Chapter 312: Battle for Supremacy 5

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There were more than 10,000 French troops and more than 20,000 monkey troops stationed in northern Vietnam, but they were scattered everywhere and it took time to assemble.

Lieutenant General Negri commanded 30,000 French combat troops and nearly 70,000 native-made servants throughout French Indochina, totaling more than 100,000 armed forces.

"Does the Gallieni Department plan to stay in the Qing Kingdom?" Governor Larsen felt that this was also a living force to be relied upon

Although there were only more than 20,000 people, they were all elite French troops, and if they could return to the northern part of Vietnam as soon as possible, they could play a pivotal role in consolidating the defensive line.

Lieutenant General Nigri didn't think about it at all: "Even if they march 30 kilometers a day, it will be a month before they walk back here!" ”

If you take the land route, you must go over the mountains and mountains, even if you take the so-called official road of the Qing Dynasty, even across the two provinces, you will smooth the soles of your feet.

It's fast to take the sea route, but now that you don't even have the right to control the sea, can the rebels let you get what you want?

"In your opinion, what are the rebels going to do?" Governor Larsen felt ready to run away

It would be a big deal if he was captured by the rebels, and he didn't want to be the first French governor in prison.

Lieutenant General Nigri speculated: "If they want to attack Hanoi, they must carry at least 50,000 troops to achieve their tactical goals." If it is only the shelling of coastal defense, as a retaliation, then the next thing is to go south along the coastline and reduce our coastal cities to rubble! ”

Anyway, how to get rid of them is a matter for Paris and the navy, and they just need to hold Hanoi, or most of French Indochina.

“…… We're just watching? "Governor Larsen is still a little unwilling

Vice Admiral Nigri asked rhetorically, "Do you mean that Paris will send another even larger fleet?" ”

Everyone knows that most of the main combat ships of the national navy are in the expeditionary fleet, and now this fleet is completely finished.

In other words, the French Navy is seriously damaged, and it is impossible to regain its strength for at least five years.

Even if Paris could send another fleet of magnificence, it would be a fleet of inshore gunboats of a group of thousand-ton cruisers!

Governor Larsen concluded, he also knew that the situation was very tricky, so he could only sulk silently.

I kept cursing the rebels in my heart, hoping that they would encounter a typhoon, and it would be better to destroy the ship directly!

The battle for the "......" coastal defense continued, and the main city area had been bombarded by the tribal fleet.

Before this, the French had thought that they had repelled the enemy's attack, looked very happy, and even began to celebrate the victory.

But soon, they realized that the catastrophe was coming, because the enemy was not defeated, but voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield.

The purpose was to widen the distance between the French and retreat to a relatively safe position, so as not to be accidentally injured by the shells fired by their own side.

When the entire block, along with the defensive positions, was uprooted by hundreds of large-caliber shells and sent into the air.

The French officers and soldiers finally realized that they were going head-to-head with a group of men who were even more ruthless than themselves.

"I don't care about the casualties of non-combatants, they are dead or alive, and they have nothing to do with the deity!"

His Majesty added in a low voice - except for those particularly beautiful half-breed girls!

However, under indiscriminate attacks, these rare military materials cannot be identified at all.

Even if there were, it had already been requisitioned by the local French army, and if I let the Jinhans arrest it, I would have to disinfect it temporarily!

"Honey, the location of this city is so good, it's right in the bay of the word 'few'!"

After a closer look, the young man found that the urban area of Hai Phong was actually built in a narrow area formed by three rivers.

The city is almost a peninsula, with rivers in three directions and then facing the sea.

It's simply a top-level generation work that is easy to attack and difficult to defend.,It's more Nanjing than Nanjing~!

"They probably didn't expect an enemy to attack from the sea!" Nina chuckled as well

Britain was a quasi-ally of France, and after the Qing fought France once, it was impossible to have another rematch.

So even if Haiphong is difficult to hold, it is easy to sit back and relax, unless some guy hatches out of the egg......

Blowing the sea breeze on your face, eating incomparably cool ice cream, and watching the scene of artillery fire on the opposite side is really a pleasant enjoyment!

It would have been better if the cannons had been equipped with silencers, as the loud noise of each salvo could cause temporary deafness to the crew.

Although they are ten kilometers apart, Miji thinks that the monkeys and French guys at this moment should also be "very cool", but they may be "enjoying" at the other extreme.

"Lieutenant Colonel, more than half of our soldiers have been killed or wounded, and we really can't hold on!" Battalion and company commanders felt that there was no need to continue to hold on

Xia Fei was about to hold on for a while, but his 53rd Infantry Regiment was about to fall first.

Under the firepower of the clan warships, not to mention the semi-permanent position that had not been built for a long time, even the two-story French-style buildings were bombed into rubble.

Many French soldiers were sent to God by the ferocious artillery fire before they could see the enemy's infantry or even tanks.

You can be sure that there is no need for the rebels to take the initiative to attack, as long as they hold out for half a day under this kind of firepower.

The surviving 2,000 men of the 53rd Infantry Regiment are estimated to be lying down, unless they can withdraw from the defense area in advance.

Xia Fei turned to ask the deputy commander about the friendly forces: "What about the 124th Infantry Regiment?" ”

"They should retreat to the west!" "Active" means without permission, or outright defeat.

Without anti-tank weapons and no defense against bombing by enemy aircraft, how can this battle be fought? Anyway, the monkey army is out of the way, so they simply slip away.

Xia Fei understood that if his infantry regiment also retreated, it would mean that the port of Haiphong was completely lost.

It's only been less than a day, and it's facing the rebels, so it's really hard to explain to the above.

If we continue to defend in place, in the face of the enemy's huge firepower superiority, I am afraid that in less than three days, the 53rd Infantry Regiment will be destroyed in name only.

Many wounded soldiers who had retreated from the line of fire, and those who could still do it, began to write suicide notes, and everyone was prepared for the worst.

The menacing rebels on the opposite side were completely different from the Qing army they had known, not only well-trained, but also fierce.

Even in street fighting, French officers and men were not sure of victory.

They could only rely on their geographical advantages to carry out continuous resistance, but despite this, they also had to suffer the price of nearly 1,000 deaths.

The French had never seen an army with so many rapid-fire weapons, and as soon as they exchanged fire, they were completely suppressed.

Moreover, the appearance of a large number of tanks made the arrogant French army panic for a while and lost a series of forward positions.

Like the jaw-dropping pigtails, the French did not know how to stop the rapid thrust of this land weapon.

The fact that the reluctantly moved field artillery could not completely destroy this strange weapon of the enemy further aggravated the panic of the troops.

Seeing the terrifying scene of the tank breaking through the wall and crushing everything directly made the psychological defense of the defending soldiers almost collapse.

Even the various trees that were temporarily sawed down on the street could not stop the crawlers rolling forward.

The square turret of tank No. 3 shielded all bullets from attack, and then returned with fifty-millimeter shells.

"Report, the division headquarters ordered the rear to retreat to the west!" Finally, there is good news

Time was pressing, and the army's morale was unstable, so Xia Fei could only give up his plan to continue to hold on and immediately carry out the orders of his superiors.

When the 53rd Infantry Regiment withdrew from the city, all they could see was burning houses and scorched earth beneath their feet.

Turning a deaf ear to the monkeys' cries and cries for help, saving them should be a matter after the war.

Of course, if they hadn't run in a hurry, they wouldn't mind bringing those girls who had some feelings with them......

In the face of the real strong, the French army completely lost the will to resist and the courage to fight.

More than ten years ago, it was able to draw with the Qing army, and its combat effectiveness naturally could not be achieved.

If it's just defense, it's not easy to show off.

But if you want them to attack, then ......

Xia Fei took one last look at Haiphong in the midst of the fire, and then crossed the river with the remnants and retreated inland.

"Honey, we've taken over the whole city!" Nina was still a little unhappy that the fight was over so quickly

"Catch the young man in his twenties and thirties, no matter the woman, on the ship, and then transport it to Haikou!"

Today, the deity is going to do a "very human trafficker".

Male, all miners.

The women are all miners.

When the "requisition" along the coastline of Vietnam continues, it should be able to capture a lot of monkeys.

"How can there be such a good thing?" His Majesty the Emperor received an urgent telegram from the port of Naga

There is a general of the Guangdong Navy Division who wants to surrender to Cheng, and is willing to take the initiative to lead the way and help the clan army recover the province as soon as possible.

How big is the officer? On it there are thousands of generals, garrisons, capital divisions, guerrillas, generals, adjutant generals, and general soldiers!

In other words, deliberately defecting to this product is only a "great" seven-grade official!

With more than 300 people under his command, he is a battalion commander!

However, the name he presented - the Guangdong Navy Division's defense map, has great reference value.

After the Battle of Baodao, the Guangdong Navy Division should still have a dozen gunboats and torpedo boats left.

Although their strength is weak, they can still cause some damage to the clan fleet at night.

With this deployment map, even if you can't defeat these mobile forces, you can also learn about the artillery batteries and troop deployment along the Pearl River Estuary.

Nina also has some "concerns" about the coast of Vietnam, after all, Haiphong Port has been laid: "Do you want to go north?" ”

"Don't worry, dear, based on my feelings, we'll be back soon!" French Indochina has become meat in its own bowl

His Majesty the Emperor left an infantry brigade and an armoured brigade to garrison the area, and deployed two armoured ships "Admiral Spee" and four destroyers of the 1944 type at sea to carry out the task of covering the shore.

If there is big trouble, the He-111 brigade can also take off from the field airfield in Haikou to carry out tactical bombing around Haiphong and even North Vietnam.

A day later, the main force of the clan fleet returned to the port of Ying, and after replenishing fresh water, it began to swim upstream from the mouth of the Pearl River and approach the Humen Fort.

A huge convoy of six "Admiral Spee" formed a line of gunboats on the river, and the Qing positions on the opposite shore began to bombard.

The Humen Fort is a key defensive area at the mouth of the Pearl River, equipped with a German-made Krupp 150-millimeter cannon with a firing range of up to 11 kilometers, a shell weighing 51 kilograms, and a rate of fire of one round per minute.

Even a 10,000-ton capital ship such as a pocket battleship will be in danger of being defeated on the battlefield if it is not careful.

Fortunately, before the pigtails could reach their target, the "Stuka" dive bombers blew up the "black guys" on the battery to scrap metal.

When the "ants" on the ground heard the sharp roar of the "flying monster", they all thought that this ghostly monster was coming at them, and all of them were not possessed by their souls.

The timid creature even threw away his weapon, curled up in the horns with his head in his hands, and kept chanting all kinds of eulogies such as the blessing of the gods in his heart!

"Boom ......" When the 280-millimeter main guns on the pocket battleship began to go crazy, there were few artillery pieces left in the Humen Qing army position that could counterattack.

Even though many of the gun emplacements were unusually strong, they did not have any air defense capability at all, and in the face of the dive bombardment of the "Stuka", it became a completely undefended position.

Most of the coastal defense equipment was bombarded into the air along with the defensive positions and defenders, and the forts that had been built up after ten years of hard work collapsed within ten minutes.

After the ransacking of forty "Stukka" and six "Count Spee", the Humen Fort blocking the mouth of the Pearl River was once again captured.

The braids, who had lost their anti-ship weapons, were originally not very warlike, but they were subjected to continuous shelling by the clan army, quickly collapsed, and began to flee to the rear on a large scale.

Even if there were battalion officers present to supervise the battle, they could not stop the cowardly subordinates from running away.

The fort is in the Qing Dynasty, and the life is your own, in comparison, it is still important to save your life!

The court gave so much money to the bottom, and it was not enough to even smoke and pick up girls, and they wanted the cattle to work hard, so let's dream!

If it is calculated according to the salary, it is also those guys who earn 10,000 taels a year have to go up and resist it first!

You usually eat fragrant food and drink spicy food, and in the end you will send us to death, you......

Whoever wants to shoot to stop everyone from running away will probably cause a mutiny.

Those guys who held their ground have now drunk Meng Po soup and have reached the reincarnation link!

In the First Tooth War, the British army suffered more than 500 casualties, and the Qing army lost more than 20,000 people.

But even at such a big price, he still suffered a defeat and compensated 21 million people.

Now that the attacker has been replaced by the clan army, the young people of the second goods will not continue to extort, and they will not need to ask for money if they occupy Liangguang.

"'Shorthair' is really hateful!" After the defeat of Iktang Ah on the treasure island, the general from the southeast will be the general of Guangzhou.

Although he was demoted, he escaped and did not go to prison.

I didn't expect "Shorthair" to hit the door so quickly, it's really a narrow road!

After Li Hongzhang's defeat in Shangxuan, the imperial court immediately took measures to let Deshou succeed Li Hanzhang as the governor of Liangguang.

First, it can prevent the brothers from continuing to use the feudal officials to blackmail the imperial court, and second, it is also necessary to remind Li Hefei appropriately.

However, Saion lost his horse, and he didn't know that it was a blessing, and the outgoing Li Hanzhang just escaped the large-scale attack of the clan army.

When Iktang and Tokushou first arrived, they were also conscientious and immediately strengthened their combat readiness in various places.

In particular, radio stations have been installed in several strategic places, so that the two can keep abreast of the timely situation in the jurisdiction.