Roland, let Deju escape, the mutiny planned by the Japanese failed, the Xuebing Army attacked the planters more unscrupulously, the Indochina Federation suddenly entered a new era of military rule, Ouyang Yun used an alternative way to give the fourteenth A soldier avenged his blood, and the interest group of French planters who colluded with the Japanese took the blame. They paid a high price for this. Fully half of the colonial land was "nationalized" and became Ambos Collateral used to repay student military branch debts,
The Xuebing Army has shown great ambitions in sharpening its sword, and its target is directly at the strategic resource of rubber. The Japanese need rubber, and the Xuebing Army also needs it. Moreover, as the modernization of the army becomes more and more advanced, the demand will be It is getting bigger and bigger. At present, the rubber needed by the Xuebing Army mainly depends on imports from the American Philippines. However, once the United States and Japan go to war and the Philippines is captured by the Japanese, this way will be cut off. In this matter, Ouyang Yun Lao had already planned. After Chen Ce expressed his sincerity to Xuebingjun, he immediately asked Fan Xudong to organize people to plant rubber in Hainan Island. After nearly two years of hard work, Hainan's rubber planting has now formed a certain Of course, there is still a long time to go before harvesting. The United States and Japan will start a war by the end of this year at the latest. It will take at least five years for Hainan Island’s rubber to be harvested. How to solve the demand for rubber during this period, Ouyang Yun originally tended to hoard, but after the Western Expedition, he had new ideas. This was one of the reasons why he sought to control the Indochina Federation and became the man behind the curtain behind the French.
The Xuebing Army marched westward under the orders of the Chongqing government. To outsiders, the Xuebing Army compromised with the central government and was a diplomatic failure. However, in the eyes of Ouyang Yun, Jiang Shuren and others, this was an attempt to open up the southwest international market. opportunity,
Looking at the current China, Xuebingjun Special Zone has the best economic development and the richest people. This has caused the following embarrassing scene. Domestically, the high-tech products produced by Xuebingjun are better than those in Fujian, Guangdong and Qiong. Outside the market, sales in other places, even Chongqing, are actually difficult to achieve scale. Seeing that the local markets in Guangdong, Fujian and Qiong have become saturated, Ouyang Yun has to consider opening up new markets for the long term.
Originally, the British and French refused to allow military products to enter Southeast Asia, but now they have no choice but to do so.
Under the planning of Jiang Shuren and Niu John, a Southeast Asian economic development group headed by Fan Xudong was secretly established. The task of this group was to formulate relevant plans to help Xuebingjun companies dump unsalable local products to Southeast Asia. various goods,
The establishment of the French Restoration Army was an opportunity for enterprises in the Xuebing Military Zone to enter the Southeast Asian market. Although the cooperation details signed by Ouyang Yun and Ang Bos did not mention matters other than weapons and military cooperation, as long as the French If they really want to develop and strengthen the Nationalist Army, and think about marching into Europe, they will eventually find out embarrassingly that except for the people in their army, they are still from France, and everything else has been imprinted with "Made in Guangzhou".
While the Cadet Expeditionary Force was steadily implementing Ouyang Yun's Indochina Federal Economic Colonization Plan, on February 11, the two warring parties finally decided the winner of the long-standing Fo Lao Defense Line. The Chinese, Thai and British allied forces held on for more than half of the Months later, the British army was first defeated. Then, Commander Wan Fulin of the 53rd Army, the frontline commander of the Northeast Expeditionary Force, decisively chose to withdraw from the battlefield when he might be flanked by the Japanese army.
The British could run away without even saying hello, so the Chinese army naturally had no obligation to hold on to the end. It only suffered the Thais. As a result, in addition to more than 5,000 Thai soldiers who died in battle, the rest of the 50,000 Thai troops actually collectively surrendered to the Japanese army. , immediately changed the war situation in the entire Indochina Peninsula,
Before the outbreak of this battle, Thailand and Japan maintained quite friendly relations. In the 19th century, China, Japan and Thailand were the only three countries in Asia that were not colonized by the West. The reason why China and Japan were able to avoid it was that the former was too It’s hard to pronounce because the latter is too strong. As for Thailand, it made full use of the contradiction between France and Britain, thus becoming a buffer zone for the two countries’ Asian colonies.
Living between two Western powers makes life difficult. This makes Thai people yearn to be as powerful as Japan and can defeat behemoths like polar bears. Their extreme disgust for Westerners made the country implement a constitutional monarchy in 1939. , under the control of the military regime, began to move closer to the powerful Asian "distant neighbor" Japan, thus promoting the very important "Japan-Thailand Goodwill",
It is well documented that when the League of Nations made a resolution to condemn Japan because of the Manchurian Incident, Thailand actually chose to abstain. In addition, in the past history, when Japan was besieged by the ABCD network and lacked resources, Thailand's military cabinet at the time was actually very sympathetic. Not only did it ignore international public opinion and provide Japan with a large amount of rubber and cotton fabrics, but even more absurdly, it also issued an appeal to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that China, Japan and Thailand were all Asians and should unite to deal with the West. white people,
All of the above show how friendly the Thai government is to Japan. Isoroku Yamamoto led the Western Expedition Fleet into the Indian Ocean with the banner of expelling the Western colonists and establishing a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. This just catered to the wishes of the Thai military. , if Wavell hadn't used a large army to force the Thais to go to war, and the Japanese had actually occupied a lot of Thai land, the Thais would definitely not have chosen to go to war with the Japanese army.
The Pharos defense line collapsed, the British and Northeastern armies were defeated, and more than 40,000 Thai troops surrendered. This was just a step forward for the Thai Binpun cabinet at that time. When Binpun and Yamamoto Isoroku came into contact before, they still held the pipa and half-hidden their faces. Well, now I just take off my mask and go into battle naked.
On February 13, Thai and Japanese representatives reached a so-called "military cooperation agreement" in Bangkok. Immediately, more than 40,000 Thai troops captured by the Japanese army transformed into the so-called "Greater East Asia Alliance Army." This time the Thais The change of flag was quite thorough. The next day, the more than 15,000 British troops who had just received the relevant news and had not had time to evacuate the Thai border were intercepted by 10,000 Thai troops from the northwest in Saiyu. Then, the British general returned Before they could react, more than 3,000 Japanese troops suddenly appeared in the southeast. As a result, the Japanese shouted with a loudspeaker: "You have been surrounded. Surrender unless killed." The more than 20,000 British troops actually surrendered obediently. Weapons surrendered to the Japanese army,
The dramatic changes that occurred in Thailand naturally did not escape the eyes and ears of Fox Tong lurking there. A sealed telegram was sent to Pobiet. Ouyang Yun could hardly believe his eyes after seeing it. He did not know everything, so he did not I don’t know that there has been ambiguity between Thailand and Japan for a long time. I really can’t understand why the Thais, who were allies just now, suddenly changed their flag and became the devil’s dog. And when I think about the fact that the Cambodia-Thailand border will become a front line, and there are many enemies. In front of hundreds of thousands of people, he frowned tightly and couldn't help but feel a bit of pressure in his heart.
The originally simple situation suddenly became complicated, and the British army failed to live up to expectations. As a result, the burden of blocking the Japanese army fell entirely on the shoulders of the Northeast Expeditionary Force and the Cadet Expeditionary Force.
Ouyang Yun and Shaoshuai Zhang exchanged information through telegrams every day. Because Thailand suddenly rebelled, more than thirty telegrams went back and forth between them that day. In the end, they reached a consensus that Thailand would ignore him, but Myanmar still had But the French Federation of Indochina must not be lost.
"Brother, I admire your tactics, but as you are just over the edge, your tactics should be softer when dealing with the French." After discussing how to use troops against Japan and Thailand, the young marshal said this in a subsequent telegram,
At this time, the British and Japanese media were vigorously criticizing the "atrocities" committed by the Xuebing Army in the French Indochina Federation. The world's public opinion was also agitated. It is not surprising that the Young Marshal heard about it. The Young Marshal obviously cares about the British. Since Ouyang Yun was his ally, he was worried that Ouyang Yun's actions would anger the Westerners and be detrimental to their Western Expedition.
Ouyang Yun didn't worry about this at all. His call back was very interesting: "Brother, thank you for your kindness. Don't worry, your fist is big enough. The truth is on my side. If you are tight, I suggest you Give it a try and the effect is great."
Ouyang Yun's words were 30% dramatic and 70% serious. He didn't want to instill anything into the young marshal. He just knew the current difficulties faced by the Northeastern Army and gave him an idea to solve the logistics supply problem.
When Chiang Kai-shek selected the Northeastern Army and the Xuexi Army to form an expeditionary force to go west, his original strategy was to use a borrowed knife to kill people. If the knife was not sharp enough, he would also provide it with two whetstones.
In Chiang Kai-shek's plan, the "King of Yunnan" Long Yun and the supply issue were the two whetstones. Long Yun was assigned to be responsible for the logistics and supplies of the expeditionary force. As long as he was greedy, he would definitely set off a rebellion between the Yunnan Army and the Northeastern Army. , the dispute between the Xuebing Army and the warlord, who will be the good bird? If it really breaks out, it will definitely be a lose-lose situation. In that case, Lao Chiang will be saved a lot of things. However, the development of the matter is unexpected. To Chiang Kai-shek's expectation, this time Long Yun not only did not take advantage of the opportunity, but also personally intervened in the matter, and did not give his subordinates a chance to deduct any money.
When the plan failed, Chiang Kai-shek came up with another plan and simply reduced the rated supply to one-third. In this way, Long Yun was not greedy and the Xuebing Army did not care about this supply, but it was not enough for the Northeast Expeditionary Army. ,
The Young Marshal had already heard about the big commotion caused by the Xuebing Army in the Indochina Federation. It happened to be a supply difficulty. It was impossible for him not to be moved. However, he always had scruples in his heart and did not dare to act rashly. Do whatever you want,
The Northeast Expeditionary Force and the Cadet Expeditionary Force entered the Indochina Peninsula at almost the same time with the same purpose. Although they still maintained a close alliance, due to differences in concepts, the two sides unknowingly drifted apart.