After a week's voyage, a task force of the Tang Western Pacific Fleet successfully arrived in the Gulf of Siam. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Jiao Qiang, who has successfully been promoted, has changed from the captain of a Liberty Wind-class frigate to the captain of a cruiser. And this time, the strength of the task force is also quite strong. Consists of two Pinghai-class cruisers and two Liberty-class frigates.

The Navy placed an additional order for four Pinghai-class cruisers, and after completion, all but one remained in the home fleet, and the remaining three were strengthened to the Western Pacific Fleet. The Dinghai ship led by Jiao Qiangxin is the No. 8 ship of the Pinghai class. A total of ten ships were built in the Dinghai class, and because each of them had a sea character, it was also called a sea character ship. This is also an unwritten rule for the naming of the Datang Navy, and there will be one word of the same in the same class of ships.

Jiao Qiang's naval fleet arrived first, followed by one of their supply ships and a transport ship transporting Marines. As for the Yamato Corps, it will take at least a month to reach Siam, and they will have to carry out temporary mobilization and formation, after all, it is a newly formed unit, and there is still a lot to do before going to the battlefield for the first time. Therefore, at least until the arrival of a large number of troops of the Yamato Corps, the Tang Army could not arbitrarily expand the scale of the war. Still, there are some things that can be done.

On the vast sea, a Datang merchant ship approached the fleet of the Datang Navy, put down a small sampan on it, and finally leaned next to the Dinghai ship. Aboard the Dinghai ship was an agent of the Tang Military Intelligence Department, who was mixed with the Tang merchants who went to Siam to do business, and carried out intelligence spy and offline development.

The agent of the Military Intelligence Department, who is also a soldier, saluted Captain Jiao Qiang, and then took out a document and said, "Comrade Captain, this is the hydrographic information on the near shore of the Gulf of Siam and the Chao Phraya River channel. ”

Jiao Qiang took the information, nodded and thanked, "Thank you for your efforts." With this stuff, it will save us a lot of trouble. ”

In the previous battle in Brunei, the Navy's Chenghai ship was very unlucky to run aground in the offshore waters, although the hull did not suffer any major damage, and the battleship continued to serve after repair, but it still made the Navy feel very embarrassed and humiliated. When in Brunei. The MI does not have much strength, and in Siam, the MI already has a certain layout. Therefore, on the Tang merchant ship that came to Siam, they carried a sounder, and the agents were also trained in hydrographic surveys, and specially reconnoitred the hydrology of the lower reaches of the Chao Phraya River.

The Navy is even preparing to develop a survey ship with practical performance sonar, and Datang actually has relatively strong technical capabilities, but it has been limited by the size of the country and the integrity of the industrial scientific research system, and some things that can be done. Datang didn't do it. The overall level of science and technology of Datang should be in the other plane before and after World War II, but it is not exactly the same, and there are differences in different fields. In terms of power technology and metallurgy, Datang has still not been able to produce air-cooled piston engines with more than 1,000 horsepower for fighter jets, the first generation of steam turbines produced by Datang is at most the level of World War I, and gas turbines have not yet reached the practical stage. But again, for example, in the electronics industry. Datang is significantly stronger than during World War II. For example, the mainstream radios in Datang are all transistor radios. In the power industry. There are also a large number of applications such as switching diodes and voltage regulator diodes. Even, Datang has also developed a computer that uses transistors, which is really a computer rather than a calculator, and is used to carry out some complex calculations in scientific research and industry. Even, Datang Electronics Industry has touched the threshold of manufacturing integrated circuits, which is almost an overnight thing.

So. In fact, Datang has the ability to produce equipment such as radar and sonar, but because Datang basically has no enemies who will force them to equip them with these things, more of Datang's scientific research strength is placed on the side of civilian use. Only when there is a strong need from the military. will pay for people to study how to make these things, and in peacetime the military prefers to use things that do not cost money and have been developed and matured.

The agent from the MI said to Jiao Qiang: "Comrade Captain, according to the instructions we have received, your fleet will sail into the Chao Phraya River, and then send someone to give an ultimatum to Chao Phraya Chokri, demanding that he abdicate, stop the rebellion, and restore the legitimacy of the Thonburi dynasty." If Chao Phraya Chokri does not do this, it is also the most likely outcome we expected, your fleet will be deterred by the artillery bombardment of Thonburi and other riverside cities, and our military intelligence department will also incite the local development line, causing public opinion pressure on Chao Phraya Chokri and destabilizing the local stability. ”

Jiao Qiang nodded and said, "We have received the order from the headquarters, and we will fully abide by the order." ”

Speaking of Jiao Qiang, he still has some resentment, he was in the Atlantic, leading a wooden-hulled frigate, bravely fighting the British Royal Navy, and sinking many ships. When it came time for the change of the Beijing Division, he also dealt with the sailors of the Qing State in the Bohai Sea. As time went on, however, it became increasingly difficult for the navy to meet ship-shaped opponents at sea. The Navy is now more like an escort helper for the Army and a fire support for the shore. It is precisely because of this situation that the firepower Pinghai-class cruisers can continue to be manufactured, and the Zhuolu-class battleships can be established. But as the captain of the navy, Jiao Qiang is even more looking forward to being able to fight the enemy's ships like knights on the sea, testing the battlefield acumen and tactical cultivation of both sides, competing artillery skills, and competing courage and patience.

However, even if they do something that they don't like, as long as it is needed by the country, they must do it.

On January 29, 1781, the Tang naval fleet sailed into the Chao Phraya River, and the hideous muzzles of the guns did not need to be explained, and the Siamese knew very well that this was the weapon used to kill. The representatives sent by the Tang Dynasty entered the imperial palace in Thonburi, at this time Chao Phraya Chokri had just become king and had not moved the capital to Bangkok, so the royal capital was still in Thonburi.

The military representative, who was not arrogant and did not appear to be amiable, came to the palace, and behaved straightforwardly, he directly handed over a document to Rama I, who was already panicking, and said: "The Tang Dynasty is extremely shocked by the coup d'état in Siam, His Majesty King Zheng Xin is a friend of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a sad and indignant thing that he was killed by his own courtiers." The Tang Dynasty has the obligation to uphold justice for His Majesty King Zheng Xin, and it is hereby announced that the culprits who played a dishonorable role in this incident must be dealt with seriously, and Siam must restore its original order and execute it within a day limit, otherwise, our Datang army will take coercive measures against Siam! (To be continued.) )