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Chapter 1641 Dandelion's Promise

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About a squadron of Hongxingshe stormtroopers, under the leadership of squadron leader Ming Jing, stepped on the field after the autumn harvest, and the soles of their rubber shoes touched the slippery ground, making "coo" and "coo" sounds.

When they arrived at the intended location, there were already people waiting, piled up with prepared firewood and fuel, which would then be used as a campfire to point the way.

Spiegel recognized these people as the leaders of the Hung Heung Society in Nonthaburi, and after greeting them for a while, he realized that the firewood and fuel had already been prepared, but it was not until he received an order in the evening that he urgently mobilized the backbone of the community to move here. In order to avoid attracting the attention of the garrison, the rest of the community has returned to Nonthaburi, leaving only a few leaders to hand over.

Spiegel appeased them and told them to warm up to Koburi first, monitor the movements of the Siamese troops stationed there, and after a few people had left, they called the signal corps and instructed: "Send a report immediately that we have arrived at the intended place!" No Siamese troops were found nearby, everything was normal! ”

By the time the communications corps was distributed, the stormtroopers had already set up bonfires and poured gasoline on the pyre, which could be lit as soon as the time came.

Spiegel took the telescope and carefully observed the surrounding environment, there was no light nearby, and the earth under the first quarter moon and the stars was in peace and tranquility.

The area chosen as the airborne area is located in a triangle between Nonthaburi town in the north, Nong Cho town in the east, and Bangkok city in the west, and the nearest town is the town of Kado, five kilometers northeast, where two Siamese infantry companies and a Gyeonggi police squadron are stationed, with less than 500 Siamese armed personnel within a radius of 10 kilometers. The nearest barracks is the barracks of the big camp in Bangkok, ten kilometers away.

Spiegel looked closely at the town of Kado, five kilometers away, but in the faint light of the stars and moon, only a vague outline of the town could be seen.

Squad leader Du Changhui leaned over and asked softly: "Lao Ming, should we go to Kado Town first to find out the situation?" If the enemy is defenseless, kill the Siamese inside? ”

Mingjing put down the binoculars and turned his head to look at Du Changhui: "No, it's not early, it's not good to startle the grass and start a fierce battle, if we can't light the bonfire in time, something big will happen!" That's it, Chang Hui, anyway, the telephone line in the town of Caddo has been cut by us, you take your team to the vicinity of the town to spy on the enemy, it is best to send some people on the various traffic arteries, if there is a single person out of the town, kill them immediately. Be careful not to be spotted, let alone open fire easily, and when you see the bonfires in the southwest, be on full alert, and if the Siamese army in the town of Kado comes out, resolutely beat them back to ensure the safety of the airborne. ”

"Yes!"

Du Changhui saluted, and then ordered the stormtroopers of his squad to set off, and their figures soon disappeared into the vast night.

At 4:30 a.m., a blazing bonfire lit on the ground, and more than 50 bonfires were evenly distributed on the two square kilometers of land, which was extremely eye-catching. A beam of flashlight lights reaches into the sky, illuminating the night sky.

At the same time, the radio carried by the stormtroopers began to emit frequent radio waves, guiding the airship that had already flown ten kilometers to the east and the transport aircraft group behind it to slow down and reduce altitude.

At 4:35 a.m., the group of airships flew into the sky and began to adjust their direction in order to facilitate the parachute. After another five minutes, the first paratrooper jumped out of the airship pod, and after five seconds of detachment, the parachute opened, and if a dandelion floated in the night sky, soon, more dandelions appeared in the sky and fell to the ground.

"The night sky is so beautiful tonight!"

Spiegel looked up at the sky, and in this moment, he felt so small. The bright starry sky has long been obscured by ten incomparably huge airships and large transport planes, and countless round white flowers are blooming one by one, such a spectacular and gorgeous scenery makes everyone who sees this scene unforgettable for life.

Mingjing, who has been out of the military for four years, silently raised his right hand and saluted the paratroopers who were slowly falling.

Ming Spiegel was a veteran of the Northwest Army, during the Central Plains War, after being captured in Henan, he joined the Anjia Army, because his family were starving to death in the great famine that spread throughout northern China, he seemed to be taciturn, did not like to communicate with others, only knew how to train and fight, and successively participated in the Songhu, the Great Wall and the Western Yunnan War of Resistance, and made many meritorious contributions.

Four years ago, the Anjia army was disarmed, Ming Spiegel because of his lack of literacy, and the age of more than 35 years old did not have a home, became the priority object of retirement, by the Syrian Government Pacification Office unified arrangement work, into the factory as a worker, and many times to introduce him to the object, but after working for a period of time, Ming Spiegel was unwilling to live such a plain life, so when the intelligence department secretly selected the armed backbone of the Stormtroopers of the Hong Xing Society, he decisively joined, and then went to Hong Kong, and then to Bangkok, after four years of hard work, finally became today's squadron leader, The rank awarded by the General Staff is Captain.

Spiegel hadn't been so excited for a long time, and the thirty-nine-year-old man looked up and was very envious of the soldiers under the parachute, and if he could choose, he would rather be just an obscure paratrooper, as long as he could regularly participate in such great battles, and die without regrets.

In the air, Ling Xing, commander of the 1st Airborne Division, the commander of this mission, walked steadily to the back of the open cabin of the transport plane, and at an altitude of 1,500 meters, the sound of the wind was whistling in his ears.

The former captain of the Blue Fox Brigade, the once famous Jiangyang thief, made great contributions in the process of creating the Air Force Special Brigade and liberating South China, and after the airborne division was expanded into an army, Ling Xing was appointed commander of the first division and promoted to the rank of major general.

Ling Xing looked at it for a moment, and at a glance from the air, countless white flowers were falling downward, and the bonfires on the ground formed a large marking point, and the area of the entire parachute landing area was much larger than the place where the paratroopers usually trained, so the difficulty of this airborne landing was not great.

Ling Xing turned his head and said to the brothers who followed him, "Everyone follow me and jump down, just like you usually train, as long as you maintain a relaxed and peaceful mood, it is very easy...... Well, see you on the ground! ”

After saying that, Ling Xing jumped down to the hatch, and the moment his feet left the cabin, his body suddenly became extremely relaxed, and the wind from the bottom up blew so that he couldn't open his eyes, but this situation only lasted for a few seconds. The familiar sound when the parachute opened, Ling Xing's heart quickly returned to calm, and a beautiful dandelion was suddenly added to the beautiful night sky.

As the parachute opened widely, Ling Xing's falling speed suddenly decreased to a very safe level, and he slowly opened his eyes and enjoyed the beautiful scenery in the air. Around Ling Xing, there are paratroopers hanging everywhere, there is no noise here, but it seems that even the air is active, at this time, those paratroopers who jumped first have landed safely on the ground, and the gorgeous dandelions will soon shrink and curtain call.

With the faint starlight and the campfire on the ground, Ling Xing quickly judged the distance between his feet and the ground, and when he skydived in the night, the most likely casualty was the ankle sprain caused by the wrong distance judgment.

The distance between the ground was getting closer and closer, Ling Xing stepped on the ground with both feet, and then ran with the parachute for a while, venting all the momentum of the downward rush to the ground through running. Feeling that it was almost over, Ling Xing did not hesitate to pull out his sharp dagger and quickly cut the rope of the parachute, quickly getting rid of the shackles of the parachute.

Ling Xing looked around, his position was in the center of the landing site, and there were burning bonfires everywhere around him. A few parachutes fell into the campfire, blazing, but no one shouted, just silently took off their parachute bags and quickly sorted out their equipment.

"Soldiers on the ground pay attention, leave parachutes alone! The follow-up personnel hurry up and collect the ammo box, and after everyone has landed, gather here as the center! ”

Ling Xing shouted loudly and began to fulfill his command duties, and the voice traveled far and wide in this silent wilderness. The paratroopers looked very calm one by one, and the first three companies to land were responsible for spreading the cordon in all directions, while the subsequent companies began to form a group, and the officers in the airborne area called soldiers and shouted passwords one after another.

When the first batch of airships and transport planes began to accelerate away, nearly half of the soldiers of the First Airborne Division had already landed, and the follow-up transport planes circled in the sky like a flock of geese, and in addition to airdropping paratroopers, they would also airdrop a large number of heavy weapons and ammunition boxes with parachutes.

When the special rectangular boxes hanging under the parachutes hit the ground, the nearby paratroopers rushed over as fast as they could, collecting them one by one. Mortars, rocket launchers and bullets, shells, grenades, spare guns, plus general-purpose machine guns held tightly to the chest by paratroopers, without which the airborne forces could hardly confront the Siamese army, which had the advantage of city defense.

After about a quarter of an hour, Spiegel and other members of the local Hongxing Society appeared in the paratroopers' field of vision, and the paratroopers in charge of the guard immediately brought them to Ling Xing.

"Report, the leader of the 19th Squadron of the Siam Stormtrooper directly under the General Staff Spiegel reported to the general. Our squadron has a total of five squadrons, with a total of 280 people, and in the next operation, our squadron will be dispatched by the general! Spiegel saluted Ling Xing with some excitement.

Ling Xing returned the salute, then pulled the mirror to the side and asked softly, "How is the situation in Bangkok now?" ”

Spiegel reported: "The 20th and 21st Siam Divisions are still blocking the north and south flanks of the Chinese zone, but in the attack yesterday afternoon and the subsequent air force strike, the two divisions suffered heavy losses and pose little threat to us. We need to focus on the 22nd Division, which is stationed in Seongdong Daying, which is also home to the Gyeonggi Police Headquarters. In addition, according to intelligence, since yesterday afternoon, the main members of the Siam military government have been concentrated in the Vimanik Palace, and they have not come out, and it is estimated that the Vimanik Palace has become the military command center of Siam. ”

Ling Xing pondered for a moment and asked, "Captain Ming, the purpose of our airborne troops is to control the city of Bangkok and ensure the safety of the Chinese, do you think we will first carry out the beheading plan and capture the top echelons of the Siamese military government, or will we concentrate our forces first and destroy the enemy's living forces?" ”

Spiegel hesitated for a moment and said, "Bangkok's slightly wealthy families have built tunnels to evacuate in case of emergency, and the Chinese District is to connect all those tunnels together to form tunnels all over the entire Chinese District." There must have been similar secret passages in the offices of the government officials in Siam, and it was very difficult to catch them at once. Therefore, I think that the first thing to do is to concentrate our forces and take out the 22nd Division of the Siamese and cut off their minions, so that Bangkok can be truly safe. ”

Ling Xing thought for a moment and nodded: "It's okay!" Anyway, we only need to hold out for one day, and we can support the Marine Corps to come to the rescue, and it is only right that we can destroy the enemy's main force. ”

"Porphyry—"

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of tearing rags from the northeast, and those familiar with this sound knew that it was the roar of a general-purpose machine gun.

Spiegel's face changed: "Oops, we were discovered by the enemies of Kado Town...... Although the telephone lines in the town of Kado have been cut off, the enemy may send a large number of communication troops to transmit the warning, and our team members guarding the various intersections may not be able to clear them one by one. As soon as the Siamese army in Bangkok gets the news, our operation will become very difficult.

"Fifty kilometers east of Bangkok, in Prachin Buri, there are five to ten divisions of the Siamese Army, which was originally a strategic reserve for invading South China, who knows that before they could be used, their first wave of offensive was disintegrated by us, and it is estimated that the Siamese troops on the front line of Sissophon should almost be wiped out.

"Yesterday afternoon, Bangkok again sent two divisions to Prachinburi to prevent our army from breaking through from the Aran line. If this force comes back before we take full control of Bangkok, the consequences will be dire. ”

"Even if there is a thousandth danger, we will strangle it in the cradle!" Ling Xing turned his head and commanded loudly: "Commander Lin, immediately take a battalion and wipe out the enemy in Kado Town." ”

"Yes!"

Lieutenant Colonel Lin Lei, the commander of the first regiment, took the order, and soon dispatched a team of more than 500 people to rush to the northeast.

......

It was the Siamese sentry at the southern outpost of the town of Kado who discovered the danger.

At the beginning, a squad of Siamese soldiers on duty here had not yet reacted, after all, they were blocked by the horizon, and they only felt that the southwest sky was red, and from time to time they shot out inexplicable light, which felt a little weird, but thinking of the fire that broke out in Bangkok City during the day, especially the wave of fire that exploded at the oil depot at Thonburi Airport, even the town of Cado was clearly visible, and these Siamese soldiers simply thought that it was caused by the refraction of light generated by the battle in Bangkok City.

Later, when more and more people parachuted in the sky, a sentry looked up at the sky while peeing, and finally found a lot of white things falling from the sky, so he realized that the situation was not good, and immediately sent someone back to report.

The chief officer stationed in the town of Kado was a battalion commander under the Nonthaburi garrison regiment, and he was dreaming of spring at this time. In the dream, he was stationed in Saigon as an officer of the occupation army, where the Chinese offered him beautiful women in order to bribe him, he ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, hugged left and right, and was very comfortable, but at the critical moment he was woken up by his subordinates, and opened his mouth to scold, but after hearing that there was a danger in the south of the town, he immediately reined in and asked for details.

Everything that happened in Bangkok in the afternoon, this battalion commander also heard about it, especially the Chinese fighters in the sky flaunting their might, and the Siamese government's previously blowing air force did not move, which made him realize that Siam may have lost its precious air supremacy, especially the 100-meter-high flames at Thonburi Airport, which especially deepened his judgment, although what is happening outside now is difficult to understand, it is difficult to guarantee that it is not a conspiracy made by the Chinese.

So, with a wave of his hand, the battalion commander quickly sent two platoons to the south of the town to check the details.

The stormtrooper team led by Du Changhui has a total of 55 people, half of whom are elite members who have retired from the An Jia Army, and the other half are local Chinese youths in Bangkok, who have only received simple military training. Seeing the enemy in Kado Town dispatched, although Du Changhui repeatedly ordered him to fight at a close range in order to use his superior firepower to completely annihilate the enemy, some people still fired at a distance of more than 300 meters under impulse, and the result was a chaotic battle of "crackling".

However, the Siamese people had been absent from the battle for a long time, especially the commander of this army, who did not immediately think of sending someone to Bangkok for help, and even forgot to call the phone. In his opinion, now that Siam's army was fighting in South China, and Bangkok was also besieging China, it was unlikely that a large number of enemies would appear here, and for a small group of Chinese troops, his two companies were sufficient, so he ordered the remaining four platoons, all of which went to the south of the town for reinforcements.

The result is self-evident, the paratroopers were originally the elite of the elite, and with just a surprise attack, they crushed the Siamese charging team, followed by the rout, rushed into the town, quickly divided and surrounded it, and completely annihilated the Siamese army in the town of Kado in less than half an hour.

After this delay, the time was already a quarter past five, and a glimmer of bright color appeared in the eastern sky.

Ling Xing didn't dare to delay any longer, quickly sorted out his troops, and advanced to the southwest at full speed.

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At dawn, a thin mist rose from the Gulf of Siam, and the remnants of Siamese ships docked in the Qiangdao military port started to fire and slowly sailed outside the military port while the fog was dark.

The devastating shelling of the Sattahip military port gave the Siam navy's top brass the illusion that the main forces of the South China Navy were all concentrated in the inner Gulf of Siam, and that it was a good opportunity for the ships in the port of Qiangdao to break through. You must know that Qiangdao is too close to Nanhua, and the fighters can go back and forth in half an hour, and once it is dawn, they will inevitably be bombed by the superior air force of Nanhua.

The Siam Navy also has an offshore fleet at the Songkhla military port on the Malay Peninsula, which has a 4,300-ton Italian-built cruiser, as well as eight torpedo boats and four submarines.

On the South China side, the cruiser "Weiqing," the flagship of the Kampong Son detachment, the destroyers "Fujiang," "Baihe," and "Heihe," and the Hayabusa 1-6 gunboats, which blockaded the Qiangdao Military Port, had long been in full readiness.

At half past five o'clock in the morning, the Siamese Navy's "Songkri" torpedo boat was the first to spot the cruising "Fujiang" destroyer, and in fear, they immediately fired at it with three 75mm guns on board, and the "Chonburi" torpedo boat then joined the attack on the "Fujiang", but for the "Fujiang" destroyer, which was traveling at a speed of up to 34 knots, the Siamese torpedo attack was still too slow.

At 5:40 a.m., the "Thonburi" joined the battle group and fired at the destroyer "Fujiang" together, a move that greatly helped the Anjia Navy and the navy.

The large number of small islands in the sea area of Qiangdao and the fog on the sea, which could not distinguish the shadow of the "Thonburi" from the dark mountain background, but now after discovering the position of its muzzle fire, it quickly located it, and the "Fujiang" fired back and fired three torpedoes at 5:45, one of which hit the "Thonburi", while two twin 127mm shells also hit its superstructure.

At this time, the cruiser "Weiqing" and the destroyers "Baihe" and "Heihe" of the Anjia Army Navy rushed to the scene when they heard the outbreak of an artillery battle, and fired a salvo of the main and secondary guns, which immediately shrouded the "Thonburi" in a layer of fireworks. You must know that the cruiser "Wei Qing" is equipped with a triple 203mm main gun, and even the secondary gun is a twin 127mm gun.

Unforgiving, the ships of the Anjia army continued to fire at the panicked Siamese warships. The Caliber of the Siamese warships was generally small, and they could only accelerate their escape while firing blindly at the warships of the An Jiajun.

With the help of the Siamese battleship's muzzle flames and the glimmer of dawn, the gunboats of the An Jia Army also joined the battle group and aimed and fired at the Siamese warship like a target. At about 6 o'clock, five torpedo boats burned like torches in the pre-dawn mist and morning light, the "Chonburi" and "Songkri" sank at 6:05 and 6:8 respectively, and the remaining three torpedo boats, including the "Trat," fled back to the Qiangdao military port after suffering heavy damage, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.

The other three warships, all the way to the west, were rejoicing in escaping, but suddenly and horrified to find that the battleships behind were in hot pursuit, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

It turned out that the three Siamese warships, the escort ship "Prachin Buri", the minelayer ship "Nongsalai" and the survey ship "Ba Tao", had a maximum speed of 20 knots, but the cruiser fleet in South China generally had a speed of 30 knots, and the pursuit battle at sea was its specialty.

At 6:20 a.m., the cruiser "Wei Qing" fired straddle fire at the escort ship "Prachinburi" at a distance of 13 nautical miles, and after five minutes, the fourth salvo shot hit the freeboard, superstructure and Cambridge of the "Prachinburi", and the captain of the "Prachinburi" Rear Admiral Prolongwilapan was killed on the spot. The shelling also destroyed the front main gun sight, steering gear and radio communication equipment of the Prachin Buri.

Because the "Prachinburi" lost control, it was violently beaten by the "Weiqing" and many destroyers and gunboats, which quickly caught up, and finally, after withstanding continuous shelling, the "Prachinburi" also sank at 6:35 p.m.

Seeing that the general situation was gone, the minelayer "Nongsale" and the survey ship "Batao" immediately hoisted the white flag to express their surrender.

At this point, the last capital of the Siamese Navy was also buried, and as for the fleet in Songkhla, even with the strength of the Kampong Son detachment, it was enough to be easily destroyed, and it was only a matter of time before it was defeated.