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Chapter 1644 New Situation

An Yi woke up, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, he was lying on the bed with his eyes open, thinking about his work recently, and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he got up. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

An Yi's resting place is a small villa not far from the General Staff Building.

The area where the three headquarters are located was originally the headquarters of Crédit Agricole CIB in Tokyo, with six connected four-story western-style buildings, two of which are each divided into two by the General Staff Department, the General Political Department, and the General Logistics Department, and the three-story and two-story French-style western-style buildings within the surrounding two square kilometers are all enclosed within the red wall, and most of them have become the residences of the generals of the Anjia Army and their families, and a row of villas near the General Staff has become a temporary resting place for the generals attending meetings or discussing the war situation.

An Yi rinsed briefly, and just walked out of the bedroom, Shen Fengdao, who had been waiting for a while, hurriedly greeted him, and said in a low voice: "The fourth hall called, Mrs. Jiang gave birth at the rest of the house, it is a daughter, and the mother and child are safe." ”

History is completely messed up here, and An Yi was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth: "When did it happen?" ”

"Around eleven o'clock in the afternoon!"

Shen Fengdao replied softly.

An Yi stepped forward and ordered: "Immediately, in my name, let the Nanjing office send a generous gift first, and when the principal's special call arrives, I can't say that I will go to Nanjing in person." ”

Shen Fengdao nodded, and said: "Hu Zi asked for a special plane, flew from Central Asia to Mongolia, arrived in Kulun in the afternoon, and is expected to arrive in Xinjing tomorrow." ”

An Yi asked as he walked, "Huh!?" What is the beard doing when he comes back at this time? Has the threat of the Japanese army been completely eliminated in Central Asia? ”

"It seems that the Japanese army has plans to retreat!"

Shen Fengdao and An Yi walked side by side: "Hu Zi said that he has something important to talk to you, and by the way, go home to see his wife and children." ”

"It's time to go home and accompany my sister-in-law!"

An Yi suddenly thought of Hu Jialin's one-armed wife, and couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart.

The two came downstairs, Liu Qing, Minister of Intelligence of the General Staff, and Liang Zihua, Secretary of An Yi, were eating in the dining room, and when they saw An Yi, the two quickly stood up, An Yi waved his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Shen Fengdao nodded to Liu Qing and Liang Zihua, turned around and left, An Yi sat down and saw Liu Qing's eyes bloodshot, knowing that he had stayed up all night and had not rested yet, he said reproachfully: "At this time, why haven't you gone to rest yet?" Liu Qing, it's not me criticizing you, we still have a long way to go, don't exhaust your body. ”

Liu Qing put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my health is fine, there is a lot of information gathered from the front line, I really can't rest assured if I don't stare at it personally." I guess after today, the situation will be much clearer, and I will have a good rest then. ”

"You still want to stay up late, plus you participated in the formulation of the battle plan before, you haven't closed your eyes for three days and two nights, right? After eating, go to rest and hand over the work to your deputy, Fu Mingshan, there are many staff officers in your intelligence department, you should fully believe in their abilities. An Yi said irrefutably with a dark face.

"Okay!"

Liu Qing saw An Yi's resolute attitude, and his heart was moved, so he had to obey the order.

An Yi's face looked much better, and then asked, "Is the battle situation on the front line still going well?" ”

Liu Qing briefly introduced: "After the battle of Shisofeng on the southern front, the purpose of the Second Army to send reinforcements was not realized, and the enemy retreated to the border line and did not move, so Min had to lead his troops to enter Bobe, preparing to attack the line of the Yalan Pass held by the Siamese. On the northern front, the forward of the mountain cluster occupied Qingmei Village and advanced to the front line of the Mae Mountain, and it is reported that the main force of Chiang Mai has been transferred to the north, and the situation on the front line of the Mae Mountain has suddenly become tense......"

Between the words, a plate of fungus slices and a piece of vegetarian fried shredded potatoes were served, An Yi picked up the rice sent by the orderly, and while eating, he asked, "What is the situation of the landing operation launched by the marines?" What about Bangkok? ”

Liu Qing replied: "The combined fleet of our navy shelled the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, and a coastal defense unit of a division originally transferred to Sattahip was also transferred back to Samut Prakan to guard against our army's landing on the southern coast of Bangkok, and may even attack Bangkok along the Chao Phraya River. At 10 o'clock in the morning, the three divisions of the Marine Corps, escorted by the First Fleet, suddenly landed at the port of Sattahip, and the 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions occupied the surrounding area of Sattahip after deploying and consolidated this important military port in southern Siam.

"The situation in Bangkok was a little bad, the airborne troops originally wanted to use the remnants of the 22nd Division to attract reinforcements from the 20th and 21st Divisions, but the Chinese SA launched a counter-charge on their own without making contact with the paratroopers, and routed the Siamese Army blocking the north and south flanks of the Chinese area in one go. After about five or six thousand Siamese soldiers broke up, they were scattered all over the city of Bangkok, relying on the city buildings to engage in fierce street battles with us. At the same time, the Siamese people who participated in the riots yesterday also realized the seriousness of the situation and confronted us with the organization of the army and the police, and the Siamese military government has provided the mob with rifles, grenades and other weapons, ready to fight with us on every street. ”

An Yi threw down the chopsticks, Huo Ran stood up, and sat down slowly.

Originally, it was thought that the paratroopers would raid Bangkok, and as long as the living forces of the Siamese Army were eliminated, then the remnants of the 20th and 21st Divisions of the Siamese Army, which had failed in the previous attack and had low morale, were very likely to collapse, and the paratroopers and the Chinese stormtroopers could easily occupy the city of Bangkok. No one expected that the Siamese military government would arm the Siamese people in the Bangkok area, and they couldn't kill all of them in one go, which was more than 200,000 lives.

An Yi thought for a while, but he didn't know the point, and when he saw Liang Zihua wanting to speak and stopped, he frowned and asked, "Zihua, is there anything wrong?" ”

Liang Zihua hurriedly reported: "From last night to this morning, the foreign affairs departments of various countries have reacted to the xenophobic massacre in Bangkok, among which the German government is the most radical, directly announcing war on Siam, and also saying that it will send ground troops into Siam.

"At 10 o'clock this morning, the German Foreign Office contacted our Government Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ask if the German Wehrmacht could be allowed to send a platoon of troops to Syria by passenger plane, and then from Syria to the Siamese border, to join the attack on Siam. Premier Xu Ziliang and Minister Ngo Dinh Diem do not dare to make a decision on their own, and would like to ask you to set a time, and they will report to you personally. ”

"The Germans are going to send troops?"

An Yi was very surprised, and shook his head again and again: "No, no, on the eve of the German invasion of Poland, if we get mixed with the Germans, it will never be a good thing, if Britain, France, the United States and other countries misunderstand what kind of collusion we have with the Germans, then it will be a big trouble......"

Liu Qing said worriedly: "However, it doesn't seem appropriate for us to reject the Germans so directly, after all, we have many cooperation projects and many interests are the same, so it is not wise to offend them." ”

An Yi finished the meal in two bites, stood up and paced back and forth, and finally said to Liang Zihua: "Zihua, you go to the Government Council in person, say to the prime minister and ministers, and invite them to the Xiaonanhai Governance Hall, I will be there later." ”

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Two o'clock past a quarter, the southern line of the Aram Pass.

With the command command's order, the artillery group of the artillery brigade of the Second Army suddenly let out a huge roar, and the smoke of gunpowder rose from the artillery position, and the shells roared and smashed on the pass in the distance, stirring up one after another sand, stone and bricks.

The 150mm and 120mm grenades, drawing a high parabola, accurately smashed on the various battlements, bunkers and pillboxes, and in the huge explosion fire, you can clearly see the human limbs thrown in all directions.

The An Jiajun has always spared ammunition for the suppression of artillery fire before the attack, and this time was no exception, as the shells fell, the Siamese defenders felt the power of the sky falling apart.

At the same time, infantry guns, 75mm mountain and field guns, general-purpose machine guns, and mortars of various calibers from various regiments were also fired together, joining the chorus of death. The ballistics of the general-purpose machine gun streaked through the air, and no one could raise their heads in the middle of this fire.

The entire Aran Pass has become a world full of bullets and shrapnel. Originally, there was a division of the Siamese army, about 8,000 people, but under such intensive firepower, a small half of them went to see the Buddha.

While suppressing the artillery fire and machine-gun fire, the assault echelons of the regiments of the Fourth Motorized Infantry Division of the Second Group Army, which were responsible for the main attack, entered the attack starting position about one kilometer away from the enemy's position, and Zhang Hao, commander of the Fourth Division, threw in the strength of three regiments in one go, the 17th Regiment attacked from the south to the north from the front, the 18th Regiment attacked from the southeast to the northwest on the right flank, the 19th Regiment attacked from the southwest to the northeast on the left flank, and the 16th Regiment was used as the general reserve of the whole division.

According to the tactical regulations of the Anjia Army, when the regimental level troops launched an attack, three battalions were deployed on the front line, and one battalion followed as a reserve; When the battalion-level troops launch an attack, an assault company equipped with automatic rifles, submachine guns, and rocket launchers is deployed on the front line, followed by two companies as the main attacking force, and one company is left behind as a reserve to follow up, and the battalion's fire support company should promptly suppress the enemy's position in front of it during the attack; When the company-level troops carried out the attack mission, the three infantry platoons were all deployed and advanced in a skirmish line, while the machine gunners attached to the fire support platoon and the infantry platoon used general-purpose machine guns and mortars to suppress the enemy positions in front of them, and moved forward in time to move forward with the advance of the infantry.

Half an hour later, three regiments of the 4th Division, simultaneously attacking the mountain pass positions held by the Siamese from three directions, at this time, the artillery of the artillery brigade of the army group did not stop firing in order to suppress a possible counterattack of the enemy.

In the sound of the loud military trumpet, the bright military flag fluttered, wave after wave of infantry, rushed out of the trenches, the first platoon to jump out of the trenches, immediately spread out into a skirmishment line, the distance between individual soldiers or weapons groups is four to five meters, the non-commissioned officers take the lead, and the platoon commander or company commander commands in the middle and rear positions of his troops.

The assault company of each battalion is the most heroic and skilled unit in this battalion, and in addition to the main combat personnel, it is also equipped with engineers, who are not only responsible for digging out the trenches near the enemy at critical moments, but also equipped with a large number of grenades to carry out grenadier attacks on the enemy's positions at critical moments.

While the assault infantry and machine gunners of the assault company were advancing forward, the machine gunners and mortars who remained in the trenches had to carry out suppressive fire on the enemy's positions in the rear, leaving a gap of fifty to one hundred meters wide between the deployment areas of the battalions to prevent accidental injury.

The bullets fired from the rear whizzed past the soldiers, pouring wave after wave on the Siamese positions, and on the enemy positions in the distance, the flashes of shell explosions pierced the eyes of the attackers, and the officers and soldiers who had just rushed out of the trenches could also hear the sound of mortar fire behind them and the violent explosions from the enemy positions more than a thousand meters away.

The assault company advanced with an indomitable momentum, and the two companies of the main attack were followed by a dense skirmish, followed by a company as a reserve, which temporarily followed in columns.

Soon, the three battalions of the regiments of the 4th Division arranged in the first line left the starting position, and the fourth battalion of the reserve, which was at this time entered the starting position along the communication trench.

Of course, the Siamese people would not sit idly by, and at the same time that the Anjia army had just poured out of the trenches, the light and heavy machine guns arranged by the Siamese in the front-line trenches began to fire sporadically at the straggler line of the Anjia army, but the overwhelming artillery fire of the Anjia army stopped the fire of the Siamese, and the mortars of the 50, 60, 81 and 120 calibers of the divisional artillery regiment, the regimental artillery battalion and the battalion artillery company quickly opened fire on the exposed Siamese machine gun firing positions, completely eliminating them or suppressing them to be unable to move.

The Siamese artillery units, which had been destroyed, regained their vitality one after another after adding personnel and replenishing ammunition in the rear, and the Siamese artillery of various calibers opened fire fiercely at the straggler line of the Anjia Army at the maximum speed, and exploded as one shell after another fell, causing considerable casualties to the officers and men of Anjia who were advancing in catwalk.

Naturally, this situation did not last long, and the reconnaissance planes and observation balloons of the An Jiajun immediately reported the position of the resurrected Siamese artillery to the artillery headquarters, and after a while, the accurate artillery fire again covered the artillery positions of the Siamese, and the three artillery batteries of the Siamese were all suppressed in a few minutes.

When the straggler line of the Anjia Army advanced to about 400 meters away from the Siamese position, it began to be fired by the accurate rifle fire of the Siamese Army, at this time, the machine gunners of each company selected the firing position one after another, set up general-purpose machine guns, and fired fiercely at the enemy, and each squad of the main force of the Anjia Army was equipped with a general-purpose machine gun, and the whole company plus the heavy fire platoon was equipped with a total of 18 general-purpose machine guns, which was enough to effectively suppress the enemy's position that had been seriously weakened by artillery fire.

At the same time, the infantry of the An Jia Army was also organized by the officers, while firing at the enemy with automatic and semi-automatic rifles, while speeding up the pace, in such a fierce battle, casualties were of course unavoidable, bullets flew everywhere on the battlefield, and the attacking company continued to be shot, but the entire company did not slow down the speed of attack, especially the officers and men of the assault companies took advantage of the cover of the terrain to quickly approach the Siamese position.

When the infantry broke through to about 200 meters away from the Siamese position, the artillery fire of the artillery group of the An Jia Army began to extend to the enemy's second and third line positions, so as not to accidentally injure their own troops.

However, even so, the numerically superior machine-gun fire of the An Jia Army was still able to effectively suppress the thin rifle and machine gun fire of the Siamese from this distance, and the 50 and 60 mortars attached to the company level of the An Jia Army were also able to provide effective fire support for the infantry getting closer and closer to the enemy's position with their relatively accurate firepower.

The assault company of the 1st battalion of the 17th regiment, at this time, braving the gradually dense Siamese firepower, launched the final charge, and when it rushed closer to less than 20 meters away from the enemy's trench, the soldiers threw grenades one after another, and as soon as the smoke from the grenade explosion rose, the assault company immediately rushed into the enemy's trench with an automatic rifle with a bayonet, a submachine gun and a box gun, regardless of whether there were living people in the trench, first fired indiscriminately, and then stabbed indiscriminately, even the enemy's wounded did not easily let go, and had to bayonet several times, It is not necessary to smash the skull with the butt of the gun, which can effectively avoid casualties caused by the enemy's struggle before death.

In some sections, the Siamese army relied on the special terrain to build relatively strong pillboxes and civil fortifications, artillery fire could not directly hit, grenades alone were not enough to suppress it, at this time, the bazooka had a place to use, only to aim at the enemy's fortifications or pillboxes, with the flash of fire, broken wood and bricks mixed with rotten meat, scattered in all directions, the enemy's fortifications quickly collapsed.

The two companies following behind the assault company took advantage of the momentum to advance and rushed into the trenches, and after a burst of rapid gunfire, they quickly cleared the enemy troops in the first-line trenches, and the assault continued to infiltrate the enemy's second-line positions along the communication trenches, opening the way with grenades and bazookas, and then approaching with bayonets, submachine guns, and pistols, all the way to the enemy's second position, but there they were counterattacked by the reserves organized by the Siamese army from the third-line positions.

The Siamese also threw grenades first, and the entire trench was full of explosive steel fragments, and more than a dozen soldiers who rushed to the front flew with flesh and blood, and the Siamese rushed up with Czech light machine guns, supplemented by submachine guns and rifles, and the assault company of the first battalion was driven out of the second-line position, and the two main attack companies that followed up were also suppressed by the Siamese light and heavy machine gun fire, and they could not move for a while. The assault companies of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions encountered the same situation, and were quickly overwhelmed by the fire from the enemy's second-line positions.

The Siamese took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack on the front-line position, trying to recapture the position they had just lost, but at this time, the heavy fire platoons of each company had caught up with the troops, and set up general-purpose machine guns and mortars on the captured positions.

At this time, the 81 and 120 mm mortars of the artillery company directly under the battalion had already determined a new firing position not far behind the position, and began to fire continuously at the second line positions of the Siamese; with the support of general-purpose machine guns and mortar fire of various calibers, the three battalions of the 17th Regiment once again launched a fierce attack on the enemy's second-line positions, and after some desperate fighting, they finally seized the enemy's second-line positions in front of them. Finally crush the enemy army.

At the same time, the 18th Regiment, which was deployed on the right flank of the 17th Regiment, and the 19th Regiment, which was attacking on the left flank, were still engaged in melee with the Siamese on the enemy's front-line positions, and were not able to protect the exposed flanks of the 17th Regiment assault force in time.

The Siamese commander quickly discovered this situation, and quickly sent three battalions and one company of reserves, armed with submachine guns and shell pistols, to launch a counterattack from the arrows facing the attacking troops of the 17th Regiment from the front. With the assistance of the following reserve companies, they advanced along the trenches and communication trenches to both flanks in support of the 18th and 19th regiments, which were attacking the enemy's second-line positions.

By a quarter past four p.m., two hours after the launch of the general offensive, the three regiments of the Fourth Division had broken through into the enemy's second-line positions, and each regiment was adjusting its forces and preparing to launch a final general assault on the enemy's third-line positions in concert.

Zhang Hao, the commander of the fourth division, judged the situation and quickly issued an order: "The reserve team will follow up!" ”

It was only at this time that the 16th Regiment poured out of the trenches and, in a column formation, moved rapidly towards the enemy's front-line positions that had been captured, and there was no longer a threat of enemy fire in front, and the 16th Regiment passed through the one-kilometer-long open field almost unscathed and entered the trenches of the enemy's first-line positions.

At half past four in the afternoon, Zhang Hao, commander of the Fourth Division, led his division commander into his starting position and issued an order for a general assault on the radio station.

The loud trumpet of the charge sounded again, the officers and men of the regiments shouted, jumped out of the trench with dead bodies everywhere, and rushed to the enemy's third-line position, the Siamese who were so pressed by mortar and machine gun fire that they could not raise their heads could not organize effective fire to block the fire, and seeing that a large number of infantry of the Anjia Army were approaching the position, the Siamese people, under the initiative of the officers, jumped out of the trench with bayonets and launched a counterattack on the advancing Anjia army.

The soldiers of both sides fought in close combat, and the submachine guns and automatic rifles of the An Jia army played a huge role, and the excellent stabbing skills gradually led the Siamese to rout, and they had to be driven out of the third line of positions and retreated into the most fortified core position.

The regiments of the Fourth Division did not immediately follow up the pursuit, but arranged machine-gun positions on the captured third line of positions, mortar positions on the second-line positions, and infantry artillery and mountain artillery positions on the first-line positions, so as to give full play to their own firepower superiority and effectively suppress and weaken the firepower of the enemy's core positions.

At this time, the 75mm mountain guns, field guns, and 120mm howitzers of the artillery regiment directly under the division had advanced to the starting positions of their own attacks, and quickly opened fire on the rear of the core positions of the Siamese in order to destroy the combat materials that the enemy might have stored there and the reserves that were being assembled.

......

Just when the Aran Pass was dark, fierce gunfire was heard everywhere in the city of Bangkok.

After learning that the stormtroopers of the Siam Branch of the Hongxing Society in the Hua District had broken the blockade of the 20th and 21st Siam Divisions by relying only on their own strength, Major General Ling Xing, commander of the paratrooper unit, immediately changed his battle plan and used a combination of rocket launchers and assault rifles to launch a general attack on several buildings that had been blown up by aerial bombs in the remnants of the 22nd Siam Division.

After paying more than 100 casualties, the paratroopers took firm control of the Dongda camp in Bangkok and repelled the attack of about a battalion of police troops sent by the Gyeonggi Police Headquarters.

By 4 p.m., the officers and men of a battalion of the paratrooper unit and the stormtroopers attacking eastward met at the Goethe-Institut southeast of Bangkok, linking the Chinese district with the eastern battalion, and laying the foundation for the next step of coordinated operations.