The atmosphere in Thonburi was tense, like a barrel of dynamite 'sitting' on a matchstick.

The explosion on the banks of the Chao Phraya River was a lit lead, and countless people watched as the lead was shortening little by little, and the sparks were burning, and little by little towards the powder keg. But everyone just performed the immobilization technique on people, and they could only watch the fire, but they couldn't move to extinguish the spark.

In the dark night, the whole Thonburi is as bright as day, with the royal palace as the center, and the bonfires and torches illuminated by Thonburi are as bright as a city that never sleeps.

There are soldiers standing guard in the streets and alleys, and there is a curfew at night, and no one is allowed to go out without a token. Even if your wife wants to give birth and wants to find a midwife, it won't work.

Even the large and small rivers in Thonburi City are patrolled by boats to prevent people from entering and leaving Thonburi through the waterways. Cause more trouble for Tongluan.

However, in this day and age, it is not easy to create large-scale waterways to prevent floods.

In particular, several places where fishing nets have been placed have been known to the Military Intelligence Agency, and now a team of elite action team members sent by the Military Intelligence Agency quietly entered the water from the river outside the city, wearing masks, breathing through the snorkel disguised as reeds, and unknowingly touching the city.

The light of the fire can only illuminate the surface of the river, but it cannot illuminate the river. When they spotted the Siamese patrol fleet, they dived completely, and the surrounding area was so quiet that they could only hear the sound of boats paddling. Each member of the action group was proficient in diving techniques, and holding their breath for more than five minutes was the threshold for this group member to be selected, so that they easily came to the target location of their group, a Buddhist temple with a small area but an extraordinary status in the Siamese Buddhist community.

There is a team of Siamese soldiers stationed around the temple for a long time, and a team of Siamese soldiers patrols every 20 minutes, but this is not a problem.

With internal response, no matter how tightly guarded it is, it is full of loopholes.

The leader of the action group opened a small box wrapped in oilcloth with three layers inside and three layers outside, inside was a pocket watch, but the watch hands and numbers were fluorite, and there was a circle of glowstone inlaid around it, so that he could see the time clearly, it was 1:45 o'clock at night, and in five minutes there would be a patrol walking in front of the Buddhist temple.

Fifteen minutes later, at two o'clock in the morning, there will be a meal for the Siamese soldiers in front of the temple.

Buddhism is sacred in Siam, not only the successive kings of Siam have supported Buddhism, making Buddhism the state religion of Siam, and monks are respected by people from all walks of life and have a great say in all levels of society. Even all kinds of life are deeply imprinted with Buddhism, such as a man must become a monk before marriage, and Zheng Xin has been a monk.

At the age of thirteen, the father-in-law of Paiya held a "shaving bun", which is a traditional Siamese custom, and the bun is a vow that Siamese men have begun to maintain since childhood - the boy has a bun on the top of his head, and the shaving bun is to shave the bun, that is, the boy has reached adulthood; It is similar to the meaning of "hair bundle" in ancient China. After the completion of the shaving ceremony, Zheng Xin became a novice and went to the Three Temples outside the city of Ayutthaya to study the Buddhist scriptures and Pali scriptures. After returning to the world, he was introduced into the officialdom by his stepfather and entered the inner court to serve as the king's bodyguard.

It is a reason to enter the palace as a guard with the children of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is a shortcut to enter the officialdom. And it turned out that Zheng Xin did start quickly from a guard, and was regarded as a pillar by the then emperor of the Ayutthaya Dynasty at a young age.

But judging from Zheng Xin's life experience, it can also be seen that Buddhism has a huge influence in Siam.

Therefore, the meal in the Buddhist temple is not just a bowl of rice soup, but a sip of cold water, which also flatters these Siamese soldiers.

"Savadikra ......"

"Savadikra ......"

Two o'clock arrived punctually, the door of the Buddhist temple was opened, and the Siamese soldiers stationed in front of the temple had already fully assembled at the temple gate, and under the leadership of the officers, they waited for the monk in a strict and respectful procession.

"Let's ...... Walk"

The leader of the action team whispered. While rewrapping the box and tucking it into a box around his waist.

There were not many people, there were only five people in total, and the bonfire illuminated their figures very clearly, and if there was no meal at the temple to make all the Siamese soldiers gather in front of the temple, the five members of the action group were afraid that they had just rushed ashore and had not walked a few steps to be discovered.

The side door of the temple was pitch black, and no one noticed that there were five people dressed in black water leaning in here just now, and even the watermark on the stone steps was not left, and the distance from the river bank to the temple was very close, but it was also dozens of meters away. Dozens of meters of dirt roads have long sucked up the water.

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The marines of the Nanyang Naval Division did not have much effort to break through the defensive line set up by the Siamese on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River! Is it the Marine Division that is really brave?

No, of course not. The reason for the defeat of the Siamese army in this battle is more due to the low morale of the Siamese army!

Before the war began, their 'hearts' had already conceded defeat.

Therefore, after the start of the war, it is not surprising that the Siamese army under continuous artillery fire found that their rockets could not make the Nanyang Marine Division retreat, and the Siamese army was chased by the Marine Division and fled the Chao Phraya River front line like rabbits.

The Siamese soldiers on the entire front were not good. 'People' that can't be stopped by rockets, can they stop them? In the face of the desperate attack of the marine division, more than 10,000 Siamese troops were scattered, surrendered to surrender, surrendered their guns, surrendered their guns, had no will to fight, and fell to their knees.

Then the Marine Division made persistent efforts and continued to attack the second line of defense of the Siamese army, which was still conquered and broken at the first stab.

In line with the posture of 'it is advisable to chase after the poor and brave', they immediately chased after the butts of the deserters and defeated soldiers and went straight to the east gate of Thonburi City. There were also a number of Siamese strongholds and fortifications outside Thonburi. If these are flattened, the army will be able to see the pagoda of Thonburi City.

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"Bastard, bastard. Swallowing this unattainable thing, it's bad for me, it's bad for me! ”

The sound of gunfire in the eastern part of the city has reached the city of Thonburi and, of course, to the ears of Thongluan. It was only half a day, and the whole army of Yisha Luo Songtun was scattered, and Tongluan was very angry.

An army of more than 10,000 people, that's an army of more than 10,000.

Even if the morale is not high, it can last for two or three days, right? After all, their opponents were just over five thousand people. How can you ask the Chinese to add reinforcements? Is it only in this way that 'defeated' can 'defeat' have face? However, in just half a day, the defense line of the Chao Phraya River not only collapsed, but also affected the second line of defense.

Let the Chinese fight outside the city of Thonburi in one breath.

It stands to reason that today's Siamese army is also a capable division that fought against the Burmese. At the beginning, he also experienced a lot of bloody battles and bitter battles on the battlefield in Burma, and his tenacity was obvious to all, and he won the praise of Nanjing. How is it that now a pack of wolves has become a litter of rabbits in the blink of an eye?

Hugh said that there were more than 10,000 people under the command of Isarasong, that is, more than 10,000 pigs arching indiscriminately on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, which also caused a lot of trouble for the marine troops of the Nanyang Naval Division. So, those people are not even as good as pigs.

If it weren't for the fact that Iszara Songtun was his son, Tongluan would have wanted to cut off Isarasongtun's head and alert everyone.

Of course, it is also fortunate that there are no major losses in the troops of his descendants.

The Siamese army learned the regularization of the Chen-Han National Defense Army, and since it was regularized, it had to be done in accordance with the rules and systems. Therefore, Ishara Songtun is thirty years old, and he is still only a regimental leader, and he also serves as the deputy staff officer of the brigade. Of course, the regiment under his command is the descendant force of the Tongluan family, and it has also experienced several bloody battles in the Burma War before, and after the incident, it has expanded from about 2,000 to 3,000 or 4,000 people, all of whom are veterans of the Burmese War. Well-armed, the best batch of muskets of the Siamese Army, the Chen Han Xin flintlock pistol, not the second-hand flintlock pistol that the Wehrmacht had eliminated. The combat effectiveness should be very not weak.

The coup d'état also disrupted the 'regularization' of the Siamese army, and after Tsarasongtun took control of Thonburi in Thongluang, he was promoted by Thongluang to the rank of deputy division, the second of the Praetorian Guard.

As a result, in the first battle of the Chao Phraya River, the men and horses of this regiment were as bad as mud, but unexpectedly, the soldiers of this regiment were all scuds, and after running back to Thonburi, they counted them, and there were still 26,700 people.

To be honest, Tong Luan was not afraid of the more than 5,000 marines, nor was he afraid of the Nanyang Naval Division fleet floating on the sea, so it was a big deal for him to abandon the coastal defense line of Thonburi. You Nanyang sailors are awesome in the water, can you still drive the warship to shore?

And the more than 5,000 marine troops are very fierce, but around Thonburi, Tongluan still holds a lot of soldiers and horses.

Now that they have killed the east of Thonburi, they have indeed added a big bargaining chip to the Chinese side of the scale, but it is impossible to really take Thonburi with only these more than 5,000 land troops.

In Thongluang's vision, this force was to echo the national defense forces of Tran Lian, Boon Ng, and Burma, and when all the armies broke the crusading forces he sent out and approached Thonburi in unison, setting off a general trend, this force on the edge of Thonburi would then be able to play the role of 'the last straw that broke the camel's back'.

But what Tongluan never expected was that the Chinese would be so impatient.

More than 5,000 people dared to attack Thonburi, did they really think that the tens of thousands of troops in Thonburi were made of mud? Even if the Chao Phraya River is fought and the Siamese army is defeated, the faith in Thongluang's heart will not be shaken.

Triple is not good, what about ten? He didn't believe that all the Chinese soldiers were beaten with iron.

"The Chinese look down on us. We'll take advantage of the opportunity to eat their heads! ”

Tong Luan sneered, and then ordered several generals under him: "Dispatch all the Praetorian Guards, as well as the third, fourth, and fifth divisions. With more than 30,000 people, six times the strength of the Chinese, I don't believe that this Marine Corps cannot be contained. ”

Thongluan also has one of the most powerful troops in his hands, the Second Division, which is his lifeline, but this unit is to be used to guard Thonburi. He was also very uncertain about the combat effectiveness of the Siamese army. The Battle of the Chao Phraya River hit him too hard. That's a three-fold advantage in troops, and it looks like that bear, so that Tongluan's confidence is about to be lost!

But one yard is one yard. No matter how unconfident and worried he was about the Siamese army, the Siamese army was also a force he had to rely on. But he will not easily throw his henchmen into the battlefield, which is the basis of his battle to deter the troops of the Buri, rashly enter the war, not to mention how much he loses in the first battle, if the performance is inferior, and is looked down upon by the other Siamese troops, it will be a big matter.

"Rush, rush. Push them back ......"

On a battlefield east of Thonburi, Mizusawa is accompanied by a hill standing near the water, the top of the hill is relatively flat, suitable for setting up artillery, the Siamese army attaches great importance to this point, and a large number of ravines and soldiers are arranged around the hill to defend, and more than 20 cannons are transported up the hill with a lot of manpower.

The height of this hill is not high, but the geographical location is really important, and in terms of the range of artillery, it can block half of Thonburi City.

And the Marine Corps of the Marine Division really came to attack.

It is not 'easy to take' because of the 'gap' on the other side.

They chose to rise to the occasion.

However, in a very different direction of attack envisaged by the Siamese, the attacking marines did not go by land, but by water.

The waterfront side of the hill was the weakness of the Siamese fortifications, because the Siamese did not think that the marines would come from that direction. It was a Jedi, the water was muddy, it was difficult to march, and the Siamese army occupied a high place, and the attack was very limited.

However, the Marine Division launched an attack from the mud of the water sawa.

Cover the silt with reeds and cover it with bamboo planks, and the dangerous muddy water becomes a smooth road. Of course, the Siamese artillery on the top of the hill will turn the muzzle to block the attack, but Chen Han's artillery is sharper in shelling.

The quality of the Siamese army's gunners was not as good as that of Chen Hanjun, but now Chen Han still has a school-shot balloon and a pair of 'eyes in the sky', and the effect of bilateral artillery bombardment is even more different.

It didn't take long for the entire summit to become a mess, as did the artillery positions of the Siamese army. The more than 20 artillery pieces that the Siamese had worked so hard to transport up the hill were all gone.

The Siamese army could only watch as the Marine Division paved a path out of the water and mud little by little.

Such a battle is not unusual in Chinese history, but for the Siamese people, it is truly magical. Water and silt are Jedi in the eyes of many Siamese people, but the Chinese have easily changed their perception.

The rockets on both sides were very cruel and cruel, and the losses of troops on both sides were very serious, but the difference between the two sides was that Chen Han's marine division and marine troops still dared to rush forward despite heavy casualties, while the Siamese people were already in chaos after being bombarded by rockets.

The Marine Corps, which had successfully advanced through the sea, was mixed with the Siamese army.

The Siamese could not afford to lose this stronghold so easily, and the commander of the position sent troops and men to plug the gap

The Marine Corps of the Nanyang Naval Division attacked this hill with only two battalions, and the total strength was only about 1,000 men, while the defending force was expected to be 3,000 or 4,000 men. The bombardment of rockets caused the attacking marines to lose two or three hundred men, but the remaining fighters were still attacking forward. When they landed on land and the soldiers of both sides were mixed together, it was the Siamese army, which had an absolute superiority in numbers, who was defeated.

At the critical moment, reinforcements from the Siamese army arrived. As a result, the Marine Division, which had just occupied a position, immediately moved to the defensive.

An officer with a silver star on his collar badge lay in a crater, panting heavily. Seriously, they're already tired. Many people eat a bowl of hot rice in the morning, and still haven't eaten a drip. And whether it is paving the road or white-knuckle combat, it is very physically demanding.

Now they can only find time to take out the hard military rations in their pockets, nibble on a bite or two, and then take out the kettle behind their butts and drink a strange taste of salt sugar water or two.

This is a real salt sugar water, which is made of table salt and sugar and water, which is different from the oral rehydration salt that was commonly known as 'salt sugar water' by the common people in later generations.

And they are eating and drinking while their hands are constantly busy.

- Fortify positions.

The Siamese army, which was outnumbered, counterattacked. The explosions of rockets, grenades, gunfires, and shouts of killing were intertwined over the position.

The explosive power of a single grenade is not large, far less shocking than that of a rocket, but when the sound of grenade explosions as dense as raindrops is connected, the effect is also very deterrent.

"Boom-boom-boom-"

Countless explosions rang out, and the two armies were mixed together again, like two bulls meeting on a narrow road, and the screams of misery instantly reached the ears of every soldier of the two armies.

"Brothers, kill—" A lieutenant of Chen Hanjun's left commanded rushed to the front of the line with a rifle with a bayonet on it.

"Kill—" With a murderous aura, all the soldiers of the Marine Division pounced like tigers, and a panicked cry rang out from the Siamese army.

Death happily reaps 'death' with his scythe.

The bright bayonets and bullets harvested the lives of the soldiers on both sides at a rapid and shocking speed. Before many soldiers could show their skills, bullets and bayonets ruthlessly killed them.

A wounded Siamese soldier staggered to his feet. This man's head must not be clear. If he was awake, he would just lie on the ground and continue to play dead.

A rushing Marine stabbed the man in the heart.

Then he pulled out the bayonet from the corpse, and before he had time to adjust the direction of the bayonet, he directly turned the muzzle of the gun up, raised the butt of the gun, and slammed it into the head of the Siamese soldier who was killing again. In an instant, the Siamese soldier's head was completely blooming, and blood mixed with brains stuck to the butt of his spear, and he was also splashed white and red all over his body.