Rebirth of the Flying Era

Chapter 1352 Seventeen Hours

Faced with this situation, Pumi Bang issued several orders urging Thanon to mobilize troops to block the guerrilla attack.

But Thanon's reaction was quite negative, and he even left the center of Bangkok directly and went to the military camp in the suburbs in the name of inspection work.

This made Pumi Beng furious, but there was nothing he could do.

 In Sokha Military Camp, this is Thanong’s real home base.

 Three thousand of the best-equipped soldiers are stationed throughout the military camp, including tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a runway capable of taking off and landing small aircraft.

In a reception room in the military camp, Thanong, who was dressed in military uniform, was chatting and laughing with a middle-aged man in plain clothes.

"Mr. Kathu, as a soldier, I am not loyal to any monarch, but to this Guo family." Thanon said seriously: "My principle in doing things is that anything that is beneficial to the country and the people should be done. It can be done and it must be done.”

　　Katu said with a smile: "Thanong Jiangjun Gaoyi, on behalf of all my colleagues in the Progressive Party, I sincerely invite His Excellency Jiangjun to join us secretly. What do you think of Jiangjun?"

Thanong was slightly startled, but reacted very quickly, and immediately said: "I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it! I quickly believe that the Progressive Party's program is the inevitable direction of Siam's future development. Whether it is a constitutional monarchy or military and political discipline, they are all excessive. , not for long.”

Khatu didn’t expect that Thanon would agree so happily, but he hesitated a little, laughed, and thought about how much of Thanon’s words were true and how false.

Tha Nong said righteously that this time he would not only join secretly, but also establish a branch, develop members, and support the republic.

Only then did Cato understand the real purpose of Thanon. In exchange for these actions, the Progressive Party must guarantee the basic rights and interests of the military.

After thinking about this, Kathu was not unhappy, but was very happy.

 Because this is an unexpected gain for the Progressive Party.

 At the beginning, they always attributed the military to the royalist faction, because the military government has always cooperated with the royal family to gain legitimacy and legitimacy, and the royal family received security guarantees accordingly. The two have a symbiotic relationship.

 But this time, the situation has obviously changed. The military and the royal family have fallen out, forcing the military to make new choices.

 However, after the Katut envoy left, the smile on Thanon's face disappeared. He watched the other party's car leaving the military camp and sneered softly.

 In his opinion, the Progressives are still too immature, and these people think of Zhengzhi too simply.

  No matter what Thanon says, in essence the interests of the military conflict with those of the Progressive Party.

Thanon does want to use the hands of the Progressive Party to eliminate the royal family, but he does not want to establish a Guo family as envisioned by the Progressive Party. He hopes to establish a new Thanon dynasty.

 At the same time, in the royal palace in Bangkok.

Pumi Beng’s face was extremely ugly.

He has just received the news that the Progressive Party’s emissary has just left the military camp in Thanon. The content of their meeting is not yet known, but it can be imagined.

During this period, bad news came one after another, which made Pumi Beng more and more impatient.

 He originally thought that the time was ripe to make some changes by taking advantage of people's dislike of the military government, thereby profiting from it and getting more benefits.

However, the reality not only failed to achieve the expected effect, but also made a mess of feathers that was difficult to clean up.

Even though he mobilized a large amount of resources to incite and expand people's dissatisfaction with the military, he even exaggerated it to the point of selling fruit.

But he underestimated Tanong's control over his subordinates. The expected chaos and division in the military government under the pressure did not appear. Instead, Danbei's sudden action showed the importance of the army, which caused Tanong to panic. Good impression.

Especially the attitude towards facing foreign enemies and guerrillas at the same time made some people who originally sympathized with the Progressive Party have a good impression of the military, and also calmed down some neutrals.

 Faced with the possibility of conflict with foreign enemies, now is by no means the time to liquidate the military.

 Then there is the sudden rise of the Progressive Party guerrillas.

What kind of **** World War II arsenal? Even a fool would not believe such a lame excuse. During World War II, the Japanese had 56 punches?

 But even if you know about this kind of thing, you can't expose it. Once exposed, it will be of no benefit to anyone.

This is why, after the guerrillas announced their discovery of the World War II arsenal, Thanong immediately recognized it.

Someone must bear this pot, but it must not be the rightful owner.

At this time, Pumi Beng already regretted messing with Du Fei. At first, he only saw that Du Fei could bring pressure to the military government, but he did not expect Du Fei to be so destructive.

 In his view, Li Yuanchao would not risk fighting on two fronts by using troops on the eastern front out of consideration of its own interests.

Who would have thought that Li Yuanchao didn't play his cards according to the routine at all, and he turned out to be an army of 30,000 soldiers, which was simply unreasonable.

  It cannot be said that Pumi Beng’s cognition is wrong. In the final analysis, it is still poor information.

 He did not know many situations, or had only a partial understanding of them.

 The first is the special relationship between Du Fei and Li Yuanchao. Du Fei single-handedly made Li Yuanchao what he is today.

Coupled with Du Fei's later plan to set off from Shanbei and penetrate directly behind the Indian army, Li Yuanchao finally suffered a lot.

From Pumi Beng's point of view, Du Fei and Li Yuanchao were just second-generation sons of different factions. They had some friendship, but it was not too deep, which made him make a wrong judgment.

 In addition, he underestimated the current financial situation of Li Yuanchao.

Only his own people know how much gold and silver treasure Li Yuanchao brought back last time.

After that incident, all the troops involved were replaced, their equipment was also replaced by Du Fei, and they established a joint venture with Du Fei to build an arsenal.

Now he is eager to take these new recruits out to practice and practice.

One Li aided Korea and the other was the Progressive Party. Two unexpected factors disrupted all Pumi Bang’s plans.

 Let Jun Zhengfu, who was supposed to be the target of public criticism, become a supporting role instead.

Especially now, with the Progressive Party guerrillas moving all the way south, the military led by Thanong has an ambiguous attitude. Instead, it has put the royal family and the capitalists and civilian factions who secretly colluded with the royal family and planned to overthrow the military government on the fire.

You must know that the targets of the Progressive Party's struggle are feudalism and capitalism.

Pumi Beng sighed helplessly. He knew that he had encountered an obstacle that he could not overcome this time, so he had to get up and go to a courtyard deep in the palace.

There is a splendid temple here. Several monks in light orange robes bared one arm and bowed slightly when they saw Pumi Beng.

Pumi Beng returned the courtesy one by one, without any high-profile attitude as a king.

 Until we came to the main hall of the temple, there was a towering Buddha statue wrapped in gold.

Pumi jumped to the front of the futon, knelt down and worshiped, her lips moved, and she didn't know what to say.

After the prostrations were completed, an old monk came out from behind the Buddha statue and said in a deep voice: "My Buddha, Sakyamuni, why have you come here?"

Although the old monk looks old, his exposed shoulders and arms still have bulging muscles, and his skin is tender and white, as if he were young.

Pumi Bang saluted respectfully: "Master, the country is in a difficult situation now. Please help me protect the country."

The old monk said expressionlessly: "What do you want, Your Majesty?"

Pumi jumped and said: "Please ask the divine master to send down the power of thunder to get rid of the devil who destroys the foundation of our Buddhist country. This man comes from the north and his name is Du Fei."

The old monk frowned and shook his head. He actually knew who Du Fei was. He said calmly, "Please forgive me for not being able to obey my order. Du Fei is blessed with the destiny of a great country. If I hurt him, he will suffer backlash and ruin my life." Bit."

Pumi Beng’s face froze, but he was unwilling to give in. He begged again: “Please help me, Master! I will serve you more sincerely.”

 Actually, the implication is that you have received my offering. Now if you have something to do, you can’t do anything. If you help me, you will double your offering. If you don’t help me, nothing will happen.

The old monk was unmoved and said calmly: "Your Majesty, please be careful. Unless this poor monk is unwilling to help your Majesty with your worries, even if I risk my life, I won't be able to touch that person in the slightest."

Pumi Beng frowned and said, "What do you mean by this?"

The old monk said: "Du Fei is the Dharma King who has come to this world. He is protected by the Buddha. No external evil can come to him. I hope your majesty will give up his obsession."

 In fact, it is not a secret that Dharma King came to this world and some things happened in Nanyang.

For example, most people may not know how the snake king died in Yinni, but this old monk knew it very well.

Du Fei must have experts around him.

Pumi Beng looked stunned.

The old monk said calmly: "Your Majesty will not think that there will be no strange people and strangers in the thousands of years of history of the Celestial Dynasty~"

Pumi Beng was silent. Even after talking about it, he knew that he could not change the old monk's mind.

Although the old monk in front of me has a kind face and kind eyes, he is not a good person. Since he has said no, there is no point in nagging, so he can only retreat and ask for the next best thing: "In that case, can you ask the spiritual master to help me eliminate the chaos of the Progressives? "

Unexpectedly, the old monk still shook his head: "Your Majesty, the war is fierce and dangerous, and the situation is overwhelming. This is beyond the capabilities of the old monk. Your Majesty, you should change your request~"

Pumi Beng had no choice but to retreat and do the next best thing: "Please help me get rid of Tanong. This person has violated military principles and his oath to protect the country and the royal family. Please don't refuse, please."

This time the old monk bowed slightly and said calmly: "This is okay, but your Majesty should know the price of using the magic of subduing gods."

Pumi Beng's expression changed for a moment, and then he said in a deep voice: "Thirty boys and thirty girls can be sacrificed."

The old monk still had kind eyes and raised his palms in front of his chest, bowing slightly: "My Buddha is compassionate~" as if it was not a life, but a meaningless number: "In this case, I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty."

Pumi breathed a sigh of relief, nodded in return, turned around and left.

 …

The next morning, the morning glow was particularly gorgeous, and the sea breeze blowing from the Gulf of Siam carried a moist smell.

There was a sudden commotion in the Sokha military camp on the outskirts. Tha Nong's secretary, Innadu, stood in Thanon's bedroom with a pale face.

On the bed next to him, several military doctors in white coats were examining him, all with solemn faces.

On the bed, Thanon's body had stiffened, his eyes were bulging, and his expression was ferocious. It was as if he had seen something that frightened him before he died.

At this time, a large group of officers rushed in from outside.

The leader was a short, fat, bald old man, Munado, the second-largest person in the military after Thanon.

Originally, Ta Nong was still there and kept Munado under him. Now that Ta Nong is dead, the factions are leaderless. Others have no qualifications or strength to suppress Munado. He is allowed to lead people into the house and sees the person on the bed. The corpse had an extremely complex expression.

First he was surprised, then gloomy, his eyes rolled.

Just an hour ago, the king's emissary came to him, hoping that he would replace Thanon and become the new head of the military.

Of course Munado did not agree. One of his shortcomings is his greed for money. He is not greedy for power. He believes that money is everything and is wealth that can be passed on to future generations.

  No matter how great the power is, it is difficult for him to pass it on and it is not stable.

Just like what happened to the Sha Li Jiang Army back then, they were not dead.

Although Thanong is extremely powerful now, he will not be able to pass on his power when he dies.

So he chose money, and power was just a tool and way for him to obtain money. He never thought about competing with Tanong for power. Even the second-in-command, unknowingly, when everyone else was gone, he became Number two.

It is this mentality that allowed him to stay peacefully under Thanon for so many years.

This mentality also creates another advantage of Munado, which is self-awareness.

As long as Thanon was still there, he would not have any thoughts, so when faced with Pumi Bang's envoy, he refused without hesitation.

 However, the emissary told him firmly that Thanon was dead.

Of course Munado didn’t believe it and thought he was joking.

The emissary asked him to come to the Sokha Military Camp in two hours to see for himself.

Minadu didn't believe it at first, but at his level, he knew that the royal family had some inhumane methods, especially the head-lowering technique, which could kill people invisible.

Munado waited for two hours with some suspicion, and found out that Thanon was actually dead!

Seeing this result, Munado couldn't help but his heart beat faster, and he turned around and left completely ignoring the situation at the scene.

 His reactions were all seen by Thanon's secretary, Innadu.

Yingnadu couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, and she felt even worse.

 He is the most confidant around Tanong. Everyone else can change their families after Tanong's death, but he cannot.

 No matter who comes to power in the end, he will definitely be purged because he has learned too much from following him over the years, and his successors will not leave him as a factor of uncertainty.    He must find a way to save himself if he wants to live.

Yingnadu was in a panic. He only had one thought in his mind, and he had to find a solution as soon as possible.

 Otherwise, he would definitely be doomed, and his family would even be implicated. Thinking of his beautiful wife and two children, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

 He thought first of the king. If there was anyone in Siam who could save him, it would be the king.

But he denied it in an instant. Why should the king save him? What value did he have, and was he worthy of the king's action?

The more nervous Innadu is, the calmer he becomes. He knows that he must not make a wrong step at this time.

Over the years, he has learned very well what kind of person the king is. He appears to be gentle and kind, but in fact he is ruthless. Even if he promises to protect him, he will abandon him like a worn out shoe after using him.

Yingnadu took a deep breath, and the second person that came to mind was Thanon's eldest son Gu Dan.

 Following Thanon's side, he had a lot of contact with Gu Dan and knew many unknown situations. He even knew the eldest son better than Thanon himself.

Now that Thanon died suddenly, Innadu thought that he and Gu Dan were the most natural allies.

 Whether it is Munado or someone else, as long as they want to take over the authority, they must eliminate Ta Nong's influence.

 Ying Nadu and Gu Dan are both targets that must be suppressed and eliminated.

 The problem is that Gu Dan is not in Bangkok now. Gu Dan was sent to Kuching by Thanon two days ago to meet Du Fei.

Yingnadu was secretly anxious. Thinking calmly, he felt that Gu Dan was the only hope and must contact him as soon as possible.

Moreover, he cannot act rashly here, as his identity is very sensitive.

 At this time, anyone who is interested in Tanong's position will keep an eye on him as a secretary.

Any movement in Yinadu will attract the attention of many people, especially Munado.

Now that Thanon has just died, everyone is caught off guard. The most important thing for Munado is to win more support and get enough chips to become Thanon's successor.

Yingnadu left Tanong’s bedroom on an excuse to go to the toilet.

 Amidst the sound of peeing, a young captain walked in from the outside. He saw Inadu nodding to say hello and unbuttoning his belt as if nothing had happened.

After peeing, Ying Nadu whispered while fastening his pants: "Find a way to rent a plane to Kuching, find Mr. Gu Dan, explain the situation here, and ask him to come back quickly to take charge of the overall situation. If it is late, it will be too late."

The captain nodded calmly, and left quickly after Yinadu went out.

 Innadu served as Thanon's secretary for seven or eight years. He was very powerful when Thanon was alive, and naturally he had some people under his command.

It's just a matter of life and death, and he doesn't trust ordinary people.

This captain has another identity, that is, he is his brother-in-law, that is, his brother-in-law.

 But in the military camp, few people knew about this relationship, and Yingnadu never revealed it.

 In addition, this brother-in-law has a special background and did not grow up at home.

 …

At the same time, after Munado left the Sokha military camp, he quickly met the king's emissary again to convey Pumi Beng's will.

 The conditions are also very simple. If both of them cooperate, the king will make a clear decision and let Munado take over Thanon's position and power in view of the current situation.

Although in principle, Siam is a constitutional monarchy, the king does not have the right to directly appoint ministers.

 But now, under special circumstances, and Munado is already a veteran of the military, it is not too outrageous to replace Thanon. Coupled with the king's prestige and blessing, it can be accepted by all parties.

 Of course, the name of the king is not in vain.

In exchange, Munado, who controls the army, must immediately send troops to clear out the guerrillas in the north.

Munado was a little surprised. When he saw the king's emissary before, he thought that Pumi Beng would take this opportunity to defeat the military first.

 Unexpectedly, in Pumi Beng’s eyes, the guerrillas of the Progressive Party were a serious problem.

 In this regard, Munado and Pumi Beng are not on the same frequency at all. In Munado's view, those guerrillas are just a mob and are not a serious problem at all.

Now that Thanong died suddenly, it was the king's opportunity to seize military power. Even if he sent someone to contact him this time, it was to provoke infighting in the military and ultimately reap the benefits.

 In this regard, Munado also suffers from poor information.

He didn’t know that what Pumi Beng was really afraid of was not the guerrillas, but Du Fei who was instigating behind the scenes.

Although Du Fei had promised Bu Shi not to touch an inch of Siam's land, Pumi Beng didn't know~

What your Majesty is most afraid of is that the guerrillas of the Progressive Party are only the vanguard. If left alone, Li Yuanchao in the northwest and Du Fei in the south will attack from the north and the south.

 When the time comes, the horse will definitely pounce on you and take a bite, and it will become a wall that everyone will push against.

But Pumi Beng was still too impatient. He sent people to come to Munado in advance in order to warn him not to imitate him.

 But Munado and Tanong are not the same character at all.

Munado was not that courageous. Knowing that Tanong was killed by the royal family made him feel chilly.

 He had just seen with his own eyes the tragic situation of his death, and the look of pain and despair still remained in his eyes.

As early as that year, the royal family and the military had an agreement that the royal family could not use divine magic on senior military officials, otherwise the military would use the most violent means to retaliate indiscriminately.

Since 1932, both parties have abided by this agreement. Unexpectedly, Pumi Beng blatantly violated it.

In addition to being afraid, Munado also had murderous intent for a moment.

 After all, he was born with a gun, but the murderous intention was not because of others, but because it endangered himself.

Pumi Beng broke the routine this time, and the top military officials will lose their security guarantee.

Facing that kind of sinister divine magic, most of these high-level officials are ordinary people and have no way to avoid it.

 The masters in the army are good at frontal combat. Although they are not afraid of this technique, it is difficult to defend against it.

What should we do now?

Munado faced a choice: accept the olive branch offered by Pumi Beng and gain greater rights, or expose the king and stick to the agreement.

 The former will gain power, but will acquiesce to the king's violation of the agreement, which means that Pumi Bang can use the same method to deal with him in the future.

 The latter will completely break the existing situation and trigger a conflict between the military and the royal family.

However, at this moment, the king's envoy smiled and handed over a note.

As soon as Munado looked at it, his pupils shrank and his heartbeat accelerated.

It was a one-million-dollar bearer certificate of deposit. Munado was very familiar with this kind of certificate of deposit. It was a Swiss bank he frequented.

The special envoy said calmly: "Your Excellency, General, Your Majesty said that there will be a similar one after the matter is completed."

 If there is any weakness in Munado, it must be greed for money.

Munado doesn’t care much about power or beauty, and only has an almost pathological desire for money.

This itself is not a secret. Pumi Beng seized this point and directly produced Wang Zha at the critical moment.

Minado reached out to get the deposit certificate, and made a decision with a sudden surprise. At this time, nothing else mattered, this million dollars was the real thing.

"Your Excellency, please convey my respect to His Majesty the King when you return." Munado put the deposit receipt away and said with a smile: "Everything will be as he wishes."

There was a hint of imperceptible contempt in the eyes of the special envoy, and he looked down on Munado's performance from the bottom of his heart.

But it only took a moment before he covered it up and nodded: "Don't worry, General, I will bring you all your respect."

 An agreement was reached, and the envoy said nothing more. He did not need to teach him how to do it specifically.

After the man left, the smile on Munado's face faded. He reached into his pocket and took out the million-dollar deposit certificate, with a flash of complicated emotions in his eyes.

He is indeed greedy for money, but he is not willing to ignore it just for a million dollars.

Even if it were doubled after the project was completed, it would only be two million US dollars.

His behavior just now was not a protective look, a fool who was greedy for money.

 Besides, two million US dollars is not a small amount of money even for Pumi Beng.

Since the other party can take it out, it is a kind of determination.

If he still refuses to accept it, he will be given a toast instead of eating and will be punished with a fine drink.

　　Pumi Beng even killed Thanon, which shows how much determination and leverage he had, and it was impossible to get stuck with him at this point.

Minaduo sighed, put the deposit receipt away, and cheered up.

 Since you have received the money, you have to do something, organize your own manpower immediately, and prepare to control Bangkok.

 At the same time, they surrounded Sokha Military Camp, Thanon's home base.

Munato knew that he had to be quick and take control of the situation before the opponent recovered from his death.

 Thannon's power is far more powerful than him. Even if Thanon dies and the factions below split, the split faction will still be stronger than him.

 Besides, with Pumi Bang’s methods, it’s impossible to just bet on him. There must be other candidates.

 The worst result would be if it is too slow and people get the upper hand.

 …

 At the other end, in the Soka military camp, Yingnadu had already discovered that someone was watching him secretly.

 Fortunately, he made arrangements immediately. All he needs to do now is to wait for Gu Dan's response, and on the other hand, secretly get his family out of Bangkok.

 In the afternoon, the Sokha military camp fell into an eerie silence.

 From the chaos of sudden discovery of Thanon's death in the morning, now everyone is thinking about the future.

 Some people are secretly connected, some are weighing the pros and cons, and some are ambitious.

In Inado's office, a young and beautiful female officer knocked on the door and came in, followed by two military policemen.

"General Wenner invites you to come over for a meeting." The female officer said seriously.

 “Okay~” Yingnadu nodded calmly.

Winner is a powerful faction under Thanon and is considered by many to be Thanon's future successor.

As soon as Yingnadu arrived at the door, he slapped his forehead as if he had a sudden realization: "Sorry, I just have something to give to General Wenner."

The two military police officers frowned, and the female officer made an invitation gesture and walked in with Inado.

The two men did not close the door. The two gendarmes hesitated and did not follow.

Although Tanong died, they were still a little wary of Innadu as secretary.

 No one can say what will happen next.

However, just when he came to the desk and bent down to open the drawer, Innadu heard the female officer whisper: "Minadu has surrendered to the king and is preparing to raid the military camp early tomorrow morning. Find a way to leave."

The woman spoke very fast, and immediately turned sideways as if nothing happened.

Yingnadu pursed her lips and smiled, but she was even more anxious in her heart.

 He just asked his brother-in-law to go to Kuching a few hours ago, and the flight would take at least two or three hours.

 Can I see Gu Dan? Can Gu Dan do anything?

Even if there is a way, how long will it take to come back?

 There are only seventeen hours left until tomorrow morning.

 (End of this chapter)