Prince Aida asked with some fear, "But how can we resist the Chinese?" Will the honorable British Empire personally send troops? ”

Barclay thought for a moment and said, "We can help you on certain occasions, for example: we will send envoys into Shan State in Burma. Judging from the location of Lin Yuan's troops, they must have come secretly from Shan State, which is our Burmese territory, and we have the right to demand that the Chinese withdraw. ”

"Also, we will send the main artillery and combat vehicles of the British Empire to help you fight!"

Prince Aida's eyes lit up and he said, "The main artillery chariot of the British Empire? Great, I heard that the most powerful thing in Lin Yuan's troops is the main artillery chariot, if the British Empire also gives us the main artillery chariot, then there is hope for this war! ”

Barclay nodded confidently, and then said, "Now we must immediately recruit troops across the country to defend Siam!" ”

Aida hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Advisor, is it really possible to recruit soldiers nationwide?" Siam has not experienced a war for a long time, and a nationwide conscription may cause quite a riot. ”

Barclay said: "We can't defend Siam without national conscription!" ”

Prince Aida still shook his head and said, "Mr. Advisor, I still think this is inappropriate, and I hope you will think about it again." While the two were arguing, an attendant walked in, holding a telegram in his hand, and said, "Your Royal Highness, there is a telegram from China and France, please take a look." ”

Prince Aida said, "Read! ”

The attendant nodded and said: "Lin Mouyuan respects His Majesty Chulalongkorn, at seven o'clock this morning, a section of our army drove away the noble army that controlled the old Siamese highway, this move is intended to promote the withdrawal of the Siamese army from Laos, and return the Indochina Peninsula to peace, stability and prosperity. ”

Prince Aida let out a sigh of relief after hearing the telegram and said, "Fortunately, Lin Yuan didn't want to attack Siam in an all-out way. ”

Barclay thought for a moment and said, "Your Royal Highness, please immediately mobilize troops to besiege Lin Yuan's troops on the Siam Husband Road, and I will immediately contact the Governor of Burma and ask him to send a commissioner to Shan State to urge the indigenous leaders of Shan State to cut off the passage of Lin Yuan's troops into the border between Siam and Laos." ”

Prince Aida then mobilized 20,000 troops from the two nearby provinces to the border between Siam and Laos, while Barclay returned to the embassy and sent a telegram to the Governor of Burma explaining the situation and situation in Siam and requesting his assistance.

Myanmar was originally a ** kingdom, and it has been a vassal state of China for a long time in history, but since 1824, the British invaded Burma, and after three Anglo-Burmese wars, the last feudal dynasty in Myanmar - the Yong Ya Dynasty perished, and Myanmar completely became a British colony.

The British classified Burma as a province of British India, so the supreme ruler of Burma was called the "Provincial Governor", and this provincial governor was administratively subordinate to the Viceroy of British India and under the command of the Viceroy of India. What Barclay did not expect was that the governor of Burma soon telegraphed him back, and the telegram read: "Burma is the crown jewel of the British Empire, and the port of Yangon is the largest port of the empire in Asia after Kolkata and Bombay in India." ”

Burma was also the empire's largest oil producer in Asia, an exporter of rice, and one of the largest producers of copper, iron and tin ore in Asia, making it an important lifeline for the empire! We will not rashly provoke China because of Siam, if Burma is occupied by the Chinese, the losses of the empire will be extremely heavy! ”

Barclay was furious, and scolded in his heart: "Saying so many high-sounding reasons, it's not that I'm afraid that I'll be in the limelight alone!" Barclay then called the Viceroy of British India and asked the Viceroy of India to coordinate the matter.

The British fell into the prevarication and struggle of the bureaucracy, while the Chinese side began to build roads in Shan State, this order was given by Lin Yuan himself, so the actions of various departments were very fast, Yunnan dispatched an engineering team, and the 28th Division dispatched experienced political workers to go deep into Shan State in Burma, sending things to the common people and sending money to Tusi, so that the indigenous people of Shan State did their best to support the engineering team.

At the same time as the road was being built, the convoys were also in full swing to deliver ammunition to the front line, and it was very expensive to fight a firepower battle, but with the full support of the indigenous people of Shan State, the ammunition of the three regiments was replenished very quickly, and before the Siamese army was mobilized, the three regiments had already stockpiled three bases of ammunition.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was as follows: on the Siamese side, more than 50,000 Siamese expeditionary troops were stationed in the vicinity of Luang Prabang City, and more than 20,000 Siamese troops gathered in Dayang Town, hoping to conquer the defense line of Lin Yuan's troops in one fell swoop and regain control of the Siam Old Highway; On the Chinese side, the 25O, 251st and 252nd Regiments of the 28th Division were stuck like a nail in the vicinity of Dayang Town, cutting off the connection between the 50,000 Siamese Expeditionary Force and the country.

Although the number of squadrons is small, the 6O Airborne Division has returned to the Menglong Military Airfield in Yunnan and is ready to enter the battlefield from the air at any time.

Lin Yuan looked at the current situation on the battlefield and was also a little anxious, because Siam's posture was completely to fight to the end with China, which Lin Yuan did not want to see, although Siam is a small country, even more "Er" than Japan, but Lin Yuan has always liked to surrender without a fight, and does not want to crush Siam with a strong army.

What puzzled Lin Yuan the most was the 180-degree turn in Chulalongkorn's attitude, all the previous qiē showed that Chulalongkorn wanted to get close to China, but in the blink of an eye, a telegram, Chulalongkorn completely threw himself into the arms of the British, and also put on a posture of going to fight China to the end.

On the same day, 20,000 troops counterattacked Dayang Town, which is surrounded by high mountains on both sides and plains in the middle.

If it is a well-trained force, when attacking this kind of terrain, it is necessary to choose a relatively advanced high ground as the main attack point and concentrate its forces to attack, while other troops should take a defensive position and cover the flank of the main attacking force, and once the high ground in front of the attack is broken, the whole army will press on it.

However, the Siamese army did not do this, they spread the line of their troops flat, and attacked the high ground and flat land at the same time, which was simply a target for Lin Yuan's troops.

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