(Note: At this time, the name of Thailand was Siam, and it was not changed to Thai until May 11, 1949.) Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info is the author's mistake, sorry to all readers! ）

The 8th Army was divided into two routes, and it did not take much effort to annihilate the two Thai armies.

For the seriously wounded, Commander Ma Zhaonian ordered the mercenaries to end their lives with bullets, and for the slightly injured and intact Thai officers and soldiers, they should be put into custody first, and this will be a good free labor force in the future.

After dealing with the affairs of the battlefield, leaving a regiment of Wehrmacht to guard the prisoners, the 8th Army continued its advance towards Bangkok.

It was more than 100 miles from the battlefield to Bangkok, and the news of the army's defeat soon spread back, and the whole of Bangkok was in chaos.

In order to prevent the Thai royal family from escaping into the northern mountains, Commander Ma ordered the cavalry division to make a detour north and east, with the Janissary Division following up, to encircle the east and north of Bangkok, respectively.

On the 18th, the 8th Army completed a semi-encirclement of Bangkok, with the cavalry division in the east of Bangkok, the Janissary Division in the north of Bangkok, and the 2 defense divisions in the west, while the mercenaries were advancing to the south, preparing to complete the overall encirclement of Bangkok.

To the south of Bangkok is the sea, and the destroyer from the Nashina Naval Base has headed north from Kuantan Port and is patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, believing that the Thais will not dare to escape from the sea.

Now the French colony of Indochina in eastern Thailand and Singapore in the south were under attack from the Xia Empire; British Burma in the west had been completely occupied by the Xia Empire; To the north was the Southern Xinjiang Special Region of the Chinese Empire, where the troops of the Xia Empire were also stationed; The whole of Thailand has been surrounded by the Xia Empire's army, and now the capital Bangkok is surrounded by the Xia Empire's army, and the main force of the kingdom has been annihilated, and the Thai royal family has reached the point where there is no escape.

King Rama V Chulalongkorn of Thailand considered that the palace was not safe, and thought that the only measure to save his life was to seek refuge after abdication, but now there are too few countries with diplomatic ties with Thailand, Britain and France are at war with the Xia Empire, they are already difficult to protect themselves, and the embassies of Britain and France will definitely not be able to protect him, and the only one who can save his life is the Chinese Empire, but I don't know if the Chinese Empire is willing to accept his application for asylum.

The king of Thailand urgently summoned the consul of the Chinese Empire in Bangkok, but the consul of the Chinese Empire excused himself, after receiving Cao Rulin's telegram, he knew that Thailand was finished, according to the character of the Xia Empire, since he said that he wanted to destroy Thailand, he would definitely not give up because of the intercession of the Chinese Empire, and the Chinese Empire was unwilling to participate in this matter, if he accepted the application of the King of Thailand for asylum, it would be asking for trouble.

King Rama V Chulalongkorn was 57 years old at the time, and after being rejected, he died a year earlier than in history.

The unexpected death of the king of Thailand did not have time to appoint an heir, and in this case, none of his 33 sons, except for those who studied in Europe, dared to inherit the throne; They knew that the army of the Xia Empire was about to enter the city, and now inheriting the throne was tantamount to killing themselves.

The 5 divisions that went out to block the Xia Empire's army, including the division commander and deputy division commander, a total of 7 people were members of the royal family, and now none of them have returned, and everyone knows that they are already more than lucky.

After discussing with the ministers of the Privy Council and the Senate, it was decided that since there was no one to inherit the throne, then they would surrender directly to the Xia Empire, at least to save their lives; Even Britain and France are not opponents of the Xia Empire, and it is not a shame to surrender to the Xia Empire, besides, the Xia Empire is a country established by the Chinese, and even Nepal, Bhutan and other kingdoms are vassal states of the Xia Empire.

They also thought of the consul of the Chinese Empire, and decided to invite the consul of the Chinese Empire as a mediator to lead the prefects of the Privy Council and the Senate out of the city to negotiate the surrender with the Xia Empire's army.

The consul of the Chinese Empire was more than willing to help him, and if he could save Bangkok from the devastation of war, he would be of great merit. However, he did not dare to guarantee that he could get any good conditions, and this could only be left to fate.

The ministers of the Privy Council and the Senate of Thailand are now in a hurry to go to the hospital, as long as the consuls of the Chinese Empire are willing to help, it is very good, besides, the surrounding British Burma, Singapore, the Malay Peninsula, the French Indochina colony, etc. are all occupied by the Xia Empire, how dare they put forward any conditions.

On the morning of the 19th, the negotiators came to the military headquarters of the 8th Army outside the city, and the consul of the Chinese Empire gave a briefing on the situation in the city.

Commander Ma Zhaonian felt that he could occupy Thailand without a fight, protect the city of Bangkok, and reduce the resistance of the Thai people, and happily agreed to the surrender request of the Thai Privy Council and the Senate.

However, Commander Ma said that he could only ensure the safety of their lives, and as for property, he had to wait for the notice of the empire; In addition, all members of the royal family and government ministers and other high-ranking officials must surrender to the Xia Imperial army, and temporarily concentrate on detention first, and as for how to deal with it, it must also wait for the emperor's will.

As for the Privy Council and the Senate, they were temporarily under the custody of the Xia Empire and were responsible for handling government affairs.

Commander Ma led a division of the National Defense Force into Bangkok, first accepted the surrender of the officers and men of the Thai 6th Division, laid down his arms, and temporarily imprisoned him in the barracks; Then it was to receive the assets of the palace, ministries and royal family, and finally to detain the princes and nobles and seize their property.

The princes, princesses, princes, and nobles all knew the power of the Xia Empire, and in the case of being surrounded, they obediently accepted the management of the Xia Empire, were centrally imprisoned, and their property was seized.

After review, 9 of the 10 ministers in the government were the younger brothers of King Rama V Chulalongkorn. Six of the 11 major generals are members of the royal family, more than half of the division commanders and deputy division commanders are from the royal family, and most of the heads of the provinces are also brothers or in-laws of Rama V, and 18 of the 24 members of the Privy Council and the Senate are members of the royal family.

The Privy Council and the Senate issued a notice that the provinces and provinces must surrender to the Xia Imperial army, and no one could resist.

Subsequently, the cavalry division and a division of the defense force entered northern Thailand to accept the surrender of the local government, and the deputy commander of the Janissary Division led a defense division and mercenaries to the northeast of Thailand to accept the surrender of the local government.

By September 25, the whole of Thailand was under the control of the Xia Empire, Thailand became history, and this land would become the territory of the Xia Empire.

The military headquarters and the Praetorian Guard Division sat in Bangkok, waiting for the arrival of the rest of the Imperial forces and waiting for instructions from the Empire on their next move.

Commander Ma Zhaonian still had a feeling that he was still a little unsatisfied, marching thousands of kilometers from south to north, but he only eliminated 5 rookie-level divisions in Thailand, and he obtained too few military merits. (To be continued.) )

：。 ：