Three days before the old Qing dynasty, a French vanguard crossed Ninh Binh and approached Hanoi. The French chose to launch an offensive at the New Year of the Great Qing Dynasty, obviously because they had been planning for a long time, and the purpose was to take advantage of the opportunity of the New Year to quickly achieve the purpose of the war. In late January, the French commander-in-chief accepted his appointment as commander of the French expeditionary force. Immediately, Guba ordered the commander of the Annam fleet, Rivili, to lead 20 warships, a number of merchant ships, and 5,000 officers and men of the expedition, and to attack north by sea.

After Riviley led his army to occupy Ninh Binh, his troops were divided into two routes. 3,000 French troops, all the way along Fuli and Hedong to Hanoi. The goal of the 2000 French army along the coastline was to capture Nanding and Taiping, and to respond to the fleet's capture of coastal defense. Since these places were garrisoned by Annan's troops, their combat effectiveness was negligible. It can be said that in the eyes of the French, the combat effectiveness of Annan's army can be described as sheep with horns.

Now it is necessary for us to restore the real history and talk in detail about the origins of the Sino-French war. Historically, the French Republic was a military power. As a continental country, the combat effectiveness of its army is recognizable in Europe. The French army commanded by Napoleon swept across Europe and was invincible. However, after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the French army began to decline, but it was still the largest land power in Europe.

With the rise of Prussia, a strong figure appeared among the Germanic people, Bismarck, known as the iron-blooded prime minister. The two old European rivals fought each other, and the Prussians tried their courage to fight each other, and in 1870 the Second Franco-Prussian War broke out. Yes, the French army was defeated by the Prussians of Sedan. The Second Emperor of the French Empire, Louis Bonaparte, also known as Napoleon III, became a prisoner of the Prussians. Not only that, but there were many marshals and generals, officers who could fill a train, and 100,000 French soldiers.

The war cost the French 25,000 casualties, and the Prussians avenged the humiliation of the year. After the Prussians occupied Paris, they humiliated the French again in the opulent and extravagant Palace of Versailles. The following year, Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia was crowned in Versailles with a huge ceremony for the Second German Empire.

The French not only lost the title of the number one military power in Europe, but more importantly, Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister of Prussia, demanded a sky-high war reparation of 5 billion gold francs from the French government. What is the concept that the gold franc is equivalent to the equivalent of gold rather than franc banknotes. As a result, France entered a period of turmoil, and the Paris Commune and other countries appeared. The people opposed the republican system in favor of the royalists, and the two factions fought until 1875, when the republicans regained control of Parliament.

As a result of the loss of vitality, France's overseas colonies, second only to Britain, and its vast fleet of ocean-going warships and merchant ships, were unable to achieve anything in the overseas colonies throughout the 70s. In order to repay the sky-high war reparations, the French naturally aimed their eyes at Annam and the cowardly Qing Dynasty. In order to restore the glory of France, it was necessary to unite and accumulate liliang, which was the real reason for the outbreak of war between China and France.

Now let's talk about the situation of the Qing Dynasty at that time. It can be said that after the suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it was not the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners of the regular army of the Qing Dynasty that supported the Qing Dynasty, but the private armed regiments -- the Hunan Army and the Huai Army. You must know that these group exercises are completely maintained out of private pockets, and the court does not take a penny. Later, the Qing court provided part of the silver taels in the form of "reimbursement". Private armed forces supporting a country can be described as comical.

The two major problems facing the Qing court now were coastal defense and the threat from the north. Since the First and Second Opium Wars, the polar bear has annexed a large area of land in the Far East and Xinjiang, and the fangs of this polar bear have been aimed at the land of the dragon veins of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, otherwise the Qing court would not have let Zuo Zongtang recover Xinjiang. The coastal defense of the Qing Dynasty is the top priority, so Annam, as a subordinate country, can only be wishful thinking in the face of the French encroachment step by step, hoping to obtain the protection of the suzerain.

It can be said that the Qing court must show something out of face. Therefore, from the beginning, the Qing court did not go all out to protect Annam, and the Qing court's war preparations were only for show, which laid the groundwork for a series of failures later. Frankly speaking, the victory at Zhennanguan only blocked the attack of the French army and inflicted heavy losses on the French army. In addition, it has something to do with the fact that the French army underestimated the enemy and was not fully prepared for war. There was also an important reason that the northern part of Annam was mountainous, and the poor terrain also limited the offensive of the French army. If it weren't for the Qing court's fornication, it would be difficult to say what the outcome would have been.

In the 80s of the 19th century, the Qing court realized the importance of modern weapons and hunted foreign guns and cannons in the Eight Banners Green Battalion. Speaking of weapons, on the surface, the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners is not inferior to the French army, and its standard weapon is the Remington single-shot rifle. The powerful Huai army was equipped with a small number of advanced Remington repeating rifles. The artillery of the Qing army's hunting suit was an imitation of the British Armstrong and the French Ghanaian camp field guns. There are also homemade flowering cannons.

Advanced weapons do not mean that they have strong combat effectiveness, because the military thinking of the Eight Banners Green Battalion is still stuck in the era of cold weapons. The standard weapon of the French soldiers was the Remington single-shot rifle, and the advantage of the French army was that it was equipped with rapid-fire field guns and "Haqikes" rotary machine guns that the Qing army did not have, and its heavy firepower density had an absolute advantage.

In fact, there are some gimmicks to discuss the armaments of the two sides, and the contest between the enemy and us on the battlefield is composed of comprehensive factors, especially in the era of hot weapons, the two sides of the confrontation are not only fighting for the number of people, but also fighting for logistics, fighting economy, fighting jishu, fighting courage, fighting perseverance. The Manchu Eight Banners Green Battalion had already lost its majesty and sharpness when entering the customs at this time.

As the standing army of the Great Qing Dynasty, the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty has long been a sunset, erosive and unable to fight. The history books have recorded in detail that although the Eight Banners Green Battalion maintained 600,000 troops at this time, it almost became synonymous with eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling and smoking. Especially the children of the Eight Banners, who have completely become children who can only walk birds, go shopping, gamble, and play with women. It can be seen from this that the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army is not at all on the same level as the French army that can fight well, and there is no need to make any noise about victory or defeat.

Speaking of patriotism, the Manchu Dynasty ruled for more than 200 years and completely adopted a policy of fooling the people. The common people have no concept of the state at all, and the soldiers eat food purely for survival. Wars and wars are the affairs of the imperial court, and they have nothing to do with the grass people. Ninety percent of the subjects of the Qing Dynasty were illiterate, although a small number of literate Han ministers waved their banners and worked hard to make the country prosperous. However, the cruel reality can only be to suspend the predicament and treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. If there were no external factors, it can be said that the Qing court's policy of controlling a small number of literati was very successful. However, Shijie entered the era of marine hot weapons, and the national policy of the Qing court was destined to be a dead move.

The vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fulfilled the Zeng State Domain, including the Hunan Army, a powerful private armed force under his command. The Qing court did not need capable people, but needed slaves. The Taiping army was strangled, and the Hunan army, which had a brilliant record, lost its value of existence. To put it bluntly, the Hunan army is a private armed force that threatens the safety of the imperial court at any time, while the Eight Banners Green Battalion is obedient to the slaves. The rebellion was suppressed, and Zeng Guofan was forced to dismiss the Hunan army, but he cleverly played a gimmick, that is, to cut troops but not generals. The Huai army, which was deduced in this way, became the military liliang that stabilized the Qing Dynasty. The Hunan army and the rising Huai army have been active for 30 years, and it is a private army supporting half of the Qing Dynasty, which is absolutely an outlier in the history of Shijie countries, which is sad.

Returning to the plot of this book, the protagonist is standing at the height of history, lying on his back to cultivate his own military liliang, and starting to prepare in various fields. Deng Zixuan is not worried about the Eight Banners Green Battalion, in fact, the opponents are the Hunan Army and the Huai Army, and the other strongest enemy is the foreigners. Deng Zixuan chose the first opponent to fight the French army, and his purpose was fourfold.

First, the first battle became famous and shocked the world. Second, he forced the Qing court to target himself and use this to rise up. Third, the combat effectiveness of the French army is stronger than that of the British army, and if the French army is defeated on the battlefield, and the British army, the Hunan army, and the Huai army are faced in the future, the soldiers will be brave and fearless in spirit and morale, and create conditions for the complete overthrow of the Manchu dynasty. Fourth, take this as an opportunity to cultivate patriotism and awaken the people to fight for freedom in World War II.

The war of the French army's northward advance first began in Fugu, which was guarded by the army of the small court of Annam, with 10,000 troops. At this time, the two armies were still in open formation. The Annan army was stationed on the city, and the dense crowd was like locusts. The French soldiers lined up in attacking formation, and the artillery was staggered according to the infantry positions.

"Report to the general, the artillery is ready!" A tall French officer reported to Riverley. Commander Riverley, wearing a high hat, drew his command knife with some contempt, and then pointed forward. Suddenly there was a roar of artillery fire and black smoke. At this time, the artillery of Western countries had already hunted and flowered shells, and the shells exploded on the city wall, sounding the horn of attack.

The air waves of the explosion flew in all directions, and the defensive soldiers of the Annan Army were too dense, and the corpses of the soldiers were seen flying in the air, with countless casualties. The efficiency of the explosion of the shells is simply bizarre high. After this formation, the Annan army was suddenly chaotic, and after just a round of artillery fire, the supreme commander of the Annan defense army ordered to flee. The defeat of the army was like a mountain, and the speed of the rout of the Annan army like an antelope was simply amazing, and many stupid soldiers simply raised the white flag and surrendered.

Seeing this, Commander Rivery ordered the shelling to cease and then ordered the soldiers to advance. "Your Excellency General, it is not the Qing army that is defending the city on the other side, nor the Black Flag Army is the Annan Army, our intelligence is wrong!" A subordinate said. "These Annam monkeys wasted our shells and ordered the troops to quickly occupy Fugu and advance towards Hanoi."

At the moment, Thai Nguyen, in northern Hanoi, seems to be quiet, as if isolated from the world. Tentatively organized the 2nd Brigade Headquarters, Leng Yifei, the commander of the 4th Regiment, Khalid and several combat staff officers stared at the military map and were silent. "Brigade commander, according to reconnaissance, the French army easily occupied Fugu, and the soldiers rushed straight to Hanoi. I don't understand, Liu Yongfu weishenme does not let us go to war? Khalid asked.

Leng Yifei shrugged and said: "Liu Yongfu has purchased a large number of foreign guns in recent years, and he thinks that his shili can completely withstand the attack of the French. Moreover, there were more than 30,000 Annam troops in Hanoi, and he thought that he could fight a war. In addition, the gradual expansion of our shili has already made him suspicious, which is the main reason why we are not allowed to participate in the war. ”

"I didn't expect the French to come so quickly, we didn't change our clothes, how can we fight this battle?" Khalid was depressed. At this moment, there was the sound of horses' hooves outside, "Report to the brigade commander, Deputy Brigade Commander He has arrived!" A subordinate reported urgently. With the voice, He Meng hurriedly came in, "The brigade commander Guangzhou sent someone to report that the commander-in-chief has set off from Shanghai, this is his order to you!" After He Meng finished speaking, he handed a telegram newspaper to Leng Yifei, obviously this was the original text of Deng Zixuan's telegram from Shanghai.

Leng Yifei quickly read the telegram and said decisively: "The commander-in-chief has already set off from Shanghai to the south, and has notified the officers above the company level to immediately convene a military conference ・・・・・・." ”

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