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Before attacking the Manchus, it was a very good idea to take Vietnam as a springboard for an attack on the Manchus. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Vietnam, which will further increase the population of Xinhua Kingdom. More importantly, the ban on smoking by Lin Zexu, the minister of the Imperial Mission, had angered the British, but given the strength of the Xinhua State in Nanyang, the British had not yet made up their minds whether to retaliate against the Manchus. After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was the largest power in the East, and the British did not have a bottom in their hearts whether they could defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If Xinhua went to war with Vietnam at this time, it would almost give the British a perfect opportunity. Now Vietnam's strength is not weak, and it is almost in the heyday of Vietnam!

"What is the situation in Vietnam now? If there is a war, how long will it take us to defeat them? Long Yufei asked. He knew that with the current strength of the new Chinese country, it was certain that Vietnam would be defeated. However, Xinhua must be able to draw up its military strength after the Opium War began. After the British beat the Manchus down, Xinhua took the opportunity to attack the Manchus!

"Your Majesty, Vietnam now has more than 100,000 troops! There are also tens of thousands of sailors. However, their equipment lagged behind. Except for forty percent of the people who were armed with shotguns, the rest were armed with broadswords and spears, and the number of artillery was scarce. And it's an old-fashioned breech gun! To defeat Vietnam, we only need to mobilize three or four infantry brigades! If you want to occupy the whole territory of Vietnam, you need 6-8 infantry brigades! The navy also needs to dispatch one or two fleets to wipe out the Vietnamese sailors while securing logistical supply lines! Minister of Operations Sun Hao said. In the event of a war against Vietnam, all supplies would have to cross the South China Sea. The guarantee of logistics supply lines has become very important!

"Well, the War Department has made a detailed operational plan for the war against Vietnam! We'll talk about it later. When will there be a war against Vietnam! Long Yufei said. Vietnam, as the most powerful country on the Indochina Peninsula, also needs to make careful preparations with the current strength of the new Chinese country. to be able to go to war against Vietnam! After all, after the elimination of Vietnam, the Xinhua army had to continue to go north and start a war against the Manchus.

"Yes. Your Majesty! Sun Hao, the Minister of Operations, commanded. This was after he became Chief of Operations of the General Staff. The first planned foreign war. He also had great expectations for this war. If he can win, then his position in the Xinhua Army will be further consolidated. After Niu Meng retires in the future, he will even be the best candidate for the post of chief of the General Staff.

After the Imperial Council, Long Yufei asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to provide him with a detailed information about Vietnam.

Now Vietnam, in its heyday, can be called the first power on the Indochina Peninsula. Presently. Vietnam was ruled by the Nguyen Dynasty, and the emperor was Emperor Nguyen Phuc Huan. He was an emperor of great talent. It's just that the current Ruan Phuc Hyun is also entering his old age. In history, he only has two years to live. After Nguyen Phuc Huan's death, Vietnam also quickly began to decline!

Emperor Ming Minh was originally known as Nguyen Phuc Thanh, and was given the name Nguyen Phuc Tan in 1814 when his father Nguyen Phuc Anh was made the crown prince. After succeeding to the throne in 1820, he inherited his father's line of governance and was bent on building Vietnam into a great empire like the Qing Dynasty. During his reign, he carried out a number of reforms that brought the Nguyen dynasty to its heyday. He also carried out military expansion in Chenla (present-day Cambodia) and Ailao (present-day Laos), bringing Vietnam's territory to the largest in history. In terms of foreign policy, Emperor Ming Ming implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, and banned the spread of Christianity at home. In 1839, Emperor Ming Ming saw that the Qing Dynasty's national strength was weakening, so he abolished the name "Vietnam" given by the Qing court and changed it to "Da Nan".

In 1820, Emperor Mingming, who had just succeeded to the throne, abolished the academy during the Jialong period and replaced it with a clerical room. In 1829, Emperor Ming Ming reformulated the official rank with reference to the official system of the Qing Dynasty, and established the system of nine grades and eighteen ranks. From one product to nine products, each product is divided into positive and secondary levels. He also set up a cabinet and appointed three or four officials from various ministries and institutes to the cabinet to manage state affairs.

In 1834, Emperor Ming Ming set up a secret court with reference to the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty and the Military Aircraft Department of the Qing Dynasty. The office of the Secret Court is held by four ministers of the fourth rank and above, and they wear gold medals by special order. Its subordinate bureaucrats are foreign officers, directors, secretaries, and editors, who are selected and supplemented by various ministries and academies.

Emperor Ming Ming advocated Confucianism internally, actively developed armaments, and divided the Vietnamese army into five types: infantry, sailors, elephants, cavalry, and artillery. The infantry was divided into Jing soldiers and surprise soldiers. The Beijing soldiers are the soldiers who defend the capital. In terms of establishment, it is divided into three levels: battalion, guard, and team. There are five guards per battalion, ten guards per battalion, and fifty men per battalion. Each guard has two cannons, 200 shotguns, and 21 flags. The soldiers were sometimes sent to the provinces. The odd soldiers are the armies of the provinces, which are divided into two levels: odd and team. The elephant soldiers were organized into teams, each with forty war elephants. The sailors consisted of fifteen guards and were divided into three battalions. Emperor Ming attached great importance to the defense of the sea, so the navy often exercised.

In terms of foreign wars, the Vietnamese military government made the territory of Vietnam further expand, becoming the most powerful country in Indochina, even Thailand, which is slightly inferior. However, in history, Vietnam began to decline after the death of Emperor Nguyen Phuc Huan, and then was invaded by the French and became a French colony. But now, it seems, it is not the turn of the French to occupy Vietnam. Xinhua will replace France, invade Vietnam, and turn Vietnam into the territory of Xinhua State, lest these Vietnamese monkeys continue to jump out and provoke China like later generations. For these Vietnamese monkeys, Long Yufei also has no good feelings. The Vietnamese monkey is exactly the embodiment of the ungrateful white-eyed wolf. At the beginning, China was frugal and supported them to defeat the French and Americans, but they were transferred to China as enemies, and after being beaten hard, they did not repent and opposed China everywhere. Now that Long Yufei has this opportunity, he will never let such history repeat itself!

The soil in Vietnam is fertile, and the rice grows in the climate, and the Champa rice is an excellent rice variety. In addition, Vietnam is rich in coal, iron and aluminum. With the large-scale application of steam engines, Xinhuaguo's demand for coal is also increasing, and Vietnam's high-quality coalfields are exactly what Xinhuaguo needs. After the invasion of Vietnam, Xinhua could use Vietnam as a springboard to attack the Manchus in the north and continue to expand to the Indochina Peninsula in the east.

Long Yufei is very confident in defeating Vietnam. Despite the fact that Vietnam has a population of several million, there are more than 100,000 troops. But Long Yufei believed that even the Spaniards and the Dutch were no match for the Xinhua army, let alone the Vietnamese. At present, the Xinhua Army has a total of 13 infantry brigades, plus the three infantry brigades that will be expanded again, a total of 16 infantry brigades, and nearly 100,000 people. Compared with the Vietnamese army, the Xinhua army is even more armed to the teeth. If this can't defeat Vietnam, then Long Yufei's efforts over the years will be completely in vain!

Three days later, Niu Meng, chief of the General Staff, and Sun Hao, chief of operations, asked to see Long Yufei and formally submitted the operational plan put forward by the staff officers of the War Department. After Long Yufei approves it, the war against Vietnam will be officially put on the agenda!

"Your Majesty, this time in the operation against Vietnam, the General Staff divided the war into two phases! The first stage was the defeat of the main forces of the Vietnamese army, in which Ji Lu planned to use four infantry brigades and one heavy artillery brigade, as well as two fleets and two battalions of marines of the navy. The specific battle plan was to directly attack Hue, the capital of Vietnam! The Vietnamese Army was divided into Tun Soldier and Odd Soldier. The Jing soldiers are the main force, accounting for half of the Vietnamese Army, and they are all elite! As long as the Jing soldiers are eliminated, the main force of the Vietnamese army will be wiped out by us! Four infantry brigades and one heavy artillery brigade are enough to ensure the annihilation of the main forces of the Vietnamese Army in one fell swoop! After that, the war entered the second stage, and the Xinhua Army would occupy the entire territory of Vietnam! At this stage, the Xinhua Army will once again dispatch three to four brigades of troops to land in Saigon in the south of Vietnam and Hanoi in the north to clear out the troops in other parts of Vietnam to ensure the complete occupation of Vietnam by the Xinhua Army! Major General Sun Hao, Minister of Operations, introduced.

Long Yufei nodded, the plan given by the War Department was very simple, that is, to raid the capital of Vietnam in one fell swoop, and destroy the elite troops of Vietnam before the Vietnamese could react. After that, it gradually occupied the entire territory of Vietnam. In terms of the strength of the Xinhua Army, there is no doubt about defeating Vietnam, and the mobilization of 7 to 8 infantry brigades plus a heavy artillery brigade, with 8 infantry brigades remaining, is enough to maintain the security of Xinhua State. If there is a war against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the troops in the territory of Xinhua can be further compressed, leaving about five infantry brigades enough! As long as Xinhua's navy is not defeated, Xinhuaguo's security is absolutely guaranteed.

However, Long Yufei also has some vigilance in his heart, and Vietnamese monkeys are not easy to mess with. Later, the French and the awesome Yankees were defeated by the Vietnamese monkeys. Long Yufei didn't want Vietnam to become a quagmire of war, in that case, it would make Xinhua's already weak national strength fall into it. When the time comes, not to mention further attacks on the Manchus, it will be good to be able to protect yourself!

"It's a good plan, but if the Vietnamese are fighting a guerrilla war with us, what are we going to do?" Long Yufei asked.

"Guerrilla warfare? How tactics is this? Lieutenant General Niu Meng and Major General Sun Hao's eyes widened, it was the first time they had heard of this tactic. Although they did not come from professional backgrounds, they played a huge role in the establishment of the Xinhua Army and in foreign operations. But in guerrilla warfare, they really don't know what to do. (To be continued......)