"I was not ready at all. How could I march? Are the adults in Shakao Mansion going crazy?" Captain Depan stomped on the cigarette butts on the ground with force.

"I remember that before going to Paris, Kunnabufeng told me that the situation in Bangkok now made him very worried. The world situation is no longer like half a year ago. Siam has lost its opportunity. Only fools will choose to go to war with France at this time." Deputy Company Commander Lieutenant Telibunasi raised his head from the map and looked at the company commander with a worried look on his face.

"We are now in the Kingdom of Thailand, be careful to be heard by the government officials, otherwise it will be another trouble." Captain Depan took out the cigarette box from his pocket and drew out another cigarette.

The Royal Siam Army, now called the Royal Thai Army, deployed two infantry corpses on the border between Siam and French Indochina. One is the Eastern Legion stationed on the Thai-Cambodia border, with five infantry divisions within the organization. The other is the Northeast Legion deployed in the prominent part between Siam and Cambodia and Laos, with three infantry divisions under its organization. There is also a basic corps directly under the Central Command, with about two brigades and five battalions as the general reserve team to protect the capital.

In the armed deterrence operation that started last month, almost all the main forces of the Siam Army's Eastern Army were dispatched, and a front line was launched on the Thai-Cambodia border area. The total force was 15 battalions, about 63,000 officers and soldiers. In addition to ten standard infantry battalions, the legion also dispatched two cavalry battalions and the only armored battalion, and also took out two battalions of artillery to provide cover for the above troops.

To be honest, if it were based on the original development of history, these troops would indeed give the French a headache. Whether in terms of quantity or quality, the Siam Eastern Army had a significant advantage in this area.

French Indochina deployed only 60,000 troops in Cambodia at that time, of which 48,000 were local troops composed of Khmer people, that is, urban security forces. They used weapons before World War I, and their training and morale were basically negligible.

So in fact, the French colonial corps with only 12,000 people were actually resisting the attack of the Siam army. The French colonial army in history lacked everything that could allow them to win. They lacked material supplies, heavy equipment, modern training, and the courage to fight the enemy to the death.

Moreover, French Indochina lacked intelligence support, and even after the war started, the headquarters still knew nothing about the situation of the enemy in front of him.

The gap between the two sides seemed to be very large, but in fact the land battle in this war was quite speechless.

Because Siamese officers received ritual education, and almost all senior generals had diplomas from military academies such as Saint-Sill in France, the two armies used the same tactics, and even the soldiers received the same training.

You should know that the French Army's tactics have not changed for more than 20 years and are still the same old tricks at the end of World War I. So two troops using the same tactics used light weapons with similar performances to fight a dull field offensive and defensive battle between the vast plains and bushes in central Cambodia.

Neither side took the time to build positions, and in fact they were not prepared to build positions, so the balance of the war quickly tilted towards the Siamese army with heavy firepower and armored forces.

Historically, French commanders found that relying on existing firepower and troops could not stop the opponent from advancing, so they chose to retreat and avoid the edge, waiting for the rear to gather troops to fight another defensive counterattack. As a result, the battle quickly turned into a marching training of advancement and retreat. The Siamese pushed forward in a straight line, and the French evacuated quickly after a little resistance. Until the two sides ceased to fight, the two armies were killed, injured, missing and captured, and the total number of less than 2,000 troops was less than 2,000, so in the mouth of a certain head of state who had not yet crossed, it was called a boring war like a croaker pecking at each other.

However, the situation has changed dramatically now. France has deployed a total of 50,000 troops in Cambodia, of which 30,000 are regular troops from the local area. These are not those colonial troops that lack training. They participated in European battles and learned from the Germans how to fight a modern war. These French officers and soldiers all have practical experience and want to fight a decent victory from the bottom of their hearts to comfort the psychological trauma.

Now the passion of these French soldiers has been completely ignited. They can't wait to use the blood of enemy soldiers to dye the French military flag red, use the enemy's heads to prove their value and strength, and use the fine wine after victory to wash away the potato breath from their hands.

Unfortunately, Captain Depan didn't know this. He was worried about how to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors. He was commanding a cavalry company, the second company of the 12th Cavalry Battalion of the Royal Thai Army. In fact, there was not a single horse in the organization. The entire company was the most fashionable mechanized infantry at present.

Of course, this was also learned from the French, using armored vehicles and tanks instead of horses, and they were modern breastplate cavalry.

However, the Siam army is not as rich as the French army. This mechanized infantry company is equipped with only six Rolls-Royce armored vehicles and four Cadenroyd tracked machine gun vehicles, or Mark Four ultra-light tanks. This company is also equipped with twelve half-ton trucks to carry baggage and conventional infantry. Whether it is equipment or soldiers, it is the top unit in the Siam Army.

The problem is that all the officers and soldiers, including De Pan, have never really fought a war. They only conducted some intensive training in the past few weeks, such as live-fire shooting and off-road driving that were rarely carried out because of fear of losing equipment. The officers and soldiers seemed to have a strong appearance on the surface, but Captain De Pan, who had actually visited Europe to see the French Army, was very clear that if he wanted to fight with the regular French troops, his preparations were far from enough.

But now the time for him to worry was coming, and his superiors suddenly sent an order, requiring the cavalry company to immediately enter the first-level combat readiness state, carry all the ammunition and equipment, and move towards the border.

The above order is very clear. The cavalry company will act as the spearhead of the right wing of the entire army, penetrate the French defense line and penetrate the important border town of Cambodia at the highest speed. Following him are two elite infantry battalions, who are responsible for covering the flanks of Depan Battalion and are also his reinforcements.

As for the overall strategic deployment, he can not know much at his level. He only knows that once the vanguard forces open a gap in the defense line, the entire legion will follow up from behind, which will be an unprecedented offensive operation.

In addition, according to the information he received from the inside of the division headquarters, the fuse that triggered this ground attack should be the Air Force causing trouble. They even launched a private bombing of the French army without notifying anyone.

However, after discussing with Telipang and Tribulaisi, it was impossible for the Air Force to have such courage. High-level leaders should support it, and even the Bangkok General Command might be involved. But this is obviously not something that officers of their level can guess. All they can do now is to keep their duties and fulfill their responsibilities.

However, now the lack of intelligence support has become the Siamese Army. The Siamese and the Khmer people have a feud, so it is almost impossible to send spies to the Khmer, and they cannot even buy insiders, because the Khmer people are willing to use the heads of Siamese spies to exchange for some rewards from the French colonists.

Although the Siam air force reconnaissance aircraft increased its efforts in transit reconnaissance, it only detected some border military facilities and could not obtain information on the mobilization of the army. Now the Siam side only learned that the French army had deployed at least two battalions of infantry at the border of Shishufeng Province, but they were neither clear about the other's equipment level nor the situation in the rear of the French army.

The last message from the agent who finally sneaked into Shishufeng was sent back to China before being arrested was that there were only a small number of French troops in the city and no armored units were found.

"The oil has been replenished, Mr. Captain." A non-commissioned officer stepped forward to report.

The 1934 field uniforms currently used by the Siamese Army are very similar to those of the British Army in style. They are brown and green single-breasted uniforms, with metal military logos on the vertical collars, and soldiers' uniforms are without eaves. Officers and senior non-commissioned officers have hard eaves.

This company is equipped with a Type 38 rifle purchased from Japan, so the infantry hung a full set of Japanese cowhide ammunition boxes around their waists, but the belts were equipped with French shoulder straps. The officers and non-commissioned officers also wore French military armed belts, and the map bags and kettles around their waists were also French-style.

Because it is now a battle, everyone has French Adriatic steel helmets on their heads, and the whole body is painted dark green. The front of the helmet is covered with a copper Siamese Army emblem.

Senior non-commissioned officers and officers in the Siamese army can choose to wear long leather boots or short leather shoes, while all soldiers wear short leather shoes to play leggings, which is exactly the same as the French army.

"Continue to move forward, a row of soldiers as vanguards, and the company followed him, and everyone cheered up. We are going to regain the territory occupied by the Khmers. This is an extremely glorious task. Marshal Piwen Songkan is waiting for our good news in Bangkok, for the king and for the honor, for the advancement!"

Captain Depan climbed onto the Rolls-Royce wheeled armored vehicle as the command vehicle, stood on the pedal of the car door, pulled out the pistol at his waist and pointed at the west.

PS: I caught up, thank you for your support.
Chapter completed!