Chapter 314: Pacifying Tiannan (I)
In addition, the Chinese government has also publicly announced that the crimes of French aggression against China in the past have been written off, which has also reassured the French. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The subsequent signing of a series of economic cooperation agreements between the two governments has also been a shot in the arm for the struggling French economy.
Therefore, after the completion of the transfer, even the French media, which has always liked to sing the opposite, praised more than praised, but how China dealt with the North Vietnamese rebels attracted more attention from Western governments and media.
In terms of property alone, Indochina is definitely a good place, especially Vietnam, which has the two granaries of the Lancang River Delta and the Red River Delta, but the Vietnamese people, who have been tenacious and unyielding since ancient times, are not as easy to conquer as the Indians, the corrupt and incompetent government has failed, and the armed forces organized by the people are still a headache for the French colonial authorities......
Historically, under the favorable conditions that France could continue to increase troops from the mainland, Hoang Hua Tan's rebel army still held out until 1913, on the eve of World War I, and then only a few years after the good days of the French, the armed struggle of the Vietnamese people was revived, and finally achieved national independence with the help of China and the Soviet Union, which shows the bravery and tenacity of the Vietnamese people. And this bravery and tenacity was not only directed against the Western colonizers, since the split from China in history, this small country (relative to China) has tenaciously maintained its independent status, the Mongols, who have conquered almost half the world, have no way to take it, and the Ming army, which was still at its peak during the Yongle period, has not been able to gain a foothold in Vietnam......
It is conceivable that even if the weapons and tactics of the Chinese army are more advanced than those of the French army, it will not be easy to conquer Vietnam, but no matter how big the cost, Li Hui's determination cannot be shaken, because he knows very well that it may be due to the separation from China and the fear of being reunited by China one day, Vietnam has a strong anti-China tendency when it is still called Cochin, and in China's more difficult period, they will also wantonly invade the north and eat the mother body, and even do not hesitate to seek help from outsiders for this.
Such an anti-bone boy is close to his side, and if he doesn't solve it, Li Hui can't feel at ease anyway, so he has already begun to prepare for this as early as when he has not yet revolted against the Qing Dynasty. The fact that Huang Huatan's rebel army has been able to develop so rapidly in the past two years has a lot to do with Momen's covert support, but there is no free lunch in the world, and while he has gained benefits, he will inevitably have to pay a heavy price for it.
According to the report of the biochemical soldiers who had entered the rebel army as a Vietnamese very early, Li Hui confirmed that Huang Huatan was obsessed with Vietnam's independence, and not just rebelled because he was hostile to the Western colonizers or wanted to resist their exploitation and oppression. Within a few years after the signing of the agreement between China and France, the Chinese National Defense Forces were stationed in Hanoi, Haiphong, Saigon and other major cities in Vietnam, and Huang Huatan's rebel army had a serious "internal strife".
However, Li Hui will not be naïve to think that this is the end of the matter, Huang Huatan is indeed a rare masterpiece, and most of his subordinates who died together have been tested and experienced, and it is true that defeating these people can make Vietnam's independence movement lose its backbone, but if it cannot win the hearts and minds of Vietnam, sooner or later there will be heroes who will rise up.
Throughout the history of Vietnam, several rebellions, in addition to being far away from the Central Plains and separated by lofty mountains and mountains, were actually largely forced by corrupt officials sent by the imperial court to manage the local area......
Due to Vietnam's remote location and tropical region, according to the ancient people, it is the so-called "miasma land", and with the backward medical and health conditions in ancient times, it is necessary to risk one's life to come here to become an official. On the other hand, staying away from the capital means not getting the attention of the imperial court, so it will be much more difficult to be promoted.
The danger is great, the interests are still damaged, and what official wants to come and serve here? Therefore, Vietnam has naturally become a place for the imperial court to degrade officials and distribute them, all of them are problematic or pick the remaining officials, and it is strange that the officials can govern well!
However, the system of the Chinese Republic has solved the problem to a large extent, the more difficult the conditions, the more impoverished and backward the area, the easier it is to be promoted, and the unstable areas have extra points, so it is not difficult to attract those good cadres who have pursuits, and the current medical and health level is far from comparable to ancient times, and the central government has sent a large army to station, and the danger is actually not so great, at least much smaller than in ancient times, so the old problem of the unsolvable history of the rulers in the border areas has not reappeared.
As for the objective reasons that led to the secession of Vietnam and its long-term independence, it is no longer a problem now that shipping is developed. In ancient times, they all took the land route, and the insurmountable mountains in northern Vietnam were a big obstacle, and now the unprecedented development of shipping, Vietnam's land is basically coastal areas, where is the traffic blockage? It's clearly convenient transportation! As for communications, at a time when wireless telegraphy has already appeared, there is nothing to worry about......
Even so, Li Hui was afraid that it would not be enough to be safe, so he sent 300,000 troops to garrison it for a long time, which only counted the strength of the regular army, and there were elite troops such as the Third Mountain Division, and the strength could be imagined. Vietnam now has a population of less than 20 million (I can't find exact information, I can only estimate it based on the population data before and after, but it shouldn't be too bad, compared with other Nanyang countries, Vietnam's civilization history is much longer, the degree of development is much higher, and it is reasonable to have a larger population. No matter how large the rebellion is, so many troops will definitely be able to suppress it. Of course, it is obviously not economically cost-effective to concentrate so many troops in the small area of Vietnam in peacetime, but the central government of the Republic of China has the right to distribute most of the social products through direct and indirect means, so it is fully capable of supporting it in the long run.
With such a strong garrison as a guarantee, the local government carried out a thorough inventory of dangerous elements in Vietnam, focusing on those Vietnamese in northern Vietnam, born in large families, with higher social status or higher education level, because the North Vietnamese people are strong, most of the rebellions in history are initiated here, and the people of the big family have many relatives and friends, and the uprising is easy to succeed, at this time the nationalist ideology has not spread in Vietnam, and the people in the lower classes do not care who will rule, so as long as the elite is eliminated, The tendency to dissociate can be effectively suppressed. (To be continued.) )