Chapter 171 - Sino-French Hue Peace Treaty

November 26 (1911), Wuhan.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, great victory, great victory, our army sank three French cruisers, captured one cruiser, sank 18 torpedo ships, and captured 15 ......"

"The front line reported that our army completely annihilated the French Far East Brigade and the Annam Light Infantry Corps in the Dong Hai area the day before yesterday, and conquered Hue ...... yesterday."

"The latest news: France sues for peace with our country, and at the same time asks Britain, the United States and Russia to mediate ......"

Early this morning, all major newspapers across the country successively carried the news of the PLA's great victory, and some newspapers even published special issues. Excited people rushed to buy it, and the newspaper that had just been delivered to the market was sold out in less than an hour, so that the major newspapers had to be reprinted several times.

"Hahahaha, the French devils also have today, we finally got out of the ponytail"

"Yes, yes, this time I killed more than 26 French Yankees and captured more than 4o6, it's really happy"

"Gallic chickens don't fight at all, except for sneak attacks. Don't look at their usual cold and noble appearance, they really look like bears when they fight, and this kind of waste can actually be regarded as a great power......"

"We slashed the rooster this time, then we are the powers, right?"

The feelings of the whole people were mobilized by this Sino-French Annam War, and everyone was very excited, and the sales of fireworks and firecrackers in various places skyrocketed.

Just when the Chinese people were jubilant, the squadron on the Indochina Peninsula was not idle. After conquering Hue, the 6th Army divided into two routes, all the way south, and occupied Da Nang. The other went west and began to take over Laos. France has fewer troops on the Lao side, only a few local militias, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army, armed to the teeth, is even more likely to collapse.

After the Navy and Air Force cleared Cam Ranh Bay, the Navy 6 Brigade occupied all of Khanh Hoa Province and Ninh Thuan Province adjacent to Cam Ranh Bay in 6,2 days later (Vietnam's province is equivalent to a county in China).

By this time, most of the French forces in Vietnam had been annihilated, and the Indochinese governor Albert Osaro fled to Saigon, where he organized a defense and asked for help from home

The attack of the squadron was completely beyond the imagination of the French government, and before they could react, they had already lost half of Vietnam and Laos. This astonishing degree was not only caught off guard by France, but also by other powers.

It wasn't until this morning, when the Chinese airship forces bombarded the defensive positions outside Saigon, that the French finally panicked. They hurriedly begged Britain and Russia to mediate, and Britain thought about it for a while, and then drew the United States in to form a joint mediation team.

This afternoon, Zhu Erdian and others went to the presidential palace and asked to see Wen Desi and ask for mediation.

Wen Desi quickly met with them, and directly opened his mouth: "Of course, there is no problem with mediation, but judging from the recent series of expressions, the French government is no longer capable of maintaining the basic order of Indochina, so the Indochinese Peninsula should be managed by our country." In addition, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia have been vassal states of our country since ancient times, and we have the responsibility to maintain order among them...... As long as France hands over all of the Indochinese Peninsula to us and compensates us for our economic losses and military expenses of 100 million pounds, we can negotiate peace......"

"It's impossible, we France won't give in," the French ambassador to China, Immanuel Kant, jumped up immediately. Nima, this condition is too much, even if the uncle can bear it, the aunt can't bear it

Wen Deji said contemptuously: "It doesn't matter, if France is unwilling to accept it, then fight well." If France doesn't want to give, then we'll take it ourselves......"

The Russian Imperial Ambassador to China, Kosovitz, threatened: "Your Excellency, France is a member of our Entente, is China preparing to be an enemy of our Entente in this way?"

Wen Desi looked at the woolly bear, his sharp eyes swept over the representatives of the other countries, and replied sternly: "Hehe, Mr. Kou Sovici, I think you are mistaken, we are just exercising our power in accordance with international practice. China is no longer the country under the Manchu dynasty, and the interests of the 470 million Chinese must be guaranteed. We don't like war, but we don't fear it either. If anyone wants to threaten war, let my country give up its interests, and I have only one answer: it can't be."

"Well, Mr. President, I think you misunderstood that we didn't let China give up its interests. In addition, our Entente is directed against the Allies, not against China as a neutral country......" Zhu Erdian hurriedly played a round, of course, not forgetting to explain the position of Britain. "We, the British Empire, believe that this Sino-French conflict with Annan is a regrettable misunderstanding. I think we should have an answer that satisfies both sides. ”

After speaking, he glanced at the ambassadors of France and Russia, and cursed in his heart. In order to protect his own interests, the turtle son of France actually wants to take our British Empire out of the water, which is really unreasonable, Russia is not a good thing, they just want to fish in troubled waters and pick up cheap. Besides, what qualifications do you have to represent the Entente?

Before coming to mediation, the British government had already discussed that there must be no direct conflict with China. Now China is not a soft persimmon, even if Britain really ignores Europe and runs over to fight China with all its might, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory, and in the end I don't know who is cheaper. Niu Niu is not a fool, how can he fight for the interests of the rooster? Don't look at the hairy bear dancing happily now, this girl is a typical bully of the soft and afraid of the hard, if it is a tailwind battle, they will definitely intervene, if it is not smooth, these grandsons will shrink faster than anyone else. It is known internationally: "The woolly bear is reliable, and the sow will go to the tree"

As for what to do with the rooster? Then what can I do about mediation? Anyway, it is certain that there will be a big blood outcome, and this is also an international practice, otherwise China will definitely not agree. Who made it impossible for you to win against China, and if you lose, you will admit it. Besides, for Niu Niu, it is also a good thing to weaken the rooster, and a strong rooster is not in the interests of Niu Niu's family.

"If there is a mutually acceptable plan, of course I will not oppose it. Wen Deji smiled. "Well, negotiations will begin tomorrow morning, and as a sign of good faith, I will give the front a temporary ceasefire. Of course, the French and Vietnamese sides must also cease fire, and the two sides will temporarily take the actual control line as the boundary......"

In the following days, under the mediation of Britain, Russia, the United States and other powers, China and France began bargaining negotiations. After a week-long tussle, the two sides finally reached an agreement that was acceptable to both sides.

On November 2, China and France signed the Sino-French Hue Peace Treaty in Hue, Vietnam.

I won't say much about the chattering scenes at the beginning, but the main content of the treaty is as follows:

1. China and France formally cease fire and restore peace.

2. From the date of the signing of this Treaty, the French Government shall entrust to the Chinese Government the administration of Quang Nam Province and all areas north of Quang Nam Province of Viet Nam, as well as the provinces of Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan. The French government entrusted the entire territory of Laos to the Chinese government.

3. The rest of Indochina shall remain as it is to be administered by France. However, Chinese companies enjoy the same treatment as French companies in their industrial, commercial, trade and other activities in the region. The Chinese diaspora and the Chinese in French Indochina were self-governing and could establish their own towns and self-defense forces, which could only be used to protect the lives and property of the Chinese. (Autonomous towns tentatively designated as Saigon, Da Lat, Phnom Penh)

4. France renounced all remaining Gengzi indemnities and paid China a ransom of 62 prisoners of war and warships, as well as living expenses, medical expenses, and ship repair costs, totaling 660,000 yuan. The governments of France and Vietnam paid China 230,000 yuan for the loss of people and property caused by the "Hanoi riots" and 4.38 million yuan for the Chinese invasion. The three items totaled 13.26 million yuan, which were paid in three installments within half a year, and the first tranche of 630,000 yuan was paid within one week of the signing of the treaty.

5. After the first batch of ransom was paid, China handed over the first batch of prisoners of war and after the payment of the 22 indemnities for the first batch of prisoners of war, China handed over all prisoners of war and captured ships. All captured weapons, except for ships, are Chinese trophies and belong to China. All personal belongings of the prisoners of war were handed over with the prisoners of war.

That's all there is to it, and for France, this treaty is certainly a big loss. But if you don't sign it, you can't do it, if you continue to fight, the whole Indochina will be gone. If troops are mobilized from within the country to fight and win the battle, Wilhelm II, that bastard, should die of happiness. Besides, Britain and Russia are clearly reluctant to muddy the waters. Europe and the Far East are more important, and the French still have a clear distinction and no brains. Under the lack of strength, he had to knock out his front teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

When the news of the signing of the treaty between the two countries broke, the country became a sea of joy, which could expand southward for the first time in hundreds of years. Everyone knows that this so-called "entrusted management" is nothing more than a step down the ladder for France, in fact, it is also ceded.

Historical experts have jumped out one after another, citing scriptures and pointing out that Vietnam has been China's territory since ancient times, and now it has finally returned to the motherland...

Presidential palace.

"Cam Ranh Bay needs to be rebuilt...... The Air Force and Navy bombed too hard, these guys ......," Wen Desi said helplessly. After obtaining the natural harbor of Cam Ranh Bay, of course, it will be established as an important base. It's nothing, it's just that after seeing the investigation report, Wen Dehei appeared, and Cam Ranh Bay was about to be blown into ruins. It's all the Air Force and Navy that fight too much.

"Fan Han, have you dealt with the people of the Annan Small Court and Huanghuatan?" asked Wen Desi.

Fan Han smiled and said, "Chairman, it's all dealt with." The king of Annam, Nguyen Phuc Hoang, has already taken control of us, and when the situation is stable, let him announce his abdication. Huang Hua Tan and other rebels mainly sacrificed their ...... in the process of liberating Hue"

Wen Desi nodded and said, "Your Central Social Affairs Department should strengthen the control of the Vietnamese region, which has always been very troublesome in all dynasties. I don't want us to be like the Ming Dynasty, you understand?......"

"Rest assured, the strength of our CSD is by no means comparable to that of any previous regime. We will act in accordance with the policy of national integration, and those reactionary elements who do not want to integrate will let them go to labor reform to death......" Fan Han's tone did not sound a little murderous.

Boon Duc Si smiled: "Land reform, village consolidation, purge all the upper classes of Vietnam who are unwilling to cooperate, for the lower classes, focus on integration, compulsory education, all children are centralized under the unified management of schools, and learn Chinese culture and language." And it is necessary to vigorously promote the idea of great unification in society, and the fact that the Vietnamese are originally descendants of the Han Chinese and are independent because of some careerists...... and so on, all of which are instilled in the minds of every Vietnamese...... As for the Laos side, let's do it your way......"

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