Chapter 1252 Military Arrangements

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After acquiring the Kra Isthmus, East Africa Central's construction arrangements for the Kra Isthmus territory were also put on the agenda.

Chief of General Staff Cristiano said: "Although the Imperial Navy has moved to the Kra Isthmus, this is only the first step in implementing military occupation. The Navy is only responsible for occupying islands, ports, or important cities near the coast. The Army will also be deployed later. and the Marine Corps went deep into the hinterland to clear out the local indigenous people.”

"Specifically, the first step is to dispatch elite soldiers and generals from the army troops originally performing tasks in East Kalimantan to the Kra Isthmus territory to guide the follow-up troops."

The war in East Kalimantan has ended, but the army sent by East Africa to East Kalimantan has not yet been withdrawn.

According to the arrangements of the staff, these soldiers were obviously going to return home to rest and recuperate. However, the annexation of the Kra Isthmus territory forced the staff to transfer a group of outstanding talents from the current East Kalimantan garrison to the Kra Isthmus to guide other troops.

In this regard, Cristiano also explained to Ernst, Friedrich and others: "In the past two years, the imperial army in East Kalimantan has accumulated profound experience in tropical jungle combat. "

"But the newly dispatched troops to the Kra Isthmus territory have not undergone actual combat drills."

"But after analysis by our General Staff, it is clear that the intensity of the war in the Kra Isthmus territory will exceed that in East Kalimantan."

"First, the population density of the Kra Isthmus territory is much greater than that of East Kalimantan. Second, the leakage of some details of our large-scale military operations in East Kalimantan in the past will inevitably lead to vigilance and fierce resistance from the locals. Thirdly, although the Kra Isthmus territory is small, its terrain is very complicated, with jungles, swamps, mountains and other complex terrains. Fourthly, the local ethnic groups and religions are more complex.”

Regarding the fourth point mentioned by Cristiano, this also exists in East Kalimantan, but the Kra Isthmus territory has a high level of civilization because of its long history of development.

The most significant difference between the two is that there are a large number of uncivilized primitive tribes in East Kalimantan, but this situation cannot exist in the Kra Isthmus territory.

There are three religious forces in the Kra Isthmus territory, namely Buddhism, Arabicism and Hinduism, and the composition of the population here is also more complex. In addition to Siamese and Malays, there are also a large number of Indians and Far Eastern Empire people. .

However, these religions or other forces are obviously not comparable to the completely primitive tribes of East Kalimantan's indigenous people.

Therefore, Cristiano emphatically said: "The power of the local people must not be underestimated. After all, the Kra Isthmus is the intersection of Eastern and Western civilizations, and logistics and trade are also relatively developed. This means that local forces may come from the United Kingdom, France, etc. There is support from the country.”

"Especially for the British, the Kra Isthmus territory borders the British colony of Pattani and we cannot rule out the possibility of British exports of weapons to the locals."

Of course, this is only a probability of happening. In order to support World War I, Britain is basically transfusing blood to the mainland from its colonies, such as India, Canada, Australia, etc. In addition to sending troops and supplies to the mainland, it even takes over part of the British mainland. military product orders.

This was unimaginable before. The British always carried out industrial production and then sold it to the colonies. Now the colonies are sending industrial products to the UK in the opposite direction. This also illustrates the huge gap in Britain's materials and production capacity.

Therefore, it is more likely that the UK will not stumble upon East Africa at this time, or at least not provide substantial military assistance to local forces.

However, the British are good at demagoguery and sowing discord. The UK currently does not have the ability to provide substantial assistance to the local area, but it can give the various forces in the Kra Isthmus territory the confidence to fight against East Africa through lobbying and providing trade channels. In the previous life, Ukraine was like this. Deceptive.

Therefore, Cristiano did not exclude the British factor. For a country that often harms others and does not benefit itself, no matter how careful or vigilant it is, it is impossible to be too careful.

The possibility of other countries is even smaller. Although France has many interests in Siam, it is impossible for France to offend East Africa, not to mention that the Kra Isthmus territory is not adjacent to France's colonies in Southeast Asia.

Regarding Cristiano's view, Ernst expressed his support: "Now the British resources must be given priority to serve the European war, and the resources they can mobilize on the Malay Peninsula are only at the political and diplomatic level. "

"For example, we lobby the Arab religious forces under the British colonies on the Malay Peninsula to provide support for their relatives and friends, especially the British colonial people in Pattani. It can be said that they are completely the same family as the Arab religious forces in Pattani under our rule."

The Pattani region was once again highlighted, and it would be completely unrealistic for East Africa not to be wary of British Pattani.

After all, East Africa has already offended the Arab religious forces in Southeast Asia, and the Arab religious forces have always been very cohesive.

If East Africa wants to take action against the Arab religious forces in the Kra Isthmus territory, then the Arab religious forces in the British colonies will certainly not remain indifferent.

Although they are unlikely to risk their lives for their "compatriots", they can still donate money and materials to their Arab compatriots in the Kra Isthmus.

The British only need to stir up the religious sentiments of Arab believers in the colonies on the Malay Peninsula under their rule, and it will be easier to do this.

Cristiano said: "Your Majesty is right, so we have set the southern part of the Kra Isthmus, especially the Pattani area, as a key monitoring area, and after the flow of people is completed, we will officially block the borders of the two Pattanis."

It cannot be said that East Africa did not give the Pattani people a chance. At least according to the arrangement of the East African military, the original population must be expelled from the country through intimidation.

And the remaining people who refused to leave under the intimidation of East Africa are basically some stubborn elements, and they can only let them taste the iron fist of the East African army.

So Cristiano said: "A large-scale war in the territory of the Kra Isthmus is bound to happen. We estimate that the number of refugees should be around 100,000, but most people should choose to stay there and fight us."

Just think about it and you will know that it is impossible for East Africa to make local forces willingly give up decades or even hundreds of years of foundation as soon as they open their mouths, especially for the local dignitaries.

Their rights, status, connections, and wealth all come from the local area. Even if they flee overseas with a lot of wealth, they are just stray dogs, and other places will not easily accept them into their own circles.

Cristiano continued: "In this case, our army will face various challenges, especially the harsh local environment, unfamiliar terrain, complex vegetation, etc."

"And these all require experienced veterans to lead the team. This is also the main reason why we advocate the selection of elite soldiers from the East Kalimantan region. They will be responsible for the training and guidance of the Kra Isthmus Territory Army and teach the new troops tropical jungle combat experience. As for the large forces in East Kalimantan, they will return home to rest."

Thinking about it, it is understandable that the current garrison in East Kalimantan has fought for two years. It can be said that the people are exhausted, so East Africa cannot let them perform new combat missions, which is easy to cause negative emotions among the grassroots troops.

However, they cannot all return home. The troops who go to the Kra Isthmus to perform missions have never had actual combat experience.

In this case, their combat effectiveness is questionable. If they were dealing with the uncivilized natives in East Kalimantan with extremely backward weapons and equipment, the East African army could completely crush them with its strength, but this approach would not work in the more civilized Kra Isthmus region.

Experienced veterans and excellent officers must provide early escort for troops that have not experienced actual combat tests.