The meeting with Fisher finally made Tang Cheng give up the idea of retaining the Bangkok Royal Palace. Under the leadership of two guards, Tang Cheng carefully visited the palace and found that Hans and the others were right. They wanted to demolish it. If you drop this palace, you can get a lot of good things. Let’s not talk about the gold decorations in the Bangkok Royal Palace. Just talk about the gems that can be seen everywhere in this palace. It is already dazzling to see the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, there are also priceless collections preserved by the Thai royal family from generation to generation.
Two days later, Tang Hu's young army received an order to go south to Bangkok. At this moment, they didn't know that Tang Cheng wanted them to go south to demolish the Bangkok Palace. As for Fisher's German First Infantry Regiment, when Tang Hu and the others were heading south to Bangkok, they had already followed Tang Cheng's orders and began to advance north from Bangkok, completely cutting off Bangkok from the outside world. In Bangkok, the area where the Royal Palace is located has also been set up as a military control zone by Tangcheng. There will never be anyone here that Tangcheng does not want to see.
The reason why Tang Cheng took two days to issue the order to go south to Tang Hu's young army was because he needed time to recruit the antique brokers from northern Myanmar who liked to play with antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Tangcheng's decision to demolish the Bangkok Royal Palace was definitely not as reckless as the demolition by later developers. Those antique brokers in northern Myanmar who were not short of money had nothing to do all day long and could just be deployed to serve as technical guidance. The number of Chinese in northern Myanmar has grown from tens of thousands at the beginning to more than 600,000 now.
Among the more than 600,000 Chinese people in northern Myanmar, there are a lot of talents. Tangcheng's regulations for northern Myanmar are very loose. As long as they are not evil-doers, northern Myanmar will accept them all. And as long as you have craftsmanship and skills, northern Myanmar welcomes you. If you don’t have any skills, northern Myanmar is also willing to accept you as long as you have money and can guarantee your life. The antique brokers in northern Myanmar are all from Tianjin or Peiping. The climate and environment in northern Myanmar make these antique brokers with rich pockets very satisfied.
Although Tangcheng had already ordered the sealing of all mines in northern Myanmar, including jade mines and gold mines. However, there are still many good things passed down from ancestors among the people in northern Myanmar. In addition, a large number of natives in northern Myanmar are robbing Thai people of their property. These antique brokers who had nothing to do before now have a way to make money. A week later, the dusty young army rushed south to Bangkok, where more than 40 antique dealers from northern Myanmar were already waiting here.
After not seeing each other for more than 2 months, Tang Hu looked a lot more mature, but when he saw his brother Tang Cheng, Tang Hu's face was still full of excitement. "I'm letting you go south this time. Firstly, I want you to have a good rest in Bangkok. The environment and conditions here are much better than those in the north. Secondly, I am planning to demolish the Bangkok Palace and replace it with someone else. I don't trust you! I A group of antique brokers who are proficient in antiques will be temporarily transferred to you from northern Myanmar. They will serve as technical guides, and your people will do as they say."
Tang Hu's youth army has expanded from more than 300 people at the beginning to 1,500 people now. They are also equipped with the best weapons and equipment in northern Myanmar, and each person has a new semi-automatic rifle. What particularly satisfied Tang Cheng was that Tang Hu's young army was not just a display. In northern Thailand, they not only fought against the Thai army, but also fought against local forces in northern Thailand many times. The Youth Army, with an average age of seventeen, is still in the novice stage, but Tang Cheng believes that as long as they are given enough time, the Youth Army will grow up.
After leaving the demolition of the Bangkok Royal Palace to Tang Hu, Tang Cheng took people north to check the specific situation in central Thailand. Lieutenant Colonel Smith, who has never lost contact with Tangcheng, sent a telegram to Tangcheng yesterday. The International Court of Justice controlled by the Americans is already planning to end the trial of Japanese war criminals. The protracted war criminal trials have been going on for a long time, and neither the Americans nor the current National Government want to continue.
Tangcheng, which retains the memory of later generations, naturally knows that this so-called fair international trial has been controlled by the Americans from the beginning, and it is impossible for the Chinese people to get the verdict they want. Therefore, from the beginning, Tangcheng did not expect the international court to guarantee fairness. He arranged for people to keep an eye on the trial of war criminals, just to understand the changes in the Americans. The Americans are currently taking no action, just because most of their energy has been diverted by this trial. After all, the current US government still wants to save face.
The U.S. government that wants to lose face must do a good job in superficiality. Therefore, they have no more energy to pay attention to things other than Japan and the Arabian Peninsula. However, once Japan's war criminal trials are over, Tang Cheng is worried that the Americans will target him, so he must always arrange for people to keep an eye on any changes in Japan. After learning that the Americans were preparing to end Japan's war criminal trials, Tang Cheng knew that things on his side must speed up.
In central Thailand, the police are concentrated in the cities, so the situation in the cities is not bad. At least there are no riots in Tangcheng. Outside the city, there is the scope of influence of local forces. Even the police have no say in these places. However, with the emergence of a large number of Burmese natives, the situation in central Thailand has become increasingly chaotic. Many honest Thais can only drag their families into the city to seek protection from the police and the government.
The mercenary troops sent by Tangcheng into central Thailand were all divided into parts, each protecting a city. As long as the city they protected was not chaotic, even if the chaos in the countryside was outrageous, they chose to turn a blind eye. The arrival of Tangcheng made the originally chaotic situation even more chaotic. According to his orders, the mercenaries who had been idle began to arrest local power leaders in central Thailand based on the intelligence provided by the Burmese natives.
Without the control of the power leaders, it will be difficult for the remaining small fish and shrimps to make waves. Thailand's climate is similar to Myanmar's, but its terrain is much flatter than Myanmar's, and there are many more fields suitable for planting than Myanmar's. Tangcheng led the mercenary troops to press forward step by step, and all the areas under control were immediately divided into fields. Tangcheng even dispersed the Burmese natives and moved them into integrated villages, allowing them to be neighbors with the Thais.
They can be allocated more fields than they were in Myanmar, as well as a house that they can live in, and even small agricultural machinery for farming is provided in Tangcheng. With this kind of life, no one wants to return to Myanmar. The riots in central Thailand quickly subsided under Tang Cheng's strong suppression. Although Tang Cheng knew that among the remaining Thais, there must be some who wanted to make small moves, he didn't care or worry because Whether it is mercenary troops or German infantry regiments, they are still stationed here.
When Tang Cheng went north to meet with Tang Hu, the mercenary troops were replaced by Tang Cheng one after another because of their slow movement. Now the commander of these mercenaries was a British lieutenant colonel named Henry. Compared with the British people Tang Cheng knew, Henry seemed to be more in line with the Asian style of doing things, because Tang Cheng did not see the natural arrogance of the British in him, but only pragmatism and seriousness. Moreover, Henry participated in World War II and fought mountain battles with the German army in the mountains and forests of France.
Tang Cheng chose him to command these mercenaries precisely because he saw this, "Henry, the riots in the central part have ended. Next, I plan to send you to the front line of the border!" In Henry's headquarters, Tang Cheng gave guidance. holding the map on the table. "Controlling Thailand is not my end. These small surrounding countries were still states before. Especially Vietnam. Although it is a French colony, the Vietnamese have always sought to get rid of French control."
"The European War has severely damaged France's vitality. I have reliable news that the Vietnamese want to take this opportunity to become independent and get rid of French control. Although I don't know what the Vietnamese will do, I know that the French will not let Vietnam go easily. . I know that most people think that Vietnam is still an agricultural country after all, and it will definitely not be able to defeat France. But I want to say that if the Vietnamese really want to get rid of French control, the French will probably not be the victor in the end."
When they first planned to seize Thailand, Tang Cheng and Hans had already privately discussed other countries bordering Thailand. Tang Cheng could not tell Hans that he knew that Vietnam's rare earth reserves were the second largest in the world and its offshore oil reserves were the seventh largest in the Pacific. Therefore, Tang Cheng could only use France to talk to Hans. He firmly believed that France, which was completely defeated in World War II, was no match for the Vietnamese. Henry is not Hans, because Henry has actually been on the battlefield, and also fought in mountain warfare.
After hearing what Tang Cheng said, Henry looked down at the map for a while, then raised his head and spoke to Tang Cheng. "Boss, although I don't know what you are basing this conclusion on. But if you ask me to judge, Vietnam is indeed difficult to fight. If I were the commander of Vietnam, I would never tangle with my opponent in the south. Instead, we gradually attract opponents northward and use the mountainous terrain in the north to fight them in mountain battles."
Henry's opinions made Tang Cheng nod frequently, because what Henry just said was the Vietnamese's strategy for dealing with the French army in the future. I believe that Henry, a big-nosed foreigner, must not know what tunnel warfare is. Tang Cheng, who was proud of himself, popularized the meaning of tunnel warfare to Henry. "If I were the commander of the Vietnamese side and knew that the French army had warships, cannons and aircraft, I would never fight head-on with the French army. I would mobilize my soldiers to dig artificial caves in the mountains to serve as hidden fortifications. Then I would look for opportunities to dispatch. , sneak attack on the French army’s logistics supply line from behind and slow down their attack speed.”
