Flat. After doing all this, Wang Tao scratched a fork on a picture in his hand.

Now the SEALs are carrying out the task of laying mines, and according to the observation of the Tang Army, the Siamese Army is not discouraged, but is planning a larger offensive. The Tang army also knew that Thonburi's defense was not invulnerable. If the enemy really fills it with human lives, it may be able to enter Thonburi City. Of course, breaking in and taking are two different things.

Chang Bin not only readjusted the firing points on the city wall according to the actual situation, but also issued more grenades to the soldiers on the city wall for short-range throwing. At the same time, Chang Bin also asked the SEALs to secretly lay a large number of mines on the vast battlefield at night to effectively stop the enemy's charge.

The Tang army began to lay anti-infantry mines in a wide area of thousands of meters above the city walls. Since the Tang army has long been on the side of offensive operations, it is rare to use weapons with defensive features such as mines on the battlefield. However, the mines of the Tang army are still very powerful.

In fact, if Chang Bin didn't have it in his hands, he would even want to use dú gas bombs when facing a large number of enemies. To be continued.

394Battle of Thonburi (10)

A week after the first Siamese siege, the Siamese attacked Thonburi again. ∴, this time the attack was even larger, and the Phraya Suri faction, as the main general, led 20,000 soldiers, together with the Siamese army's horse team war elephants, launched a fierce assault on Thonburi.

After summing up the failure of the last time, the Phraya Surian faction came up with more ways to deal with it this time. Within a week, the Tang people requisitioned local people and repaired part of the destroyed city wall, and people could no longer pass directly through the city without the help of tools.

In response to this situation, the Phraya Suri faction has made strategic adjustments. Relying on the superiority of his troops, he distributed the direction of the main attack in different directions this time. The hastily repaired city wall is still relatively easy to breach, so the Phaya Surian faction still uses the broken wall as the direction of attack. However, apart from this, the Phraya Suria faction also had the West Gate and North Gate of Thonburi attacked. The Phraya Surian faction knew very well that the strength of the Tang army was limited, and if he invested a large number of soldiers in one direction, then the Tang people would inevitably strengthen the defenders in this direction and draw troops to support, and at this time, he would be able to invest troops from other directions, so that the Tang people would lose one and provide conditions for breaking through the city.

It has to be said that the tactics of the Phraya Surian faction are still very sober and intuitive, even with a relatively strong executable xìng. The Phayasurian faction was supported by Rama I because Rama I understood that he could never afford to lose. Once lost at the city of Thonburi, the powerful nobles of Siam may think that Rama I has collapsed, or find a way out, or surrender to the Tang people. These are all consequences that he cannot accept. So. Even if Rama I had given the Phraya Suriya faction sufficient troops. Offensive against Thonburi.

Of course, Rama I was also very realistic. He knew that too many Siamese soldiers would be killed in this battle, so his descendants and henchmen obviously could not waste their elite forces in this battle. Therefore, Rama I kept his elite and removed the second-line power of the nobles and generals to act as pào ash.

These Siamese generals also knew this, but they could not resist Rama I. can only reluctantly jiāo shot the troops.

Rama I gathered the strength in his hands, and it was only about 50,000 troops. In addition to the previous losses, a considerable number of the nobles who led the troops were in a wait-and-see state, and pushed Rama I's order. Thailand has a feudal system, also known as the Sakdina. In this kind of land stipulation, the land belonged to the king, who in turn granted the land to noble officials and commoners, and even slaves were also landed. This is because Thailand itself has a relatively small population, but there are a lot of fields.

The nobles did not have a fortune. But Shida can provide what they need. Large tracts of their fields were cultivated by dependents and slaves, and the Ayutthaya dynasty required civilians to be conscripted as soldiers at least 18 years of age. Serve for two years as an active soldier until he retires at the age of 60. When there is no fighting, active soldiers must serve for six months a year, cultivate the land, and provide their own food. Historically, there has been a need for dependent people in the Thai society that practiced the Sadina system of rule.

It is also worth mentioning that this system is tolerant of foreigners entering Siam due to the need for manpower. Many Chinese came to Siam and were given civilian status. At the same time, foreigners are not required to perform military service and hard labor, and they are replaced by paying taxes. However, Siamese male xìng civilians still had to serve, and the frequent wars, many casualties, resulting in a high proportion of female xìng, and finally they married Chinese immigrants, which also caused one-third of the people in Thailand to have Chinese blood in later generations.

Similarly, under the Sakdina system, the nobles were the main contractors of military service, leading their own armies of dependents and slaves to serve the king, with greater autonomy and decision-making power. So when Rama I needed them to go to war, it was not surprising that they picked on them.

In short, in an extreme situation, a country that can pull up an army of 200,000 will eventually have only 50,000 in the face of being beaten by the Tang army.

In the second siege, as in the first, the Phraya Surian faction drove the Siamese soldiers forward continuously, but the Phaya Surian faction "wisely" chose to launch a night attack at night. He counted on the darkness to obscure his troop disposition and make it difficult for the Don army to attack.

The difficulty is indeed caused, because in the dark night, the battleships of the Datang Navy have no way to carry out accurate shè guidance, so the pào attack is basically blind shè. This pào attack was not accurate, although it also caused damage to the Siamese army, but the fire of the bàozhà allowed the Siamese army to take the initiative to avoid the dense area of the bullets. Because the direction of the pào strike does not change, the effect of the pào hit is greatly reduced. The same is true for the city defense pào at the head of the city, which is not as effective as the last battle.

It's not that the Tang people don't have a way to deal with night battles, and there were originally searchlights on the city. However, the searchlight is just a beam of light, and the line of sight is still limited. The most effective is the flashbang. Although the night attack of the Siamese army was taken by surprise, as soon as they set out, they were discovered by the Tang people. This was due to the fact that the Tang people had ambushed personnel outside the city, and as soon as the Siamese army moved, they immediately contacted the city by radio. This was beyond the comprehension of the Siamese people, so it was also successfully executed.

The Tang people fired flashbangs, and the entire sky was illuminated, so that the general situation on the battlefield could be seen more clearly. However, there is still a relatively large gap between this kind of clarity and daytime, and the visual distance under the flashbang is also relatively limited, so the reconnaissance and guidance of the pào attack cannot be compared with the first pào strike.

However, this distance was enough for the soldiers of the cāo longitudinal machine qiāng on the city wall. Many soldiers were resting, but when they heard the alarm bell, they jumped out of bed, put on their uniforms as quickly as possible, and came to the wall. This is also thanks to the comparison of the training model of the PLA, and now the soldiers know how necessary it is for them to wash up from the wake up for no more than five minutes and then line up.

Although many people are still a little confused, it is not so complicated to fight when they see the enemy.

This time, the Siamese army besieging the city surprised the Tang army with more than a night attack. The herds of war elephants and horses on the battlefield pushed everyone's tension to the highest peak. To be continued.

The white face has fallen ill

It is gingivitis and periodontitis caused by continuous high-intensity work and exhaustion, and by the way, the tonsils and throat are inflamed together.

The white face is in pain now, the pain is all the time, the symptoms are worse today, the white face sits in front of the computer, writes a line, and feels that his attention can't be hit. Everyone's forgiveness.

Now Bai Yan really feels that a good body is the capital of the revolution, and he will strengthen his exercise in the future.

I owe an update today, and I will make up for it tomorrow if my condition improves. I'm really sorry everyone. To be continued.

395Battle of Thonburi (11)

The Siamese war elephants and horse teams were not meant to provide cover for the Siamese soldiers, but their greatest role was to quickly transport the soldiers through the area covered by the Tang army's firepower, reach the city, and launch an attack on Thonburi. ，

In Southeast Asia, the war elephant is one of the most powerful siege weapons of the local army, some of the poor city gates, can even be knocked open by the war elephant in one fell swoop, in addition to the war elephant can also carry the battering ram, and even carry a soft ladder, for the climbing of the city wall, Siam does not have a city wall above ten meters high, so many soldiers can climb the city wall from the back of the war elephant by throwing a grappling hook.

The red flares in the sky lit up most of the battlefield, and the Tang army also found that the main direction of the Siamese army's attack no longer seemed to be one. However, due to the effective range of the flares, the Tang Army could not be sure that all the enemies were now appearing on the battlefield.

Chang Bin's face was grim, and he said: "Our enemy has summed up the lessons and lessons this time, attacked us in three aspects, and also used the cover of night to use cavalry to speed up the assault. If I'm not mistaken, there must be a large reserve behind them, and if they see which side is weak in defense, they will definitely throw themselves into it and break through our defense in one fell swoop. ”

The strength of the Marine Corps was only about 800 men, and they were scattered on three sides to defend the city, which greatly increased the difficulty. Fortunately, the Marines prepared a large number of light and heavy aircraft, and did not hesitate to rain bullets on the rushing Siamese army.

In order to make the most of the machine, the Marines almost two people cāo longitudinal and one machine, one person shè hit, one person observed, plus changed ammunition and changed qiāng tubes. After the last battle, the Tang army also made certain adjustments and optimized its firepower arrangement. The end of the Siamese army was still stubble.

The Phayasuri faction is not to be taken lightly. He was for this siege. After making a lot of preparations, he had already ordered the generals and colonels under his command to pay attention to the fire coverage of the Tang army, and not to rush up with their heads in their heads. Having found the relatively weak point of the fire strike of the Don army, the troops were mobilized to storm from that direction.

This has to be said to be a relatively clever approach, but the actual feasibility on the battlefield is very low. In the feudal army, once the soldiers were stormed, it was difficult to give orders again. But there is a military flag. Let the soldiers follow the flag, but the Siamese standard-bearer is definitely the first to be killed, even if someone repeatedly results in the battle flag, there is only the consequence of being killed repeatedly, and in the end, the Siamese people are not attached to the battle flag.

The vast majority of the Siamese army was unable to make effective movements to avoid the attack, and the strength of about five or six thousand men in each group was basically a bullet head-on, that is, hundreds of people fell in front of the head, and it was extremely bloody.

But even so. Still breathing a sigh of relief, Phaya Suri said, "Today's situation is much stronger than the last time. If you are lucky, it is estimated that you will be able to reach the castle on three sides. Haha, the Tang people's fire pào will not work at night, even if they have this strange thing of lighting, they can't stop us. ”

It's just that not long after the Phaya Surian faction was proud, when the soldiers of the Siamese army hit a certain distance, they only heard a few loud bangs, and saw some Siamese soldiers, even men and horses, and they were even directly swept away. The bàozhà also produced all kinds of flying fragments, which were sliced on the Siamese soldiers, and they really fell where they were.

"Big pào, big pào" Some Siamese soldiers were immediately frightened. But they soon found that there seemed to be no whistling sound from the pào bounce at all, and this bàozhà actually happened for no reason.

And as more people rushed over, more bàozhà followed. The destructive power of this bàozhà is no less than that of the Tang people's big pào, and the bào is swept down one by one. The Siamese were terrified by the zhà, and they soon discovered that those who rushed to the front would definitely be killed, while those who were behind were not. So some of the shrewd ones automatically slowed down and fell behind. But no one is stupid, and in the end, everyone can't move at all, and they don't dare to move forward when they are piled together.

It doesn't matter if they don't dare to move forward, but the Tang Army Marines won't let them go. Seeing a large group of people piled up there, several machines immediately beckoned over, and the machines swept over and killed the group of unlucky Siamese soldiers.

This is naturally the effect of the mines laid by the SEALs on the battlefield before, and the Siamese people did not understand the combat form of the Tang army at all, so they used their bloody bodies to fight the mines, and the fear of facing the unknown made the Siamese still hesitate. Even if an elephant steps on a landmine, it can make one of its legs bloody and blurry, which is quite terrifying.

The battlefield became more and more bloody and chaotic, but the Siamese people still did not seem to give up, and this paranoid spirit made Chang Bin's heart sink, and he continued to attack despite thousands of casualties, which was somewhat more than the Tang people expected.

But no matter what, Chang Bin and the Marines must defeat them all.

When some Siamese troops had approached 200 meters of the city wall, Chang Bin was ready to fight in close combat. The losses of the Siamese army this time were by no means smaller than the last time, and basically four or five thousand people died in each direction of the main attack, but due to the limited strength of the marines, and the night attack was relatively scattered with the Siamese army's formation, the Siamese army was still close to completing their battle objectives, approaching the city walls and city gates.

At a distance of fifty meters, the Siamese soldiers who rushed over did not know what kind of luck it was, because they had already fallen thousands of companions behind them, of course, this did not mean that their good luck would continue, the closer they were, the easier it was for them to be hit by the machine.

At this time, the Marine officers at the head of the city had already adjusted the target of the attack: "Priority is given to hitting the enemy's war elephants with bazookas."

This choice is also absolutely wise, because these elephants are the best siege weapons due to their size, whether it is to hit the city gate or climb the city, if they are allowed to get close to the city walls, it is obviously the worst consequences.

In fact, at this time, the number of war elephants rushing up was not much. Many elephants have been killed when they encounter qiāng and landmines, and some have become irritable out of fear, overturning their riders and preparing to flee.

The rockets struck the elephants with their tails of smoke, and the poor creatures fell to their front hooves. The Siamese soldiers were constantly crossing the corpses of fallen war elephants and companions, and some of them had even entered the range of bows and arrows, and these archers were of course within the priority of the Tang army.

Armaments such as ramming rams and siege vehicles are basically the priority of the Tang people, and the Tang army has bazookas, which are extremely destructive to these things. This also made it impossible for a large part of the Siamese army to effectively attack the city when they actually attacked under the city walls, because they had no siege equipment at all.

Some of the more intelligent guys chose to hide behind the overturned elephants and siege equipment, and the archers, who carried bows and arrows, carefully struck at the Tang army on the city walls. Naturally, this kind of bow and arrow shè hit did not have a particularly good effect, but there were still soldiers of the Tang Army who were hit by arrows. However, these archers often then face a wave of more powerful firepower, with light machine qiāng's bullets not penetrating cover and heavy machine qiāng, and heavy machine qiāng not being able to get on the bazooka.

In the second battle of Thonburi to defend the city, the Tang army can be said to have spent the most bullets since the formation of the army, only one machine qiāng ammunition, the Tang army consumed about 400,000 rounds, in the middle of the battle, even many machines were out of bullets, Chang Bin had to order the Tang army's support personnel, and even launched the navy