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"Young master, the French have sent more troops to Vietnam again!"

Hearing Huo Wolf's words, Huo Shan had just put down his mind because he had a specific solution to the affairs of the American Theater, and he brought it up again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this life, because of the rise of Huo's army in Nanyang and Huoshan's advance layout of the Indochina Peninsula, the French in order to consolidate their colonial rule in Indochina, so the colonial army stationed in the Indochina Peninsula far exceeded the previous life. Even though they were facing the threat of Germany in Europe and expanding their colonies in Africa, they had nearly 30,000 colonial troops and nearly 25 warships of more than 60,000 tons stationed here in Asia.

Moreover, in May 1882, they again mobilized 1,000 troops and three warships from Europe to join the Vietnamese colonial army! However, the thirteenth economic crisis that swept the world from the United States in 1882 plunged the French economy into a bottomless abyss, completely disrupting the French attempt to continue northward to defeat the indigenous strength of the Qing Dynasty and the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam and expand their colonies.

Now two years have passed, although the world economic crisis still does not see the end of the dawn, and the French economy continues to decline, but relatively speaking, the political situation in France has stabilized, and the national economy is no longer in a state of chaos when the economic crisis just broke out. Thus, after domestic stability, France has continued its expansion and expansion of its colonies, because they need more dumping markets for commodities and more gold and silver to alleviate the increasingly difficult national economy at home.

Covering all continents and countries in the world, it is clear that it is almost a wild African continent in comparison. The Indochina Peninsula, with its rich history and wealth, was a good choice and could further develop the southern Qing Dynasty's markets, especially in China's wealthiest province. The French have been coveting it for a long time!

In addition, at this time, Britain, which was overpowering them and competing for the market of the Qing Dynasty, had fallen into the quagmire of the Anglo-Egyptian War, and it was difficult to expand their sphere of influence to East Asia, especially the Qing Dynasty and the Indochina Peninsula, so this was the best opportunity for France to further develop in the Far East and gain more benefits!

"According to a secret report from the European branch of our military intelligence. The French Parliament, which was dominated by the French Friedrich Cabinet, had already approved 2.4 million francs for military expenses to Vietnam! Moreover, they had already sent the Second Brigade led by Major General of the French Army and the French Foreign Legion, a total of 8,000 men. Escorted by four warships, they were expected to reach Da Nang in only two months from the French port of Marseille! They arrived on the day of the outbreak of the Third Franco-Vietnamese War!" Huo Wolf finally said.

After listening to his words, Huo Shan sighed secretly in his heart. Even if he has changed the history of the world beyond recognition. But some things are still stubbornly moving along the track that it has been set for a long time!

"Young master, this time the French are menacing, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as wanting Vietnam. Huo Rongguang, head of the General Political Department, thought for a while and said slowly. 、

"Well! Now that France is in a deep economic crisis, they need more colonies and wealth to alleviate their domestic crisis, and it is obvious that the Qing Dynasty, which is now rich in resources and has a vast market, is a very good choice! As for Vietnam, it is just an appetizer!" Huo Shan, as a person who has come over, knows very well that in history, after France forced Vietnam to sign the Treaty of Hue on August 25, 1882, and obtained the "right to protect" Vietnam. He couldn't wait to point the spearhead of the war at China, in addition to forcing the Qing government at that time to recognize the French occupation of Indochina. One of the most important purposes is to take advantage of Vietnam's geographical advantages to try to conquer China's southwestern provinces.

However, because of their own poor strength, the same supply and other reasons, and under the attack of Feng Zicai's Guangxi army and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army at that time, the French did not succeed!

Now, although the rapid rise of the Huo Jiajun in Nanyang has changed the original world history, the general trend of world development has not changed, and the French launched an invasion of Vietnam, so in order to alleviate the economic crisis that is deeper than Huo Shan's previous life, then they will not let go of the big market of China!

"Young Master, do we need to send troops?" Huo Hu asked next.

Although the actions of the Huo family army in the Qing Dynasty and the Indochina Peninsula have always been in darkness, in the eyes of a group of senior officers of the Huo family army, these two places have undoubtedly been branded by the Huo family army, and these millions of square kilometers of land also belong to the Huo family army!

Now, the French openly send expeditionary forces to expand their colonies in Asia, which in the eyes of the people in power in the Huo family army, is digging the corners of the Huo family army, which is unacceptable to the senior officers of the Huo family army who have been cultivated by Huo Shan with the concept of country and nation, and are full of iron and toughness in their bones.

Although the Huo Jiajun is now engaged in a huge war with the Americans in the Americas for hegemony in North America, which involves most of the energy, everyone is not worried about the situation of a big war with the French in the Indochina Peninsula, because in the past five years, the troops stationed in the base areas of the Huojia Army in the Indochina Peninsula have conducted countless small-scale encounters with the French, and they already have a clear idea of the combat effectiveness of these Gallic roosters. It can be said that there is no need for the Huo Jiajun to send troops again, just by virtue of the regular troops of the five divisions of the Huojia Army in the Indochina Peninsula, all the French ** teams in Vietnam can be eliminated.

Moreover, as high-ranking officers of the Huo Family Army, they are also eager to be able to expand the territory of the Huo Family Army again!

Looking at the eagerness in everyone's eyes, although Huo Shan was pleased with their bravery and determination, he finally gave up with great certainty, 'send troops to defeat the French invasion and directly occupy the entire Indochina Peninsula', this tempting idea.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the most important thing for us now is to win the war in the Americas and completely consolidate our occupation area on the west bank of the Mississippi River, as for the Indochina Peninsula! Hehe, we have been developing there for five years, even if the French take advantage of the opportunity this time, I believe that this rich land will eventually belong to our Huo family's army!" Huo Shan said confidently.

Of course, in addition to the reason he just said, Huo Shan actually has a purpose in his heart, as a traverser, he knows that the Franco-Vietnamese War, and the final outcome of the subsequent Sino-French War, the undefeated and defeated Qing government once again dealt a severe blow to the Qing Dynasty's Aixin Jueluo royal family's dominance of the whole of China, and also made more people who are still disappointed in this decadent Manchu court, and have a trace of confidence in the wisdom of the people, completely shaking the orthodox position established by the Qing Dynasty in the hearts of the people for two hundred years, which is undoubtedly a very good role in promoting the future Huo Jiajun's action to overthrow the Qing government and establish New ChinaI believe that the country will be able to stabilize more quickly after a war.

"Young master, are we just letting the French military operations in the Indochina Peninsula go unchecked? You must know that with the natives of the Ruan Dynasty and the Qing government's two-spear soldiers, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop the French soldiers at all!" Huo Hu said with a somewhat anxious expression.

"Hehe, of course I know what you're talking about! So this time I'll allow you to make some trouble for the French! However, it's okay to make a small fuss, and it's absolutely not allowed to attack the French ** team head-on, let alone attract their attention to us, understand?" Huo Shan emphasized.

Having said that, Huo Shan himself also understood that the Huojia Army base area, which had already occupied most of the Indochina Peninsula, must have entered the eyes of Britain and France, which wanted to expand their colonies here! However, now that Britain was affected by the Egyptian War, it no longer cared about the distant and remote Indochina, and as for the Third Anglo-Burmese War, which was supposed to break out in 1885, there was not even a shadow of it!

As for the French, in their eyes, the Huo family army, which originated in the countryside of the five countries of the Indochina Peninsula, is no different from the indigenous army under the command of the Nguyen dynasty in Vietnam, and the two sides with black hair, black glasses and yellow skin almost look the same in the eyes of the French whites. Therefore, as the biggest enemy of the French invasion of Vietnam, it was always the more powerful Qing government in the north, followed by the current Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam, and finally the base of the Huo Jiajun who occupied the mountains as the king!

"Understood, young master!"

Listening to everyone's neat and powerful answers, Huo Shan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

"Huo Feng, how is the New York operation going this time?" Huo Shan asked closely. With the report from the American Theater of Operations, Huo Shan has realized that the difference in strength between the Huo Jiajun and the US Army this time is too great, although there are a large number of fortifications built in the past two years, as well as advanced weapons and equipment and excellent soldier quality as a guarantee, but the Mississippi River and the Ohio River, which were relied on by the Huo Jiajun American Theater as the Great Wall, were half scrapped by the cold climate in winter, Huo Shan had doubts about whether the Sino-US war could achieve the expected strategic goals! Operation New York was to divert the attention of the United States from the west to the east!

Although Huo Shan's question was very sudden, Huo Feng, who was already familiar with the entire 'New York Operation', quickly replied: "Young Master, the 3rd and 6th Marine Divisions have arrived at St. Martin's Island, and the 4th Detachment of the destroyers escorting them, as well as the 3rd and 7th Detachment of the frigates, have also arrived in Martinique and can carry out the 'New York Operation' at any time!"

"Well, send a telegram to Wu Guangzong and ask them to draw up a perfect battle plan within two days, and the 'New York Operation' will be launched on time three days after the start of their war!" Huo Shan said in a final word. (To be continued.) )