Battle of the Third Reich

The Siamese government was in a state of diplomatic isolation, and the fanatic people who were instigated overestimated the strength of the country itself. They blindly thought that with the purchase of aircraft cannons, they could compete with the old Western powers.

By the time politicians discover that the situation is starting to get out of control, serious political consequences have already begun.

As a signal of dissatisfaction, Britain and France have interrupted most of the official exchanges with Siam, leaving only the most basic non-governmental communication channels to convey the opinions of the two sides. They are reluctant, and diplomatic mediation is even more There is no way to talk about it.

Siam’s relationship with France has finally dropped to a freezing point. To the surprise of politicians, the French Indochina colonial government began to become aggressive, despite the restraint and tolerance that it had maintained for the past two years.

The Siamese military found that the French were adding troops to the western border provinces. Although the specific number is not very clear, it is initially estimated that there should be no less than one infantry division.

The Japanese generously provided Siam with their intelligence collection, showing that France had transferred two infantry division troops from the country, all of which were elite troops who had participated in the European War. The Japanese certainly would not tell the Siamese that this was As a precaution against them, the Siamese side also misunderstood. They thought that all these were premeditated actions against Siam.

As a result, exchanges between Japan and Siam began to become frequent. Officials of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs even privately stated that if there is a conflict between the Siam and France, the Great Japanese Empire will stand firm on the side of the Asian brothers and jointly resist the attacks of Western colonists.

In addition to providing Siam with information on French colonies, Japan also used the Siamese diplomatic crisis to sell its own weapons to the Siamese government. Compared with the British and French weapons that Siam has always used, Japanese army weapons do not have much advantage. The problems with materials and processing have always been the flaws of Japanese weapons. But Siam has no more choices now. Besides the Japanese, they can no longer find an object who is willing to trade with them. Seeing the French look like a sharpening knife, Siam urgently needs to obtain a batch of weapons. To deal with the coming war.

The Siamese Army purchased a batch of 38-type rifles from Japan to arm several newly recruited infantry regiments, and also purchased a batch of much-needed munitions such as belts, water bottles and steel helmets.

The Royal Siamese Air Force purchased 24 ki-30s from Japan, which is the Mitsubishi 97-type light bomber used by the Japanese Army Air Force. This is a single-engine light bomber. It was once very active on the Chinese battlefield. Under veteran driving, he can launch precise dive bombing on ground targets.

Along with these bombers, there were also twelve Ki-27 Nakajima Type 97 fighter jets to replace the old Hawker III in the Royal Siam Air Force. This is also the first time that the Japanese government has agreed to export this aircraft to foreign countries, because until this time, this fighter aircraft is still the main combat aircraft used by the Japanese Army Air Force. It will be used to replace her ki-43 "Falcon" fighter aircraft in the future. Development is being stepped up in China.

In history, these planes departed from Nagoya, Japan, firstly through cargo ships to Taiwan and Hainan Island, and finally landed at Haiphong Port, and then flew back to Siam by pilots of Japan and Siam.

Because of the angel wings of a certain head of state, northern French Indochina did not fall into the hands of the Japanese. The relationship between Japan and France has remained superficially friendly, so if you still take this route, it is simply in Like demonstrating to the French, the Japanese do not want to stimulate the French anymore.

Therefore, they could only choose to bypass the road. After adding fuel and replenishment from Taiwan, the transport ship entered the South China Sea westward, bypassed the Indochina Peninsula, crossed the strait of the Philippines, and finally entered the Gulf of Siam. The total mileage of the transport was more than historically. More than twice.

From this we can see the strategic importance of French Indochina. If Indochina is used as a springboard, the logistics supply line for Japan to launch military operations in Southeast Asia can be shortened by at least half. In the memoirs of the Japanese army staff, all believed that the roots of the defeat of the Great East Asian War had been buried as early as the moment of the Raiders of Indochina. Morimoto Miyake as a stupid Army officer of the Showa Army became a specimen of Japanese history researchers The object of favorite torture.

Turning back to the topic, the Royal Siam Air Force obtained these batches of aircraft with good performance. Confidence has become high again. This can’t be blamed for their stagnation of intelligence, or the Japanese side has deliberately concealed anything. It is even the Japanese. It is not clear what the current situation of the French colonial air force is.

The Siamese side still believes that the French colonial air force has only one empty shelf, and only nine of the more than 100 aircraft are still capable of fighting, and the rest are World War I garbage.

Now the Siam Air Force has more than 30 advanced fighters, which are already in an overwhelming advantage in terms of quality and quantity. If on the ground, the Royal Siamese Army may encounter tremendous pressure, but in the sky, the Royal Siamese Air Force will be invincible.

The Air Force began to train its pilots day and night, trying to allow these pilots to master these new aircraft in the shortest time. Because many Siamese pilots have been trained in Japan, they are familiar with Japanese aircraft, so this goal of the top Air Force is still very easy to achieve.

The strengthening of the Air Force's strength is no less than a stimulant for the Siamese government, and the attitude of the army generals has also become tougher. They believe that if Siam has the upper hand in air control, the French may have some war Concern, after all, this is not an era of fighting on the strength of numbers.

But despite the confidence, the preparations must be continued, and no one dares to put the bet on unilateral speculation.

The movement of the French infantry force has been very obvious. The border post has seen the battalion-sized troops opposite the center gather in the wild more than once, and even conducted a live fire drill in front of the border patrol. The ferocious firepower of the French army broke out. The Siam officers and soldiers present were all stunned.

Siam also has a large number of young soldiers full of blood. They believe that as a soldier defending the country, they must not ignore the vile provocation of the French. The Royal Siam Army must resolutely fight back against this behavior.

The young soldiers in the Siamese army have formed factions within the army as early as the 1930s. They have all received advanced education and have considerable influence at the grassroots level. Their attitudes often represent ordinary soldiers. Idea.

From late October to early November, there were dozens of frictions between Siamese patrols and French colonial forces on several borders in Banteay Meanchey, northwestern Cambodia. From the beginning, the two sides fought hand-to-hand, and developed to hide behind the bushes and shoot each other at the cold guns. Several soldiers have been injured in the conflict. Fortunately, no one has died.

"The kitten calls the blue room, the kitten calls the blue room, do you hear it? The kitten calls the blue room." Major Sparrow called out loud, holding an oxygen mask in his hand.

There was silence on the radio, which was obviously abnormal, and Sporru pulled the FM switch to confirm whether it was tuned to the preset frequency.

"White No.3, is it possible for you to reach the Blue House? My radio may have some problems." Sporu told Lieutenant Nemo.

"Wait a minute, white number one." The lieutenant's voice came from the headset.

"I can't get in touch here. If it wasn't that our two radios had problems at the same time, then something must have happened to the blue house." After more than ten seconds, Lieutenant Nemo replied.

"This is unlikely, but it is a first-class air station, and there are more than two radio stations on duty at all times." Shi Boru said.

"White number four, what do you think."

"I agree with the Chief Executive's opinion. It's really unlikely. I've never encountered this kind of thing before, and the work signal of the navigation station is normal." Ensign Sara answered.

"Don't forget that this is French Indochina, anything is possible, white number four." Nemo and his friend raised the bar.

"Both of you shut up. Anyway, it will only take another five minutes before we can reach the air station. By then, everything will be clear. Now we are down to 35,000." Sporu immediately stopped a game. The debate lasted for a long time.

The three Messerschmitt fighters slightly deflected the fuselage and began to slowly descend the flying height.

The weather conditions on that day were good. Apart from some broken clouds at a low altitude of 700 meters, the view from the air was very good.

The bf109 is heading towards the Sisho Air Station at cruising speed. It is an important air station only 35 kilometers away from the border. The French colonial air force deployed a reconnaissance squadron here, equipped with two Farman f350s And four F430 aircraft, they are responsible for monitoring the situation on the border line of more than 100 kilometers long.

In recent times, this air station has been extremely active. Pilots often cross the border to conduct investigations. The Siamese fighter aircraft has been late for each time. So far, there has been no record of being intercepted by the other party.

"White one, there is smoke on the ground!" Lieutenant Nemo reported loudly.

"I saw it, white number three." Sporu said, frowning, looking at a few black smoke pillars rising suddenly on the ground.

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