On the night of August 11th, Gustav was so tortured that he could not sleep well all night.

Of course, that night he was not in the mood to look for the "ugly, but low-profile" Siamese woman to warm his bed: As the war progressed, the Chinese's layout was already very clear. The opponent hit six

More than 100,000 troops surrounded us from the northwest, northeast, and east, hoping to surround and annihilate us.

Fortunately, we had good predictions on the battlefield and started withdrawing to the south five days in advance instead of advancing east. This way we were not surrounded by the opponent.

However, although they did not fall into a siege, the recent battle situation did give Gustav a headache: due to the south, two Chinese princes led the kingdom's army to fight extremely tenaciously. Although the opponent's number, equipment and even combat skills were greater than

The enemy has greatly improved. However, we cannot devote all our strength to the 400,000 pursuing troops in the north. Therefore, at this time, our main force still has not entered Bangkok, and it is unable to contact the navy.

On the other hand, in the northwest of the main force, the reinforcements of the three divisions were actually late! tmd, that is, we are talking about European unity now. If any general of the Swedish army under his command dared to neglect his duty like this, bang! He would be shot.

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At eleven o'clock that night, Duke Alvaro sent a telegram to Gustave: The headquarters has departed from Chiang Mai.

At 11:30, another telegram came over: It was intercepted by a small number of Chinese troops and our troops are fighting hard.

00:40: The enemy's defense is strong and our army is unable to break through the defense line. The rear route is oppressed by the enemy's superior force.

1:20: Crisis! Crisis! Our unit has been surrounded, please provide support from the main force.

3:50: Many of our defense fortifications have been captured, and I have decided to fight until the last moment. Long live the Alliance! Long live His Majesty Philip!

Then there is no more.

After receiving the last telegram from Duke Alvaro, Gustave was so angry that he smashed the table in the war room: "Three divisions, more than 40,000 people, they resisted in just over four hours.

More than four hours?”

In fact, in this battle in the early morning of the 12th, the three European divisions were not completely wiped out in just four hours: the British and Polish divisions led by Duke Alvaro were indeed attacked by the Ming army during the march.

Everything was in chaos. However, the German division in charge of the rear of Chiang Mai City resisted tenaciously until seven o'clock in the morning. It was not until Duke Alvaro was pressed in front of the formation that he gave the order to the division commander to stop resisting before he laid down his weapons.

surrender.

That's right, His Excellency the Duke, who claimed to fight for His Majesty Philip to the end, surrendered: when Li Dingguo's battalion penetrated all the way and hit near his headquarters, he simply surrendered. At that time, let alone the German division was growing.

The organic resistance was the British and Polish divisions. Although they were disrupted, they did not completely give up the fight.

There is no other way. Among the children of aristocratic families, there are outstanding ones and there are also scum. But without going to the actual battlefield, who knows which one is the scum?

In short, although the Ming Dynasty's grand counterattack seemed to have signs of strategic failure, swallowing three of the opponent's divisions in one bite was barely a dessert. Cao Wenzhao, who was in Guilin, was here

After more than a month, I finally received some good news.

But? He received good news. On the night of the 12th, Gustav also received good news.

"Your Majesty! We have finally contacted the navy. They have arrived in the sea off Bangkok. The fleet headed by the Duke and Barcelo are shelling the enemy forces in Bangkok city!"

"Duke? He's relisted?"

"Yes? Your Majesty. According to the naval communications officer I just contacted, the alliance's newly built shipyard in Mumbai can already repair 10,000-ton warships."

"Great? This is really good news. Call Louis (Da Kongdai) at the front of our army and ask him to increase the intensity of his attack!"

"yes!"

And on the other side.

"Your Highnesses? It's enough to fight here. Now? Before the enemy in the north has completely encircled me, please your two Highnesses to follow me and break out to the east."

In Bangkok, Lieutenant General Zhang Hong, commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty Marine Corps, faced the two princes Zhu Gongqi and Zhu Yujian and once again asked them to retreat.

As the two most accomplished princes in the late Ming Dynasty on the historical plane, the performance of these two princes in this battle was really surprising: at the beginning, with 30,000 weak soldiers, they blocked hundreds of thousands of enemies.

Three days of elite divisions. These three days bought precious time for the arrival of the three divisions under Zhang Hong. If not for their hard work, Bangkok would have been lost long ago.

However, after fighting until now? It’s finally time to retreat.

"Hey, what a failure? If we can persist for another five or six days, the entire northern encirclement network will be formed again. By then? The enemy's main force of more than 400,000 will be completely surrounded by us!"

"Your Highness? Is a plan just a plan after all? The enemy commanders are all veterans of long-standing battles? It is common sense to see through our plan and take countermeasures. In short, your two highnesses should pack up quickly and follow me. Although you two

The crown prince and his family have already gone to Guangxi, but before the start of this battle, the emperor repeatedly reminded the general that he must ensure the safety of the two highnesses. Therefore, please do not make things difficult for the general."

"General Zhang is overly worried. Although the Zhou and Tang kingdoms are now in ruins, the Ming Dynasty is still there, and the restoration of the two kingdoms is not far away. The situation is not desperate yet. We don't want to be heroic at this moment."

"Yes, let's withdraw. Let's see how long the Western bandits will be rampant."

In the early morning of August 13, the two kings of Zhou and Tang, who were unable to hold on due to being attacked from both sides, broke out from Bangkok under the protection of Zhang Hong. Gustav, who was eager to capture Bangkok and establish stable contact with the navy, responded to the Ming Dynasty's attack.

This group of troops had no interest in stalking. After taking away the opponent's rear troops, they allowed their main force to break through.

At noon on the 13th, the forwards of the EU's main force entered Bangkok. While receiving reinforcements from three divisions, they also established stable contact with the navy. On the 15th, a new defense line was re-established outside Bangkok based on the original defense line of the Ming army.

The EU coalition forces began to switch to defense on the spot. The Durenni Department, who was responsible for breaking the rear of the entire coalition force, also made strides back and entered Bangkok's outer defense line.

On the 18th, Lu Xiangsheng's troops, who had traveled the furthest distance, also arrived at Ayutthaya. The four-unit Ming army, under the command of Liu Zhaosun, launched a large-scale attack on the enemy's Bangkok defense line. It failed. At this point, the entire Baiqi operation

The plan had to be stopped.

The battlefield has calmed down, but the Ming army's troubles have just begun. Under the guidance of King Sukhothai, the European Union forces retreated all the way, plundering all the rations of the Siamese people along the route. So much so that on August 8

During this harvest season, the whole of Siam fell into a terrible famine. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty led by Liu Zhaosun had to save the food in their mouths and use a considerable part to provide relief to the people everywhere.

When the Ming army took out military rations for relief, they would inevitably require the rear to transport more food. However, the capacity of land transportation is always limited. If more food is transported, the ammunition and other supplies will naturally be reduced. When it launches another attack, it will naturally

It has to be pushed back.

"Damn! This traitor's plan is so vicious!" On the 20th, the commander-in-chief of operations Cao Wenzhao and chief of staff Ma Shilong arrived at the front line in Bangkok and held a combat meeting above the division commander level. After hearing the relevant reports, they couldn't help but

Patted the table.

"Old Cao, now the enemy has the help of the navy. Whether they are stationed for a long time or want to retreat, they can come and go freely. Although our army is surrounded here so that we are not afraid of them rushing out, I have nearly 600,000 troops stationed there.

Here, this daily consumption? And what I am most worried about is that they will seize Singapore from the side and behind along the long and narrow Malay Peninsula."

"Yes, without the cooperation of the navy, our actions are really limited."

All the big guys looked sad for a moment and couldn't help but take out cigarettes to smoke. The entire conference room was suddenly filled with smoke and gloomy clouds.

After the failure of Bai Qi's battle plan, the Ming army seemed to have pressed the opponent to the point of Bangkok. In fact, it was quite passive strategically: if the loss of Myanmar was only a corner damage, it could be recovered immediately. But Bangkok was

The geographical center of Southeast Asia. In the entire Southeast Asia, there are so many ethnic groups and so many vassal states, but they are all looking at this place.

What? The Ming Dynasty concentrated all the troops from all over the country, and even mobilized so many armed police and reserve forces. It still couldn't defeat the opponent. Then, our understanding of the suzerain country needs to be refreshed.

When everyone couldn't think of a good idea, Cao Wenzhao reluctantly announced that the meeting was adjourned. However, when everyone left the meeting, Gu Dali, the commander of the new 11th Division, stayed.

"What else is going on, Marquis Zhenyuan?"

"The two generals, chief of staff, Captain Li Dingguo and Lieutenant Zhang Huangyan who are subordinate to the general, proposed a plan to solve the current problem. Because it involves many things, the general did not dare to propose it publicly at the meeting just now."

"Any good ideas? Come quickly."

"Everyone, Li and Zhang are waiting outside, how about you?"

After a while, the imposing Li Dingguo and the scholarly Zhang Huangyan walked in. Facing the top generals of the Ming Army, they saluted in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. The two glanced at each other, and Li Dingguo bowed his head and said: "Generals, the two of us are here.

The trick is Li Dai Tao Jiang."

Everyone present has been leading troops for many years, so they naturally know the original intention of this plan.

The original meaning of the so-called plum on behalf of the peach tree is that there were insects on the peach tree. As a result, the insects multiplied in large numbers and ran to the nearby plum tree. In the end, the plum tree replaced the peach tree and died. When this sentence is used in military terms, it means that when the enemy and we are in a

Balance of power, or when our side is slightly at a disadvantage. In order to reverse the situation of the war, our side takes the initiative to make certain sacrifices and then win a greater victory.

Everyone understands what it means, but how should we operate in this situation now?

"My generals, the Western thieves have huddled in the Bangkok area, relying on the crisscrossing rivers and coastal areas to build a defense system that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. But they have forgotten one thing: Bangkok is the outlet of the Chao Phraya River, and the upper reaches of the Chao Phraya River are here.

The time is under the control of our army. If our army uses work-for-relief, recruits a large number of Siamese civilians with military rations, and builds a river dam about fifty kilometers upstream of Bangkok. After the water reaches a certain level, the river dam will be blown up.

...It is the rainy season in Siam at this time, and tens of thousands of tons of river water roar down. The 400,000 enemy troops entrenched in the Chao Phraya River Delta will not say how many will drown, but at least most of their defense lines will be destroyed! Moreover, the rest

The enemy troops will all fall into the mud!"

Looking at the generals whose eyes were getting more and more excited, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly leaned over and said: "But if this plan of lowly officials is implemented, the entire delta area at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River will be turned into a state, causing great losses to the people's livelihood in the area.
Chapter completed!