My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

As for this Luang Phibun Songkham, he is a typical opportunist and a fencer. The reason why he chose to form an alliance with Japan at the beginning was to take care of himself alone.

The purpose of his alliance with Japan is only to preserve the independent status of Siam, and prevent Siam from being fully occupied by the Japanese army like Vietnam and Burma and becoming a colony of other countries.

In order to gain more benefits for Siam, Luang Phi Boon formed an alliance with Japan on the surface, but secretly flirted with Britain and the United States behind Japan's back.

Luang Phibun's "two-faced man" strategy is most in line with Siam's national interests. If Japan wins, Siam will be able to preserve its own independent status.If Britain and the United States win, Siam can also guarantee that it will not be liquidated as a defeated country by Britain and the United States.

In this way, Siam can survive in the cracks between big countries.

With the development of the war situation, the Siamese government agreed that the possibility of Japan's victory was getting smaller and smaller, and the possibility of the Allies led by the United States and Britain becoming more and more likely to win.

Until a while ago, the result of the battle that broke out on the border between Siam and Myanmar’s Zen State, the Japanese army was defeated by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the auxiliary army sent by Siam was hanged, and the destruction of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army completely made Luan Phibun Songkham made up his mind to fall to the Allies.

Although the Siamese government continued to maintain its alliance with Japan on the surface, it secretly strengthened its liaison with the British and American intelligence agencies after the battle, which can be said to show its sloppy face to the fullest.

So when Shouyi in the temple was about to go to Siam for a meeting with him this time, Luang Phibun Songkham quietly disclosed the news of the other party to the Allied Forces, which was also his vote of "repentance and reform". .

In fact, the Japanese have always known a little bit about the Siamese government's small ninety-nine, but because Japan lost the initiative in the Pacific battlefield, its main energy was on guarding the "absolute defense circle". The Japanese authorities have no time to take care of Thailand. Secretly flirting with the United States.

After all, in international relations, people often turn a blind eye and close their eyes. Otherwise, it is not good for anyone to tear their faces. Sometimes mutual benefit is a good thing. He didn't dare to have any disagreements.

The key is that Luang Phibun has done a good job in maintaining the relationship. In order to prevent Japan from seeing that he secretly has contacts with the allies, Siam continued to implement the "Japan-Siam Offensive and Defense Alliance Treaty" on the surface. Most of the things were based on Japan. The will of man is the head.

Just like the opening of the country in resource trade, it also provided sufficient logistical support to the army when Yamashita Fufumi came to Myanmar, and tried his best to make the other side find no faults, so that Japan's interests were satisfied, and he himself was not too big A loss is a win-win.

But the grass on the wall is always the grass on the wall. Who makes people "monkey"? They are smiling on the surface, but they have already started planning a way out in their hearts.

With the acquiescence of the Luang Phibun government, the anti-fascist movement in Siam - the Free Thai movement flourished.

With the support of British and American intelligence agencies, the Free Thailand Movement has formed a nationwide anti-Japanese activity network.

After the expeditionary force officially counterattacked Burma, they kept in touch with the Allied Command in Sri Lanka and Indochina, and quietly passed on Japanese intelligence.He also pointed out the bombing target to the Allied forces, and provided convenience for the Allied forces to bomb the Japanese troops stationed in Siam.

Even in some places where Siam is required to send troops to fight, Luang Phibun will let the troops work without any effort, basically do some logistical maintenance work, and try to avoid directly fighting the allies.

The Free Thai Movement transported British and American officers through secret channels, helped the Free Thai Movement train armed guerrillas, and often rescued allied parachute pilots in Siam and transported them out of the country.

When Fang Jingyao entered Western Yunnan from Malaysia to seek help, it was through the Siamese line and the help of some local anti-Japanese armed forces.

As a result, the Southeast Asian Self-Rescue Army also entered Siam to fight guerrillas later, and there were many of them secretly supported by the Luang Phibun government to fuel the flames.

In fact, most of the arms that Liao Mingyu engaged in earlier were sold to Siam and used on these guerrillas.

His thoughts gradually withdrew from reverie, and Liao Mingyu was so preoccupied that he had to re-examine the current battlefield situation in his mind.

The move of Shou in the temple can be said to be a dangerous move. Liao Mingyu knew the attitude and reality of the Siamese government as a latecomer. The old devil has lived most of his life and has become a man. How can he not know the attitude of Siam?

But this old devil who is about to enter the ground still has to toss about it, and he won't just put the treasure on the Siamese government.

You must know that there is still a fourth division in Siam that is almost fully staffed. Although the consistent slick chicken thief has caused headaches for previous commanders, it is undeniable that its combat effectiveness is still quite sturdy.

Moreover, Terauchi Shouichi had served as the commander of the Fourth Division before, and he was the main instigator of the "Osaka go-stop incident" that was raging in Japan at that time.

The cause of the "Osaka go-stop incident" was that the soldiers of the Fourth Division drove through a red light in the downtown area and were stopped by the police. The two sides fought and injured each other.

But the old devil in the temple was very protective of the calf. Under the banner of maintaining the majesty of the Imperial Japanese Army, he resolutely led the soldiers of the Fourth Division to smash the police station, and finally made a fuss to the cabinet. It was the emperor who came forward to calm the matter.

The soldiers of the Fourth Division admired and respected such an officer who "loves soldiers like sons", not to mention that he is still a general of the emperor and the former commander-in-chief of the Southern Army.

With the blessing of these identities, even if the people of Osaka are assholes, they will not dare to be presumptuous in front of the temple, nor will they steal and play tricks like before.

In addition, Vietnam has been reduced to a small Japanese colony since 42. The Japanese army has been operating there for a long time. At this stage, there are also four B divisions stationed, and some troops have been ripped off from the Philippines to rest.

If Terauchi Shouyi put all his eggs in one basket and integrated all these troops to the border between Siam and Burma, then the expeditionary force would be in big trouble.

Now the main forces of the entire army are concentrated in southern Myanmar, and the rear has insufficient troops and is relatively empty.

Moreover, the logistics line of the army is basically concentrated on the railway line south of Mandalay and Heihe base. Once attacked, the logistics of the 10,000+ people on the front line will be threatened, so the importance of central Myanmar can be imagined.

The key is that the Heihe base is in Chanbang, and Chanbang province is close to Siam. Once the Japanese army finds out, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At that time, even if the base area can withstand the first wave of Japanese attack, Liao Mingyu will not rest assured that the defenders there will face it alone. It is necessary to divide the troops to help, but this will also have a great possibility to cause the battlefield in Yangon and other places to be destroyed. crash.

(End of this chapter)