Chapter 155: The Air Raid Trap of Rayong Province
Among the various units of the Cadet Expeditionary Force, Huang Hua's special artillery brigade was the latest to be seriously wounded. When this news spread among the officers and men of the Special Artillery Brigade, they were aroused by the excitement of the people, and they demanded to go into battle to avenge the commander-in-chief. **It's hard to disobey, and Huang Hua also has such an idea in his heart, and it is ironclad to fight. However, when choosing the target of attack and the way of revenge, the problem came - the combat method of the special artillery brigade determined that it was impossible for them to launch an attack alone, and because they only accepted the command of Ouyang Yun, now Ouyang Yun and the general headquarters were hiding their whereabouts, and they had no contact signals from other departments, so a very real question was placed in front of them - where should they fight and how should they fight?
It was suggested to go to Sakaphu, as the 2nd and 3rd Mountain Divisions were in that area, and it would be the least good place to go there to help them defend.
Others suggested going straight to Chachoengsao because there was intelligence that there were large numbers of Japanese and Thai troops gathered there.
There were different opinions, Huang Hua couldn't help but hesitate, and at this time, the news that Guo Dashi captured the Tailong military camp and released the cruel words of "no forgiveness" came. He immediately made a decision to go to the Tyrone barracks.
The special artillery brigade could only take the main road because of its special equipment, so Huang Hua chose to march along the main road from Bobe to a small Cambodian town on the Thai-Cambodian border in Tong Ai Province. And when they arrived in that town, they heard the news that Chu Tiange's first army had conquered Tongai Mansion and surrounded him. Huang Hua, as a member of the student training class of the starting unit of the Cadet Army, is naturally closer to Chu Tiange emotionally. Speculating on Chu Tiange's grief at the moment, and feeling that following Chu Tiange could take revenge more heartily, he ordered to march towards him instead.
An hour and a half later, the Special Artillery Brigade and the First Army of the Cadet Expeditionary Force joined forces. When Huang Hua got out of the car and saw Chu Tiange, tears immediately fell, when Chu Tiange greeted him, he took two steps to salute first, and then hugged him and cried silently: "Brother Chu, commander-in-chief, commander-in-chiefββ"
Huang Hua's reaction was a bit big, and Chu Tiange, who had seen Ouyang Yun jumping around, was still a little uncomfortable. He was adjusting his emotions to cooperate with Huang Hua to continue the play, and Xu Zhi, Feng Lanshan and others behind him were already infected and cried. Chu Tiange's heart was moved, and there was no need to adjust his emotions. He silently patted Huang Hua's back hard, and said in his ear: "It's all the brigade commander, pay attention to restrain your emotions, the commander-in-chief is only seriously injured, not so." β
Only then did Huang Hua put away his tears and stop crying, let go of him, wiped his face and said, "Brother Chu, we have to avenge the commander-in-chief, so you can give the order!" How to fight next, I listen to you! β
The arrival of the special artillery brigade strengthened Chu Tiange's confidence in the surprise attack on Bangkok, and he discussed with Huang Hua and others for more than an hour, worked out a set of plans for calculating the Japanese aviation troops, and then ordered a march to Rayong Province, which was 30 kilometers away, and occupied the already empty Rayong Province without blood at about three o'clock in the morning.
At dawn the next day, three reconnaissance planes belonging to the Kisarazu Air Force of the Japanese Navy took off one after another at the Bangkok Military Airport and flew in the direction of Tharorong Barracks, Sakat Province, and Rayong Province respectively. Half an hour later, Vice Admiral Tomikawa Masuda, the headquarters of the First Marine Corps of the Chachoengyo Army, received reconnaissance information from one of the reconnaissance planes. After reading the telegram carefully, he handed it to the chief of staff, Major General Haru Haneda, and said, "The people of Shina did not burn down Rayong Mansion, and it seems that they wanted to use this place as a base for advancement. In order to deter the Thais, the Chinese are overly reliant on heavy artillery, and their ammunition is depleted extremely quickly, and if I am not bad, they probably will not have a major military operation this morning. Haneda nodded, "Definitely, they have to wait here for the baggage troops to replenish the ammunition." Your Excellency, this is our chance! β
"Do you mean the air raids on their baggage troops?"
"No, I think the best way to do this is to wait for the heavy troops to enter the city and suddenly launch an air attack."
"Haneda-kun, you and I went together. Call back and ask Sakamoto to increase the frequency of reconnaissance. Tell him to be careful to avoid the eyes and ears of the Chinese people, and that it is better to make a detour from the sea and directly reconnoiter their depth. β
"Hello!"
Haneda drew up the message himself. After about ten minutes, he returned to Masuda's side and handed him another telegram: "Your Excellency, please come forward to communicate with Your Excellency Yamamoto about this matter, and ask him to put pressure on the Thais." The Thais are too timid, and at this time, they don't dare to completely offend the British. β
Masuda took the telegram and looked at it, his eyes became gloomy, and he said, "This little matter needs to bother His Excellency Yamamoto, I'll deal with it!" Then he walked to his desk, picked up the phone and said, "I'm Masuda Tomikawa, give me a special line for Prime Minister Kansong!" β
Unlike the Japanese old gods, as hundreds of thousands of refugees continue to pour into the Bangkok area, the southeast of Thailand has been burned to the ground, Kham Song and other Thai high-level people are in a huge panic, when Masuda's call came in, Khan Song is vigorously admonishing the police chief of Bangkok, telling him to ensure order in the capital no matter what, not to let a refugee into the city. Masuda's phone call helped the police chief to relieve the siege, and with a wave of his hand, the sweaty police chief sighed with relief and immediately bowed down and ran away.
Although the Japanese have given various assurances, they have not taken any major practical actions so far, and Kansong is already quite dissatisfied with the Japanese. Of course, Japan's hundreds of thousands of troops and nearly half a million so-called national independence troops are presented on the border between Malaysia and Thailand, and he does not dare to be disrespectful in the slightest. First waved his hand to drive the adjutant out of the city, then gritted his teeth and took a deep breath to adjust his mood, he picked up the phone and said as calmly as possible: "General Masuda, I heard that you have an urgent matter to find me, is there a way to deal with the student army?" β
Kan Song didn't dare to be disrespectful to Masuda verbally, and Masuda didn't dare to reveal his true emotions to Kan Song, such a question, Kan Song had already asked it no less than ten times, so Masuda had developed a strong immunity. Avoiding answering this question, he went straight to the point and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have just received a report from my subordinates that the British have made trouble again, and they have killed two imperial soldiers!" But your men have refused to hold our gendarmes accountable for the perpetrators, sir, have you not taken the lives of our Imperial soldiers as precious as the British? β
Kan Song didn't even know about it. He can't win now to deal with the invasion of the student army, how can he have time to pay attention to the trivial matters of the prisoner of war camp, feeling that Masuda's tone is very harsh, he deliberately eased the atmosphere and said: "General Masuda, what are you talking about?" Naturally, the lives of your soldiers are more precious than those of the British. Don't worry, I'm going to let people investigate this matter thoroughly, and if it's true, I'll hand over the murderer to you immediately!" β
"Don't bother so much, Your Excellency, I think it's better to hand over the defense of the prisoner of war camp to our army. Your Excellency, with all due respect, do you insist on not handing over these British prisoners of war to us, do you still want to keep them for peace with the British? β
"No, how is that possible?"
"Then please hand over the defense of the prisoner of war camp directly to our army, Your Excellency, our gendarmerie brigade in Bangkok has gone to receive it, and now we are waiting for your order."