As these journalists speculated, the clumsy expression of the French made the minds of the Vietnamese who had been watching on the sidelines, especially those soldiers who had weapons in their hands and whose homes were in the field, and it was clear that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, and the French merchants who had been domineering to them on a daily basis were now unprotected lambs, and they smelled as tempting as their possessions. As a Vietnamese officer, who had a previous grudge against the grain merchant Hollande, rushed into his home with dozens of his soldiers and carried out a series of atrocities, and even set fire to the entire trading house, more and more Vietnamese began to join the ranks of the revelry, and even the more courageous civilians joined in the looting, and the whole of Hue fell into hell completely.

Not only the French, but also the expatriates of other countries have become victims in this chaos, fortunately, these foreigners have weapons in their hands, and there is no shortage of people who have organized to protect themselves, especially those Chinese expatriates, who quickly received weapons free of charge from the Bofors company, armed themselves to protect their families and property, and even some well-wished, but also provided protection for expatriates from other countries.

The French are now practically unable to protect the city, and the consuls of various countries in Hue, after understanding this, have sent telegrams asking their own governments to find a way, of course, it is definitely too late to transfer troops, and the nearest one will have to be thousands of miles away! Under such circumstances, the Chinese troops who were rushing to protect overseas Chinese became the only option, and more than a dozen countries, including Britain, Germany, Italy, and Austria, jointly asked China to ask for help, asking the Chinese troops to speed up and rush to Hue as soon as possible, and the situation here was out of control.

The Chinese government is naturally very willing to help, and His Majesty the Emperor, who has always been concerned about the situation in Hue, personally ordered that the overseas Chinese protection troops who are rushing to Hue draw a battalion and immediately rush to Hue as soon as possible, so as to ensure the safety of the lives and property of friends in Hue countries. Of course, this also includes the protection of the French diaspora

Governor Du Mei now has no bitterness to say, in the case that the French army cannot guarantee the order of Hue, he has no reason to refuse the demands of the whole of Europe, and can only urge Colonel Philip to quickly take the royal city, first control Nguyen Phuc Chao before the Chinese enter the city, and then let Nguyen Phuc Chao expel the Chinese as the king of Vietnam. But at this time, Colonel Philip really had no tricks, and by now his men had been killed and wounded by a third, and the defensive fire on the opposite side showed no signs of weakening. I'm afraid that in the end it will be his turn to run away, and besides, it is already night, and after almost a full day of fighting, the soldiers can be said to be physically and mentally exhausted, and their morale has fallen to the limit, how can they fight in such a state?

In particular, under the unanimous protest of the consuls and the pleas of his own nationals, he had to set aside another battalion to protect the nationals, so that there would be fewer forces to attack.

Just when Colonel Philip had no choice but to study the new battle plan again and prepare for a new attack. Chen Hu on the turret looked at his watch and glanced at an officer beside him, who immediately raised a flashlight and sent a signal in the direction of JY Company, the mercenaries who were already fully armed and waiting for orders. Immediately poured out of his hiding place and went straight to the Hyunren Gate on the east side of the royal city.

Although the situation in the city is chaotic now, those riotous mobs do not have the courage to provoke such a large group of French troops, and the veteran mercenary leader of the Ambrera Company. The mercenaries led by Frank, a French-Indian half-breed, wore full vests of the French Army and swaggered towards the Xianren Gate. Along the way, he dispersed a mob that was besieging a British trading house, and then sued the British who had been thanking them for their kindness. They were attacking from the Hsien Ren Gate on the orders of Colonel Philip. Their identity did not arouse the slightest suspicion, although many of the brave French troops were not purely white, but this was not abnormal in the slightest, and the French garrison in Vietnam already had a large number of soldiers recruited from the colonies, some of whom were of mixed race.

Frank's team reached the Hsien Nhon Gate unimpeded, because the direction of the French attack has always been the Truong Duc Gate, so there is only one company of Chinese soldiers and a dozen Vietnamese soldiers on guard, and the sudden appearance of the French troops by the moat made the commander of the Vietnamese soldiers scream in fright, but unfortunately he stabbed the dagger into the heart as soon as he turned around.

This Ruan Phuc Zhao's cronie looked at the already familiar smiling face in front of him in amazement, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but then he choked on the throat with blood, just let out a string of strange syllables, and fell to the fort without a blink, and at the same time as he fell, his soldiers also fell under the swords of their comrades beside him.

The Chinese company commander who had just killed the commander of the Vietnamese army and the other side of the moat, Frank, who had been an instructor for himself at the beginning, nodded, and then exclaimed: "Enemy attack, prepare for battle, fire quickly!" ”

The next moment, the fort and the outside of the city suddenly fired guns, all kinds of guns in the hands of both sides rang out lively, of course, the bullets hit the sky, and even the explosion of grenades thrown out indiscriminately, as if a fierce battle was taking place, and then a group of mercenaries quickly rushed across the moat, bypassed the fort and rushed to the city gate dozens of meters away, and then began to pile up explosives.

The sudden sound of gunfire at Xianrenmen stunned Colonel Philip.

"Go see what's going on!" He shouted to an officer beside him, and before the officer could move, he saw a sudden chaos on the opposite battery, and the other defenders in the direction of the Peace Gate and the Noon Gate were obviously running to reinforce them, and the scene of torches and flashlights moving brightly was very striking in the dark night, and no matter how slow the reaction was, Colonel Philip also knew that something was wrong there, although he couldn't guess what it was, but it was obviously a good thing for himself.

"Colonel, the Chinese have entered the city!" Before he could react to the situation in Xianrenmen, an officer hurriedly ran over and said breathlessly.

"How many?" Colonel Philip was startled by the speed of the Chinese and hurriedly yelled.

"A battalion in a strange truck." The officer said.

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw a huge ball of fire suddenly explode in the direction of Xianrenmen in the distance, followed by a deafening explosion, and even the ground under his feet could feel a clear tremble.

Colonel Philip stared in amazement at the flames that reflected the red night sky, and in the light of the fire, he could faintly see the huge stones that had been blown away, and then he realized that it was the location of the gate of the Hsien Ren Gate.

"Quick, leave the Chinese alone, immediately turn to Xianrenmen!" He pushed away the officer in front of him and shouted at his soldiers, no matter who did it, this is the best opportunity, those French soldiers hurriedly ran along the street towards Xianren Gate, but at this moment, the two heavy mortars in the royal city that were almost forgotten suddenly opened fire, and the huge shells weighing more than 20 kilograms roared and smashed into the middle of the French army, and the terrifying explosion instantly shattered them.

"Shoot all the shells, get ready, and get out of town to launch a counterattack!" Chen Hu on the fort shouted, he has endured these French for a day, and now he can be regarded as a chance to vent, although he only has 600 people in Zhangde Gate, but at the level of the French army, 600 people are enough to attack, in fact, he thinks that his 600 people can defeat them 6,000, the soldiers who were originally lying in the bunker ran down the fort and rushed in the direction of the city gate, and the two heavy mortars kept pouring shells at the French army, and the shock wave of the explosion on the crowded street recklessly harvested lives with shrapnel and rubble, the poor French soldiers struggled with blood and fire.

And at this time, the mercenaries who blew up the Xianren Gate had already rushed into the royal city, as for the Chinese soldiers on the original Dongguan Fort, they naturally pretended to resist and led them to the palace all the time, and then the mercenaries used explosives to blow up the outer wall of the palace and rushed in, these people immediately turned into butchers after entering the palace, and it can almost be said that they will kill people when they see them, especially the men will not let go of any of them, even the eunuchs who can't figure out whether they are men are also killed, and the entire palace is bleeding.

Ruan Phuc Zhao, who was still dreaming that he would reign over the world just now, was stupid at this time, the transition from heaven to hell was too drastic and cruel, and before he even woke up, the French army entered the palace.

"What's wrong, what's going on here, what about the Chinese, how did the French get in? Isn't the front still guarded? His Majesty the king cried helplessly, but unfortunately no one cared about him now, everyone in the whole palace was running for their lives, but it was obvious that they could not escape, and the whole royal city was only a few hundred meters away, and there was nowhere to hide, more than two hundred mercenaries were setting fire to them, killing at the same time, and even throwing grenades everywhere, as for the Chinese soldiers who rushed to the rescue, they were shooting at their heads from a distance.

When Nguyen Phuc Zhao was in hell in the city, Colonel Philip outside also fell into hell, under the terrifying 150 heavy mortar hit, his French army had collapsed, especially when the defenders in the city were killed, these people lost the courage to fight even more completely, and one by one they swarmed along the streets to the west trying to escape from this terrible city, no matter how Colonel Philip stopped or even whipped, no one dared to go back to face the battle, as for the attack on the palace is even more of a joke.

The Vietnamese troops who rushed out of the city were outrageously well equipped, especially the large number of submachine guns, which were an unsolvable weapon of mass destruction in the narrow streets, and the soldiers who were chasing the French army did not even bother to hide, and directly lined up on the streets with submachine guns, and the dense bullets beat the French to the point that the corpses were all over the streets. (To be continued......)