Annan's application to join the Chinese Federation once again caused a huge sensation in China, and more people called on the government to approve Annan's application and include Annan in the territory of the Chinese Federation.

"Annam has been a Chinese territory since ancient times, but it was abandoned by the Manchus, and it is natural to send troops to take it back!"

"According to the provisions of the empire to abolish an unequal treaty, the treaty signed between the Manchus and France should have been abolished a long time ago, and Annam was a subject state of the empire, and it would be a good thing if he could join the empire!"

"Hmph, ignorance, now that Britain and France are interfering in Annam, a small Annam wants the empire to go to war with the Entente, does it want the empire to join the allies?"

"You don't understand, now that Britain and France are too busy to take care of themselves, where do they have the energy to deal with the empire, if they really want to force the empire to send troops to India and Burma, do you really think they cover the sky with one hand?"

“……”

Whether it is the people or government officials, they are roughly divided into two factions, one is the main host, the other is against it, of course, there are also neutral theater watchers, but not the main force.

Cabinet ministers and the Diet are still arguing over Annan's application, opposing more than supporting it, and in their opinion, Annan is not worthy of the empire's war with the Entente.

"I know that sooner or later Annan will be included in the empire, but not now! If the empire wants to use the time of the European war to continue to develop, it must avoid prematurely showing its attitude, otherwise it will not be conducive to the development of the empire! Jiang Fangzhen, the head of the Ninth Cabinet, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, directly and clearly opposed the decision to accept Annan and send troops at this stage.

Cai Yuanpei, Minister of Culture, who supports Annan's entry into China at this stage, said: "I think now is the best time to accept Annan, and Annan's anti-French movement is about to be severely attacked and even destroyed." Extending a helping hand to them in times of distress would not only win the favor of the people of Annam, but also make them wholeheartedly join the empire, which would not have had the same effect at other times. ”

"They are not the most critical moment, and there are empires secretly supporting them, Britain and France may not be able to succeed, they have not joined before, and they are only joining now, it can be seen that their ambitions are not dead, and I am against accepting Annan!" Foreign Minister Wu Yanfang was very dissatisfied with Annan's delay in expressing his position and now expressing his position, and if it were not for France's request for the intervention of China and Britain, it is not known when Annan would have declared himself a subject state of the empire.

"Annam is a mess, first French colonial rule, now wars, the industrial base is even worse than the previous empire, not to mention agriculture! It is unwise to accept Annan at this stage, the empire has a lot of things that have not been resolved now, where is the energy to manage Annan! "The Minister of Agriculture actually wants to accept Annan now, which can greatly alleviate the pressure on agriculture in the country, but on the whole, it is really not suitable and he opposes it.

Three of the nine cabinet ministers are now opposed, and the other ministers who have not yet spoken are silent, and now there is silence, and the president in the first seat, Chen Fu, squints at everyone's reaction.

Zhang Xinyue, who is the Minister of Economy and the Imperial Concubine, smiled slightly: "Since everyone is not speaking, let me tell you my opinion." First, I support the acceptance of Annan, and since Annan has already expressed his sincerity, then we cannot ignore it. I still remember that the agreement signed with Annan stipulated that the empire would send troops after Annan declared himself a vassal to the empire, how could he break his word as a big country! ”

Who is Zhang Xinyue, her words often represent the emperor's opinion, even if it is not as long as it is reasonable, it will become the opinion of His Majesty afterwards, she blows the pillow wind sometimes more powerful than the president's decision, except for Chen Fu and Jiang Fangzhen, everyone is sitting and listening to her words.

"The second is that the empire is also famous for sending troops, Britain and France will not declare war on the empire because of a small Annam, at this stage the empire's biggest trade object is not the Entente but the allies, maybe the Entente will beg the empire to trade with them in the future. After all, if Annan directly becomes the territory of the empire, Britain and France will be considered to invade the empire, and the empire will weaken the name of the empire if it does not declare war on them! ”

As soon as Zhang Xinyue's words were finished, everyone had to think about it, this must be Qin Yu's opinion, but she is familiar with the economy, and she doesn't say anything about it, and she won't have such an opinion.

Jiang Fangzhen looked at Zhang Xinyue and knew what she meant, who would dare to oppose it as soon as she made a move.

Sure enough, Chen Fu's eyes no longer squinted, and his eyes lit up and he agreed: "Since this is the case, we will first restore the status of Annan's vassal state, and as for joining the Imperial Federation, we will have to go through a period of observation." In terms of sending troops, let's form a volunteer army of 100,000 people to enter Annam, everyone has no opinion, right? ”

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded ......"

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and they all agree with the president. This opinion is the best for now, and not many people know that Huaxia and Annan signed an agreement, and those who oppose it after hearing about it are not very opposed.

On the evening of the second day after Annan submitted his application, Wu Yanfang, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, announced the reinstatement of Annan's status as a vassal state of China, and asked Annan to be patient because the time was too short to reach a conclusion.

At the same time, Wu Yanfang announced to the whole world: "China has announced the abolition of an unequal treaty, and the French occupation of Annam has violated China's interests, and the Chinese people must not tolerate foreign aggression against China's subject countries, nor can they allow the foreign powers to wantonly invade their neighbors and ignore them." The Chinese government accepted Annan's request to form a volunteer army to go to Annan to resist France and aid Annan, and the volunteers were the people's volunteers to support Annan, and all the weapons and materials were donated by the people themselves. ”

The practice of the volunteer army formed by China was to express its reluctance to declare war with France, but it also sent troops to Annam in disguise, and the volunteer army was just a different name, and in fact it was all an active Chinese army.

When the news reached Annan, Annan was full of joy, and the morale of the government troops was even higher, and they were frantically attacking the French army with a roar.

The French were not surprised when they received the Chinese army from Annan, since Annan submitted the application to join the Chinese army, they knew that the Chinese would send troops, and also made efforts to promise more territory to the Chinese people, but the Chinese did not accept.

"Damn Annan and Huaxia, if it were to be the same as before, I would definitely declare war on Huaxia! Let Annan's army hold on, and when the war in Europe ends, troops will be sent there on a large scale to support, anyway, we still have a navy, and China will not dare to attack with a navy in the name of it! Raymond was very angry at this time, but he held back, the current situation of France could not support Annan at all, and could only let the Annan garrison hold on.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned Huaxia's actions, and the Annan government had long signed an agreement with France to become a French protectorate, and this was not a matter for Huaxia, but only a civil strife in Annam, and Huaxia could not interfere.

Of course, Britain followed closely to accuse Huaxia, but it hated France to death in its heart, didn't it let their troops go to Annam to die, they would not have agreed to France if they knew it, isn't it just a little Annam, just wait for the war to end and then clean them up.

The friction between China and Britain and France was the happiest than the Allied and American countries, and the Allied countries took the opportunity to wave their flags and shout to cheer for China, trying to win over China. The United States was excited that it would be able to kick away Huaxia and make the war money of the Entente alone in the future, wishing that Huaxia would be at odds with Britain and France, but also worried that Huaxia would throw itself into the Allied powers and lead them to be involved in the war prematurely.

At the beginning of October, the Chinese Volunteers crossed the border between Annam and Huaxia and stepped on the territory of Annam into the Quang Ninh area, and marched all the way to Haiphong under the welcome of the Annam government army.

With the addition of well-equipped British troops and the support of American arms dealers, the French army began to gradually regain lost territory in the southern region and fight back to Saigon.

After three days of fighting, the British and French forces successfully recaptured Saigon, and the Annam army was forced to temporarily retreat north.

On the other side, the British army also joined the French army in Haiphong, and the Republic of South China also formed a volunteer army under the order of the central government, and it will soon be escorted by the Chinese fleet to land in the south of Annam.

Then Huaxia announced a blockade of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Siam, and did not allow non-domestic cargo ships to approach Annam, and the South China Fleet and the Thai Fleet were dispatched one after another to monitor ships entering the South China Sea.

On October 7, the Annam army and the Chinese Volunteers attacked Hanoi and Haiphong in four ways, the Chinese Volunteers attacked the Haiphong area from Quang Ninh and blocked the British army from Hanoi, while the Annam army was divided into three routes: the west, the north, and the south to directly besiege Hanoi.

Because it is a volunteer army, Huaxia did not send tanks and planes, it was purely infantry, and it can be said that compared with the British and French armies, it is a little better equipped than the British and French armies, and the others are not far behind.

The British army had just landed and had not had time to rest when they were attacked by the Chinese Volunteers, who hurriedly responded to the battle and were defeated and retreated, and could only rely on the warships on the shore to stop the volunteers.

After Annam's army received more weapons and supplies from China, the strength of the army increased dramatically, and the French army retreated into Hanoi after defeating the French army in the Hanoi area.

"Rush, regain Hanoi!"

The Annam army continued to storm the city of Hanoi like a tidal wave, and their weapon for landing the city was a ladder, and the soldiers carried the ladder close to the city wall without fear of death, and most of them were killed by the French army.

In the city of Hanoi, the governor is walking around in a hurry, and now the food and other materials in the city are complete, but weapons and ammunition are very scarce, and he is still waiting for the weapons and ammunition of the British army.

"Your Excellency the Governor move out of Hanoi, we can only hold out for a week at most, if we don't get support within a week, the weapons and ammunition will run out, please make a decision!"

"Be sure to hold on, reinforcements will be coming soon!" The Governor did not yet know that the British army had been intercepted by the Chinese Volunteers.