() The commander of the 105th regiment thought that the French had surrendered again. Who knew that these two French officers and a Vietnamese officer had been chatting for a long time. The commander of the 105th regiment did not understand what the other party said. Finally, he
The Vietnamese officer spoke a few words in Fujianese, and it was only then that the regiment leader, who was a descendant of Fujian immigrants, understood the other party's intention. It turned out that they were here to negotiate.
Although the leader of the 105th Regiment did not have the right to decide the negotiations, he still planned to listen to what conditions the French planned to offer.
After more than half an hour of various translations, the group leader finally understood the French conditions. In exchange, the French defenders of Hue City hoped that the attackers would not bombard the ancient city, let alone destroy the palace and other buildings in the city.
, the French troops stationed can evacuate the city within 2 days.
The commander of the 105th Regiment could not take the initiative and could only report to the division headquarters in Hoi An through the radio. After Hu Xiaoming received the telegram, he was also surprised. He did not expect the French army to be so worried about the Vietnamese.
Imperial City, and felt incredible.
But this condition is indeed very tempting. If Hue City can be captured without using force, then many of his subordinates will die less. Although the Taiwanese army has an advantage in equipment and has large-caliber naval guns to assist, it is difficult to attack the city.
The war cannot be as smooth as Saigon.
The French army on the opposite side is not weak, they also have artillery. In fact, Commander Hu Xiaoming has already prepared to kill about 200 people, and has ordered two destroyers to move upstream along the estuary of the Xiangjiang River, preparing to support the army.
Siege bombardment.
Now that he could capture the city of Hue without killing anyone, Commander Hu had to be tempted. After repeated considerations, Commander Hu Xiaoming decided to take a risk and trust the French. However, as a precautionary measure, the two destroyers would continue to move along
Xiangjiang was approaching Hue City, and the 105th Regiment was telegraphed to make all preparations and imitate the French tricks.
After receiving the order from the division headquarters and agreeing to the French's request for an armistice, the 105th Regiment withdrew most of its troops to the south of the iron bridge, leaving only two squads behind to garrison the bridge in the north. This was mainly because
In order to prevent large-scale shelling by the French, it also showed the French that it had complied with the armistice agreement.
Although the troops were withdrawn to the south of the bridge, the commander of the 105th Regiment was not completely relieved. He directed his men to build many trenches and armored vehicle bunkers on the south side of the bridge, and also sent two teams of scouts to cross the bridge.
Xiangjiang, walk to the north of Hue City for reconnaissance.
But this time the French really kept their word. Since the two sides reached an agreement, more than 3,000 French marines and thousands of Vietnamese affiliated troops stationed in Hue began to leave the city from the north gate in an orderly manner and evacuate to the north.
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The next day, the commander of the 105th Regiment also received a report from the scouts he sent. The French army had indeed left the city from the north gate of Hue, and was carrying a large amount of supplies and civilians. It seemed that it was a big move.
On January 14, 1915, the 105th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Taiwan Army officially occupied Hue City, an important town in central Vietnam, and cooperated with the 106th and 103rd Regiments to move nearly 70 kilometers from Hue in central Vietnam to the Laos border.
Most of the roads, bridges, etc. were occupied. In this way, Vietnam was divided into northern and southern parts from Hue City.
Because the Taiwanese military landing operation was too sudden and there was no warning before, the French troops and officials in Vietnam responded slowly. It was not until the Taiwanese navy raided Da Nang and landed from Hoi An that Vietnam was attacked
Only then did the news of the attack reach the ears of the French Governor in Indochina, Albert Sarault.
When the governor heard the news, he was working hard to recruit young people from Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and other places to work as cannon fodder in France. When he suddenly heard the news, he thought it was the German Far East Fleet coming to visit, so he quickly called the French
The Far East Fleet is preparing to counterattack.
However, there was no response to the telegrams sent to Da Nang and Cam Ranh Wa. Only a Far East Fleet squadron in Haiphong Port received the order and replied that it was adding coal and water and was preparing to sail to Da Nang for inspection.
However, the bad news that followed hit Governor Sharo one after another. First, the defenders of Hue sent a telegram saying that the Taiwanese army had landed in Hoi An and had occupied Saigon, and the city of Hue was also
It was bombarded by the opponent's heavy artillery. Due to the large strength gap between the two sides, Hue's garrison had begun to evacuate the area and moved to the north near Vinh City.
Then came the emergency telegram sent from Cam Ranh Bay. The telegram stated that in the early morning of the 13th, two battleships and multiple submarines of the Taiwan Navy ambushed the French fleet, 3 cruisers and 2 cruisers north of Cam Ranh Bay, which were preparing to go to Da Nang for reinforcements.
Three destroyers were wiped out, and Cam Ranh Bay was also blockaded by the Taiwan fleet. Now there are only a few small gunboats and merchant ships left in the harbor.
Taiwan Army! Taiwan Navy! After reading the telegram, Governor Sharo finally remembered that there was a hungry wolf lurking beside him. More than ten years ago, the French Far East Fleet was attacked by a sneak attack, and he had always suspected it was the Taiwan Navy.
As a result, the fleets of Japan, Russia and the six countries were also defeated at the hands of the Taiwan Navy. After so many years of silence, now this hungry wolf finally came out again, and this time the target was his own Indochina.
At that moment, Governor Sarro immediately called all the French garrisons in the Indochina Federation, announcing the news of the Taiwanese troops' landing in Vietnam, and asked them to assemble part of them in Hanoi and part of them in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to prepare for both sides to work together to recapture Saigon and Hue.
On the same day that Hue City was captured, the second wave of landing troops that had assembled in Tainan was also embarking on the ship, preparing to go to Vietnam to reinforce the landing Taiwan's 1st Division.
The second wave of landing troops totaled more than 20,000 army soldiers. They were the remaining troops of the 1st Division and 1 brigade of the 2nd Division. They were divided into 7 passenger ships and 5 cargo ships. They were patrolled by the Australia and 3
Destroyers and 15 submarines escorted them to Saigon and Da Nang for landing respectively.
Five days later, when 3,000 French troops and 6,000 Laotian and Cambodian troops who had assembled in Cambodia crossed the border and approached Saigon City, they encountered a head-on attack 10 kilometers north of Saigon.
As the nearly 10,000 French, Cambodian, and old coalition forces were marching, they suddenly discovered dozens of large yellow-green boxes in front of them. Moreover, these large boxes passed through the paddy fields and grasslands in a straight line at very fast speeds.
He rushed towards them. Behind these big boxes, there were groups of soldiers. They bent down and followed the big boxes in groups of more than a dozen.
Due to the sudden encounter, the French army had no time to set up their positions, so they could only be ordered by the officers to divide into more than a dozen different square formations, preparing to kill the enemy with volleys of guns.
Although trenches have been dug and barbed wire has been laid on the European battlefields, in the Far East, war technology is at least 10 years behind. The French army and their servants here usually train according to the model of lining up to kill, or at most charging.
When using skirmish formation.
Facing the French defense lines lined up in squares, the machine gunners on the offensive armored vehicles of the 101st and 102nd regiments did not dare to fire for a long time because they did not believe that the enemy was lining up for them to attack, and they were also afraid of
The heavy machine gun bullets were wasted after they penetrated the first person, so we deliberately lined up a few more rows of people.
This absence was short-lived. As the first heavy machine gun began to roar, the remaining machine gunners subconsciously pulled the triggers. More than 20 Badger armored vehicles, each with 2 12mm heavy machine guns, fired every minute.
More than 10,000 large-caliber bullets were fired at the French square formation.
In the wilderness, using a dense formation to fight heavy machine guns with a fire speed of more than 400 rounds per minute and a range of 2000 to 4000 meters is a tragedy in itself, not to mention there are so many heavy machine guns.
