pertwk Chapter 372
Chapter 372
: The Siamese military wants to negotiate?
The military deployment of the Kingdom of Siam is like this.
The country is divided into four major military regions, the First Military Region (central region), the Second Military Region (northeast region), the Third Military Region (northern region), and the Fourth Military Region (southern region).
Among them, the First Military Region has six divisions with about 80,000 troops, the Second Military Region has four divisions with about 56,000 troops, the Third Military Region has four divisions with about 50,000 troops, and the Fourth Military Region has three divisions. , about 42,000 people.
In addition to these seventeen division-level establishments, there is also an engagement artillery division and an anti-aircraft artillery division, as well as several independent infantry battalions.
Among these division-level units, except for the cavalry division, which is the armored division, which is basically full, other divisions have some shortages, especially the engineer division, which has the most serious shortage.
The practice of taking empty pay is not a characteristic of the Central Plains Dynasty’s army. Almost all countries in the “490” world have had this kind of empty pay and even still exist.
The Siamese army was one of them.
“How is the mobilization of the reserve forces going?” Prayuth Chan-ocha, Commander-in-Chief of the Siamese Army and Prime Minister of the Cabinet, asked aloud.
Chief of Staff Sahiwat said: “Currently, only the reserves around Manchester City are being mobilized. In other areas… because the communication system and power system were destroyed by Qin’s bombing, it will take at least one day for the reserves in each theater to enter a state of combat readiness and become an organic establishment. Two months’ time.”
Hearing this, Prayuth looked solemn and did not speak for a long time. There was a chilling atmosphere in the air.
Generally speaking, reserve force requirements are required to be completed within seven days when mobilized, and then vary depending on the situation of each country.
For example, the Dragon Kingdom assembled 200,000 reserves. In the 1990s, it only took five days to assemble the reserves.
It is said that after Hyundai enters the first level of combat readiness, it only takes one day to assemble 200,000 reserves.
The Kingdom of Siam’s national reserve force is close to 300,000 people. Normally, no matter how hard it is, mobilization can be completed in three weeks.
But now the communication and power systems across Siam have been destroyed by the Qin State, causing widespread paralysis across the country. Both the mobilization of active regular troops and the mobilization of reserve forces have been greatly delayed.
Not to mention that after these reserve forces are mobilized and assembled, they still need to provide equipment and conduct adaptive training before they can be used as the most basic infantry to supplement various regular army units.
And if we want to form an independent army from reserves and put it into the battlefield as an organic combat force, we will need more military supplies and equipment, and more time for running-in training to form combat effectiveness.
But now, it is only the fourth day since the Qin Army declared war. The national communication and power systems in Siam are paralyzed, the military cannot be contacted, the air force is almost completely wiped out, the navy is completely wiped out, and the reserves are unable to mobilize nationwide.
Although the royal capital of Manchester has a population of 15 million, the number of mobilizable reserves is no more than 100,000.
“Arrange the recruitment of civilians.” Air Force Commander Padner suggested: “Now we can’t contact all parts of the country. Only Manchester City is still under our control. Take advantage of now to recruit civilians in Manchester City and recruit them in a short time. Three hundred thousand troops is still okay.”
“Just open the inventory of weapons and equipment. It is still possible to arm these 300,000 troops. Even if the Qin army invades Manchester City, with the vastness and complex urban terrain of Manchester City, as long as the Qin army is dragged into urban street fighting, we will have a chance…”
“negotiation.”
Finally, Padner said these two words.
The heavy faces of all the senior Siamese military generals in the conference room relaxed a little, and they all quietly glanced at Prayuth, who was sitting in the middle.
If before the war broke out, the Siamese military generals believed that even if they could not win the war with Qin quickly, they could delay the Qin army into a tug-of-war, making it impossible for the Qin army to win in a short time, and then under international pressure or With the support of Western countries led by Eagle Country, armistice negotiations were conducted intact.
This way they can also claim to be the victors of this war.
However, after many days of continuous air raids and bombings by the Qin army, and the Siamese air force and Siamese naval fleet that had been developed for many years were completely wiped out, both Siamese military generals and Siamese government officials found an unavoidable problem. fact.
That is, the military strength of Qin State crushed the Kingdom of Siam in all aspects!
This allowed Siam’s military generals to deeply understand the feelings of the Kingdom of Babylon, which was hit by the Eagle Kingdom’s reduction in dimensionality during the Gulf War. 0.
This feeling of being beaten one-sidedly is so painful!
Therefore, both Siamese military generals and Siamese government officials have already been communicating in private, hoping to negotiate with Qin.
Now Air Force General Padner has taken the initiative to test the attitude of Prayuth Chan-ocha, the Army Commander-in-Chief and Prime Minister of the Cabinet.
“Negotiation?” Bayut pushed up his glasses frame, leaned on the chair, and looked at the people in front of him.
Being stared at by Prayut, the senior Siamese military generals present lowered their heads in shame.
As a soldier, he chose to surrender when his country was invaded by the enemy. What a shame and humiliation!
But seeing that Prayuth did not reprimand them directly, all the generals knew that Prayuth was waiting for a step down.
So, after everyone made eye contact with each other, Navy Commander Bayi said: “Qin’s attack came too suddenly. Siam is a small country and has not entered a war for decades, so it was attacked by Qin. At the time, neither the army, navy nor air force responded.”
This is to first give myself and other military generals a step down.
Then Bai continued: “The reason for Qin’s declaration of war is the Chakri Dynasty’s betrayal of Emperor Zheng Xin. Now Rama X is dead, the eldest prince and the eldest princess have also been captured by Qin, and there are only 2.5 kings left in the country. Queen Mother Sirikit and some other members of the royal family.”
“So, we only need to announce the abolition of Rama X, abolish the constitutional monarchy, establish the Republic of Siam, and expel the Chakri royal family…”
Bai’s words do make some sense. This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Siam can distance itself from the Chakri Dynasty as quickly as possible.
“But…” Prayuth looked at Bayi and asked a question.
“There are still Queen Sirikit and several princesses in the country…”
Everyone immediately understood that Prayuth did not want to bear the reputation of a ‘rebellious minister’!
Bayi squinted his eyes and said: “Then control them first and declare the abolition of the Chakri royal family. If Qin needs it… we can hand her over…”.