The sun never sets

After a day of fierce fighting, the Sichuan Army was defeated again. Knowing that their retreat was in danger of being cut off, the Sichuan Army under Chongqing City wavered and was defeated by the People's Army's infantry and artillery. The princes in Sichuan ran all the way, trying to escape to Chengdu, but found that Chengdu had been occupied by the [Guards].

There is not only one way to enter central Sichuan. When the princes of central Sichuan were desperately defending Chongqing, Wang Hu led 8,000 [Guards] over mountains and rivers, advanced quickly with light troops, and raided for more than 300 kilometers. He descended from the sky at the foot of Chengdu and easily captured this famous city in central Sichuan.

Chapter 390 The Golden Age

The essence of Sichuan is in the east. In the last years of Qin Zhaowang, Li Bing and his son built the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, and the floods that ravaged the Bashu region were brought under control. After continuous construction and maintenance by successive dynasties, Sichuan truly became the land of abundance. But that refers to the plains centered on Chengdu and Chongqing. The mountains and ridges in the west of Sichuan Province are not suitable for large-scale farming. Whether in terms of population or industrial strength, the west of Sichuan cannot compare with the east.

Although there were many princes in Sichuan, and the number of soldiers, horses, money and grain was large, only the two important cities of Chengdu and Chongqing had the ability to manufacture guns and artillery, and other places could only provide soldiers, horses, grain and money. After the heavy machine guns and rapid-fire cannons came out, and the firing rate of rifles became faster and faster, the firepower gradually suppressed the quantity. It is not to say that you cannot fight a war with backward weapons, but it will be difficult, requiring great perseverance and lofty spirit, extremely strong morale and flexible tactics.

Obviously, the princes in Sichuan could not meet those preconditions. The war between the Sichuan Army and the People's Army was not an invasion by foreign enemies. It was very difficult to keep the soldiers' morale high. The princes could not use nationalism to make the soldiers fight to the death. Instead, Lin Yongchang's doctrine spread throughout Sichuan. "Fight the local tyrants and divide the land", isn't this good?

Like other places in China, most of the people in Sichuan are illiterate. They don't understand this theory or that theory very well, but they definitely understand land. The princes in Sichuan fought each year, and their military strength swelled like a balloon.

The tax rate has swelled. With so many soldiers to support, and the officers at all levels also need beautiful wives and concubines, fine clothes and delicious food, how can the people afford it? The princes have already raised the tax rate to 20 years later! If the People's Army had not come in, these princes in Sichuan who are good at infighting would have continued to increase the tax rate and raised it to 2022!

Sichuan has always been rich and is known as the Land of Abundance, but it cannot withstand this kind of plundering method. After the People's Army liberated the two important cities of Chengdu and Chongqing, the coalition forces formed by the princes in Sichuan collapsed in an instant, and the Sichuan Army, which had previously fought a bloody battle with the People's Army under the heavy artillery fire, surrendered one after another. The princes who came out of the Sichuan Military Academy wanted to continue to resist, but their soldiers did not want to continue fighting, and many of them surrendered directly with their guns. The People's Army divided the land and only collected one-tenth of the agricultural tax. Compared with the high-handed approach of the princes in Sichuan, it was simply one in the sky and one in the ground.

Of course, not everyone welcomed the arrival of the People's Army. For example, big landlords, big businessmen, and those who opened opium dens knew very well that the People's Party would not tolerate them, and they rose up in resistance, but their resistance was in vain. Whether it was weapons and equipment, or the level of military morale and tactics, the troops organized by local tyrants were still at a very primitive level. Most of the princes in Sichuan came from the Sichuan Military Academy. They mastered more advanced tactics, so they defeated the original ruling class in Sichuan and became the masters of Sichuan. Those tyrants couldn't even beat the princes in Sichuan, so how could they beat the People's Army that chopped the princes in Sichuan into pieces?

By the end of October, the People's Army had liberated most of Sichuan, leaving only some remote areas in the hands of the reactionaries. But the overall situation had been decided, and what remained was not war but bandit suppression.

The battle in Sichuan went smoothly, and the same was true for the battle in the southwest. Guangdong had abundant money and food, Guangxi had brave soldiers, and the combination of Guangdong and Guangxi was enough to dominate the world. Sun Yat-sen used to think so, but after serving as the interim president for several years, he no longer thought so. The local princes had their own ideas, and they would pull out knives to scare people if they disagreed. He was the president in name, but in fact he was the leader of a warlord. There were many things he wanted to do but couldn't, and many things he didn't want to do but had to do. Although he was still unwilling after being forced to surrender, he felt much more relaxed. He took Hu Zhantang, Zhang Jingjiang, Wu Zhihui and others to Taiyuan, and the princes of the Guangzhou Military Government realized that Mr. Sun Yat-sen was so important to them.

Although Sun Yat-sen could not fight and was not good at economic work, he was able to come up with a set of theories to unite the various princes. Now that Sun Yat-sen was gone, the remaining princes immediately fell apart. The result of fighting each other was very bad. When facing the People's Army, they had almost no ability to fight back. Among the powerful factions of the Guangzhou Military Government, Huang Xing was very ambitious and in his prime. He was unwilling to be inferior to others. He led the Hunan children to fight against the People's Army and was soon beaten to a pulp.

Whether it was the Nationalist Army of the Jinling Government, or the Hunan Army and the Guangdong Army, they were all accustomed to the low-intensity fighting style of the civil war. They often fought for a whole day with no more than a hundred casualties. This was completely different from the battles between the People's Army and the Russian and Japanese armies. In Outer Manchuria, the Japanese army often launched regiment-scale charges, and it was common for thousands of people to die in a single attack. When the battle was fierce, tens of thousands of casualties could occur in a single day.

Huang Xing led the elite of the Hunan Army, but they had no way of adapting to the tactics of the People's Army, and the People's Army had so many artillery. After finding no resistance, Huang Xing had no choice but to surrender. After being captured, Huang Xing angrily said to the generals of the People's Army: "You are really too much. Do you need to fight so hard?"

Guo Songling, who came to accept the surrender, was stunned at first, then sneered. Do these people in the south think that fighting is just playing house?

After liberating Jinling and Guangzhou, and taking back Beiping a few years ago, Lin Yongchang completed a "Times Mission" and received 200 political points, 200 diplomatic points, and 200 military points. With "at least five universities" and "strong army (not less than 2000k)", the "Golden Age" can begin.

[Golden Age: A country's Golden Age will last for 50 years and will bring the following effects to the country:

Army morale +10%

Navy morale +10%

-10% for all points spent

Goods output +10%

Absolute system maximum value +5

Revolutionary enthusiasm maximum +10%

Please note: Each country can only open the Golden Age once. 】

After the Golden Age began, Lin Yongchang felt very good and powerful. The army's morale was already 11.78 before, "Liberate China" +10%, "Golden Age" +10%, the army's morale directly rushed to 13.68, while the highest morale of other countries was only 10.40. With such high morale, it would not be a problem to kill directly to India!

If the enemy was the UK, he might have done so. But the UK is not the only superpower in the world. The US, France, Russia and other countries are not pushovers. If China is exhausted, there is no doubt that they will jump out to take advantage.

Japanese Ambassador Hioki Masu once said: If a person's house is on fire, it is impossible for his neighbors not to go in and steal things. This sentence is not very accurate when applied to people, but it is very appropriate when applied to countries. In fact, Hioki said

It's about the relationship between countries. China is declining, and the surrounding countries want to take a bite. The Japanese are looking for an excuse to justify the Sino-Japanese War. This is of course meant to glorify aggression. It's not nice to hear, but that's the truth.

Lin Yongchang looked at the high morale of the People's Army and decided to develop the economy first after liberating the whole of China. The buff of "liberating China" only exists in the Liberation War. If we go to defeat India, we can't say it's still the Liberation War, right? Well, we can say we are liberating the Indian people, but that is definitely not "liberating China".

The golden age can last for 50 years. There is no need to be in a hurry. Let’s first make a few “five-year plans”.

Chapter 391 Heroes

When the People's Army swept through southern China like a whirlwind, the British did not just stand by and watch. They took diplomatic measures and made a lot of noise in Japan and Korea. However, Korea borders China on land, and no matter how much they invested, it would only be a waste of effort in front of the hundreds of thousands of ground forces of the People's Army. After Meng En* Borjigin led his troops into Korea, he easily defeated the noble rebels, and then wielded the butcher knife to kill hundreds of noble families of the two classes, almost killing all the great nobles of Korea. In addition, more than 100,000 people were exiled to the Western Regions Protectorate and Mobei.

Those who were exiled were the ruling class of the former Korea. On the way to the Western Regions by the Mongolian cavalry, many died of illness and other reasons. When they arrived in the Western Regions, more people would die one after another. The Western Regions are not a good place to go now. Not only are the living conditions there difficult, but there are also increasingly fierce religious conflicts. The lamas' missionary work in the Western Regions was accompanied by killing and blood, and conflicts often broke out between Muslims and Buddhists. When the Koreans went there, no matter which side they stood on, they would inevitably become the target of killing. Going to Mobei is not a good idea either. The Koreans will be incorporated into the various leagues and banners of Mongolia and deal with cattle and sheep all day long. Most of the Mongolians who came out of Mobei are unwilling to return to their hometown to live. You can imagine how bad the living conditions there are.

The founding emperor of the Korean Empire, Yi Hee, was not killed. After investigation, it was found that the emperor did not participate in the rebellion, but was held hostage by Yi Jing and others. He had previously stood up to guarantee the personal safety of Kim Jae-hee, and ended up being placed under house arrest along with President Kim. So Emperor Yi was not liquidated, but all his property was confiscated, and he was moved to live in Beiping.

Prince Meng En killed a lot of people in North Korea, and President Kim Jae Hee, who was rescued, complained about it and thought that many people should not be killed. He even mobilized the North Korean army to rescue Lee Hee. When Meng En heard that the North Korean army was coming, he took the initiative to control Kim Jae Hee. Meng En* Borjigin looked down on Kim Jae Hee, a waste, and turned his face directly. He ordered the President of the People's Republic of Korea to commit suicide on the grounds that Kim Jae Hee's improper behavior had caused the tragic deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people.

Kim Jae-hee refused to commit suicide. Facing the fierce-looking Mon En Borjigin, he shouted urgently, "I am the president of North Korea, you can't kill me!"

Meng En threatened Jin Zaixi: "If you don't die, the whole Jin family will die!"

Jin Jae-hee raised his head and said, "You dare to kill me?"

"Do you really think your grandfather doesn't dare to kill you?"

Meng En originally just wanted to scare Kim Jae Hee, but now he was so angry that he didn't care about anything else and was ready to draw his knife and chop the birdman to death. After countless battles and countless times of riding a horse and drawing his knife to lead the charge, Meng En* Borjigin's temper had grown a lot, just like his ability to command cavalry. He killed a mere North Korean president with one knife.

He kicked Jin Zaixi to the ground, then drew his saber and strode forward with a fierce smile. When he saw that Deshu was about to chop Jin Zaixi to pieces, he heard a loud shout from behind, "Stop!"

"Huh? Who is this thief..." Meng En looked back, and when he saw the person coming, the anger on his face immediately disappeared. "I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be General Wang! Isn't General Wang in Shenyang? Why is he in North Korea?"

Wang Zuolin took out a telegram and said, "According to the order of the Central Government, I am to take over all affairs of Korea. This is a telegram sent by the President!" After that, he raised his arm and threw the rolled-up telegram over.

Meng En reached out and grabbed the telegram, but did not read it. Instead, he said, "In that case, the affairs of North Korea will be handed over to you. But before that, let me kill the guy in the night attack group: 6949, 36135 first!"

Jin Zaixi, who was stepped on by Meng En, felt like he was kicked by the hooves of an ox or a horse. His ribs seemed to be broken. He couldn't breathe and struggled to shout, "Help!"

Meng En laughed and said, "You rascal, why are you shouting for help? It's just death!" After saying that, he made a gesture to chop him down, but was grabbed by Wang Zuolin's arm.

This guy seems to be stronger than before? Wang Zuolin's hand sank, and he was surprised. He said, "Why did you kill him? He is no longer the president of North Korea."

Meng En was a famous warrior in the army, with amazing strength. If he really wanted to kill someone, he would just kick him to death. Why would he need to pretend here? At this time, with the ladder under him, he laughed twice and said, "Killing this kind of trash will only dirty my grandfather's precious sword! Bah, I'll forgive you this time. If you fall into my hands again, you won't be so lucky!"

Wang Zuolin: “........” He is a little

It was really funny. Meng En was obviously a Mongolian, with a big face and bow legs, but he spoke and acted like a Han Chinese hero, and his style was exactly the same as Li Dayan.

Meng En put away his saber, saluted Wang Zuolin, and said, "General, I'll leave the matter here to you." After that, he walked out. Soon, Meng En's loud voice was heard outside, "What are you doing? You didn't even inform us when someone came?"

Wang Zuolin shook his head and pulled Jin Zaixie up from the ground. "Mr. Jin, are you okay?"

"I'm fine... Did the general just say that I'm no longer the president?"

"Well, Mr. Ahn Jung-geun is the new president of North Korea."

"How can you do this? This is illegal!"

"If Mr. Jin is dissatisfied with anything, he can file a lawsuit in court. Sorry, I still have some things to deal with. If you have any questions, you can ask the relevant personnel. Guard, take Mr. Jin out!"

"Yes!"

Kim Jae-hee was stunned and asked loudly when he was dragged out: "Ahn Jung-geun is the president, then who is the new prime minister?"

Wang Zuolin did not answer, but waved his hand. Two burly guards grabbed Jin Zaixie and carried him out.

Marshal Lin was not satisfied with the situation in North Korea. In order to stabilize China's flank, he decided to take over all the affairs of North Korea and no longer thought about letting the North Korean people be independent. He simply let An Jung-geun be the president to be responsible for diplomacy and some superficial work, and let Wang Zuolin be the prime minister of North Korea to be responsible for specific matters. He vigorously promoted Chinese education in North Korea, unified writing, diplomacy, military and economy, and after ten years, he would withdraw North Korea's status as a semi-independent country and directly merge it into China, so as to avoid South Korea from disgusting people every day in the future.

The British set a fire in Korea and didn't care about what happened next. In fact, they couldn't care. Even if they promised to be the world hegemon, they couldn't fight China's army on land. Marshal Lin didn't dare to rush directly to the Indian area, and the British didn't dare to fight a land battle with the People's Army.

The fire in Korea was put out, and the fire in Japan was put out by Ito Hirobumi before it even started. The British did not care about Japan's left turn. In the eyes of the British elite, turning left is something that only Europeans, such as the French, can do. Do the yellow monkeys in the Far East know what is left and what is right?

The British didn't care after setting the fire, just like Nico who didn't recognize anyone after he put on his trousers. However, they didn't completely ignore it. They took the initiative to attack in other directions. The direction they chose was the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Chapter 392 Loss

I don't know why, maybe out of concern for India's safety? The British were obsessed with swallowing up the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Or maybe it was because Qinghai-Tibet was right next to India and far from China's hinterland? Or maybe it was because the Tibetan army was too active and they all went to India, no wonder the British Empire had to seize Lhasa. Whatever the reason, the British were once again preparing to invade Tibet.

The Indian Viceroy, Lord Curzon, appointed Colonel Younghusband to lead the British army in the invasion of Tibet, along with John Claude White, the political commissioner in Sikkim. In fact, Younghusband was the main commander. He was a professional officer and an explorer. He came to China in 1886, crossed the Mongolian Gobi from the northeast, crossed the Tianshan Mountains to Xinjiang, and then crossed the Pamir Plateau to India. Younghusband's journey was remarkable in terms of exploration. Even with cars and roads, it would not be easy to travel this route, and it would take a long time.

To be fair, Rong Hongpeng was an excellent explorer.

Ronghupeng was well prepared for the harsh natural conditions in Tibet. In addition to the adaptive training for soldiers entering the plateau, he also prepared up to 3000 to civilians and countless mules and horses. His combat troops only had people, but they were well-equipped with machine guns and field howitzers. After everything was ready, Ronghupeng led his army to invade Tibet. Thus, the war broke out.

The British army has Lee Enfield, and the Tibetan army has Mosin Nagant. It is hard to say which rifle is better, each has its own strengths. The British have machine guns and howitzers, and the Tibetan army has machine guns and mortars. In the terrain of Qinghai-Tibet, mortars are obviously more useful than howitzers.

Younghusband's British army, or more precisely, the British Indian army, performed well. The 3,000-man army was well-equipped and well-trained, and had a certain advantage in the battle with the Tibetan army. When the British were deeply involved in the South African battlefield, the Tibetan army once rushed into India and even connected with the insurgents in the northwest of India. However, on the front battlefield, the Tibetan army's poor training and low quality were exposed. Soon, the Tibetan army was driven back into the mountains.

However, when it came to mountain warfare, the British Army had no way to overwhelm the Tibetan Army. They had the upper hand on the battlefield, and used fierce artillery fire to make the Tibetan Army unable to raise their heads. But that was it. The British Army had a great advantage. They launched an attack, but were beaten back by Mosin-Nagant, machine guns and mortars. The trajectory of the mortar was too suitable for mountain warfare. The British and Indian Army could not see where the Tibetan Army’s artillery positions were. They could only see shells flying out from the other side of the mountains, blowing the Indians with turbans on their heads to pieces. The Tibetan Army did not have many troops on the border, only one-third of the British and Indian Army, which was only about 200.

There were only a thousand of them, but these thousand men blocked the British and Indian army at the pass of Longtu Mountain.

It was impossible to take a detour. The roads in the Himalayas were difficult to pass. Apart from the road in front of us, the army could not pass through other places. The infantry might be able to endure all kinds of harsh environments and force their way through with a large number of non-combat casualties. The machine guns might be dismantled and carried across, but what about the artillery? What about logistics and supplies? There was more than one pass on the road to Lhasa!

Moreover, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is sparsely populated, and you can often not see a single person for dozens of miles. If you cross the mountain and cannot open the road to Lhasa for a while, it is equivalent to jumping into a trap. The British army will be trapped in a desperate situation where they cannot get supplies, unable to advance or retreat, and without ammunition and food, will they climb back over the mountain? If anyone does this, he will definitely be recorded as a fool in history books.

After a long period of preparation, the British Indian Army launched an aggressive attack, but was blocked at the first step. What to do? It's easy to do, just increase the troops and the artillery. The Tibetan Army's mortars are good, but the howitzers are more powerful and have a longer range. The number of British Indian troops increased rapidly, from 3,000 to 5,000, and then from 5,000 to 10,000. But no matter how many British Indian troops were added, it didn't help the situation on the front line. The British didn't care about the lives of the Indians, but there were only so many troops that could be deployed at the mountain pass. No matter how many troops there were, they could only stare blankly from behind. The only benefit was that there were more artillery fire for support, and the mountain pass was full of craters.

Younghusband wanted to continue asking for reinforcements. He planned to send a light infantry force to cross the mountain to attack the Tibetan army's rear while attacking from the front. This crazy plan was opposed by all officers, but Colonel Younghusband insisted on his own opinion. He said to the officers: "Napoleon crossed the Pyrenees and created a miracle in military history. Napoleon could do it, and so can we!"

The officers could not argue with him, not because Colonel Younghusband was right, but because he had the highest rank. However, this plan was not realized because the British Indian Army did not have enough manpower and material resources to support military adventures. At the beginning, the British Indian Army had only 3,000 combat troops, but needed 7,000 to 8,000 civilians and almost the same number of mules and horses. When the combat troops became 10,000, the British Indian Army's logistics troops soared to more than 40,000. The Governor of India really could not afford the food and horses.

The economic situation in British India has never been very good, mainly because of excessive plunder. Two years ago, a major uprising against British rule broke out. Seeing that the military operation to invade Qinghai-Tibet would consume more and more resources, it was almost too much for British India to afford. The Indian Governor-General Lord Curzon quickly stopped the front-line operations. At this time, the People's Army had liberated most of Sichuan and could rush to Qinghai-Tibet at any time. Lord Curzon was very confident in the British Empire's army, but if he faced the People's Army... he thought it was better to forget it. Fighting the Chinese army would be a loss. Tsarist Russia was beaten to a pulp by the People's Army in the Far East, which lost the face of the imperialist family and added a new member to the imperialist family. Lord Curzon did not want his investment to go down the drain.

Moreover, India was gradually showing signs of instability. In order to seize Lhasa, the British Indian government recruited tens of thousands of young and strong men as laborers and "recruited" tens of thousands of livestock and carts, causing local Indians to complain. The resistance movement that had just subsided broke out again, and was showing a trend of intensifying.

In order to quell the Indian resistance, the British Indian government mobilized a lot of troops and spent a lot of money. The fighting power of the rebels was not worth mentioning, but fighting a war would cost money and would also have a negative impact on the local economy, which would cost more money. It was really not worth it. The British were still engaged in colonialism and never thought of building India into a homeland. But it is not surprising. If they had the idea of building a colony as a homeland, they would not have lost North America.

Chapter 393 Hanoi

The British suffered a disgraceful defeat in their second invasion of Qinghai-Tibet, but after their retreat they claimed to have recovered the lost territory and achieved a great success. It is a tradition of the British Empire to celebrate funerals. They did this at Dunkirk, where they lost many soldiers and all their heavy equipment, but it was touted as a great victory. If such victories happened a few more times, the British Empire would probably become a historical term.

After receiving the news that the Tibetan army had repelled the British and Indian army, Lin Yongchang did not feel very happy. First, because Qinghai-Tibet belongs to China's inherent territory and has a core, he can clearly "see" the entire process of the war and already knew the result. Secondly, he felt that the Dalai Lama and others were too conservative. If he were to go up, he would definitely retreat after blocking for a while, first gradually retreat to stretch the supply line of the British and Indian army, and then use mountain infantry to cut off the British and Indian army's retreat when the mountain was about to be closed by heavy snow. If they win, tens of thousands of British and Indian troops will be wiped out. Even if they can't win, they can still defend in a dangerous place. As long as they drag it until winter, the extreme cold on the plateau will let the British know what the roof of the world is.

However, Lin Yongchang could understand the ideas of the Dalai Lama and others. The idea of keeping the enemy out of the country could not be said to be wrong. Taking risks may bring huge benefits, but being cautious is safer. After repelling the attack of the British and Indian troops, the reputation of the Dalai Lama was greatly improved. Lin Yongchang sent a telegram to Lhasa to congratulate them on their great victory. He was not worried.

This gave the Qinghai-Tibet Association more ideas. There was no industry over there, and they couldn't even produce rifles. It was Marshal Lin who sent thousands of rifles and more than a hundred mortars, which led to the Longtu Mountain victory.

If the Dalai Lama really lost his mind, he could just cut off the arms supply to the Qinghai-Tibet region and send a thousand infantrymen from Sichuan to crush Lhasa. The road to the Qinghai-Tibet region in the east is also difficult to travel, but there is no insurmountable natural barrier.

In the Qinghai-Tibet direction, the British plot failed. Lin Yongchang gradually put his mind at ease. Now that the People's Army has reached Kunming and Guilin, it is too late for the British to intervene again. At this time, the People's Army needs to worry not about the intervention of the British army, but the reaction of the French. The French army was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War, but it is still a strong army. The Vietnam they control borders China's southwest, and they have always wanted to develop inland China.

After seeing southern China fall into war, the French thought they had a rare opportunity. The French governor gathered more than 200 French soldiers, plus more than 3,000 Vietnamese soldiers, a total of 3,500 people, and invaded China. When Li Dayan, who was reviewing the troops in Guilin, heard that the French army was coming, he immediately ordered Wu Peifu's 10th Division to move toward the Sino-Vietnamese border and sent a telegram to Guangzhou to prepare for the bombardment of French warships and possible large-scale landing operations.

In Li Dayan's opinion, the rain forest in Southeast Asia is not a good place to fight. It rains for one-third of the year, and heavy equipment is difficult to maneuver. If he were the commander of the French army, he would definitely launch a feint attack in the direction of Guangxi and land the main force in Guangdong. Only by taking Guangdong can they gain a foothold in southern China. Otherwise, they can only fight a messy battle in the jungle of Southeast Asia.

When Li Dayan was in Henan, he read a lot of history books and knew that Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty conquered Annan and had to withdraw. He did not think that he could not defeat the French, but he estimated that the central government would not let him go. Now he only hoped that the French generals would be brave enough to land in Guangzhou, so that he could have a good fight.

But no, the French had no plan to land in Guangzhou, and the number of troops they dispatched was less than 4,000, and even with logistics, it was just over 10,000. After learning about the strength of the French army, Li Dayan lost interest. How dare they be so arrogant with only 3,000 or 4,000 people? He didn't quite understand the French's thinking, nor did he want to understand. There were so few French troops, most of which were colonial troops, and they were not even qualified to fill his teeth. Li Dayan handed over the command of the front line to Wu Peifu, and he himself stayed in Guilin, responsible for transporting supplies to the front-line troops, and presiding over the "land reform" work in Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.

As a famous general in the People's Army, Wu Peifu played to his full potential and led the 10th Division all the way west. Because Vietnam's terrain was not suitable for the transportation of heavy howitzers, Wu Peifu simply abandoned all the heavy artillery and let the soldiers of the 10th Division only bring rifles and mortars, as well as a small number of mountain artillery, using the "infantry infiltration" tactics to annihilate the French eastward troops on the Sino-Vietnamese border. After annihilating the French army in Dongxiang, Wu Peifu led his troops to continue advancing, entered Vietnam, and successively captured Liangshan, Bac Ho, Haiphong and Quang Ninh, and headed straight for Hanoi.

When the French and Vietnamese upper class in Hanoi heard that the Chinese were coming, they cursed the governor who had provoked the war and packed up their belongings and fled. The French colonial government sent a telegram to Paris for help and ordered the navy to go out, threatening to bombard Chinese coastal cities in an attempt to stop the Chinese from advancing.

The French government was carrying out secular reforms at this time. The Combe Cabinet, which came to power in 1902, stepped up its crackdown on clericalism and closed all schools belonging to unauthorized religious groups. By October 1903, nearly 10 church schools had been closed, leading to a sharp deterioration in relations with the Vatican. On July 1904, 7, the French government announced the suspension of all exchanges with the Vatican. Combe's radical religious reform policy was not only opposed by right-wing forces and moderate republicans, but also caused controversy and disagreement among radicals.

Prime Minister Kombu was in a state of panic when he heard that the colonies had started fighting with the Chinese. He had to devote some of his energy to dealing with the Far East. Although France was no longer the strongest land power in Europe, it was still one of the great powers. They could not accept losing Vietnam unless they were defeated.

At the instruction of Prime Minister Kong Bu, French diplomats negotiated with the People's Party, hoping that both sides could stop the war. The main reason was that they could not win the war, otherwise, why would they do this? According to the news sent back by the Vietnamese colonial government, the Chinese had become more fierce. Not only were the 3,500 soldiers who marched eastward annihilated, but even the more than 5,000 soldiers who were urgently mobilized were easily defeated.

While the French diplomats were threatening and bribing, the soldiers of the 10th Division of the People's Army had already liberated Hanoi, and the vanguard troops had reached Henan Province. Well, this Henan is not the Henan that was called "Yu" in ancient times, but the Henan Province of Vietnam. As a member of the Chinese civilization circle, Vietnam copied all its rules and regulations from China, even the place names.

Chapter 394 Treaty of Hanoi

When the British heard that the French and the Chinese had started fighting, they were very happy. While condemning the People's Government for undermining the international order, they encouraged the French and expressed their willingness to provide all kinds of help to France. France is now a partner of the UK and a member of the UK government.

The best helper on the European continent, but if it can dig a hole for the French, Britain will do it without hesitation. Germany used to be the most loyal ally of the British Empire, but now it has embarked on the path of challenging British hegemony? British politicians have long said: There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

Britain needs to suppress Germany's desire for expansion, and it also needs to suppress France's expansion. If China and France were to fall into a long-term war, that would be a wonderful thing! It would weaken France and contain China.

Not only did the British encourage France to deploy more troops to Southeast Asia, the US government also expressed support for France. The Chinese were too warlike and too aggressive in their expansion. They were fighting before the establishment of the People's Government, and they were still fighting after the establishment of the People's Government, from the ice and snow in the north to the rain forests of Southeast Asia. If the Chinese conquered Southeast Asia, would they attack the Philippines next?

The Americans had just suppressed the Filipinos' resistance. Although the People's Government did not have a strong navy and had no intention of developing one, the US government was still very worried. The Philippines was too far away from the United States and too close to China. As long as a few thousand infantrymen were secretly transported to the Philippines, they could turn the country upside down.

However, the US government is a bit cunning. On the one hand, they support France's colonial rule in Southeast Asia, and on the other hand, they show goodwill to the people's government. They look like they are schizophrenic. This is the normal practice of a big country. Even a small country has different factions and different interest groups, let alone a big country?

Cooperation and struggle, struggle and cooperation, this has always been the case between major countries. Mr. Hoover, well, the Hoover who later became president, went to Taiyuan as Theodore Roosevelt's special envoy, intending to strengthen cooperation between the United States and China, including economic and military. President Roosevelt was inclined to centralization, and he had always tried to strengthen the authority and power of the US government. After his successful re-election, Theodore Roosevelt's policies began to turn more to the left. He not only wanted to cooperate with China in economic and military terms, but also wanted to learn from China's political system.

The traditional Chinese monarch is not only a political and military leader, but also an ideological leader. In addition to the status of "Son of Heaven" to prove the legitimacy of their rule, the ancient Chinese emperors also needed to unify their thoughts. Why did Confucianism win the favor of rulers of all dynasties? Because they are useful. But now it is useless. Chairman Lin started a new thing by himself, creating "Lin Yongchangism" and "Lin Yongchang Thought". He just came up with the Three Represents, and he didn't need Confucianism to endorse him. Although the things used are different, in essence, it is still in line with Chinese tradition.

Theodore Roosevelt did not need to come up with new ideas and concepts, he just wanted to learn the way of centralization. Some people say that Confucianism is no longer suitable for the new era, which is true, the old system is only suitable for the previous era. From the ox cart to the train, the power source should also slow down. But it does not mean that Chinese civilization has no merits. In fact, Chinese civilization is not backward, but too mature. For example, the imperial examination system, the official selection system, etc., are all copied from China by Europe and the United States. It’s just that the foreigners are not tested on the Four Books and Five Classics, but more advanced content.

After studying the political system of the People's Party, Theodore Roosevelt felt that there were many things he could learn from it. He even envied the indigenous chieftains in the Far East. Lin Yongchang was indeed an evil warmonger, but he could do whatever he wanted and stay in power until the end of his life. What about Roosevelt? As the president of the world's most industrially powerful country, he had to hold elections every four years. If he failed to be elected, he would bow down and step down. He was elected this time, but what about the next time? It's hard to say. Even if he was elected next time, it would only be four more years, and after that, he would have to bid farewell to the presidency.

President Theodore Roosevelt needed to suppress the Chinese expansion and needed China's vast market, so he supported the French on the one hand and sent Hoover to China on the other. Some fools say that it is not the United States that needs the Chinese market, but China that needs American products, but Theodore Roosevelt is not that kind of person.

Mr. Hoover once lived in China for a period of time and forged a deep friendship with the Chinese people. After returning to the United States, Hoover established a foreign trade company specializing in trade between China and the United States, and made a lot of profits from it. He is a well-known pro-China faction in the United States. Now his business has expanded to Japan, North Korea and Siberia, and may also include Vietnam, with the intention of creating a Pacific Rim business circle. He not only brought greetings from the President of the United States, but also brought a large number of trade orders. Because the labor force in China and Japan is much cheaper than that in the United States, many things are produced in China and Japan and then transported to the United States, which is one-third cheaper than those produced in the United States. Mr. Hoover was the first to "discover" the business opportunity. He established a number of companies in the United States and defeated some low-end manufacturing industries in the United States with low prices.

Business was going very smoothly, but the US government's attempt to provoke a war between China and France failed. The People's Army quickly retreated to the east of Hanoi and had no intention of continuing the war. Vietnam was not suitable for war. The poor terrain and environment meant that there would be high losses in Vietnam. China's national strength was still weak, and there was no need to fight with France in Southeast Asia now. In addition, the tenth

The division suffered a lot of non-combat casualties in Vietnam, and even the division commander Wu Peifu fell ill. In view of this, the People's Government and the French government signed the Treaty of Hanoi after several months of negotiations. According to the treaty, a Vietnamese autonomous government will be established on the land east of Hanoi, which still belongs to France in name but is actually returned to China.