But the result was that the six cruisers circled around and stuck to each other like maggots on the tarsus. The two French cruisers left the destroyers sadly and angrily like cows harassed by a pride of lions.
We went to fight them alone, but the two cows wanted to take care of the twenty-nine calves. They must have lost sight of the other. Just as the two cruisers led them away, the remaining four rushed up and killed the two destroyers.
After understanding that if he continued like this, he would lose all his fleet without waiting for a confrontation with the Chinese battleships, the French commander resolutely changed his target. Even if he could not kill the Chinese battleships, it would be a good idea to kill these cruisers.
As a result, the remaining huge fleet immediately swarmed up aggressively, preparing to deal with them first.
As soon as they saw them rushing towards them, the six unruly cruisers accelerated their escape without hesitation. In the process of escaping, they also used their tail guns to kill a destroyer. Only then did the French hit them with a shell, even though it was
240 shells, but because they were too far away, their power was weakened, and they were directly bounced into the seawater by the strong alloy armor on the waterline.
The enraged French pursued the six Chinese warships like a giant net on the sea, with more than 20 warships. Unfortunately, under the radio guidance of the reconnaissance aircraft circling and following in the sky, with the help of three
The cruisers at the fifteen-knot speed always easily escaped the pursuit and interception of the French. They could even occasionally pick out one or two destroyers that were easier to attack and ravage them. They chased toward the depths of the Atlantic for more than an hour. Not only did the French fail to catch up.
Instead, they lost another destroyer.
There were also French aircraft in the sky, and the two Joan of Arc-class ships each carried a seaplane purchased from China. At this time, one was also in the sky for reconnaissance. At the beginning, the pilots of both sides raised their hands very friendly to each other when they encountered each other.
They greeted each other, but when they discovered the value of the other party in this battle, they immediately changed their faces. The backseat pilot on the French plane quickly got close to him. Then he took out his pistol and pointed it at the Chinese pilot dozens of meters away.
It was just a shot. Of course, it would be a miracle if it could hit under such circumstances. It was normal for the shot to miss.
However, after reacting, the two Chinese pilots were immediately enraged. The rear-seat pilot in charge of reconnaissance took out a submachine gun from behind the seat and pointed it at the French aircraft. Although it did not hit the pilot either, it hit the French plane.
There were several holes punched in the plywood wings. The quality of this export version of the aircraft was not very high to begin with. In addition, the French pilot was frightened and suddenly accelerated and dived to avoid it. As a result, one wing flew off. The entire aircraft lost control and crashed into it.
On the sea, mankind has now entered the era of air combat.
The French immediately took off a spare one, but at this time the two Chinese planes in the sky had already seen the advantage. Before the plane could climb up, they immediately rushed up one on the left and one on the right at the same time. The two back seat pilots
He raised a submachine gun with a drum and fired a burst of fire. The rear-seat pilot on the French plane also fired back with a pistol. This very funny primitive air battle ended in the failure of the French. The French plane, which was also shot in the wing, had to
Landed on the sea.
The French fleet, which had lost its aerial reconnaissance, was even less able to catch up with the six Chinese cruisers. Moreover, no matter how high-speed the pursuit continued, the transmission systems of those destroyers could not bear it. After understanding this, the French commander had to order a stop.
In pursuit, he has lost six destroyers so far, with two destroyed and four seriously injured. If it continues, the opponent will definitely come again, and the game of eagle catching chicken will be played again. Obviously, such a battle will have no effect on the French navy.
Meaning. So he reluctantly asked for instructions on how to deal with it in China.
After learning the news, the French cabinet, which had been eagerly anticipating the news of victory, immediately lost its temper and directly ordered the fleet to withdraw to Portugal. Since they were already losing, they might as well just do it! Besides, France now only has these warships that can fight.
What to do after the loss? It will take at least two years for the perfect battleship in the dock to be put into service. We can't let those ironclads with a speed of more than ten knots protect France's maritime interests!
A week later, the peace talks in Singapore finally ended with the French accepting all the conditions proposed by China and admitting their failure. The French government recognized Vietnam's sovereignty and returned all colonies, including Da Nang and Nan Qi, to China.
All leased areas, and compensated the Chinese government for a total of 500 million gold francs, including military expenses and ransoms for captured warships. However, they refused to admit that the French army killed the Vietnamese king, and compensated the Vietnamese royal family, but refused to hold Vietnam accountable for the war.
In exchange for the atrocities committed by French citizens against French expatriates, the Vietnamese government will no longer pursue criminal acts committed by French troops against Vietnamese civilians. In addition, the Chinese and Vietnamese governments jointly reiterated their respect for the French government’s right to protect the Khmer and Laos.
The Franco-Vietnam War and the Sino-French War officially ended.
After the signing, the Chinese fleet entered Saigon and Haiphong respectively to supervise the retreat of the French fleet. In addition, the blockade of Kampong Som Bay was lifted. The trapped French fleet sailed to Singapore. After the first batch of 200 million francs ransom was paid,
, the captured Far East Fleet also left Yazhou Port and also sailed to Singapore, where it joined the remaining warships of the expedition fleet and sailed back to France together.
The establishment of the French Navy's Far East Fleet has been cancelled. It will no longer retain its main fleet in East Asia. It will only leave some river gunboats in Phnom Penh to suppress the resistance of the Khmer and Laos along the Mekong River. This means that France has officially withdrawn from East and Southeast Asia.
battlefield for hegemony.
Among the East Asian heroes in history, Japan and the United States were abolished, France withdrew, and Germany stopped taking offensives in this area for the sake of their friendship with Yang Feng. Now William's main targets are Central America and Africa. Although the Russians
Intentional but powerless, they can only take a defensive position in front of China's huge fleet. The same is true for the British. China's status as the hegemon in the entire East Asia has been officially established. In this case, Emperor Yang can no longer look kindly on China and France.
Shortly after the signing of the Singapore Treaty, it was directly announced that he would be the guardian of the King of Vietnam. He would directly manage Vietnam in place of the King who was currently less than one year old until he turned eighteen and came of age.
Then leave it to him to manage it himself.
Well, this is indeed shameless. Even ordinary people know that in history, monarchs who take over power after adulthood usually have a very high chance of dying. Even if they can take over, most of them have to go through a process.
After the bloody battle, considering that the strength of the two sides was not comparable, it is not difficult to guess the fate of the Vietnamese king.
However, there is not much reaction in Vietnam. Those who dare to react have basically died heroically for their country. The rest have also been weakened by the bloody war. Now they just want to live a stable life. Even many
Everyone welcomes this. Because Emperor Yang has many things to do, he cannot waste his energy on managing Vietnam, so he is ready to transform Vietnam according to the constitutional monarchy, which is what the Vietnamese reformers dream of.
Of course, like North Korea, Vietnam will no longer retain an army, and the Chinese garrison will be responsible for security. It will only require a military expenditure. But unlike North Korea, Vietnam still belongs to a communist country and is not a member of the Chinese Federation Empire, so in
The Imperial Parliament will definitely not have seats. Unless the Vietnamese voluntarily join the Federal Empire, then they can have seats as members of the Empire. Similarly, the laws of the Chinese Empire cannot be applied to Vietnam, which has its own laws.
In addition, the supreme ruler of Vietnam is still the king, or the current king’s guardian is the Chinese emperor. Therefore, Vietnam’s constitutional monarchy is also different from China’s constitutional monarchy. In fact, it cannot be regarded as a constitutional monarchy because they do not have a constitution. In Emperor Yang’s own words, he is just
A person who looks after the Vietnamese royal family does not have the right to make his own decisions about changing the state system. He needs to wait until the king reaches adulthood to decide whether to change it to a true constitutional monarchy.
In other words, Vietnam is still a monarchy country. As for the parliament, it is just a public opinion body. The king or Emperor Yang has veto power over all decisions of the parliament, including of course the prime minister they elected and the laws they decide.
, as for the Prime Minister of Vietnam and the government led by him, they are only agents of His Majesty the Emperor, managing Vietnam on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, and are subject to the supervision of the ministers stationed in Vietnam sent by His Majesty the Emperor.
This very dazzling set of things essentially gave the Vietnamese a shell of a constitutional monarchy, but it was still a monarchy, and it was the Chinese emperor's oppression of Vietnam, and Vietnam was deprived of military and diplomatic rights.
And they have no right to intervene in the politics of the Chinese Empire. Of course, it is very simple to change all this. Just follow the example of Korea and Ryukyu and directly apply to join the Chinese Federal Empire. The Chinese government and His Majesty the Emperor will agree. In fact, this is the goal of Emperor Yang
, forcing them to join on their own, of course this is something in the future, don’t worry, there are still eighteen years left!
In short, regardless of democracy or democracy, Vietnam has now completely fallen into the hands of the Chinese. There is a Vietnamese garrison in the Chinese Army's organizational structure. The headquarters is located in Saigon, and the commander is Admiral Liu Yongfu. The Chinese Navy's organizational structure also has more
A Cam Ranh Bay defense headquarters was established, and large-scale construction began here because this was the future home port of the Nanyang Fleet, including the construction of a railway from Nanning to Hanoi, connecting Saigon.
Of course, the tens of thousands of tons of crude oil in Cam Ranh Bay must first be cleaned out. (To be continued...)