A hot sea breeze blew, and Lin Haijiang, who was standing in the war room of the Zhiyuan ship, pulled his collar impatiently, the third brigade of the Marine Corps has landed, and it is really too reluctant to carry out operations in this way, the territory and population base under his control are not enough to support hundreds of thousands of troops, and the military efficiency of the army requires strict training, so Lin Haijiang has only invested eight marine brigades in the Indochina Peninsula, and he feels that he is in danger and stretched everywhere.

What Lin Haijiang needs is a real soldier, a soldier in the real sense, especially the navy is a highly skilled soldier, he doesn't need a farmer who can hold a gun, so he must first cultivate and cultivate the temperament and military quality of soldiers, and then temper their military skills, and only after passing several actual combat tests can he truly become a qualified soldier.

Now that the war has not yet begun, Lin Haijiang has already sensed his own crisis, that is, he lacks a solid foundation and blindly uses force, but Lin Haijiang has no way to do this, because he has already got on the Prussian chariot, and the encirclement and suppression of the French army in Nanqi and the subsequent implementation of the plan for the entire Indochina Peninsula require at least eight marine brigades or more, so Lin Haijiang is equivalent to trapping almost all of his mobile forces, which is a rare low-level mistake in military affairs.

It can be said that it is not worth taking such a huge risk at the critical juncture of a decisive battle at the national strategic level! Lin Haijiang knew very well in his heart, and he believed that his subordinates were also very clear, but for a long time, he had given his subordinates too many miracles by virtue of his unbelievable strategic deployment of understanding history, so his subordinates hoped that he would also be able to create miracles this time.

Lin Haijiang has clearly realized the crisis, if his lever can not be leveraged through the Indochina Peninsula to pry or even attract the attention of France, then he will lose the biggest bargaining chip in cooperation with Prussia, like a game, just at the beginning of the hole cards, either a madman or a fool, Lin Haijiang is different from him does not have a hole card at all, every time he is in rational thinking calmly gambled again and again, it can be said that his luck is not bad so far, Otherwise, he would have become a corpse long ago, and the Chinese Empire would have disappeared with it.

If he stopped sending more troops to the Indochina Peninsula now, he would definitely not be able to complete his so-called ten-year plan with the intervention of the intelligence department alone, and if he could wait for a few years after the reunification of the whole country to recuperate, the situation would be very different, Lin Haijiang rubbed his temples that were a little swollen.

Soon the intelligence staff officers sent the results of the interrogation, and the captured Praetorian Guards swore not to say anything, and the ordinary officers and men on the ship did not know about it, and the captain and other major officers who knew about it were all killed in the crossfire of the ship, and it can be said that 51 of the 62 officers and men killed in the entire landing operation were killed during the capture of the ship, and what the armed reconnaissance assault company, which had an absolute advantage in firepower and terrain, absolutely did not expect at that time, that is, the French on land were defeated like dough, but the French navy on the warship resisted to the death for more than four hours. Inflicted heavy casualties on the armed reconnaissance assault company of the 1st Marine Brigade that served as the main attack.

But after the intelligence staff officers sorted out all the seized items, they concluded that the inference was that this great man, who was extremely important to France, could be a woman? A young woman of great stature!

Lin Haijiang frowned and said, "Maybe it's the mistress of a big man?" Using a battleship as a carrier for travel, this noble lady is really good, and in Lin Haijiang's memory, Napoleon III's wife seems to be very old? Placed in the mistress? Lin Haijiang didn't think too much about it, because he knew that his mistress was nothing to the French, who had always been romantic, and he might not even be able to squeeze out a gold coin.

If he killed Napoleon III's mistress in Indochina, it is likely that Napoleon III in Paris would really thank him, he just solved a sticky problem for Napoleon III!

Lin Haijiang thought that it was unlikely that Napoleon III would send a state-of-the-art warship to the overseas colonies for his mistress, or even let his mistress ride with great fanfare, and at the same time it was impossible to send so many Janissaries to escort them, which were Napoleon III's most loyal and elite troops, and most of their duties were to defend Paris and the royal family.

So who is the woman who followed the warship to Indochina? Lin Haijiang hesitated for a moment and said to the intelligence staff: "Go!" Take me to see those French hardbones. ”

Lin Haijiang had to admit that the uniforms of the French Janissary Light Cavalry were indeed very good-looking, not to mention the exquisite workmanship, and even the buttons seemed to be hollowed out and embedded in silver.

However, the honor of several officers of the Praetorian Guard who were beaten to pigs' heads and pigs' brains was a little miserable, and Lin Haijiang felt very helpless about the very unprofessional behavior of the intelligence staff officers and his subordinates. In Lin Haijiang's memory, a few psychological offensives and coercion and inducement of interrogators can solve the problem, and for those spies and spies who have received professional training, professional torture methods will be used, but those methods are not simple beatings!

Lin Haijiang, who had no experience and no interest in interrogation, ordered this meaningless interrogation method to be stopped, because even if the results were obtained, it would not be possible to verify its authenticity.

Lin Haijiang sent a communication ship back to Haikou and asked Wang Faren to send some professional intelligence personnel over instead of those intelligence staff officers of the General Staff who were responsible for sorting out and summarizing intelligence!

Lin Haijiang spent three months building and renovating Huiwan Port, and the Marine Brigades that landed one after another had already taken control of an area with a radius of 50 kilometers near Huiwan, and the construction of a semi-arc defense system had already been completed.

Presumably, the north of Annam is full of dense primeval jungles and high mountains, Lin Haijiang still prefers the flat terrain of the Nanqi Plain, it can be said that the choice of the French is very correct, the invasion of Annam is just the first step of France's colonial policy in their so-called Indochina, and it is also an important part of France's global layout, Indochina is not even weak for the French with Europe and Africa.

However, the main reason why the French are unable to look east is the transportation and projection capacity, and the French can obtain a large amount of gold, silver, diamonds, and non-ferrous metals in Africa, and a large number of slave labor can be driven and squeezed by them. In this era of colonial development, colonies were nothing more than a condominium for the empires of the great powers to plunder overseas farms alone, so the first consideration for Britain and France was the balance of payments of the colonies.

So Lin Haijiang was very worried that the French would react violently to his big move on the Indochina Peninsula. How did Lin Haijiang know that Napoleon III, who was far away in Paris at this moment, was gathering his army and fleet, and he was going to carry out a large-scale expedition that had never been seen in the history of the French Empire, and completely wipe out the country that was still undefinable together with the so-called Führer, in order to warn the world that this was the tragic end of challenging the dignity of the Second French Empire.

However, Napoleon III's generals and aides had reservations about whether to launch this expedition on an unprecedented scale, because in the history of France, even Napoleon, who dominated Europe, was ultimately defeated by the strategic deployment of the expedition to Russia, and he prepared for the expedition to Russia for seven years, and finally a great snowstorm made him lose his efforts.

Almost all the French [***] people have an expedition complex, and when they think of an expedition, they feel their hearts beat faster and feel uncomfortable, and now there is almost no preparation, Napoleon III is ready to go on an expedition to that barbarian country in the East? A country with a massive ironclad fleet that is a headache for the British!

Napoleon III waved the scepter, a symbol of imperial power, and shouted: "If this humiliation of the empire is allowed to make me give up my dignity, is that one assassination not enough?" Let those damned fellows realize the weakness of the Empire and my mercy? Let them murder me again with unscrupulous intentions? The generals below are simply willing to go to war, they only like to ride horses on the lawn, they are afraid that the war will expose their cowardice and incompetence, look at it! An army of nearly 10,000 people collapsed inexplicably? As a commander, you are still talking about surrender without shame? This is a shameless betrayal and a blasphemy against the Empire! ”

It's not an impulse, it's a way to choose suicide! As President of the Military General Staff of the Second French Empire, Olivier knew very well His Majesty the Emperor who was withdrawn in his surname and arrogant in his surname, in Olivier's opinion in 1858, the Italian Felice? Orsini's assassination attempt frightened Napoleon III.

Although Orsini's justification for the assassination was for the unification of Italy, Napoleon's regime had been given the grounds to adopt tougher national security laws that allowed it to detain, exile, or expel anyone suspicious without trial. The Department of Education has adopted a similarly draconian policy of strictly prohibiting the teaching of philosophy in high schools and increasing the disciplinary powers of the relevant authorities.

It can be said that this assassination strengthened the imperial power of Napoleon III, but in Olivier's opinion, their imperial majesty seemed to be a little too nervous and sensitive? Linking the war in Indochina to the assassination? It seems that the nerves of His Majesty the Emperor are very tense when they come in.

Olivier naturally understood that this was not the time to stimulate Napoleon III, he needed to wait for Napoleon III to really calm down, and then tell his plan to solve the incident, Olivier remembered that a few months ago when he heard the insignificant so-called declaration of war by the so-called country, his Emperor His Majesty Napoleon III laughed the loudest, but now the Chinese Empire has really declared war and attacked the colonies that have been added to the French in front of Indochina!

Not only was the colony occupied by the enemy, the latest ironclad ships sunk or captured, and now even his precious daughter had fallen into the hands of the enemy, which was what really made Napoleon III angry, Olivier's memory of Kashgar. Major General Duras can be said to be a very steady guy, very good at being a man, and capable, but it is just bad luck, but judging by the current performance of Napoleon III, Olivier hopes that Kashgar. Major General Duras died directly in Indochina, Kashgar. The death of Major General Duras can be said to be the best relief.

But for Prince Athena's affairs, Olivier thought much more, Olivier peeked at Napoleon III, who was still puffing up, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty! The urgency of our delay back then was how to rescue His Royal Highness Prince Ashina, and what we had to consider was to put pressure on the Chinese Empire, unite with Britain, which had huge interests in Southeast Asia, and even the expelled Netherlands, Spain, and other countries, and appear as a war group that would be in the best interest of our side. ”

Napoleon III, who was already somewhat calm, looked at Olivier and hesitated and said: "You know, for those people, I am now disgusted, and I am not even willing to talk to them, can you find a way to convince them?" Sending troops must be a tough attitude, and I want to send a signal to the whole world, that is, I'm Charr? Louis Napoleon? Bonaparte was not a man who tolerated insults! ”

Olivier knew that Napoleon III was referring to the noble ministers of the Senate and the Council, and that almost all of France's economic lifeline was in their hands, and even if Napoleon III wanted to start a war, he needed the consent of those people.

Now that Napoleon III has made his attitude and made concessions, Olivier feels a lot more relaxed, after all, this is already a huge concession for an emperor with a surname like Napoleon III, just to maintain a tough stance on face, and then secretly resolve the matter through diplomatic channels to rescue His Royal Highness Prince Athena, whose whereabouts are unknown.

This is arguably the best result Olivier could have expected!

And in the villa in Anping Town, Prince Ashina, who was becoming haggard, summoned Kashgar. Major General Duras, she was very interested in coming to Kashgar for three months. Major General Duras did not do anything and felt extremely angry, and Prince Athena looked at Kashgar. Duras was at a loss and finally couldn't suppress his excitement and said: "Kashgar. Mr. Duras, the war has been going on for several months, is your war a sit-in? Look at the enemies of the Chinese Empire every day building ports? Or count the number of enemy supply ships? I now want to know when I will be able to go back to Paris? There are no gentlemen, no balls, nothing I want? I'm sick of this goddamn forgotten place. ”

In the face of Prince Ashina's outrage, Kashgar. Major General Duras could only wipe his sweat and said: "Your Highness, isn't it good that you have been deploying troops, but you don't have the slightest intention of attacking?" Wait for reinforcements from home to arrive, and you'll be back in Paris! ”

"Reinforcements from home?" Prince Athena took a deep breath and said, "Are you lying to the child?" My Kashgar. General Duras? My chief of guard has told me that the Empire is not ready for a war in Indochina now, and even if we were determined that it would take at least a year before we could transport our troops, would you want me to wait a year in uncertainty? How did you promise me before? ”

Kashi. Duras was embarrassed and speechless, so he had to say helplessly: "Your Highness, the battle situation is so weird, the enemy has not attacked on a large scale, our army still maintains a strong fighting spirit, and now if we ask for the initiative to surrender, then the honor of the French army will completely cease to exist in Indochina!" ”

Ahena stomped her foot so hard that she even omitted the title of military rank and said, "I remind you of Kashgar. Duras, this is not a request, but my order to you, as far as I can tell, to know the imprisoned El? Colonel Raffarin may be interested in taking your place, and if you two change your role, he may be able to solve the problem at hand! ”

Kashi. Duras was stunned in great surprise, and after a long while, he said weakly: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, the other party may not know your identity, we still have a chance!" ”

Prince Athena nodded displeasefully and said, "And my Marina, which is the latest warship of the Empire, must not fall into the hands of barbarians." ”

Kashi. Duras knew he must have gone crazy, but he nodded with difficulty!

Kashgar at the moment. Duras's only plan was to find the other side to negotiate and send Prince Athena out of the nose of the other side under the pretext and reason of repatriating civilians, at least Kashgar. Duras thinks it's the only plan he can come up with, put it on that battleship Marina, and just fuck it!

I thought I would be lucky enough to delay Kashgar. Major General Duras can be said to have been cornered by Ahena, knowing that if he raised his hand and led his troops to surrender under such conditions, he would definitely be executed by Napoleon III as a traitor when he returned home, and the main reason why he did this now was for the sake of his family in France, if His Majesty's favorite daughter had an accident in Indochina, then he would not be able to atone for his sins.

Lin Haijiang, who was about to return to Haikou, received a piece of information from the Annamite people through the unremitting efforts of the intelligence department. Victor. Prince Ahena is now in a luxurious villa in Anping Town!

"Prince Athena?" Regarding the chaotic bloodline relationship of the European royal family, Lin Haijiang is not an expert, even for experts, the European royal bloodline is a very tangled matter!

"Can a woman be a prince?" Lin Haijiang turned around and looked at his intelligence staff, Xie Fangyuan, the intelligence director of the Indochina Peninsula Branch of the Ministry of Intelligence, was slightly stunned, looked around at the expressions of his subordinates, and had no choice but to say: "Since there is a female archduke, there will naturally be a female prince, and the queen of England seems to be an example?" ”

(To be continued)