Chapter 364: Annan is up

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At the end of May, the second batch of 1,700 African reinforcements arrived in Annan, and Pauwa immediately issued a troop order. According to prior planning, Major General Lisby and himself respectively led an army to the areas controlled by the Hue court and the Nanyang Regiment. attack.
On May 27, a series of scrambles broke out between the French Colonial Army and the Nanyang Army around Hanoi City. By June 14, the war was deadlocked. The wave slipped a telegram to report the fighting process to the French mainland:
"On the 27th, I led all the available troops: including 2,000 Marines, 600 Algerian soldiers, 1,700 Annan indigenous soldiers, 800 African colonial soldiers, a total of more than 5,000 soldiers, carrying heavy artillery
Fourteen, eight Gatling machine guns, launched an attack on the enemy.
On the left, Colonel Levyon attacked the fortified fortifications of the 4,000 Chinese, who were closely guarded. After seven days of fighting, they returned at night.
In the middle, Captain Corona occupied the fortifications along the river near Hanoi City, advanced to the northern suburbs of Hanoi City, and fought fiercely with the Chinese army for several days, unable to break through the defense line set by the Chinese army.
Return in the evening of June 12.
On the right, Colonel Bishau, with the support of all the bubble boats, advanced along the Red River, and the enemy team's turrets were bombarded by the team to capture the tower temples with fortifications. At the notch of the embankment, the colonel let half of the soldiers board the gunboat, and some gunboats were parked beside the tower temple.
On the 11th, the Chinese army sent 5,000 troops out of the city to compete for the tower temple. Colonel Bishuo ordered the artillery to approach the bombardment, killing more than 1,000 Chinese troops. On the second day, because the Chinese army continued to increase its troops, the number of troops exceeded the French army by ten times. Colonel Bishau had no choice but to lead the gunboat formation to meet the Marines and evacuate the tower temple. "
In a report sent to France, Boshua believed that
Although the French army attacked Hanoi, it cost more than 400 Marine Corps soldiers, more than 500 black African soldiers, and more than 1,000 indigenous Annan soldiers, but it also caused at least 7,000 casualties to the Chinese army.
Therefore, considering that the Chinese army is well-equipped and large in number, to eliminate the Chinese army in the northern part of Annan, the French mainland must deploy two more divisions, at least 20,000 regular troops to reinforce the governor's office in Chiochina.
Boshua's report on the battle in Hanoi is not convincing.
Within the French government, many officials believe that this battle was not a victory but a terrible failure.
On June 16, the French government received a real telegram from the Far East Fleet.
The telegram wrote: "After the team led by Boshua, after crossing the Qingfang Square,
The left wing of this column was guarded by George's company and went all the way to Phuai, where the enemy was still not met, and people thought it would be severely resisted because of our reconnaissance reports that the village had large troops.
In Phuai, there was no Chinese or Annan trace. The commander of Bo Huay was proud and thought he could at least easily reach Hanoi City, but forgot to call a serious investigation because he was too happy.
When the main force of the troops arrived near Wangcun, they were violently fired by the bunker cleverly concealed behind the bamboo fence.
The troops spread out in scattered lines, but to no avail. The Chinese fortifications extend for several kilometers and consist of three lines of defense: trenches, traps and bunkers. Behind the fortifications, more than 10,000 Chinese troops fired violently at our soldiers, and many of us were shot or injured. There, Lieutenant Colonel Ogan and Major Caron were shot dead. At the same time, more than 200 Marines and more than 400 black African soldiers were killed by shells and Gatling guns.
The Chinese army was armed with dozens of artillery pieces. The French army could not resist, so the commander ordered the retreat. When the troops retreated to Shangqingfang, the number was less than 600. And not long after, the Chinese army fired fiercely and fired intensively. Chased us, and at this moment, the Midway Column evacuated from the front line, joined with us, and the two troops alternately covered and retreated. At five in the evening, he successfully escaped the pursuit of the Chinese army. "
Successive military intelligence. The actual situation of the battle in Hanoi was verified. In the early stage of the battle in Hanoi, the French offensive was frustrated, and the total number of casualties was nearly 2,000. However, the side of the adventure team that defended the city took advantage of the French army ’s prolonged fighting and low morale to launch a counterattack. By five hours, due to changes in Hue ’s court, they temporarily abandoned the pursuit of the French army in Po-Hua, and instead deployed some capable troops to aid Huon, the seat of the Annan court, by boat.
Two weeks ago, the commander of the French Chinese Sea Fleet, Major General Leishby, led 1,000 Marines and nearly 1,000 African Colonial Army soldiers, landed from Da Nang, and ran all the way to attack the Hue court ~ EbookFREE.me ~ On the 14th, the French army experienced fierce fighting for more than ten days, occupying the outer fortress of Hue City, Shun'an Fortress, tens of thousands of Annan defenders lost the French attack, and the Wolverine fled to Hue City.
In the afternoon of the same day, Emperor Kunde hurriedly issued a book of Emperor Qin, ordering Huang Zuoyan and other generals in the Beiban region to gallop and reinforce. At the same time, for the Nanyang Army that defeated the French attack several times, Emperor Kunde also ignored the conflicts between the two parties some time ago. support.
The Hue court is the center of Annan. If the city of Hue falls, the French hold hostage to Emperor Duode and order Annan to abandon resistance, then the Nanyang army will be in a very crisis situation. Therefore, the Hue court received a letter of help For the first time, Mei Dongxing reluctantly gave up the results that were at his fingertips, dispatched troops at the fastest speed, and galloped for reinforcements.
On June 18th, Li Wencai led more than two thousand soldiers of the Nanyang Regiment to the outskirts of Hue's King City and engaged in a firefight with the French army.
On June 20, follow-up reinforcements from the Nanyang Regiment and Annan local reinforcements arrived one after another. The French commander, Leishby, was unwilling to evacuate, while leading his unit and fleet to confront the King Qin army, and urgently ordered support.
At the end of June, there was no progress in the Annan war. The French colonial army continued to engage in battles with the Nanyang Regiment and the Annan government forces. The number of soldiers' casualties rose sharply, but the day of victory was far away.
On July 3, in order to resolve the Annan deadlock, the French government chose to compromise with the Han country in exchange for the sovereignty of the French Polynesia and recognition of the Han Congolese colony in exchange for the commitment of the Nanyang Army to gradually withdraw from the Beiban area.
According to the agreement between the two parties, the Nanyang Army and its affiliated Chinese armed forces all withdrew from the Annan area before 1884. As for the property, land, and mineral resources owned by the Han Dynasty in Annan, including Hongji Coal Mine, the French government purchased them at market valuation. .