Expedition to Europe

It is said that they can let go, but the whole process is still long.

The efficiency of the Siamese army is too low. After leaving the city, the Siamese did not launch an attack immediately, but lined up outside the city gate.

There were tens of thousands of people, and they were like sheep herding. It took more than half an hour to line up. Then a general began to give a speech. After more than ten minutes, a group of monks came out and began to perform a ceremony similar to praying before the war.

Siam is a standard Buddhist country. The status of monks in Siam is quite respected. In general Siamese cities, the most magnificent buildings are often not government agencies but temples. Praying before the war is also a tradition of Siam.

In fact, it is the same in Lan Fang. There are also military chaplains in the Lan Fang army, but the biggest role of this chaplain is not to pray, but to play a role similar to a psychologist. If Lan Fang officers and soldiers have any psychological problems, they often need chaplains to come forward.

Of course, the Lan Fang army advocated multi-skills, and priests could also be used as military doctors at critical moments. When it really came to a critical moment, priests could also take up arms and go to the battlefield.

The Siamese monks were obviously monks. They held various instruments, chanted scriptures and circled in front of the army, and then retreated to Bangkok.

While the Siamese were holding pre-war ceremonies, Zheng Lingfeng and his men were ready.

Speaking of which, there was a flaw here. Griffin did not send too many troops to besiege Bangkok. It was just a brigade of more than 8,000 people. This number of people was really a bit stretched in terms of military strength to besiege a large city with a population of 500,000.

The concept of cities at this time was different from that in the 21st century. Generally speaking, the population of cities in the Republic of China was larger, and there were many cities with a population of one million. But if you go to Southeast Asia, or even in Europe, let alone a million people, a city of 500,000 people is already a big city, and one in a country is considered good.

In the whole of Siam, only Bangkok has a total population of more than 500,000 people. Other places such as Phitsanulok and Pattaya have only tens of thousands of people.

The more favorable side is that the Marine Corps does not need to surround Bangkok, but only needs to take care of three directions.

Bangkok is close to the sea in the south, and the sea direction is under the responsibility of the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet, which is not within the responsibility of the Marine Corps. Because of the Chao Phraya River on the road, the Marine Corps actually only needs to take care of two directions.

Even in two directions, the troops are still insufficient, so when Zheng Lingfeng found that the Siamese had left the city, he only managed to get four companies with less than 500 people.

It was almost enough. Facing the Siamese with a mess of equipment and training levels, Zheng Lingfeng might have difficulty in annihilating all these 10,000 people, but it was not difficult to withstand the attack of the Siamese.

Zheng Lingfeng's confidence is not on land, but on the sea.

After the telegram for help was sent, two destroyers appeared on the sea south of Bangkok. If necessary, they would use 150mm naval guns to provide fire support on the other side, which was enough to make Zheng Lingfeng invincible.

No matter how long the road is, it will eventually come to an end.

Even if the Siamese procrastinated, they finally launched an attack when the sun was about to hit noon.

Just like in the last world war, teams of Siamese soldiers lined up in crooked queues, holding rifles with bayonets already fixed, marching with trembling steps, and launching a group charge towards the Marine Corps' position accompanied by the rhythm of military drums.

This tactic dominated the previous centuries, but after 1917, this tactic had disappeared. The extensive use of machine guns and the dense deployment of artillery were enough to defeat all group charges.

The problem is that the Siamese did not participate in the World War. Rama VI, who was cautiously trying to survive between Britain and France, did not even send observers to Europe during the World War in order to show that he had no ambitions. This made the Siamese military's understanding of war remain at the level of ten years ago. They had no idea what the objective world was like now, nor did they know what level of technology had reached now.

It is understandable that a country that makes a living by growing rice all day long could have any ambitions?

The Marine Corps is now equipped with the Type 20 improved general-purpose machine gun. In front of these machine guns, the human wave tactics have no meaning.

Even so, Zheng Lingfeng was still very alert and prepared to deal with the Siamese attack.

At a distance of one thousand meters, the Siamese entered the attack range of the heavy machine gun, but Zheng Lingfeng did not issue an order; at 600 meters, which was the attack range of the light machine gun, Zheng Lingfeng still did not issue an order until the Siamese front line entered 300 meters, and then Zheng Lingfeng ordered an attack.

300 meters away, this is within the best range of the B-2 rifle. According to the instructions issued with the rifle, at this distance, the B-2 rifle can exert its maximum power.

Accompanying the dense gunfire, there was the rapid firing of 12 80mm mortars equipped by four companies. These mortars are even more powerful against infantry, and their harvesting efficiency is no worse than that of heavy machine guns.

To be honest, the whole battle process is really unremarkable. It is more like a massacre than a battle.

The original text is available at Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Under the joint attack of the Lanfang people and the French, the Siamese were already frightened birds. The fall of a large area of ​​land made the Siamese lose their morale. The Marine Corps' siege without attack made the Siamese soldiers in Bangkok live in the shadow of war all day long, which made this battle without any suspense.

When the Marine Corps' heavy machine guns opened fire, the Siamese, who had not seen the power of heavy machine guns, could still maintain the stability of the charge line, but when the mortar shells fell in pieces, the psychological defense of the Siamese soldiers finally collapsed.

Artillery is indeed the king of war. The 80mm mortar used by the Lan Fang Marine Corps has a fragmentation grenade weighing about 3.5 kilograms. The effective killing range of the shell is about ten meters. Within the range of ten meters, each shell will shatter into no less than 200 fragments. The killing efficiency is really unparalleled in infantry support weapons.

When the mortar shells exploded in the Siamese line, each shell could basically create a no-man's land of about 30 meters in radius. People outside the explosion range were better, and they could finally see their eyebrows and eyes. Those in the center of the explosion were extremely miserable, with blood stains and looked like they were no longer human.

The impact of such a battle scene on the Siamese soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse was self-evident. Almost immediately, those Siamese soldiers who were able to maintain their charging posture just now all turned around and ran away, ignoring the cries of the wounded and the extended shooting of the heavy machine guns behind them.

As for the officers on the front line, they either fell under the sniper fire of the precision shooters at the first time, or turned around and ran away. No one performed their duties at all.

Such an army really cannot assume the responsibility of defending the country.