What's your TC situation like atm?
at the start of this current month something on the order of 220/370, its well in hand
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Li Jishen was pleased at last. Siam had finally been brought to its knees and incorporated into the Chinese sphere of influence. Li Jishen shrugged on one ornate robe. A ceremony would be taking place in some few hours, and over the robe would go an expensively embroidered vest. Li Jishen looked at himself in the mirror and shook his head—just a few hours earlier, he had been filthy, sweaty and generally just leaving the jungle.
Vichy was apparently desperate to end the war, for some reason unknown to Li Jishen. He shrugged, and the vest almost slipped off; he moved to remedy this uncalled-for maneuver. However, they were still not ready to give up all of Annam to China, again the logic behind this was impossible to understand. It was, quite naturally, rejected.
Yet another foolish Vichy peace offer.
With Nakhon Sawan conquered, Li Jishen brought over virtually all of Zhang Xueliang’s army, excepting the cavalry corps, as well as Li Zongren’s second corps in southern Annam. Once all these units were assembled, Li Jishen ordered the third attack on Thom Buri to commence. Nine divisions attacked from Nakhon Sawan, under the general command of Zhang Xueliang, and twelve from Bangkok under Li Jishen’s direction. The Siamese could not hold against such an offensive and broke southward along the peninsula.
A massive attack on Thom Buri, ending in Chinese victory.
With the Siamese defeat and the occupation of the last strategic location in the entire country by Chinese troops, Li Jishen opened diplomatic channels to begin negotiations for the Siamese surrender. During the negotiations, he received word that the Xibei School of Artillery and Engineering had completed stockpiling Chinese military hospitals with the basic required commodities and established connections so that they could keep getting them. The National Aviation School had then begun developing a doctrine of air superiority, something that had been greatly lacking during the long war with Japan. Additionally, the Academia Sinica had completed improving its basic encryption devices and began improving its decryption capabilities.
With the advent of a real interceptor force, China needed a real fighter doctrine.
Finally, yesterday, the Siamese caved in and surrendered. The peace terms were generous, they were not going to be annexed as simply another province of China; instead, they would accept the honorable position as a Chinese client state and allow Chinese troops within their borders whenever necessary. They would also provide tribute to Guilin.
The Annamese-Siamese campaign was finally over.
A runner rushed in, surprising Li Jishen. Out of breath, the runner stammered. “Sir! Half an hour!”
He then ran back out, leaving a minor whirlwind behind him to kick up lose scarves and other cloths. Li Jishen stared at the door for a minute before shaking his head and sighing. He turned to look intently at the closet, the hat had eluded him thus far, but Li Jishen was sworn to finding it.