() Just when Guo Qiwei’s fleet rushed outside Da Nang, the landing battle in Hoi An also began. Maybe because it was too close to Da Nang, there were obviously more defenders here, but this time because of the
Instead of using landing craft to wash the beach at the pier, a destroyer first fired several rounds of artillery shells into the port. After alerting the defensive artillery fire of the defenders, eight 200mm heavy guns on the heavy cruiser were used to locate the target.
Clear.
The artillery battle only lasted for more than 2 hours and ended. The only four forts in the port were all smashed by armor-piercing shells from the heavy cruiser Africa, and the defenders were also frightened by the heavy artillery. There was no more
Targets that pose a greater threat can be attacked.
After clearing the last coastal defense gun, a Taiwanese destroyer sailed into the port first and conducted a test with itself. After confirming that there was no resistance, it sent a signal to the troop carrier behind it and asked the troop carrier to dock.
, unload the infantry directly ashore.
Thanks to the dock, the speed of unloading soldiers and equipment was very fast. Within three hours, all the soldiers of the 10,000-strong First Division had disembarked, and the forward had arrived at a small town 10 kilometers away.
Less than half of the heavy equipment was also unloaded, and as the troops set off, they were distributed to the corresponding troops.
After allocating the troops, Commander Hu Xiaoming personally led a battalion of soldiers into the city of Hoi An. The port city of Hoi An is not too big, and the buildings in the city have strong Chinese and Japanese styles. In order to quickly
After completing the screening task, Commander Hu found several soldiers from Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi and asked them to negotiate with the local Chinese in their hometown dialects to try to find local Chinese as guides.
Not long after these soldiers arrived, they got to know several groups of local Chinese. Most of them were older people who had lived here for one or more lifetimes. They were not only discriminated against by the locals, but also exploited by the French.
, now seeing one of his own people coming, he was very excited. Hearing that these soldiers were going to cause trouble for the Japanese, he immediately agreed to lead the way for the military master.
With the help of local Chinese, it took more than a day to gather more than 10,000 Japanese living in Hoi'an on the Hoi'an pier and put them into a temporary concentration camp, waiting for Taiwan's arrival.
Ships came to transport them away, but their property was confiscated and temporarily placed under the care of the local Fujian Association.
After hearing that these troops were Taiwanese troops and not mainland troops, the enthusiasm of these Vietnamese Chinese seemed to drop a bit. However, after seeing the giant ship parked outside the port, these Chinese began to feel confident again, not only
Provided to soldiers of the 1st Division stationed in Hoi An
They provided housing and food, and also provided Hu Xiaoming with a detailed list of people. This list clearly stated in Chinese that those families in Hoi An were very close to the French, and that those families were the bastards of the French.
, and also marked several French strongholds around Hoi An.
Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already detected all kinds of intelligence in Vietnam very clearly before the war, it was completely different with the help of local people and without the help of local people. After consulting the Ministry of Defense and obtaining authorization, Hu Xiaoming
The management of Hoi An was handed over to the patriarch of the Zhang family, who had the highest reputation among the local Chinese, and he was assisted in managing the city by a company of soldiers from the First Division.
While Commander Hu was busy taking over Hoi An City, the 105th Regiment of the First Division had already arrived in the south of Hue. The city of Hue is an ancient capital, a bit like Nanjing in China. It was once the capital of several dynasties, so
It is not as casual as other cities in Vietnam, but has tall walls and a complete defense system.
Hue City is located in the center of Vietnam, backed by Yuping Mountain, and the Xiangjiang River winds through the south of the city. The entire city is square in shape, with a side length of about 3 kilometers. The city walls are all made of bricks, 8 meters high and 8 meters thick.
It is 20 meters thick.
Within the city wall, there is also an imperial city with a side length of more than 1 kilometer. The imperial city basically imitates the Ming Dynasty bei
Jing's Forbidden City layout, the main entrance is the Meridian Gate, and beyond the Meridian Gate is the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The Hall of Supreme Harmony is the place where the emperor summoned civil and military officials. It is supported by 80 tall carved dragon and red lacquer wooden pillars. Behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony is Qinzheng
The palace, flanked by the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The entire Forbidden City
The palace architecture is quite spectacular and is the largest and most complete ancient building complex in Vietnam. Outside the south gate of the Forbidden City, there are the Imperial College, Qin Tian Prison, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, as well as the Central, Front and Back Commands.
, the capital headquarters of the five armies on the left and right.
As an important city and stronghold of the French army in central Vietnam, Hue is stationed with nearly 3,000 marines and nearly 10,000 Vietnamese affiliated troops, and is equipped with some field artillery. Moreover, the French generals stationed here are obviously larger than the French army in Saigon.
Generals have to perform their duties more. When the leading troops of the Taiwanese army had just left Hoi An, the defenders of Hue had already learned that Hoi An was under attack and made corresponding arrangements.
When the 105th Regiment arrived at the south bank of the Xiangjiang River, the only iron bridge over the Xiangjiang River had been occupied by the French army, and fortifications were deployed at the bridge head. After the 105th Regiment tentatively launched an attack with infantry, several small-caliber rounds were fired from the north of the river.
Cannonballs.
In order not to overly stimulate the French troops guarding the bridge and prevent the other side from jumping over the wall and damaging the bridge, the 105th Regiment temporarily stopped the attack and dug fortifications on the spot, waiting for reinforcements from behind.
A few hours later, the division's artillery regiment arrived at the south bank of the Xiangjiang River with 8 75mm howitzers, and set up an artillery position behind the 105th Regiment. With the support of the artillery regiment, the 105th Regiment used 2 armored vehicles to attack the enemy.
The French bridgehead launched a second attack.
The French army in the bridgehead position saw that the weapons in their hands could not stop the advance of the two large iron boxes, and began to call for artillery support from Jiangbei. As the artillery shells flew over the Xiangjiang River, the two French artillery positions in Jiangbei were also observed by the artillery regiment.
The hand found the location
, just as the French artillery was preparing to launch the fourth round of shelling, a familiar yet unfamiliar roar came from the sky. After more than 10 minutes of shelling from the two French artillery positions, no more shells could be fired.
, and there was no sound anymore.
Without the support of rear artillery fire, the hundreds of French defenders at the bridgehead relied on two Maxim machine guns and were unable to compete with the multiple armored vehicles of the Taiwan Army. Under the sweep of the 12mm heavy machine gun, not only the two Maxim machine guns became
Scrap iron, and even the two stone bunkers at the head of the bridge were riddled with holes, and the shooting opening had become a big hole.
Seeing that the opponent's firepower was so fierce and they had more artillery, the French defenders, who had already lost more than half of their lives and wounded, raised the white flag again. It turned out that the worries of the Taiwanese army were relieved. It turned out that these French troops were simply
I didn't think of setting up explosives on the bridge until they felt...
Once you sense the fierce firepower of the opponent, it will be too late to place explosives. A steel bridge like this cannot be blown down by just placing a few packets of explosives randomly there. A sufficient amount of explosives must be placed at key locations.
, obviously, the French defenders did not have this time.
With the bridgehead position in hand, the 105th Division did not conduct any more probing attacks. Instead, two armored vehicles drove directly onto the bridge, a total of 3 rows, about 20 meters apart, and launched an attack on the other side of the bridge.
It can be said that the current armored vehicles are basically invincible for the army that lacks heavy weapons. Even the bullets of the Maxim heavy machine gun cannot penetrate the 10mm thick special armor steel plate on the front of the Badger armored vehicle, and the opponent has to risk it.
Shooting with the 12mm heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle.
Six armored vehicles quickly rushed to the other end of the bridge. Except for the two machine gunners who were shot in the hand, the tires were relatively fragile. Three of the tires on one side of one armored vehicle were broken, and it could only drive off the bridge by relying on the wheels.
, parked on the side of the road and used it as a fixed machine gun tower to clear the way for the armored vehicles behind it.
After seizing control of the bridge, the ancient city of Hue was displayed in front of the Taiwanese army like an antique. It appeared beautiful, but also fragile.
Originally, the commander of the 105th Regiment planned to use the artillery regiment's howitzers to blast the city wall for a while to give the French defenders a deterrent, and then wait for more artillery to come up before launching an attack on Hue. Who knew?
As soon as the artillery regiment was notified to fire three rounds of artillery, several French officers came out on horseback from Hue City. Behind one of them was a pole with a white flag flying on it.
