At 6:30 on the 20th, the Armored Division and Cavalry Division of the Second Army occupied strategic locations around Bangkok and began to persuade Bangkok to surrender.
According to the plan, they were to wait for the large forces to arrive and then attack the city. Bangkok already had a population of one million at this time. It was really risky to rely on just two of their divisions, not to mention the armored division and the cavalry division, which were the least suitable for street fighting.
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They didn't dare to take risks, but they couldn't just sit there, so they planned to persuade them to surrender. If they really persuaded them to surrender, they would have done a great job. Capturing the king of another country was something worthy of showing off.
, Armored Division Commander Yu Hanyang and Cavalry Division Commander Wu Gang took quick action
The main force starts from Jiaozhi, but it is 400 kilometers away. It is a straight line, but the road is not worth it. With various problems, the march will take four to five days. Now it is estimated that the troops can march 50 kilometers a day.
That’s amazing. Some people have bicycles, which means it will take two to three days to arrive.
The two division commanders reported to their superiors and immediately started negotiating with their superiors' approval. Wang Jiuling did not expect that this armored division was running really fast. He originally thought that no matter how fast he was, he would arrive later, but he didn't expect that he would not arrive until later.
Bangkok has been surrounded in the evening, and the hundreds of thousands of Siamese soldiers were blown away by planes.
It doesn't matter if they start negotiating now, as long as they can get what they need, any method will do. At the same time, Wang Jiuling also reminded them that although victory is within easy reach, don't be careless. There are still more than 100,000 defeated Siamese soldiers hiding, so pay attention to safety.
, don’t get bitten by someone at this time
In addition, Wang Jiuling asked bombers and transport planes to airlift soldiers of the Second Army to Bangkok. Wang Jiuling was worried about the cavalry division and armored division alone. Bangkok is a big city with a million people, and there are too few people in one division.
Trying to airlift two divisions before dark, with 600 aircraft, it was still a difficult problem to airlift one division. The main reason is that the airport is not big enough. Fortunately, Bangkok is close to the equator, and it is bright before eight o'clock in the evening.
It gets dark after nine o'clock. If the airlift is well organized, it's actually about the same.
Armored Division Commander Yu Hanyang and Cavalry Division Zhang Wugang received permission from their superiors and began to contact people in charge of matters in the city for negotiations.
The Xikang army has surrounded Bangkok. Once it was published in the Xikang newspaper, it immediately caused people across the country to go crazy and there were discussions everywhere.
At this time, although everyone knew that Cochin Province was in the south of Guangxi, next to Guangxi, no one knew where Siam was.
People who know a little bit about geography start to brag.
"Siam is in the far south. If you take a boat to England, you have to pass there. It's far away from us. Cochin is just south of Guangdong and Guangxi. It's thousands of miles away from Siam."
Passerby A: "Wow... Then the Xikang Army is not a heavenly soldier or a heavenly general. I heard at noon that the Xikang Army only set out in the morning, and it was only at night that we arrived. If we walked a thousand miles, how long would it take us to walk! One day
After walking twenty miles, I calculated, one seven equals seven, three seven twenty-one... Wow... it will take a long, long time!"
Passerby B: "I don't know! Chairman Wang from Xikang is a martial artist who descends to earth and can soar into the clouds and ride on fog. A somersault cloud will arrive in the blink of an eye. The scenery must be better on the road, so they walked over slowly while enjoying the scenery, otherwise they would have arrived in the morning.
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The crowd of people watching said "Wow..."
And the person who seemed to have some knowledge said: "Of course not, they got it by car and by plane."
Before the man could finish speaking, someone immediately interrupted him and said: "Tch...don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Do you think we have never seen a car? It can drive a thousand miles a day." After that, he left, and the others
I also thought it was true, so they dispersed, leaving this person standing there stunned.
In the Nanjing Presidential Palace, Chiang Kai-shek was discussing with a group of party, government and military generals that the Xikang Army had surrounded Bangkok.
Lao Jiang took the newspaper and patted it vigorously and said: "Look at their combat effectiveness. We were the first to produce the official rifles in the middle of the country, but they could produce 300,000 units a month, but we know that the cost so far is too much.
There are only 200,000 guns a month, and the quality is a bit worse than others. Others have researched and equipped fortress guns with more than 200 mm, but as for us, the technology of artillery is assisted by others, but we don’t have it ourselves.
Develop any kind of large-caliber artillery. Look, they have all produced their own aircraft, armored vehicles, and automobiles, but we have none of them. As a leader, I am worse than a warlord. How can you make me feel so embarrassed? I am now the laughing stock of foreigners.
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"Principal, don't take what foreigners say seriously. They are always worried about the world being in chaos."
Chiang Kai-shek said: "Do you know what they said? They said that people in their country now think that Wang Jiuling is the leader of the country! How can you call me this leader?"
The cadres of the party, government and army all lowered their heads and dared not say a word. They didn't know where Chiang Kai-shek got his unknown fame. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek was stimulated by Wang Jiuling's sweep of Siam. It was difficult for everyone in Cochin to say anything before, because it came from gambling.
, but now that Wang Jiuling has taken Siam, according to Wang Jiuling's character, he will definitely occupy a piece of land. When he establishes a province, his life will be impossible. The Northeast was lost to the National Government, and it is still in the hands of the National Government.
He lost it when Chiang Kai-shek was in office, and now a warlord has actually expanded the territory.
Old Jiang hated Wang Jiuling now, but he couldn't say that he didn't want to expand the territory. "Tell me! What do you think of the Xikang Army?" He threw the newspaper forward.
Everyone who has been with Lao Jiang for so long does not know what Lao Jiang is thinking. It seems that he was stimulated by the victory of the Xikang Army. Lao Jiang has always been very stingy, especially he does not want anyone to be more prestigious than him. It seems that Wang Jiuling is going to be unlucky.
One person said: "Commissioner, I have already seen this. I think this is not a good thing. Siam is the sphere of influence of Britain and France. If Wang Jiuling takes it, I am afraid that Britain and France will not let it go. It is better for us not to get involved.
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Others despised this man, who was He Yingqin, but they knew that this was what Chiang Kai-shek liked to hear, so they could only echo He Yingqin's words.
"Yes, Director He is right. The forces of various countries in our country are intricately intertwined and affect the whole body. Especially the Japanese have been eyeing our country. If we have a tense relationship with Britain, France and other countries because of Wang Jiuling, they will definitely kill us in the future.
Now that we are on the side of the Japanese, we still advise Wang Jiuling not to act recklessly."