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The battle on the halfway of the Golden Medal Mountain was extremely tragic, and the French army finally rushed to the mountainside at the huge cost of more than 200 casualties under the condescending bullet rain of the Chinese army, and the two sides launched a white-knuckle battle.

The two sides first used bullets, then swords and sticks, and Zuihou actually hugged them, hit them with fists, and bit them with their teeth.

A Chinese soldier hugged the Frenchman, and the two fought and rolled, and Zuihou fell down the valley together.

A French soldier had his abdomen disemboweled, and his intestines were coming out, and one end was still hanging from a small branch next to him.

A Chinese soldier was stabbed with five or six bloody holes in his chest, but he was biting half an ear in his mouth.

A French soldier pressed his opponent under him and strangled him to death with both hands, but he was hit on the head from behind, and bright red blood and gray brains flowed out together, drenching himself and the Chinese soldiers under him with blood.

……。

The frantic struggle lasted for a long time, and just when both sides were already extremely tired, a dense burst of gunfire rang out at the foot of the mountain, and reinforcements finally arrived!

The reinforcements ferried from the opposite bank, the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade led by Su Desheng, finally arrived in time and dealt the most fatal blow to the French army at the most critical moment.

Sun Wanlin's troops were demoralized, while the French army was completely devastated!

Zuihou's will is also lost, and everyone loses the courage to persevere.

No matter how strong the soldiers were, they were already desperate for victory, and everyone, whether officers or soldiers, ran desperately down the hill, with only one thought in their minds: to escape back alive.

When rushing past the interception of the victorious troops of the Soviet Union, the French army was completely scattered and completely devoid of formation and discipline.

With more than 100 people, Guba stumbled down the mountain, escaped from Fengwo Village, and fled into the grove.

This is not a retreat, it is a flight, a desperate escape, running in the dark woods, everyone has lost their weapons, and Guba is no exception, he even lost his military hat, he has been a soldier for decades, he has never been so embarrassed and depressed, like a lost dog.

The men did not have time to catch their breath, and then abandoned the landing camp and fled to the shore. At this time, Guba no longer had the courage to stay on the shore for another minute or second.

They crowded onto the sampans, and then more than 100 French soldiers escaped from the woods, all with disheveled hair and ragged clothes, some of whom had lost their shoes.

The men were connected to the sampans and boats, and the groves were already filled with shouts of killing and gunfire, while the French soldiers continued to escape from the woods, followed by angry and red-eyed Chinese soldiers, armed with rifles loaded with bayonets, chasing and shooting as they went, some brandishing their sabers and shouting in the moonlight.

At this time, the French army had become frightened birds, and they did not care about those who were running towards the shore, and immediately sailed out of the shore.

The French soldiers, who did not have time to get on the boat, screamed and cried, jumped into the shallows on the shore and chased the boat that was far away, but was soon caught up by the Chinese soldiers wading behind.

The Chinese soldiers, who were inspired by the blood, kept shooting with guns, stabbing with bayonets, and slashing with war knives, and the entire shore was screaming, and the tide was also stained red with blood.

Seeing this scene, Lone covered his face and muttered: "Oh, God, God, oh, God......"

In the wee hours of the morning, the remnants of the French army finally fled back to the warship, all drenched and shivering, including the once ambitious Rear Admiral Guba, who also seemed to have malaria at this time.

In the past few years, the French fleet had destroyed one more cannon on the opposite hill, so that there were only two guns left on the top of the Golden Medal Mountain. But at this time, the ammunition of the French fleet had also begun to run out, and Lone had no choice but to order to move to the waterway, and the flagship Woerda cruiser was hit by a shot, the power system was damaged, and the speed dropped to 6 knots, so it could only be slowly dragged behind, and Lone had to replace the flagship with the Atarante ironclad.

As for the stranded cruiser Destan, it was completely unable to move, so it had to be left alone.

Together with the previously sunken gunboat Esper, the French fleet was left with seven battleships and two mineboats, and sailed in the direction of the harbor in a miserable manner along the waterway, and came to a stop in the middle of the waterway.

After a whole day of bloody fighting, Gu Ba was completely desperate to get out of trouble on his own, and could only hope that the reinforcements would come soon, and all they could do was pray for Emperor Xiangshang.

After receiving the battle report, Ding Yuntong was excited and shed tears, and the initiative in the battle of Mawei Port was now completely on the Chinese side, and he sent a telegram to commend all the soldiers who participated in the battle, and ordered the Judge Advocate General Department to make detailed statistics on everyone's military exploits, and let people start erecting the memorial tablets in the martyrs' shrine in Tiananmen Square, and put Lin Guoxiang in the first place.

On the one hand, he telegraphed Song Qing and others that they must make persistent efforts, beat the water dogs, and be sure to completely annihilate the opponent, so that not a single person in the French army trapped in the fleet will slip through the net.

On the other hand, two cruisers, the Kunlun and the Canghai, which were cruising at the mouth of the Min River, were ordered to go to the direction of Tokyo, Vietnam.

Ding Yuntong pointed out in particular that in order to save the lone fleet, France not only needed to send the Lisby fleet, but also needed to mobilize a large number of land forces from Vietnam. He demanded that the Kunlun and Canghai ships not resist the French warships, fight if they can, and flee if they can, and harass the French troop transportation with all their might, while the rest of the ships return to the southern waterway to stand by.

He told Liu Buyun, the acting captain of the Kunlun, that the arrogance of the French is difficult to change all at once, and they will always despise the wisdom, courage and determination of the Chinese. Therefore, the French ships transporting troops will definitely ignore safety and pursue the nearest and fastest route, that is, along the coastline of China, bypassing Qiongdao (Hainan Island), so the Kunlun and Canghai ships can go directly to Qiongdao and prepare for interception operations near the coastline of Qiongdao.

At this time, it was November 20th, and the port of Mawei was also full of jubilation, everyone was shocked by the strength of the French army yesterday, but today they are full of confidence in Zuihou's victory. While Ding Richang was overjoyed, he also reminded everyone not to be careless, after all, the main force of the enemy fleet was still there.

Song Qing immediately ordered all the artillery that could move to be concentrated and prepared to be arranged on both sides of the waterway, while bombarding and driving away the French fleet. As long as a section of waterway is driven, let the minelayers lay a section of mines, and it is believed that in a few days, the enemy will be gradually forced into a corner.

On the other hand, the French government already knew what happened to the lone fleet.

First, on the 19th, the British warships hovering outside the mouth of the Min River saw the fierce battle between China and France, and quickly spread the results, and soon a Western reporter got the news and sent the telegram back to China.

As a result, the next day, the French newspaper "Clarion" published this sensational news on the front page: The detachment of the French Far East Fleet led by Gu Ba was blocked by the Chinese in a harbor called Mawei on the southeast coast of Far East China, and it was very likely that it would suffer an extremely terrible fate in the next few days.

This news shocked the whole of Paris, and everyone felt extremely confused and puzzled, how could the powerful French navy fall into such a predicament in the far and backward East. In their eyes, the impression of the Chinese has always been very obscene, just like those newspapers and magazines depicted: a group of clowns with sallow faces, short stature, flat facial features, wearing melon-skin hats, cowering, how can they confront the powerful French Republic?

What's going on?

The same question was asked by Prime Minister Jouferi, who angrily asked in Parliament: "What is going on, what is going on here?" ”

Joferi could only emphasize again and again: the lonely fleet was only temporarily trapped, and the current state was "all good", which was full of accidents and many accidents. The Far Eastern Fleet is actively organizing Liliang to help the Lone Fleet get out of trouble, promising that it will soon put an end to this "absurd everything", "the development of the situation is still under our control", and "I believe that it will not be long before the situation will be fundamentally reversed".

But this was just a delaying tactic for Jouferi to delay time and find countermeasures, and he was actually panicked in his heart.

At the same time, while France secretly asked the British government for help, Hurd, the chief tax department of the Chinese customs, came forward to make a statement to the Chinese government, pretending that France was willing to carry out the so-called talks, delaying the further attack of the Chinese army, and buying as much time as possible to help the troops of the lone fleet.

On the other hand, the commander of the Vietnamese Army Forces, Vice Admiral Mille, was ordered to immediately transfer a group of troops as marines, and transferred them to the command of Lisby as the landing force to rescue the lone fleet.

Miller, commander of the French Army in Vietnam, quickly ordered the 4th Brigade under the command of Colonel Johnny Nelly to immediately abandon some unnecessary heavy equipment and take on the task of the marines.

In view of the fact that the Vietnamese indigenous battalion in the 4th Brigade would have to be difficult to function, Miller ordered it to be replaced by a more combat-ready Algerian light infantry battalion.

On the 22nd, the first batch of 1,800 marines, as well as ammunition and equipment, set off on three ships, under the command of Major Burr, Major Langji, and Major Lakro. The four ocean-going gunboats Dilxi, Sabre, Basval, and Doulac, commanded by Captain Moleboyo, served as escorts.

By the early morning of the 23rd, the fleet had sailed out of the Beibu Gulf, and Moleboyo stood on the deck of the gunboat Dilxi, watching the seabirds flying and circling on the sea, blowing the fishy sea breeze, and faintly in the distance was the coastline of China's Qiong Island.

At this time, the sailors under his command suddenly shouted: "A warship has been found ahead!" ”

Moleboyo waved his hand: "Don't panic, it should be our warship that came to meet you!" ”

But only a moment later, the exclamation of the sailors shattered his dream: "It's an enemy ship, it's an enemy ship, it's a Chinese warship!" “

Molepoyo picked up the binoculars and saw that two murderous warships were sailing at high speed through the waves, and the yellow dragon flag fluttering in the wind was hanging high on the ship!!