Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 538: French Siam Truce

On November 10, 1940, the weather in Berlin began to dim just after five o'clock. The press conference originally scheduled to be held in the Chancellery was temporarily cancelled. The head of state's press officer Slitz did not Explain the reason to the media. In fact, he doesn't need to do this. All the newspapers and media in Germany are under the control of Goebbels News Department.

"This is the report just translated by the communications office. Would you like to make another pot of tea for you? My head." Disenhofen put a document in Xu Jun's hand.

"No, Ribbentrop is outside?" Xu Jun stood with his back on his back and stood in front of the window sill of the command’s private office, looking down at the heavily guarded headquarters compound downstairs, twirling his fingers and lighting it Cigar.

"Mr. Deputy Minister has been waiting for your call." Disenhofen packed up the tea set on the table and carefully put it in the cart.

"Let him come in and call Weierle again." Xu Jun turned his head and said to Disenhofen.

"Yes, my head, do you need anything else?" the adjutant asked respectfully.

"No, I will go to have a meal with some generals later, what time is the time set?"

"Eight o'clock, my head of state."

"Understood, then hurry up and call them in." Xu Jun grabbed a cigar, walked back to the desk and sat down, and opened the newly delivered document.

"Hi! Reinhardt!" Weierle and Ribbentrop walked into the office one after another, stood at the door and raised their arms to salute the ruler of the empire.

"Please sit down, gentlemen." Xu Jun raised his hand and turned his wrist in response.

"I have already considered it just now. Let's report to Blumberg according to the original meaning." Xu Jun closed the file and put it in the file box on the low cabinet by the table. The file here is temporarily Will stay in this office for him to check again.

"Does the French side respond the same way? My head of state." Ribbentrop leaned forward and asked.

"It's the same, there won't be any problems with Petain." Xu Jun spit out a cigarette ball and waved to the Deputy Foreign Minister.

"London, then"

"Thanks to Prime Minister Chamberlain, don’t forget to care about his physical problems in the message, and say I hope he can recover as soon as possible." The empire head tore a page from the pad on the table and picked it up The pen checked the tip of the pen, and then began to write quickly on the paper.

"At the same time, one should be added. The Third Reich is satisfied that the border conflict between Siam and France will eventually be resolved peacefully. In order to effectively maintain peace in South Asia, Germany will work with Britain to A joint observation team was dispatched locally to monitor the ceasefire between France and Siam and the handling of problems after the war.” Xu Jun said to Ribbentrop, but turned his head and handed the note to Weierle.

"This is my request to you. I agree with your previous suggestion. The Eye of Odin can recruit some local employees in Southeast Asia. I need to establish a surveillance network in Siam within half a year."

"My head, a hundred people may not be enough." Weierle frowned as he looked at the raft.

"Then increase to three hundred people. Give me a list of what you need. Are there financial difficulties?" Xu Jun unscrewed the barrel of the pen.

"There are no questions right now, my head of state." Weierle replied respectfully.

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"My head of state, does the condition you just mentioned need to be included in the text or in the attachment." Ribbentrop asked.

"Add to the attachment, when will the armistice negotiations begin?"

"Berlin time, five o'clock tomorrow morning." Ribbentrop replied.

"Who is our representative?"

"Rudendorff, military attache to French Indochina, and Deville, ambassador to Siam."

"Weiller, wait a while and send the files of the two of them over." Xu Jun turned to look at Weiller.

"Yes, my head of state." Weierle nodded and replied.

"I didn't expect this war to end so quickly. I thought the Siamese could hold on for a few more days." The head of the empire pressed the plastic piston at the end of the barrel to fill the pen with ink.

"The French army used Siam’s own railway lines, so the troops progressed very quickly. Three hours ago, their vanguard troops were only 50 kilometers away from Bangkok. If it weren’t for the Siamese decisively blasted the Chao Phraya River The French Army may have begun to attack the Siamese capital." Weierle replied.

"Phiwen Soongkham cannot step down for the time being. The French also agree with this point. They also think that a military dictator is easier to deal with than those cunning politicians." Xu Jun said to Ribbentrop.

"This is your opinion, my head of state." The Foreign Minister's face was flattering.

"Yeah." Xu Jun nodded slightly.

"The French are ready to announce their great victory to the world on the headlines tomorrow. Petain's position has become more stable, my head of state." Weierle said from the side.

"Don’t worry about this, Weierle, Petain has a lot of handles in our hands. As long as the Imperial Army continues to win, the French will be the most loyal collaborators. If Petain produces something else Whatever you think, then consider starting a replacement plan. Now the French have tasted the sweetness of cooperation, and the situation in China has begun to improve. Judging from Petain's physical condition, he can still be in power for at least five years." Xu Jun picked up. The cigar on the edge of the ashtray took a puff.

"The solution proposed by the Japanese, as long as it does not conflict with our plan too much, you can give in a bit. Blumberg should set off for a visit to Japan today. Don’t have too many Japanese in this matter. Do care.” Xu Jun said to Ribbentrop.

"On Oshima Hiroshi's side, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared a gift to give it to him, saying that he would like to thank him for his contribution to the friendship between Germany and Japan. That's it, you can handle this now." The head of state pointed at the desk and said.

"Yes, I will do it now, my head of state." Ribbentrop stood up and leaned respectfully to say goodbye to Xu Jun.

"What do you think of this war, Weierle." Seeing the Deputy Foreign Minister close the door, Xu Jun turned his face to look at Weierle.

"The French-Siamese War? My head of state, isn't this the ending you want to see?" Weierle smiled slyly.

"I know that the Eye of Odin played a key role in it. Turning back and submitting a detailed report to me, some people should be rewarded." Xu Jun also laughed.

"Siam still has many people loyal to the royal family. The Bangkok dynasty has ruled this country for 158 years. The respect for the royal family has been deeply implanted in the souls of Siamese. Wen Songkham and his comrades have been trying to weaken the influence of the royal family, but they have not had any effect. The Siamese people still respect the blood of the royal family of Rama.

This time it was also because the agent of the Eye of Odin accidentally contacted Prince Bender who had taken refuge in French Indochina. This person has a high prestige in the Siamese army. The **** royalist has initiated Although the two coups intended to restore the royal family failed in the end, the prince still retained many contacts in the army.

We contacted senior Siamese military officers who were dissatisfied with the dictatorship of Phibun Songkham through him, and obtained a large amount of classified information from the Siam Army General Command. The combat plan of the Eastern Army was only one of them.

Moreover, we also discovered the Japanese spy network hidden in Siam. Although the Japanese had a different starting point from ours, they also hoped that Siam and France would fight a battle, so we pushed behind them. "Weirler said smugly.

Siam’s existing nationalist ideology was imported from Japan. As the only monarchy in Asia, Japan has always believed that Siam has many similarities with itself, as well as absorbing Western technology and retaining its own culture. .

In order to win over the Siamese royal family, Japan accepts a group of royal family members to study in their own country every year. It also tries to import the Nichiren sect of its own country into Siam and transform the thinking of the Siamese nationals religiously. Eventually, the Hinayana Buddhism is deeply ingrained in the local area. , This attempt failed.

However, the chauvinistic ideology spread in Japan was widely respected and praised because it was beneficial to the rule of the Siamese royal family. The young and strong officers in the army have long been instilled with radical ideas. They learned from the Japanese in addition to military technology, and at the same time learned how to defeat them.

Since the first attempted coup d’état in 1912, the Siamese army has regarded the mutiny almost as a tradition. If it weren’t for the extremely limited military strength and combat effectiveness, it would have caused the country at this frequency. Serious damage.

This ground operation to attack French Indochina was actually a private operation initiated by some middle-level officers of the Eastern Army Command. It was not until after dinner that day that Bangkok learned of the situation, but at this time even Phiwen Songkan It is obviously too late to make any remedy.

Although the Siamese Army claims to have 500,000 troops, in fact, only the two armies on the eastern border can be pulled out. Therefore, when the strongest eastern army is almost annihilated, the entire Siam-Cambodia border is completely closed. Wide open.

The incident happened too suddenly, Bangkok had no time to mobilize troops to rescue, and the order to the Northeast Army was inexplicably delayed. As a result, when the French troops rushed across the border in a mighty manner, Bangkok could mobilize them. Only one brigade, two battalions and three armored companies directly under the command’s command remained.

The combat effectiveness of these directly-affiliated units is not very clear. They are all experts in launching a mutiny, but the problem is that they are facing the police and citizens, but the prestigious French army.

Bangkok has only six Vickers tanks and half a battalion of anti-tank artillery. There is a serious lack of heavy firepower that can suppress the French army. Moreover, the capital's air superiority has been seized by the French colonial air force. At this moment, France is prevented. The army's occupation of the capital has become an impossible task.

Although the Japanese have acted voluntarily and informed them that they have sent a combined fleet ~IndoMTL.com~ to contain the French attack on the sea for Siam. But for the problem on land, the Japanese shook their heads and said they were powerless.

So the Siamese government can only pin all its hopes on diplomatic mediation. If anyone in this world can stop the French from advancing, there are only two people, one is French President Petain and the other Is the head of Germany.

The Siamese government immediately issued diplomatic documents to the two countries through the diplomatic agency, asking the French for a truce, and asking the Germans for mediation.

After a whole day of anxious waiting, Phi Boon Soong received a reply from the German side as he wished. At the same time, he also received a letter of persuasion from the governor of French Indochina.

In the evening of the same day, after receiving news that the main force of the navy had suffered heavy losses, Phiwen Songkham sent an envoy to request a truce from the French army. The French side knows that there are bones hidden in this piece of fat in Bangkok. This city is not as easy to eat as imagined. In addition, Paris has also issued an order. It simply agreed to Siam’s request and issued an order immediately. The French army on all fronts stopped the offensive on the spot.

At 7:30 pm on November 10th, the French-Siamese War finally came to an end. From the first bomb to the Shisabong Air Station, it lasted 36 minutes until the armistice order was issued. Hours, so later generations called this regional conflict "a day and a half war".

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