Chapter 1567: Puppet
Although he knew that he would become a puppet, Rama VIII had no choice, and this disgraceful history of their collusion with the island bandits, if Jiang Haoran held on to it, even if he abolished him and set up a new monarch, he had to grit his teeth and agree.
Now is the time when the situation is turbulent and the international changes are unpredictable, as long as he is still in this position, he still has a chance to turn over.
Soon, Siam's new government was revealed, with King Rama VIII still as king, and the prime minister as the unknown Shara Takssin.
Siam's history was once marked by a Chinese dynasty, the Thonburi Dynasty, and King Zheng Xin was a descendant of Cantonese.
In 1767, the Ayutthaya dynasty of Siam collapsed, and the country was occupied by the Burmese army, and it became the first task of the Siamese people to drive out the invaders and unify the country.
At the critical moment, Zheng Xin, a mixed-race descendant of overseas Chinese, shouldered the historical responsibility and led the Siamese people and Chinese to actively participate in the struggle against the invasion of Burma and the restoration of Siam's independence, successfully expelled the Burmese invaders, restored the country's economy and commerce destroyed by the war, and became a hero who led the Siamese people in the struggle to resist Burma and restore the country.
Siamese folk rumors say that Sura Daxin is a descendant of Zheng Xin, but whether it is true or not is because of the age, ordinary people have no way to verify.
The regime was formed, and the next step was to form an army.
Jiang Haoran was magnificent, and gave them ten divisions and 200,000 people in one breath, including the navy, land and air forces, and provided brand-new weapons, and the weapons of the Burmese arsenal began to come in handy.
Of course, the backbone of the army is basically Chinese, and for this reason, more than 1,000 graduates of China's major military academies were urgently transported to Siam, and many backbone cadres were transferred from various departments of the expeditionary force to serve as grassroots units.
Of course, now is not the time to sacrifice the banner of the Chinese Alliance, the problem of French Indochina has not yet been resolved, the results of the three countries have not yet come out, and the situation in Southeast Asia as a whole has not been stabilized, and it is not yet possible to arouse the resentment of Mi Ying.
During this time, the governor of the Dutch East Indies, Jean Degu, did not stop, and came to Jiang Haoran's headquarters every now and then to meet and ask Jiang Haoran to send troops to clear the Yuelan GCD.
More than a month ago, Ho Chi Minh, a remnant of the Viet Cong, suddenly appeared out of nowhere and quickly organized a huge resistance force, and they harassed everywhere, causing the French army to suffer unspeakably.
The French army originally had two armies and eight divisions in French Indochina, but in the Battle of Tapa, due to the defection of Lieutenant General Sharloin of the Second Army of the French Army to the islanders, almost four divisions were suppressed by Liu Dakun's rebels, and now they are left with four complete divisions.
This matter is the result of Jiang Haoran's secret operation, of course he will not slap himself in the mouth, insisting on refusing to transfer troops on the grounds that this is an internal dispute among the nation, and they French must find a way to solve it themselves.
The reason is high-sounding, and Jean Degu can only return disappointed.
Three days later, Jiang Haoran and Huang Jie were discussing the next battle plan in the office, Lin Long came in to report, Vientiane Airport suddenly called, the commander of the Pacific Fleet of the United States, General Nimitz's special plane had landed, and the group was rushing to the headquarters.
"What is the old ghost doing in Vientiane at this time?" Jiang Haoran frowned, now is the most critical moment in the preparations for the Normandy landings, and Nimitz should not appear here at this time.
Although full of doubts, Jiang Haoran immediately got up and went out with Huang Jie to greet him, and when he rushed to the door, the convoy had arrived, and Nimitz was getting out of the car.
Jiang Haoran stepped forward quickly, stretched out his right hand and said with a smile: "Old friend, what kind of wind blew you here." ”
Nimitz held Jiang Haoran's hand, looked up at the sky, and said seriously: "It's a southeast wind blowing today, I think it's it, that's right, it's a southeast wind." ”
"Hahaha!" Both burst out laughing.
"Jiang, introduce you to a friend?" Nimitz said as he pulled his right hand out of Jiang Haoran's hand, unfolded it to the right, and continued: "John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia. ”
"Hello John, long admired the name." Jiang Haoran smiled kindly, it is not a compliment to say that he has admired the name for a long time, John Curtin is also quite famous in the history of World War II, after the island army occupied Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and other places, once posed a threat to Australia, and the plane flew to their territory many times to bomb, it was John Curtin who led the Australian soldiers to resist with the United States, Britain, the Netherlands and other allied forces, so that Australia through this difficult time.
"Hello, General Jiang, I didn't expect that General Haoran and Zhengqi, who made Daokou frightened, be so young, and I should say the word Daimyo for a long time." John Curtin held Jiang Haoran's hand tightly and said with a sincere face.
"Where, where, you're welcome."
"Hehe, Jiang, these two don't need me to introduce them, do they?" Nimitz smiled and pointed to a lieutenant general of the Chinese army and a major general of the British army behind him.
Jiang Haoran hesitated slightly, but the two of them had already stepped forward to salute him, Jiang Haoran returned the salute, pointed to the vice admiral of the Mi Army on the left and said with a smile: "This must be Vice Admiral Thomas Kincaid of the Seventh Fleet of the Mi Army?" After receiving the affirmation, Jiang Haoran turned to another British rear admiral and said, "And this one must be Rear Admiral Somerville of the British East India Fleet." ”
These two Jiang Haoran are indeed meeting for the first time, maybe Nimitz doesn't know, but Jiang Haoran still accurately guessed their identities, and with the arrival of these three in front of him, he has roughly guessed the purpose of Nimitz's trip.
After some greetings, Huang Jie also shook hands with them one by one, and the group walked into the headquarters meeting room, sat down with the host and guest, and the service staff brought fruits and fragrant tea, and after a polite look, Jiang Haoran asked: "Old ghost, such a big lineup, I guess you must not have come because of me, right?" ”
Nimitz smiled deeply, but did not speak, and set his eyes behind Jiang Haoran.
Jiang Haoran turned around, there were only Lin Long and Xiaodao behind him, so he comprehended, waved his hand and signaled the two to go out, what Nimitz wanted to say must be the top secret of the Allied Forces, in line with the principle that one less person knows one less threat, there is nothing wrong with this disposition.
Not only did they want to go out, but the staff officers and security personnel brought by Nimitz were also signaled by Nimitz to leave, considering that Huang Jie did not understand English, he only left him an interpreter.
In a moment, after the clearance was completed, the door was closed, and Jiang Haoran, Huang Jie, the translator and Nimitz were left in the room, and Nimitz smiled and said: "Jiang, aren't you smart, why don't you guess the purpose of our trip?" ”