[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 805: "Outline of Basic National Policy" (Ask for subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

The first round of the Thai Army's offensive occupied the weakly defended areas of the French on the west bank of the Mekong, but as the French counterattacked, the Thai Army was repulsed and retreated. At the same time www.biquge.info the navies of Thailand and France also engaged in fierce battles in the waters near the South Peninsula.

The Chinese side is still more concerned about the war that happened at the gate of the country, and when the news came, Ma Zheng frowned. To be honest, there were three countries that Ma Zheng hated the most in the entire World War II, and the remaining two countries were Britain and Thailand.

Not to mention Britain, during World War II, Britain's use of Chinese to block their eyes and embezzlement and withhold aid materials to China is that even a conscientious countryman will be angry. However, compared to the British, what Thailand has done is more hateful than the British, and the faces of its people are even more ugly.

No matter how shameless the British are, they are just doing small things behind their backs, and on the surface the British and the Chinese are still allies. The Thais are not, late World War II. Thailand not only assisted the Japanese in their invasion of Southeast Asian countries, but also sent troops to attack China.

Historically, in order to support the British army in defending Burma and maintaining international transportation routes, Lao Chiang decided to send an expeditionary force to Burma to fight. In February 1942, the 6th Army of the National Expeditionary Force entered Burma, and in early March, the 93rd Division of the 6th Army was stationed in Jingdong.

General Lu Guoquan, commander of the 93rd Division, graduated from the second phase of the Whampoa Military Academy in his early years, and he planned to annihilate the Japanese invaders in Jingdong and be ashamed of the Chinese nation, but his 93rd Division was not waiting for the Japanese army, but the Royal Thai Road Army.

The Japanese victory in the early days of the Pacific War made the Thai dictatorial general very angry, and with the strong support of Japan, he quickly got the Thai General Staff to draw up a military plan to send troops to Burma.

General Chanthanarabo, chief of the General Staff of the Thai Army, believes that this move will plunge Thailand into the whirlpool of world war, but "Luang Phibun" does not listen to any objections, he told senior Thai army generals. The British army has been defeated by the Japanese, the Chinese are not worth mentioning at all, and the glorious prospect of establishing the "Great Thai Empire" is at hand.

In February 1942, Thailand formed the "Burma Front", which consisted of two Thai army divisions (the 1st and 3rd divisions) and one Thai air force wing, but the command of the Thai army was taken away by Lieutenant General Shouyajinger of the Japanese army. He put on the uniform of the Thai army and came to command the "Burma Front".

Under the unified deployment of the Japanese high command, the 1st and 3rd divisions of the Thai army marched to Jingdong in northern Burma, in a vain attempt to open the passage to the southwest of the country in one fell swoop. Soon, some Thai spies who had been lurking in Jingdong for many years sent reports to the Thai military headquarters. Report on the position of the 93rd Division of the Chinese Army at Jingdong.

Based on the information provided by the spies, Moriya ordered the Thai Air Force to bomb the positions of the 93rd Division first. After three days of bombardment, two Thai divisions began to encircle the 93rd Division from three sides, and a Kuomintang company commander at the front of the battle line tried to dissuade the Thai army from exercising restraint, but was shot dead by the Thai army as soon as he stepped out of the trench.

The reckless Thai attack finally annoyed the officers and men of the 93rd Division, who rose up and prevented the Thai army from moving forward. After a day of fighting, the Thai army dropped hundreds of corpses in front of the positions of the 93rd Division and retreated.

The Japanese Moriya was very dissatisfied with the cowardice of the Thai army, so he personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, and the Thai army began to launch a fierce attack on the 93rd Division.

Due to the surveillance of the Japanese warlords, the Thai army did not dare to retreat without permission, so they had to attack the position of the 93rd Division in turns. The 278th Regiment engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the 1st Division of the Thai Army, the Thai soldiers had never seen the formation of fighting bayonets, more than 100 people surrendered, and the 93rd Division also captured a major battalion commander of the Thai Army. The 93rd Division fought continuously for three days without losing a single position.

After the news of the setback of the "Burma Front" reached Bangkok, Luang Phibun was worried that he would not be ridiculed by the Japanese after a long war, so he transferred the "elephant troops" to the direction of Jingdong.

Most of the officers and men of the 93rd Division had never seen elephants and were curious. However, in an instant, the Thai army's "war elephant regiment" rushed through the position of the 93rd Division, and the Thai soldiers riding on the war elephant frantically fired at the 93rd Division, and the 93rd Division suffered heavy casualties, losing more than 1,500 people on that day alone.

At this time, the Japanese army had cut off the Yunnan-Burma road and was preparing to encircle the 93rd Division with the Thai army. Seeing that the situation was no longer possible, Division Commander Lu Guoquan ordered the troops to withdraw from Jingdong and retreat to the Burmese border area before gathering the remnants.

The occupation of Jingdong did not satisfy Luang Phibun's ambitions, and during the break in the fighting, Luang Phibun reorganized the 1st Thai Division into a mechanized unit and decided to challenge the country again. In February 1943, without any Japanese advisers, the 1st Thai Division launched a solo attack from northern Burma towards Yunnan, China.

After nine months of rest in the border area, the 93rd Division has fully recovered its combat effectiveness, and in the face of the Thai army attacking again, Lu Guoquan no longer carries out any orders to "provoke me". 500 elites were dispatched to form a national death squad, and then quietly entered the camp of the 1st Division of the Thai Army, burned many Thai tanks, and many Thai officers and soldiers became ghosts under the knife in their sleep.

After the victory in the initial battle, the 93rd Division scattered and attacked the Thai army as a company, which greatly demoralized the Thai army. When the Thai army was exhausted, Division Commander Lu Guoquan quietly gathered his troops. The 93rd Division launched a general attack on the Thai army with the strength of the 277th and 279th regiments, and the 1st Thai Division collapsed and fled abroad, and the commander of the 1st Division almost became a prisoner of the Chinese.

It is precisely because of this history that Ma Zheng knows that Thailand may have fallen to Japan at this time. Therefore, on the one hand, he reminded the Nationalist Government to be careful of Thailand's sneak attack, and on the other hand, he dispatched an armed detachment, and then sent them to Thailand to assassinate the Thai dictatorship General Luang Phibun, and by the way collected relevant information on Thailand's military forces.

Ma Zheng's guess was not wrong at all, Thailand has indeed fully fallen to Japan, and this time is a full year and a half earlier than the historical Thailand.

On March 30, 1940, in celebration of Thailand's rare Asian ally, Prime Minister Konoe of Japan made a radio speech to the effect that "the situation in the world has taken a sharp turn for the better of the year lately, and it has shown astonishing changes. The old world order first collapsed in Europe, and now it is about to spread to the rest of the world. We must seek to reform our domestic system, and we are willing to do our part. If there are various opinions in the country that are opposed to each other and quarrel with each other. It is bound to be impossible to concentrate on the outside world, so that we will miss the opportunity to look left and right......"

It is not difficult to see from Konoe's radio speech that Japan has made a decision about the future direction of the country. The system reform he spoke of was just a pretext for strengthening the centralization of power in the Japanese military, and Konoe talked about the shortcomings of the party and the importance of unity and unity in all walks of life, with the aim of bringing everyone around Emperor Hirohito and the base camp.

From the standpoint of the so-called independence of the empire, the essence of taking the path of the empire alone is nothing more than continuing the path of external expansion and foreign aggression. Konoe's economic policy was nothing more than to push the Japanese economy, which had already entered the wartime system, to a deeper level of wartime economy.

It was under the influence of this thinking that on April 1, 1940, the Japanese government discussed and adopted the "Basic National Policy Outline" at a cabinet meeting.

The Japanese Government believes that the world is currently facing a major historical turning point, mainly based on the formation and development of several groups of countries, and is taking the formation of a new political and economic harmony, and at the same time, it is also a new round of carving up the world.

As the largest power in Asia, the Japanese government is also facing the biggest test in history. Under such circumstances, if Japan wanted to truly follow the spirit of Zhaoguo and accomplish the Warring States goals set by Japan during the Meiji Emperor, it was necessary for Japan to grasp the inevitable trend of the development of world history, quickly and fundamentally refresh all aspects of government affairs, and overcome all difficulties.

According to the stipulations of the "Outline of Basic National Policy," the fundamental policy of the Japanese Government in its future administration is: "The state of the Imperial State is based on the spirit of the Eight Pillars and One Universe, and the establishment of world peace is the foundation." First of all, with the imperial state as the core, we will build a new order in Greater East Asia based on the strong unity of Japan, Manchuria, and China. To this end, the Imperial State itself must quickly establish a solid national posture that can adapt to the new situation, and devote all its efforts to the realization of these national affairs. ”

The policy of national defense and foreign affairs is as follows: "In view of the new situation inside and outside the Imperial Palace, we will strengthen the armaments sufficient to fulfill the national state on the basis of the national defense state system that develops the overall strength of the country." The current diplomacy of the Imperial State is based on the construction of a new order in Greater East Asia. First of all, we will focus on putting an end to the state incident and take a comprehensive look at the changes in the international situation. A constructive and flexible strategy was required to advance the fortunes of the Imperial State. ”

Under the guidance of the "Outline of Basic National Policies" and in order to adapt to the evolution of the world situation, the day after the "Outline of Basic National Policies" was formulated, Japanese Emperor Hirohito convened a joint meeting of the headquarters and the government at the palace to formulate the "Outline for Handling the Current Situation in Response to the Evolution of the World Situation." (To be continued.) )