Chapter 517 The Franco-Siamese War (2)
The German Consulate General in French Indochina is located in Hanoi, the capital of the Federation. Because it is a European colony, the diplomatic level of the consul has reached its peak.
The new consul sent by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs was still on the way, so the German military officer in Indochina temporarily took over all diplomatic business.
At present, the main job of the consulate is to issue visas to Chinese workers to Germany. Because workers come from various provinces in the Kuomintang-controlled area, it is impossible for them to go to Chongqing to go through the procedures, so they simply complete all diplomatic procedures in French Indochina, where the transfer is transferred.
Every Chinese worker will get a temporary ID card and a formal entry permit document. Germany is a country that strictly controls mobile personnel, especially for these foreign faces. Without these documents, it will be difficult to move forward in Europe.
The consulate hired 500 Annan staff, many of whom were Chinese living in the local area. These people could read and write Mandarin, so they took on the most arduous screening work.
These people have to screen out unqualified personnel from the transported workers. Because the personnel structures vary greatly in China, grassroots institutions in some regions cannot complete the indicators issued by Chongqing, so they often play tricks of making up for the numbers. Lieutenant age is the most common. Some teenagers are less than fifteen years old, and some laborers sent to Yunnan are even mixed with opium addicts and disabled people.
The number of workers is too large. The consulate staff works seven days a week and twelve hours a day, but they still cannot complete the initial work according to the Berlin schedule.
Colonel Rudendolph, appointed as the chief military officer in Indochina, is considering hiring another group of personnel, because he can foresee that the workload of the consulate will only increase and not decrease in the future.
"The first 50,000 people have been quarantined. These people have been living in the warehouse of Haiphong Pier for almost three days. They consume dozens of tons of food and a large amount of drinking water every day. Follow-up personnel are still coming. Captain William of Haiphong Port called and said that he could not find a suitable place to build a tent, but the fleet transporting these laborers was still stuck in Singapore." Captain Drum put a document on the colonel's desk, the colonel's adjutant, and now he is also in the position of diplomatic secretary and administrative assistant.
"Don't worry about this first, look at the thing on the table. It was just sent by the headquarters. Let's copy one and file it." The colonel looked downstairs with his hands behind his back. A team of military police walked past the lawn with two military dogs. The sentry opened the incandescent lamps at the corners of the wall, and the yard was brightly lit.
"The Siam Army's offensive plan? How could it be possible to get such a thing? It has the unit number, offensive route, supply station location, and even the time is marked. This is simply ridiculous." Drum said loudly in surprise.
It was a small scale military map, printed very finely, and the place names were marked in Siamese characters, which should have been specially drawn by Siam.
Now this map is marked with a bunch of military units, and the basic units are all battalion-level, which is in line with the convention of the Siamese army.
The number of each battalion is marked on the map, the route of advance and the target of the attack indicated by arrows, and even the time when the troops are expected to arrive at each location, showing the Siam Army's offensive plan to the captain.
Drum could hardly believe what he saw before him. This thing should be placed in the combat command room of the Siam Army Command, locked in the safe of the commander of the Eastern Legion, or any well-defended storage location, but it should never appear on the desk of the German military officer in the French Indochina.
"I really start to admire our agents now. If this thing is real, I think I have seen the end of this war. The French should have also obtained this thing. These Siamese troops are over." Drum drew a circle on the map with his finger.
"The time to decide the victory or defeat is tonight. If I were to command the French army, the troops marked on the map will no longer exist before noon tomorrow." Colonel Rudendolf turned around, and he sneered and threw the pencil in his hand on the map.
"I still can't believe that this thing is true? Where did those people from the Intelligence Department get this?" Captain Drum said staring at the map.
"This is the most interesting thing, the Siamese people handed this thing into our hands." Colonel Rudendolf stroked the mustache on his lips.
"Major Shiboru shot down a batch of Siamese bombers in the afternoon. You already know this. The command immediately sent a storm commando to support him. While they were heading to the border to search for the wreckage of enemy planes, they accidentally encountered a small Siamese army squad that crossed the border. Those people seemed to be carrying out some search missions. After the two sides encountered it, they launched a fire exchange. The commando quickly annihilated the small force, killed twelve people on the spot and captured two. Thank God, they finally learned to catch the living.
Later, while cleaning up the battlefield, they found this thing on the body of one of the Siamese officers. In addition to this, the man also carried a batch of other military documents, all of which were important secrets.
The officer who was beaten to death was a major of the Siam Army. According to one of the prisoners, he should be a staff officer of the Eastern Legion Command. Logically speaking, this person should not appear in that place at all, and should not carry military documents of this level on his body. But Colonel Rudendolf spread his hands towards the map.
"Now this thing is placed here, in front of us. And according to the information feedback from the French front, the authenticity of the document has been confirmed. The French defeated a company of the 12th Cavalry Battalion of the Siamese Army outside the Shishufeng City half an hour ago. The number of this unit is here, and it is indeed staying in the position indicated by the map, as the pioneer of assaulting Shishufeng.
There are also the 35th Infantry Battalion of the Siamese Army, the 20th Infantry Battalion, and the Fourth Artillery Battalion of the Siamese Army that followed closely behind. There is no mistake at all, this thing is a real guy." Rudendolf pushed open the seat and stood at the desk.
"I can't understand why the Siamese did this, but in my opinion, this thing was something they deliberately allowed the major to carry across the border, and deliberately let it fall into our or the French. There must be their intention in it, yes, they must have wanted to achieve some purpose, but I thought for a long time, but I couldn't think of the reason." The colonel frowned tightly.
"Perhaps some people don't want the Siam Army to win." Captain Drum guessed.
"It's the same if there is any information. They can't win this war." Colonel Rudendolf shook his head.
"But the Siamese people don't know this, and without this information, the battle may last for a week or even longer. Some people want to end in the shortest time, no, they should completely lose the war." Captain Drum held his chin with his chin in his hand, looking like a detective.
"What you said is indeed possible, as you guessed, someone wants the Siam Army to fight a straightforward defeat. There are ten infantry battalions, two cavalry battalions and two artillery battalions, and a tank battalion, with no reserves in the rear.
The French army had an advantage in military strength and could completely intersperse the border tonight, encircle the rear wing of the Siam Corps from the West, and cut off the supply line to Siam territory. Then mobilize the Saigon Division, the Siam Reap Division and twenty-five independent infantry battalions to encircle and annihilate the entire Siam Corps in one fell swoop.
Moreover, the French army also holds absolute air supremacy. By dawn tomorrow, the Siamese troops will be hit in all directions. They lack off-road mobility, and these infantry units leaving the road will soon run out of their carry-on supplies. Half a day, at most half a day." Ludendorf punched the table.
"Have the French started to act? Sir." Drum raised his head.
"Although the French sometimes seem a bit rigid, they are still very good at fighting." Ludendolf raised his hands behind his back and smiled.
"What should we do now?" Captain Drum asked.
"What does it have to do with us? This is a French war." The colonel stroked his beard and said in surprise.
"Okay, the Eye of Odin will follow up on the investigation. I believe there is a detailed report now, which is placed on the table of the Chief of Staff of the Commander. All we can do now is wait for the result, and the time will not be too long anyway. By the way, what you said before is that the transport ship is blocked in Xingjiagang, what's going on?" Ludendolf pulled back his seat and sat down behind the desk.
"The British have already unloaded the supplies on the ship, and it seems that they have to wait for a batch of goods from the British mainland to be transported to Myanmar with the ship. The British Navy responded to us that it will take at least two days to set sail. When they arrived at Haipang Port, the backlog of labor in our hands was almost 80,000, which is a heavy burden. Although the French had no objection, the sanitation and security problems in various camp areas began to deteriorate. Most of these are strong adult men, and we cannot keep them in the camp like prisoners." Drum began to complain to his superiors.
"Everything will be fine soon, I think you promise, Captain."
"Quickly? When exactly?"
"When the embassy personnel sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Berlin arrive, wait until the war is over, it will be soon anyway. You can continue to work on your work, Captain." Colonel Rudendolf scratched his forehead and said.
"I'm off work now, sir."
"It's so late? Then go find a place to have fun and relax."
“Can you introduce a good place?”
"Oh, what's the good nightclub of Champs Elysees? Have you never heard of it? Of course I haven't been there either, I just listened to the introduction of Colonel Duvak of France."
"I remembered it, it turns out you are talking about this one."
Then the two German military officers began to gather together to exchange confidential information.
Chapter completed!