Chapter 357: Chinese Expeditionary Force Thailand Campaign (2)
The Chinese ** team suddenly launched an attack from the southern front. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, his heavy troops were gathered in Bangkok. Otherwise, he would have been fooled by the Chinese and transferred his troops to the northern front. He would not have been able to cry. Lieutenant General Nakamura still used the old trick, letting the Thais die in front and delaying the Chinese troops to the maximum extent. So the Thai troops in Cha'an and Biwuli were ordered to strictly guard their positions and not to retreat without orders.
Cha-an, the defense zone of the Thai 1st Army, three divisions of the Chinese Armored Army attacked north along the highway on the peninsula. Lieutenant General Norikang, commander of the Thai army, built a solid fortification group in Cha-an in an attempt to resist the Chinese troops.
More than a hundred tanks under the command of Commander Jiang Weiguo of the 1st Armored Division attacked Cha-an in a mighty manner. In front of the Antai Army's defense line, those Thai Army soldiers were guarding the fortifications with 38-gun guns. Suddenly, they felt the ground tremble, and the sound of a tank engine was faintly heard in their ears.
Curious Thai soldiers looked out from the lookout holes. It didn¡¯t matter if they didn¡¯t look. When they saw it, these Thai soldiers couldn¡¯t help but have cramps in their calves. It was so dusty outside that the long gray steel dragon could barely be seen.
Before the Thai soldiers could understand, "Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boo, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom." The Thai soldiers felt their ears buzzing and their eyes filled with smoke.
The Thai army usually only maintains law and order, and is not equipped with artillery at all, let alone anti-tank weapons. The Thai army has rarely seen the kind of garbage tanks used by the Japanese army.
¡°Nowadays, Chinese tanks are much larger than Japanese tanks, with thick armor and powerful artillery. Thai officers and soldiers have no courage to fight anymore.
Before the Chinese tanks could rush into the Thai army¡¯s position, almost all the Thai officers and soldiers abandoned their bunkers and other bunkers and ran backwards. The Chinese tanks opened full throttle and chased with all their might.
Seeing the charging Chinese tanks, the Thai soldiers squatted on the ground, holding their heads with their hands raised, and throwing their guns on the ground. The leading tank regiment left one tank behind to guard the prisoners. The tank-mounted machine gunner pointed the muzzle of Wudongdong at the Thai soldiers squatting on the ground.
The Thai soldiers were much more honest than the Japanese soldiers. They put down their guns without thinking of resisting. Soon, interesting scenes appeared on the battlefield. Every few miles, there is a Chinese tank guarding one to two hundred Thai soldiers.
So, the tanks at the back started slowly, escorting the Thai soldiers to gather at the holding point in front. When the two people and horses gathered at the two places, the two tanks then escorted the prisoners to gather at the prisoner point in front.
The tanks of the three armored divisions opened on full throttle, taking in Thai prisoners of war and approaching Biwuli City. The defender of Biwuli was Lieutenant General Kunxin, commander of the Thai Army's Second Army. Lieutenant General Kunxin was a pro-Japanese Thai general who strictly carried out the orders of the Japanese army.
The Thai troops who retreated from Cha-an just approached the defense area of ????Bi Wuli and were shot mercilessly by General Kun Xin's soldiers, forcing these defeated soldiers to not dare to enter the city and retreat around the outer areas of the city.
General Kun Xin strictly ordered the troops not to abandon their positions without authorization, otherwise they would be shot on the spot. The officers on the front line were silent and had no choice but to bite the bullet and stick to their positions.
Three divisions of the Chinese armored force advanced hand in hand. More than 400 tanks rolled up the sky and approached the Thai military defense area in Biwuuli. Commander Vendila's third division defended the outermost position. In the absence of anti-tank weapons, the division commander used his brains and planted mines all along the front of the position.
The leading tank in the attack just rushed into the minefield, and its huge steel body exploded a mine. The track of the tank was blown off, and the Chinese tank immediately stopped moving forward. A tank behind it dragged out the tank that hit the mine.
Division Commander Jiang Weiguo learned that the attack ahead was blocked. Once he understood the situation, it turned out that the Thai Army had laid mines at the front. Master Jiang frowned, thinking about it. He mobilized the division's only five fire-breathing tanks and aimed them at the front of the Thai army's position to spray flames.
All the tanks retreated more than 500 meters, and the fire-breathing tanks sprayed fire dragons at the front. The napalm adhered strongly to the ground, and the flames burned the earth. The fire-breathing tanks quickly evacuated to safety.
Not long after, the fierce flames detonated landmines one after another. The violent explosions splashed flames onto the Thai army's position, and the Thai army's position was suddenly a sea of ??fire.
The Thai troops in the trenches were forced to dodge in all directions by the splashing flames. Commander Huang Wei left the 1st Armored Division to deal with the 3rd Division of the Thai Army in Biwuuli, while the other two armored divisions avoided the 3rd Division's defense area and attacked on both wings.
The positions of the Thai Fourth and Fifth Divisions on the flanks were breached by Chinese tanks, and the two armored divisions quickly advanced in depth. The Thai army had no time to reorganize its defense line and watched the Chinese tanks rumble away.
The position of Major General Venradi of the Third Division was hit after the fire abated slightly.Chinese tanks easily broke through the position. The Third Division of the Thai Army was forced to abandon its position and watched as Chinese tanks passed through its position and charged in depth.
When Commander Biwuli Kunxin heard the news, the forward position was broken through in less than two hours. He felt his eyes go dark and he shook a few times before he stabilized his body.
There were only the direct troops of the Second Army in Biwuli city, plus an infantry regiment¡¯s battle reserve. General Kunxin stubbornly ordered to close the city gate and prepare for a bloody battle with the Chinese Army.
The Chinese troops of three armored divisions broke through the perimeter and arrived at Biwuli City in just forty minutes. About four hundred tanks rumbled toward the area along the coastline on the right side of the city.
General Kun Xin, who was in the city, breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Chinese army was not preparing to attack the city, but was going to surround it from outside the city. The Thai army retreated at the first line of defense, and there was no time to establish subsequent lines of defense. There were only a small number of troops in the coastal area. Hundreds of Chinese tanks swarmed forward, and the Thai army retreated without a fight.
The armored force bypassed the city of Biwuli from the coastal area and went straight into Bangkok. When the Chinese tanks rolled across the eastern coast of Bifuli, General Kun Xin suddenly felt that something was wrong. The Chinese ** team is going to rely on the armor's rapid assault to break away from the city it is defending and go straight to the rear.
Knowing this, General Kun Xin was powerless. His infantry division was completely scattered and it would take time to assemble the troops. Not to mention how two legs can run over steel tracks.
His infantry division had just withdrawn from the second line of defense and had not yet established a foothold. The infantry of the Youth Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, transported by cars, also arrived outside Biwuli City. The Chinese ** team took advantage of the Thai ** team's unsteady foothold and rushed fiercely. The position of the Thai Second Army was completely overwhelmed.
A large number of Thai soldiers rushed into the city in a panic. Many soldiers did not know what was going on and just followed the soldiers in front.
The Chinese soldiers with submachine guns chased and beat the Thai soldiers. The commander of the Biwu Li city defense force, Colonel Chazhu, the commander of the security regiment, watched the defeated soldiers retreating into the city like a tide. There was loud gunfire from behind, and they could be heard from a distance. I saw groups of Chinese soldiers chasing after me.
Colonel Zhao quickly ordered the city gate to be closed. The soldiers closing the city gate were collided by the retreating Thai soldiers and could not close the city gate for a while. The city defense commander was furious and ordered shots to suppress the defeated soldiers.
Three heavy machine guns fired fiercely at the city gate, and dense bullets were shot at the defeated Thai soldiers who rushed into the city. For a moment, the ground was filled with wailing, and the land at the city gate was dyed red with blood.
With tears in his eyes, the heavy machine gunner pulled the trigger cruelly, and a string of bullets that should have been fired at the victim hit his own body like raindrops. The defeated Thai troops outside the city were shocked. They never dreamed that the defenders inside the city actually opened fire on their own people. For a time, a large group of defeated soldiers evaded bullets on both sides of the city gate.
The city defenders took the opportunity to close the city gate. The moment the defenders closed the city gate, they could hear the heart-rending crying of the Thai soldiers outside the city, and the sound of continuous beating of the city gate.
The colonel who checked the register stared dissatisfied at the soldiers who were sighing secretly. "Why are you still stunned? Hurry up and block the city gate with sandbags to prevent the Chinese from rushing in." The Thai soldiers hurriedly went to work.
The Thai soldiers outside the city heard the sound of gunfire like fried beans from behind, and a large number of defeated soldiers continued to run towards the city gate. They woke up as if from a dream. They could not enter the city and could only walk along the outside of the city. Defeated.
The cheering crowd of defeated soldiers ran towards both sides of the city wall. Before they could get very far, they heard fierce gunshots in front of them. It turned out that the Chinese Expeditionary Force dispatched two battalions and took cars to the east and west areas outside Biwuli City. The two main roads in the west occupied the terrain and temporarily built blocking positions.
This small village to the east is a small fishing village on the seaside. A small road leading to Bangkok passes through the fishing village. Chang Qikun, commander of the Youth Army Infantry Battalion, led his battalion to stop the defeated Thai army here.
As soon as we selected the heavy machine gun positions and mortar positions, the defeated Thai army came over. These defeated soldiers were all panting and sparse. His clothes were in disarray, his helmet was thrown away, and his rifle was slung across his neck.
The Thai soldiers never expected that there would be Chinese soldiers running in front of them. When they saw a small fishing village in front of them, the defeated soldiers' eyes lit up and they quickly mustered up their courage to rest in the fishing village in front.
Looking at the Thai soldiers who were getting closer and closer, the Thai soldiers on the blocking position, camouflaged with leaves on their heads, all stared wide-eyed and did not dare to express their anger. 50 meters away, Battalion Commander Chang pointed his submachine gun at the first few Thai soldiers, pulled the trigger, and fired in bursts. The three Thai soldiers didn't know where the bullets came from, and one of them was shot in the chest. Big hole, fell to the ground.
Almost at the same time, three companies of Chinese soldiers opened fire from three positions on the left, center and right. A large number of unsuspecting Thai soldiers fell down, wailing loudly.
The Thai soldiers who reacted immediately fell to the ground and fired back with 38-guns. Just fired two shotsThe Thai soldiers were so overwhelmed by the bullets fired from the opposite side that they could not lift their heads.
The Thai soldiers were lying on the ground, and their ears were filled with the sound of continuous shooting from automatic weapons, "quack, quack, beep, beep, beep, beep." Suddenly, a familiar scream came through the air, "Shhhhhhh". "Get out of the way, it's a mortar shell!" the Thai soldiers shouted one after another.