Word: pahang
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...British complied. Rocket-firing Spitfires strafed guerrilla encampments in the north. Plans were made to drop incendiaries on ricefields in upper Pahang state to deprive the rebels of food. Royal Navy ships patrolled the coasts to intercept gunrunning junks from Siam and South China. More than 20,000 Malay and Gurkha troops, together with regular British units, prepared a ground sweep of the peninsula...