Chapter 245 Traditional skills, surrender at the first sign of disagreement!
"The Sichuan Army's rise is so fast. It's hard to imagine that it has become so powerful in such a short period of time." Terauchi Hisaichi sighed as he looked at the telegram.

He now regretted not sending more troops to destroy the enemy when the Sichuan Army was just rising.

The main reason was that the Battle of Midway was imminent and the navy was unable to withdraw warships, so the plan to increase troops was shelved.

The result is that the Sichuan Army is rising rapidly and is almost out of control.

Originally, they planned to wait for the fleet led by Chuichi Nagumo to return, and then discuss it before considering sending troops to Bangkok to completely eliminate the Sichuan Army.

But now the Sichuan Army began to attack the French army, and the French army suffered heavy losses.

If they did not send troops to support, it would mean that the French army might lose Annam.

Then the situation the Japanese army will face will be precarious.

If he sends troops, what will he use to transport the soldiers?
You have to know that Siam's navy was basically intact.

Even if the enemy's warships are not very good, attacking their transport ships will definitely crush them.

For a moment, Terauchi Juichi was in a dilemma.

Suddenly I realized that it would be nice if the army also had warships.

Since they don't have warships, they have to rely on the navy whenever it comes to sea transportation.

When Chuichi Nagumo's fleet was still there, he could still negotiate with the other side and use the only oil in his hands in exchange for the other side's fleet escort.

But now they are doing very well in the Mediterranean, and even bringing in large quantities of steel and fighter jets for the navy.

This made the army extremely jealous.

But there is nothing to be done.

It’s because the relationship between the two parties is not good.

If you want naval escort, you have to provide oil and let them share some of the steel profits?

impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
I guess it would have been more reliable for the navy to use artillery to bombard their army base at that time.

Why should they share the steel that their navy has obtained with their own efforts with your army?
Does the current army actually lack steel?

Really missing!!!

But India’s army was not short of troops. After they captured a large amount of Indian territory, the amount of steel they seized was even more shocking.

As a result, two problems were encountered.

First, there was no port, and the seized steel could not be transported back, so the Japanese army in India began to attack to the south, trying to capture a port.

The second question comes back to the first one, there is no warship escort.

Although there are no decent warships in this sea area, no one can predict what will happen if there is an accident.

No one knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident.

Therefore, in order to ensure that everything is safe, naval escort is still necessary.

Then back to the most basic problem, there are still no battleships.

Originally, without Chuichi Nanyun, he could still look for Isoroku Yamamoto, but this guy has been obsessed with revenge recently and is too lazy to pay attention to him.

So even if he wanted to send troops now, he had no ships.

Unless you walk from the land of Borneo, the road in the tropical rainforest is hard to describe.

Moreover, it is still the rainy season, so the marching speed is very slow.

The non-combat casualties are severe, and we will probably be lucky if we can retain 70% to 80% of our combat effectiveness by the time we arrive in Bangkok.

More importantly, the Sichuan Army is not a soft persimmon.

"Commander, if we don't send reinforcements, I'm afraid all the French troops in Cambodia will be destroyed, and the next one will be Annam." The combat staff officer saw Terauchi Hisaichi's inner hesitation and emphasized again.

"I know." Terauchi Juichi said somewhat dissatisfiedly.

How could he not know?

If we lose tens of thousands more elite troops, it will not just be Indochina that will be lost.

Even Borneo would be lost.

The guilt will be even greater then.

More importantly, he currently has no generals who can fight.

To be precise, a general who can surely defeat the Sichuan Army.

Originally there was a Yamashita Tomoyuki, but this guy was transferred away.

There didn't seem to be many people left in the rest of the Sabre Six.

He himself is a member of the Sabre Six, so why is he asked to command the battle?

This is too cheap.

"Where are the Thai troops? What are they doing?" asked Terauchi Hisaichi.

Ever since the Siamese royal family led by Songkran withdrew from Bangkok, this guy has been completely silent.

Fortunately, Terauchi Hisaichi felt that the Siamese royal family was still a good banner, so he provided a batch of weapons and equipment to allow the other side to reorganize their armaments.

Now that so much time has passed, it should be about the same.

"The officers we sent are currently undergoing training. So far, their combat effectiveness has improved compared to before. It will probably take a long time for them to reach our level." The operations staff replied.

Hearing this, Terauchi Shouichi nodded silently, and after a long while he spoke.

"Tell Songkham that now is the time to retake Bangkok. We will send fighter jets to provide support."

"Ah?" The operations staff was completely stunned.

What do you mean!
They don't send troops!
Let Songkran lead the remaining Thai troops to attack?

Isn't this a joke?
Perhaps seeing the doubts in the operations staff's mind, Terauchi Hisaichi shook his head and said.

"Without naval escort, our troop transports will be powerless against the Siamese navy, let alone landing. As for advancing from land, not to mention the logistical costs, it is the rainy season now, and logistical supplies are very difficult."

"We can only survive the rainy season and wait until autumn."

Hearing this, the operations staff remained silent, because he knew that Terauchi Hisaichi was telling the truth.

But if we continue to leave the Sichuan Army alone now, we will probably be in real trouble when the other side really takes over the Indochina Peninsula.

"Don't worry. Annan still has the Japanese 4th Division. Although they will be slow in fighting, they will definitely burst out with powerful combat effectiveness when facing the attack of the Sichuan Army." Terauchi Hisaichi said confidently.

Seeing this, the combat staff could not persuade him any further.

Major General Songkan was stunned when he received the telegram.

Let him lead the troops to attack Bangkok.

That's right!

It's an attack on Bangkok!

They said that the main force of the Sichuan Army was in Cambodia and now was a good time to attack.

According to reliable intelligence, there is only one regiment of the Sichuan Army stationed in Bangkok now.

As for those rebels, their combat effectiveness is almost zero and they are no longer worth considering.

On the other hand, the Thai army in Songkhram had more than 40,000 people.

Mainly during this period, Cun Yunsheng took advantage of the cleansing of Bangkok, which caused dissatisfaction among many big families, and some of them directly defected to Songkan.

Therefore, the strength of the Thai army in Songkhram increased dramatically during this period.

With the training provided by Japanese military advisers, their combat effectiveness was increasingly enhanced.

But Songkan was traumatized by the attack from the Sichuan Army before, so he felt a little worried when looking at the telegram.

"Mr. Prime Minister, if we retake Bangkok, the big families from all over the place may surrender immediately." The subordinate's words awakened Songkan.

If the Zheng Dynasty continued in this way, the big families that supported them would be completely wiped out.

By then, even if we take Bangkok, it will be useless.

"Send troops, send two divisions, no, three divisions to attack Bangkok." Major General Songkram thought for a moment and gave the order.

"Yes."

.........

The most depressed person should be Governor-General Tokugu, who almost fainted from anger after receiving the telegram from Terauchi Hisaichi.

"Let the Thai army launch a surprise attack on Bangkok?"

The plan is quite good!

After all, if Bangkok is lost, the Sichuan Army will definitely come back to help.

By then, the Khmer crisis will be resolved.

The key point is that Songkhram's Thai army's combat effectiveness is no match for the Sichuan Army.

The previous battle proved that the Thai army was just like that.

How could they take Bangkok if the Japanese army did not take action?

Even if the Japanese army dispatched fighter jets to support?
Don’t forget that the Sichuan Army also has fighter planes.

Thinking of this, Governor Degu sighed.

"We can no longer rely on the Japanese army. I'm afraid we can only rely on ourselves from now on."

Hearing this, many officers felt discouraged.

"Your Excellency Governor, how about we surrender?" suggested an officer.

Upon hearing this, many officers were interested.

For them, surrender is commonplace, so why would they risk their lives for these colonies?

And surrender doesn’t mean that you can’t continue to control these colonies?
Stilwell had promised before that as long as they surrendered, they could continue to retain their colonial rights.

And if Marshal Pétain could surrender, why couldn’t they?
It's not shameful anyway.

"No, we must not surrender." Governor Degu shook his head firmly and rejected it.

He already felt ashamed of cooperating with the Japanese army. After all, he was very disgusted by what the Japanese army did.

As a result, they are now surrendering to the Sichuan Army.

Especially when he thought about having to face Stilwell's hateful face, he didn't want to carry this shame for the rest of his life.

"Order all adult natives to consume the enemy's artillery shells." Governor Degu said.

He was not a fool, so how could he let the French army die in vain?

If he dares to give such an order, he will be tied up by his subordinates tomorrow and then declare surrender.

"Yes." Although he failed to persuade Governor Degu to surrender, he was relieved that they were not ordered to go to the front line.

They have already made up their minds, and if things really don't work, they will choose to surrender.

After all, there is no shame in surrendering to the Allies.

They could even become Free French troops, and then allied forces.

…………

At the front line, Duan Zhenguo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the telegram sent by Cun Yunsheng.

In the telegram, Cun Yunsheng asked Duan Zhenguo to strictly adhere to the principle of using superior forces to deal with the French army when making plans and to break the situation as soon as possible.

As long as we succeed in breaking through, the subsequent attack will be very smooth.

A lion has to use all its strength to fight a rabbit, and the French army is not a rabbit.

If you really think they are as weak as rabbits, you will definitely suffer a great loss.

At the same time, Cun Yunsheng emphasized that all front-line troops must guard against arrogance and impetuosity and must not be careless.

The French army has suffered losses at their hands and will definitely learn a lesson.

The reason for sending such a telegram was simply because I didn't want Duan Zhenguo to ruin the good situation due to carelessness.

The new regiment he led was the elite force of the task force.

As many as 60% of the soldiers are veterans, so many troops have complaints.

Therefore, there must be no problems with Duan Zhenguo’s regiment.

With Cun Yunsheng's reminder, Duan Zhenguo did put aside his desire for a love rival and began to think carefully about the next battle.

I have to say that after getting serious, Duan Zhenguo did show excellent command ability.

Equipped with the new regiment's American weapons, its combat effectiveness directly stunned the opposing French army.

"This is not a Sichuan Army Corps at all, but a standard US Army infantry regiment."

"They have far more firepower than we do."

"The bunkers we built were destroyed by their recoilless guns."

"They sent out dozens of tanks. Damn it, they used blitzkrieg very skillfully, using tanks to break through the middle and then surround the two sides."

"Bastards, they've learned the German tactics."

Various news came from the French front, and the summary was that the enemy was too powerful and they could not stop the enemy's offensive at all.

Many French soldiers even seriously doubted that this was not an Asian battlefield at all, but a European battlefield.

A regiment has nearly two hundred artillery pieces of various calibers, not including recoilless guns.

If you include recoilless rifles, there are even more.

And recently Cun Yunsheng has been accumulating rifle grenades.

If the number is large, he will equip the infantry squad with rifle grenades.

By then, the firepower of an infantry regiment will be completely comparable to that of the US infantry regiment.

Paired with the half-step peak infantry of this era, they will definitely be able to kill any god that stands in their way.

I'm afraid that by that time, the Japanese army won't even be worthy of carrying our shoes.

Even so, the combat effectiveness of the new regiment is extremely strong at this moment.

This even made the French army suspect that this was not an Asian battlefield, but a European battlefield.

Because only the German army has such powerful firepower and fighting morale.

Once upon a time, they were full of contempt, thinking that the Japanese army was just exaggerating to cover up their own incompetence.

You know, the French army was once known as the era of giant cannons!

The French army at that time was synonymous with firepower.

What now!
After seeing the firepower of the Sichuan Army, the French officers supervising the battle on the front line could only remain silent.

If the Sichuan Army on the opposite side changed into German uniforms, they would have no doubt that this was the elite force of the German Army.

You know, in order to meet the artillery needs of the new regiment, he asked Kang Ya to transfer most of the trucks to the front line.

The purpose is to ensure that the New 1st Regiment will never stop attacking because of the artillery shells.

Relying on powerful artillery fire, the defense line that the French army had just established was torn apart.

The natives ignored the supervision team and fled to the rear.

The French army, whose ideas were still stuck in the trench warfare mentality, seemed at a loss when faced with the coordinated combat of armor and artillery.

All we can say is that they haven’t learned enough lessons from the German blitzkrieg.

Otherwise, trench warfare would never be used.

More importantly, these natives were all conscripted men. If they encountered such powerful artillery fire, they would have been blown to the point of doubting their lives.

So it collapsed very quickly.

Some natives chose to surrender without saying a word.

"Strange, why hasn't the main force of the French army appeared yet?" Duan Zhenguo frowned slightly when he received the battle report from the front line.

The battle went so smoothly.

"Maybe they were scared by our attack and dared not show up at all. After all, such powerful firepower is rare in the world." A major said with a silly smile.

He has been a soldier for so many years, but he has never seen any unit with such strong combat effectiveness.

"That makes sense. With our firepower configuration, I dare to fight head-on even if we encounter one regiment of the Japanese devils, no, two regiments." Duan Zhenguo said confidently.

If Cun Yunsheng knew what he said, he would definitely scold him.

A standard U.S. Army regiment and a tank regiment, totaling four thousand people.

Only dare to fight two squadrons?
　Today is really hard to describe. My mother was almost recovering from pneumonia, but today she had a high fever of 40.4, and suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, which means she has to continue to be hospitalized.

　　Then in the afternoon, when someone was taking care of my mother in the hospital, my wife told me that the child had a fever again.

　　The child was supposed to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, but now he is fine!
　　It’s delayed again!

　　That kind of mentality can really explode at any minute!
　　It’s so hard to be middle-aged, especially if you’re an only child!
　　Didn't even finish a can of beer!
　　
　
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