The U.S. troops led by Pershing were defeated in Manila and were pursued by the Chinese tank mechanized troops, pursuing more than 20 kilometers at one time, countless U.S. troops were scattered, and countless surrenderers surrendered, and the number of U.S. troops captured in this battle was as high as more than 100,000, which was almost equal to the loss of the U.S. troops from this reinforcement.

In fact, this is because the Chinese side is unable to put in more mechanized troops at one time because of the landing operation and the port restrictions at the landing site, so it cannot maintain a high-speed pursuit, and it is worried that the pursuit will be counterattacked if there are too few troops, otherwise it is afraid that there will be fewer American troops who will escape.

However, even so, the U.S. military escaped from Luzon Island at one time and retreated to Samar Island and Leyte Island, losing the courage to fight with China for a while.

The rout of the American army was a fatal blow to the French army and the French Annam colonial corps, which were already in the encirclement. If the U.S. military wins the battle in the Philippines, then they can still imagine that the U.S. military will land in Annam from the Philippines, or reinforce or even counterattack China from the South China Sea, so as to relieve their pressure or even relieve the siege.

However, the reality is cruel, the rout of the US army in the Philippines has completely made the French army and the colonial army in the Red River Delta plain completely besieged and alone, and the coalition forces have no springboard for a counteroffensive, at least in East Asia, nor do they have that strength.

However, the Chinese launched an all-out onslaught in their desperation.

Raphael was completely desperate, and their defense relied on the Red River and its tributaries as a dangerous defensive line, but the Chinese side invested amphibious tanks on three sides to forcibly cross the river to break through, and under the cover of air strikes, they broke through on three sides. What frightened them the most was that the French colonial legions had quickly rebelled against the role of cannon fodder. Many units had soldiers who killed French officers and surrendered to the Chinese army.

"The defeat is like a mountain." Admiral Raphael listened to the constant shouting from afar, with great despair.

Major General Lake's chief of staff hurriedly said: "General, Hanoi can no longer be defended, and we don't even dare to use the colonial legion now." I have contacted the Navy and dispatched a submarine to respond. I'm sure one day we'll call back. ”

Raphael said bitterly: "Lake, do you think I still have the face to go back?" ”

Major General Lake said, "You have to go back." If you don't want to be captured or insulted by the Chinese. Moreover, we in France absolutely cannot afford to lose only one general in the hands of China in such a short period of time, which will be an incomparably heavy blow to our morale. ”

Raphael sighed and said, "I see, thank you, Lake." After a pause, he asked, "Can we really defeat China?" ”

Lake hesitated, "Of course." The industrial capacity of the Chinese is insufficient. This is their Achilles' heel. With their industrial capabilities, they maintain such a strong firepower output in the war. They don't last long, and the supplies will fall into a situation of scarcity. And our strong industrial capacity in the entire Western world, there is absolutely no shortage of materials, and then the opportunity for us to fight back will come. It will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese. ”

Admiral Raphael said bitterly: "The Chinese are short of supplies. But we in the Western world are short of people. Originally, the world's population was 1.7 billion. There are 60 or 70 million people in Japan and Korea, and more than 100 million people in the Indochina Peninsula and even in Southeast Asia as a whole. We are likely to lose Southeast Asia, at least most of it, then add the 500 million people of China itself, which is about 700 million, and the nearly 200 million people in Soviet Russia, so we will remove 900 million. Even if all countries except Soviet Russia declared war on the Chinese, it would be only 800 million people, not to mention that this is impossible. Germany, Turkey and other countries will not be involved in the war, and some countries in Africa and South America will not rule out troops participating in the war, and the population we actually control is not more than that of the Chinese. ”

Lake was silent, not knowing how to answer.

Raphael continued: "The biggest difference is that China is one country, while our coalition is a multi-country army, and it is difficult for many countries to work together. However, China, under the control of a strong government, is able to maximize its combat effectiveness and war potential. The fighting of the past few days has made me suddenly feel that we in France should not be involved in this war. ”

Lake was taken aback and said, "Commander, general, why do you say that?" Are we going to give up Annan? ”

Raphael laughed and said, "Is it a concession?" Annan was originally China's traditional sphere of influence, and even half of the land originally belonged to China, and they just took it back. We have to admit that after the world war, France was in decline. What do we have in the Far East? There is only one Annan. In addition to this, our main colonies are in Africa. ”

Lake frowned: "General, I understand what you mean, this is no longer a pure war between countries, I think it has risen to a game between races, the rise of the Chinese has posed a huge threat to our entire white world, if we do not make every effort to contain it, I am afraid that the 'yellow peril' will come again." ”

Raphael roared, "Shit, since you know the 'Yellow Peril', why did everyone forget His Majesty Napoleon's words before to provoke this lion?" ”

Napoleon said: China is a sleeping lion, and once he wakes up, the whole world will tremble. It's sleeping, thank God, let it sleep.

Lake's heart was like a thunderbolt at this moment, and this sentence was like thunder and lightning hitting his heart. Napoleon, the pride of France, once led France almost across Europe, is the idol of countless French soldiers, and is also the idol of Ryke. But in fact, everyone, driven by interests, forgot Napoleon's words like self-hypnosis, plundering and stimulating China again and again, but now the lion of China has woken up, and the colonial system in Southeast Asia built by the great powers for hundreds of years is on the verge of shattering under its blow, and countless armies have been wiped out under the iron hooves of the Chinese National Defense Forces.

The corners of Lake's mouth were full of bitterness at this moment, and he settled down and said: "In this case, it is even more necessary for you to persuade more people with high moral integrity to prevent this disaster and preserve the vitality of my France as much as possible" As he was speaking, the mournful whistling sound of the plane bombing in the sky sounded, and an earth-shattering explosion was heard not far away, followed by countless screams and wails.

At this moment, the French army, having lost sea and air supremacy, lost heavy weapons, and was heavily surrounded, simply became a sandbag, and the Chinese could fight as much as they wanted, bomb as much as they wanted, and almost safely had no power to fight back. The colonial legions did not dare to use it, and the French army could only use a total of one and a half divisions, but there were hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops on the periphery.

When Raphael heard this, he seemed to have found a reason to live, and said: "You're right, Lake, thank you, I can't die, I have more important things to do." ”

Lake said, "Then let's go." The Chinese have already attacked in full force, and it will be too late if they don't leave. ”

Now that the decision had been made, Admiral Raphael did not hesitate any longer, followed Lake's arrangement, and soon took a group of officers to the sea in a car.

When I came to the mouth of the Red River, I saw the submarine waiting in the offshore waters, and quickly released a rubber boat to respond. Although the Chinese Air Force bombed the Da Nang Combined Fleet at the beginning of the war and bombed the location where the submarines were docked, they were not able to destroy all the submarines. France really couldn't let a general lose in North Vietnam, because it really couldn't afford to lose that person, so it urgently telegraphed the direction of Singapore and contacted a submarine to meet the retreat.

Raphael and Lake boarded the submarine and looked back at the land of the Red River, as if they were faintly hearing the overwhelming trumpets and shouts of the Chinese army launching an all-out attack, as if they saw the Chinese troops rushing from all directions in the west like a tide to drown the French army, and saw the soldiers of the Chinese army kicking the French flag off the city and planting the five-color flag

The successive defeats in the Southeast Asian theater have cast a shadow over the entire Western world.

The combined fleet of nearly 150 warships was completed, the 500,000-strong US army was defeated, the main force of the French army in Annam was almost completely annihilated, and Siam was destroyed. The defeat was so crisp and complete, and the loss was so incredible.

However, no matter how badly the coalition forces lose, the Chinese defense forces will not stop the pace of attack.

Under the strict orders of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, the Third Army, the main force of the Third Route Army, quickly moved westward after capturing Bangkok without blood; A large number of Chinese merchant ships were mobilized in the South China Sea, and numerous army forces in coastal defense boarded merchant ships and quickly headed south from the sea under the escort of the South China Sea Fleet.

In the face of China's overwhelming offensive of huge forces, Britain, France, the United States and other Western powers, despite their hasty alliance, did not achieve effective joint command, and almost all of them fought on their own. At the same time, everyone has their own thoughts, and no one wants to become cannon fodder, because at this moment, everyone knows that China's troops are sharp and unstoppable.

Far away in Moscow in the north, the top leaders of Soviet Russia looked at the intelligence with solemn faces, and the fierceness of China's offensive and the huge results achieved far exceeded their estimates. At the same time, he was secretly glad that he had sabotaged the Western imperialists' plan to "divert the water from the north", and finally let their plan of "the yellow peril go south" succeed.

Stalin was full of emotion in his heart, and he regretted a little: If he had known this, he should not have waited for the Chinese to be basically ready to act, and if he had done it in advance, he might have delayed the Chinese offensive and let the imperialists and the Chinese fight for both defeats

"Hurry, the troops should move faster."

"Taking advantage of his illness and wanting his life, we must not give foreign devils a chance to breathe, we just want to use Mount Tai to overwhelm the foreign devils in Southeast Asia in one fell swoop."

Li Bufan kept issuing orders to the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense, and most of the targets of the first wave of strikes had been achieved, which made him extremely excited.

The top brass of the Nanjing government finally breathed a sigh of relief and began to look forward to the victory of the war.

Wu Di's army division smiled as always, as if the grand blueprint he planned had been realized soon (to be continued......