The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

Chapter 323 Prime Minister Qiu: We are professional troublemakers

"According to the latest news obtained by our station, a 'coup d'Etat' is happening in the Southeast Asian country of Siam."

"According to an earlier report, the whereabouts of the pro-Fusang former Prime Minister Luang Phibun are currently unknown, and the Legislative Yuan building has been taken over by the pro-democracy camp led by MP Apaiwan."

"Unreliable reports indicate that MP Apaiwan is seeking to draft a new constitution in an attempt to withdraw from the war."

"Another Axis power is seeking peace. Will this bitter conflict thousands of miles away affect the United Kingdom's strategy? How will the situation in Siam develop? Stay tuned for more reports from this station."

"That's today's BBC morning news."

At 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Qiu, who was enjoying his morning tea and traditional John's sausage and baked beans with tomatoes, could hardly believe his ears.

He put down his knife and fork and stared at the radio for a while before he finally remembered to call Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden.

The secretary on duty rushed to the phone and asked as he dialed:

"Prime Minister, do you want to call an emergency cabinet meeting?"

Prime Minister Qiu thought about it and realized that according to the rules, the opposition leader Attlee should be notified of emergency cabinet meetings during wartime, but the other party had been contradicting him.

"No, just inform Morrison (Home Secretary) and Charlie (Head of the SOE Special Operations Division) and ask them to come over as soon as possible."

After a while, the phone was connected.

Prime Minister Qiu picked up the microphone and immediately launched into a tirade: "Anthony! What's going on? Why don't I have any information about Siam?"

"What? What's the matter?" On the other end of the phone, the Foreign Minister, who had just woken up, looked confused.

"A bitter war! A bitter war has broken out in Siam. You're the Foreign Secretary, and MI6 reports directly to you. Don't you know?"

"Then how did you know?" Anthony looked confused. He, the Foreign Secretary, hadn't received the news, and the MI6 agents hadn't reported it to him. How did the Prime Minister know it first?

"I was listening to the radio, the BBC. Didn't you hear it? Oh my God!"

Prime Minister Qiu is about to suffer from high blood pressure. How can he run the United Kingdom well if he is with such a bug?

Do you only step on the accelerator when going downhill?

Anthony looked innocent:

"Jesus, my radio at home just broke. You know, I've been busy with the White Eagles lately to deal with the illegitimate children and venereal disease problems left by those White Eagles in Hyde Park. I haven't had time to fix the radio."

Prime Minister Qiu was so angry that he almost laughed:

"Your radio at home? Let me remind you again, you are the Foreign Secretary. Where are your diplomatic cables? Where are your MI6 intelligence briefings?"

Anthony himself also smiled bitterly:

"You know how inefficient the civil servants in the United Kingdom are. Things are always late, so I prefer to listen to the BBC's international news."

Prime Minister Qiu was dumbfounded and had to drink a sip of red tea to calm his nerves:

"You're kidding...right?...right?"

Anthony: “No.”

Prime Minister Qiu: "Anyway, please come to No. 10 as soon as possible, and remember to bring MI6 people with you."

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Things in the United Kingdom are always so outrageous.

Edward VIII gave up his kingdom and throne for beauty.

The stuttering King George VI.

Lazy civil servants.

Ministers who only care about constituency votes.

The Colonial Ministry, which only wants to take advantage of the situation.

For a moment, Prime Minister Qiu, who had participated in the Boer War and World War I, really wanted to quit.

But after the decadence, Prime Minister Qiu is still full of energy:

"In short, this is a godsend opportunity, a godsend opportunity for us to contain Zhang Chi and his People's Security Army."

Anthony was not optimistic. "With all due respect, Prime Minister, the An Min Army's hard power far exceeds that of the colonial forces, and the Siamese army may not even be as strong as our colonial forces."

"Even if we can win over the newly elected Senator Apaiwan, it will be difficult for the Siamese army to threaten the flanks of the An Min Army."

Everyone knows that Siam’s location is important. To the north is the Republic of China, to the west is Pegu, to the east are the three Indochinese countries, and to the south are Malaya and Malacca.

It is not only a transportation hub, but also a battlefield.

However, its military strength is very average. Even after fighting the Japanese for several years, it has not become much stronger.

“That’s why I said this is the best opportunity.”

If Prime Minister Qiu has any advantages, self-confidence is definitely one of them.

"The Japanese will be driven out of Southeast Asia by the People's Security Army. This is an indisputable fact. The powerful People's Security Army is clearly a new threat. Faced with national defense pressure, Siam will definitely move closer to us. We can send instructors and provide them with military aid."

"For a small price, we can help Siam rearm its army to fight against the An Min Army."

The people present looked at each other and had to admit in their hearts that Prime Minister Qiu's idea this time was indeed a good one.

Charlie, the head of SOE's Special Operations Division, thought for a moment and spoke slowly:

"Perhaps helping Siam train a special forces unit would be a good option. A special forces unit that is proficient in jungle guerrilla warfare and has amphibious capabilities, just like what we did to the Nazi army in the North African desert, appearing and disappearing mysteriously and wreaking havoc everywhere."

Home Secretary Morrison said:

"If the new rulers in Siam are willing to pay, we can also send them the old weapons in our warehouses."

Advanced equipment such as the Firefly tank equipped with a 17-pound gun (pictured), the Prime Minister Chiu heavy tank (pictured) and the Cromwell cruiser tank were naturally reserved for fighting the Nazi tiger and leopard zoo in Europe.

However, a large number of old Valentine, Matilda, Crusader, Grant Lee and other tanks, as well as early Hurricane, Tempest, Spitfire and other old aircraft were sent to Siam.

Of course, as Minister Morrison suggests, these will all be charged.

As a professional troublemaker, Great Britain is well versed in causing trouble for other countries, and would even stir up trouble for the sake of stirring up trouble without any benefit.

Now that they have seized the opportunity to disgust their opponent, the Anmin Army, they are naturally even more excited.

Everyone in the meeting discussed and quickly came up with a rough plan.

But they forgot that all this is based on the premise that the pro-John Congressman Apaiwan can come to power.

Now Great Britain does not even have a direct army in Southeast Asia, how can it guarantee that Apaiwan can take power?

As a veteran, Prime Minister Qiu quickly discovered this omission:

"Order the 4th Army near Chittagong to pretend to attack the People's Security Army forces in Chittagong. This will divert Zhang's attention to the west and prevent him from setting his sights on Siam in the east."

"Also, send a telegram to Canberra, asking Kangaroo Country to dispatch a force to the north into Siam as soon as possible to stabilize the situation."

The head of MI6 under Foreign Minister Anthony's command immediately changed his expression. Anthony, noticing this, could only speak again:

"Allow me to add that if the Kangaroo Country's troops want to reach Siam, they must pass through the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, and there are Japanese troops stationed on those two large islands."

Prime Minister Qiu: "Don't worry, the Canberra authorities are willing to take this risk."

He is confident in his judgment.

The increasingly ambitious Kangaroo Country is constantly thinking about leaving the prison continent and expanding northward.

This time he gave the Kangaroo Country an opportunity to completely muddy the waters.