Chapter 208 The first domino (fourth update, please subscribe)
Ask a question.
How to occupy a country with hundreds of thousands of troops with 1,200 people?
Nothing else, just conquer internally.
In the middle of the night on the 27th, two hours after the top brass of the Thai army launched a military coup to overthrow the so-called "pro-Japanese government" in order to avoid being severely punished by the allies, the aircraft flew from Borneo with the roar of the plane. The incoming plane roared to land at the airport.
When the Me323 "Giant" transport plane landed, all the Thai soldiers at the airport looked at these huge and even ugly aircraft in amazement, but when the "Cicada" tank drove out of the cabin of the transport plane, they were all stunned. Shocked and confused, they almost watched the blond and blue-eyed "American troops" disarm them.
In fact, they got the order early on - to fully cooperate with the Allies!
These blond and blue-eyed "US troops" acted very quickly. While disarming the Thai troops at the airport, they also quickly took control of the airport.
The Thai troops at the airport were disarmed and detained. After getting up, the C54 transport plane carrying the airborne troops began to land.
At this time, those who got off the plane were not the blond and blue-eyed "US troops", but a group of commandos with oil paint on their faces. Although they were dressed the same as the US military, the armbands had But it was a Hydra armband with red stripes on a black background.
This is the first time Hydra has been shown publicly, in a very special way.
Of course, for the Siamese people at this time, they had no idea that Siam would become the first stepping stone on the road to the rise of "Hydra".
This day is the debut of "Hydra".
In the following decades, it can even be said that throughout the Cold War, the black-and-red-striped Hydra appeared again and again in hot spots. Coups, conspiracies, assassinations and the like were always possible. Get involved with "Hydra".
Countries were subverted, colonies became independent, agents were supported, and agents of other countries were assassinated. Behind these actions, when people see Hydra, they always trace the origin from "hailhydra" and the phrase "Long live Hydra" all the way to Siam, and to their first time. Show up, but a mystery will always remain a mystery.
People have never found the answer, who is Hydra?
Where does Hydra come from?
Who supports Hydra?
But what is certain is that Hydra appeared after the demise of the Third Reich. Also, Hydra has close ties with the Third Reich's intelligence agencies.
However, sometimes some things are so unbelievable, because the Hydra first appeared in Siam, and it appeared on this night. This was the first time that the Hydra appeared in front of the world. However, How did they get here? How did all this happen?
There is no solution to this mystery. But on July 27, 1945, in the capital of Siam, people only thought that "Hydra" was the Allied Forces. "hailhydra" is just the beginning.
No one knew how many great things Hydra could do around the world in the next few decades. Let the American emperor drink his hatred and make the Soviet Union shed tears.
"Mr. Colonel, according to Mr. Panongi's order, we have prepared 150 trucks."
Major Lasong, who was in charge of liaison, looked at the allied colonel in front of him.
The Allies actually sent a colonel to command this operation!
Of course, he could never know that the colonel in front of him was actually what Churchill called "the most dangerous man in Europe", the kind who could be sent to the European War Criminals Court.
“Where are those people?”
“They are all waiting for you at the War Department, sir.”
“To the War Department, there are our people along the way. , now our people control the entire capital."
Soon, led by Skorzeny, the Allied convoy entered the capital by car, and the convoy drove directly to the army. At this time, what the generals in the Army Ministry who were looking forward to whitewashing did not know was that they were also the targets of the coup.
However, unlike when they dispatched Thai troops to arrest government officials, it was the Allied forces who arrested them this time. When they learned that the Allied advance team had arrived at the Army Ministry and came to greet them excitedly, they never thought about waiting. Theirs turned out to be the black barrel of the gun, and the wide smile of Skorzeny's scarred face. "Gentlemen, congratulations on all of you becoming members of the Allied Forces..."
While speaking, he paused deliberately and looked at the smiles on the faces of these dozens of generals. , just said.
"Allied prisoners of war!"
The next moment, the guns were pointed at them.
When they were arrested, everyone opened their eyes in shock, full of confusion and confusion.
They have obviously launched a coup, it should be their own people!
Obviously the Allies have given them a promise!
How could the Allied forces be so dishonest and contradictory as to what they heard?
In fact, they will never know that the Allies have never made any promises, and this operation has never been included in the Allied Command's combat plan.
At 8 o'clock in the morning the next day, Billy Payron made a radio speech in the name of the Provisional Committee, announcing that Siam had abolished its alliance with Japan, calling on the Thai army to defend Siam and drive away the Japanese invaders who invaded Siam. At the same time, he also invited Allied forces enter Siam.
At the same time, just after the generals ordered their troops to surrender to the Allied forces and the Free Thai guerrillas at gunpoint and hand over their weapons, in the backyard of the War Department, these generals were Executed en masse.
After learning the news, Skorzeny was stunned for a while and then said.
"It's just their own business."
In fact, he is also very clear that sometimes some things are inevitable, especially in this case, those who want to The biggest obstacle to full control is these soldiers.
That morning, the tens of thousands of troops of the 93rd Division stationed in the northern border area, led by Major General Lu, launched an attack across the border. Last year, he used one division to repel the attack of two Thai divisions and set fire to several of them. Ten tanks drove the Thai army out of the China-Myanmar border.
On the 28th, Major General Lu led two regiments to storm the First Division of the Thai Army. After a brief resistance, the First Division of the Thai Army announced its surrender, and the British army immediately invaded Siam from the Myanmar-Thailand border. Luo. Japanese troops stationed in the Siam border area fled toward Malaysia.
In one day, Siam, as an ally of Japan, completed its journey of abandoning darkness and turning to light.
However, in the following days, Siam did not calm down much - as punishment for Siam joining the Japanese alliance, on the 30th, the Allied Command ordered the disbandment of the Thai army, and arrests began in It was carried out within the army, and a large number of military bosses were arrested as war criminals. The arrest operation with the backing of the Allied forces went extremely smoothly, and there was almost no resistance. In fact, they could not resist. After all, the Allied forces were already stationed. Here, while helping them drive away the Japanese invaders, of course, some things need to be corrected.
Overnight, the Siamese military, which had held power in Siam for more than ten years, as a party that had deeply cooperated with the Japanese army, was naturally cleaned up and disappeared completely in the long river of history. And a Siamese army with the Free Thai guerrillas as the main body also stepped onto the stage.
In the days that followed, while Siam repeated its old name of Siam, the closed Chinese newspapers resumed publication, and Chinese schools were reopened. At the same time, the rule that Chinese language teachers must have studied Thai for four years before they were qualified to teach was abolished. . Many pro-Japanese officials were arrested, executed, or simply disappeared from the world.
What happened here that night?
No one knows, not even the President of the Republic of Siam who is involved has ever revealed anything to the outside world. After all, sometimes, secrets always stay secrets, and even the parties involved regard these things as secrets, then, Naturally, outsiders can't explain it clearly.
But one thing that is certain is that what happened on this day profoundly changed the Indochina Peninsula. Of course, the more changes were for Siam, where everything has undergone subversive changes. , the king who went into exile never came back. Of course, for him, this was also lucky. He avoided death, but for Nanyang, this was just the beginning of drastic changes. At least at this time, there was no People think that this is just the first domino to fall. Sometimes, some things are just like this, and people always realize it afterwards. Even the planner himself has never thought of it or realized it. , what does it mean when the first domino falls...
(End of this chapter)