Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 504: Friction (down)

The Siamese government has fallen into a state of diplomatic isolation. The fanatical people who have been incited overestimate the strength of the country itself. They blindly believe that with the aircraft and cannons they bought, they can compete with the old Western powers. . "Ke*le*yan*qing*first*post (..om)" "ke*le*yan*qing*first*post(..om)" novel"%

When the politicians began to lose control of the situation, serious political consequences had already occurred.

As a signal of dissatisfaction, the United Kingdom and France interrupted most of the official exchanges with Siam, and only retained some of the most basic non-governmental communication channels to convey the opinions of both sides. They are somewhat reluctant. Diplomatic mediation That is even more impossible to talk about.

The relationship between Siam and France finally fell to a freezing point. What surprised politicians was that the French Indochina colonial government, contrary to the restraint and tolerance that it had maintained over the past two years, began to become aggressive.

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

The Japanese generously provided Siam with their collection of information, which showed that France had transferred two infantry divisions from the country, all of which were elite troops that participated in the European war. Of course, the Japanese would not tell the Siamese. This was meant to guard against them. As expected, the Siamese side had misunderstood. They thought that all this was a premeditated action against Siam.

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

In addition to providing information on the French colonies to Siam, Japan also used Siam’s diplomatic crisis to sell its own weapons to the Siamese government. Compared with the British and French weapons that Siam has always used, Japan’s six-armed weapons do not have many advantages. The problems of materials and processing have always been the flaws of Japanese weapons. But Siam now has no more choices. Except for the Japanese, they can no longer find anyone willing to trade with them. Seeing the French look like a sharp knife, Siam urgently needs to obtain a batch of weapons. To deal with the coming war.

The Sixth Siam Army purchased a batch of 38-type rifles from Japan to arm several newly recruited infantry regiments. It also purchased a batch of much-needed military supplies, such as belts, water bottles, and helmets.

The Royal Siam Air Force purchased 24 i-3o from Japan, which is the Mitsubishi Type 97 light bomber used by the Japanese 6th Army Air Force. This is a single light bomber that was very active on the Chinese battlefield. Under the driving of a skilled veteran, it can make a precise dive bombing on ground targets.

Procured together with these bombers, there are also twelve i-27 Nakajima 97 fighters to replace the old Hawker III of the Royal Siam Air Force. This is the second time that the Japanese government agreed to export this type of aircraft to foreign countries, because until this time, this type of fighter is still the main fighter type used by the Japanese 6th Army Air Force, and will be used to replace her i-43 "Falcon" fighter. It is also being stepped up in domestic development.

Historically, these planes departed from Nagoya, Japan. First, cargo ships passed through Taiwan and Hainan Island, and finally landed at Haiphong Port. They were then driven back to Siam by Japanese and Siamese pilots.

Because of a fan fan of angel wings, the northern part of French Indochina did not fall into the hands of the Japanese. The relationship between Japan and France remains friendly on the surface, so if you still follow this route now, It's just like demonstrating to the French, the Japanese don't want to stimulate the French anymore.

So we can only choose a detour. After the transport ship fills up enough materials and supplies from Taiwan, it enters the South China Sea all the way west, bypasses the Indochina Peninsula, passes through the Philippine Strait, and finally enters the Gulf of Siam. The total transport mileage is longer than in history. It's more than doubled.

From this we can see the strategic importance of French Indochina. If Indochina is used as a springboard, the logistics supply line for Japan's military operations in Southeast Asia can be shortened by at least half. In the memoirs of the Japanese army staff, they all believed that the root cause of the failure of the Great East Asian War was planted as early as the moment when the invasion of Indochina failed. As a specimen of the stupid Showa 6 army officer, Morimoto became a researcher of Japanese history. Our favorite object of torture.

Turning the topic back, the Royal Siam Air Force has obtained these fairly good aircraft, and its confidence has risen again. It cannot be blamed for their delayed intelligence, or the Japanese side deliberately concealing something, it is even The Japanese have not figured out the true situation of the French colonial air force.

Siam still believes that the French colonial air force has only an empty shelf. Only nine of the more than 100 aircraft are still capable of combat, and the rest are garbage of World War I level.

Now the Siam Air Force has more than 30 advanced fighter jets, which is overwhelming in terms of quality and quantity. If on the ground, the Royal Siam 6 Army may encounter tremendous pressure, but in the sky, the Royal Siam Air Force will be invincible.

The Air Force began to train its own pilots day and night, trying to make these pilots proficient in these new aircraft in the shortest possible time. Because many Siamese pilots have been trained in Japan, they are familiar with Japanese aircraft, so this goal of the senior air force is still easy to achieve.

The strengthening of the air force is no less than a shot for the Siamese government. The attitude of the 6th Army generals has also begun to become tough. They think that if Siam has the upper hand in air supremacy, perhaps the French will There are some worries about the war. After all, this is not the era when we rely on numerical superiority.

Although there is confidence, the preparations must continue. No one dares to put the bet on one-sided guesses.

The mobilization of French infantry forces has been very obvious. The border post saw battalion-sized troops gathering in the field more than once, and even conducted a live-fire exercise in front of the Border Patrol. The French Sixth Army broke out The fierce firepower of the Siamese officers and soldiers present were stunned.

Siam also has a large number of young soldiers full of enthusiasm. They believe that as soldiers who defend the country, they must not ignore the despicable provocations of the French. The Royal Siam 6 Army must resolutely counterattack this behavior.

The young soldiers in the Siamese army have formed independent factions within the army since the 1930s. They have all received advanced education and have considerable influence at the grassroots of the army. Their attitudes are often Represents the ideas of ordinary soldiers.

From late October to early November, there were dozens of frictions between Siamese patrols and French colonial forces on several borders in the province of Banteay Meanchey in northwestern Cambodia. From the beginning of the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, they ranged from hiding behind the bushes and shooting at each other. Several soldiers have been injured in the conflict. Fortunately, no one has died as a result.

"The kitten calls the Blue Room, the kitten calls the Blue Room, do you hear? The kitten calls the Blue Room." Major Speru called out loudly, holding the oxygen mask in his hand.

There was silence in the radio, which was obviously abnormal. Speru flipped the FM switch to confirm whether it was tuned to the preset frequency.

"White Number Three, can you contact the Blue Room? There may be some problems with my radio." Sporu said to Lieutenant Nemo.

"Wait a minute, White One." The ensign's voice came from the headset.

"I can't get in touch here either. If it wasn't for the two of our radios that had a problem at the same time, then something must have happened to the Blue Room." After ten seconds, Lieutenant Nemo replied.

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

"White number four, what do you think."

"I agree with the chief's opinion. It is really impossible. I have never encountered such a thing before. The working signal of the navigation station is normal." Lieutenant Sara replied.

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

"You two shut up. Anyway, it only takes another five minutes before we reach the sky above the airport. By then, everything will be understood. Now we have dropped to three thousand five." Speru immediately stopped. The field may continue the debate for a long time.

Three Messerschmitt fighter jets slightly deflected their fuselage~IndoMTL.com~ and began to slowly descend their flight altitude.

The weather was good that day, except for some broken clouds at a low altitude of 700 meters, the view from the sky was very good.

The bf1o9 is heading towards the Shisofeng Air Station with a cruising degree. It is a very important air station, only 35 kilometers away from the border. The French colonial air force deployed a reconnaissance aircraft squadron here, equipped with two Farmans. The company's f35o and four f43o aircraft, they are responsible for monitoring the surrounding borders of more than 100 kilometers.

In recent times, this air station has been extremely active. Pilots often cross the border to conduct reconnaissance. Siamese fighter jets have been delayed every time and there is no record of being intercepted by the other side.

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

"I saw it, white number three." Speru frowned, looking at several black plumes of smoke suddenly rising on the ground and said.

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