Chapter Seventy-Seven: Overwhelming
As Joey assured Zhao Zhi, it took only three days for the battle-spirited armored division to gain control of the entire Chiang Mai province, and the Thai and Japanese troops in Chiang Mai province were all scattered, and the Jewish troops who followed up were chasing them everywhere. However, Zhao Zhi was not satisfied with the current war situation, and after some consideration, the engineer unit under Mo Lun was immediately transferred into Thailand, and their task was to build the military camp and airfield needed for Thunder in Chiang Mai Province in the shortest possible time.
The territory that has been beaten down has to be ceded out, which is unacceptable to Zhao Zhi and many mercenaries under his command, not to mention that Thunder is not untargeted for Thailand, if it is not for the collusion between Thailand and Japan, how can the 25th Army cross the border and enter the Chanbang Plateau so easily, if it is not for the 25th Army has threatened the rear line of Thunder, why would Thunder spend so much material and energy to deal with the 25th Army, so it is natural for Thunder to enter Thailand, and the Thais and the Japanese must pay the price for what they have done.
Zhao Zhi wants to take more territory in Thailand as much as possible before the Japanese army takes time to pay attention to this matter, only in this way will the Japanese army face up to the thunder, and will mobilize more troops into Thailand to fight with the thunder, and only in this way can the thunder continue to receive military aid from the United States. The increase in the number of troops means that the consumption of ammunition and weapons will also increase, and it is still a little difficult to meet the needs of the troops by relying on his own arsenals, so Zhao Zhi must now hold the thighs of the Americans.
"Fire" has been authorized by Zhao Zhi Joey waved his arm a little excitedly, "boom" "boom" "boom" "boom" The artillery battalion deployed in the rear of the armored division fired first, and there were several types of artillery captured from the Japanese army, but Joey didn't care about these, as long as he could find shells of the right caliber, he would incorporate these long-range firepower into the establishment of the armored division. Equipping the artillery with a triangular towing frame, the trucks and armored vehicles of the armored division can casually pull these big guys around, in a sense, these Japanese artillery pieces have entered the ranks of self-propelled artillery at this moment.
The Thai defense line was submerged in smoke after the explosion, and under the bombardment of more than 6 75 mountain guns, more than a dozen 92 infantry guns and more than 30 heavy mortars, the Thai defense line only held out after two rounds of artillery bombardment. But the ferocity of Joey's armored division did not stop there, as Joey's attack order was issued, the light stalkers on both flanks were the first to attack the Thai line, followed by the tank formation in the center.
The armored tank formation is not as fast as the Stalker, but the pressure they bring is not comparable to the Stalker, the machine gun fire on the Stalker is fierce, but due to the turbulence of the terrain, the machine gunner's accuracy is not so good, and the Thai troops within the range of machine gun fire can completely avoid death as long as they use the trenches. But those tanks are different, as soon as the cannon hits, the trenches that have been dug for a long time will collapse a lot, and the Thai troops hiding in the trenches will also be submerged or die in the explosion.
The bullets fired by the Thai army clanged on the tank armor, and even brought a series of sparks, but unfortunately their heavy weapons were too scarce, and in the face of the strong tank formation, the Thai army's reaction seemed so pale and powerless, and it could even be said that it was blocking the car in the mantis arm. The smoke from the tail of the tank soon became a smoke screen, and a large number of covering infantry hid in the smoke screen, and the covering infantry who endured the pungent smell of smoke posed in battle formation with Garand cat waist, and marched to the Thai defense line under the cover of the tank.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" Under the strong fire of the armored division, a large section of the Thai trench collapsed, and the Thai army still holding on to the trench had suffered heavy casualties before encountering the opposing infantry. The machine gun fire that covered the infantry found a firing position, and the instantaneous strafing of four Browning heavy machine guns successfully tore a gap of up to 30 meters wide in the Thai army's defensive line, and the follow-up sappers dragged the blasting canister and jumped into the trenches of the Thai army, and their task was still to open up a way for the tank formation to advance.
"Quick, quick" The leader of the engineer squad in the trench of the Thai army sealed one end of the trench with a submachine gun, and more than a dozen of his sappers were frantically digging the trench with a sapper shovel. "Detonate, detonate" blasting canisters were filled into the long and narrow trenches, the sappers in the trenches scattered out of the trenches and lay on the ground, "boom", "boom", "boom" and "boom" several explosions, the 30-meter trench gap suppressed by the thunder machine gun fire rose a continuous piece of earth fog, the Thai army dug the trench and was blown out of a gentle slope of more than ten meters, and the tank formation of the armored division could easily cross the trench defense line of the Thai army from here to attack their follow-up defense line.
The Thai army, which had broken through the defense line by the tank formation, began to retreat, and from the air, the Thai army was full of Thai troops who had dropped their weapons and scattered, and Joey's armored division was naturally the one that was struggling to pursue. Cluster artillery bombardment, tank advance, strong fire cover, sapper trench breaking, and the whole army covering up, the armored division already has the attack order and means to deal with the Thai army, and the mercenaries who provide tactical help to the armored division jokingly call this Joey's five-plate axe, which is two more axes than Cheng Yanjin in Wagangzhai.
Joey, who just understands rough Chinese, obviously doesn't know who Cheng Yanjin is, but he is complacent about the tactics of the armored division against the Thai army, no matter what, as long as he can repel the enemy army, it is a good thing. The current location of the armored division is at the junction of Lai Hing and Sukhothai, the entire Chiang Mai province and Lamphun province have long been in the hands of the thunder, and Joey's next target is the grain-producing area in central Thailand, regardless of whether the Thai royal family has a say on the matter of compensation, the thunder will not have too much to use all the materials that can be used.
Less than 12 hours after the flames of Lamphun were extinguished, Joey's side had already taken Lai Xing again, and if nothing else, Sukhothai would be Joey's next target to conquer, and it wouldn't be too long. At first, the battle in Chiang Mai Province was a little unsmooth, that was because the follow-up Jewish troops did not arrive on time, but now it is different, a large number of airborne troops have been assembled in the territory of Lamphun and Laixing, as long as Joy dares to fight, the follow-up airborne troops can solve his worries.
"Leave 300 infantry to clean up the battlefield, and the rest continue to pursue the enemy army." Joey is a typical killer and no burial, every time after a battle with the Thai army, he always likes to leave a small number of covering infantry to clean up the battlefield, and after the covering infantry cleaning the battlefield and the follow-up receiving troops are completed, these guys will catch up with the large army in the truck left behind, but the strong firepower weapons left by the Thai army are not the receiving troops.
The armored division, which numbered just over 7,000 men, is now strong, and after connecting the four provinces of Thailand, Joey's armored division now has no less than 200 light and heavy machine guns, and there is also an artillery battalion equipped with six Japanese 75 mountain guns. There are also more than 100 mortars of different calibers, as well as a variety of grenadiers and bazookas, if we talk about the intensity of firepower alone, Joey's armored division can already be comparable to the Japanese army's B division in fixed firepower alone, if it continues to fight like this, Joey's armored division will definitely be able to surpass the fixed firepower of the Japanese army's A division.
The battle reports of the armored division were continuously sent to Zhao Zhi's headquarters, and for the battle situation to be so smooth, Zhao Zhi and all the operational staff officers in the headquarters did not expect that in their minds, the Japanese troops stationed in Thailand would not react so slowly. It has been six days since the Panzer Division crossed the border into Thailand to start fighting, and the Panzer Division only initially encountered Japanese troops in a few battles in Chiang Mai Province, and after the exchange of fire from Lamphun Province, the Panzer Division under the command of Joey has never encountered Japanese troops again, which has to be said to be an unexpected situation.
"Continue to fight" Zhao Zhi hurriedly transferred the armored division Rutai to lead the Japanese army to draw troops to fight, but the battle has been fought to this extent, it seems that only the Thais are in a hurry, and the Japanese army that Zhao Zhi has been guarding against has not appeared for a long time, which has to make Zhao Zhi have the idea of revising the offensive plan in their hearts. "Since the Japanese army doesn't want to fight with us now, then let's not live up to the kindness of others, and ask Joey to use all his strength to clean up those Thais, and if his armored division can take down the whole of Thailand, I will give him a Thai governor to do." If you want to boost morale, Zhao Zhi will never say it, he will only give his subordinates the most affordable things.
Good guys, the Governor of Thailand, the operational staff officers of the command are red-eyed, don't care how Thailand is, whether it is barren or rich, just the title of this Governor is already very enjoyable, not to mention that this is the first title promised by his own husband. "Damn, Joey, this guy has picked up a big bargain this time, those Thais are just savages who have just learned to get dressed, fighting them with tanks and armored vehicles, they are simply bullying children, hanging a piece of meat on the muzzle, even dogs can beat them." While the staff officers were lamenting Joey's good fortune, they were also cursing that Joey's hair would fall out immediately.
Joey, who was on the front line, naturally didn't know that everyone was envious and jealous of him, and before Zhao Zhi's new order arrived, an infantry squad under his command had just found a place where the Thai army was hoarding fuel. What really made Joey happy was not the fuel, but also the cement and building materials found by the search troops, which were originally used by the Japanese army to build an airfield here, but now they were cheapened by Joey.
"Forward, keep going, haha, don't care about these bits and pieces, leave them to the troops behind to deal with, our task is to take the whole of Thailand as soon as possible." Zhao Zhi's new order made Joey, who was already excited, as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and ordered the troops to move forward. Joeyzu, a ruined aristocratic family, has never produced a governor in his eight lifetimes, and the Thai army is so weak that it seems that the first governor of the Bremer family will be fulfilled in his own body. For the title of Governor of Thailand, Joey used all his strength to take Thailand and drove all the Japanese troops into the sea to feed the fish.