October 24, 1941, 2:50 a.m.
The night was deep, and on the silent earth, only the dim yellow lights of the truck flickered forlornly, with the occasional cold wind carrying a biting chill.
"General Basong! Our forward troops have breached the port of Phnom Penh!"
Inside the headquarters of the 1st Army Corps, General Prasong Charoenpong, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army, sat behind his desk with a solemn expression.
After listening to the communications officer's words, he nodded slightly: "What about the Phnom Penh fleet? Any news?"
"No! Our men rushed into the port, but they didn't see a single warship, let alone any people," the communications officer reported.
“Hmm…” Basong Charonpong pondered for a moment, then ordered, “Immediately dispatch reconnaissance aircraft to search the entire Phnom Penh Navy and find the Phnom Penh fleet!”
"General, it seems there's been no movement from the Air Force!" the communications officer reminded him.
Upon hearing this, Basong Zhalunpong frowned slightly.
Yes, three telegrams were sent to the Air Force, but no response was received.
It should be noted that the air force is no less important than the army among the three services. It is a behemoth composed of more than a hundred fighter jets of various types. If they cooperate fully, they will definitely be able to find and destroy the Phnom Penh fleet very quickly.
But now, the Air Force is completely ignoring it, as if it has lost all contact.
What exactly happened?
Basong Jalunpong couldn't figure it out, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Just then, the Chief of Staff of the General Staff pushed open the door and entered, walking up to Basong Charonpong and whispering, "Your Excellency Basong, we have just received the Prime Minister's latest instructions—"
Basong Jalunpong immediately perked up: "What instructions?"
The chief of staff handed over the documents in his hand: "The Prime Minister has personally issued an order to allow us to surrender on the spot and await the incorporation of the National League Army."
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Upon hearing the chief of staff's words, Basong Jalunpong's mind went blank.
He certainly understood what this order meant.
Thailand is completely finished!
Although it's hard to admit, this document shows that Thailand is indeed finished.
With its navy and air force annihilated by the National League for Democracy in North Vietnam, and even the capital Bangkok occupied, could there be a worse situation?
In the telegram, Luang Por Boon Somkhon made it very clear that even a hundred Thais would not be a match for them.
"General Basong..."
Seeing that Basong Jalunpong's expression was uncertain, the chief of staff couldn't help but ask cautiously, "How do you think this order should be carried out?"
What do you think?
Basong Charonpong glared at him irritably. "It was all Ho Chi Minh and Liang Minghua who instigated the Prime Minister. If it weren't for the two of them, how could the Prime Minister have made such a wrong decision and ended up in this situation?"
"Shoot them both!"
"This..." The chief of staff hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said, "I'm afraid this is not quite appropriate?"
Basong Jalunpong scoffed, “What’s wrong with that? We can easily shift the blame to the dead. After all, the Prime Minister’s life is more important than anything else.”
“That’s true.” The chief of staff sighed softly and nodded. “Then I’ll go and relay your orders.”
Basong Charonpong waved and watched the chief of staff leave before turning back to his seat and taking out a cigar to calm his nerves.
A few minutes later, two gunshots rang out outside.
Hu Zhiming and Liang Minghua died without ever understanding what they had done wrong.
Subsequently, Prasong Charoenpong issued an order for the Thai army to surrender on the spot, and the more than 600,000 troops immediately gave up resistance.
This so-called surprise attack has now come to an end.
……………………
At 10:00 AM, at the headquarters building of the China Democratic League in Laizhou.
Lin Feng had just returned from the prisoner-of-war camp. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Chen Sanyuan running towards him with several telegrams in his hand.
"Chairman, great news!" Chen Sanyuan said excitedly, his face beaming. "Thai Prime Minister Luang Por Boon Somkham has signed the surrender order, and now the whole of Thailand is under our control!"
"Oh?" Lin Feng asked with a smile, "So it went so smoothly?"
"Smooth sailing? It's a huge success!" Chen Sanyuan excitedly handed several telegrams to Lin Feng, saying, "Li Wenhui sent a telegram inquiring whether to invite them to join the China Democratic League, or..."
Lin Feng took the telegram, glanced at it, and casually tossed it onto the table, saying indifferently, "From the moment Luang Por Boon Songkhram chose to be the sixth son, his country ceased to exist."
"Bring me the map."
Soon, Lin Feng and Chen Sanyuan sat down in the office and began to study the map carefully.
"Cambodia is relatively small, with a land area of only 181,000 square kilometers, while Laos and northern Vietnam are 236,800 square kilometers and 331,000 square kilometers, respectively."
Lin Feng pointed to two places on the map and said to Chen Sanyuan, "In the future, Cambodia will be the main force for southward expansion, and Laos will be the main force for westward expansion, so... I have decided to incorporate the entire territory of Thailand, which is 513,000 square kilometers, into Cambodia's territory."
"As for the more than 600,000 troops, they will be divided into three parts, to be shared by North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. If any soldiers or civilians rebel, they will be suppressed directly."
What do you think?
Lin Feng looked up at Chen Sanyuan, who quickly shook his head.
"President, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
Chen Sanyuan frowned. "Laos has no coastline, so what? We should give them a few ports too. It's not like they're constantly being ridiculed for having only two out of their three services: army, navy, and navy..."
"I know."
Lin Feng interrupted him: "Don't worry, it won't be long before that kid Shen He has his own port, and... he'll also have a territory no smaller than Thailand."
"Really?"
Chen Sanyuan's eyes widened.
Lin Feng rolled his eyes at him. "Nonsense, would I lie to you about this?"
"Very good!"
Chen Sanyuan was so excited he danced around, "When the time comes, I guarantee I'll drink all of Chen He's hidden stash of wine, hahaha..."
Lin Feng was speechless; this guy was simply an alcoholic.
Soon, news that the Thai army had been divided up by three countries and that its territory had been annexed by Cambodia shocked the international community.
This time, the US did not issue a condemnation because they had already seen the powerful war potential of the three countries controlled by the National League for Democracy.
In particular, when they learned that the Vietnamese fleet had sixty aircraft carriers, they dared not make any further moves.
As for China, it remained very low-key and made no reaction whatsoever, as if nothing had happened.
Meanwhile, both the Allied and Axis powers secretly dispatched observation teams to northern Vietnam, hoping to win over this formidable adversary to their side.
Even though Vietnam had already declared war on the Axis powers, Hans still took a huge risk and sent people over.
They sent their ambassador to Japan, Thomas Schultz, partly to gather intelligence on Japan's situation, and partly to use this opportunity to build friendship with North Vietnam and persuade it to rescind its declaration of war.
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