No one expected that it would be the Siamese army that first ignited the war between Nanhua and Japan.
After Phibun Songkhram retreated to Myanmar, with the help of the Japanese, he took root in southern Myanmar. With the remaining forces of the former Siamese government army as the backbone, he reorganized fifteen divisions. These troops were mainly defensive.
The mountainous border areas between Myanmar and Nanhua served as an early warning and bought time for the Japanese army when the Anjia army attacked.
After retreating to Burma, Phibun Somkhamp's life was extremely difficult. As Nam Hua's rule in Siam became more and more stable, he was questioned more and more. Many people believe that if it were not for Phibun Somkhamp's mind,
Even if he had a fever and took the initiative to provoke a war with Nanhua, he would not have ended up where he is today.
Phibun Songkhram was merciless and wielded the butcher knife again, resolutely purging the leadership. After eliminating dissidents, he felt that it was time for a victory to inspire his followers. It happened that the Japanese army successfully attacked Pearl Harbor.
The United States and the Japanese government declared war on each other, and the Nanjing and Nanhua governments also declared war on Japan. The war was about to break out.
Under this situation, Phibun Somkhram believed that he could no longer wait. Only by taking the initiative in the war in his own hands could he hope to counterattack Siam. Therefore, after secret discussions with his staff, a large-scale
Night raids came into being.
On January 3, the 24th day of the 11th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, it was two o'clock in the morning, and the stars and moon were dim.
The Santaguan Pass on the border between Nanhua and Myanmar was completely silent. A dense crowd gathered beside the railway in Kronwa Town, about eight kilometers to the north from the pass.
"Commander, do you really not want to prepare for artillery fire?"
Colonel Pattafong, commander of the artillery regiment of the Fifth Division of the Siamese Army, asked the division commander Lieutenant General Somwen Thanat in a low voice. The chief of staff, Major General Suphan, looked worried.
"The victory in this night battle lies in the suddenness. If we carry out the artillery bombardment in advance, wouldn't we tell the other party that we are coming?"
After saying this, Somwen Tana shook his head, turned to the two regimental commanders standing respectfully in front of him and said, "Leave everything to Colonel Basak and Colonel Shahi!"
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
The two regiment commanders who led the night attack were both backbones of the Siamese nationalist radical party "Siam Blood Regiment". They had received rigorous military training in Japan. They stood at attention and paid tribute to Somweng Tana almost at the same time.
He gave a military salute, then turned around and ordered nearly three thousand Siamese soldiers lined up in five rows of dense charging formation to advance towards the mountain in front.
Sombon Tana, who noticed the expression of Chief of Staff Supan, was a little unhappy:
"Major General Suphan, the warrior of the Siamese nation, will definitely be able to use his own blood to tear open the defense line that the Chinese have painstakingly built... Now our railways and the Chinese railways have been built to the Three Pagodas Pass, and only need
Once the two railways are connected together, they can be put into use immediately. I believe it won’t be long before we can raise our Siamese military flag in Sangkhlaburi City to let the people know that we are back!”
Major General Supan, who had witnessed the power of the An family army in the Siam series of wars, opened his mouth. Seeing Somwen Thanat's expression becoming more and more impatient, he had no choice but to shut his mouth wisely, lower his head and remain silent.
After the first group of Siamese troops set off, the second group of two regiments of Siamese troops also entered darkness.
The Siamese soldiers who participated in the night attack did not even dare to breathe, so they chose to focus on the attack. In the dim moonlight, people could only vaguely see a distance of more than ten meters away. All the Siamese monkey soldiers stood tall and put away their bayonets.
Type-8 rifles silently pressed toward the Anjia Army position several kilometers away.
The two machine gun battalion commanders, who were calculating the distance, ordered the machine gun battalion to stop about 250 meters away from the Anjia Army's first trench, and the twenty-four Type 92 heavy machine guns assisted by the Japanese quickly deployed
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The branches and leaves of the trees scattered in the mountains made a "creeping" sound when stepped on. The advancing Siamese soldiers quickly moved forward without saying a word.
One hundred and fifty meters away from the Anjia Army position, many Siamese Army soldiers in the first column suddenly felt a stiffness under their feet when they landed. The sound of objects hitting one after another made the entire Siamese Army's assault formation almost collapse.
Stagnated by it.
The officers who did not dare to curse out loud carefully squatted on their knees, pushed aside the soil on the surface, and touched carefully. What they touched were various hard empty cans, glass wine bottles, bullet casings, etc.
The officers and soldiers of the Anjia Army who had been on high alert since the declaration of war heard the faint sound of banging objects immediately, and a series of whispered orders suddenly sounded in the trenches: "Attention, the enemy is coming!"
Wrongly believing that the things in front of them were domestic garbage discarded randomly by the An family army, the Siamese army officers waited patiently for a few minutes. When they saw that there was no movement in front of them, they ordered the soldiers to continue moving forward.
One hundred and fifty meters behind them, more than fifty light guns with crooked handles and more than fifty grenade launchers slowly spread out on both wings of the formation.
Afraid of waking up the Anjia officers and soldiers on the opposite position, the first row of Siamese soldiers became more and more cautious. Every time they put down their feet, they were very cautious. Only after making sure that there was no metal or utensils under their feet did they dare to step down firmly.
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When they were more than 80 meters away from the trench, more than 300 Siamese soldiers who had nothing under their feet stepped on them one after another. As a result, a sudden change occurred.
The moment the military boots hit the ground, the more than 300 Siamese soldiers rushing in the first line suddenly felt their feet were empty, and their whole feet sank directly.
Before departure, the commander of the Fifth Division, Somboon Thanat, personally emphasized to the Siamese officers and soldiers who participated in the night attack that they must remain concealed before launching the charge. After more than a year of rigorous training by Japanese instructors, Siamese
The quality of Luo Jun's soldiers was reflected in this sudden change. More than 300 soldiers endured the fear of the unknown situation and unexpectedly remained silent during the collapse of their bodies.
In a few tenths of a second, more than 300 military boots stepped on real objects again. The owners of more than 200 military boots were horrified to feel that something sharp had penetrated the soles of the boots and then directly penetrated into the soles of the feet.
The pain that penetrates the heart travels directly to the brain along the nerves.
No matter how strict the training and military discipline are, monkey soldiers are still monkey soldiers. Faced with this unbearable and heartbreaking pain, they finally lost restraint. "Wow!" More than two hundred painful screams quickly broke the silence.
night sky.
It turned out that in order to prevent night attacks by the Japanese or Siamese troops in front of the pass, the Anjia officers and soldiers threw tin cans, glass bottles, artillery shells and bullet casings in front of the pass, and dug a shallow half-way in front of the trench.
The small ditch, which is more than one meter wide, is filled with sharp steel nails and shrapnel, and is covered with branches and wooden boards, and then sprinkled with a thin layer of soil.
The howling of the Siamese army quickly revealed their position. When he discovered that the enemy was in front of his position, the garrison commander of the Anjia Army shouted, "Hit!" while pulling the trigger of the automatic rifle in his hand.
More than a hundred automatic rifles, semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns, and general-purpose machine guns that had already pointed their muzzles at predetermined positions spit out hot flames almost simultaneously.
Thousands of orange bullet marks cut through the night and poured towards the front of the position. The more than 300 Siamese soldiers rushing in the first row were mainly those Siamese soldiers whose soles were pierced by steel nails and shrapnel.
Only then did they realize how lucky they were. As they were lying on the ground, a violent rain of bullets passed over their heads and violently hit the Siamese soldiers behind who didn't know what happened. The 7.62mm caliber
Bullets screamed into the crowd.
"Puff puff puff——"
The warhead carrying powerful kinetic energy easily tore apart human skin. The stalled warhead rolled through the yellow fat, split the cyan nerves, and penetrated the pink muscles.
Only after the internal organs in the body were torn, the nerves transmitted severe pain to the brains of the Siamese soldiers who were shot, from officers to soldiers. Blood splattered and hundreds of Siamese soldiers fell to the ground screaming.
The defenders, who didn't want to aim at all, pulled the bolt of the gun desperately, then pulled the trigger, and a particle bullet whizzed into the darkness.
The universal machine gunners, who had received the order not to save bullets early, simply pulled the trigger to the bottom. The muzzle flames jumped, and fan-shaped fire chains rolled into the darkness that was overwhelming and screaming.
The high rate of fire of the general-purpose machine gun was undoubtedly a nightmare for the Siamese army. After another two to three hundred people fell, the rest of the Siamese army soldiers quickly fell down, and the violent rain of bullets whizzed past their heads.
Pass.
The first to counterattack were the two machine gun battalions of the Siamese Army.
“Fire—”
Amid the howls of the two battalion commanders, twenty-four Type 92 heavy machine guns roared simultaneously.
Twenty-four tongues of fire rolled fiercely towards the flame spewing point more than 200 meters away.
"Chirp chirp chirp——"
The sudden rain of bullets rushed towards An Jiajun's machine gun position with a strange scream. Amidst several muffled groans, several light machine gunners fell headlong into the trench.
Without a trace of hesitation, the deputy shooters faced the hail of bullets, quickly pulled the general-purpose machine gun, turned the muzzle, and slammed the trigger. The flames of revenge quickly enveloped the Siamese army's heavy machine gun position.
The ammunition hand, who had no time to check the injury of his companion, took up the position of the deputy shooter, turned his head and shouted: "Medical soldier——"
Two medical soldiers assigned to the company rushed over and turned the shooters lying in a pool of blood one by one. After careful inspection, they reluctantly gave up treating the three shooters whose heads were crushed. The other shooter
His right shoulder was shattered by the enemy's bullet, and he lay there without saying a word. The medical soldier nodded to him encouragingly, hurriedly bandaged him, and called to the stretcher bearer on standby, "Carry it down!" Then he rushed to the stretcher where he was standing.
A place that screams "Medicine".
Whether it is a crooked handle or a chicken-neck machine gun, its main problem is its slow rate of fire. Therefore, in this counterattack, the bullets released by the general-purpose machine gun quickly beat the Siamese army's machine gun positions into howling ghosts.
However, a problem with the general-purpose machine gun is that the barrel will become red soon and the barrel must be replaced. The Siamese army is superior because it has more machine guns. At the same time, it also learned the fearless style of their teacher, the Japanese.
The waiting machine gunners quickly came up and hundreds of tongues of fire formed an airtight wall of fire, pressing towards An's army's position.
The dense rain of bullets made up for the lack of shooting accuracy caused by the darkness. When the flames passed by, a blood mist rose up from the general-purpose machine gun position assigned to the company, and the sound of shooting stopped abruptly, like the sound of tearing cloth.
The Siamese army used crazy firepower to attack the firepower position of the silent defenders. The deputy shooters and ammunition handlers who came up to take up positions on the Anjiajun position were unable to raise their heads to shoot.
Now, the only way is to transfer the shooting position. Fortunately, the general machine gun is light, and the deputy shooter can quickly drag the general machine gun down the trench and rush to other places.
In the darkness, the infantry on both sides exchanged fierce fire, but with little effect.
Seeing that all the firepower points on the Anjia Army's position were suppressed, the Siamese army learned from the Japanese's grenadier soldiers and began to join in the duel between infantry.
A violent rain of metal bullets swept close to the ground, and dark red bullet marks in the air fell like meteors towards the trenches where the Anjia army was defending.
"Boom boom boom——"
Amidst the explosions one after another, orange fireballs continued to steam up in the wide trenches. From time to time, officers and soldiers were wrapped in the fire and violently thrown out of the trenches. They only had time to scream before they were cut into pieces by sharp shrapnel.
flesh.
You must know that the one holding the Santaguan position is Troop B of the Third Division of the First Group Army of Gu Changfeng's regiment. The official designation is 3b Division, which belongs to the Category B establishment. From the division commander to the squad and platoon leaders below, almost all of them are from the original Third Division.
Of course, after the army was formed, political cadres, corresponding deputies and staff were added, but since most of the soldiers were new recruits, their combat effectiveness was not very strong.
"Brothers, hold on!"
The garrison company commander, who showed up and fired at all costs, tried his best to encourage the morale of the officers and soldiers. With the strength of a company, he withstood attacks from troops ten times his own. What supported the officers and soldiers to continue fighting was their unyielding fighting will.
The companions around them fell one after another, but the surviving officers and soldiers did not flinch. They still calmly pulled the trigger and fired 7.62mm bullets at the invisible enemy.
The fast-moving general-purpose machine gun began to bark cheerfully again in its new position.
"Porphyrin —"
Strings of bullets carrying the anger of the shooters set off a shower of blood on the Siamese army's machine gun positions. However, this quickly attracted counterattacks from the opponent's machine guns that had a numerical advantage, and shooters kept leaning forward and falling into the trenches.
At this time, the mortars assigned to the company by the Anjia Army, after holding back for a while and confirming that the opponent did not have artillery behind them, finally began to show off their power.
A total of twelve mortars were fired at no less than twelve times per minute, and the first hit rate was no less than 70%. They quickly destroyed the Siamese army's machine gun positions and exposed grenade positions.
, all shrouded in fire and smoke.
After two minutes of rapid fire, the mortar had just moved its position and was quickly attacked by the Siamese army's grenade launchers and the infantry artillery that finally followed.
The battle was extremely fierce. In less than half an hour, more than half of the company guarding the position was lost. Just when the two commanders of the Siam Army were preparing to launch a charge, reinforcements from a battalion of the Anjia Army finally arrived, with more than 400 automatic rifles.
The addition of semi-automatic rifles and thirty-two general-purpose machine guns quickly stabilized the position that was about to collapse.
At the moment the battle started, the commander-in-chief of Santaguan, the First Regiment Commander of the 3b Division, reported the unexpected situation to his superiors, while dispatching troops and generals, and sent each battalion under his command into the battle one by one, delaying the enemy's offensive and gathering the main force for the counterattack.
Win valuable time.
...
Nanhua, Xinjing, Xiaonanhai.
An Yi was in the small conference room of Xuanwu Building, listening to the reports of several intelligence officers.
Du Yi is introducing the situation in the United States.
"After the *** attack on Pearl Harbor, at 9:30 a.m. Pearl Harbor time and 3 p.m. Washington time, Roosevelt, Stimson, Knox, Hull, Admiral Stark, General Marshall and Special Advisor for Far Eastern Politics Zhang Xi
The first national defense meeting was held urgently at the White House, and a series of orders were quickly issued to surround military facilities and factories. All private planes stopped flying, all amateur radio operators stopped transmitting, a press censorship system was established, and the FBI was ordered to arrest those who
The Americans were imprisoned in concentration camps in the western desert.
"At this meeting, Churchill made a special call to the National Defense Conference in London to ask President Roosevelt what happened. Roosevelt said, 'The *** attacked Pearl Harbor, and we are now in the same boat.' Then the two talked on the phone again.
We discussed some things..."
Liu Qing smiled and added: "The news we got is that Churchill only knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor two and a half hours later, and he heard it through the radio. At that time, he was talking to two people at his country villa
American guests spent the New Year's holiday together. The two guests were Averell Harriman, the scheduler of the American Lend-Lease Act, and John Winant, the ambassador to the United Kingdom. It was nine o'clock in the evening, London time, and they were listening to the BBC news broadcast together.
, the announcer endlessly reported the situation of German air raids across the UK. At the end, the announcer finally broadcast the news in a straightforward manner that the Japanese Navy had attacked Hawaii and the US Navy had suffered heavy losses.
"At that time, the two Americans straightened up in their chairs. Winant, the ambassador to the United Kingdom, suggested that the British Prime Minister contact Roosevelt immediately. So Churchill followed John Winant to the U.S. Embassy, and then used the U.S. Embassy's phone number to call
The US President’s phone call finally confirmed the news. According to British newspapers, Churchill’s face was full of joy at that time because Britain no longer faced the invaders alone, and the United States finally stood with him! It is said that Churchill slept extremely well that night
Sweet."
Seeing An Yi meditating, Xu Yichen introduced the information he knew:
"At four o'clock in the morning, Philippine time, MacArthur received a notification from the United States. He immediately notified the American air force stationed in the Philippines. But the worst part was that the American pilots were unprepared and did not know whether to bomb Taiwan or Hainan Island first.
Or maybe it was some target on the Lanyin Islands, so they decided to send out reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance first. At 6:30 in the morning, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft began to bomb the William Price anchored in Davao Bay.
USS Dayton' seaplane supply ship, and then the American air base in the Philippines was bombed by more than a hundred Japanese fighter planes. Almost all American fighter planes were destroyed, and the tragedy of Pearl Harbor was staged again.
"At seven o'clock in the morning, Tokyo time, the Japanese people first learned that they had won a decisive victory in the Pacific War from Radio Tokyo. The announcer Miyano Morio first broadcast an important message in the morning news briefing program: The Imperial Commander-in-Chief
The Imperial Army and Navy jointly announced at 6 o'clock this morning that the Imperial Army and Navy would engage in battle with the U.S. military in the Pacific at dawn today. Later, Japanese Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro gave a speech, calling on all citizens to do their best to defeat the Western powers. That morning
Later in the evening, after military music played from the loudspeaker, a declaration of war began to be broadcast: The unfinished work of our ancestors will continue to be completed, the roots of evil will be quickly eradicated, and lasting peace will be firmly established in Asia and the Pacific.
To preserve the glory of my empire..."
An Yi asked with a smile: "You must be very excited, right?"
Xu Yichen shook his head: "Not everyone may be excited! At that time, after the news of the war against the United States was broadcast through the loudspeakers installed in the street, the pedestrians stopped and were shocked. However, after receiving the news of the unprecedented victory at Pearl Harbor,
When the victory was great and the Japanese navy could directly threaten the west coast of the United States, people began to applaud and cheer, shouting long live the emperor. Some people walked to the Niju Bridge to pray for victory with solemn expressions. As the victory news continued to come, the radio continued
Play the military song "Across the Sea": Across the sea, corpses float on the sea, across mountains, corpses litter the fields. Died for the emperor, and regard death as home..."
An Yi nodded: "It seems that not all Japanese people are fanatical. They are also worried about the sad end of defeat. How are the wars in other parts of the Pacific battlefield?"
Xu Yichen said: "According to information from Tokyo, at noon on Wake Island, thirty-six Japanese bombers taking off from Roy Airport in the Marshall Islands flew through the storm and attacked the island. The Americans neglected to defend.
The only seven fighter jets on the island were blown up, and the huge oil storage tank caught fire, followed by a violent explosion. Pan Am's giant seaplane "Philippine Express" escaped, leaving traces on its fuselage
With countless bullet holes, the aircraft took off carrying 70 airline employees and wounded soldiers, and then a Japanese cruiser and destroyer formation launched a landing operation on Wake Island.
"At 10:30 in the evening on Midway Island, this coral island, known as the incompetent aircraft carrier in the middle of the Pacific by the United States, was bombarded by the Japanese destroyer fleet. A hangar on Midway Island caught fire. A U.S. Marine Corps officer
was killed. That night, San Francisco and Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States began to implement blackouts. On Guam, because there was no heavy artillery to protect the officers and soldiers on the island, this night was a long night of despair. In Manila, MacArthur and his men
The commander began to assess the military defeat during the day and considered how to repel the invading enemy on the beachhead without air force support. It can be said that ***'s strategy achieved a comprehensive success."
An Yi asked: "Are there any new battle reports from the Hawaiian Islands, Philippines and Australia?"
Several intelligence officials looked at each other and shook their heads.
An Yi was a little disappointed when he suddenly saw Shen Fengdao hurriedly walking into the room with a serious look on his face. He felt a chill in his heart and knew that something big had happened.
After reading the emergency report handed over by Shen Fengdao, An Yi pondered for a moment, and then sneered: "I didn't expect that the Japanese have such a big appetite. They don't even have the Americans, so they just want to take advantage of us! We are not Americans.
, being unprepared, there is no way that what happened at Pearl Harbor could happen to us..."