The Siam government was in diplomatic isolation, and the fanatical people who were incited overestimated the strength of the country themselves. They blindly thought that with the purchased aircraft and cannons, they could compete with the old Western powers.

By the time politicians find that the situation is beginning to get out of control, serious political consequences have already taken place.

As a signal of dissatisfaction, Britain and France interrupted most of the official exchanges with Siam, and only retained some of the most basic channels of civil communication, which was a bit reluctant to convey the opinions of both sides, and there was no way to talk about diplomatic mediation.

The relationship between Siam and France finally dropped to freezing point. What surprised politicians was that the French Indochina colonial government, contrary to the restraint and tolerant attitude that had been maintained in the past two years, began to become aggressive.

The Siam military discovered that the French were increasing troops to the western border provinces. Although the specific number was not very clear, it was estimated that it should not be less than one infantry division.

The Japanese generously provided Siam with their intelligence to collect, showing that France had transferred two infantry divisions from the country, all of which were elite troops who had participated in the European war. Of course, the Japanese would not tell the Siams that this was used to prevent them. Siam also had a misunderstanding. They thought that all this was planned to target Siam.

The exchanges between Japan and Siam began to become frequent, and officials from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs even privately stated that if there was a conflict between Siam and France, the Great Japanese Empire would firmly stand on the side of Asian brothers and jointly resist the attacks of Western colonists.

In addition to providing information about the French colonies to Siam, Japan also took advantage of the diplomatic crisis of Siam to sell the weapons it made to the Siam government. Compared with the British and French weapons that Siam has always used, Japan's army weapons do not have much advantage, and the problems in materials and processing have always been the flaw of Japanese weapons. However, Siam now has no more choices. Apart from the Japanese, they can no longer find a partner who is willing to trade with them. Seeing the French looking sharpening, Siam urgently needs to obtain a batch of weapons to deal with the upcoming war.

The Siam Army purchased a batch of Type 38 rifles from Japan to arm several newly recruited infantry regiments, and also purchased a batch of much-needed military supplies, such as belts, kettles and steel helmets.

The Royal Siam Air Force purchased twenty-four Ki-30s from Japan, which is the Mitsubishi 97 light bomber used by the Japanese Army Air Force. This is a single-engine light bomber that was once very active on the Chinese battlefield. Under skilled veterans, they can launch accurate dive bombing on ground targets.

Together with this batch of bombers, there are twelve Ki-27 Nakajima 97 fighters to replace the old Hawk 3 in the Royal Siam Air Force. This is the first time that the Japanese government has agreed to export this type of aircraft to foreign countries, because until this time, this fighter was still the main fighter model used by the Japanese Army Air Force. In the future, it will be used to replace her ki-43 "Falcon" fighter, and is currently under development in China.

In history, these aircraft departed from Nagoya, Japan. They first passed through Taiwan and Hainan Island by cargo ships, and finally landed at Haipong Port. Then they were piloted by Japanese and Siam pilots back to Siam.

Because a certain head of state scattered the angel's wings, the northern part of French Indochina did not fall into the hands of the Japanese, and the relationship between Japan and France still maintained superficial friendship. So if we still follow this route now, it would be like a demonstration to the French. The Japanese do not want to stimulate the French anymore.

So I had to choose to take a long way. After adding enough fuel and supplies from Taiwan, the transport ship went west into the South China Sea, bypassed the Indochina Peninsula, crossed the Philippine Strait, and finally entered the Gulf of Siam. The total transportation mileage was more than twice as high as in history.

From this we can see the strategic importance of French Indochina. If Indochina is used as a springboard, Japan's logistics supply line for launching military operations in Southeast Asia could be shortened by at least half. In the memoirs of the Japanese military staff, it is believed that the root cause of the failure of the Greater East Asian War was buried as soon as the moment the Indochina failed to attack. Morimoto Zaiji, as a specimen of the stupid Showa Army officer, became the most popular object of torture by Japanese historical researchers.

The topic turned back, the Royal Siam Air Force obtained these aircraft with pretty good performance, and its confidence became high again. This cannot be blamed for their intelligence lag, or the Japanese deliberately concealed something. Even the Japanese did not understand the current real situation of the French colonial Air Force.

The Siam still believes that the French colonial air force has only empty airframes, only nine of the more than 100 aircraft are still combat-capable, and the rest are garbage at the level of war.

Now the Siam Air Force has more than 30 advanced fighter jets, which are already at an overwhelming advantage in terms of quality and quantity. If it is on the ground, the Royal Siam Army may be under tremendous pressure, but in the sky, the Royal Siam Air Force will be invincible.

The Air Force began to train its pilots day and night, trying to enable these pilots to master these new aircraft in the shortest time. Because many Siamese pilots were trained in Japan and were familiar with Japanese aircraft, this goal of the senior Air Force executives was still easy to achieve.

The strengthening of the air force's strength is no less than a shot of a heart-warming agent for the Siam government, and the attitudes of the army generals have also begun to become tougher. They believe that if Siam has the upper hand in air supremacy, the French may have some concerns about the war. After all, it is not an era of relying on the advantage of numbers to fight.

However, although there is confidence, the preparations that should be made must continue, and no one dares to put the bet on unilateral speculation.

The mobilization of French infantry troops has been very obvious. The border outpost has seen battalion-level troops gathering in the field more than once, and even conducted a live-fire exercise in front of the border patrol. The fierce firepower of the French Army stunned all the Siamese officers and soldiers present.

There are also a large number of passionate young soldiers in Siam. They believe that as soldiers defending the country, they must not ignore the despicable provocations of the French. The Royal Siam Army must resolutely fight back against this behavior.

The young and strong soldiers in the Siamese army had already formed factions within the army since the 1930s. They were all educated and had a strong influence at the grassroots level of the army. Their attitudes often represent the ideas of ordinary soldiers.

From late October to early November, on several borders in Banteimaiki Province in northwestern Cambodia, Siam patrols and French colonial forces had dozens of frictions. From the beginning, the two sides fought barely, to hiding behind grass and shrubs, several soldiers were injured in the conflict, but fortunately, no one died.

"The kitten calls the blue room, and the kitten calls the blue room. Did you hear it? The kitten calls the blue room." Major Shi Boru called out loudly with his oxygen mask in his hand.

There was silence in the radio, which was obviously abnormal. Shi Boru turned the frequency regulator switch to confirm whether it was adjusted to the preset frequency.

"White No. 3, can you contact the Blue Room? My radio may have some problems." Shiboru said to Lieutenant Nemo.

"Wait a moment, White No. 1." The lieutenant's voice came from the headphones.

"I can't contact you here either. If it weren't for the radios between us at the same time, then something must have happened in the Blue House." After more than ten seconds, Lieutenant Nemo replied.

"This is unlikely, it is a first-level air station, and there are more than two radio stations on duty at all times." Shi Boru said.

"White Number Four, what do you think?"

"I agree with the chief's opinion. It is indeed unlikely. I have never encountered such a thing before. The working signal of the navigation station is normal." Second Lieutenant Sarah replied.

"Don't forget that this is French Indochina, anything is possible, White No. 4." Nemo and his friends raised the quarrel.

"You two are all shut up. Anyway, we will only need another five minutes to reach the air station. By then, everything will be understood. Now the altitude is down to 3,500." Shi Boru immediately stopped a debate that might last for a long time.

The three Mercedes Schmidt fighters slightly deflected their fuselage and began to slowly descend on their flight altitude.

The weather was in good condition that day. Except for some broken clouds at a low altitude of 700 meters, the view in the air was very good.

The bf109 advanced towards the Shishufeng Air Station at a cruise speed, which was a very important air station, only 35 kilometers away from the border. The French Colonial Air Force deployed a reconnaissance aircraft squadron here, equipped with two F350s and four F430 aircraft from the Farman Company, who were responsible for monitoring the situation on the surrounding border line of more than 100 kilometers long.

This air station has been extremely active in recent times. Pilots often cross the border for reconnaissance. Siamese fighter jets are late every time, and there has been no record of being intercepted by the other party so far.

"White No. 1, there is smoke on the ground!" Lieutenant Nemo reported loudly.

"I saw it, White No. 3." Shi Boru frowned and said, looking at the black smoke pillars that suddenly rose on the ground.
Chapter completed!