Battle of the Third Reich

The Siamese Navy has its own air force and its size is not small. Except for two British Aphrodite 504n biplane trainers, the rest are all Japanese goods.

The Siamese navy has established a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with the Japanese navy since Phi Phong Songkang came to power. At the same time, the Japanese manufacturers have also given enough rebates, so the Siamese navy has always favored the selection of Japanese-made product.

Forty-five 95-type marine reconnaissance aircraft and six 96-type marine reconnaissance aircraft, these are the main equipment of the Japanese Navy's active service, and both aircraft can carry two 30-kilogram aerial bombs.

These planes can take off from the harbour near Siam and bomb the enemy's water targets. Although the flight parameters such as speed and maneuverability are somewhat low, if a certain number are reached, they will be on small and medium-sized coastal defense ships and on the surface. The submarine under construction can still produce some threats.

In addition to submarines and aircraft, the Siamese Navy also purchased a number of surface ships from Japan. The most dazzling of them are two shallow water heavy gunships of two thousand tons. The Siamese navy is set to [Thunburi] class, which is called [Thunburi] and [Ayutthaya Ayutthaya]. Punts with a little more than four meters of draft, each equipped with four heavy cruiser-class 200mm heavy guns.

These old guns, which were originally dismantled during the modernization of the Japanese aircraft carriers [Akagi] and [Kaga], were slightly renovated by the Kawasaki Shipyard, and they were sold to Siamese after changing to a double turret.

This 50-caliber three-year 20-liter type 1 gun has a maximum range of 26,000 kilometers and uses the old Japanese style 88-type armor-piercing projectile, which is enough to cause fatal damage to surface ships below the treaty-level heavy cruiser. If you can hit it.

The Royal Siamese Navy also owns two British-made [Laneksin] class shallow water heavy artillery ships with a displacement of 1,000 tons, each equipped with two 152 mm main guns of the light cruiser class, which are respectively Neckhin City and Sukhothai, although they are more than ten years old, were also the main backbone of the Siamese Navy.

In addition, there are two light coastal defense ships manufactured by Japan for Siam, [Yugong River] and [Takjin River]. The Siamese government was originally full of expectations for these two new 1,300-ton warships. When the shipyard returned to the country, even the king personally rushed to the dock to greet him.

But I didn’t realize it until the Siamese Navy actually used it. Because of the cheap and extra rebates, the ship’s power used the cheap old steam engine instead of the steam turbine. Fifteen nautical miles, even some high-speed freighters are not as good.

Because the procurement case involved some Siamese navy, this event ended up being trivial. The Siamese navy simply supported the two ships as treasures. In addition to the royal yacht on weekdays, it was loaded with a batch of navy Trainee officers are training in circles in the Gulf of Siam.

The Siamese Navy also received an r-class destroyer launched from the United Kingdom in 2020. It was a gift from the British to the King of Thailand. It was named [Palauan King] by the Siamese Navy because of its long age and maintenance Bad, now can only be used as a training ship of the naval military school.

Looking back at France, the East Asian Fleet now has two [Dunkirk] class cruisers, one [Sovereign] class heavy cruiser, and one [La Galisononi] class light cruiser and Two colonial [Digue. Truan] class light cruisers, in addition to six [Storm] class destroyers and one [Utopia] class [horrible] destroyer, four minesweeper boats and nine inland gunboats.

The strength of this colony squadron has surpassed the main fleet of most small countries. If coupled with a strong colonial air force, the French Far East Fleet can easily destroy the entire Siamese navy.

In fact, the French fleet has received orders that the battleship must be dispatched within twelve hours. The mission of the battleship is to shell the port cities along the coast of Siam, forcing Siam to admit the fact that it has been defeated.

The ground operations in the border area were over at this time. The French army did indeed send a motorized infantry unit to the rear of the Siamese invading army at night, as the German military attaché deduced. This unit launched a successful night raid, annihilating one of the two Siamese artillery battalions, and the other artillery battalion responded quickly enough because of the long distance. After discarding all the heavy equipment, fortunately He jumped out of the ambush circle and fled back to Siam.

By the early hours of the 10th, France had mobilized a total of 47 battalion ground forces to complete the siege of the incoming Siamese Army.

The battle started after sunrise, and the French Army, which had a large number of heavy artillery, launched an all-out attack on the Siamese Army in the surrounding circle with absolutely overwhelming firepower.

The fighting was very fierce, and soon it became fierce, and the Siamese troops who did not understand what was happening carried out a tenacious resistance against the French army.

Siam implements strict level education within the army. These soldiers have a strong obedience to the orders of superiors. Similarly, when the commander is killed, the troops are also prone to chaos.

This is also an old army that is more dogmatic than the French army before the war. It doesn’t know what is flexible. The first soldier fell on the road to break through, but the officer still ordered the soldier according to the tactics learned in the military school. Continue to charge towards the enemy's artillery.

Although the training of the Siamese infantry is very strict, it is difficult to erase the characteristics of the soldiers. Most of these ordinary soldiers come from the countryside. They grew up in a peaceful environment full of Buddhism from an early age. The **** level on the battlefield in front of them is already serious. It is beyond the capacity of most of them.

Some soldiers soon had mental problems, and subsequently triggered a chain reaction among their surrounding comrades. The infantrymen abandoned their heavy weapons, vehicles, and armour, and began to compete in the direction of Siam.

However, the entire combat situation has been formed, and no one can break out of the French encirclement. After discovering that his return has been cut off, the Siamese Army collapsed faster than the French thought.

Before noon, in the wilderness of Banteay Meanchey, a whole row of Siamese infantry held up their weapons and surrendered to the nearest French army unit.

In the area around 15 kilometers away, the Siamese army’s equipment and ammunition were discarded everywhere, and the roads were full of burning vehicles and human bodies. The scene looked like hell.

As General Lyon said, this was a glorious victory. The French have regained their confidence and honor here. They have proved to the world that they are still a first-class army capable of winning wars.

And the Siamese Army really did not prepare for the follow-up reserve, as the intelligence showed. After the main group in the eastern theater was annihilated, they did not even have enough troops to defend the border.

The Northwest Corps of the Siamese Army has begun to move south, and it appears to be preparing to fill the vacuum left by the Eastern Corps. There should be something wrong with the command structure of Siam, some of their orders were issued too late, and the Siam-Cambodian border line from Zhen Buri, Bei Chuan, Quincy Yufu, to the capital Bangkok, the entire southeast of Siam The county is almost completely exposed to the French army.

General Jean Degu, without hesitation, ordered the troops on the front line: "Go across the border and give those Siamese an unforgettable lesson."

The colonial governor is an admiral. Of course, he will not let the French colonial fleet assume the supporting role. The fleet has also made great efforts to perform well in this war. Let the French people see the heroic courage of the French navy officers and soldiers.

But just as the colony fleet replenished its ammunition fuel and was about to set sail, a long-range reconnaissance aircraft sent an emergency report. They found a large fleet on the high seas east of Saigon, and they were rapidly approaching the territorial waters of French Indochina Judging from the flags hanging on the ships, it should be the fleet of the Japanese Navy.

Visually, there are two battleships and four cruisers in this fleet, as well as an aircraft carrier and ten destroyers. From their speed and course, it is obvious that some comers are not good.

A combat alert sounded over Saigon Port. No matter whether the supply was completed or not, all the warships in the port set off for emergency. After making some adjustments outside Hong Kong, the French Far East Fleet formed a standard combat formation and bravely greeted the Japanese Fleet at this time, at 2:00 pm on November 10, Hanoi time.

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