Chapter 021: The Air Battle on the Nu River (Part II)
After receiving the second wave of air force for help, the Japanese immediately sent planes that had not participated in the battle to take off to rescue, but when they arrived, the sky was only filled with the smell of gasoline and gunsmoke, and they lost more than 40 planes in a few hours, which cast an ominous cloud over the heads of the Japanese garrison and the Thai government.
The Thai government learned of the crushing defeat of the air force, with nearly half of its losses, and that part of the Qin army had already crossed the Nu River.
Japan's garrison in Thailand is only 60,000 people, although Japan has promised to send reinforcements from all over the country, and has promised to do its best to ensure the safety of Thailand, but the Thai government does not believe that it has been beaten by the expeditionary force several times before, and the army was more than this at that time, but Japan was defeated, and now there are so few troops, and they all know that Japan cannot send many troops to assist Thailand.
Luang Phibun Somkham is of Chinese descent, but he is a Chinese anti-Chinese element, since the King of Thailand was overthrown in the 1932 coup, he gradually took control of the real power, until 38 years is the prime minister of Thailand, during the reign of the Chinese anti-Chinese, forced the local Chinese to change to Thai surnames, everything Thai.
At this time, he was meeting with Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito, commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces in Thailand, "Mr. Sakata, the situation is not optimistic now, I don't know when your country's reinforcements will arrive?" β
Akito Nakamura: "Your Excellency, the reinforcements will arrive soon, please rest assured, if Thailand falls, then the empire's Malaya and Annam will also be threatened!" Therefore, the most important thing we need to do now is to block the Chinese army on the west bank of the Nu River, and then wait for the empire to defeat the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and destroy the two Chinese countries in one fell swoop. β
Luang Phibun Songkhan muttered in his heart, the Japanese bragged that they were indeed first-class, and if they were really that powerful, they would not have lost hundreds of thousands of troops in Burma before, and it is still unknown whether Japan still has the ability to organize so many troops.
In addition, Japan in the Pacific Ocean has also suffered repeated defeats and heavy losses, and it is not easy to defeat the United States, Luang Phibun Songkhan has heard and seen the strength of the West, especially the strength of the United States, its huge territory, its population of more than 100 million, and the world's largest industry.
Luang Phibun Songkan doesn't know if the Japanese are arrogant or the Japanese have no brains, anyway, Nakamura Akito said this, Luang Phibun Songkan is cool in his heart, the possibility of Japan defeating the United States is too small, almost impossible, that is to say, if Japan does not defeat the United States, there will be no large number of reinforcements to block the attack of the Chinese army.
In addition, how many Chinese people, 4 or 500 million people, can call up hundreds of thousands, millions of troops at any time, and Thailand only has a population of 15 million, even if it withstands this attack, then what about next time, next time.
However, Luang Phibun Songkhan did not dare to tell Nakamura Akito what was in his heart, although the Japanese could not contain the Chinese, but 60,000 Japanese troops were enough to clean him and Thailand. According to the ferocity of the Japanese, when the time comes, it will really annoy the Japanese, and I am afraid that Thailand will be bleeding. Luang Phibun Songkhan would rather secretly contact the Chinese army to surrender than casually question the Japanese.
Luang Phibun Songkham said: "We have suffered heavy losses in Burma, and Thailand's current army is newly recruited, and your army is too small, so I am afraid that we will not be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive." β
"Qin has 500,000 troops, and there are 800,000 people in the addition of 300,000 expeditionary forces, as long as half of the army is sent, it will be twice our military strength, not to mention that half of them are expeditionary forces, I'm afraid it will be ......."
Nakamura Akito looked at Luang Phibun Songkan very disdainfully, and looked complacent when he was anti-Chinese, and now the Chinese army has not yet fought and coaxed, but he still wants to comfort Luang Phibun Songkan, at present, Japan still needs Thailand, at least the Thais can't be pushed to the side of China, otherwise Thailand will become the second Myanmar.
Akito Nakamura said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, rest assured, Thailand's comfort is related to the empire's huge interests in Southeast Asia, the empire will never give up Thailand, let alone give up His Excellency the Prime Minister, if His Excellency the Prime Minister is worried, you can go to Japan with the King of Thailand to relax, and then come back after the war, what do you think?" β
Luang Phibun Songkhan will not agree, what is often the case in coups in Thailand, once he leaves, then it means that he has left the center of power in Thailand, no matter what Japan does, if there is a coup d'Γ©tat at that time, then he will not be able to be the prime minister, it is estimated that even if the Japanese support him, they can only support it in their hearts, and they will not offend the government at that time.
Luang Phibun Songkan said: "Thailand is at a critical juncture, as the prime minister of Thailand, how can I leave at this time, I am bound to live and die with Thailand." β
Nakamura Akito looked at Luan Phibun Songkan and wanted to laugh, but he still suppressed it, he showed an appreciative gaze and said: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister is worthy of being a soldier, unlike those literati and politicians, who are indispensable in ordinary times and run away at critical moments. β
Luang Phibun Songkham said, "Thailand is my homeland, where else can I go without here?" β
Akito Nakamura: "It's better to send the royal family and the family of Mr. Prime Minister to Japan first, and enjoy the scenery of Japan by the way, and then come back after the war is over, so that you won't be frightened." β
Luang Phibun Song Khan said that the Japanese are really cunning, if Thailand can't hold it, then the king of Thailand is in the hands of the Japanese, Japan is playing a limited time, and there is still a hole card in his hand, with the strong calling ability of the royal family, even if the Chinese army occupies Thailand, it will not be able to stabilize.
Luang Phibun Songkhan wanted to refuse, but he couldn't find an excuse, and Nakamura didn't give him time to refuse, Nakamura said: "I have already arranged for someone to handle this matter, so Mr. Prime Minister doesn't have to worry about it." β
And in the Royal Palace in Bangkok, a large group of Japanese troops are picking up the King of Thailand and others, although they are very polite, but the action contains a threat, the Thai royal family is also under the eaves of the people have to bow their heads, now they have no ability to resist, if they want not to leave, otherwise it is estimated that there is only a dead end.
The Thai people in Bangkok talked a lot, they didn't know what the King of Thailand was going to do at this time, and they didn't know about the war on the border between Qin and Thailand.
In order to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army, the Japanese army asked the Thai royal family to issue a proclamation, saying that the royal family would go to Japan to inspect modern industry and absorb experience for building a strong Thailand.
If the first Japanese attack was exploited by the expeditionary force, but later the expeditionary force's counteroffensive was a real frontal battle, and even the Malay tigers were driven to India, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses, so the Japanese had to plan for the worst.
The Japanese army has been accumulating strength since it was driven to the east bank of the Nu River, but it has not had the strength to counterattack, and it has always been forced to delay because of various things, and now even the accumulated strength has been withdrawn to support other places.
If it weren't for the tightness of the Pacific theater, then Japan would still have a lot of forces to attack Qin, at least it would not be a problem to defend Thailand.
At noon on May 6, many coalition troops had crossed the river one after another, and they did not cross the river in the most suitable place, completely disrupting the defense of the Japanese army and the Thai army, but the coalition forces did not seize any important points, and the coalition forces are currently clearing the surrounding small threats, and they are slowly advancing.
Wang Hanzhang's supplies are very sufficient, and Wang Hanzhang does not want to need to exchange his life for victory at this time. In addition, Wang Hanzhang also hopes that his troops can be trained. You can't rush the first battle, and if you have time to adapt slowly, you can slow down, so that you can reduce your losses.
The Japanese planes had not come since the heavy losses in the morning, and only came in large waves at noon, they did not believe that the enemy was a god and could always calculate them, and the radar of the Qin Air Force detected them first.
According to the previous intelligence, Qin Guo knew how many planes Japan had in Thailand, more than 40 were killed before, and now there are 40 in this wave, looking at the radar display, the commander of the Air Force ordered all the planes that could fight to take off.
According to the previous plan, the P51 and P40 were to deal with the Devil's Zero, while the other combat aircraft were to deal with the Devil's bombers and other fighters.
The planes that received the order took off again, and they took off from several airfields, and all of them took off successfully after 5 minutes. This time, because I don't know what the devil's plane target is. Whether it was the army that crossed the river at the ferry or the army that had already crossed the river had no way of knowing, and the Japanese army that suffered a big loss would not be ambushed so easily, so the Qin Air Force decided to fight the devil head-on, but it would still wait for the devil to enter the ground controlled by its own army.
After 20 minutes, the Qin Air Force arrived at the target position, and the Japanese arrived almost immediately after, the Japanese army was still mixed with air bombers and fighters this time, while the Qin army was thirty fighters this time.
Seeing that the Japanese army had arrived, the Qin Air Force rushed to the fighters of the devils according to the previous plan, P51 and P40, while the fighter formation composed of 5 British planes and 5 P40 pounced on the bombers of the devils.
The Japanese soon spotted the enemy planes diving down from a high altitude, and they quickly adjusted their formation to prepare for battle, but the bombers were much slower.
Thirty Qin planes swooped down, and soon dozens of planes in the sky were intertwined, you chase me, and the rookies of Qin who have combat experience in the morning have already felt what it means to be one man and machine, and they now feel that everything they do is very smooth.
Some of the Japanese pilots were in the morning, and after a few minutes of pursuit in the sky, he clearly felt that these pilots were more skilled than the morning pilots.
The Japanese pilots now believe that Qin must have reinforcements, otherwise it would be impossible to kill more than 40 of their own planes in the morning, and the quality shown by these pilots is definitely not something that rookies can show. They Xinhua always hated the people of Tegaoke, if it weren't for their intelligence mistakes, the Japanese army would still have the upper hand now.