Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 503: Friction (medium)

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Siam and Japan will come together, which is not surprising.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the world economic crisis severely impacted the Asian market. Thailand's economy, which was heavily dependent on import and export trade, suffered heavy losses as a result, and society fell into turmoil.

The capitalist forces in Thailand took this opportunity to launch a constitutional revolution. The politicians who received Western ideological education and the young officers in the army worked together to overthrow the monarchy and change the state to a constitutional monarchy.

In the next period of time, politicians and soldiers were caught in a vortex of power struggles. Even in just a few months, there were several consecutive coups and rebellions in the country. When the political situation finally stabilizes, the winner is faced with an economic downturn, stagnant development, and chaos in the Kingdom of Siam. The people were full of anger and dissatisfaction with the government, and there were even talks about restoring royal rule in society.

In order to divert the contradictions among the people, those in power held high the banner of nationalism, and the goal was to choose the Siamese Chinese ethnic group, which has the richest life but the smallest proportion of the population.

At that time, in the Siamese society dominated by the Thai people, the main business and financial services were almost monopolized in the hands of Chinese businessmen. These Chinese who have immigrated for generations or even dozens of generations are mostly from Guangdong, Guangdong and Chaoshan. They have a huge business network bound by blood and rural friendship, covering almost the entire Southeast Asian region at that time. Through various exclusive means of trade, they walked on the edge of the law, spent several generations of time, almost eliminated all competitors, accumulated huge connections and funds in their hands, and established countless numbers for themselves. enemy.

Although the ethnic Chinese in Siam have gone through dozens of generations, they can be said to be deeply entrenched in the local area, and have formed a dense network of contacts in Siam, but in the face of the big wave of almost all people at the time, this This kind of interpersonal network is as fragile as glass. At this time, China has long been no longer the central power that must be punishable at that time, and the identity of Chinese descent does not guarantee its own safety.

The anti-Japanese activities initiated by some patriotic overseas Chinese in Siam have also become a crime for the Chinese to undermine Thailand’s foreign policy. The Siamese government prohibits the Chinese from launching any similar anti-Japanese activities, even ordinary fundraising. license.

Siam’s dictatorship Prime Minister Luang Phibun Sokhan’s government's attack on the domestic Chinese was originally intended to gather the nationalist forces of Siam to consolidate his personal dictatorship, but it caused the Japanese to misunderstand This is Siam's good performance to Japan.

Japan lacks powerful allies in Southeast Asia. Although Siam is insufficient in size, its position is very important. If it can form an ally, it will be the best springboard for Japan to attack the Western colonies in Southeast Asia.

It can be said that Japan has spared no effort to win over the Siamese government, but Japan itself has very limited resources and can't bring out any exciting benefits. Therefore, in those weapons transactions, Japan almost settled with Siam at the cost price, and conscientiously speaking, it really didn't make any money from it.

At that time, the nationalist forces in Siam were blinded by national hatred and completely lost their normal ability to distinguish right from wrong. Therefore, they had a very good impression of the Japanese empire that was invading China. Many politicians also gained As a result of Japan’s benefits, the relationship between Siam and Japan began to heat up rapidly. Siam’s original diplomatic neutrality policy had survived in name only by this time.

When the European war broke out and the news of the rapid defeat of France spread to Siam, the dictatorship prime minister was ecstatic. He regarded it as a personal gift from the gods and Buddhas, because the wealth and population of the Chinese were after all Limited, the domestic crackdown on ethnic Chinese in Siam has gradually come to an end, and there is no more political oil and water in this regard.

In order to show the results of his rule, the prime minister desperately needs to find an opportunity to demonstrate the power of the country, and at the same time find a new goal for the cooling nationalist movement.

So the various media in Siam at that time unanimously started a new round of public opinion offensive. This time the target is no longer the Chinese, but the French Indochina colonial government living next door.

"The time has finally come to collect the blood debts from those evil French colonists. We are going to take back the land left to us by our ancestors from those French people." The broadcaster on Siam Radio yelled in soft Thai.

Thousands of people holding slogans and sticks gathered on the streets of Bangkok. The demonstrators chanted various anti-French slogans and cut down the two hibiscus trees presented by the Governor of French Indochina as a friendship gift. All shops with French signs along the road were destroyed.

The Siamese cabinet also took the opportunity to make several resolutions, submitting a formal statement of protest to the French colonial government and demanding that the border between the two parties be re-determined. France exchanged the territories seized from Siam and offered Siam apologized for the war crimes committed, compensated Siam’s losses, and punished the commander at the time.

At the same time, the Siamese army began to move towards the southern border with great fanfare, seemingly at odds, ready to use force to force the French into submission.

In that month, Prime Minister Luang Phibun Soongkhan's reputation in Siam reached its peak. He became a spiritual symbol of the Siamese people's defiance of any foreign enemies, a brave hero who challenged Western powers.

At that time, almost all Siamese believed that the weak French would definitely choose to bow their heads and succumb to the powerful Siamese army, just as they succumbed to the Germans.

But obviously they were wrong. Not only did the French didn't succumb, they were completely dismissive of the protest letter submitted by Siam. The Petain government did not even give the Siam government an official reply.

When a new round of news came from Europe, Siam understood what had happened. How could the French have such confidence after a defeat? After a long time, the French and the Germans have formed an alliance. Now France is strong. Backed by the German Empire, how could it care about the protests of your small South Asian country.

Now, the Siamese government is a little bit unable to come to Taiwan. Like all countries that like to use populism, Siam also made the same mistake this time. It's a bit of fun to play with populism.

Now unless the Siamese government has a way to convince the French, even if the situation is superficial, it will not be able to explain to the people who are incited by them. If the national sentiment of the people cannot be calmed down, then the government will have only one way left, and the French will meet with the French.

Luang Phi Boon Soong Kham actually considered that if Siam’s foreign policy changes, especially when the spearhead of nationalism is turned to Western colonists, it may incur dissatisfaction with some Western powers. He originally thought that Western powers There are serious contradictions and differences between ~IndoMTL.com~ It seems that it is difficult to reach a consensus on the attitude towards Siam, and he can completely profit from it.

The South Asian dictator would not have thought that his calculation was wrong from the beginning, and he did not expect that the powers' revenge would come so quickly.

The Royal Siam Air Force was negotiating a big deal with American North American companies. They wanted to buy a batch of North American NA-68 fighter jets to replace the Hawker III and Hawker 75Ns, which are already significantly behind. fighter.

In the initial stage, the Siam Air Force is preparing to order six aircraft for trial. If it is satisfied with the use, it will fully replace the remaining fighters. It is preliminary estimated that the Siam Air Force needs to purchase at least 60 aircraft of this type. Around three million dollars.

But in late October 1940, the North American company suddenly sent a notice stating that the company’s board of directors had decided to unilaterally terminate the contract with Siam, because the Senate issued an injunction against the transaction on the grounds that it involved Here comes the issue of national security. The North American company stated in the letter that it would refund all the advance payments and is willing to pay the full amount of liquidated damages. It is hoped that Siam will understand it.

Siam has understood what it is. Few people know it. The only thing that is clear is that Siam has repeatedly run into walls in the international arms market since that day. The bloodthirsty and greedy international arms dealers seem to suddenly become Saints, they unanimously refused to sell any products to Siam.

At this time, Luang Phi Wen Songkhan finally understood that this was an international joint operation against Siam. Until the problem was solved, he would never want to buy any weapons from the Western powers.

PS: Actually, the problems in this country are more sensitive than other countries. I think I have tried my best to give book friends a general understanding without touching the landmines. (To be continued.)