Thai King is located in the Chao Phraya River Delta, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, 40 kilometers south of the Gulf of Siam and 15 kilometers from the estuary. The city of Thai King spans both sides of the Chao Phraya River. The terrain is low-lying, with an average altitude of less than 2 meters.
The development of Siam surpassed that of China at that time. At the end of the 19th century, trams were connected to the Thai capital and railways were built with major cities in the country.
The first university, Chulalongkorn University, was established at the beginning of the 20th century, and there were many high-rise buildings in the city;
Although there is no danger to defend, it is suitable for street fighting. This is why Yamashita Fengwen clamored for the defense battle of Eastern Tsaritsyn.
The New Second Army, which was the main attacker, had conducted thorough reconnaissance in advance. Commanders including Yan Haoyu knew that the upcoming Battle of Thailand and Beijing would be a tough battle. Yan Haoyu also vaccinated several division commanders in advance:
"Comrades, in the past month or so, Yamashita Fengwen has turned Taijing City into a military fortress, and some important buildings in the city have been transformed into fortresses by the Japanese;
The residents in the city were driven away by them for one purpose, to gather the limited supplies and fight us in a long-term street battle. The old devils are determined to fight us in the urban street fight and will fight to the end! "
As soon as Yan Haoyu finished speaking, First Division Commander Tan Tao stood up and said:
"Commander, the Japanese still have nearly 100,000 troops in Taijing City, and they are all elite divisions. They will not give in easily. Just one word for them - fight!
As soon as the comrades heard that they were going to fight some bullshit Guards Division, they all screamed, "What our expeditionary force is fighting are elite Japanese soldiers, so just tell us how to fight;"
There is no need to mobilize the Guards Division to fight the Japanese. Our First Division applied for the main attack. "
Gao Dezhu, Wang Tie and others also asked for the main attack, and their morale was high. The expeditionary force now has the temperament of a strong army, which is built up by winning one victory after another.
Seeing that morale was available, Yan Haoyu continued:
"Is there any invincible fortress in the world? Thai King City is now an isolated city. In addition to relying on each other in the north and Vientiane City in Nanzhang Kingdom, part of the east side faces the sea, and only a narrow strip connects to Johor;
Strictly speaking, they can get support from Johor through this narrow sea corridor, but of course we can also easily cut it off.
The reason why it was not cut off was that he hoped that the Japanese would send more troops over. What Lao Chu meant was that we Chinese people are about style and allowed them to send reinforcements and supplies, while the expeditionary force was about martial ethics! "
The teachers below laughed maliciously after hearing this. Seeing that everyone understood the meaning, Yan Haoyu continued:
"So, comrades, we need to be more patient in fighting. Let's use firepower to annihilate the enemy and gradually encroach. Once we clear out one area, we will occupy one area;
Reduce the casualties of comrades as much as possible, Lao Chu said, he can afford to lose that eagle point! "
Now even Sun Fumin smiled unkindly. Old Chu was too shameless. He probably had no intention of winning from the beginning to the end. It would be better to encourage the generals. After the Japanese won the bet, they would understand together. Understood Chu Xiong’s aggressive plan;
Won an eagle point, lost hundreds of thousands of elite troops!
After unifying their thoughts, the expeditionary force began to attack Taijing City. It was the Air Force that cleared the way, and firepower came first. Chu Xiong gave the Air Force a target of bombing for half a month first.
In Taijing City, the piercing air-raid alarm sounded, and the Japanese were hiding. Due to the low altitude of Taijing City and the dense water network in the city, it was not suitable for digging underground fortifications at all, so they could only hide in reinforced buildings and pray that they could withstand it. Chinese bombing.
A few minutes after the siren sounded, hundreds of planes flew over. They were so dense that you would feel frightened when you saw them. Yamashita Fengwen's heart was cast by a lingering shadow. Later generations called the Thai-King bombing. The blow begins...
This was a meeting gift prepared by Chu Xiong for Yamashita Fengwen and the Japanese in the city. 120 Flying Fortress bombers, escorted by 60 fighter jets, carried out the first bombing of Taijing City.
Densely packed heavy bombs fell from the sky like raindrops and smashed into the city buildings. A series of explosions rang out. The entire city was shrouded in smoke from the explosions. Buildings were razed to the ground and the Japanese hiding inside were killed. Dead and buried alive, the city of Taijing became a purgatory on earth, where devils were being roasted and slaughtered.
The batch bombing lasted for more than an hour before all the planes dropped their bombs. This time they dropped all high-explosive bombs and armor-piercing bombs. The destructive power to urban buildings was very terrifying. A large number of urban buildings were turned into ruins.
Finally, after the Chinese plane left, Major Nomura of the Second Guards Regiment of the Guards Division climbed up with difficulty from a pile of rubble. A bank building where his brigade headquarters was located was directly hit by two 600-pound aerial bombs. hit;
The entire building was destroyed on the spot, and the Japanese at the brigade headquarters suffered heavy casualties. They were either killed by bombs or buried in the rubble by collapsed masonry. They were either dead or injured.
Major Nomura's luck was not bad, he was just hit by a brick on his right arm, and the blood continued to flow;
At this time, he couldn't care about this at all. He was more concerned about how many people were left in his brigade after this bombing.
The Guards Division, code-named Palace, is one of the earliest divisions formed by Takumi. It is actually the imperial guard of the Takumi royal family. It has long been responsible for the security of the palace. Therefore, the Guards Division has been stationed in Kyoto for a long time. To put it simply, One point is the Forbidden Army.
After the Japanese went south, the battle went surprisingly smoothly. The Southern Army attacked cities and villages with overwhelming force, and captured dozens of times the territory of Jiaobenji's homeland in a very short period of time, with great military exploits;
The Guards Division could no longer sit still in Kyoto, and they also needed military exploits, so with the promotion of the head teacher (a member of the royal family), the original Guards Division was divided into two, with half remaining in the country;
The other half was expanded to the Second Guards Division on the basis of the Third and Fourth Guards Regiments, with four infantry regiments, a heavy artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, a baggage regiment, and an engineer regiment. The regiment, plus the troops directly under the division, has a total strength of more than 32,000 people. This is definitely the number one master regiment of the Japanese.
The Battle of Taikyo was the first real battle experienced by the Second Guards Division, and it was also the first time for Major Nomura.
The cruel war overturned his understanding. It was completely different from the propaganda he heard in China. The propaganda in China was all about victory, victory, victory. The Sixth Division of the vanguard had already captured Delhi, the capital of the Asan Kingdom. It won't be long before we join forces with the Allied forces in the deserts of the Middle East.
In fact, they lost the Emerald Kingdom and are now engaged in a battle to defend Thailand;
A hundred thousand troops were surrounded in a small area and could only be beaten passively. He couldn't help but cursed:
"Bagayalu, where are the Imperial Army's fighter planes? Just let the Chinese bomb them?"
No one answered his question. Other Japs were searching for their companions in the ruins. There were too many people buried in the ruins. If they could not be rescued early, they would die;
Major Nomura also wanted to know how many people were left in his group. Each squadron was still searching for survivors, so he had to wait patiently.
