The herald at the front soon came to report; "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the forward troops have been intercepted by enemy forces at Qidaowan, with at least one regiment in strength, all of them are elite units equipped with muskets, and there are also two heavy machine guns to suppress the fire, and they cannot pass for the time being."

"What the hell?" Lieutenant General Leo Fernandez was amazed.

Qidaowan is not far from the camp of Nord Stream, it is only about 3 kilometers away, and the rapid march can be reached in half an hour, why did the enemy appear here?

To put it mildly, a radius of 5~10 kilometers should be the area under the direct control of the Nord Stream battalion, and there is a large force of enemy troops here, is it ......

As soon as he thought of this possibility, "Lieutenant General Léo-Fernández felt incredible, in addition to the French soldiers, there were 25,000 North Vietnamese servants on the front line, and it was impossible for a few hours to withstand it, right?"

Due to the enemy's blockage, Lieutenant General Leo Fernández could not get a first-hand picture of the battle on the front line, but because of his rich experience, he could have a hunch that the situation of the Nord Stream battalion was not good, so his face sank and he gave an order;

"Order the forward troops to make every effort to break through the enemy's interception, and if necessary, they can use artillery fire to clear stubborn targets, and move forward to meet the Nord Stream camp as soon as possible, find out the enemy's situation, and report quickly."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

Derived from the Blue Arms Company's artillery technology license, the 2,300-pound French 75mm field gun was equipped with two large steel wheels, towed by two large sturdy mules in North Vietnam, and equipped with an artillery company of four guns each in a French infantry regiment.

This firepower configuration is stronger than the original history, due to the early diffusion of barreled artillery technology, which caused the butterfly effect.

This will directly lead to an even more tragic situation in the European battlefield in the future, but this is a later story, and I will not mention it.

The French troops on the march stopped because they were blocked in front of them, scattered to rest in the shade of the trees on the side of the road, took out water bottles, ate some dry rations they had brought with them, and some soldiers even took out Australian cigarettes to enjoy.

In today's South Asia, a dazzling array of Australian cigarette brands are flooding the market, and they have gradually become a generally accepted consumer product.

High-grade cigarettes have "Phoenix", "Red River Valley" and "Big Golden Dragon", mid-range cigarettes have "Seven Stars", "White Clouds", "Oceania", "Leston" and "Double Happiness", and there are more low-grade cigarettes, including "Harvest", "Happy Door", "Maca", "Getaway", "Labor", "Big Tower", "Qingdao", "Wanlijiang" and so on, as many as dozens of brands.

These French soldiers have a good income, and they can afford to smoke mid-range "Reston" and "Double Happiness" brand cigarettes, which are generally bought at their own expense, and the ones issued in the army are cheap and inferior.

The British Army designated "Phoenix", "White Cloud", "Double Happiness" and "Reston" as military supplies for medium and high-end cigarettes of the brands of "Phoenix", "White Cloud", "Double Happiness" and "Reston", and purchased a large number of them every year to supply the troops under its command.

This is because the tobacco cultivation in the Ocean Kingdom has become a scale, and the cigarette industry is large-scale, with many brands and fierce competition, thus forming a healthy competition atmosphere, making the tobacco industry bigger and bigger step by step, and sold at home and abroad.

The important tobacco cultivation areas of the Ocean Kingdom are the Jinshui River Basin and Borneo, which have a large area of fertile land suitable for the development of the tobacco industry, and the natural conditions are unique.

Tobacco is a thermophilic plant, the most suitable growth environment is 25 degrees Celsius to 31 °C, and tobacco needs strong sunshine, fertile land, a lot of precipitation in the early stage, a slight decrease in the middle stage, soil water holding capacity between 60% ~ 70%, and a decrease in the later stage.

This demand is fully in line with the geographical conditions of Borneo and Shangri-La Island, which are close to the equator, and the seedlings are raised in 1~1 and a half months before the end of the rainy season every year, and the tobacco grows vigorously after the rainy season, welcoming the bright sunshine.

To put it mildly, the conditions for the development of the tobacco industry and the cultivation of the ocean kingdom are unique, and no one can compare with them.

Lieutenant General Leo Fernández turned over and dismounted, walked to the chair set up by the orderly in the shade of the tree, sat down, took out a special gold leaf version of the "Great Golden Dragon" from his pocket, took out one of his own mouths and lit a fire, and looked deeply at the front of the gunfire in deep thought.

God testifies that it does not feel good to him.

Smoking helps to refresh one, and His Excellency the General likes to have one when he thinks about problems, and over time he has become dependent and can no longer do without cigarettes.

The reinforcements from Hanoi consisted of 5 infantry regiments with a total strength of about 6,600 men, which was already the maximum support force that Lieutenant General Léo Fernández was able to assemble, and Hanoi was left with only a few engineering units, gendarmerie units and logistics units, which were almost completely empty.

It was close to noon

Four or five cigarettes had been smoked, and more than two hours had passed, and the battle ahead was still raging, and the sound of gunfire was incessant.

Lieutenant General Léo Fernández was already impatient, and the battle reports from the front were always frustrated in the attack, the attack was frustrated, and there were already two French infantry regiments that took turns and could not open the situation, which made him very strange?

What kind of infantry regiment in Vietnam can have such combat effectiveness?

This is simply unbelievable, considering that Lieutenant General Leo Fernández is an army unit drawn from the Suez Canal Zone, and the combat effectiveness is quite good, only slightly inferior to the elite corps stationed on the mainland.

Dealing with a small indigenous kingdom, don't you have it easy to capture?

Lieutenant General Leo-Fernández did think well, but his two infantry regiments were not dealing with a regiment in Vietnam, but an entire infantry division of the New Army.

At this time

General Li Zhu's headquarters had already moved forward to the vicinity of Qidaowan, and he was having dinner in the headquarters at the moment, and he was talking about the current battle situation with Lieutenant General Fan Tongzhang and Major General Gu Zhilin, commander of the First Division.

"General Gu Zhilin, after dinner, I need your first division to deliberately show weakness, let go of an opening to let the enemy drive straight in, the second division and the third division behind have been laid out, we need to deal with the French here."

Major General Gu Zhilin, the commander of the First Division, hurriedly dropped the bowl in his hand, stood up and replied in salute; "Report to the commander, and resolutely complete the task at the humble level."

"Well, sit down and continue eating." Major General Li Xuanzhu held the chopsticks in his hand and pressed them down, telling him to finish his meal, and then turned his head to face it. Lieutenant General Fan Tongzhang asked; "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, how is the deployment of troops in the rear?"

After breaking through the 1st line position, the Vietnamese army advanced all the way, and the surrendered troops in the rear were all lost to the 11th Division that followed, and the education was reorganized.

The 11th Division was adapted from the original Green Battalion Army, which is an auxiliary division, and there are 12 divisions with the same status, each division has a post of 5,000 people, and is only responsible for the second-line vigilance and garrison tasks, in fact, it has never been full.

The two divisions were commanded by Lieutenant General Fan Tongzhang, chief of staff of the army, and followed the advance of the front-line attacking troops, and were responsible for guarding prisoners, occupying law and order along the way, sweeping away the remnants of the enemy, and other tasks.

Lieutenant General Fan Tongzhang put down his chopsticks with a red face, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth and said; "Commander, please rest assured, we will screen out all the officers in the captive soldiers and shoot them, select the young and strong of them to list 5 thousand people, ready to supplement the Black Flag Army three, one division, one other two divisions, so that there are more than 6,000 prisoners left, considering that the next step to occupy Hanoi and the southern province, the territory is larger, the more troops are needed, after asking His Majesty's consent, we are ready to expand the 11th and 12th divisions to 6,000 people, and make up for the missing part, so that more than 3,700 people can be digested, The rest of the dispatch was used for labor, following the army to build bridges and pave roads, and transport logistical materials, which can be regarded as making the best use of materials. ”

"Have all the Black Flag Army been brought back?"

"It's already seven, seven, eighty-eight, this battle of the Black Flag Army is brave, and the attrition is close to 14, so it should be the first credit!"

"What the chief of staff said is right, the training equipment of the new army is very good, and it is only short of this courageous spirit, so I am ready to use this batch of French troops to hone the three divisions of the new army. Speaking of this, Li Xuanzhu smiled smugly and continued; "The 1st Division withstood the initial three-hour onslaught, and now it's time for the 2nd Division to perform."

He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and finally said firmly; "I don't believe that these French are iron-clad warriors, the total attack time is set at 4 o'clock, let the French come in and fight first, and wear them down step by step, and then we will concentrate all our forces to launch a counterattack on all fronts, and repel the invading enemy in one fell swoop.

After dark

I'm going to stand on the streets of Hanoi and see the whole city crying. ”

The generals present were boiling with his words, and they all stood up and saluted, and replied; "The lowly rank swears to serve his life, and he dare not make mistakes."

"Okay, then let's go back and arrange the battle."

"Yes, Commander."

Li Xuanzhu was nominally the head of the high-ranking military delegation, but in fact he was the commander-in-chief of the entire campaign, and although his military rank was only a major general, this was the military rank of the Great Ocean Kingdom, and it was almost the highest in the Yue Kingdom. Lieutenant General Pham Dong Zhang, chief of staff of the Vietnamese Army, had to give him a hand.

No way, the suzerain!

Yue now has two suzerains, a nominal suzerain, the Qing Dynasty, which has given Yue a legal status, and a de facto suzerain, the Ocean Kingdom, which supports Yue to survive in the Indochina Peninsula in an all-round way, and the more alive and nourishing.

This situation is a bit like the previous Ryukyu Kingdom, where one maid and two husbands were served.

It's just that the current Ryukyu Kingdom has hugged the new thigh, and the iron heart only follows the Ocean Kingdom, and disdains both the Qing Dynasty and Fusang, the Qing Dynasty doesn't care about it, but the seven orifices of the Fuso national spirit are smoked but helpless.

There's no way, Fusang Kingdom is now afraid of the Ocean Kingdom from the bottom of his bones, knowing that he can't afford to provoke others at all, not only is he strong in the background, but he is also strong, so he will stay away!

With such a high authority as Admiral Li Xuanzhu, he only knew that the bloody Hanoi was the order of the upper peak, and it was impossible to guess which upper peak.

Judging from this cool formal means, it is a bit like our majesty, which reminds Major General Li Chuanzhu of Sydney and Melbourne...... Ahem, silence, silence.

The reasons are nothing more than the following;

First, the Kingdom of Vietnam is an ancient South Asian country with a history of thousands of years, with its own unique inheritance culture (based on Confucianism, similar to Lingnan culture and other differences), ethnic characteristics and customs, these unique South Asian characteristics of the inheritance in Hanoi, Hue These ancient kings are particularly strong, different from the Central Plains culture.

This gave rise to a large number of extremely stubborn bureaucrats, scholars, and landlords, who were the disseminators and backbone of North Vietnamese culture, as well as the organizers and leaders of potential revolts, and who had to be eliminated from them.

One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, what about a country?

Hanoi, as the capital of Gyeonggi in the Yue Kingdom, will inevitably make Hanoi the capital in the future, and no ruler of any kingdom is willing to sit on the crater of the volcano, and it is imperative to carry out a great purge.

After this move

Coupled with the large number of people who moved from the Liangguang area, the same culture and customs of the Chinese people could be integrated without barriers, laying the foundation of the new kingdom, why not!

Second, as a small South Asian country with a population of more than 2 million, Yue Guo is a completely agrarian society with low productivity, and maintaining a huge army of 50,000 people can be described as a reckless army, which will inevitably last long.

The size was reduced to one-tenth, about five or six thousand people.

In the past, the garrison of North Vietnam was allocated by the Manchu Qing court, in fact, it was the Liangguang Governor's Office that bore the cost of the garrison, and with the strong population base of tens of millions of people in Liangguang, this military expenditure was a drizzle!

Now that Gu Zhiwen has established the country independently, there is no reason for the Liangguang Governor's Office to pay for him, and he needs to raise it independently.

Therefore, it becomes an attractive choice to ransack a city with a lot of accumulation.

There is no money in the Yue Kingdom, but these generations of officials and eunuchs in Hanoi, big landlords and big businessmen, etc., have money, and it is still a matter to loot millions of taels of silver?

Third, the officers and soldiers who have experienced bloody battles need to vent, and they also need to be rewarded with gold and silver, so what can they do if they have no money?

Rob, kill.

Nine hours later

Countless soldiers rushed into Hanoi with crazy bloodshot in their eyes, and the city was filled with gunfire and shouts, and the whole city fell under the attack of the Vietnamese army, trembling and prostrate on the ground, groaning in the sound of gunfire and fireworks.

As expected, the reinforced French troops were ecstatic after the breakthrough, and stepped into the remaining traps of Major General Li Lianzhu, so to speak, the arrogance of the French in their bones caused the tragedy of defeat.

There was nothing left to say, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Vietnamese army launched an attack on all fronts, and the French reinforcements collapsed in an instant under the attack of several times the enemy, and by this time their vanguard had already seen the Nord Stream camp and the French troops in the Nord Stream camp.

It's just that at this time, all the French troops became prisoners, helplessly watching the reinforcements step into the encirclement.

By almost dusk, the French reinforcements had been wiped out, and only two or three big cats and kittens had escaped.

In this case

Hanoi has opened its doors and is waiting for a new owner to settle in.

As soon as I thought of this, the whole army of the Yue Kingdom was excited, the fatigue after the continuous battle had already been thrown out of the clouds, and after resting, I had a full meal, and went straight to Hanoi in the starry night.

The bull that Li Lianzhu had boasted about was fulfilled, and not only the whole of Hanoi was crying at his feet, but also the blood and tears were flowing red.

The knife is not sealed for three days, and it is not advanced for an hour.