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Hundreds of civilians died at once, including more than a dozen intelligence officers, something that had never happened since the Japanese army advanced south. When the news broke, the Japanese ambassador to Saigon immediately went to Norodom Palace to ask the French governor Jean Deku to give an explanation and asked him to let the Japanese side enter Saigon to arrest the murderer.

Don't look at the defeat of Europe, but the arrogant temper of the French has not diminished in the slightest, so that the governor of Deju even took out the information provided by Beijing, and in turn questioned the Japanese army about the assembly of the Japanese army in Wuchunli. Although the negotiations jumped, the Japanese side is not a fool, and such a big action must be supported by national forces. Judging from past experience, even if the French colonial government knew about it, it would not be ruthless to kill them all, not to mention that the body of Takeo Imai was not found at the scene. Now Southeast Asia can make such a large-scale intelligence operation, and the only one who needs Takeo Imai is China. Therefore, after Yanagawa Heisuke learned the news, he thought that this was a signal for China to enter the French East Indies, and immediately ordered two wings of the 18th Division to attack the Khmer province of Sisophon (now Banteay Meanchey Province) that night, and at the same time ordered the commander-in-chief of the Thai army, Song Kham, to ask the Siamese army to cooperate with him in the immediate attack.

The Siamese Army has a total of 600,000 troops, 134 tanks and more than 200 aircraft, and the Air Force also has more than 200 warplanes, of which 48 are White-shouldered Eagles and 16 H-2s purchased from China, and a navy of 31 warships. On paper, it is a relatively strong combat force in Southeast Asia, so Japan has always wanted to bring it into its hands. In addition, the military junta and nationalists led by Song Kham have always wanted to build a greater Thailand across the southeast peninsula, so when China has been delaying its southward expansion, it has made every effort to join Japan, this time also taking out 200,000 troops and hundreds of artillery, and also dispatching bombers and fighter planes to attack Laos and Khmer Madwan at the same time. It only took one day. The Siamese army, aided by aircraft and artillery, quickly occupied the unsuspecting Vientiane and Madwan and bombed Phnom Penh, Saigon, Hanoi and Cam Ranh Bay. At the same time, the two wings of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army also took down the poetry comb without blood, and advanced to Siem Reap.

The French governor Jean Deju is not an old idiot, he knows who did the thing, and he knows that he can't do anything now. Therefore, all 150,000 French troops, 50,000 Vietnamese servants, and 47 FT-17 old tanks were all deployed in the four key positions of Hanoi, Champasak, Saigon and Siem Reap, and the commander of the East India Fleet, Berangier, marched along Saigon to the Gulf of Siam to sweep away the Siamese navy. Finally, the news of the Japanese attack was sent back to China. As for how to deal with domestic love, he has done everything he can. Of course, the frustrated French government is a dead duck, but the United States reacted surprisingly quickly this time. Less than 15 hours after the Japanese-Siamese coalition attacked, Secretary of State Huddle said in an interview that Japan had become an "obstacle to peace" in Asia and even in the Southwest Pacific. The Japanese government must immediately and unconditionally cease its aggression and withdraw its troops from the south.

On the same day, Wang Zhengting, the premier of the Republic of China, also made an unusually stern tone in his report to the Beijing Congress, demanding that the military immediately stop the Sakhalin oil cooperation agreement, and said that he would consider activating the provisions of the "Sino-French South China Sea Agreement" to ensure the security of French nationals and maritime security to ensure that the French East Indies would not fall into the hands of non-friendly countries. This speech hit the key point of Japan, which must be known because of the serious shortage of oil tankers and the embargo of various countries. The Balikpapan and Palembang oil fields have never been completely repaired, and the small amount of oil produced cannot be shipped back to China in time, so Sakhalin's 200,000 tons of crude oil per year is particularly important to Japan. Hideki Tojo, who was eager to deal with the big gap after Nagata Tetsuyama's death, did not expect that Beijing would react so strongly and directly threaten Sakhalin with the cut off of oil. But it's too late to say anything. The army had already attacked, and naval support was about to arrive, so I had to bite the bullet and ask Hirohito to come forward with the method of the Imperial Council. Let Sugiyama Mototoe and Nagano Shusei strengthen their cooperation, hoping to take the French East Indies before Beijing initiates the South China Sea agreement.

Nagano is angry at the War Department's self-assertions. However, he did not want Japan to fail, so he immediately sent another telegram to Inoue Narumi asking to rush to the French East Indies before the 22nd Fleet and help the army control Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay.

Just when Nagano Shusei and the Japanese Navy focused their attention on the 22nd Fleet, believing that the 22nd Fleet was the main force of the French East Indies, Bing, who led 55 warships and personally protected 43 Tianshan-class landing ships and 39 large ocean-going ships, had quietly arrived in Da Nang, and the destroyers had even dispersed to clean up the first landing site. Since the 22nd Fleet managed to attract the full attention of the Japanese Navy, he was not disturbed by any attacks on his trip, not even submarines and reconnaissance planes.

"Report, we have arrived in Da Nang, and the destroyer has departed."

At the same time as the chief navigator reported, Chen Shiying also walked into the command tower: "Commander, the Aoba and the Siamese fleet have arrived to the west of Golden Oujiao. ”

"What about the position of the French fleet?"

"Thirty-five minutes ago, the reconnaissance plane reported that the position of Bolangir was 25 nautical miles southwest of Kunlun Island, and according to this distance, it would encounter it at Jinoujiao in two hours at most." After Chen Shiying marked the location and situation map of the head-on collision between the two fleets, he put down his pen and continued: "You see, the Japanese-Siamese Combined Fleet has a total of 18 warships, in addition to the Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba and the light cruiser Nagara, the Siam Navy dispatched 4 shallow water heavy gunboats, 1 destroyer, and 7 torpedo boats. Two of the shallow heavy gunboats were in Kampong Son Bay to support the army, and the rest all came. In addition, it is believed that 4 Siamese submarines are already operating in this area. In terms of strength, this fleet is not strong, but their position blocked the Saigon landing field, and if they did not drive away, the third landing formation would not be able to deploy, and the fourth landing formation would not be able to land in Kampong Son. You see here, this is the location of the 27 frigate detachment, which has already joined the gunboat detachment, less than 70 nautical miles from the Mekong. ”

"What about your proposal?" Without waiting for Chen Shiying to finish speaking, Bing immediately asked.

"The 27 frigate detachment has only four territorial water-class escorts and six gunboats, and if the Aoba does not leave, they will not be able to go up the river to support Siem Reap and Champasak. What's more, the Aoba has already blocked the location of the landing field, so I propose to expel it immediately! You see, the battleship formation of Ninghai has reached 110 nautical miles southwest of Fugui Island, and it is only 55 nautical miles away from Kunlun Island, and it can be reached in a maximum of three hours at full speed. ”

"What about Zhu Binhou?"

"Already on Spratly Island, he judged that Inoue Narumi would cross the South China Sea from here."

Bing is not a hesitant person. The character is strong and decisive, but this time he did not give the order. It's not that I'm afraid, judging from the situation, through a series of covers of the 22nd fleet, the attention of the day has been diverted by Zhu Binhou, and the reason why the order has not been given is because the order has not yet come. Although he was eager to give the order to kill Inoue immediately, the General Staff wanted to keep the conflict to a small scale, at least not in the United States. Unwilling to declare war on Japan. Just as he was thinking about it, the communications staff officer finally brought good news: "Report to the commander, the authorization order of the General Staff has come, and Operation Typhoon can start at any time!" ”

Bingda breathed a sigh of relief and immediately followed Chen Shiying's plan. The Ninghai formation was ordered to rush to Jinoujiao at full speed to support the French fleet, while the 3rd and 4th landing formations also accelerated southward to Saigon and Kampong Son. "Commander, you want Brangil to hold on." Chen Shiying turned on the radio, handed the microphone to Binghou, and suddenly smiled: "Still can't hold it?" ”

Brangil, a traditional French naval officer in his forties, did not like Jean Deju's plan from the start. Because his fleet is too weak. The only ones that could fight were only three warships. The light cruiser La Motte Biguet was built after the European war, and the Admiral Charner and the Dumont Thedville were also old destroyers that had been in service for more than fifteen years, and the remaining gunboats were completely vulnerable.

But all navies in the world have a credo, which is "Fight when you meet the enemy!" ”。 So after receiving the order, Te could only stubbornly drive towards Jin Oujiao. The result, of course, was unlucky, because as soon as the fleet turned, it collided head-on with the Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba.

"Hell! It was a heavy cruiser of the Japanese. Turn the rudder, turn the rudder! "I saw the Aoba coming quickly. Brangil, who could distinguish the type of ship, scolded because Reagan did not mention that there were Japanese heavy cruisers in the Siamese fleet. "Left full rudder, quick! Send a telegram to His Excellency the Governor-General, we have been attacked by a heavy cruiser of the Japanese Navy! Let the Chinese planes come to reinforce it! Quick, damn it, speed up the fastest! ”

When the Lamotte Bigai and the two destroyers were hurriedly turning, on the opposite Aoba, Suzuki Sosaku Daisa had already made a quick deployment, and after ordering the Nagara and the Siam Navy to deal with the two destroyers, he left the Lamotte Bigai to himself: "Open the guns, sink them!" ”

Along with the order, the 203 mm/L50 naval guns, which had already been prepared, were the first to roar. In the rumbling of cannons, the Lamotte Biggay was immediately covered by thick columns of water. As Japan's first treaty heavy cruiser, the Aoba had a full load displacement of 10,822 tons after refitting, and was equipped with three twin 203 mm/L50 naval guns with a speed of 33 knots. And Brangil's flagship Lamotte Biguet light cruiser is the second ship of the Dugaitruan class, although it was also built at the same time, and the full load is also 10,100 tons, but it has a big drawback, that is, in order to seek the most speed, the power system accounts for 2,500 tons of displacement! So only four twin 155 mm / L50 naval guns were installed. Too large a power system not only led to a decrease in firepower, but also the trouble of insufficient protection, the whole ship was practically unarmored, except for the ammunition depot, and an outdated design of large transverse watertight compartments was used, and even the thickest turret had only a thin 30 mm armor.

It is conceivable that when the Aoba took the lead in firing from a distance of 25,000 meters, the 155 mm naval guns with a maximum range of only 26,000 meters had no power to fight back, and they were soon hit by a shell in the stern of the ship, causing water ingress. On the other side, the light cruiser Nagara, with a displacement of 5,500 tons and seven 140-mm guns, also defeated the destroyers Admiral Charner and Dumont Tedville. It took only 10 minutes for the Japanese gunners to set fire to the Dumont Thedeville, with a displacement of 1,970 tons and only 3 138 mm guns, and was finally sunk by the Siamese Navy's shallow water heavy gunboat Ayutthaya Ayutthaya with 203 mm.

At the same time that the Dumont de Ville caught fire, Brangil knew that he had lost and immediately ordered a retreat. Unfortunately, due to the flooding of the stern, his speed was suddenly reduced to 28 knots, compared to 33 knots for the opponent Aoba and 36 knots for the Nagara.

"Full speed, be sure to sink it." Suzuki Sosaku Osa and the Japanese sailors were full of energy and kept speeding up the pursuit, but they didn't know that the battleship Ninghai was also at a speed of 32 knots at this time, leading the light cruiser Minjiang and two Taishan-class destroyers to rush straight towards it.

Inside the bridge of the Lamotte Biget, Brangil's face was pale. Without the Aoba, he could have hoped to defeat the inexperienced Siamese navy, but now he had no chance. "General, it's Admiral Charnell, we should go and save them!" In the shouting of the first mate, the destroyer Admiral Charnell was quickly chased by the Nagara, probably knowing that there was no chance of escape, more than a hundred French sailors on the destroyer went crazy and dumped shells. But in the face of the Nagara, which was a full two sizes larger than it, the counterattack seemed futile and tragic. Soon. The Admiral Charnell was hit by Nagara's 140-mm guns and set on fire. Seeing that the Admiral Charnell was about to be sunk, Berlangier simply gave up his escape, ordered a left turn closer to the destroyer, and bombarded the Nagara with eight 155-mm main guns. His idea is very simple, it is better to break one finger than to hurt ten fingers. As long as you can sink the Nagara, even if you surrender, it will be decent enough.

By the time the Lamotte Bigai was aimed at Nagara, Sosaku Suzuki had already pulled closer to 18,000 meters. This is a dangerous distance, and for the Japanese Navy, which has been training for decades, the hit rate of artillery fire at this distance is already quite high. Sure enough, shortly after the second fire. The Lamotte Biguet received three shells in quick succession and lost two turrets. One of the shells also hit the chimney, causing the smoke to be unable to be cleared, allowing the speed to drop again to less than 20 knots.

"Lightning Strike Ready!" The Lamotte Bigai was seen to lose speed. Sosaku Suzuki decided to use the lightning strike tactics that the Japanese Navy was best at. Under his order, the three Fengfeng-class destroyers that followed immediately rushed towards the Lamotte Bigai at a high speed of 36 knots.

"Destroyer! Release the smoke and fill the rudder right. Get out of here, get out of here! "See the destroyer at sea level. Brangil immediately realized that the Japanese Navy was going to use torpedo tactics. You know, France was the first country in the world to systematically study torpedo tactics and knew very well what the consequences would be if they let destroyers closer. By this time, Sosaku Suzuki had already had the upper hand, looking at the rapidly approaching destroyer, except for the six main guns, most of the officers and men on the Aoba had stopped working, waiting to watch the spectacular picture of the torpedo hitting the enemy ship, and some sailors even sank time to bet.

Seeing the three Fengfeng-class destroyers getting closer and closer, many sailors on the Lamotte Bigai had closed their eyes in despair, and Brangil had even asked the second officer to fly the white flag. But at this moment, a distinctive scream came from overhead, and then Berlangier and all the French soldiers saw that a huge forest of water columns appeared around the heavy cruiser Aoba that was triumphant just now!

"Enemy attack."

The Ri lookout, who eats cod liver oil every day, screamed in horror, and the huge figure of the Ninghai slowly emerged from the sea level from behind the smoke released by the Lamotte Bigai.

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In front of the Zhennan Pass, the military flag hunts, the iron flow rolls, and the majestic military song floats all the way along the ancient pass. In the song, gentry, merchants and elders of various ethnic groups from all over Guangxi were busy setting up incense tables and altars, killing pigs and sheep, paying tribute to their ancestors, and praying for the victory of the army soldiers who were about to march from here. A long procession of condolences swarmed the young soldiers' pockets with rice wine, fruit, tobacco and even boiled eggs. The girl in the tube skirt who sang and danced was even more enthusiastic and almost made the boys dizzy.

The army does not do things like a navy that has no roots under its feet and is careful in everything, especially after the Sino-Soviet war and the expansion of the army, there are several or even a dozen divisions with a casual shake of hands. For this operation, the War Department directly took out a light armored division and six infantry divisions. The light armored division is not smaller than the regular armored division, on the contrary, the 17th armored division of the 20th army was also strengthened before departure, with a total of three armored regiments. Unlike the miscellaneous tank models, all 365 tanks are specially modified Type 25C tanks for southern operations, nicknamed Tanuki. Weighing 22 tons and the same as the Type 25, it was replaced with a new turret that resembled the Type 36 main battle tank, a diesel engine with more horsepower, and a wider track to make the hull more suitable for soft ground, and finally the damp resistance and swimming ability were improved, and finally all six infantry divisions were equipped with T2 armored battalions that had been built in large numbers after the last war.

No wonder the people of Guangxi are excited, for them, the distant war in Central Asia wants to listen to novels, only by seeing such a prosperous armored cluster with their own eyes, can they understand that the country is really strong. Even the Chinese living outside Zhennan Pass went over the mountains and mountains to see it in person after hearing about it, and they couldn't wait for the troops to enter Vietnam immediately and drive away all the sullenness and grievances that had accumulated for generations.

"Commander Ouyang, the old man is here to wish you success."

"Yes, yes, we have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Commander, I heard that you are also from Guangxi. Come, I would like to toast you and wish you a successful start. ”

The soldiers were busy preparing for the exit, and the commander of the 17th Army, Ouyang Nan, was also surrounded by local gentry and merchants. From a baby soldier in Lu Rongting's Gui Army, to a special sniper in the hunter army, and now to the commander of the First Army, now he can be described as returning to his hometown, so the local gentry and merchants hate to paste it directly.

Establish a good relationship with the commander of the army, isn't that a lot of money?

In the face of so many hometown fathers and elders, Ouyang Nan was also very gracious, so he had to thank him one by two, and poured bowl after bowl of rice wine. Seeing that the commander was about to "fall" before the troops had even set off, a jeep finally arrived in time to rescue the driver. Su Duozhen, the commander of the 20th Armored Division, jumped out of the car, smiled and squeezed through the crowd before pulling the drunken Ouyang Nan out: "Commander, the order has come down!" The navy has already exchanged fire with the Japanese, and Commander Qiu has asked us to leave the customs in an hour! ”

"What order?" Ouyang Nan was a little dizzy, and he didn't react for a while, until Su Duozhen said it again, and then he jumped up suddenly: "Let's go!" ”

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PS: Life is really chaotic these days! Red envelope bomb twice, accompany my mother for a day, accompany my wife and daughter to go shopping twice and then get drunk in the middle of the night! So I know, the past two days have been chaotic, missing some paving, the writing is very bad, and fortunately, the subsection is coming to an end, so please forgive me a lot!! Tomorrow the last bomb, and then the hippopotamus must adjust the state. Finally, I am asking for a monthly pass, thank you!