Chapter 019: Attack on Thailand
In addition, the railway from Yangon to Mandalay is too close to the Nu River, and Japanese planes often bomb this side, and safety is not guaranteed.
According to Wang Hanzhang's original plan to divide the Indochina Peninsula with Longyun, the Chao Phraya River basin and the area west of Thailand belonged to Wang Hanzhang, and the Basai River basin and the area east belonged to Longyun.
In order to gain more territory and completely remove the threat of the Japanese army to the hinterland of Qin, Wang Hanzhang planned to attack Thailand.
There were also a large number of landing kayaks among the weapons and supplies of the British seized last time, so there was no problem crossing the river. In addition, now that the training of the troops has been completed and the weapons and ammunition are sufficient, it is time to test them on the battlefield.
The Japanese army is now stationed in Thailand with a total of more than 60,000 people in 3 divisions, while the Thai army has more than 200,000 people.
The last time I fought in the Qin State, because the Burmese did not agree with the squadron at that time, the troops were like blind people, and the information was very ill-informed, and the fighters were delayed. Fortunately, the massacre of the Japanese and Thai troops drove the natives to the Chinese side.
After this attack on Thailand, the Thai army will definitely not slaughter in its own country, and Japan, as an ally of Thailand, will naturally not slaughter the Thais at this juncture, so the Sino-Qin coalition army is facing the last dilemma, and this time the Thai ** team must be very fierce.
Thailand has been anti-Chinese for many years at this time, and there has been no interruption between them, so they are particularly repulsive to foreign forces, especially the Chinese who have always had a decisive influence on Thailand in history, they are very repulsive, and they are also very worried that the squadron will retaliate against them if they attack Thailand.
In addition, Thailand now has a population of 15 million, the population is not very much, at least compared to Indonesia's population of nearly 70 million, Wang Hanzhang is very troubled by Indonesia, and the next time he wants to destroy the Indonesians, I am afraid that it will take a million troops to barely enough.
The plan for attacking Thailand has long been drawn up, and the commander-in-chief is still Wei Lihuang. There were three armies in this attack on Thailand, namely the Qin army of 250,000 people, the expeditionary force of 200,000 people, and the other Longyun 80,000 people.
Needless to say, the Qin army naturally needs to stay behind and guard the border between Qin and India. Since Long Yun received a large amount of weapons and ammunition from Wang Hanzhang, he has been vigorously wiping his troops, training a total of 200,000 troops, but he still has to stay in Yunnan to prevent the Japanese army from attacking Yunnan from Guangxi and Annam.
Knowing that Wang Hanzhang was finally going to make a move, Long Yun didn't think about it, and Li Ke handed over part of the army to Wang Hanzhang.
And Wei Lihuang is now complacent, giving him command of 500,000 elite troops at once, and if he fights well, he will once again become famous.
The expeditionary force has no worries, and the injured will be properly resettled in the future, and the senior officers of the Dian army all know the agreement between Long Yun and Wang Hanzhang, and Wang Hanzhang has become the emperor, and he has also rewarded a large number of titles, they are also very excited, such a good opportunity can not be missed, and the soldiers below are also high-spirited, they have long been looking forward to this devil, and this battle is still with the invincible expeditionary force, everyone feels that victory is taken for granted, there is no suspense.
And Wang Hanzhang's subordinates are even more enthusiastic, fight well, this is the most direct way to get a knighthood, fighting is the fastest way to get promoted, if there is no war, I am afraid that I will not be promoted in ten or eight years, at least not the title. Everyone is looking forward to this battle and getting a knighthood themselves.
On May 1, a number of special forces infiltrated Thailand, although there are a large number of mountains and jungles on the border of Qin and Thailand, which is not convenient for large-scale operations, but also restricts the Japanese army and the Thai army, but they are familiar with the terrain, so although they are not many troops, they still occupy a certain advantage, if they get into the jungle, it will be difficult for the coalition forces to catch them.
The special forces were born to deal with the war under any conditions, Wang Hanzhang from the beginning of the army is very concerned about the special forces, in the lack of weapons, backward conditions, well-trained troops are the magic weapon for victory.
The special forces are based on companies, and they are equipped with a large number of submachine guns, as well as the latest "Dragon assault rifles" of the Qin State, as well as mortars and grenadiers, and the firepower is very powerful.
The task of the special forces this time is to guide the large army to attack, so as not to get lost in the tropical rainforest, although the jade forest here is not as terrible as the savage mountain, but the danger is not small, if the Japanese and Thais hide in the rainforest, then the situation is terrible, the rainforest is full of killing machines, and when the time comes, to destroy these troops do not know how many men and horses will be lost.
Entering the rainforest is not very suitable for large-scale troops, fortunately, the expeditionary force began to train in a targeted manner last year, and Wang Hanzhang paid more attention to it, after all, this will be the territory of Qin in the future, and the entire Qin State is in this kind of place, if there is no accident, the combat range of the Qin army is here and the surrounding areas, and fighting in the rainforest is the most important subject.
In the central and northern regions, because the mountains are high and the forests are dense, there are not many people, so it is very inconvenient to supply, the Japanese and Thai soldiers did not deploy many troops, and the same is not suitable for the attacking coalition forces, it is not suitable for large forces to attack, the supply is very inconvenient, people hide in the rainforest at any time to read can sneak attack the transport lines of the coalition forces at any place, and the coalition forces without food and grass may starve to death without fighting.
Wei Lihuang and Dai Anlan still attacked from the center line and the coastal zone. After crossing the Nu River, they split into two groups, one attacking Hpa-an, Mawlamyine, and Dawei along the coastline.
After Dawei, they once again divided into two groups and continued to march towards the Malay Peninsula, but they did not intend to seize the Malay Peninsula, Wang Hanzhang was not arrogant to that extent, they only needed to stop the Japanese reinforcements in the area of Bashu City in Thailand, stabilize the place, and prepare for the next attack on the Malay Peninsula. The other attacked Kanchanaburi and Nakhon Pathom from Dawei and then headed for Bangkok.
The other that crosses the Nu River will attack the central part of Thailand, sweeping all the areas on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. However, these are just plans, and it depends on the situation.
On May 5, all the special forces teams had arrived at their intended positions, surprisingly undetected.
At four o'clock in the morning of the 6th, the coalition forces crossed the Nu River, and the Japanese army had few troops and could not defend all places, so the coalition forces soon had a force to cross the Nu River.
In order to advance quickly, the Allied forces crossed the river from several points, and the Japanese soon discovered the situation, and they sent troops to stop the Allied forces.
Hpa-An and Mawlamyine fought the most fiercely, because it was very rich and it was also the best route to enter Thailand, so the Japanese focused on defending here.
After the allied forces learned that the Japanese army had crossed the river, the Japanese air force immediately dispatched and prepared to attack in a half-crossing, but how could Wang Hanzhang not know that this was the weakest time for the army, so all the planes were transferred to the Eastern Front to fight to the death with the Japanese army.
Because the war in the Pacific was not going well, and the war between India and China was also tense, although Japan had enough 100 planes in Thailand, only 30 of the most advanced Zero planes were available.
Although Wang Hanzhang captured more than 100 British planes, Chiang Kai-shek transferred all the planes originally stationed in Qin after knowing that Wang Hanzhang had so many planes.
Now Wang Hanzhang's air force planes look many, but half of them are transport planes, and half of the combat planes are old-fashioned planes, at present, there are only 10 of the most advanced P51, and 15 of the other P40, and only the P51 can be a longer and shorter with the zero plane, and the P40 is not enough for the zero type, they can only delay time, or attack other Japanese aircraft, as for Wang Hanzhang's bombers, it is useless, although the Americans have a lot of machine guns on it, but the speed is slow and there is only a dead end for the fighters, so they had to carry out bombing missions anymore.
At 7:13 a.m. on the 6th, reconnaissance planes spotted a group of Japanese aircraft, with about thirty sorties of fighters and bombers. Our air force took off immediately, and this time all the P51s took off, Wang Hanzhang thought that these planes should be used intensively, and they formed five formations to fly towards the Japanese air force.
Twenty minutes later, the two sides met thirty kilometers north of Mawlamyine, and Japanese planes also spotted the Qin Air Force, and they immediately pounced on the Qin Air Force.
The Japanese actually guessed that the Qin Air Force would send the most advanced aircraft to fight, they tried so many times and figured out the strength of the Qin Air Force, the Qin Air Force did not compete with the Japanese Zero aircraft no more than 10, and the rest could not compete with the Zero, in addition, the original Flying Tigers were all transferred out of the Qin State, so the current Qin pilots were trained later. Japan still has at least some old pilots, so they believe that Japan is generally superior.
Japan has been simulating the Qin army's attack on Thailand, how should they respond, this time the Qin State attacked Japan, and instead of slowly consuming with the Qin State, it is better to take off all the Zero type, as long as the chilling P51 is done at one time, then the Qin Air Force will not be worried, and then the other planes can only be slaughtered by the Zero type, and at that time the sky will be Japan's, and if you have air supremacy, then the war will be much easier.
Japan learned that the war had finally broken out, so according to the previous discussion, first sent 15 snack fighters and other planes to form a wave, first to attract the P51, and then another wave of 15 Zero planes will take off quickly after the start of the battle, the first wave of the Zero as long as it is consumed with the P51, and when the P51 runs out of gasoline, then the second wave can easily kill these advanced aircraft.
And although Wang Hanzhang requires them to fly for at least 5 hours a day, the rookies of the Qin State have no experience in group combat, can they judge the devil's conspiracy according to the situation on the battlefield?