Because there are some things to talk about with Caterina and the others, there are only four people left in the kung fu conference room in the blink of an eye, Caterina and Yan Shao. The conference room, which was originally relatively lively, became a little empty in the blink of an eye.

However, neither Yan Shao nor Caterina cared about this matter, but focused on business.

"They're interested," Caterina said in a slightly cold voice, leaning back in her seat.

If there were only two people in the conference room, she and Yan Shao, maybe she would put her two slender legs on the long table as usual. After all, she is not a person who likes to be serious, and she prefers this casual appearance compared to that conscientious appearance.

But at the moment, after all, there are outsiders in the conference room, and it is inevitably a bit indecent to do so.

As for what they discussed, it was related to Thailand.

"You know, the Thais have long since grown up to the oppression of the British and French. If they could, they definitely wouldn't mind finding a backer they could rely on. Speaking of which, Caterina glanced at Yan Shao. In the past, they also thought about China, but as you know, in the past, China was simply too busy to take care of itself, and it couldn't even protect itself, let alone Thailand. So gradually the Thais will die, anyway, as a buffer zone between Britain and France on the Indochina Peninsula, they don't have to worry about the danger of losing their country, in addition to being often angry, it is quite easy to arrive in normal times. ”

"But this time we were able to take the initiative to go to them, and they seemed very happy. So the contact is very smooth..."

With that, Caterina began to recount things related to Thailand. At the same time, on the side, Cai Ye and Fu Xiuming listened quietly. No matter how much they were dissatisfied with the Secret Service in charge of Katarina, they could not help but admit that the Secret Service was indeed very good at intelligence.

If it weren't for the Special Intelligence, in many cases they would even be blind and deaf.

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Thailand, known as Siam in ancient times, has been greatly influenced by China and India. At least from the Paleolithic period, about 40,000 years ago, it was inhabited by humans. Kingdoms began to appear in the 1st century. In 1238 the Kingdom of Sukhothai was founded. In the mid-14th century, the Ayutthaya Kingdom took its place. In the 18th century, Zheng Xin, a Chinese of Chinese descent, established the Thonburi Dynasty. Later, King Rama I took power and built the capital of Bangkok, known as the Chokri Dynasty (Bangkok Dynasty).

European powers came to Siam in the 16th century. By the end of the 19th century, Britain and France had established colonies in British India and French Indochina on the east and west of Siam, respectively. In 1896, Britain and France signed the Declaration on Siam and Other Places, which listed Siam as a 'buffer state' between the two colonies, and then Britain and France demarcated their sphere of influence in 1904, and the east of the Chao Phraya River was the French sphere of influence. To the west was the British sphere of influence. Since then, the Thais have begun their own life of being gassed, and it can almost be said that they are surviving in the cracks.

Geographically, Thailand is a country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Siam and Malaysia to the south, and Myanmar and the Andaman Sea to the west. In the past, Thailand has always used 'Siam' as its national name. After freeing themselves from Khmer rule, the Siamese adopted the word 'freedom' (pronounced 'Thai') as the name of the main ethnic group, the Tai.

In the original history. Luang Phibun? Between 23 June 1939 and 8 September 1945, Marshal Somkhon renamed Siam 'Thailand'. The meaning of 'free territory' is because in Southeast Asia at that time, the surrounding kingdoms of all sizes successively became colonies of Eurasian powers such as Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Japan, making Thailand the only remaining independent country. On September 8, 1945, Thailand was renamed the 'Kingdom of Siam'. On May 11, 1949, Siam was officially renamed the 'Kingdom of Thailand'.

It should be noted that during World War II, because Thailand was a relatively powerful country in the surrounding area, it was even one of Japan's allies during World War II―――――― and its status was much higher than that of the puppet Manchurians.

However, as mentioned earlier, Thailand during this period was completely a kind of angry bag, and it was angry with the British and French all day long. It's not that they haven't thought about resisting, but it's a pity that they are powerless, and even if they want to, they don't have such strength.

As for finding a foreign aid or something? On the one hand, they are worried about luring wolves into the house, but on the other hand, they can't find any suitable partners.

It stands to reason that the first thing they should seek is China's help, after all, in the past thousand years of history, China has always existed as the suzerainty of Thailand and other countries, and they are China's vassal states.

And compared to the British and the French, China is significantly more benevolent.

At least China will never trouble these vassal countries for no reason, and at the same time, it will not oppress them for no reason. After all, for China, there is nothing more important than face, so many times they would rather suffer their own losses than leave a good impression on these subject countries.

Although the Thais did not like the history of being a subject country in the past, there is no doubt that compared to the British and French, it is too comfortable to be a subject country under the hands of China.

It's just that at that time, China itself was difficult to protect, so it was difficult to provide any help, and the Thais did not expect any help from China, which is a semi-colonial country.

But this is not the case now, and although China seems more aggressive today, there is no doubt that China is one of the most powerful countries in the world today.

It's hard to say anything else, but it's more than enough to be a backer in Thailand.

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The current king of Thailand is Rama VI, known as Zheng Bao in Chinese, the sixth monarch of the Chokri dynasty of Thailand. He was also the first king in Thailand's history to study abroad. After returning from England, he served as an army general and ascended the throne in 1910. At the same time, the famous Chakri reforms were carried out in the country.

In a way, Rama VI could indeed be called a very accomplished monarch.

At least during his reign, Rama VI introduced compulsory education. At the same time, infrastructure such as power plants, sewers, and Bangkok International Airport will be built. A new surname law was enacted to allow the general public to have a family name. We send many English and French students. Transformed the Imperial Garden into a public amusement park and established the first public library in the garden. In order to improve the level of environmental sanitation in Thailand, the Thai Red Cross was also established when the daughter of Rama V's half-brother died of rabies.

Of course, while Rama VI pursued many policies, he was rather loose in his financial management (especially the Scout-centred security forces). This organization is a considerable financial oppression). Eventually, the state's finances deteriorated under the subsequent reign of King Rama VII, and the king's rule was overthrown by forces centered on the French students sent out by King Rama VI.

However, at least for the time being, the position of the Bangkok dynasty is still very solid, and King Rama VI has also noticed this opportunity. So after China gradually became stronger. It soon took the initiative to strengthen ties with China. However, this connection came to a standstill after China annexed two-thirds of Russia's territory.

Because China was very aggressive when it came to Russia, it also made the Thais worry about whether they would lead the wolf into their homes―――――― although they are also being bullied. But at least there is no danger of losing the country. But if China is allowed to annex it, then they will be destroyed...

But then a series of moves by China have somewhat relieved them...

Therefore, when China began to hand out an olive branch to Thailand, after a period of careful consideration, the Thai government finally decided to accept China's goodwill...

In fact, Thailand does need a strong national support now, and China can be said to be the most suitable country.

Of course, the same is true for Yan Shao. After all, Yan Shao has always hoped to form an alliance of Asian countries to confront the European and American powers that dominate the world.

"Follow your plan. We want to strengthen ties with all the colonial and semi-colonial countries in Asia, and eventually form a large and powerful alliance to counter the pressure of Europe and the United States..."

Brushing her long red hair, Caterina said indifferently as if she hadn't noticed the fact that she was actually a European.

"That's why we're courting Japan, which has a deep grudge, and at the same time strengthening ties with Persia in the Middle East, and now we're extending an olive branch to Thailand..."

"That's right..."Yan Shao nodded, very calmly. After all, there are only a few countries in Asia with a certain amount of strength, of course, we need to add Turkey, but at the moment we are occupying a considerable part of Turkey's territory, and at the same time there is an armed conflict with the Turks, and the Greeks over there do not seem to be intending to give up the current good situation, and the possibility of improving relations with the Turks in a short period of time is almost the same as nothing, so at the moment our main targets are the Japanese, Iranians and Thais..."

"The strength of Persia has grown to a certain extent with our assistance." On the side, hearing Yan Shao's words, Cai Yi, who knew more about it, interjected. "Although the army is not so easy to build, but with the weapons and equipment we support, plus a group of officers sent to Persia, now the Iranian side has formed about three infantry divisions, and there are more troops in the process of being formed, and when all the plans are completed, Iran will have at least two corps of troops, if you count the troops that Iran itself has, it should be no problem to reorganize the troops of a corps, but..."

After hesitating for a moment, Cai Yi spoke. "What we have provided to the Iranian government is only enough for the Iranians to form four C divisions and two B divisions, so I am afraid that the actual combat capability will not be very strong, especially the Iranians' own combat units, even if we have sent people over to help reorganize them, but considering the problem of weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness can only be more worrisome..."

This is also a very real problem, in fact, with the construction of the Iranian railway, the Commune government has begun to provide weapons and equipment to the Iranian government to fulfill the promise of the Commune government not long ago―――――― to help the Iranian government to form a more combat-ready combat force, and the scale is not small, and now this scale has reached the level of 100,000 people in two armies.

At the same time, considering some second-hand warships donated by the Chinese government to the Iranian government, Iran can now also be called a regional power in the Middle East. However, the most important reason for this is probably because there are no other countries in the entire Middle East, except for China and the United Kingdom.

In any case, today's Iran finally has a certain strength, and it is no longer the same Iran as it used to be, and a casual rebellion can overthrow the government. Moreover, with the help of the national government, the Iranian government's control over the entire country has also reached a new peak.

Except for the south, at least which was under the influence of the British, the rest of the country was largely under the control of the Iranian government.

For the young king of Iran, there could not be more exciting.

It is also because of this relationship that the current Iranian government can be called a pro-China government. Of course, it is not possible not to be pro-China, after all, while helping the Iranian government to reorganize the army, Yan Shao did not forget to let those people sent to Iran infiltrate Iran up and down.

Many of the Iranian generals who commanded the troops had been bribed by the Communist government.

Moreover, in order to help the Iranian government better integrate its troops, China has also sent a large number of staff committees within the Iranian army. These staff committees are very influential on the Iranian army, and even at some point they are the commanders of these forces―――――― partly because these forces are almost all integrated by them, and many of the commanders of the troops even seem to be their students, and the second reason is that the Iranian government is now dependent on Chinese support in many places.

Now that Iran is relying on China's support, it is often impossible for them to disobey the advice of the Staff Committee. This is just like the period of the United Russia in history, even if there were many rightists in the Kuomintang, they listened to Soviet Russia at that time, and even President Chiang shouted the slogan of long live Soviet Russia. No way, who called eating people with short mouths and short hands with short hands.

Of course, this also shows at least one thing, that is, the alliance that Yan Shao is looking forward to is gradually taking shape.

Although Iran is not particularly strong, Yan Shao is convinced that as long as he gives some help, especially guidance on the correct development direction, then even if Iran cannot achieve any climate, it will at least be much stronger than a ninth-rate country like Greece. (To be continued......)