Chapter 1347 Beat Me Hard
Du Fei could only sneer at Siam's request.
The current situation in Siam is not good, or in other words, the current situation is the result of their game.
The biggest pusher is the royal family of Siam, the scheming King Pumibong.
As a king born in America and educated in the United States since childhood, he has never been willing to become a symbolic mascot.
More than a decade before he became king, Siam was still a traditional monarchy with supreme power.
He hoped to obtain the authority of his ancestors, rather than the so-called constitutional monarchy that was subject to various checks and balances.
In order to achieve this goal, he has been working secretly, suppressing domestic capitalists through the military, and restraining the military through capitalists.
In this situation of checks and balances, he tried to gain greater power and benefits.
Before this, he had been doing well. In the world before Du Fei crossed over, he would play this hand to perfection until he died decades later.
During his reign, Siam was nominally a constitutional monarchy, but in fact the king enjoyed enormous power that was completely inconsistent with a normal constitutional monarchy.
But this time, he made a wrong calculation and actually wanted to use Du Fei to fish in troubled waters.
Du Fei must be beaten well.
As for whether the domestic side was prepared, as mentioned by Chen Fangshi, Du Fei did not need to consider it at all.
Because there was no need to mobilize additional forces to support Siam.
Although before, through the exchange with Li Yuanchao, a narrow corridor bordering Siam was obtained.
But there was no need to expose this road so early. This passage was left by Du Fei to prevent any changes in Li Yuanchao's side in the future, and there was still a channel for projecting deterrence at home.
Now there is no such situation, and Li Yuanchao can take action directly.
Whether it is to gather heavy troops for deterrence or to hold live-fire exercises, they are all optional means.
In addition, the northern part of Siam itself is the range of activities of the Progressive Party guerrillas. Even without Li Yuanchao's personal action, a little leakage from the fingers can arm these guerrillas.
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In the next few days, the situation further escalated.
First, the Progressive Party guerrillas in northern Siam suddenly stood up. They were originally suppressed in the deep mountains and forests, but suddenly they obtained a large number of guns and ammunition. Their morale and tactical command also improved to a higher level. After attacking several counties from all sides, they directly assembled a large force to attack Qingmai and Zhuanyi in the north.
This shocked Siam. His Majesty the King in Bangkok knew that this was Du Fei's response to him.
At the same time, Du Fei personally came to the shipyard in Kuching.
Accompanied by Dick Morning, the director of the shipyard, he inspected the Kuching heavy cruiser that was still undergoing modification.
This giant ship with a displacement of nearly 15,000 tons stayed on the slipway for more than half a year after Du Fei repaired the power cabin, and then turned to outfitting.
At most, in three months, this modernization modification will be completed. By then, in addition to the two triple-mounted 210mm main guns on the bow, it will carry dozens of anti-ship missiles with a range of tens of kilometers to more than 100 kilometers, becoming a veritable missile cruiser.
Unfortunately, it will take another three months for this giant ship to return to the ocean, and it will definitely not be able to catch up with the operation against Siam.
Du Fei stood on the cruiser disguised at the dock of the shipyard.
At present, the repair of the bow has been completed. The turrets of the two huge 210mm main guns have been repainted with dark gray anti-rust paint, and a new sea scanning radar has been installed on the mast behind the bridge.
The main modification works are all in the back, removing the two main guns to free up enough space to install various missiles and anti-aircraft guns.
At this time, a large number of scaffoldings have been built, and the workers are working in an orderly manner.
Du Fei stood at the bow and patted the metal guardrail with his hand, but his eyes were looking at the dry dock next to him.
There are four missile boats that have just laid the keel and are being built at the same time.
These missile boats are already the fourth batch of missile boats manufactured by Kuching Shipyard. Each missile boat is equipped with two anti-ship missiles, a twin 40mm gun is installed on the bow, and the displacement is more than 200 tons.
Although they got a heavy cruiser by accident, and also got three destroyers and minesweepers from Hong Kong.
But Du Fei was very clear in his mind. Cruisers and destroyers are just for show. For a long time in the future, the real backbone of the Kuching Navy will still be missile boats and torpedo boats.
Because with the current technical level of the Kuching Shipyard, only these two types of ships can be built independently.
Although larger destroyers and frigates can be built, they are limited to the hull. The weapons and advanced electronic equipment needed on the ship must be purchased from abroad.
In this regard, the country is also stretched.
It is not impossible to buy from abroad, but it will definitely be regarded as a big injustice.
And Du Fei knew very well that before the emergence of phased array radar, as long as they did not go out to the ocean, missile boats were enough.
"How many missile boats can we build by the end of this year?" Du Fei suddenly asked.
Dick Morning immediately replied: "The supporting missiles are in place. With our construction progress, we can build at least three batches, a total of twelve ships."
Du Fei nodded. With these twelve ships and the three batches that have been in service before, the Kuching Navy will have 24 missile boats by the end of the year. Each missile boat carries two missiles. If a saturation attack is carried out, a wave of 48 missiles can be formed in a short period of time.
In this era, this is already a very terrifying anti-ship firepower. If the subsequent H-7 is added, Du Fei has determined to use Kuching's financial resources to purchase at least four H-7 bombers.
If these bombers do not carry ordinary aerial bombs, one can carry six anti-ship missiles, and four can carry 24.
If the sea and air are coordinated, a more powerful missile wave will be formed, at least the strongest in the Nanyang region.
Du Fei couldn't help but smile a little. After working hard for so long, he finally saw the results.
With this confidence, he can be more relaxed in dealing with Siam next.
After returning from the shipyard, Du Fei immediately convened the highest military meeting.
In the center of Kuching, about two kilometers away from the original royal palace, a new Kingdom Conference Building has been built here in the past year and a half.
As the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Chen Fangshi's office was officially moved here, and the relevant government departments also moved here.
The original palace, as the private property of the royal family, was directly allocated to the private foundation under the names of Du Fei and Zhu Li, and turned into a museum similar to the Palace Museum, becoming a new tourist attraction in Kuching.
People all over the world are the same, always curious about the private life of the emperor or king, plus the palace itself is decorated magnificently, even if the ticket price is higher, many people are willing to pay this money.
As for the nominal ruler of Kuching, Her Majesty Queen Zhu Li has no time to take care of these things at present.
Although it is the second child, for some reason, the reaction is greater than the last time. As the month goes by, she vomits at home.
Du Fei came to the spacious conference room.
Because it is newly built, the facilities of the building are very new, and the latest high-power central air-conditioning is installed. It is very cool inside when it is hot outside.
Du Fei sat at one end of the strip conference room, with Chen Fangshi on his left and Zhu Benchang on his right.
Zhu Benchang is a member of the Zhu family. According to seniority, he is the uncle of Du Fei and Zhu Li. He is also sitting here to represent the interests of the fourth branch of the Zhu family.
With the relationship between Du Fei and Zhu Li established, especially the birth of Xiao Zhengping, the fourth branch of the Zhu family completely migrated here.
At this time, it can be seen that Du Fei arranged Chen Fangshi in advance to take advantage of the prime minister's benefits and foresight.
If there is no Chen Fangshi, with the fourth branch of the Zhu family coming, the balance of power in Kuching will be broken.
Because of Du Fei's special nature, it is impossible to keep an eye on him all the time, and Zhu Li has natural legitimacy as a queen. Once Zhu Li's identity is integrated with the family, what will happen can be imagined.
But now, with the existence of Chen Fangshi and the people Du Fei sent from the capital before, a new interest group has been formed.
This group is headed by Chen Fangshi. In terms of economy, there is a construction company established by Lao Yang's family, and Wang Yufen's Wang family's trading company.
There are more people in the army. The Wang family, headed by Wang Xiaodong, has natural adsorption because of Wang Yufen. Then there were those who came from the security department of the steel mill. Because they had the same background, they naturally formed a group. The old Yang brothers and Liu Kuangfu were the backbone. Then there were the people under Eagle, the original mercenary group. Although the mercenary group was disbanded, Eagle was still there, and this faction was still there, like Wei Chenggong and Song Zhenzhu, one of them controlled the security forces in Kuching, and the other was the most trusted guard captain around Zhu Li.
Comparatively speaking, the situation on the government side was more complicated. In addition to the Chen and Zhu factions, there were also many local forces.
Du Fei had a blank expression on his face. Because it was a tropical climate, it was impossible to wear the kind of particularly thick clothes that could highlight the momentum.
Even so, Du Fei still chose a military green half-sleeved shirt of the Kuching troops, and buttoned up the discipline button, straight and meticulous.
In the meeting room, everyone sat down and there was silence.
Those related to the troops were all like Du Fei, wearing military green half-sleeved shirts, while those on the government side wore the same white shirts, black pants, and black leather shoes.
Du Fei's eyes were calm and deep. There were many familiar faces in the conference room. Most of them were very young. There were also some new faces, some from the Zhu family and some from the local area.
But no matter who they were, they could not affect Du Fei's control of the overall situation.
The process of the meeting was very simple. Du Fei made some summaries based on Chen Fangshi's previous report.
The relevant departments were praised and criticized, but overall, Kuching has developed quite well.
The next thing was about the attitude towards Siam, which was also the main purpose of Du Fei's coming from China this time.
"Navy~" Du Fei looked at the dark-skinned middle-aged man who ranked about seven or eight at the conference table.
This man was tall and had broad shoulders. He was a northerner at first glance.
His name was Wang Wei Zhong. He was originally the captain of the domestic search fleet and is now the commander of the Kuching Navy.
His other identity is the son-in-law of the Zhu family. His wife is Zhu Qiao Yun, who is Zhu Li's cousin.
Zhu Pengzhi, who was temporarily in charge of the navy before, transferred to the government.
Meeting Du Fei's gaze, Wang Wei Zhong immediately stood up, writing straight and military style.
Du Fei said in a deep voice: "Commander Wang, you know the situation of our navy better than I do. For the time being, the only ones we can use are the three newly repaired destroyers. Can we go out to sea?"
Wang Wei Zhong said loudly without hesitation: "Yes! With the order of the chief, our naval officers and soldiers will complete the mission."
Du Fei said: "Okay, the six gunboats will also be assigned to you. Go to Da Nian in Siam and wipe out the pirate's lair for me."
Wang Wei Zhong was not surprised. He was mentally prepared before coming. He immediately stood up and said briefly and forcefully: "Yes!"
Du Fei nodded. He wanted this kind of unquestioning execution of orders. He said in a deep voice: "What if the Siamese warships stop us?"
Wang Wei Zhong said: "Report to the chief, any behavior that prevents the completion of the mission will be regarded as a hostile act, and I will fight back strongly."
Du Fei smiled: "Very good, I'll wait for your good news of victory."
Then Du Fei turned his eyes to Eagle.
Eagle was the only blond and blue-eyed person in the entire conference room.
Eagle immediately stood up when he met Du Fei's eyes, just like Wang Wei Zhong.
Du Fei said, "Is the special operations battalion ready?"
Iger said, "Report, the special operations battalion has 1,370 people, and all of them can be deployed at any time."
The so-called special operations battalion is an independent unit under Iger, similar to a special forces unit.
Iger is now in charge of the intelligence department in Kuching and has been separated from the sequence of the troops, but this unit is an exception.
These more than 1,000 people are the elite carefully selected from the entire army, with the best treatment, the best training, and the best equipment.
No need to go through anyone or any procedures, as long as Du Fei has an idea, he can mobilize this force.
It can be said that these more than 1,000 people are Du Fei's private soldiers.
This time Du Fei is going to let this special operations battalion try its edge.
Originally, there were two fruit routes, the Pingrang and Moscow line could not be moved easily. If necessary, he was going to draw 20 Yun-8s from the Bagoda and Tripoli line.
These transport planes are enough to transport more than 1,000 people and equipment of the special operations battalion to any airport within 6,000 kilometers in one wave.
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After the meeting, Wang Wei Zhong set off directly.
At dawn the next day, after sailing all night, a fleet of three destroyers arrived at Pattani, adjacent to Malaysia.
This is the nest of the Suchai Group.
At this time, several days had passed since Suchai's death.
The pirates who stayed here didn't know what had happened, because there were similar situations when Suchai went out for a few days before.
It was not until the eastern sun shone the outlines of the three destroyers from behind that the pirates in the camp found that something was wrong.
Because they were hyenas raised by the royal family and specialized in doing dirty work, they were very low in vigilance in the camp and did not expect any danger at all.
At first, when they found the three destroyers, they thought they were ships of the Siamese Navy passing by.
It was not until the three ships got closer and closer, and they were lined up and the turrets turned around that they realized something was wrong.
However, it was too late, Wang Weizhong was standing on the flagship "Laizhou".
The so-called Laizhou is the original Wenlai, which is Sri Baga. When the Riau Islands were changed to Guixu before, the original place names on Borneo were also translated into Chinese.
On the bridge of Laizhou, Wang Weizhong had a serious expression, holding a telescope and looking at the pirate camp in the distance.
Although he looked calm on the surface, he was actually a little nervous.
Wang Weizhong had lived for forty years and had worked in the navy for twenty years, but this was his first time in actual combat, and he was not more experienced than those young soldiers.
However, this nervousness did not scare him, but made him more excited!
Wang Weizhong was glad that his decision to give up everything in China and follow his wife's family to Southeast Asia was correct.
Otherwise, given his situation, he might not be able to lead the fleet to fight a naval battle until the day he retired.
What's more, the largest ship he had led in China was only more than 300 tons.
Now this is a serious ocean-going destroyer, and soon there will be another 10,000-ton giant ship in service.
Wang Weizhong's eyes became more determined. This was an opportunity given to him by God, and he ordered "fire" without hesitation.
With this sound, three old destroyers, each with two twin 100mm naval guns in front and behind, a total of twelve guns, roared at the same time.
After the meticulous renovation at the shipyard and the training and running-in in the past few months, these three destroyers, although old, have demonstrated a very high technical level in the hands of these sailors.
This kind of attack on fixed targets on the ground is simply too easy for them.
With a burst of dense gunfire, a cloud of black smoke covered the sea.
The pirate camp located on the protruding peninsula was instantly destroyed by more than half, and most of the people inside were killed in a confused manner without knowing what was going on.
Those who survived by chance were also confused, but they didn't come back to their senses. The second round of artillery fire has arrived...
The firing rate of the 100mm naval gun is quite fast, and it has reached five rounds in a blink of an eye.
The pirate camp on the ground has become a ruin.
In theory, this has completed the task assigned by Du Fei, but Wang Weizhong knows that destroying the pirate camp is not a big deal.
Their real mission has just begun.
The most important thing is that the pirate camp is located in Da Nian Prefecture.
What will the king and the military government in power react to the attack?
Therefore, after destroying the pirate camp, Wang Weizhong did not leave, but stayed there and waited.
At the same time, the phones of some important departments in Mangu had been flooded with calls.
"What did you say! They~they actually dared to..." In the palace, Pu Mi Bong's face was ugly, and the eyes under his gold-rimmed eyes were sinister and murderous.
He did want to provoke a conflict between Du Fei and the military.
But sending gunboats to openly fire was no longer a simple conflict, but a slap in the face.
It was not only the face of the Military Government that was hit, but also the face of him as the king.
More importantly, he was a little scared. He was not sure what Du Fei wanted to do?
"Is it because the previous wording was too strong?" Pu Mi Bong frowned, thinking about various possibilities.
At the same time, as the head of the Military Government, He Nong was even more troubled.
I don't know if it was because of old age, but I had a migraine in the past few years. When I got this news, it hurt again, like a needle.
He Nong rubbed his temples painfully, and it took a long time to ease a little. He asked: "What does the navy say?"
Although it is the Military Government, He Nong is the army after all. His control over the navy is very limited. They are more of a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship.
The secretary across the desk said, "Sir, the navy's Weng Chaojiang army has sent warships."
He Nong was surprised: "So fast?"
Immediately, he figured it out. The navy has always disagreed with the current distribution of benefits.
Comparatively speaking, the air force is relatively small, and has always been more pro-royal, and the share of benefits obtained is also fixed.
The navy not only has ships, but also a large number of marines, which gives them the capital to bargain with He Nong.
He Nong knew that this time the navy took it as an opportunity to ask for money again.
But he had a hunch that it might not be that simple.
A few hours later, the sea outside Da Nian Prefecture.
Six ships came quickly from the north, including two old destroyers with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, a patrol boat, a minesweeper, and two torpedo boats.
When the enemy appeared, Wang Wei Zhong immediately alerted and ordered to occupy a favorable position in advance.
At the same time, the radio was used to notify the gunboat in the air to enter the predetermined position.
Twenty minutes later, in the bridge of Laizhou, the captain reported that the other party had requested a call.
Wang Weizhong looked at his watch expressionlessly, waved his hand and said: "No need, our gunboats are in place, ready to fight!"
At the same time, the Siamese ship opposite was still leisurely waiting for the call.
They didn't think they would really fight. At most, they would confront each other here and then negotiate from above.
In the past, they had similar frictions with Malaysia, and most of them were the same routine.
However, this time was different. The so-called "warning letter" they issued before had closed the door to negotiations.
When Du Fei came, he ordered Wang Weizhong: Don't worry, beat him hard.
For this legendary cousin-in-law, Wang Weizhong admired him very much, even worshipped him.
Coming from a grassroots background, without a father or a mother, he made such a big situation in just a few years.
If this were placed in ancient times, he would definitely be a figure like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang.
With Du Fei's explanation, Wang Weizhong didn't say a word and just fucked him.
"Boom boom boom~"
The three destroyers opened fire again. The sailors on the ships were well-trained. In addition, they had been fed with shells for several months, which helped the gunners on the ship to develop a good feel.
It was not obvious when shooting at fixed targets on the shore before, but now it is reflected in ship-to-ship and ship-to-ship.
Although the sailors under Du Fei are still immature in experience and tactical thinking, they are definitely excellent in terms of training.
At least they are much better than the opponents.
The first round of shooting hit a destroyer on the opposite side, and the main gun on the bow of the ship was blown away in an instant.
The other shells hit the water, but they were not far from the target.
At the same time, the roar of the wj-8 engine came from the sea in the south from far to near.
There were a total of six gunboats, and the movement and noise of twelve coaxial reverse turboprop engines mixed together. As the distance got closer and closer, the altitude dropped rapidly and the sound became louder and louder.
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