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Chapter 1765 has to be discussed

As the sky grew brighter, between Santa Pass and Kronwa Town, gunfire shook and red flags flew, whether it was the fleeing Siamese army or the pursuing Anjia army, they all rushed towards the Siamese army's defensive position in the north of Kronwa Town. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Behind a mound less than four kilometers away from the enemy's position, Colonel Zheng Lan, the commander of the 3B Division, who called himself the "Shadow Third Division" within the attacking unit, carefully inspected the enemy's position ahead with the help of a telescope in his hand.

The enemy in Kronwa was also apparently stunned by the rout at the front, and Siamese officers with panicked faces and pistols could be seen everywhere in the trenches criss-crossed. Farther away, the defensive walls built by the enemy are like scattered stars, everywhere.

The Siamese army was also apparently well-trained, and the pursued rout did not directly attack the defensive position, but retreated behind the defensive line from both sides of the position, greatly disappointing the soldiers of the An Jia army who wanted to take advantage of the situation to cover up.

Seeing that several soldiers rushing to the front were knocked to the ground by the dense bullets fired from the enemy's position, Zheng Lan hurriedly ordered: "Stop the attack, retreat beyond the range of the enemy's rifles, and wait for the artillery to arrive!" ”

"Yes!"

The staff officers who followed Zheng Lan quickly conveyed the order, and the dense gunfire on the front line slowly thinned out, and finally fell silent.

An hour later, Major Cao Yi, the chief of the operations section, strode up to Zheng Lan's side and saluted: "Report to the division commander, the Air Force Command has called, the first wave of air raids of the Eighth Air Regiment stationed in Bei Chan Cheng will be carried out in three minutes, and at the same time, the artillery regiment of our division has been in place, please instruct!" ”

Zheng Lan nodded, raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "Unconsciously, it's already eight o'clock in the morning, and the fierce battle has been raging all night, and it is estimated that the soldiers are also tired at this time, let's try to fight a battle and see how it works...... Ordered, the artillery immediately carried out a complete suppression of the enemy, giving the air force directions. When the shelling is over, the attack is launched! ”

Cao Yi quickly conveyed Zheng Lan's order, and soon the artillery position received the order.

"Coax-"

The earth-shattering sound of artillery sounded behind the front command of the 3B Division, and all the members of the division command, including Zheng Lan, clearly felt that the ground under their feet trembled violently at the moment when the first round of artillery sounded.

Zheng Lan knew in his heart that only such a short time would produce such a strong effect, and that was because the first round of shelling was generally very neat, and the gunners who were waiting for the battle must have paid close attention to the order flag in the commander's hand before that. The moment the flag is waved, the shells will be fired in unison, and the effect is naturally very amazing.

Two and a half minutes after the shelling was carried out, a dense group of aircraft appeared in the eastern sky - three squadrons of B2 bombers, escorted by a squadron of A26 fighters, arrived as scheduled.

The group of planes quickly pounced on the Siamese army's defensive line, swooped down, and dropped one bomb after another, and earth-shattering explosions rang out one after another.

Holding the binoculars, Zheng Lan looked at the enemy's position again, and at this time, what unfolded in front of his eyes was a picture similar to hell on earth.

Clusters of firelight continued to rise on the enemy's position, and the dense fall of rockets, grenades, and aerial bombs easily set off red clouds mixed with blood mist and severed limbs, and at the same time, scattered dense and sharp shrapnel around, like the scythe of death, harvesting every life that could be touched.

In the binoculars, Zheng Lan saw that in the first trench built by the enemy, the figures were thrown out by the shock wave set off by the explosion, wrapped in flames, and fell to the empty grass dam in front of the position in a disorderly manner. In a little farther away, the densely scattered ramparts and fortifications quickly collapsed and burst into flames under the baptism of artillery fire, and occasionally one or two fiery figures fled from the ruins of the fortress or fortifications, struggling and fluttering, and finally falling into the smoke of the dust.

The artillery of the Siamese army, in order to avoid the air raid of the Anjia army, is generally hidden in the cave of the mountain ridge at an altitude of more than 400 meters on both flanks of the town, after suffering from fierce artillery attack, the commander of the Siamese army was in a mess, and hurriedly ordered the mobilization of artillery to participate in the battle, trying to counterattack the artillery bombardment of the Anjia army, but the artillery had just been dragged on the position, and before it could be deployed, it was suddenly attacked by the air attack, and the pot exploded.

The raindrop-like aerial bombs, under the traction of gravity, pounced at a free speed on the scattered artillery positions of the Siamese army, countless terrible screams, tearing through the dull air, 50 kilograms, 100 kilograms and 250 kilograms, at the moment of contact with the ground, the movable firing pin inside the sensitive mechanical fuse violently collided with the detonator under the action of inertia, and in the flash of fire, the main charge was detonated, and then in the earth-shattering roar, a huge fireball of smoke and flames was set off.

In the dense explosion, the skyrocketing fireballs rose one after another, and the terrifying shock wave, mixed with countless flying fragments, swept the entire artillery position.

One cannon after another was dismantled in an instant, and the bolts, sights, wheels, and barrels were splashed everywhere. The truck pulling the cannon turned into piles of steel ruins in the continuous explosions, and I don't know how many Siamese artillerymen's flesh and blood completely disappeared in the baptism of iron and fire.

The carpet-like bombardment, almost devastating.

After the artillery positions were completely attacked, the individual bunkers built on the ground between the trenches were also blown to pieces like toys in the face of powerful aerial bombs.

As the bombs rained down like hailstones, the entire section of the trench collapsed violently in a violent tremor, and the Siamese soldiers who were still alive struggled to get out of the mud, desperately breathing in the hot air that was almost ignited.

The anti-artillery holes built by the Siamese were directly hit by aerial bombs from time to time, and the 30-centimeter-thick layer of soil could not resist such a powerful explosion at all.

In the powerful explosion, the trench where the entire bomb shelter was located was leveled in an instant, and the entire squad of Siamese soldiers hidden in the cave was left with only flesh and gun parts everywhere in the smoky mud and sand.

The artillery of the An Jiajun may have been shocked by the bombing scene of the fighters, or they may have felt that under this kind of carpet-like intensive bombardment, there was little value in shelling again, and the rocket artillerymen did not continue to fire the rockets after firing the rockets, and the howitzers and infantry artillerymen did not add shells to the breeches that had reached the extreme temperature after firing the shells in the barrels.

On the contrary, the artillery commanders carried out their duties with due diligence.

"Quick, cool down the barrel and respond to infantry attacks at any time!"

Amid the shouts one after another, the ammunition men poured the buckets they had prepared earlier on the barrels that were almost red, emitting a scorching breath, and a white mist rose over the entire artillery position.

"Brethren, clean up quickly and get ready for the next wave of blows!"

As the officer's order was given, the artillerymen hurriedly moved the piles of shell shells on the ground out of their positions, and prepared enough spare ammunition to suppress the enemy's new fire points that might emerge at any time when the infantry charged.

On the battlefield, anything can happen, and all aspects of the situation must be taken into account, so that in battle, we can avoid unnecessary sacrifices as much as possible.

After a quarter of an hour of air raids, one squadron of bombers was the first to leave, and the rest of the bombers and fighters, circling back and forth in the air.

With the sound of the loud trumpet of the charge, the officers and men of the three regiments, under the guidance of the red flag, rushed towards the enemy's position.

Surprisingly, the enemy collapsed at the first touch, and the battle went unusually smoothly, and soon the assault troops broke through the enemy's first line of defense.

Just when Zheng Lan wondered if the other party was cheating, the second front quickly broke through!

With the breakthrough of the third front, the town was already close at hand, and Zheng Lan confirmed that the enemy was truly defeated!

It turned out that as early as the arrival of the aircraft group above the position, the commander of the Second Army stationed in the town of Kronwa. Longri recalled the scene of the Anjia army fleeing in Anjia in Kanchanaburi, and his fear was greatly increased, and when he heard the plane hovering overhead, he could lose his life at any time because of the fall of a bomb, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat.

The former chairman of the Bangkok Jockey Club has no record since he led the army, simply because of his seniority and his record against Phibun. Song Kan's loyalty has always been entrusted with important tasks.

Phibun. Song Kan's idea is that the officers of the division, regiment and below are appointed by capable people, and the higher-level generals can only choose among trustworthy people, which not only ensures the combat effectiveness of the troops, but also does not take his place because his subordinates are too capable, but this time he obviously miscalculated. Longley retreated without a fight, leading to the overall collapse of the war.

While the positions outside the town were under attack, the commander of the 4th Division, Udon Brown. Lagan and the commander of the 5th Division, Song Wen, who had retreated. Tana is discussing street fighting with the town's unique sturdy houses made of strips of stone to buy enough time for reinforcements stationed in Padao to arrive.

However, Seili. Longere's order to retreat made everything come to naught.

Whether a unit is good at fighting depends on the situation at the time of retreat, but it is obvious that the Siamese army could not reach the supreme state of the PLA in later generations, so this unprepared retreat immediately turned into a complete rout.

Zheng Lan saw the enemy's flag tilted in the telescope, and the officers and soldiers fled in a panic, stunned, and immediately ordered the troops to pursue.

Bombers and fighters, who were observing the enemy's movements from the air, found that the Siamese army was in a rout, and immediately bit the opponent's ass and chased after it.

The bombers dropped a string of bombs in the crowd area, while the fighters lowered their altitude and fired wildly at the Siamese rout with cannons and aviation machine guns.

At this time, the Siamese people were even more panicked, and fled to the mountains on both sides of the railway and highway, and the battle of Ling Xing lasted until noon.

By 12:36, the 3B Division had completely occupied the town of Kronwa, and the battle ended in a complete victory for the An Jia's army.

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Nanhua, Xinjing, Xiaonanhai Anyi's mansion.

After receiving the urgent report from the front line, An Yi, who was chatting with Yang Jie, deputy chief of general staff, in the study, did not feel much surprised at all.

You must know that every soldier of the Anjia Army will undergo three months of rigorous training in the new barracks, and the officers there will meticulously train the recruits in accordance with the training model of the "model battalion". After three months of training, a recruit transforms into a qualified fighter.

After being assigned to the troops, under the condition that they pay close attention to daily military skills training and political and ideological education, ensure the supply of ammunition to the troops, and optimize the armament of the troops as much as possible, the combat effectiveness of even the Category B troops is far higher than that of ordinary miscellaneous troops. The victory in the Battle of Santaguan proved that Nanhua's thinking on army building was correct.

Under the condition of fully guaranteeing the combat effectiveness of the main field army, some officers and backbone cadres should be transferred from the units to form a category B unit subordinate to the front army, so that the army can be silently expanded and the national defense strength strengthened, and the strength can also be concealed and play a role in confusing the enemy.

At present, the number of troops disclosed to the public by the Anjia Army remains unchanged, but in a quiet and silent manner, it has doubled its strength, so that as long as it is needed for future operations, it is completely possible to continuously re-form new units in accordance with this pattern.

Yang Jie took the telegram from An Yi's hand, and smiled slightly after reading it: "The victory in the Battle of Santaguan is reasonable. Judging from the actual situation in the battle, the combat effectiveness of the Category B units is much stronger than the General Headquarters imagined, and I personally even believe that the current Category B units have reached the level of training, technology, and tactics of the officers and men of the Japanese Army's Division A Division. In this case, it is really necessary to establish a new reward mechanism, and the Category B troops with combat merits can be upgraded to the main field army sequence, which can greatly enhance the enterprising spirit of the officers and men of the Category B troops, so that they can be more strict with themselves in training!

"Judging from the fact that the Japanese fighters did not appear from the beginning to the end, it is clear that they have many concerns. After all, the Japanese army took the initiative to light the beacon fire in the Pacific region and resolutely chose to go to war with the United States, which was extremely gambling and speculative. From the heart, *** up and down are extremely lacking in self-confidence, and only with victory can they cover up everything, so they are very sensitive to reactions from the outside world.

"In this case, I propose to occupy the town of Padao and connect the railway between Myanmar and Shannan Province, and the main force of our army will not move forward, and wait for the situation to be clear, and then determine the next move!"

"Huh!?"

An Yi asked with some surprise: "Brother Geng Guang also doesn't approve of taking this opportunity to take southern Myanmar?" Why didn't you bring it up at the meeting last night? ”

"I didn't make up my mind at the time!"

Yang Jie's expression was extremely serious: "After going back, I tossed and turned, and after thinking about it for a long time, I felt that it was extremely unwise to give up the big pursuit for the sake of a small goal." For us, southern Burma is dispensable, and once the main force of the Japanese army is caught in the Pacific theater, southern Burma can be taken at any time. What's the harm in enduring the momentary anger now and temporarily depositing it in the hands of the Siamese? ”

An Yi hesitated for a moment and said:

"I have many concerns! According to top-secret intelligence, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill will meet in Newfoundland in the northern Atlantic, where they will sign a series of ententions and finally announce a joint communiqué to jointly respond to the current situation. I am afraid that Britain and the United States will then make provisions on territory, sovereignty, national self-determination, etc., and that our attempt to gain territorial expansion through war may face abortion. In this case, it is better for us to send troops first and create established facts! ”

"Haha, Xiao Yi, why are you also confused by the British and American tricks?"

Yang Jie laughed and ridiculed: "In fact, this is just a high-sounding slogan used by Britain and the United States to coordinate their strategies and positions against the Axis powers!" Before the war, Britain already had the largest colony in the world, but during the war, this place was occupied and annexed by the Axis powers, plus the central and western regions of India and southern Persia that we obtained from the Sheng Shicai Department and the Soviet army, the colonial empire of the British fell apart, and they just used slogans to show the justice of their war!

"Once the war is won and the British Empire regains ownership of the lost colonies, I think it will be better to give up the rights they have had for centuries and give the colonies a chance to become independent? The odds are slim to none!

"All along, our expansion has been carried out in the form of a combination of military operations and immigration, and now in our ***, Siberia, Central Asia, and Afghanistan regions, with the gradual influx of immigrants, the Chinese are slowly becoming the majority of the population. In the Persian Gulf region, most of our newly acquired territories are vast and sparsely populated, and after the establishment of the new Persian government, we have deliberately publicized the territory of the country, and if they are willing to move to Persia, we will send a convoy to help them move for free.

"Judging from the current situation, those who are willing to leave are basically gone, and those who choose to stay have relatively high recognition and expectations for us, but in any case, in the 370,000 square kilometers of land in southern Persia that have been occupied, there are less than one million aliens, and it is very easy for us Chinese to account for the majority of the population. As soon as our army drives out the Japanese army, takes Khuzestan and the west coast of the Persian Gulf, and immediately carries out large-scale migration, even if it is a national self-determination, we do not have to worry about gains and losses!

"In India, the ravages of the Prosperous Talents and the great plague that followed have helped us to solve our troubles, and many places have been uninhabited for thousands of miles, which was unimaginable before. As long as we unswervingly carry out immigration, coupled with the guarantee of the armed forces of the Anjia Army, we will definitely have the last laugh! Since Britain and France want to make rules, we will have fun with them, and let national self-determination become an opportunity for us to rise! ”

An Yi didn't expect Yang Jie to be so free and easy, smiled and just wanted to say something, Shen Fengdao walked into the study, nodded to Yang Jie, and then said to An Yi:

"There was a call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Far Eastern Republic, and Lyuschenkov, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet and General Director of the Central Committee, would like to meet with the Chairman in the near future to ask for our opinion."

An Yi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Was the telegram sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Central Committee?" ”

"It was sent directly to the General Office of the Central Committee, and Mr. Yucheng did not dare to slack off after seeing the telegram, and immediately called the chairman's office, and I went to get the telegram in person." Shen Fengdao replied.

"In this way, the distant side wants to talk in secret......

An Yi pondered for a moment and said to Shen Fengdao: "Call back, agree to meet, and see where the other party is willing to talk?" ”

After Shen Fengdao left, An Yi said to Yang Jie:

"It's strange that we haven't seen each other for more than two years since we were separated from Teacher Lyuschenkov last time, and in the past two years, we have successively occupied Central Asia, southeastern Western Siberia and Afghanistan by *** troops, and we have achieved fruitful results. On the contrary, it is the Far Eastern Republic, which has lost the Far East and Eastern Siberia, and under the strong pressure of the Soviet Union, the situation is worrying, and I am worried about ......" Speaking of this, An Yi shook his head.

Yang Jie analyzed: "Lyuschenkov's request for a meeting this time is very likely to ask us for the Kemirovo region, and it is also possible to discuss the secondment of troops to fight against the Soviet Union. I will not mention the importance of Kemirovo, but we will know the importance of that huge industrial region to us just by looking at the fact that in just over a year, our Central Asian troops have become self-sufficient in equipment. On the international front, now that the United States has entered the war, although it has not yet declared war on Germany, the pressure on Germany is obvious, and the Soviet Union has just signed a peace treaty with us, coupled with the fact that the western front is becoming safer, it will inevitably re-target the Ural occupied by the Far Eastern Republics.

"At present, the strategic situation of the Soviet Union is not very good, the industrial areas are mainly concentrated in the western and central regions, if there is a war with Germany, the relatively prosperous economy, Ukraine, Belarus, the Volga River and the Don River basin, it is very easy to become the focus of German bombing, and it is necessary to build new industrial zones in the rear east of Moscow to meet the needs of the development of the war. However, the current situation is that Yaroslavlsh, Gorky, Alchamas and other regions east of Moscow are all in the war zone, and small forces of the Far Eastern Republic are constantly harassing them, and it is impossible to stabilize production at all.

"Take Kazan, which is located at the confluence of the Kazan River and the Volga River, as an example, the city is the third largest industrial city in the Soviet Union on a par with Moscow and St. Petersburg, which was founded as early as the thirteenth century, and was the capital of the Kazan Khanate from the fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries, and was occupied by Tsarist Russia in the middle of the sixteenth century. It was the most important railway junction and large river port in the eastern part of the Soviet Union.

"In the 80s of the last century, Ulyanov gave a speech on socialism to the young students at Kazan University. Lenin was then expelled from the school, and when he left Kazan University, he made a bold statement: the rule of the tsars is a rotten wall, and if you push it, it will fall. After the founding of the Soviet Union, a statue was erected in front of the main building of Kazan University, which is the scene of Lenin in his prime walking out of the campus with his bags on his shoulders.

"But the city is now the main area of war between Moscow and the Far Eastern armies, where the partisans of the Far East regularly raid it, schools are closed, shops are closed, factories are at a standstill, and there is a depression. If Stalin wanted to deal with Nazi Germany with peace of mind, it was necessary to have a stable and consolidated rear. Taking into account the overall situation, it is possible that Moscow will use troops against the Far Eastern republics in the near future. ”

When An Yi heard this, he frowned: "I can't answer any of Teacher Liushenkov's requests!" Kemirovo, the most famous coal and steel base in Siberia, is ranked first in importance among the four major military-industrial bases of our Central Asian Military District, after which we had already signed a treaty with the USSR, which was already our territory, but the Far Eastern republics would not recognize it! And it is even more impossible to send troops to help the Far Eastern Republics, whose covenant with the USSR stipulated that they cannot be enemies!

"Although we are not gentlemen, we are not villains either, and we disdain to do the things that take the initiative to tear up the treaty. But how can we fulfill our promises to the Far Eastern Republics, as we have agreed with them? After all, Central Asia was recovered only at their invitation......"

"Chairman, these are troubled times...... In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Song Xianggong was unrealistic, talked about the gentlemanly demeanor of ancient times, and in order to keep the pedantic creed, he was passive everywhere in the political and military struggle, and abused benevolence and righteousness on the enemy country and even the enemy army, so that he was humiliated several times, we must not repeat the mistakes of the past! ”

Yang Jie persuaded: "Between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests!" Our relationship with the Far East has always been one of mutual use, and there is no need to keep any promises! ”

Seeing that An Yi wanted to refute, Yang Jie waved his hand and said, "Chairman, please listen to what I say...... I do not deny that our friendship with the Far Eastern Republic includes the friendship between the chairman and the Whampoa teachers and students of Lyuschenkov, Hulin, Blyukhel and others, but it is still interests that play a leading role, after all, when we formed an alliance, we really have a place to use each other.

"The General Staff has analyzed that the Far East invited us to send troops, which may not have any good intentions, and then later, we occupied Central Asia, and the Soviet Union colluded with ***, which led to the fall of the Far East and Siberian territories of the Far Eastern Republic, which was not expected at the beginning, the only difference is that we withstood the test, and the Far Eastern Army did not, so there will be very different results.

"As for the southeastern region of Western Siberia, I think the chairman only needs to insist on one point - the Kemirovo region, which we recovered from the Japanese army, not the Far Eastern Army, is enough! If we hadn't sent troops in time, *** people would have already moved the industrial facilities of the Kemirovo region, where is the current industrial base? Therefore, we do not owe anything to the Far Eastern Republics!

"In the dispute between the Far Eastern Republic and the Soviet Union, we can support weapons and equipment, and we can also provide strong support for food and supplies, but it is definitely not possible to send troops directly, because we still have to deal with the Japanese army, which has already expanded rapidly! The war in the Persian Gulf is imminent, India, Burma and Malaya are not very peaceful, and the domestic battlefields in North China and Shandong are also very likely to be warned, in addition to the fact that we are still confronting the Japanese army at Lake Baikal and ***, in this case, it is possible to send troops at all! ”

"So—"

An Yi pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "It's okay, some things have to be discussed, otherwise whether it is himself or the Far East, they will feel that we owe something......"

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