It is said that I can let go of my hands and feet, but the whole process is still long.
The efficiency of the Siamese army was too low. After leaving the city, the Siamese did not attack immediately, but lined up outside the city gate.
Thousands of people were noisily herding sheep, and it took more than half an hour to form a queue. Then a general began to lecture again, and after another ten minutes, a group of monks came out and started to talk like before the war.
A ritual similar to praying.
Siam is a standard Buddhist country, and the status of monks in Siam is quite respected. In ordinary Siamese cities, the grandest buildings are often not government agencies but temples. Praying for blessings before war is also a Siamese tradition.
In fact, it is the same in Lanfang. There is also a chaplain in the Lanfang army, but the biggest role of this chaplain is not to pray, but to play a role similar to a psychologist. If Lanfang officers and soldiers have any psychological problems, they often need the chaplain to come forward.
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Of course, Lanfang's army advocates one specialty and multiple abilities. Chaplains can also be used as military doctors at critical moments. When a critical moment comes, chaplains can also pick up weapons and go to the battlefield.
The monks in Siam were obviously monks. They held various magical instruments, chanted sutras and circled in front of the military formation, and then retreated to Bangkok city.
While the Siamese people were holding pre-war ceremonies, Zheng Lingfeng and the others were already ready.
Speaking of which, there is a flaw here. When Griev besieged Bangkok, he did not send many troops, only a brigade of more than 8,000 people. It was a bit difficult for these people to besiege a large city with a population of 500,000 in terms of military strength.
Overstretched.
The concept of cities at this time is different from that of the 21st century. Generally speaking, the urban population in the Republic of China was larger, and there were many cities with a population of one million. But if you go to Southeast Asia, or even in Europe, let alone one million people, half a million people
People already have big cities, and a country is considered good if it has one.
In the whole of Siam, only Bangkok has a total population of more than 500,000, and others, such as Phitsanulok Pattaya, only have a few hundred thousand people.
The more advantageous aspect is that the Marine Corps does not need to surround Bangkok, it only needs to take care of three directions.
The south of Bangkok faces the sea, and the sea direction is taken care of by the Cam Ranh Bay Fleet, which is not within the scope of the Marine Corps. Because of the Chao Phraya River on the road, the Marine Corps actually only needs to be responsible for two directions.
Even in two directions, the troops were still insufficient, so when he discovered that the Siamese had left the city, Zheng Lingfeng scraped together and managed to gather four companies with less than 500 men.
It was almost enough. Facing the Siamese whose equipment and training were in a mess, it might be difficult for Zheng Lingfeng to annihilate all these 10,000 people, but it was not difficult to withstand the Siamese attack.
Zheng Lingfeng's confidence lies not on land, but on the sea.
After the rescue telegram was sent, two destroyers have appeared on the sea south of Bangkok. If necessary, they will use 150mm naval guns to provide fire support from the other side. This is enough to make Zheng Lingfeng invincible.
No matter how long the road is, it will eventually come to an end.
Even if the Siamese people continued to delay, seeing the auspicious time of noon approaching, the Siamese people finally launched an attack.
Just like in the world war that just passed, groups of Siamese soldiers lined up in crooked lines, holding rifles with bayonets fixed, taking trembling steps, accompanied by the rhythm of military drums, toward the navy and land forces.
The team's position launched a group charge.
This tactic dominated the previous centuries, but after 1917, this tactic disappeared. The extensive use of machine guns and the dense deployment of artillery were enough to defeat all group charges.
The problem is that the Siamese did not participate in the World War. King Rama VI, who was carefully trying to survive between Britain and France, did not even send observers to Europe during the World War in order to show that he had no ambitions. This made the Siamese military have no idea about the war.
Their understanding is still ten years ago, and they have no idea what the objective world is like now, nor do they know what level the current technology has reached.
If you think about it, you can understand how ambitious a country that lives by growing rice can be.
The Marine Corps is currently equipped with Type 20 improved general-purpose machine guns. In front of these machine guns, human sea tactics have no meaning.
Even so, Zheng Lingfeng still worked hard to prepare for the Siamese attack.
At a distance of one thousand meters, the Siamese entered the attack range of the heavy machine gun, but Zheng Lingfeng did not issue an order; at 600 meters, which was the attack range of the light machine gun, Zheng Lingfeng still did not issue an order until the Siamese forward line entered 300 meters.
, Zheng Lingfeng ordered the attack.
The distance of 300 meters is within the optimal range of the B2-type rifle. According to the instructions issued with the gun, at this distance, the B2-type rifle can exert its maximum power.
Accompanied by intensive gunfire, there were rapid fire shots from 12 80mm mortars equipped by four companies. These mortars are powerful weapons against infantry, and their harvesting efficiency is no worse than that of crane guns.
To be honest, the entire battle process was really lackluster. It was more of a massacre than a battle.
Under the joint attack of Lanfang and the French, the Siamese people were already frightened. The fall of a large area of the country made the Siamese people completely demoralized. The siege of the Marine Corps made the Siamese soldiers in Bangkok live in constant danger all day long.
In the shadow of war, this makes this battle without any suspense.
When the heavy machine guns of the Marine Corps opened fire, the Siamese soldiers, who had not seen the power of heavy machine guns, could still maintain the stability of the charging front. However, when the mortar shells fell in large numbers, the Siamese soldiers' psychological defense finally collapsed.
Artillery is indeed the king of war. The 80mm mortar used by the Lanfang Marine Corps has an anti-personnel grenade that weighs about 3.5 kilograms. The effective killing range of the shells is about ten meters. Within a range of ten meters, every shell will shatter.
Split into no less than 200 fragments, its killing efficiency is truly unparalleled among infantry support weapons.
When swarms of mortar shells exploded in the Siamese lines, each shell basically created a no-man's land of about 30 meters in radius. People outside the explosion range were better off and could finally see.
Looking at the facial features, the person at the center of the explosion was extremely miserable, covered in blood and looked like he was no longer human.
The impact of such a battle scene on the Siamese soldiers who were already on the verge of collapse is self-evident. Almost immediately, those Siamese soldiers who could still maintain their charging posture just turned around and ran away, not caring about the wounded soldiers.
He shouted for help, regardless of the extended fire from the heavy machine gun behind him.
As for the officers on the front line, they either fell under the sniper fire of precision shooters at the first opportunity, or they turned around and ran away, and no one performed their duties at all.
This kind of army is really unable to shoulder the responsibility of defending the country.
