At the same time that the Three Pagoda Pass was attacked, beacon fires were set off everywhere along the more than 1,000-kilometer border controlled by the Siamese army.
There are thousands of kilometers of border between South China and Myanmar, most of which are surrounded by high mountains and dangerous areas, and are inaccessible. However, between the mountains and dense forests, there are many elephant trails, that is, elephants or groups of wild beasts.
Although the roads left during migration are not conducive to the passage of large troops, small infiltration troops of only a few dozen people are not very restricted.
The commander-in-chief of the Siamese Army, Phibun Somkheng, sent two divisions, broke them into pieces, crossed the border line, and harassed the border posts in Nanhua, trying to disrupt the judgment of the defenders and create conditions for the troops to enter Kanchanaburi.
Seeing the failure of the sneak attack at Sam Pagoda Pass, which was the main direction of attack, Lieutenant General Somwen Thana, commander of the Fifth Division of the Siamese Army, was anxious and angry. He loudly scolded the chief of staff, Major General Suphan, for the poor planning of the staff department, which led to the failure.
The attack failed. At this time, the military headquarters in Klongwa Town called to inquire about the battle situation on the front line. Songwen Tana did not dare to neglect and promised to capture the Three Pagodas Pass before dawn. Then he woke up from a dream and immediately ordered
The artillery regiment sent out reinforcements.
An hour later, the artillery regiment was in place, and the Siamese army, whose attack had stalled, received much-needed artillery support.
A series of orange-red bullet marks broke through the thick air, carrying a heart-shaking scream, and rushed towards the Three Pagoda Pass defensive position. Along with the bursts of heart-rending huge explosions and brilliant flames, in
The entire Guanqian position bloomed.
The Siamese concentrated all six 75mm field guns and twenty-four 70mm Type 92 infantry guns, shelling non-stop, and dense groups of shells bombarded the two circular trenches outside the Three Pagodas Pass back and forth.
The hail-like grenades hit hard, the ground was beaten like a drum, and the entire position was plowed over. During the explosion, large clumps of mud were lifted up in the air, leaving only densely packed huge
crater.
As soon as the flares were lit and it was discovered that the enemy was pulling back the troops on the front line, the experienced non-commissioned officers immediately ordered the troops to hide quickly and hide in the anti-gun holes.
Therefore, when the sound of artillery and explosions came, most of the officers and soldiers were sitting in the gun-proof caves made of reinforced concrete, listening silently to the endless explosions. Under the strong sound waves, everyone looked a little grim.
It was ugly. From time to time, a grenade flew into the traffic ditch, bursting out with brilliant fireballs. Blocks of soil were thrown into the air, crushed by sharp shrapnel, and turned into fine sand all over the sky and fell to the ground.
At this time, Sombon Thanna personally rushed to the front line, gathered more than 4,000 officers and soldiers in the reserve team, and gave personal lectures.
"Warriors of the Siam tribe, the Three Pagodas Pass is right in front of you. Beyond the Three Pagodas Pass, you will find our homeland. We have lived and multiplied there for thousands of years, but now, our land has been ruled by foreigners. Even Siamese
The name Siam has almost ceased to exist, because our enemies changed its name to Ha Dong and Shan Nan provinces, and the sacred Bangkok was renamed Keongnam City. The enemies tried to fundamentally erase Siam as an independent country.
!
"As a warrior of the Siamese people, each of us shoulders the great responsibility of recovering the country and restoring national independence. Can this situation be allowed to exist? Now the opportunity has come. Our ally, the Japanese army,
has declared war on the United States, and our enemies have foolishly
The Great Siamese Empire declares war, we are honored to stand with the strong! The Three Pagodas Pass lies in front of us, we must conquer it and show our people that we are back, and the great Siamese army has set foot on the motherland
territory, we must fight to restore the glory of our ancestors!
"Just two and a half hours ago, all four regiments of our division have entered the battlefield. However, due to the fierce resistance of the enemy, we still have no way to tear apart the opponent's defense line! And you will be our division's last hope.
!If your attack also fails
, then the mission undertaken by our division will be declared a failure, and we will be a miserable lonely ghost in a foreign country. I ask you now to not sacrifice, to move forward bravely, and to stab a hole in the enemy's defense line with a bayonet.
Cave, do you have confidence?"
"Have confidence!"
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
"He died early and was reborn early. He died on the battlefield. We just happened to meet to go to the Buddha's country and bask in the glory of the Buddha!"
The chaotic responses from more than 4,000 people made Songwen Tana slightly disappointed, but when he thought about the identities of these people, he felt relieved.
Most of these soldiers came from logistics, engineering troops and supplementary regiments, and had not received too strict military training. The position they were about to attack had already swallowed the lives of thousands of their companions, and they showed no fear at this time.
Instead, his emotions were high, and his eyes were bloodshot and red because of the upcoming killing. This was already an amazing improvement.
The Siamese silently looked at the flaming position in the distance. They would only wait for the bombardment to end before launching a desperate assault on the troops following them. If they did not achieve their goal, they would never return.
.......
Gu Changfeng, who was stationed in Jingnan City, was summoned from his lover's bed by his guards and immediately summoned his colleagues in the headquarters to discuss how to deal with the enemy's sudden offensive.
Major General Bai Feiping, director of the Front Army Intelligence Department, took a document and reported in detail:
"Based on the information fed back from various places, it can basically be confirmed that it is not the Japanese army that sent troops to harass us this time, but the Siamese army that was reorganized with the help of the Japanese army. After the Siamese people retreated to Myanmar, they were unwilling to give up.
Due to their failure, they not only established an ethnic radio station in Mawlamyine specifically for us, but also frequently dispatched
Agents entered our territory and printed reactionary newspapers and leaflets in an attempt to disrupt our military morale and morale, especially inciting civil strife among the Siam ethnic group. However, they were blocked by our radio signals and spread to the joint defense of villages and neighborhood committees.
The system makes it impossible for those agents to hide, and all efforts fail!
"So far, our government has been initially recognized by the Siamese people, and due to the continued immigration policy, the proportion of Chinese in various counties and cities has exceeded that of Siamese. By the end of this year, the ratio will be two to one.
The population ratio ensures that Hedong and Shannan provinces
and the dominant position of the Chinese in Chiang Mai and southern Beijing. The work teams that went deep into villages and towns used a combination of songs, dances, dramas and movies to publicize that the Siam people are actually the Dai people in China, and were given by the Dai compatriots in southern Yunnan.
The Siamese folks did their work and achieved very good results.
"At present, most of the Siam people have begun to follow our propaganda and start to call themselves Dai people and consider themselves to be a branch of the Chinese people. Due to the implementation of policies such as equal land rights, compulsory education, free medical care and freedom of religious belief, we now
The foundation of their rule has been very solid. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable and necessary for the Siamese government and army in Myanmar to stand up and express their presence, otherwise one day they will be overthrown by the Siamese people.
Abandoned by the people!
"Based on the above circumstances, we have reason to infer that this was done by the Siamese army behind the Japanese army's back. The purpose was to drag the Japanese army into the water and help them regain power!"
Gu Changfeng nodded, turned his head, looked at the large map of Indochina on the wall, thought calmly, and then asked again:
"So, have you inferred the focus of the Siamese army's attack? From the time of the attack to now, there have been warnings from hundreds of outposts, which makes people dazzled and at a loss as to what to do!"
Bai Feiping stood up, walked to the map, picked up the baton, and moved the tip of the baton across the map:
"Our border with Myanmar is extremely long. It stands to reason that any place attacked tonight may be the key point of the Siamese army's attack. However, we must see that in the past hundred years, the British have invaded Siam
For land transportation with Myanmar, if dignitaries from the two places need to travel, they must go from Yangon or Bangkok, via Sin Chau, and follow a circuitous sea route. This policy can not only develop maritime transportation, prosper the harbor, but also suppress smuggling. It is truly killing two birds with one stone.
policy.
"However, after generously losing the territory of the Malay Peninsula, the successive kings of Siam had great ambitions for the territory of Myanmar. They used the ancient elephant road to secretly open the Three Pagodas Pass and Yesu Pass.
The four major passes of Meng Ai Pass and Mae Sai Pass. Especially Siam in the Indian Ocean.
Without an ideal port, the King of Siam aimed at the two natural deep-water ports of Dawei and Moulmein, so he vigorously developed railway transportation in Kanchanaburi Province. By the time we fully owned Siam, the railway had already been built to Kanchanaburi.
Province, we then built the railway to Santaguan.
"Phipun and Somkhane were driven to southern Myanmar by us, and they were not willing to fail like this. They always wanted to counterattack the Siamese mainland. And attacking with a large force required a steady stream of logistical supplies, so they also vigorously developed transportation and built bridges.
to connect the Burma Coast Railway from Le Mai to the border with Ke
The 100 kilometers of railway in Longwa Town. In order to build this 100 kilometers of railway, Phibun Songkan can be said to have sold the iron and spent 7,788 yuan on the gold brought to Myanmar. The enemy's bet was so big, no
The reason is not to use superior railway transportation capabilities to alleviate logistical pressure.
"Therefore, we can basically judge that no matter how powerful the feint attacks across the border are, the enemy's ultimate goal is still at the Three Pagodas Pass. Once the Three Pagodas Pass is captured, the enemy's follow-up troops will continue to enter our Kanchanaburi Province.
The Kanchanaburi area has high mountains and dense forests, which is not conducive to aircraft
Mechanized Corps operations, judging from the offensives launched by the Japanese army in Malaya, Burma and India, the Japanese are extremely good at jungle warfare and mountain warfare. Under the training of the Japanese army, the progress of the Siamese army will not be small, and they are confident.
Pibun Songkan, who has greatly increased his income, thinks he has the capital to compete with us.
"If the attack goes smoothly, the Siamese army can use Kanchanaburi as a base for development, mobilize troops through the railway, continue to encroach on our territory, and approach Bangkok step by step... By the way, for
As far as the Siam *** government is concerned, progress
Attacking the Three Pagodas Pass, which is closest to the south of Beijing, will cause the greatest sensation. Once a decisive victory is achieved, many Siamese compatriots will have illusions, and it will also be easy to leave a deep impression on their masters, the Japanese.
Get direct support from the Japanese army!”
"good!"
Gu Changfeng slammed the table: "Now that we have confirmed the enemy's main attack direction, we will simply attack decisively with thunderous momentum and beat these Siamese who have forgotten their ancestors until they can't even recognize them! Lao Xie,
Do you think the Third Army stationed in Thongpapong can move? If we don’t fight, we will do that. If we want to fight, we will take over southern Myanmar together and truly occupy the two natural deep-water ports of Dawei and Moulmein.
"If these two ports are connected to us by railway, it will be much easier to launch an offensive in Burma in the future, and that kind of underwater transport ship can also be of great use to facilitate the transportation of supplies to West India and the Persian Gulf!"
"The superiors may not agree to our attack!"
Lieutenant General Xie Chi, the political commissar of the front army, frowned and analyzed in detail: "Previously, the general staff's intention was to launch a decisive offensive in the Persian Gulf region. India and Indochina would take a defensive position, boiling frogs in warm water, and slowly drive away the Japanese.
A vicious dog, go fight the Americans!
"The Pearl Harbor Incident broke out, and our wish to divert trouble eastward was finally realized. But now there is no news from Hawaii, the Philippines, and Australia. If we attack too hard, all the attention of the Japanese army will be attracted to the Indochina Peninsula, destroying
In the overall war situation, we cannot afford this kind of responsibility."
Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Gao Guodong looked at the map carefully for a while and said with a smile: "It should be okay! Even if we occupy southern Myanmar, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. Previously, we have already penetrated deeply into the Malay Peninsula and have
The territory between Kra Isthmus and Malaysia, even now
Including southern Myanmar, the overall situation has not changed much. Therefore, I think that not only the Third Army stationed in Tongpapong must move, but the Second Army stationed in Takfu must also move appropriately. We can cover our ears with lightning speed.
The power will cross the border and completely eliminate the big cancer of the Siam *** government!"
Gu Changfeng's eyes lit up, he tasted it carefully, and immediately gave instructions to Major General Duan Mo, the director of the operations department:
"Director Duan, immediately mobilize the second and third armies to make relevant plans and report them to the General Staff! I guess the boss has also received the battle report from the front line and is discussing countermeasures... I hope the boss can take the pain.
Determination, otherwise if you keep putting up with it, it will drive you crazy!"
Duan Mo, who was taking minutes of the meeting, quickly stood up, saluted and turned to leave.
...
At the Nanhua General Staff Headquarters, An Yi was convening the generals to discuss the war situation. He received a telegram from Gu Changfeng's Ministry and immediately launched an argument for this.
Deng Bin frowned: "Until now, we still don't know in which direction the Japanese army will throw their main force - North China? Shandong? Malay Peninsula? India? Or the territory of the Americans or the British?
!According to our strength and arrangement, we must repel the Siamese
It is easy to attack, but if this leads to a comprehensive change in the war situation and allows the Japanese army to vent all their madness on us, even if we can finally win the war, our land will be devastated, and our industry and people's livelihood will be in ruins.
What benefits do we have?
"Looking at the areas occupied by the Communists, only the Persian Gulf seems tasteless to them and it is a pity to abandon them. If we help them make this determination, they can get out of the quagmire in the Middle East and concentrate on the Pacific war...
..This means that the war carried out by our army on the front line of the Persian Gulf will really not affect the overall situation.
"Therefore, I still insist that we must not provoke or expand war with the Japanese army in Myanmar, India and the Indo-China Peninsula before we get clearer next steps of the Japanese army!"
Shen Ziling had a different view: "However, Chief Gu and the others also have a point... We already owned the territory of the Malay Peninsula before, and now even if we add southern Myanmar, it will not have a fundamental impact on the overall strategic situation.
! Moreover, keeping the Siamese *** government in southern Myanmar for a long time will not do anything good for us to stabilize the hearts of our Siamese compatriots! What I mean is, we can let them fight a dozen, at worst, like the last time in northern Myanmar, the enemy will be wiped out.
Finally, let’s just withdraw!”
"Hutou and the others have a good idea, but if you say that occupying southern Myanmar will not affect the overall situation, you are deceiving yourself!" Yang Fei stood up on his own initiative, walked to the map, and pointed to the river north of Moulmein:
“To ensure the security of southern Myanmar, we must occupy the area on the east bank of the Salween River and use natural barriers to defend against possible southward attacks by the Japanese army. The Salween River is only less than 200 kilometers away from Bago, the gateway to Yangon, and 200 kilometers away from Yangon.
The distance is less than 300 kilometers, and the best parts of Myanmar are all under the threat of our superior fighter planes. I don’t think that under such circumstances, the Japanese army will give up their counterattack!
"According to the information from the intelligence department, the next move of the Japanese army is most likely to be in Hawaii, the Philippines and Australia. Our strategy was originally to make the Americans and British bleed more. Now we are going to provoke the mad dogs ourselves and prevent the white people from disaster.
I think it’s extremely unwise!”
Zhao Dongquan added: "There is another point that needs to be considered - if we are in southern Burma and inflict too much pain on the Japanese army, I am worried about the safety of the Chinese in Malaya, Lanyin, and the Philippine Islands! Although we have tried our best,
Until now, neither
After rescuing more than 500,000 Chinese, in the Nanyang region, after years of immigration, we have more than 20 million Chinese. Previously, because of our threats, the Japanese army had endured and did not take action against the Chinese. But if the war breaks out,
It’s hard to guarantee that!”
An Yi saw that everyone was a little passive and avoided the war, and wondered if it was affected by my preservation of strength? So he stood up and said: "Actually, all of these are not a problem! As long as we can confirm the direction of the Japanese attack, even in Malaya
, we can take it down in one fell swoop!
Worrying too much will make us lose our blood and the courage to fight! We can't tie ourselves just because we are afraid of this or that, right? My opinion is that southern Myanmar can be fought, but there is no need to fight too hastily.
The Siamese army that invaded our border was destroyed, and they are advancing towards southern Myanmar step by step!
"On the front line of Three Pagoda Pass, in principle, all invading enemies should be annihilated. As for whether to penetrate deep into the border of southern Burma, it depends on the movements of the Japanese army! It is imperative to start a war in the Persian Gulf, and the scheduled combat time will not be changed. In addition,
If the time is right, the horse
Laiya should also be within the attack range! Don't be afraid of offending the Japanese if you hit them. They are a strange nation. The stronger you act, the more afraid they will be. On the contrary, if they think you are weak and can be bullied, they will
You can do evil without restraint!
"You may wish to think about it, since we announced that if the Japanese army were to use poison gas bombs on our territory, that is, they would launch a poison gas bomb attack on the mainland of Taiwan, did the Japanese army use poison gas bombs when fighting us? This shows that we
The threat worked. The Japanese were afraid of our retaliation, so they could only fight us openly. On the contrary, the British enjoyed a great time in India and suffered numerous casualties!
"The better we fight, the more scruples the Japanese army has and the more worried we will retaliate against them! Our air force has proven that it can bomb the Japanese from the mainland from a long distance, and the Japanese may take desperate measures if they are put in danger."
Very small. In addition, we are not unprepared in the Lanyin Islands. Once the rumor goes wrong, we will be armed and fight with real swords and guns! In any case, we have 10 million people in Lanyin.
, if you really want to do it, you may not be afraid of little ***!
"As for Malaya, there is no need to be afraid. If you make us angry, just push it to Xingzhou in one go. By then, the Japanese will not even have time to cry, let alone take revenge!"
Yang Fei was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What does the chairman mean...a beating?"
An Yi nodded heavily:
"It can be fought, but it must be divided into several steps and implemented step by step! In the first step, let Hutou send out elites to deal with the Siamese army that is coming. The sooner the better, the better. We must cut off the Japanese.
Let them know how big the gap is between them and us, so that they will consider it more when making strategic decisions in the future!
"The Operations Department must complete the plan for operations in Malaya, Burma and India as soon as possible, and make assumptions based on various adverse situations. In short, when the time comes, the team must be mobilized as soon as possible..."
...
The front line of Three Pagoda Pass.
After the suppression of artillery fire, the commander of the Fifth Division of the Siamese Army in the rear, Somwen Thana, waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers suppress the enemy's firepower, all infantry, bayonets!"
"Fire the bayonet!"
The order was quickly conveyed to the front line. Amid the howls of officers at all levels, the Siamese soldiers drew out their bayonets with flashing cold light. With a loud "clack", the bayonets were installed.
"Siam warriors, charge!"
Colonel Topase and Colonel Shahi, who drew out their command swords, slashed into the air, and in the cold light, "Kill--" The Siamese soldiers howled and jumped up. Even the Siamese soldiers who had injured their feet were limping.
With his feet, he rushed towards the position ahead.
For a time, brutal shouts of killing filled the entire battlefield.
Seeing the enemy launching a charge, An's army quickly rushed out of the artillery hole.
"quick!"
Under the urgent orders of officers at all levels, sergeants, and noncommissioned officers, the soldiers skillfully mounted hundreds of general-purpose machine guns on the blood-soaked trench walls.
With the sound of "fire", the flares soared into the sky, reflecting the sky and the earth in blood red, and the Siamese attack formation was completely exposed to the defenders.
"Porphyrin —"
There was a sound of shooting that tore cloth, and then almost instantly, the terrifying sound of machine gun fire became the only sound in the world.
The howling Siamese soldiers who had approached fifty meters in front of the first trench saw the loneliness on the position and thought that the defenders had collapsed under the fierce bombardment, so they exerted force on their feet and accelerated the charge again.
At this moment, with the flash of a tongue of fire, several Siamese soldiers splashed with blood had not yet fallen to the ground. The Anjiajun position, which had been deathly silent just now, burst out with dazzling flames.
Before the hundreds of Siamese soldiers at the forefront of the charge could react, countless scorching tongues of flames woven into an airtight wall of fire swept towards the Siamese army's front line.
"Whoosh——"
Tens of thousands of bullets slammed into the Siamese army's front line with a strange scream. Wherever the orange bullet marks passed, the Siamese army's front line surged like a frenzy, and bursts of flying blood suddenly spurted out.
fog.
Thousands of Siamese soldiers who only screamed in agony fell to the ground. Most of them were killed on the spot, while a lucky few were left lying in a pool of blood, struggling in pain.
The garrison company commander put up a stool, put on his helmet, and quietly stuck his head out to observe the enemy's movements. He was surprised to find that on the battlefield lit by tongues of flames, a string of high-speed bullets penetrated the face of a Siamese major.
Then, with traces of minced flesh and blood, he threw himself into the body of another Siamese soldier. Before the wounded Siamese soldier could fall to the ground, crying in pain, another string of bullets tore him into a ball of flesh and blood.
The shooters who were ordered to fire at full speed kept their index fingers hooked on the trigger. The yellow bullet cases jumped out and fell like raindrops, and the roaring tongues of flames ravaged the Siamese army layer by layer.
The last two columns of Siamese troops successfully lay down amidst continuous wailing, while the locust-like rain of bullets still whizzed past their heads.
The more than 4,000 reserve officers and soldiers who were inspired by the success and charged with the main force were frightened after a large number of them were knocked down by the violent bullets. Regardless of how the supervising team behind them scolded them, they turned around and ran away, quickly killing them.
A gap was opened in the battle line formed by the supervising team, which also stunned the commander of the Fifth Division, Songwen Tana, who was watching with a telescope three kilometers behind.
At this moment, he finally understood that no matter how powerful the agitation was, everything was just a cloud in the face of absolute strength!
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