On April 27, the Battle of Central and South China finally began.

To everyone's surprise, the first place where the battle broke out was not in Pobe, where the Cadet Army was heavily armed, but in Anna Chano, which was nearly 400 kilometers away from Pobe. Moreover, the side that took the initiative to attack was not the Thai army and the Japanese army, but the independent brigade under the so-called "Lao National Independent Liberation Army" under the camp of the Franco-French coalition army.

Three hours before the battle for Anna Charnon began, the 1st Division of the 1st Marine Corps and a division of Thai troops had just completed preparations for an offensive in Chachoengsao when the Thai Cabinet received an ultimatum telegram signed by Ouyang Yun. In a telegram, Ouyang Yun warned the Kingdom of Thailand to cease all hostile acts against the tiger, and ordered it to gather its troops within three hours and leave within 50 kilometers of the border, otherwise it would bear all the consequences.

Because it was an ultimatum telegram, Lieutenant General Masuda Tomikawa, commander of the First Marine Corps of the Japanese Marine Corps, commander of the Japanese-Thai joint forces, received it and smiled at the Thai army liaison officer: "The student army is poor in donkey skills, and even the intimidation methods have been used. ”

He smiled and said, "Of course, we are not even afraid of the British and the French, and we are still afraid of him as a warlord of China? But he thought in his heart: "The Xuebing Army is not poor in donkey skills, we are now all suppressed in the Beiliu area, this war is really not optimistic!" ”

Only three hours after he finished saying this, three groups of Japanese bombers and one group of fighters had just taken off from the Bangkok military airfield, and fierce gunfire rang out at the junction of Anna Chanon and Laos. Soon they received a telegram from Bangkok that the Scholar Army had launched an attack at Anna Chaen, and that a regiment of the Royal Thai Defense Forces stationed there had been defeated and had now been defeated, and that they were to attack immediately.

"Eight grids, did the Cadet Army do it first?" Masuda frowned and shouted.

He said: "Your Excellency, what shall we do?" ”

"Don't worry, let's follow the established steps."

The so-called "Lao National Independent Liberation Army" is the most immature of the three kingdoms of the Indochina Federation, and this unit, which is composed entirely of local hunters and escorts, has a total of more than 3,000 people, but it claims to have two divisions and one independent brigade under its command, with a total strength of 13,000 troops.

There is a reason why Ouyang Yun let the Laotians do it first, Laos and Thailand have a long history of grievances, and the terrain around Anna Charneng is very complex, which is very suitable for harassment operations by small forces.

"The purpose of this battle, the annihilation of the little devils is secondary, to beat the Thais first. Britain and France have restrained each other and fattened the courage of the Thais, and we will weigh him today! "Since the front-line reconnaissance detachment of the jungle special operations brigade detected a large-scale military movement of the Japanese army and the Thai army, and found that the Japanese reconnaissance planes began to frequently rebel against the southeast coast of Vietnam, Ouyang Yun estimated that the Japanese offensive would be launched nearby, and when he held a pre-war meeting, he gave this order to his subordinates.

In Ouyang Yun's battle plan, the Cadet Army and the "National Independent Liberation Army" under his command would be responsible for the land defense of Laos and Cambodia, while the French army would be responsible for coastal defense with the help of Huang Haifu's 1st Mountain Division. In a telegram sent to Angbos, Ouyang Yun wrote: "The governor wants to restore the country, and his ambition is admirable. However, the growth of a strong army needs to go through the smelting of blood. Hearing that the head of the regiment said that your army has been reincarnated and exchanged shares, then please regard this battle as the first battle of the restoration army of the country, right? What if the base areas can't be saved? How to talk about recovering the country? ”

When the Bangkok military airfield began to fly fighter planes in batches, the aircraft carrier "Chongying" of the Japanese and Western expeditionary fleets also began to fly fighter planes on the ocean about 50 kilometers off the coast of Vung Tau City, Vietnam, and soon a group of about 30 mixed fighters flew toward Vung Tau City, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they flew over the coastal defense line of Vung Tau City, and the Japanese planes that took off from the Bangkok airport began bombing and ground attack.

The terrible sirens sounded, and on the coastal defense line, a regiment of French troops and a regiment of cadet soldiers took refuge in anti-aircraft fortifications, and at the same time, dozens of anti-aircraft fire points began to fiercely return fire.

The city of Vung Tau was very close to Di Shi, because Di Shi was stationed with Chu Tiange's troops, and the French were not very reluctant to rush from Hanoi thousands of miles away. Angbos had a good reason, what if the Japanese made a detour and landed in eastern Vietnam? With the main forces of three divisions in total, it is impossible for me to hold all the coastlines of Vietnam in every detail. Ouyang Yun blocked him with a word: "If that's the case, I will send the air force from Chongzuo to rescue!" ”

This wave of Japanese bombardment lasted about ten minutes. In the ten-minute battle, the French lost about two platoons, but they also managed to shoot down one enemy plane.

The French army that came to the aid of Vung Tau had a total of one brigade, which was the largest formation that Ampos could send. The French were still worried about being used as cannon fodder by the cadet army, so although those brigade commanders slapped their chests loudly during the meeting, claiming to sacrifice their last drop of blood to keep France's largest colony, they were really called to go to the front line in Vung Tau but they had their own high-sounding reasons not to go, and the most absurd thing was that the excuse of one of the brigade commanders was that his lover was going to give birth to a child, and it was necessary for him, as a father, to let the child see him when he came to this world.

Xiang Shaoyun attended the meeting as an observer, and he really couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and said to a brigade commander who was sitting in the corner without saying a word from beginning to end: "Emmons, you brigade up, I will support the teaching group of your team!" ”

There are iron-clad men in any army, and Emmons can be regarded as the number one fierce general under the command of Angpos. Angbos has never named him, but in fact, he is protecting him from the Cadet Army. Emmons was not afraid to go to the front, he stood up and saluted Ompos, and said, "Your Excellency, then let's go to the brigade!" ”

War is sure to kill people, and for men, war gives them pleasure.

The battle just now can be called the first battle of the Emmons Brigade, and although the casualties were not small, the result of shooting down a Japanese plane was achieved, and the French were overjoyed, and many people took off their hats and cheered, as if they had won a great victory.

The team of the teaching group sent by Xiang Shaoyun to Emmons, the leader of the team was Cao Bixiao. The enemy planes moved away from their line of sight, listening to the cheers of the French, and he said to Emmons: "Brigadier General Emmons, how do you feel when you listen to the cheers of your soldiers?" ”

"There's excitement, and there's a bit of shame at the same time," Emmons replied after a moment's thought.

Cao Bixiao was puzzled: "Shame? ”

Emmons gestured to the side of the Cadet line.

The 1st Mountain Division also came to the aid of the brigade level, and now it is also a regiment that is sticking to the front line. They killed only a dozen or so people in this round of bombing, but three enemy planes were shot down. Seeing that the cadets were silently crouching behind the fortifications except for those who rescued the wounded, Emmons felt a huge gap, and this was the only time he felt ashamed.

Cao Bixiao smiled, he said: "It takes time for an army to grow, don't worry, if you fight more, you will find that the army will change!" ”

"I'm looking forward to this day!"

"I'm looking forward to it, too, after all, we've done it before."

"I understand, Cao, no matter what the others think, I really thank you - I feel your kindness!"

"Really? It is the greatest comfort to us that you can think like this. Alright, let the soldiers shut up, it's important to be solemn when fighting-"

"I know it!"