Chapter 465: Jet Fighter

The attack on the main road was just a small episode.

Although the Thais who attacked were at least one battalion in number, and it was likely to be the regular Thai army that had recently been dispersed. However, due to the involvement of Wang Naien's ministry, they had to retreat in the end.

After all, both in terms of training and firepower, the IDF is far more ferocious than the Thais.

In particular, the infantry fighting vehicles and armored transporters equipped by Wang Naien's department, before there were anti-tank weapons such as RPGs, the Thais could only resist with weapons such as 37 infantry guns...

Of course, after repelling the guerrillas, Wang Nai'en did not pursue them, after all, the forest was the land of the Thais. Although Wang Naien's troops are stronger than the Thais, he still won't do this kind of thing if he has to throw down the armored car and run into the forest on foot to do it with the Thais...

In the end, there was no way, after reflecting to the above, and by the way, a large group of bombers was called to carpet bomb the direction in which the Thais fled, Wang Naien could only continue to drive to the front line with his troops.

Target...

Ronse...

As long as you can take Lunsai, as long as you capture two provinces, you can play a game of "soldiers in the city" against Bangkok...

Obviously, the Thais are well aware of this, so they have deployed a significant number of troops in Mulsai as well, and even from Burma and India. In addition, the Japanese expeditionary force in India also sent two divisions to Lunsai to assist the Thais in resisting the offensive of the Wehrmacht and coalition forces.

And on the other side...

"Here, cheers!!"

In the city not far from the Sino-Thai border, Bantali. A well-dressed Thai is toasting with senior generals of the National Defense Forces and coalition forces, as well as Chinese diplomats sent to Thailand.

How to say it, no matter which country it is, there are so-called "traitors", of course. On the other side, these people are the so-called "pro-X faction".

In Thailand, there are quite a lot of such "Thai traitors", after all, Thailand was once a country controlled by China, and there are a considerable number of pro-Chinese factions in Thailand. It's just that later these so-called pro-Chinese factions either surrendered to Luang Phibun, who advocated Great Tai nationalism? Praise to the government. Or was it Luang Phibun? The persecution of the Songkan government...

Since China and Thailand used to have quite friendly relations, in Luang Phibun? When Song Kan decided to betray China and join the Axis powers, a considerable number of pro-China factions were working in China or on vacation.

There is also a part of the pro-Chinese faction, in Luang Phibun? Soon after his betrayal, he fled to China through the border between Thailand and Laos or Cambodia...

Therefore, in Luang Phibun? Not long after Songkan defected to the Axis powers, Yan Guang had already formed a new Thai government in China―――――― of course. To Luang Phibun? For Song Kan and others, this new government is the so-called traitor and traitor...

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The role of the new government is mainly to lead the situation in Thailand after China conquers the whole territory of Thailand. Although the Thais have betrayed China once, even this Yan Guang is not ready to annex Thailand. After all, there are too many territories like this, and it is easy to get indigestion.

However, before conquering the entire territory of Thailand, the biggest role of this so-called new government is to rely on their past influence in Thailand to reduce the resistance of the Thai people to the squadron and coalition forces as much as possible. Thai troops fighting in the Songkhan government.

But...

Maybe the Vietnamese have been too successful. The former seems to work very badly...

As for the latter...

At present, it has achieved certain results, after all, many generals of the Thai team were trained by the National Defense Force in the past. Just in Luang Phibun? After the Song Kan threw himself into the Axis powers. There has been a purge of the Thai troops, and a considerable number of pro-Chinese officers in the Thai troops have been purged......

In addition, there are also many Thai officials who are quite dissatisfied with the actions of the Vietnamese and other coalition forces in Thailand, so although the latter has some effects, it is a pity. It's also not very good...

However, the Chinese government did not intend to count on these people to succeed, so it did not feel disappointed.

On the other hand. After the coalition forces and the national defense forces successively invaded the territory of Thailand, the "new government" that had been working in Kunming also began to follow the troops to Thailand―――――― after all, it is also the government of Thailand, and it is not a matter of saying that it has always been working in China.

As for the current office of the Provisional Government, it was chosen in Bantali, which had just been captured by the coalition forces not long ago.

For China, although Bantari is just a small town, but for Thais, it is a pretty good town―――――― of course, it can't be compared with Bangkok, after all, Bangkok is also the largest city in Southeast Asia, even in the whole of Asia...

At the same time, because Bantali is located on the border between Thailand and Laos, and Bantali is also a railway line from China to Thailand, it is also quite prosperous due to the influence of the relatively prosperous trade between China and Thailand in the past.

In fact, in the territory of Laos in later generations, there was a railway that went directly to Bantali...

Ahem, it's just that because the railway between Thailand and Laos is not connected, the railway was interrupted when it reached the Thai border. Instead, there is a road, but even then, the road that connects directly to Bantari is only six or seven kilometers away...

Although Bantari may not be able to compare with cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Kunming, where the new Thai government used to work, Thai government officials are also satisfied with the relationship with the railway (in the history of the world, there was a direct railway from China to Laos and connected to Thailand to facilitate trade between several countries).

And the golden nest and silver nest are not as good as their own kennels...

Although Bantari is not as prosperous as Beijing and Shanghai, it is also his hometown anyway, and the climate of Bantari is not like that of Beijing and Shanghai, so when many Thai government officials set foot in Bantari. Instead, I feel nostalgic...

If...

If Bantari hadn't just been burned by fire, it might have been better...

And because it was the first coalition to invade Bantari, although Bantari had recovered some prosperity, the city began to be taken over by the Wehrmacht, rather than the original coalition forces. But Bantari has always been a mess.

On the other hand, the people of Bantari also looked quite hostile when they looked at the officials of the new government.

It is clear that what the coalition forces have done has driven these civilians to Luang Phibun? On the side of Song Kan, although there were some figures in the new government who were once respected by the Thai people in the past, there is no doubt that they are all "Thai traitors" in the eyes of the Thai people at this moment. It's something that must be hated...

"I'm afraid they've already gritted their teeth against us..."

In one of the most luxurious buildings in Bantali, or the only surviving and relatively luxurious building, while the Chinese, coalition and Thai personnel were still celebrating there, Zheng Shan and Zheng Lan smiled bitterly as they looked at the few local people in the distance who were looking at them with alternative eyes.

"There's no way around it, who called us so-called tappies in their eyes..."

"But even so, I'm still convinced. There was nothing wrong with our decision..."

Hearing Zheng Shan say that, Zheng Lan said firmly.

"I think so too..."

At this time, another Thai named Lin Fang also came over. ..., due to the betrayal of the Thai government, almost all the main leaders of the new government this time are of Chinese descent. At least it has Chinese ancestry. At the same time, almost all the past experiences of this group of people have been turned over by the people of the Military Intelligence Agency.

After all, it is no longer acceptable for the Communist government to accept another betrayal...

For Chinese Americans, such as Lin Fang, Zheng Shan, and Zheng Lan, they identify as Chinese and Thai as well. But they also know that the future of Asia will belong to China. As a weak country close to China, all Thailand can do is submit to China...

Of course, eggs can't be put in one basket...

Whether China and the allies led by the United States and Britain will be able to win. Even for Zheng Shan, it was a puzzle, after all, although Japan was not China's opponent, Germany, as the other core of the Axis powers, swept all opponents in the European theater.

Even after China cut off its support for German oil and other supplies, the Germans are still fighting in Moscow, relying on the small amount of oil resources provided by Romania alone...

This was beyond Yan Guang's expectations. But it also makes sense.

Although the garbage infrastructure of Eastern Europe did cause a lot of problems for the Germans. The interruption of oil supplies to Germany also made it necessary for the Germans to use oil as sparingly as possible.

But in the same way, because during the civil war in Soviet Russia, Russia lost a considerable part of the territory of the Far East, Outer Mongolia, Central Asia and South Russia, and it was still a very important part of the territory, which also made Russia's strength much weaker than in history.

In particular, Central Asia and South Russia are the breadbasket of Russia, and the latter is a region with a relatively dense population in Russia in the original history.

The loss of these two places made Russia less powerful than it was historically, and eventually led to the fact that after Germany lost its oil supply, the Russians were still unable to push the Germans back from Moscow...

As for China's support for Russia on the other side, it is nothing more than a replacement for the role of the United States in history.

Therefore, for Zheng Shan and some other Chinese-Thais, choosing China is tantamount to avoiding risks.

If the Axis powers failed, they, the Thais, who were close to China, would naturally be able to rebuild Thailand with the help of China. But if China and the Allies fail, then Luang Phibun, a member of the Axis? If you praise the government, you will naturally be able to reap greater benefits.

At this point, it is a bit like the families of the Three Kingdoms, no matter which force has to invest a little.

It's just that unlike the Three Kingdoms, Luang Phibun? Song Kan is undoubtedly hostile to Zheng Shan, and the people of Thailand, especially those who have encountered the coalition army, regard Zheng Shan and these people as "Thai traitors" and want to eat their flesh and blood raw...

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"It's been a great job..."

Just when Zheng Shan and others were still lamenting their identity, when almost the whole world was burned by war, Yan Guang was in a military base on the outskirts of Beijing. Shaking hands with the scientific researchers in the base one by one...

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

The people who shook hands with Yan Guang were naturally like this one by one, and of course there were some people who were dedicated to scientific research, but they didn't react to Yan Guang at all.

Such people...

Ahem, don't forget. In his early years, Yan Guang also plagiarized many inventions in the United States, had contact with many scientists and inventors, and after returning to China, he also invested in penicillin or something, and also had contact with many scientists and inventors, so Yan Guang was quite accustomed to these people.

And honestly. Now Yan Guang is really grateful to them.

Because ......, "Is this a jet..."

Looking at the new aircraft with a strange shape that was completely different from the aircraft of this era and was parked on the airport, Yan Guang said excitedly.

Unlike his contemporaries, Yan Guang, as a later generation, was quite aware of the power of jet aircraft.

Of course, Yan Guang will definitely not be the same as Hitler's guy...

"We finally have a bomber that can be used for blitzkrieg!"

This is what Hitler said in November 1943 after watching a show of the Me-262 jet.

Hitler, having watched the flight performance of the Me-262, concluded by his own will that he had no confidence in its air combat capabilities. There was also no interest in changing the current fighter formations of the Luftwaffe, and the order was extremely arbitrary to put the Me262 into production as a high-speed bomber first, and even gave the FΓΌhrer's order. Because he thought that at that time there was only offense, no defense.

His arbitrary decision not only significantly delayed the normal development of the Me262 as a new generation fighter. It almost ruined this model with advanced performance. In this way, the Luftwaffe's plan to produce this new jet to defend itself against Allied air raids fell through, in order to satisfy Hitler's foolish desire to drop a few bombs on the plane.

Yan Guangke is different from Hitler, although it is not that jet planes cannot be used as bombers, in fact, if it is a jet bomber, it can not only fly faster than piston engines. And it can fly higher.

In other words, jet bombers are significantly more powerful and safer than piston bombers.

The problem is if you want a bomber. In addition, it is enough to develop a new one, and there is no need to force a jet developed as a fighter to be a bomber...

And Yan Guang is very clear that compared with piston aircraft, the performance of jet aircraft is obviously superior. And in later generations, the sky was no longer dominated by piston aircraft, but by other, more advanced aircraft ...

In other words. The era and stage of piston aircraft can only last for a few years ...

"President, the next step is to have a test flight. Are we going to take it for now..."

Seeing that Yan Guang was still circling around the jet plane on the airport, although it was not clear why Yan Guang was so interested in this plane, the commander of the base still hurriedly stepped forward.

You know, this is the first test flight of this plane, and any accident can happen, and if you really don't get it right, even an explosion on the spot is possible.

Yan Guang on the other side also reflected after hearing the commander's words.

Although jets are important, his own life is obviously more important, and he doesn't want to be the victim of an accident, especially at such a critical moment.

So after hearing the commander's words, Yan Guang hurriedly retreated.

After Yan Guang retired, the test flight activities were finally able to continue.

In fact, the earliest jet aircraft were trial-produced as early as the 40s.

The earliest jet aircraft in history was first developed by Germany in 1939, installed by the German scientist von ? The jet-engined He-178 developed by Ochen was the world's first jet aircraft, and it made its first test flight on 27 August 1939.

The He-178 reached a speed of 930 km/h, while the fastest piston aircraft at the time was only 600 km/h.

By the way, only eight He-178 aircraft were built.

The first jet fighters to be mass-produced and converted into the army were the British 'Meteor' and the German Messerschmitt ME-262. The first test flight of the Me-262 took place on July 18, 1942, and reached a speed of 850 kilometers per hour, which was much faster than all piston fighters at the time.

It is a pity that after the Me-262 was put into service, it was decided that this advanced fighter would be used as a bomber just because of a single performance.

It was not until the autumn of 1944 that the Me-262 was put into service as a fighter, and despite its brilliant successes, it was no longer able to undo the defeat of Nazi Germany and Hitler's suicide.

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The test flight of the fighter was quite successful, in fact, the test flight of Chinese-made jets began a long time ago, but now it is the first mass-produced jet that is being tested.

When the jet roared over the airport at a speed far beyond the average piston plane, the feeling was undoubtedly shocking to the people of this era...

"How fast will it take for this aircraft to be mass-produced?"

After regaining his excitement, Yan Guang asked.

"If it was the speed of war, it would have been 42 years ago, my president..."

Hearing Yan Guang's question, Yang Wei, as the chief designer, replied respectfully...