Chapter 404: Seckert's Request
The French commanded a large army to rush to Lang Son continuously, and the French also used eight planes to bomb the Vietnamese army, this time the Vietnamese were completely unable to resist, completely defeated, leaving a large number of corpses on Lang Mountain, and many wounded soldiers did not have time to retreat, so they could only let the French capture them!
Ruan Aiguo and Wu Xuan Sheng and others finally fled to China again under the desperate protection of the guards, and finally saved their lives, at this time Lu Rongting had already withdrawn with the Chinese advisory group, the Chinese side had already seen the temperament of Ruan Aiguo and others, and it was a good thing to let them suffer some setbacks, and Qiao Yu was also ready to make Vietnam a trap, so that the French would continue to bleed and slowly weaken France!
In addition, the war in Vietnam can also affect the situation in Europe, so Qiao Yu will not let this war end so soon, but at this time Nguyen Aiguo and others were frightened, not long ago they had more than 10,000 soldiers, and they were about to capture the Vietnamese town of Lang Son, and at this time they had less than 5,000 people on hand, and what was worse was that these people had been frightened and had no courage to fight!
Wu Chunsheng was also a little dizzy at this time, rushed directly to Lu Rongting's side, and shouted loudly: "Is this what you Chinese want to see, we are finished, you imperialist countries do not have a good thing, cut off our shell supply at a critical moment, just want us to send us to death, right!?" The more Wu Chunsheng spoke, the louder he became, and he stretched out his two hands, as if he was going to fight with Lu Rongting, at this time, Lu Rongting's son Lu Yuguang couldn't get used to it, and he raised his leg violently and kicked Wu Chunsheng in the chest.
"What are you, you dare to yell at my father, you are a dog, if you dare to bite your master, you are a dead end!" Lu Yuguang was young and vigorous, and he had already escaped with the pistol, and the cold muzzle was right at Wu Chunsheng, at this time Ruan Aiguo hurriedly ran over and apologized to Lu Rongting again and again.
Nguyen Aiguo is not stupid either, now they have just suffered a crushing defeat, and if China abandons them again, it will really be over.
"Advisor, don't listen to Wu Chunsheng's nonsense, he lost his mind because of the defeat, we know that we were wrong, and we ask the advisor to forgive!"
"Forgiveness? Mr. Nguyen, do you know where your mistakes are? ”
"This?" Ruan Aiguo was also a pause at this time, they were indeed wrong, the mistake was wishful thinking that China would sincerely help them, at the critical moment of the attack, the Chinese stopped the supply of shells, so that their offensive completely failed, this kind of words can not be said!
"Hmph, Mr. Ruan, your biggest mistake is not to measure yourself, France has been colonizing Vietnam for decades, with deep roots, can you easily shake it, in addition, do you know that the Paris Peace Conference and the Washington Conference have just ended, the world pattern has been eased, and you are now challenging France, in fact, you are challenging the entire international order, and you will naturally encounter a strong backlash, you do not reflect on your own recklessness, but think that China wants to use you, is there such a ridiculous thing in the world?" Lu Rongting said as he pointed his hand at Ruan Aiguo's nose.
"China has provided you with bases, food, munitions, instructors, helped you build an army, and supported you in recovering your country.
Facing Lu Rongting's questioning, Ruan Aiguo did not know how to answer at this time, after all, he was not as shameless as Wu Chunsheng, and he was still very clear about China's help, especially he understood that if he wanted to liberate Vietnam, he would never be able to do without China's help, and only a counterattack on Vietnam from Chinese mainland was the most reliable way, so he had to bow his head in front of the Chinese. …,
"Mr. Advisor, we have realized our mistake, I will definitely do my best to rectify the thinking of the troops, so that they can feel China's help, but now that we have just failed, I am worried that the hearts of the people will be separated, and our cause will be over!"
Lu Rongting snorted slightly in his nose, "Mr. Ruan, as long as there are still people, it will not be finished, the Langshan area is too sensitive, I suggest you change your direction, focus on the front line of Gaoping and Baole, strive to establish a consolidated base here, gradually develop and expand your strength, don't try to eat a fat man in one bite!" ”
In fact, what Lu Rongting said at this time was his first plan, Ruan Aiguo thought that this plan was too slow, but now they have been hit hard, and they have to agree to this plan.
"Consultant, everything is done according to what you said, but now the loss of personnel is very serious, what do you think should be done?"
"The soldiers are fine but not many, if you are still confused, I am afraid that even the army of 100,000 will be finished, if you are shrewd enough, these horses are enough!"
After a major setback, Ruan Aiguo and others now obeyed Lu Rongting's words and retreated into China with the remnants, of course, they would not retreat so easily, and the Chinese troops also launched a large-scale search and arrest operation in a decent manner, capturing nearly 2,000 Vietnamese and handing them over to the French side!
The Sino-French border seems to have returned to calm again, but both sides know in their hearts that sooner or later there will be a big war, the Vietnamese are the guiding stone for the Chinese armed forces, through the short battle in Lang Son, the Chinese side has seen the details of the French army, as an excellent army, the French army still has combat effectiveness, but whether in terms of equipment, or tactical thinking has fallen behind, especially as a colonial army, France does not have that kind of dedication!
As long as China is willing, as long as 50,000 troops are enough to break through the French defense, and even take Hanoi, but the time is not yet ripe, and it can only rely on the Vietnamese to constantly weaken France in the foreground!
France quickly extinguished the attack of the Vietnamese, undoubtedly proving that France is still a strong country, after the news reached Paris, the franc appreciated rapidly, together with the French national debt was also popular, and the newspapers also appeared on the French explicit praise, saying that this is the world's first army, the franc even hit a new high, and the value of the franc has appreciated by nearly two percent in ten days!
Moreover, after the rapid victory of the Vietnam War, the French found self-confidence again, and at this time, the German reparation issue also reached a critical moment, although the Germans were also making reparations according to the plan, but the Germans adopted a policy, that is, the purpose of implementation was to prove that the reparation plan could not be implemented!
To put it bluntly, it is clear that they don't want to pay reparations honestly, and the mark in Germany has also begun to depreciate like crazy, even crazier than when the First World War ended.
In fact, Germany's reparations were not paid in marks, but in real money, or foreign exchange such as US dollars, otherwise wouldn't Germany be able to deal with the reparations by printing a few pieces of paper casually, and would the great powers be so stupid? Therefore, Germany's play of inflation in this way is of no use to reparations at all!
But the reason why Germany did this is still a unique consideration, Germany has made up its mind to destroy the German economy first, to this point, if France is forced again, Germany will only have one way to revolution, and then Germany will become red like Russia, and France will not gain more than it loses.
You must know that Russia overthrew the Tsar, and the country that lost the most was France, before World War I, France was a big creditor of Russia, and as soon as the majority party came to power, it immediately refused to bear all the debt problems, and all of a sudden the French suffered heavy losses, which is also the reason for France's current economic difficulties...,
The method that Germany is using now is to first push itself into a corner, and then transfer all its anger to France by virtue of its domestic dissatisfaction with France, and after successfully kidnapping the German people, Germany will put on a posture of a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
France also resented Germany's rogue behavior to the extreme, and through the Vietnam campaign, the French also discovered that war and finance have a close relationship, as long as the war is won, it can show strength, and capital will take the initiative to flow into a strong country to seek security, so France is ready to use Germany to show the majesty of France again.
On January 11, 1923, France and Belgium formed an alliance of 100,000 troops into the Ruhr area, the industrial center of Germany, and within a few days the French occupied Essen, Gersenkissing, Dortmund, Bochum and other places.
The Germans had by this time been disarmed and allowed the French to come and go, and the French army was not polite enough to take possession of all these industrial centers, and the French began to transport the coal and coke produced in the Ruhr area back to France to pay off the loans.
Seeing that their precious resources were transported away by France, Germany was not without any means, they chose passive resistance, all government personnel refused to carry out the orders of the French occupation forces, railway workers, mining factory workers all stopped working, the Ruhr area became quiet all of a sudden, all the workers lived on the subsidies of the German government, and although the French occupied the Ruhr area at this time, they had to transfer workers from the country, relying on them to transport the coke away, counting the recruitment of workers in France, The cost of maintaining the occupying forces turned out to be more than the profit of coke.
In this way, France was pushed into a very embarrassing position, and through this move, Germany is also proving to the world that they do not have any force, and France is demanding from them, and at this time, the United States and Britain have changed their tone and began to criticize France, and financial capital is constantly selling francs and shorting France's national bonds.
In fact, Germany's losses are still greater, after all, the Ruhr area is the heart of their industry, and now that the heart has stopped beating, how can Germany maintain it, after the German high-level thinks about it, Germany must find a way to mobilize the powers to come forward to help them get out of this situation.
Thinking about it, the veteran Seckert remembered the strange riot of the Vietnamese that had just ended, this riot happened without any warning, it happened suddenly, and then it ended quickly, and it happened on the Sino-Vietnamese border, Seckert was sure that this is the action taken by China behind the scenes, if China can launch such an action again, France's energy will definitely be involved in the Far East, and then the pressure on Germany will naturally be less, so that Germany can return to normal as soon as possible!
Seckert told Prime Minister Gounod about his idea, and Gounod immediately agreed to the idea, and he immediately asked Seckert to send a telegram to the Chinese side, but Gounod also had a trace of doubt in his heart, what exactly to use to impress the Chinese! ),