The first sixty-seven chapters or death
Among the five hundred and thirty-nine people, the number of officers is less than a hundred, among these people, most of them are low-level officers, and they never dreamed that just because they bravely stood up, they actually became battalion commanders, regiment commanders and even brigade commanders, and one of the two colonels became Song Yuanzhuang's tactical liaison officer, and the other was directly promoted to division commander, replacing Duran's position as the supreme commander on a par with Willy.
It took Song Yuanzhuang less than a quarter of an hour to rebuild the command structure of the troops, and then ordered all departments to organize and prepare for war. Before the first rays of sunlight broke through the clouds, under the supervision of Charlie's execution squad, the British soldiers divided into three brigades radiated outward with the former Thai army barracks as the center, and successfully built nearly 30 barricades on the two main streets of the city, and also set up no less than 100 bunkers.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, when the British soldiers, who had been tossed all night, were sleeping behind their respective garrisons, two fighter planes painted with elephant logos on their fuselages pierced through the clouds, first circled twice in the direction of the prisoner of war camp, and then flew towards the city of Lanluga. The telephone lines leading to the outside of the Langluga military camp have been cut, and the Thais realize that the situation is not good when they can't get through. While urgently ordering the Army Aviation to send a reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance, Sha Li also called Masuda Tomikawa to ask if he had been in contact with the prisoner of war camp. Masuda Tomikawa was immediately anxious when he received the news, and he ordered the gathering of troops while waiting for the latest news from Shali. Just after ten o'clock, a telegram from Shali arrived. At the end of the telegram, he asked him to immediately settle the matter in a rather unkind tone, saying that if this affected the combat operations of the Thai National Defense Forces to defend Bangkok, then he would propose to Prime Minister Khamson to reconsider the matter related to the "Greater East Asia Alliance Army."
After reading this telegram, the old devil was stunned and pale--who was really afraid of something, who would have thought that at this juncture, the Englishman, who had always been as docile as a sheep, would have the courage to **, and actually kill the two thousand gendarmes of Kudobe? The old devil doesn't really care too much about the destruction of Kudobe and the success of the British prisoners of war, but the problem is that the timing is not right. As soon as he thought that the Japanese and Thai army's plans to defend Bangkok and defend against the frenzied retaliation of the Cadet Army would definitely be affected, and if the defense of Bangkok failed, then the Thais, who were already at both ends of the ladder, might really reconsider their stance on the Empire, a responsibility that he could not bear.
"Eight squares! Kudo Fukatsu this pig, I'm going to split him alive! The old devil drew his command knife and danced wildly, roaring as he hissed.
"Your Excellency, looking at the situation, Kudo-kun is only afraid that the jade has been shattered!" Chief of Staff Harushi Haneda kindly reminded.
The old devil didn't know that he was just too angry and needed to vent his anger like this to calm the anger in his heart. With a knife slashing on the desk, he ordered in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff, you personally take the Anda Brigade to Lanluga, the British must have gone there." Bage, Shali, this bastard, said that the imperial army of 2,000 people can't hold a prisoner of war camp, and they have a brigade of 5,000 people in Lanluga, can't they still hold it? Chief of Staff, pass my orders not to be taken prisoner in this battle! Baga, I'm going to make the British pay a terrible price for their actions! ”
"Hello! Your Excellency, then I'm going! ”
Chachoengsao is about 80 kilometers away from Lanluga, and the Anda Brigade is not highly mechanized, and it takes at least ten hours to get there. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, when they were still 40 kilometers away from Langluga, a division that had just been transferred from the west from Thailand took the lead in attacking Langluga on the orders of Thalib.
The Thais fought the same way as the Japanese, with planes bombing first, followed by artillery bombardment. And because of the small size of the aviation unit, the Thais only dispatched about one group of warplanes to bomb Langluga. This gave Lei Tianwei the opportunity to perform, and in front of Duran and Willy and others, he shot down an enemy plane with a heavy sniper, and then said to the British with a smile: "The Thais can't do it, this level is similar to those local security forces in our country." Perhaps, we can launch a counterattack in moderation. ”
Wei Qing's style of heavy sniper is not good, Lei Tianwei shot down an enemy plane while talking and laughing, and that style is tantamount to picking down the enemy chief in the midst of ten thousand troops. The British were so hot that Duran offered to test the power of the gun himself. Lei Tianwei didn't dare to give it to him, the two of them were only this heavy sniper, which was prepared for life-saving purposes. Willy's attention fell on the counterattack, and he said, "Ensign, the soldiers are too tired, do you wait?" ”
Lei Tianwei shook his head: "Wait? Wait for the Japanese to come up? Major, it's not that I underestimate you, you British really can't fight. Hehe, I'm not going to hit you, let's look at the meaning of the red fox. ”
The Thais' attack pattern was uncharacteristic for the jungle warfare, but it was a shock to the British. First bombing and then shelling, and then a few attack vehicles to cover the small force for a tentative attack, the Thais used the Japanese very skillfully, the British saw the shadow of the Japanese from them, and the front of a company was a little chaotic, and the small Thai army was still more than 200 meters away from them, so someone could not hold back the panic in their hearts and pulled the trigger. As soon as he opened fire, it immediately caused a chain reaction, so the gunfire of the soldiers rang out, and more than 100 British soldiers opened fire fiercely, and they were immediately returned fire by Thai mortars and grenadiers.
Song Yuanzhuang personally supervised the defense in this direction, and when he saw it in the back, he immediately became anxious, and scolded a regiment commander beside him: "A group of fools, how can they fight like this?" Immediately cease fire and tell them to fight at a distance of fifty meters! Grandma's, I'm really angry! ”
The regiment commander was only a platoon commander before, but he was quite brave, and he immediately rushed forward to shout. Song Yuanzhuang grabbed him, and then beckoned Charlie's execution team to come up. It turned out that at this time, the British soldiers who were fired at by grenadiers and mortars could not bear it, and more than 100 people, except for a few people who stayed there, the others were routed.
"Master, what do you command?" Charlie came up with more than 100 members of the execution team, and asked while lying beside Song Yuanzhuang.
Song Yuanzhuang pointed at those who were being defeated, and ordered: "If you see it, call me!" ”
"Ahh Charlie was shocked.
Song Yuanzhuang glared at him and shouted, "What? Want to disobey?! ”
"It's not! I, I-"
Song Yuanzhuang raised his gun, stared coldly at the members of the execution team and said, "A tentative attack by the Thais can defeat them, what if they launch a general attack?" Dozens of people die, or all of them die, the choice is yours! ”
The muscles on Charlie's face twitched, and he suddenly shouted viciously: "Brothers, for the sake of the British Empire, shoot!" Shouting, he raised his gun and aimed at a second lieutenant who was running at the front and pulled the trigger.
As soon as Charlie took the lead, someone immediately followed. The gunshots rang out, more than a dozen deserters fell to the ground screaming, and the others looked up to see a row of black holes with muzzles facing them, and they were stunned at first, and then turned around and rushed back with a shout of "go back or die" from Charlie.