() This is really difficult for France. There is no need to think about sending troops to the Far East. Not to mention that France does not have a spare fleet and army. Even if it did, the British would not agree to it. It is worthwhile for us, the British, to help you fight, and then
If you free up some of your troops to go to the Far East to seize colonies, you will still be beaten by the Germans without pain. Well, let the Germans continue to beat you. I don't care, I will go to the other side of the strait to watch the fun.
The French really can't swallow this breath of not sending troops to the Far East, and they can't afford to lose this person. They are the most powerful country in continental Europe. Of course, this name was given by their ancestors, and it doesn't matter now. But
We can't let a small Far Eastern country tease us like this. What's even more annoying is that this small Far Eastern country is still the same as its own colony, all Asians with black hair and yellow skin. When did the yellow people dare to rob the white people?
Finally, the French government couldn't bear it anymore and proposed to the British whether they could divide their troops and go to the Far East to deal with Taiwan. As expected, the British almost turned the table over after hearing the French proposal.
Now that the Allies and the Allies are at loggerheads, and the Allies are still slightly inferior, what they should be thinking about now is how to weaken the Germans and how to persuade the Americans to join the Allies. Just because of a colony, you are like adding an enemy to the Allies, and
It is still an enemy with a very powerful navy. What does Germany lack now? It lacks a navy. Aren’t you giving gifts to the Germans? The British government wants to ask France whether you are playing a trick with the Germans and intend to kill us.
U.K!!!
The French representative was beaten up and returned to France with a drooping head. Facing the anger of the allies, the French government
Fu also felt embarrassed, so he continued to fight the Germans in Europe. As for Indochina, he really couldn't care about it. He sent a telegram to the Governor of Indochina and asked him to find a way to resist it and persist until the Germans were defeated. If
If you really can't hold on anymore, then flee to Thailand or Myanmar. That's British territory. Although the British won't send troops to help, there's no problem in taking in a French friend.
In addition, although the French had no practical way to take Taiwan, they could not make Taiwan feel comfortable. The French government contacted the American government and used the friendship between the two countries to fight side by side during the American War to ask the American government to come forward.
, let’s see if we can talk to Taiwan and leave some room for the French instead of eating them all.
Since Taiwan leased Mindanao from the Philippines, Americans have become a little envious, jealous, and hateful. The relationship between the two countries is no longer as close as it was during the Taft government. However, with the withdrawal of the United States from the Philippines, the United States
People gradually turned their attention to the Republic of China, because there was a broader market, and President Wilson was a president who advocated sending troops rather than investing money.
The American government happily agreed to the request of its old friend France. Now that Europe has become one, it would not be in the interests of the Americans if Asia was to be broken again. Moreover, Americans do not want to see the war in Asia.
To an overly powerful Chinese country.
So, a telegram traveled across the ocean and arrived at the U.S. Consulate in Taiwan. The next day, the U.S. consul appeared at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan.
Since the dispatch of troops to Vietnam, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was not too busy in the past, suddenly became a hot spot. Not only did the French come to protest, the British also came to question, and now the Americans also came, and they came to break up the fight.
When Liu Fu heard that the Americans came to break up the fight, he was also in a dilemma. He agreed to a truce and left a piece of land for the French, which would cause trouble in the future. If he didn't agree to the truce, he offended the Americans in vain. It was still a little early. Now the United States is targeting Taiwan.
It's still very useful.
Liu Fu thought about it for a long time and decided that it would be better not to leave any trouble for himself. As for the Americans, it was best not to offend the Americans. Therefore, the heavy burden fell on the more than 30,000 Taiwanese army troops who landed in front.
Just when Liu Fu notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to try to delay the negotiation time with the American delegation, a secret telegram had flown to the hands of Hu Xiaoming, commander of Taiwan's 1st Division, who was attacking Hanoi. In this telegram, the General Staff issued a strict order
The First Division accelerated its attack and must capture all major cities in Vietnam and Laos within 20 days, regardless of any cost, and must also completely destroy the French regime in Indochina.
Hu Xiaoming took this telegram and was very confused. Although the area of northern Vietnam is not large, it is almost 200 kilometers from Hanoi to Laos. Moreover, the transportation in Laos is not as convenient as Vietnam. In addition, it is densely covered with mountains and forests.
It greatly limits the speed of the mechanized army. If you want to occupy the entire territory of Laos within 20 days, it is
A difficult and difficult task. Hua also received a telegram with similar content. The telegram required him to occupy the entire territory of Cambodia within 20 days, and also send troops to the north and cooperate with the First Division from the south to clear the territory together.
The French regime remains in Laos, and the war in Vietnam will be handed over to Taiwan's 1st Mountain Division coming from Hainan Island.
After the General Staff rejected the objections of the two division commanders, the two division commanders had to find their own generals and staff to study together how to speed up the attack, mainly how to overcome the impact of terrain on marching speed. As for the French army
resistance, that is not very important.
After studying all night, the two division commanders unanimously came to a conclusion, that is, to use the speed of mechanization to quickly intersperse in places with convenient transportation, intercept the French troops who have no time to retreat in Vietnam, and then disperse the troops
into many small units, with battalions or companies as units, carrying only light
Weapons and mortars are pushed on foot from the east to the west of Laos. When encountering large local troops or large cities, a small number of troops are left to monitor and contain them. The remaining people continue to bypass this place and continue to move forward.
These local troops and cities will be left to the troops behind with heavy equipment to handle.
According to this plan, the first division and the second division each left a small number of troops to deal with the immediate attack, while most of the remaining troops rode in armored vehicles, motorcycles, and heavy-duty vehicles. Except for the vehicles transporting oil, the remaining troops were left behind.
All the vehicles that could be driven were set off, carrying soldiers one by one, and began to advance to the west and north.
The French have been operating in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia for many years. However, due to the most diligent management of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia only serve as buffer zones with the British-occupied Thailand and Myanmar due to their complex terrain, low population density, and lack of special products.
Don't fail to build more.
These mechanized troops headed west along the highway built by the French. They just used heavy machine guns to sweep away the small groups of French troops and some small strongholds along the way. They did not even stop the vehicles and continued on their way.
The Second Division attacking north in Cambodia did not fare so well. The roads in Cambodia were not much better than those in Laos. Armored vehicles and trucks were impassable in many places. In order to speed up the attack, the Second Division had to gather 200 troops.
Multiple motorcycles, each with 3 people, formed a vanguard battalion. They used the flexibility of the motorcycles to attack northward across the mountains. Like the first division, when encountering small groups of troops, they used light machine guns to sweep them away.
That's it, leave the rest to the brothers walking behind.
In this way, they chased quickly and slowly until they reached Laos. The First Division still failed to catch up with the French governor and his party who retreated first, but it intercepted many French and Vietnamese troops that were retreating slowly. The morale of these troops was
I was very depressed. Coupled with the long march, my physical strength and spirit were no longer able to continue fighting. When I saw the Taiwanese troops chasing after them in iron boxes that were spraying black smoke, most of them surrendered with their guns raised. Only a few people tried to
He resisted, but the result was that the heavy machine gun fired.
Entering Laos, there are immediately fewer roads, and many places have been washed away by floods due to disrepair, making it impossible to drive. The soldiers of the First Division left their vehicles and a small number of troops behind, and the rest of the troops were composed of companies and battalions.
Units spread out and continued to pursue west or north along dirt roads or rivers.
However, when formulating the plan to attack Vietnam, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff fully considered Vietnam's climate problems, so they chose to launch the attack in January, which was the dry season in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and other places. If it entered May
, then many roads that can be walked now will be submerged by the surging river water, and those dirt roads and jungles will be even more difficult to walk through.
Just as the First Division and the Second Division were rushing through Laos like they were trying to grab a hat, Taiwan's First Mountain Division, which was transferred from Hainan Island, landed on Vietnamese soil from Haiphong, Da Nang and the Vung Tau Peninsula. They
They were here to take over the gap left behind by the 1st and 2nd Divisions and continue to clear away the remaining French troops and local armed forces in Vietnam.
