Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Two and a half days passed, and Lin Yuan's troops arrived at the border between Shan State and Siam, and stationed in the mountains on the border. At this time, Britain, Siam, France and other countries did not know that Lin Yuan's troops had arrived at Shan State and Siam. The border of Siam, because this area is on the Shan State plateau, full of mountains and tropical forests, the transportation is extremely inconvenient, and it is now the rainy season in Southeast Asia, so the news cannot be spread.

It was October 10 at this time, and Prince Doma had returned to Bangkok, Thailand with Princess Yalin and more than a dozen foreign students. Princess Yalin was worried about her father's scolding along the way, so she was always depressed. She was relieved because her father, King Chulalongkorn of Siam Rama V, had gone to Chiang Mai, the second largest city in Siam, to personally direct the attack on Laos.

In the oldest Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai, Chulalongkorn is discussing with British adviser Charles Barclay about attacking Laos. Charles Barclay is a British Southeast Asian expert who participated in the Second Anglo-Burmese War and The third Anglo-Burmese War, the Anglo-Burmese War was a war of aggression waged by the British in order to open Burma. There were three times in total, all of which ended in the failure of Burma. In the end, Burma became a British colony and a province of British India.

Chulalongkorn, 46 years old, is the golden age of a politician. His eyes are full of wisdom, and he wants to restore the former glory of the Siam Empire. He first said: "Mr. Barclay, our Doma The prince has returned from China, and he also brought back China's attitude towards the situation in the Indochina Peninsula."

"What is China saying about the situation here?" Barclays asked.

Chulalongkorn said: "Lin Yuan seems to have guessed that we are going to launch an attack on the French troops stationed in Laos, so he personally stated that he opposes any country on the Indochina Peninsula unilaterally changing the status quo of the Indochina Peninsula! I am a little worried that our actions to recover Laos will affect Intervened by China."

Barclay smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, you sent troops to attack the French army in Laos to recover the lost land and rescue the Lao people who were enslaved by France. Lin Yuan sent troops to the Northeast to drive away the Russians. What's different about you? People all over the world remember Lin Yuan's September [-] speech, if he sends troops to intervene in the Indochina Peninsula at this time, he will slap himself in the face in front of the people of the world!"

Chulalongkorn nodded slightly, and said, "I'm worried that Lin Yuan will intervene in some other way."

Barclay said with a smile: "There is nothing to worry about. China's troops to deal with sudden changes in the southwest are the 28th Division stationed in Kunming and the 29th Division stationed in Nanning. They have not yet been transferred to the border. Fighting against the fierce and tenacious natives, it is estimated that we will take Vientiane, where the Governor-General of Laos is located, and they will not be able to pass when the Governor-General of Laos is captured alive."

Barclay laughed out loud after he finished speaking. Chulalongkorn didn't laugh, but just nodded slightly and said, "Then let's prepare to launch an attack on the French troops stationed in Laos according to the scheduled plan."

Barclay nodded, raised his head to look north, and said with a secret smile in his heart: "Lin Yuan, China, this time is enough to embarrass you!"

At two o'clock in the morning on October 10th, Lin Yuan, who was sleeping, was suddenly awakened by a rapid ringtone of the phone. He knew very well that there were only two types of calls at this time, one was from Fade Chen, who said "Late at night Now, pay attention to rest, don't play too late" and then hang up; the other is - something big happened!

Lin Yuan picked up the phone, only to hear an attendant's anxious voice from inside: "Report to Commander Lin, the 28th Division has sent a message that the Siamese army has suddenly launched an attack on the French army post on the border between Siam and Laos. unclear."

Lin Yuan thought in his heart: "Siam has finally made a move. Let's not rush to make a move. Let's observe them for a while!" , all calls from the French embassy are blocked, and everything will be discussed tomorrow."

The attendant agreed to come down, Lin Yuan put down the phone, and thought in his heart: "France will definitely ask me for help. I will let the French ambassador hang out first to make them more anxious, which is definitely beneficial to China." Lin Yuan lay down again while thinking, Shen Wanqing murmured beside her: "Aren't you going to the office to deal with these things?"

Lin Yuan said in a daze, "We'll talk about it tomorrow." After speaking, he held her in his arms and fell into a deep sleep.Early the next morning, when Lin Yuan woke up, he received a lot of news, the most conspicuous of which was the declaration of war issued by the Siamese government: From this moment——Bangkok time on October 1898, 10 at two o'clock in the morning, Siam The empire officially declared war on the French Indochina Federation. Siam launched the war to rescue the people enslaved by France and restore Siam's sovereignty over Laos.

The next one is the French Indochina Federation's declaration of war on Siam, followed by the editorials published by the world's major news agencies and the evaluations of countries around the world. The early morning of Bangkok time happens to be the afternoon in Europe, so the statements of European countries are all different. Soon, the European powers unanimously supported Siam and criticized France's colonial and slavery policies, regardless of being a colonial power.

Switzerland, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sweden, Denmark and other countries with good relations with China have not made public statements. These countries understand the relationship between China and France, and they are also well aware of China's plight, so for a while Did not release a statement, and did not want to put pressure on China.

At this time, they still don't know that Lin Yuan already has a comprehensive consideration and plan for this matter.After the public statements of various countries, the 28th Division's battle situation briefing came. However, the frontline troops of the 28th Division were relatively far away from the battlefield, and they could only obtain some flake information, which was not of much value, so Lin Yuan reported the battle situation. Putting it down, look at the diplomatic bulletin sent to him by the French embassy. There is a sentence in it that caught Lin Yuan's attention. The sentence is like this: Siam dispatched a war elephant army and launched an attack on our military post.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What is the War Elephant Legion? In the history of war, Siam is indeed famous for using elephants. Could it be that Siam has trained a large number of elephants to be used as the vanguard of the war? How is this possible! Now that weapons are highly automated, and even war horses have withdrawn from the war arena, how could something like an elephant appear?"

Lin Yuan thought about it and asked Shen Wanqing who was combing her hair: "Wan Qing, is there a troop called the War Elephant Legion in Siam?"

Shen Wanqing stopped the comb in her hand, thought for a while and said, "No? I didn't see this army when I was looking at the Siam military information."