Thai army here in Songkan, there are more than 40,000 people. Mainly during this period, Cun Yunsheng used the help of cleansing Bangkok, which caused many wealthy people to be directly dissatisfied, and some directly defected to Songkan. So during this period, the strength of the Thai army in Songkan increased dramatically. Coupled with the training of Japanese military advisers, the combat effectiveness is increasing day by day. But he was shadowed by the Sichuan Army before, so Songkan looked at the telegram now and felt a little worried. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if we take back Bangkok, the wealthy people from all over the country may surrender immediately." His subordinate's words awakened Songkan.
If the Zheng Dynasty continues to do this, the big families who support them will be completely wiped out. Even if we take Bangkok by then, it will be in vain. “Send troops, send two divisions, no, three divisions to attack Bangkok.” Major General Songkan thought for a while and ordered. "yes." … The most depressing person must have been Governor Degu. He almost fainted when he received the telegram from Juichi Templeuchi. “Let the Thai army sneak attack Bangkok?” The plan is quite good! After all, if Bangkok is lost! The Sichuan Army will definitely return to support. The Khmer crisis will be resolved by then. The key point is that the combat effectiveness of Songkhan’s Thai army is no match for the Sichuan Army. The previous battle proved that the Thai army was just like that. How could the Japanese troops take Bangkok if they didn't take action? Even if the Japanese army dispatched fighter planes to support? Don’t forget that the Sichuan Army also has fighter planes. Thinking of this, Governor Degu sighed. “There is no hope for the Japanese army. I am afraid we can only rely on ourselves from now on.” Hearing this, many officers felt discouraged. “Your Majesty the Governor, how about we surrender?” an officer suggested. Hearing this, many officers were moved. For them, surrender is commonplace, why should they lose their lives for these colonies. And surrender doesn’t mean that you can’t continue to control these colonies? Stilwell had promised before that as long as they surrendered, they could continue to retain their colonial rights. And Marshal Pétain can surrender, why can't they surrender? It’s not embarrassing anyway. “No, we absolutely cannot surrender.” Governor Degu shook his head resolutely. He already felt very embarrassed about cooperating with the Japanese army. After all, the things the Japanese army did made him very shameful. As a result, we will surrender to the Sichuan Army now.
Especially when he thought about having to face Stilwell's hateful face, he didn't want to carry this shame for the rest of his life. “Order to recruit all adult natives and let them consume the enemy’s artillery shells.” Governor Degu said. He is not a fool. How could he let the French army die in vain? As long as he dares to issue such an order, he will be **** by his subordinates tomorrow and then declare his surrender. "Yes." Although he did not persuade Governor Degu to surrender, he was relieved that he did not order them to go to the front line. They had already made a mental decision, but if it didn't work out, they would choose to surrender. After all, there was nothing shameful about surrendering to the Allies. They can even become the troops of Free France, and then they will also be the Allies. … At the front line, Duan Zhenguo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the telegram sent by Cun Yunsheng. In the telegram, Cun Yunsheng asked Duan Zhenguo to make a plan, and he must strictly abide by using superior forces to deal with the French army and open up the situation as soon as possible. As long as the situation is successfully broken, the next attack will be very smooth. A lion must use all its strength to fight a rabbit, not to mention that the French army is not a rabbit yet. If you really think that they are as weak as rabbits, you will definitely suffer a big loss. At the same time, Cun Yunsheng emphasized that frontline troops must guard against arrogance and impetuosity and must not be careless. The French army has suffered their losses and will definitely learn a lesson. The reason why I sent such a telegram was purely because I didn't want Duan Zhenguo to ruin the good situation because of his carelessness. The new regiment he led was the elite unit of the task force. The number of veterans is as high as 60%, so many troops have opinions. Therefore, Duan Zhenguo's regiment must not have any problems. With Cun Yunsheng's reminder, Duan Zhenguo really put away his love rival and began to think carefully about the next battle. I have to say that Duan Zhenguo did show excellent commanding ability after he became serious. Equipped with a new group of beautiful weapons and equipment, its combat effectiveness directly stunned the French army on the opposite side. “This is not a Sichuan regiment at all, but a standard American infantry regiment.” “Their firepower is far superior to ours.” “The bunkers we built were all destroyed by their recoilless rifles.” “They dispatched dozens of tanks. Damn, they used blitzkrieg very skillfully. They used tanks to break through in the middle and then surrounded them on both sides.” “Assholes, they know the German tactics well.”
Various news came from the French front line. The summary is that the enemy is too powerful and they cannot stop the enemy's offensive. Even many French soldiers seriously doubted that this was not an Asian battlefield at all, but a European battlefield. A regiment has nearly two hundred artillery pieces of various calibers in total, not including recoilless rifles. If you include recoilless rifles, that’s even more. Moreover, Cun Yunsheng has been accumulating rifle grenades recently. Once the number is large, he will equip the infantry squad with rifle grenades. At that time, the firepower of an infantry regiment will be completely comparable to that of a US infantry regiment. Paired with the half-step peak infantry of this era, it will definitely kill the gods when the gods block it, and the Buddha when the Buddha blocks it. I’m afraid that by that time, the Japanese soldiers won’t even be able to carry their shoes. Even so, the new group's fighting power at this moment is extremely powerful. So much so that the French army suspected that this was not an Asian battlefield, but a European battlefield. Because only the German army has such powerful firepower and combat morale. At one time, they looked with contempt, thinking that the Japanese army was just exaggerating to cover up their incompetence. You must know that the French army was called the era of giant artillery! At that time, the French army was synonymous with firepower. What now! The French officers supervising the battle on the front line could only express silence after seeing the firepower of the Sichuan Army. If the Sichuan regiment on the opposite side were to change into German military uniforms, they would have no doubt that they would be the elite troops of the German army. You know, in order to meet the artillery fire needs of the new regiment, he asked Kang Ya to move most of the trucks to the front line. The purpose is to ensure that the new regiment must not stop attacking because of artillery shells. With powerful artillery fire, the defense line just established by the French army was torn apart. The natives ignored the supervising team and fled towards the rear. The French army, whose ideas were still stuck in the trench warfare mentality, seemed at a loss when faced with the coordinated operations of armor and artillery fire. It can only be said that the lessons they learned from the German blitzkrieg were not enough. Otherwise, trench warfare would never have been used. More importantly, these natives are all strong men who were brought here. When encountering such powerful artillery fire, they would have been bombed long ago. So it collapsed quickly. Some natives even chose to surrender without saying a word.
“Strange, why hasn’t the main force of the French army appeared yet?” Duan Zhenguo frowned slightly when he received the battle report from the front line. The battle went really smoothly. "Perhaps they were scared by us and didn't dare to show up at all? After all, such powerful firepower is rare in the world." A major said with a silly smile. He has been a soldier for so many years, but he has never seen any army with such strong combat effectiveness. “It makes sense. With our firepower configuration, if we encounter a regiment, no, two regiments, I dare to confront the Japs.” Duan Zhenguo said confidently. If Cun Yunsheng knew about him, he would definitely scold him. One US military standard regiment and one tank regiment, totaling 4,000 people. Only dare to fight two alliances? Today is really hard to describe. My mother is about to recover from pneumonia, but today she has a high fever of , followed by vomiting and diarrhea, which means she will continue to be hospitalized. Then in the afternoon, people were taking care of my mother in the hospital. My wife told me that the child had a fever again. Originally, the child could be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, but now he is fine! We have to delay again! That kind of mentality really explodes every minute! It’s so difficult to reach middle age, and you’re still an only child! Didn’t even finish a can of beer!
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