Chapter 61: The Thai Army
Shozo Riverbe issued an order to "requisition grain" from the Burmese people, but everyone understood what this so-called "requisition of grain" meant, so the suppressed desire of the Japanese army was quickly released and out of control.
In the eyes of the Burmese people, the Japanese soldiers who came to rescue them suddenly changed...... In the past, the Japanese army would say that Japan and Burma were friendly, would help the people and even distribute candy to children, but now they take whatever they see, and if they dare to stop it, they will immediately be punched and kicked, and when they encounter rough Japanese soldiers, they will simply shoot and kill.
This is not bad, the Japanese army did not dare to do too much in the city...... This is the experience of the Japanese army in colonizing other places, such as Korea and Taiwan, and the Japanese army itself has to live in the city, and if the people in the city are killed ruthlessly, it will be not conducive to the long-term garrison of the Japanese army, and second, it will cause a considerable backlash.
As a result, the villages in the countryside suffered, and as soon as the Japanese army left the city, they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil, and there were more and more massacres of villages.
These are all in the eyes of the Burmese people and the Burmese Independence Volunteers, but they dare not speak out.
Among them, especially the Burmese Independence Volunteers, on the one hand, they have to bear the reproach and pressure of the people and their relatives, and on the other hand, they have to bow and beat in front of the Japanese, knowing that the Japanese have done all the bad things, they can only pretend to be confused...... The people of the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army know very well that they now have only more than 20,000 people, and the vast majority of the more than 20,000 people have only developed after the Japanese army came in a few months ago, and their military quality is not to mention, and even the rifles and ammunition are supplied by the Japanese, which will make them no match for the Japanese at all.
But in the end, the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army fell out with the Japanese army.
It was not the Japanese army and the Burmese Independence Volunteers who were willing to break through this layer...... After all, the more than 20,000 people of the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army still have use value, since the Burmese Independent Volunteer Army is unwilling to turn its face, then Hebian Zhengsan is also happy to continue to use them, even if the heart is in Cao Ying, it doesn't matter if the heart is in Han, it can be fought and let them rush to the front as cannon fodder.
So. If this development continues, the Japanese army may not really have any major trouble with the Burmese Independence Volunteers. But there is a third party here, and this third party is Thailand.
Speaking of Thailand, this guy was famous in World War II, and his Prime Minister Luang Phibun was quoted as saying: "Whichever side is defeated in the war, which side is our enemy".
At this time, the Axis of Evil was overwhelmed on all battlefields, and the Japanese army could almost be said to have no opponent in the Asian battlefield, so of course Thailand joined the Axis of Evil to side with the Japanese army (Note: Thailand declared war on Britain and the United States on January 25, 1942, officially joining the Axis side).
Many people know that the Axis of Evil in World War II was Germany, Japan, Italy, and few people have heard that Thailand was also a member of the Axis of Evil.
This is partly because Thailand's military is too strong to fight. The Thai army only helped the Japanese army to see prisoners or help deliver supplies, and rarely had the opportunity to go to war...... But it's been on the battlefield and won.
This victory was in the first Burma Campaign, Gan Lichu deployed his 93rd Division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, on the Burma-Thai border, where there would be basically no enemy to attack, but he didn't expect that there would really be an enemy on the Burma-Thailand border, that is, the Thai army.
At this time, the Thai army was a nationwide army, with planes and artillery, but it could not shake the position of the 93rd Division...... The 93rd Division fought the Thai soldiers as if it were fun, and after a few shots, a few people were put down, and then they retreated in a swarm.
In the end, Luang Phibun felt that it was too embarrassing for Thailand to do this, if this was the case, how could he call himself an ally in front of the Japanese?
So he gritted his teeth and sent Thailand's most elite elephant army...... Not to mention. The elephant army really worked, the elephant can walk freely even in the jungle terrain, it is almost like a tank in the jungle, it can carry a lot of ammunition and supplies, and it can carry a heavy machine gun on the back of the elephant. As he walked forward, he shot fiercely, and the 93rd Division, which was caught off guard, was defeated by the Elephant Legion and returned.
On top of that, Thailand barely fought any battles in World War II, so it's easy to overlook.
On the other hand, it is because Thailand is an ally of Japan. Japan, however, has always treated Thailand as a colony...... As soon as the Japanese army entered Thailand as an ally, they occupied various military points and controlled the politics and military affairs of Thailand, and even the army had to obey the command of the Japanese.
This also allowed Thailand to justifiably declare to the world after the war that Thailand was not an axis of evil. Everything that Thailand does is coerced by Japan!
It is clear that if the ultimate victor of World War II had not been the Allies but the Axis of Evil, Thailand would not have said such things.
Therefore, at this time, there were also Thai troops and Indian troops in Burma to assist in the defense of the Japanese army, but the Indian army was not listed at this time.
Thailand and Myanmar are feuds, Thailand has been invaded by Myanmar many times in history, and now they claim to be Japan's allies, and now the Japanese are robbing and killing on Burmese soil, does that mean that the Thais can too?
So some of the bold Thai soldiers tried to do this once or twice, and they were clever enough to take out some of the spoils of war in honor of the Japanese.
The Japanese felt that they could take something without having to do it, and of course they would not refuse such a good thing, so instead of stopping the Thai army, they praised it.
This was the greatest encouragement to the Thai army, so the act of burning, killing and looting soon spread to the entire Thai army, plus Thailand and Burma are feuding, so they did even more ruthlessly than the Japanese army.
This time, the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army did not agree: the Japanese burned, killed and looted, there was nothing to say, he had a hard gun, and even if the Burmese were unwilling, they could only knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs, why could this Thai do this? The Thais are allies of the Japanese, but aren't the Burmese allies of the Japanese?!
Then the new hatred and old hatred were turned over in my heart, and I was even more unconvinced when I was bullied by the Thai army like this.
Everyone in the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army is thinking: If this continues, how can they have the face to meet their fathers, fellow villagers and ancestors!
So the Burmese Independence Volunteer Army decided: to pick the Thai army, the big deal is to accuse the Thai army of "crimes" in front of the Japanese, and see whether the Japanese help the Burmese or the Thai. (To be continued.) )