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Prince Aida asked with some fear: "But how should we resist the Chinese? Will the noble British Empire send troops in person?"

Barclay thought for a while and said: "We can help you to a certain extent, for example: we will send envoys into Shan State in Myanmar. Judging from the location where Lin Yuan's troops launched the attack, they must have come secretly from Shan State , Shan State is our territory in Myanmar, and we have the right to ask the Chinese to withdraw."

"Also, we will dispatch the main artillery tanks of the British Empire to help you fight!"

Prince Aida's eyes lit up, and said: "The main artillery tanks of the British Empire? Great, I heard that the main artillery tanks are the most powerful in Lin Yuan's army. If the British Empire also gives us main artillery tanks, then this There is hope for a war!"

Barclay nodded confidently, and then said: "Now we must immediately recruit soldiers across the country to defend Siam!"

Aida hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mr. Advisor, is it really okay to recruit troops across the country? Siam has not experienced a war for a long time, and the nationwide conscription may cause quite a commotion."

Barclay said: "We cannot defend Siam without a national conscription!"

Prince Aida still shook his head and said, "Mr. Advisor, I still think it's inappropriate to do so. I hope you can think about it again." The two were arguing when a servant came in with a telegram in his hand and said: " Your Royal Highness, China has sent a telegram via France, please have a look."

Prince Aida said: "Read!"

The attendant nodded and said: "Lin Mouyuan respects His Majesty Chulalongkorn, at [-] o'clock this morning, a part of our army drove away the noble army controlling the Siamese-Lao Highway. This move is intended to prompt the Siamese army to withdraw. Leaving Laos to restore peace, stability and prosperity to the Indochina Peninsula, Lin does not want to see China and Siam fighting each other, and hopes that His Majesty Chulalongkorn will send a special envoy as soon as possible to resolve the Laos issue through negotiations."

Prince Aida let out a sigh of relief after hearing the telegram, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, Lin Yuan didn't want to attack Siam in an all-round way."

Barclay thought for a while, and said: "His Royal Highness, please immediately mobilize your troops to besiege the Linyuan troops on the Old Siam Road. I will immediately contact the Governor of Myanmar and ask him to send a commissioner to Shan State to prompt the indigenous leaders of Shan State to cut off the army." The passage for Lin Yuan's troops to enter the border between Siam and Laos."

Prince Aida then mobilized [-] troops from two nearby provinces and went to the border between Siam and Laos. Barclay returned to the embassy and sent a telegram to the governor of Burma, explaining the situation and situation in Siam and requesting him to dispatch Manual assistance.

Myanmar was originally an independent kingdom, and it has been a vassal state of China for a long time in history. However, since 1824, the British invaded Myanmar. After three Anglo-Myanmar wars, the last feudal dynasty in Myanmar, the Yongjiya Dynasty, perished, and Myanmar was completely destroyed. became a British colony.

The United Kingdom designated Myanmar as a province of British India, so the supreme ruler of Myanmar was called the "provincial governor". This provincial governor was administratively subordinate to the Governor of British India and obeyed the command of the Governor of India.What Barclay didn't expect was that the Governor of Burma would call him back soon. The telegram read: "Myanmar is the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, and the Port of Yangon is the largest port of the empire in Asia except Calcutta and Mumbai in India. port."

"Myanmar is also the empire's largest oil producer and rice exporter in Asia. The output of copper ore, iron ore and tin ore is also in the forefront of Asia. Myanmar is an important lifeline of the empire! We will not rashly provoke China because of Siam, if Burma is occupied by the Chinese, and the loss to the empire will be extremely great!"

Barclay was furious, and cursed in his heart: "I said so many high-sounding reasons, but I'm afraid that I will be in the limelight alone!" Barclay then called the Governor of British India, hoping that the Governor of India would coordinate this matter.

The United Kingdom fell into bureaucratic prevarication and fighting, while the Chinese side began to build roads in Shan State. This order was issued by Lin Yuan himself, so all departments moved very quickly. Yunnan dispatched an engineering team, the 28th Division We dispatched experienced political workers to go deep into the Shan State of Myanmar, giving things to the common people and money to the chieftains, so that the natives of the Shan State did their best to support the engineering team.

While building the road, the transportation team is also intensively transporting ammunition to the front line. Fighting a firepower battle consumes a lot of ammunition. However, with the full support of the natives of Shan State, the ammunition of the three regiments was replenished very quickly. Before the Siamese army was fully mobilized Before, the three regiments had already stockpiled ammunition of three bases.

The situation on the battlefield at this time is: on the Siam side, more than 5 Siamese expeditionary troops are stationed in the area of ​​Luang Prabang City, and more than 2 Siamese troops are gathering towards Dayang Town, hoping to conquer the defense line of Lin Yuan's troops in one fell swoop and regain the Control of the Siamese-Lao Highway; on the Chinese side, the 28th, 250st and 251nd Regiments of the 252th Division were stuck in Dayang Town like a nail, cutting off the connection between the [-] Siamese Expeditionary Force and the country.

Although the number of squadrons is relatively small, the 60th Airborne Division has returned to Yunnan Menglong Military Airport, ready to enter the battlefield from the air at any time. There are many mountains in Myanmar. Under such terrain conditions, the 32nd Airborne Cavalry Division maneuvered by helicopter It seemed powerless.

Lin Yuan was also a little anxious looking at the current situation on the battlefield, because Siam's stance was to fight China to the end, which Lin Yuan didn't want to see. Although Siam is a small country, it is even bigger than Japan. I want to be "mind", but Lin Yuan has always liked to subdue the enemy without fighting, and he doesn't want to crush Siam with a powerful army.

What confused Lin Yuan the most was the 180-degree turn of Chulalongkorn's attitude. Everything before that showed that Chulalongkorn wanted to get close to China, but in the blink of an eye, a telegram sent Chulalongkorn completely into it. He fell into the arms of the British and pretended to fight China to the end. What happened to Chulalongkorn?

This day was October 10. The Siamese government issued a diplomatic statement officially declaring war on China. On the same day, 28 troops counterattacked Dayang Town. Controlling the commanding heights of the mountains, and then deploying firepower points in the middle plain, can cause three-dimensional damage to the attacking troops, so this kind of terrain is extremely difficult to capture.

If it is a well-trained army, when attacking this kind of terrain, you should choose a more advanced highland as the main attack point, concentrate your troops to attack, and other troops should take a defensive position, covering the flanks of the main attacking army with their wings. .

But the Siamese army did not do this. They spread their troops in a single line and attacked high ground and flat ground at the same time. This was simply a target for Lin Yuan's troops.