I want to be emperor

Chapter 818 Dissatisfied officers
The Temporary Third Mixed Brigade of the Guards, escorted by the Guards Fleet, went south. It first passed through the Guangdong Hong Kong Navy for some supplies, and then went straight to Nanyang and arrived at the Cam Ranh Bay Naval Base in Hue Province.

Adaptive training in the tropical rainforest area is carried out here, while waiting for the arrival of a series of follow-up supplies, etc., and waiting for the mobilization of other friendly troops.

After all, in this war, the army is the main force, and the guards... they are here to take credit.

The army's transfer is actually simpler, and there is no need for adaptive training. After all, the army's mobilized troops this time are originally oriented to the Nanyang region, and the subjects of the perennial training are combat in the tropical rainforest region.

Whether it is the Eighth Division in the direction of Yunnan or the No.14 Division in the Malacca area, they are also standard tropical mountain divisions, and their weapons and equipment are mainly lightweight.

In particular, their artillery is basically not equipped with heavy plain field guns, but with lightweight field guns and howitzers.

Even the smoothbore musket is a tropical 23-year percussion gun produced by Liangguang Weapons Company. Compared with standard muskets, this musket has a shorter barrel and better corrosion resistance. It is widely used in the Marine Corps, Southeast Asia and other countries. Garrisons in India, Africa and other places.

On the contrary, the overseas troops stationed in the Americas use the same standard version of the flash cap percussion gun as the local area.

The usual training and equipment are prepared for these two first-class divisions in the Nanyang region. There is no need for any adaptive training or additional equipment, and there is even no need to redo the detailed combat plan, because They themselves have a series of predetermined battle plans.

Therefore, the two first-class divisions directly ordered to go down together, and they could start to act immediately.

The No.30 Seventh Division stationed in Hue is a second-class standing division. In peacetime, this division only maintains the main frame and combat personnel, as well as some troops in combat readiness. If the entire division is to operate on a large scale, it needs to Add enough auxiliary personnel, mainly logistics personnel, mules and horses, etc.

However, the reserves of weapons, equipment and ammunition are also very sufficient. It only needs to transfer a few thousand auxiliary personnel and a few thousand logistics mules and horses, and basically it can directly change from the standing state to the combat readiness state.

The second-class divisions and first-class divisions of the Great Chu Empire are actually exactly the same in terms of organization, tactics and equipment, and the main difference is the auxiliary personnel and mules.

In other words, a first-class division can be dispatched with full strength at any time, while a second-class division can only dispatch about a mixed regiment of troops immediately, and the entire division can only be dispatched by urgently replenishing auxiliary personnel.

But this is only limited to mobile operations, but local defensive operations. If long-distance maneuvers are not required, the actual impact will not be great.

The mobilization of the No.30 Seventh Division will not be very troublesome. In order to move out quickly and avoid too many negative situations, such as letting the impact of the war affect the civilians, the Army did not even mobilize the No.30 Seventh Division. Mobilization in the true sense.

Instead, some of the garrison troops of the C-class divisions in Hue Province and Thang Long Province were transferred nearby to supplement them with active-duty troops.

We can't just mobilize partly and start recruiting veterans just because we are fighting against two indigenous countries, or recruit recruits urgently. This will have too much impact.

The army's preparations were quick, the preparations were complete and the date of attack was finalized, and the guards and navy were also notified.

According to a series of combat plans, the army's large-scale military operations need to wait for the troops of the Guards to land and station in Bangkok, and the troops of the Marine Corps to land and station in Dagon to ensure the safety of these two colonies in the hinterland of the enemy's territory and contain them. After the enemy has a certain strength, the army will launch a large-scale attack from the border.

Therefore, the overall military operation, strictly speaking, was first launched by the Guards and Navy.

On December 26, the eve of the Spring Festival in the cold winter, the third temporary brigade of the Guards left Cam Ranh Bay under the escort of the Guards fleet and began to head for Bangkok.

At the same time, the Navy's fleet also escorted their [-]th Marine Regiment to Dagon.

After several days of sailing, on the second day of the Lunar New Year in the 34th year of Chengshun, the Guards soldiers who had spent the Spring Festival on board arrived in Bangkok and landed.

The large-scale landing of the Chu army in Bangkok increased the number of troops, so the Kingdom of Siam was vigilant!

Although the Bangkok area has been ceded to the Great Chu Empire, the Great Chu Empire can legally and reasonably station troops in the Bangkok area.

But usually, the Chu State only garrisoned a thousand people in this place, and when the number was small, there were even a few hundred people.

Now 5000 people came all at once, and many of them arrived with warships. The Kingdom of Siam was naturally very worried about this.

While trying to get in touch with the Chu people, asking and testing the purpose of the Chu people's move, they also stepped up their guard.

Chu's unusual troop deployment made them very worried.

In fact, they were not wrong to worry.

When their envoys came to inquire, the Minister of the Fan Affairs Department of the Ministry of Ethics and Education of the Great Chu Empire was stationed in Bangkok, and the envoy with full power to handle the affairs of the Siamese clan officially submitted the letter of credence to the Kingdom of Siam.

On the pretext that a non-existent caravan was killed in the Kingdom of Siam, he demanded that the Kingdom of Siam release military control, allow the Great Chu Empire to send troops to investigate, and at the same time demand that the Kingdom of Siam hand over the murderer, and strictly deal with the ineffective handling of the matter A group of senior officials of the Kingdom of Siam... This list almost wiped out all the senior officials of the powerful faction in the Kingdom of Siam.

Then he asked the Kingdom of Siam to cede a large area of ​​territory... This large area refers to more than 80.00% of the territory in the Kingdom of Siam, leaving only a small amount of poor areas in the northeast of the Kingdom of Siam.

The Great Chu Empire never expected the Kingdom of Siam to agree to this letter of credence...

In short, it is to tell the Kingdom of Siam clearly that we are coming to beat you and annex most of your rich territories. Next, you can figure it out. If you don’t resist, give your royal family some dignity and get you a Protected areas and the like continue to live.

If you resist, you will never be left behind... Your royal family will be destroyed in a short time.

After the royal family of the King of Siam received the letter of credence from the Great Chu Empire, the whole country panicked...

Up to the royal family, down to the many nobles and ministers, everyone is panicking... What should I do?
The royal family has actually seriously considered this series of conditions, why?Because they can't fight anyway, but if they accept the conditions, the royal family can still leave some private plots, and the survival of the royal family can be guaranteed.

But those noble ministers disagree... This list almost wiped out all the powerful people in their Siamese kingdom.

The Kingdom of Siam is gone, so don’t worry about it... So regardless of what the royal family thinks, even if these noble ministers know that they cannot be defeated, they are not willing to be captured without a fight.

So they strongly support the recalcitrant...

Of course, this is only on the surface!
In fact, on the day they received the letter of credence, several real power factions in the Kingdom of Siam quietly found the envoys of the Chu people, expressing that the Kingdom of Heaven wants to annex the Kingdom of Siam, and we fully support it Ah... definitely won't object.

We have only one trivial request, and that is to implore the Celestial Empire to accept our surrender.

So, on the surface, the Chu State Letter and the official rejection and resistance of the Siam Kingdom... These are just appearances. In fact, a large number of real power factions in the Siam Kingdom are waiting to be the leading party.

As for the state of Chu, if it is said that the other party’s own internal strife, large-scale surrender of the army and the reduction of resistance, it is also willing to quickly destroy the Siamese Kingdom regime with a lower cost and lower casualties, and annihilate and capture them. main force.

So sometimes, the diplomatic slogans between countries are very loud, but it does not represent the actual situation, and the actual situation is more complicated.

After all, the interests are the same between people, and the royal family of Siam and the noble ministers in the Kingdom of Siam are also different. Different.

As far as the Great Chu Empire is concerned, it is not very interested in the survival of the Siamese royal family. Whether it is dead or alive, it is okay.

The same is true for the princes and nobles in the Kingdom of Siam.

The empire didn't care about the life and death of a few indigenous people, and the Great Chu Empire could even accept them if necessary.

If they are of high enough value, the Great Chu Empire can even give them a noble title, allowing them to become Chu people and continue to live happily.

In the early years when the Great Chu Empire dealt with the Mongolian issue, this method was adopted, but the leaders of many Mongolian tribes who voluntarily surrendered basically received preferential treatment from the empire, and the leaders of some large tribes were even awarded earls. Even the Marquis.

When necessary, the Great Chu Empire is still very generous!

Of course, the early stage is necessary!
This is necessary, and it is necessary to show your value.

Where was the value of those Mongolians back then?

It was due to the large number of nomadic cavalry in their hands, and also because the Great Chu Empire was still in the early days of the founding of the country, and the overall cavalry strength was not enough, and it was obvious that infantry and artillery alone could not conquer the grassland.

In order to avoid protracted tug-of-war and high military costs, the top executives of the Great Chu Empire chose to offer a certain price to accept these Mongols, allowing them to integrate into the empire and become Chu people.

But except for the early Mongols, the aboriginals of subsequent countries basically seldom get this treatment.

For example, in the Kazakh Khanate in Central Asia, their tribal leaders did not have such good treatment. They basically fought to the death in the war, and a few fled to the territory of the Russians.

As for other overseas aboriginals, let alone, Chu State basically did not give these overseas aborigines any preferential treatment... because they lacked the strength to fight against Chu State, and could not bring any benefits to Chu State.

This can accept your surrender, spare your life, and grant household registration to the activists, which is already very good... The fate of most of the indigenous people is to die on the battlefield, or be expelled, and some were arrested captive!
You, a real power faction of an indigenous country or tribe, do not have tens of thousands of troops on hand, and these tens of thousands of troops are not strong enough to cause certain troubles to Chu State, why do you ask Chu State for preferential treatment?Because of your big face?

No matter what, you have to bring certain benefits to the Great Chu Empire, and the Great Chu Empire will give you preferential treatment.

It can't be because you simply surrendered, and then Chu State will accept you, and then give you a preferential treatment of a noble title, right?

It's broad daylight, what are you dreaming about!

Therefore, some real power factions in the Siam Kingdom who wanted to surrender found that traitors could not afford the price...

At the beginning, they had hoped that after they surrendered, they would sell the royal family and other real powers, so that they could buy themselves an official hat, and even hoped to obtain the title of nobility of the Great Chu Empire.

But after getting in touch, I realized... I thought too much.

The envoy told them very clearly that it is possible to surrender, and there are some benefits, such as granting household registration and allowing you to keep certain private assets; if you are not satisfied, we can also give you a gift to leave the country and send you to India or Where in Africa.

But if you want to directly confer an official position... Is it so easy to be an official in the Great Chu Empire?
This has not been reviewed, and you want to be an official without passing the public service examination?
Where do you put the many students in my Great Chu Empire who have studied hard for many years?
As for the title, let alone you, let alone you, even if the king of your family surrenders, it is not certain whether he can get the title.

This traitorous country cannot be sold at the bid price, and the resistance cannot be resisted, what can be done?
What else can I do, I have to sell it if I can't sell it, it's much better than waiting for the Chu army to kill me.

In the future, at any rate, I can get a Chu country household registration and become a Chu country person.

Ever since, after some intensive negotiations, the diplomats of the Department of Confucian Affairs of the Ministry of Ritual and Education of the Great Chu Empire accepted the conditions of 150 household registrations and allowing them to retain a certain amount of private assets. surrender.

The surrender of these people will directly lead to the surrender of the main force of the Kingdom of Siam, about 5 people, that is, the regular army that is all equipped with arms exported from Chu, equipped with matchlock guns, smoothbore guns, plate armor, and spears.

Even these defecting troops of the Siamese Kingdom will cooperate with the Chu army to attack other recalcitrant Siamese troops.

After the negotiation was concluded, the diplomats of the Department of Fan Affairs quickly transferred the relevant situation to the military in Bangkok, that is, Major General Xu Jiaqi, who was in charge of the war here.

Major General Xu Jiaqi, Jinwei, looked at a series of reports handed over by the Secretary of State Affairs about the voluntary surrender of some powerful factions in the Kingdom of Siam, and didn't know what to say...

According to this report, before I started fighting, most of the main force on the other side had already surrendered, including a main force of the Kingdom of Siam around Bangkok.

From Bangkok all the way to the capital of the Kingdom of Siam, there will be basically no military resistance along the way. Only on the capital of the Kingdom of Siam, there will be troops directly controlled by the royal family of about [-] people.

This means... before the war even started, the opponent collapsed directly, and he could reach the outside of their capital directly without firing a single shot.

Well, there is no need to toss and toss, stick to Bangkok and wait for the army to attack first, and you can directly lead your troops to Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam.

It is even possible not to fight, and let those Siamese surrender troops who have surrendered to fight directly.

In war, it is better not to do it yourself or not to do it yourself. After all, there will be losses and casualties in war no matter what.

Let these barbarians beat themselves up.

Immediately, Xu Jiaqi, Major General of the Guards, ordered to lead the Temporary Third Mixed Brigade of the Guards to Ayutthaya City.

At the same time, he ordered to surrender, and the [-] aboriginals in the vicinity of Bangkok and Ayutthaya surrendered to the Chu army to take the lead and attack Ayutthaya.

He also promised in his own name that if he leads the army to capture the city of Ayutthaya and annihilates the enemy army, he can claim credit for some of the surrendered generals leading the army, and maybe he can get a better preferential treatment policy for them at that time.

However, the effect of these surrendered barbarian soldiers besieging Ayutthaya City was not very good.

After all, the more than ten thousand native soldiers controlled by the royal family on the opposite side resisted very stubbornly.

Both of them are also equipped with some matchlock guns, spears, plate armor, and light smoothbore guns imported from Chu State. There is no difference in weapons and equipment!

Although the attacking side has more troops, it does not have the strength advantage required to form an absolute siege, so it cannot be attacked for a long time.

But what really left Major General Xu Jiaqi speechless was when he led more than [-] people from the temporary third mixed brigade of the Guards to the outside of Ayutthaya, ready to personally supervise the battle and let the barbarian indigenous forces continue to attack.

The Siamese royal family in the city sent envoys, expressing their willingness to fully accept a series of conditions previously proposed by the Chu State, and voluntarily stated that they not only accepted the original conditions, but they were also willing to give up the territory in the northeast region, and the Siamese royal family was willing to give up the throne , to completely dedicate the entire Kingdom of Siam, just to be a courtier of the Great Chu Empire...

Well, after the surrender, the empire will give you a viscount, no, the title of baron will do.

If the title is difficult, it’s fine if you don’t want it. You give me a household registration, and I will be an ordinary citizen of the Great Chu Empire... If it’s not possible, you treat me like a fart, and I will go to India and Africa. !
In short, as long as you save my life, everything else is easy to talk about!
That's right... they just handed over the whole country, not even the throne and the reserved land, what a fart... You can't stop them from surrendering, right?

Only in this way, the experimental training plan of the Third Temporary Brigade of the Guards, and the plan to practice new weapons and new tactics completely fell through... After all, until the Siamese royal family completely surrendered, they hadn't even fought out for a while. What about particle bombs?

At best there was an armed march and the war was declared over...

This disappointed Major General Xu Jiaqi Jinwei!

The army was even more disappointed... because the army's strength had not yet begun to move, and the Kingdom of Siam announced its complete surrender.

What is this?
Many officers of the No.14 Division and the No.30 Seventh Division were very upset about this. How can you surrender without fighting this battle?
What if you surrendered and lost my military exploits?
And now because the troops of these two divisions have not been dispatched, let alone military exploits, Nima can't even earn a military marching qualification.

Losing big!
However, the thoughts of the officers at the grassroots level obviously cannot shake the thoughts of the upper echelon. Since the opposite party voluntarily surrenders, and it is almost an unconditional surrender, they cannot be stopped from surrendering, so the newly appointed governor of Siam has begun to deal with the follow-up series. Transactions, such as gradual takeover, eviction, resettlement.

What the Great Chu Empire accepted was the surrender of the Siamese king and some powerful factions. For these people, the empire would grant them household registration and accept them. Low-level titles, low-level official positions and so on.

However, the Great Chu Empire did not say that it would accept all Siamese, let alone grant imperial household registration to all Siamese. At most, it would leave them a reserved land...the place has been selected, in the northeast of India area.

The Secretary of Feudal Affairs felt that there were quite a lot of natives in India anyway, and it shouldn't be a big problem to drive the Siamese natives there now.

As for how these Siamese survive after they go to India and what conflicts and conflicts will arise with the local Indians, this is the internal affairs of the indigenous people.

The Great Chu Empire has never interfered in the internal affairs of the natives!
At most, sell them some guns and plate armor!
(End of this chapter)