767 The War in Southeast Asia II

readx; Now the situation in Asia is already extremely tense, the Chinese army gathered in Yunnan, Guangxi and other southern border provinces, and even Tibet, Xinjiang Province and other countries adjacent to the direction of India are already on high alert, and the British are even more nervous, in order to prevent the Chinese [***] team from attacking India, in northern India and Xinjiang Province, Tibet Province junction of some important areas deployed a lot of troops, but limited by the terrain and communication between India and Tibet Province, Xinjiang Province, It was doomed that it would be impossible for the Chinese and British armies to cross the border on a large scale. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The long thousand-mile border between the Tibetan province of China and Britain and India was practically undefended, because the Himalayan mountains were enough to deter any military general without heavy defense. In fact, there are only two areas of military confrontation between China and the British troops stationed in India, one is the Kashmir region, that is, the area where China, India, and Pakistan converge in later generations, although the overall desertification of this area is very serious, but due to the impact of the opening of China's Northwest Railway, China's military deployment in the northwest region, that is, Xinjiang Province, is much more convenient, and the deployment of heavy troops in the southern part of Xinjiang Province is far more convenient than the deployment of heavy troops in Tibet Province.

In order to counter the heavy Chinese forces in the southern part of Xinjiang Province and the western part of Tibetan Province, the British correspondingly deployed troops in the opposite Kashmir region.

The other direction is the southern Tibetan region, that is, the Sikkim Kingdom area, the reason why there will be a military confrontation area here, is because the Sikkim Kingdom has a relatively gentle terrain, and after passing through Sikkim, it can be said that you can go all the way to the Bay of Bengal without hindrance, the straight-line distance is only 500 kilometers, and once this area is cut off, it means that India and Myanmar are separated. However, this area is not very favorable to the Chinese [***] team, mainly because the Tibetan garrison is too difficult, and it is impossible to transport a large number of supplies from the hinterland of China into Tibetan Province in time, in the thirties Chen Jingyun also asked the Railway Department of the Ministry of Communications to prepare to build a railway into Tibet, but now more than ten years have passed, the Railway Department has still not been able to solve many technical problems, and at present, even the specific construction plan can not be proposed, let alone the construction, according to the expectations of the Railway Division, According to the current technical conditions, it is almost impossible to complete such a huge project as the railway into Tibet.

There are no railways, not even roads, so it is impossible to maintain a modern army stationed in Tibetan Province, although China's military strength is strong, the number of army numbers is more than five million, but the strength in Tibet Province is extremely limited, only one division, that is, the 48th Division of the Army, is one of the few light mountain divisions in the Chinese Army, when the rest of the Chinese Army is moving towards mechanization and is equipped with a large number of various machinery and trucks, the 48th Division still maintains a very primitive mule and horse. In order to supplement the lack of firepower and mobility of these units, the 48th Division was also the only unit in the army that also had a cavalry regiment.

You must know that after the 20s, the scale of China's cavalry units shrank rapidly, and after the large-scale service of trucks and armored vehicles, the divisional cavalry regiments of motorized and mechanized units were first withdrawn, and after the thirties, the cavalry regiments of ordinary infantry divisions have also been reduced in size. At its peak in the mid-20s, the scale of China's cavalry, which once had more than 300,000 cavalry, declined rapidly, and now, in the Chinese Army, there are only three division-level cavalry divisions, only one divisional cavalry regiment remains, and there are still six divisional cavalry battalions, and there are still some company-level cavalry establishments, which add up to about 40,000 cavalry in China, which is completely incomparable with the 300,000 cavalry of that year.

The Chinese garrison in the Tibetan province is not large, and although the Xinjiang province has a large number of troops, it is difficult to cross the mountains of Kashmir and attack India directly and in a large way, which gives them a great advantage in the defense of the Indian side.

Because of geographical conditions and transportation factors, it is impossible for China and Britain to break out in large-scale fighting on the Indian border, at most a few hundred, a few thousand people, and if a war breaks out between China and Britain, then the main area of war must be in Burma.

Then Myanmar also has the problem of inconvenient transportation, but China's Yunnan is on the border, through the Southwest Railway China can mobilize a large number of troops and materials to the front line in a short period of time, when the supply and troops are not a problem, then it is facing the dense jungle can also be fought through.

The most critical issue in fighting a war is the problem of supply transportation, and once this problem is solved, nothing else is a problem.

And this is also the fundamental reason why China mobilized troops in Yunnan before, although it was only because of Chen Jingyun's impulse that he ordered the mobilization of troops to prepare for Burma, but Chen Jingyun only made a supreme instruction, the specific strategic arrangement, the route of the march was actually in charge of the military generals.

Chen Jingyun's supreme instruction is to strengthen vigilance and prevent war with Britain, and these words have long been itching to prepare for the exhibition in the ears of the military generals, that is, it is determined that Chen Jingyun is already preparing for a full-scale war with the British, so it is necessary to prepare for comprehensive preparations, and the mobilization of troops is not only Burma, but also the troops of Xinjiang Province, Tibet Province, Guangxi, and Guangdong Province have also entered a state of combat readiness. As for the Guangxi and Guangdong directions, they were to guard against other accidents, and the troops in the Guangdong direction had to prepare to attack Hong Kong.

According to the strategic arrangement of the joint meeting of the three services, if the war breaks out, then the main force of the troops in Yunnan will quickly advance to Burma as soon as possible, and after defeating the main force of the British army, the troops will divide into two routes, and occupy Rangoon on the partial branch, and the main force will march to India, and the troops in the direction of Sikkim will flank the British army in Bengal, and finally break through the direction of the British army and penetrate deep into the hinterland of India, and at that time, China can completely declare that it has won the war.

When the military made these preparations, what was waiting was for Chen Jingyun to give an order, as long as Chen Jingyun was determined, then the Chinese army could immediately send troops to Burma.

However, when the military was ready to send troops to Burma, Indochina fought first, not against the Chinese and British, but against the Vietnamese and Thai.

Chen Jingyun, who was in Nanjing, heard Lin Changzhang say that Thailand had attacked Cambodia and Jiaozhi, which made him stunned for more than a minute, and he was already secretly scolding in his heart, these people had taken the wrong medicine, and they had not yet started a war with the British, so they fought in their own nests first.

In fact, Chen Jingyun's thinking is wrong, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos are not the same six countries, and there are serious contradictions, conflicts, and antagonisms between these six countries.

Although these countries are actually supported by China behind their backs, the support does not mean that they are puppets under China's control, and in the post-1940 contemporary, it is difficult to fully control a country unless it is directly stationed, such as with China's garrison in North Korea.

According to Chen Jingyun's preset strategy for Southeast Asia in the middle of last year, in order to avoid opposition from Britain and Britain, China will not take the initiative to send troops to Southeast Asian countries, but will disintegrate the colonies of Western countries in Asia by supporting national reading forces, and these colonies will establish pro-Chinese countries, and these countries have joined the Asian Economic Association, so that China can continuously obtain a large number of economic benefits and resources. In this way, there are many benefits for the expansion of China's war potential, and the benefits obtained are no less than those of the direct invasion of Indonesia, and there is no cost to be paid for security.

However, this world is not the ideal world imagined by Chen Jingyun, but a living world, where everyone has their own ideas, every nation has its own interests, and every country has its own national interests.

The six countries in Southeast Asia are naturally no exception, they all have various interests and demands, and the contradictions and conflicts between these six countries are not only serious, but also entangled, the Republic of Vietnam, that is, North Vietnam and the Republic of Annam, are not at odds, and the countries of the Republic of Annam are also at odds with each other, and these three countries of Vietnam are all thinking about the great cause of reunifying Vietnam.

In addition, Cambodia and Thailand are full of contradictions, Cambodia was originally a protectorate belonging to Thailand, but last year it was also a reading force, which made Thailand very dissatisfied. The same is true of Laos.

Cambodia and Laos have made Thailand fight a war almost in vain, how can this make Thailand willing, but in last year's peace talks, in the face of the oppression of the world's powers, Thailand naturally had no choice but to accept it.

But accepting the talks doesn't mean Thailand will stop there.

Just when Chen Jingyun thought that half of the Indochina Peninsula had been pocketed, the six countries of Central and South Asia were frequently armed conflicts, and this kind of small-scale armed conflict finally expanded one day, and on March 27, Cambodia's newly established Cambodian defense forces and Thai troops had a small-scale exchange of fire, followed by the two sides continued to increase troops, and the scale of the conflict expanded rapidly.

By this time, Thailand, Cambodia, and Cochin had not yet declared war on each other, but had actually entered a state of war.

When they fought, it was China that reacted the most.

"Who do they think they are, and they can fight if they want?" Zuo Yugang is as hot temper as ever, like most of China, he also regards Southeast Asian countries as China's vassal countries, and it doesn't matter much how many people die in a fight between these vassal countries, the key is that it will affect China's overall strategy, in addition to the supply of resources, there will be certain problems, and at the same time, a war-torn Southeast Asia is not a good thing for the strategic security of southern China, in case Britain and the United States take advantage of the chaos of the situation to intervene in it, such as supporting Xiajiaozhi or Thailand, And then building military bases in these countries or something, then it will make China's decades of operation in Southeast Asia come to naught.

"We have spent a lot of resources and energy in Southeast Asia to create this situation, and we must not let these Southeast Asian monkeys disrupt our situation!" Lieutenant General Fang Dashan, known as the father of China's armored forces and the current permanent deputy secretary of the General Staff, also said this unceremoniously.

"The chaos in Southeast Asia must stop!" Chen Jingyun looked at a large group of generals under him, and said in a tone without hesitation: "For the sake of national security, I hope the military can come up with a specific plan!" ”

Chen Jingyun's words almost mean that Chen Jingyun has planned to directly send troops to Southeast Asia, and unlike the previous military generals expected to send troops to Myanmar, Chen Jingyun's troops this time are aimed at Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

Whoever it is, if that country wants to upset the balance in Southeast Asia, then it is a challenge to China, and this situation is not allowed by Chen Jingyun.

Just as Tran King Yun and his military generals were meeting to prepare for such an invasion of Southeast Asia to suppress the chaos, war broke out in North Vietnam, namely the Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Annam.

Seeing Thailand attacking Cambodia and Laos, it is very normal for the Republic of Vietnam to not sit still, the Republic of Vietnam, that is, North Vietnam has a military force second only to Thailand in Southeast Asia, and before the founding of the country, the Vietnamese Reading Front already had the strength to launch large-scale campaigns and even attack Hanoi, which is not the same as the weak military force of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Annam and Cochin.

And this situation is even more determined that Chen Jingyun sent troops to Southeast Asia, the expansion of Thailand, and North Vietnam's attempt to unify Vietnam are intolerable, otherwise Chen Jingyun would not have supported Cambodia and Laos last year, let alone the division of Vietnam into three countries.

The situation in Asia is changing almost every day, and at the beginning of April, Britain and the United States and other countries still believed that China was about to march into Burma, and even as preparations for the declaration of war for it, not only other countries thought so, but even many military elites in China also thought so, and many people in China were even ready to make preparations for this, and a large number of writers were even ready to publish various articles discussing the necessary surnames for China's troops to send troops to Burma and the necessary surnames for peace in Asia.

However, the sudden outbreak of war between the six countries of Southeast Asia disrupted everyone's plans.

Just when Britain and the United States believed that China would mediate in the war in Southeast Asia, Chen Jingyun was more resolute and decisive than they thought, and on 5 April, the First Air Fleet, consisting of the Huashan and Huangshan under the Second Fleet of the Chinese Navy, and a number of auxiliary ships attached to it, left the home port of Guangzhou, and then sailed all the way south.

At the same time, China's National Military Commission issued an emergency three-tier mobilization order requiring troops in southern China to enter a state of combat readiness, which is different from Order No. 26 in late March, which instructed all units to raise their borders and mobilize some troops to Yunnan. And the mobilization order are two different things.

None of the countries, whether it is Britain or the United States, nor Southeast Asian countries, did not expect China's reaction to be so fierce, and without even condemning or mediating, they directly announced their mobilization.

As if this situation had been anticipated, the other side of the country had issued a diplomatic circular in advance, saying, "In a series of secret agreements with China last year, I had already acquiesced in and supported China's special interests in the Indochina Peninsula, and although it was a little surprising that China later adopted the policy of supporting various countries instead of directly sending troops, it seems that their judgment is still not wrong, and China will directly send troops to Southeast Asia sooner or later."

On 6 April, China held a press conference announcing that in order to maintain peace and stability in Southeast Asia, China has decided to accept invitations from peaceful people from Southeast Asian countries and send peacekeeping troops to Southeast Asian countries to safeguard the personal and property safety of the people of Southeast Asian countries.

On 7 April, the 16th Division stationed on the border between Guangxi and Vietnam crossed the Sino-Vietnamese border and marched towards Hanoi, while the other two divisions of the Seventh Army under the 16th Division also entered Vietnam from other directions, and the 12th Army of Yunnan Province also sent troops from Yunnan into Laos.

Just when China's two armies entered the Southeast Asian Peninsula one after another, the Chinese State Military Commission issued Order No. 31 to establish the First Group Army of the Chinese Army, which was fully responsible for operational matters on the Indochina Peninsula and temporarily governed the Seventh Army and the Twelfth Army. In addition, the Second Group Army was set up to coordinate the troops still in Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guangdong, and to undertake the task of supporting the First Group Army in operations at any time.

This is also the first time that China has set up a group army command organization after the Second Sino-Chinese War, and China's group army command organization is not a permanent organization, but a temporary ad hoc command organization, and its status is roughly equivalent to that of a theater command, which is responsible for operations on an entire front, and is a strategic command organization, and the number of troops under its jurisdiction has also increased or decreased according to the situation in the theater.

This time into Southeast Asia, the main enemy of the [***] team is not the three countries of Vietnam or Laos and Cambodia, the military strength of these new countries is extremely limited, China will send a division down to sweep them is not a problem, the main enemy of the [***] team in the early stage is the Thai [***] team, although the Thai [***] team is nothing in the eyes of the powers, but it also has an army of six or seven hundred thousand, even so many pigs take time to kill. Of course, Thailand's military strength is nothing, and the biggest scruple of the Chinese side is still the United Kingdom, followed by the "this side."

If this war in Southeast Asia drags on for a long time, then there will be all kinds of unpredictable changes, so for this operation, Chen Jingyun only asks for one point, that is, fast.

In order to carry out Chen Jingyun's order to quickly suppress the chaos in Southeast Asian countries, China's navy, army, and air force did not dare to delay any time, and the army, which was the main force, advanced rapidly, and the air force also provided sufficient air support.

With the strength of the Chinese army and air force, there is no big problem in sweeping the Indochina Peninsula, but in order to speed up the march and also to gain some achievements for the navy, the navy is also unwilling to be a cold bench.

The naval forces of Southeast Asian countries can almost be ignored, on the first day of the war, the First Air Fleet has sunk two Thai warships in the Gulf of Siam, and then the remaining warships of the Royal Thai Navy are hiding in the harbor and dare not come out, it is worth noting that the main force of the Royal Thai Navy is almost all Chinese-made warships, and most of the state in the Thai Army is also made in China.

After a brief border clashes, Laos first issued a statement welcoming China to maintain the safety of Laos' reading power and people, followed by Annam, Cochin, and Cambodia also issued statements welcoming Chinese peacekeepers to come to maintain peace.

As for China's dispatch of troops to Southeast Asia, Cambodia and Laos, as well as Cochin and Annam, are welcome, because they have to confront Thailand and North Vietnam respectively, and they cannot resist the attack of Thailand and North Vietnam with their own strength, and Thailand and North Vietnam, two ambitious countries, are naturally resolutely opposed, but opposition is useless.

On 10 April, the Fourth Cruiser Fleet under the Second Fleet of the Chinese Navy shelled Hanoi, and the Third Marine Division landed in Hanoi under the cover of the Fourth Cruiser Fleet and a large number of air forces.

China's swift action has almost caught the rest of the world off guard, and many have even thought that China's intensive maneuvers in the previous months were not aimed at attacking Burma, but at Vietnam and Laos. In fact, Chen Jingyun was not prepared to fight at that time, only thinking about exerting pressure on the Burmese side to make some trouble for the British, and as for the six Southeast Asian countries, he did not think that a war would break out before, so that he needed to send troops to suppress it.

This war came too suddenly, so that many people were unable to react, and because of the tight time, and the scale is not large, so China did not carry out large-scale war propaganda at home, for China, this is just a small-scale armed conflict, the scale is not even comparable to the Olaf conflict that broke out with Soviet Russia last year, not even a local war, so that three or four days have passed, and many Chinese people do not know that China has entered Southeast Asia.

However, the outside world has reacted much more violently to China's invasion of Southeast Asia, and the British side has advised China to exercise restraint and should respect the national sovereignty of Southeast Asian countries, but the British themselves are now in a mess, not to mention the European side, the Burmese People's Army has been making trouble for nearly a month on the Asian side, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and the British colonies in Asia have not had many troops in order to defend their homeland. The only British colonial troops could not effectively control the growing number of Burmese reading forces, and could only hold on to a few large cities, and the vast rural and small town areas of Burma had fallen into the hands of the Burmese People's Army.

On the other hand, he expressed great appreciation for the Chinese's behavior of sending troops to provide personal security for the people of Southeast Asia, saying that China is a big country with a sense of responsibility like Ben, and comparing this matter with Ben's attack on Indonesia.

The Americans, as always, paid close attention, and although Roosevelt was anxious to see the continuous expansion of China and Germany and Germany, at this time the United States was still strongly isolated, and it was not so easy to enter the war.

As for the attitude towards the world war, most Americans think like this: they can make money while drinking coffee and then watch the big drama of the world war, and the life or death of the people of other countries is none of my business. Across the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, Hitler and Chen Jingyun could not swim again.