Chapter 418: The First Battle of the Expulsion of France

Portugal has also been arrogant in history, when the Age of Discovery, Portugal and Spain were like the two front teeth of Europe, the first to go to the sea, Portugal also colonized Brazil, and there are many colonies in Africa and Asia, but today Portugal has become a thing of the past.

The Portuguese did not catch up with the first industrial revolution, and in the second time they were completely thrown off, and the whole country was only the size of a palm, with a population of several million, and had no sense of existence at all.

In the later generations, Japan was ten years and nine phases, the political situation was unpredictable, and it was already regarded as a political dwarf, and Portugal at this time was much more powerful than Japan, and it was not a problem to change three or four prime ministers a year, and after 1926, the military dictator Carmona came to power and ascended to the throne of Portuguese prime minister.

Portugal ended the era of the First Republic, the political situation tends to be stable, Carmona is a fairly knowledgeable figure, if he wants to stabilize the throne, the first task is to develop the economy, Portugal has a weak industrial base, only agriculture is barely enough, marine fishing is also very developed, and the wine produced is also outstanding.

If you want to develop the economy, you must start from the existing advantages, although Carmona was born in the military, but also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has a clear understanding of the world, Portugal is a small country, if you want to develop the economy, you must expand overseas markets, but now the world has been divided into a system by the great powers, and small Portugal can not interfere at all.

Looking at the countries of the world, China's economic development is fast, the population is large, the market potential is huge, if it can open the Chinese market, Portugal has many benefits, this has been well verified from Macau.

A few years ago, they relied on Macau as a stronghold to carry out trade on a large scale and made huge profits. But after Qiao Yu came to power. China's sovereignty was restored, and the cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Tianjin expanded rapidly, even Dalian, Qingdao, and Lianyungang. Fuzhou, Xiamen and other places are also developing rapidly, how can the small Hong Kong and Macao compete with these regions.

In addition, Qiao Yu also deliberately blocked and restricted, so that Portugal got less and less benefits from Macau, and gradually became a piece of chicken ribs.

Faced with this situation, Carmona felt that it would be better to hand over Macau to China. In exchange for China's favor, it can also obtain better conditions for Portugal's economic development, and what makes Carmona feel frightened is China's growing military strength, and now a big war is breaking out in Vietnam, if there is no shadow of China behind it, no one believes it, people are not even afraid of France, and their little Portugal can still be regarded as a dish!

Qiao Yu's original plan was to attack the French first, and then take back Guangzhou Bay. Immediately after the drive out of the British. Take it back to Hong Kong, and then Macau will be ripe. I didn't expect the Portuguese to take the initiative to send it to the door, which also saved a lot of trouble, Qiao Yu didn't take Portugal seriously, just sent Gu Weijun to negotiate with the other party, Qiao Yu just asked to take back the sovereignty of Macau as soon as possible!

Negotiation is only one aspect, the key to this era is to look at the fist, whoever has a big fist, who has a reason, and Vietnam is the best position for China to show its strength, at this time Qiongya in the north of Vietnam has become a pot of porridge.

The French army, together with the Vietnamese army, totaled more than 20,000 people, under the cover of more than 40 planes, burned and looted all the way to Qiongya, but they did not encounter any resistance along the way, and the French commander also had the idea of underestimating the enemy, believing that the Vietnamese guerrillas could only shoot cold guns and did not dare to confront the regular army head-on.

Therefore, he concentrated more than 20 tanks and a regiment of soldiers to open the way in front and rushed directly towards Qiongya, of course, what he did not know was that in the dense forest on the side of the road was ambushing more than 2,000 elite Vietnamese guerrillas, and the military uniforms worn by these soldiers were colorful and disorganized.

In addition, they also carry 20 anti-tank guns and a considerable number of anti-aircraft machine guns, which are the latest weapons developed by the Chinese side, and they are sent to the battlefield in Vietnam to test their combat capabilities, and also to deal with the armored strength of the French.

This time, the artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns used a large number of branches to camouflage nets to cover, coupled with the cover of dense forests, although the French sent air forces to reconnoiter several times, but still did not find these enemies who had been ambushed for a long time.

At this time, Lu Yuguang also personally commanded the battle on the sniper position, since Lu Rongting died, Lu Yuguang has to rely on himself, the Vietnam battlefield is his best opportunity to become famous in the world, he must not lose, only a hearty victory can make the father under Jiuquan feel at ease, his son has become a man who stands up to the sky, no need to worry about the old man!

They have been hiding here for two days, because there are French planes in the sky to reconnoitre, basically unable to move, in the hot and humid jungle of Vietnam, there are nasty mosquitoes everywhere, as well as blood-sucking grasshoppers, and even poisonous snakes will appear, which is definitely a huge test for people's spirits, and half of Lu Yuguang's body has been numb.

At this time, an old-fashioned biplane flew in the sky, and soon there was a roar on the ground, which was the vibration of the tank's march, Lu Yuguang clearly knew that this was the vanguard of the French who had killed him, and hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to prepare for battle.

As the minutes ticked by, the French approached their position, still using two special tanks equipped with hinges, and the huge chains hit the ground, kicking up puffs of dust and making the sky dark.

Just when the tanks of the French advance were less than a kilometer away from the position, the anti-tank guns on the position were the first to sound, this kind of anti-tank guns were only 20 mm in caliber, but the power was not bad at all, within a range of 1,500 meters, it could easily shoot through 15 mm of armor, the initial velocity was 900 meters per second, the rate of fire was 300 rounds per minute, and the accuracy was very good.

Moreover, this kind of anti-tank gun is still high-level dual-purpose, and it can also deal with air targets flying on the ground and air, and the high-speed red-hot shells hit the French tank head-on, and only a dozen tons of light tanks could not bear the power of the anti-tank gun at all, and the frontal armor was blown to shreds in an instant, and the tankers became a pile of rotten meat in an instant.

Not only anti-tank guns, but even large-caliber machine guns can form a huge power for these weak French tanks, and the French tanks were damaged one after another, the sound of explosions was endless, and the flames were even more soaring into the sky. It was as if the entire forward force had gone to hell.

The French soldiers, who were originally showing off their might, were also stunned by the head-on blows. They could not have imagined that there could still be an enemy in these woods, which had been repeatedly reconnoitred, and that these enemies had such ferocious firepower, that the French commander had to order the army to return fire and call for air support.

Let the plane carry bombs, blow up all the woods in front of you and burn them all, and in just ten minutes of firefighting, nearly 20 tanks were beaten into scrap metal. The results of the battle were remarkable, the power of the anti-tank guns was really good, and what was even more terrifying was that these shells were even more terrible once they hit the human body.

Steel can't stop the cannonballs, and the flesh and blood are even more gone, and once hit, some people will immediately turn into a ball of flesh and blood. Some of them were cut into two sections, blood and entrails were all over the ground, as if they had arrived at a slaughterhouse, and the pungent smell made people uncontrollable and sickened, most of these French soldiers had not passed the test of the First World War, and in the face of this bloody battle, first of all, they seemed to be a little unbearable.

It was at this time that the plane of the French finally arrived. These aircraft are also older models of the First World War. The flight speed does not exceed 200 km, and all with a wooden fuselage. It staggered into the sky above the sniper position, and suddenly shot out several tongues of fire from the woods, as if the devil in hell had stretched out countless arms.

As long as they were caught, they could not escape death, and several planes on the front were hit, and in an instant they became like a big match, and the pilot and the plane died together in the sky, and the other pilots saw that the situation was not good, and immediately raised the flight altitude, hurriedly dropped the bomb, and flew away.

Eight planes were smashed to pieces in a single shot, and the French commander became more and more angry in the face of the poor performance of the air force, and he had to let the artillery in the rear step up the action, preparing to destroy the opponent with heavy artillery, but it was not easy to mobilize heavy equipment on the narrow road, and the vanguard was enduring huge casualties every moment, the tanks were blown up, and the soldiers were wiped out like artemisia.

It took nearly an hour for the artillery to be brought up, countless shells fell in the forest, the fire burned rapidly, and constantly devoured everything, and at this time Lu Yuguang had already commanded the army to begin a rapid retreat, their task was to eliminate the forward armored troops, this time destroying more than 20 French tanks, and by the way, more than a dozen planes were shot down, and the results were already very good.

As long as the most threatening things of the French army are defeated, the rest will be left to the French and Vietnamese, Lu Yuguang knows very well that the top level of China is not at ease with the Vietnamese, and they are even more unwilling to see the Vietnamese grow, so it is undoubtedly the best choice to let both sides lose.

Lu Yuguang withdrew from the position with his subordinates, and the French were finally able to advance again, but there was a trace of uneasiness in everyone's hearts, as long as they crossed the Tuojiang River, they could reach Qiongya, and they were most likely greeted by a more tragic battle, and the Vietnamese guerrillas were far better equipped than they imagined.

However, the French have no way to retreat now, they are still the world's first army power, if they easily retreat in front of the guerrillas, how can they dominate the world, they still rush forward, but they are also more cautious, after coming to the Tuojiang River, the French first ignored the 3721 to the opposite bank, confirmed that there was no enemy, and then set up a pontoon bridge, crossed the turbulent Tuojiang River, and the army advanced into Qiongya.

Just after the French army entered Qiongya, the Vietnamese guerrillas also appeared in large numbers around the French army, the number far exceeded the estimate of the French, and pressed the French from three sides, the thin Vietnamese took advantage of the fact that the French had not yet gained a firm foothold, and launched an offensive, the sound of guns and cannons was endless, and the French were also well-trained, and they also quickly adjusted their state, using the terrain around Qiongya, and began to shoot at the Vietnamese.

At the very beginning of the war, the bloody side was shown, and the dense firepower made the vital forces on both sides rapidly decrease, and it was destined to be the most tragic war from the beginning! (To be continued.) )