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"In the face of the dying throes of the sick man of East Asia, we must not be cowardly deserters, but strive to be brave like knights!"

After the assembly, Colonel Monuri re-demoralized the French officers and men of the 17th Infantry Brigade and planned to capture the rebel positions in one fell swoop.

The brigade commander had never been to the Far East, let alone fought with the Qing army, and if he was replaced by Xia Fei, the latter would definitely not rush in easily.

Although Lieutenant General Gallieni was stationed in Vietnam, the period of time was after the Qing-French War, and he did not fight against Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army.

From top to bottom, the French expeditionary force had a very vague understanding of the rebels, and most of the impressions remained at the level of the decadent and weak Qing army.

However, intelligence work is a very important strategic preparation, but the report of the French consul in Shangyang, Bai Zaotai, was very misleading to Paris.

In the message he sent, he emphasized the rebels' despicable tactics to attack them, and his words were full of arrogance and contempt.

If there is a head-to-head battle of evenly matched, then the heroic and powerful French army will definitely defeat the opponent and win the victory.

In his eyes, the strength of the rebels was not even as good as the Taiping army that crisscrossed the Jiangnan area thirty years ago, and the victories they have achieved now are all due to luck.

It is conceivable that there is such a cheating guy in his own family who is trying to stir things up, and it is natural for the front-line generals to be influenced by him, and it is natural for them to misjudge.

"Da ......" In the face of a large number of "Makqin", all the efforts made by the 17th Infantry Brigade were pale and powerless.

One by one, row after row, the French soldiers were thrown down in no man's land, and even further away, by a dense rain of bullets.

Before many of the soldiers closed their eyes, they only saw the countless fires coming from the opposite side.

They had no way of knowing what was going on on the other side.

“…… Retreat all! Realizing that the situation was not good, Colonel Monuri had no choice but to order the troops to be withdrawn

Unfortunately, more than half of his infantry brigade had already suffered casualties, and this night attack was a complete failure.

Paris doesn't care how many people died, as long as they can win the final victory.

Based on past experience, all losses can be recovered through post-war reparations.

"The least loss last night must have been pasta!"

His Majesty was well aware of the fighting power of those incomparably lovely Italian warriors.

In fact, the second-class young man's guess was not wrong at all.

When Lieutenant General Antonini was supervising the battle at the front, he found that the enemy's firepower was very strong, which was seriously inconsistent with what the intelligence said.

So an infantry brigade, having launched a tentative offensive, lost only one battalion and retreated to safety along the entire line.

For the Italian army, the most important thing is to preserve the strength, as for whether it can destroy the enemy, it depends on the specific situation.

Even God would understand this humane approach, let alone their king.

What the Anglo-French allies thought, that's a secondary question.

Anyway, this expedition, the Italian army is here to drink soup.

When the day dawned, the coalition forces, which had suffered heavy losses, rationally chose to retreat on their own initiative.

Even if you still want to persevere, it's impossible.

Because the British and French armies that participated in the war totaled 40,000 horses, more than half of them were killed by various weapons on the opposite side.

Although only more than 10,000 people were killed, the psychological shock to the officers and men of the coalition was unprecedentedly huge.

Seeing the corpses all over the mountains, and not defending their hometown, not many people have the determination and courage to continue fighting.

Even if you still want to fight the rebels, the objective conditions are not available.

Without the full support of artillery and cavalry, this battle could not be won at all, and there was no hope of a draw.

The stinking and shameless Admiral Roberts also sent people over to ask for medicine to treat the wounded, but they were closed.

"Dream on! If you don't surrender unconditionally, just wait to die of wounding and starvation! ”

In the scorching heat, if there is no timely rescue, those 10,000 or 20,000 wounded will have to go to God in the end.

"Your Majesty, Lieutenant General Antonini of the Italian Army hopes that our army will accept their unconditional surrender!" The commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Ram, reported the good news

Pasta is going to be the first to surrender?

How embarrassing are you to make your two allies?

Is this noodle army in this time period good?

In this way, the Axis group was dug up by its own people......

Driven by curiosity, the young man of the second cargo met with this very wise general.

“…… Mr. Lieutenant General, I wonder why your troops, having lost only a few hundred men and still having a strong combat capability, should surrender? ”

"Your Excellency, our food is finished!"

“…… No wonder! ”

It's really a good reason to surrender with confidence, even if you are interviewed by reporters, you can be blunt!

"Rest assured, although you and your men have become prisoners of war, I will detain you according to European standards. As long as the relevant regulations are followed, they will not be subjected to any form of malaria. ”

"Thank you so much, I wonder when we'll be able to return home?"

“…… After you have to pay a hundred tons of gold from the king of your country! ”

"What? 100 tons of gold??? ”

"That's right! This is your ransom fee! Also count the armistice reparations! ”

“…… Your Excellency, our country is not comparable to Britain and France, and its national strength is very weak, can it be replaced by agricultural products? ”

What kind of logic is this? Agricultural products? Do you think I'm a rabbit? Give some carrots and you're done???

“…… I'm afraid not, our army has also spent a lot of money for this campaign, and it urgently needs to make up for the shortfall. If gold doesn't work, then switch to white gold! ”

Lieutenant General Antonini was stunned and wondered: Isn't platinum more expensive? We can't even pay it in gold, let alone platinum!

"Your Excellency, is there any alternative to a compromise?"

"Uh...... There are solutions, but ......"

"As long as we can, we can consider it!"

"Well, according to the calculation of 100 tons for 10,000 soldiers, it is ten kilograms evenly spread over each person! I'm going to send you all to the gold mines to mine, and if the gold content of each ton of ore is one gram, each person only needs to dig out 10,000 tons of ore and it will be released. If you dig 10 tons a day, it will only take you a thousand days, and in less than three years, you will be able to return to Italy, how nice it is! ”

After hearing this, Lieutenant General Antonini's face turned pale, it seems that it is better to let his own king directly pay the money to ransom people!

"Your Excellency, is there any other way? This condition is too high, and it is really difficult for us to do it! ”

“…… It doesn't work, it doesn't work either. In that case, I have one last option! ”

"I'll think about it!"

"French Indochina or British Malaysia, your soldiers only need to capture one of these two places, and they can go home!"

“……”

Lieutenant General Antonini was shocked when he heard this, and this condition seemed to be more difficult than the previous two.

As far as he knew, France had deployed at least 50,000 troops in French Indochina, all of which were brave and warlike troops.

The British saw Malaysia as a strategic location, especially Singapore, which was built into the fortress of Gibraltar in the Far East.

If he had taken over this task, the troops would have suffered heavy casualties, and many soldiers would not have been able to return to Europe at all.

"If you don't choose any of these three conditions, it's okay. I will keep you and your men in captivity until you die of old age!" By the way, I can allow you to write a letter home every year, and I will help you ship it to Italy for free! ”

Upon hearing that he had become a prisoner in permanent detention, Lieutenant General Antonini's mood was at rock bottom.

Let Rome pay gold to the rebels? It seems that it will be violently attacked by public opinion, and the amount of 100 tons may be difficult to achieve.

If they are sent to the mines and do hard labor, many people may die of exhaustion in the mining area, and if they escape, they will be directly killed.

Going to fight French Indochina or Malaysia is no different from actively seeking death.

If they really had the courage, the Italian army would not have had to be the first to surrender unconditionally.

"Since Mr. Lieutenant General feels that none of these three requirements can be fulfilled, then I have one more and the last one here!"

“…… Please! ”

"Go and destroy the Qing army in the entire Guanggu!"

“……”

"Places like Guangzhou, Huizhou, Leizhou, Chaozhou, and Gaozhou have not yet been captured by our army. As long as you conquer these places, you will pay off the ransom fee! ”

“…… My troops only have 8,000 combat strength, I'm afraid ......"

"Nothing to be afraid of! I will let artillery, tanks, and planes cover the attack of your troops, and even the Qing army will not be able to win, and you will not be able to call it an army. If that doesn't work, then you and your men better be prepared to die in a prisoner of war camp! ”

"......" Lieutenant General Antonini was speechless for a while, unable to think of a better way, so he could only go back to brainstorm with his subordinates.

While the Italian Supreme Commander was pondering, the British and French troops were hiding in the area of Daling Mountain to lick their wounds.

"Damn Italians, it is shameless and dishonoring to choose to surrender to the rebels at this time!"

The troops suffered heavy losses, and Lieutenant General Gallieni could only vent all the accumulated evil fire on the Noodle Army.

Frederick? Admiral Roberts reversed his previous appearance of complacency, and said with a blank expression: "It is impossible to counterattack the harbor!" ”

"Why?" Lieutenant General Galieni still refuses to throw in the towel

Pointing to the sky with his index finger, Admiral Roberts explained: "The rebels have the weapons of planes that can attack us at any time, but we have no means to fight back. I am afraid that the casualties caused by these planes to us in a day are as many as thousands. In less than a week, the rest of our combative forces will be lost. And now that we are running out of food, we can't feed so many people just by relying on the supplies sent by the Qing army and local requisition (looting), not to mention that we still need so many wounded to be treated. ”

The British coach is telling the truth, without the slightest exaggeration.

Lieutenant General Gallieni also basically understood the following situation, so he asked the other party: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

“…… Surrender! This is the only and best way out for us at the moment! If not, we'll all die in this hellish place! ”

“…… Will London agree? ”

"It doesn't matter, it's important that we can't be wiped out here, and the surrender is only temporary. If all of them were killed, it would be an unprecedented disaster! I'm starting to believe Philmante's report now, and if we really have to fight the rebels to the end, they'll make all of us martyrs! ”

“……”

"Oriental people have different thinking patterns and living habits from us, if we die here, we will not be treated as burials, and all the corpses will be burned like exterminating heresy!"

“…… We underestimate the enemy! ”

"It's a pity that we're only now facing up to this fatality, but it's too late! However, fortunately, there are only 80,000 men in our two armies! ”

"Why do you say that?"

"You can imagine if there were 200,000 people, or 300,000 people trapped here......"

“…… If we had that many troops, we would have been able to encircle and annihilate this rebel army with ease! ”

"Philimant speculates that the rebel army has grown to 500,000 combat troops!"

"Impossible! That means they have surpassed the Japanese military! ”

"I didn't trust Philmantle's judgment and report before, but this time the lesson is sobering! I even suspect that the enemy went on the defensive after landing here this time, which in itself is a trap! ”

“…… What the? ”

"If the rebels on the opposite side have 50,000 or even 100,000 troops, do we dare to attack rashly?"

“…… That doesn't mean anything! ”

"Considering the disparity in the performance of weapons between the two sides, we will only dare to launch a full-scale offensive against the rebels when we have absolute superiority in forces."

Philmant had previously spoken to Admiral Roberts about this issue, but he was still not optimistic about the British because it would cost much more casualties than the other side.

The Heinkel-111 bomber group that flew from Kaohsiung carried out carpet bombing of the British and French forces in the Daling Mountains area.

The "Big Birds" were very good at locating ground targets, as the Bf-109T squad was hovering over them at all times, locking on to the enemy.

In the Crimean War, the British army fought for more than a year and lost more than 20,000 men.

If there were so many dead and wounded in one day on the battlefield in the Far East, the Imperial Cabinet would have to go crazy.

On 3 June, after more than 400 sorties by the "Heinkel"-111 bombers, the British and French forces could no longer hold on.

British Commander-in-Chief Frederick? Admiral Roberts with the commander-in-chief of the French army, Joseph? After careful consideration, Lieutenant General Gallieni decided to surrender conditionally to the clan army.

The only condition they could offer, and which His Majesty accepted, was to immediately treat their wounded, numbering more than 27,000.

Together with the more than 16,000 soldiers killed and bombed in the previous battle, the Anglo-French forces lost a total of about 44,000 men in the four-day Battle of Donane.

With more than half of the total number of troops in the fighting, the casualties were on the verge of collapse, even if the two countries were well-disciplined.

The tactical strategy of taking them on the spot (plundering the braids) caused the Qing people in the area around the battlefield to regard the allied army as locusts, which was widely hated and hated by the local natives.

The Anglo-French army could not have taken into account the feelings of the braids, but they had to eat.

If they run out of food and can't eat people, they will all starve to death in the end!