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Author: Yi Pin Wen team big buffalo, no authorization to prohibit the transfer
There has always been a game terrier: the capture of Paris before the French surrendered. This means to satirize the combat effectiveness of France in World War II, and if anyone can challenge the task of victory, he can become a candidate for the Five Permanent Members of the United Nations. It is estimated that most gamers will choose this mission. Without him, in addition to the extremely short mission time limit, the degree of casualties and the cost of payment are extremely low. The fighting power of the French army was evident during World War II, with the rapid collapse of a large army caused by the waving of the white flag and the government's policy of compromise giving france a cowardly and vulnerable image to the Allies. In the end, General de Gaulle was able to recover with the help of the Allies, and he also hoped to rebuild his image as a great power after World War II. Contrary to expectations, shortly after the end of World War II, another battle broke out in the far East, once again proving France's tradition of rapidly waving the white flag.
(The 130th Division of the 53rd Army was later reorganized into a certain unit of our army, which was the scene when the unit entered Vietnam in that year))
Challenger: China
The French have an inseparable affection for Vietnam, and Saigon is the equivalent of their Paris in the East. In the early morning of March 6, 1946, at the vietnamese port of HaiPhong, the French made up a landing force of 12 warships to prepare to land there. But they encountered a strong enemy, and the officers and men of the 130th Division of the 53rd Army of the Chinese Army were stationed here. The Chinese army first fired a warning shot, and then the French army opened fire and hit the Ammunition Depot of the Chinese Army on the shore, and a huge smoke rose in the port of Haiphong, and a fire broke out, and the Chinese army immediately rose up to fight back.
The French army tried to break into the harbor in the form of a ship battle formation, and the Chinese army first used machine gun fire. Seeing that it could not work, the Chinese army immediately used various types of artillery to shoot at the three warships in the front of the formation.
(French Colonial Army)
The gunfire soon took effect: one French ship was sunk and two were seriously wounded. The rest of the warships saw that the situation was not good, and immediately hung a white flag and exited the coastal defense port. According to the recollections of the officers and men of the 130th Division, the soldiers on the sunken and wounded French ships jumped into the water and swam ashore, and in the panic, some French soldiers dodged bullets on the docks, others lost their minds and began to shake their guns wildly, and finally some people held white flags and waved to ask the Chinese army to stop firing (this was the second time to wave the white flag).
The battle lasted 4 hours, with 1 French warship sinking and 2 wounded and stopping in port. According to the French post-war report, the French suffered 3,000 casualties and about 500 were captured. China suffered only more than 30 casualties. If this battle continues, it will not look good for the French, and the Americans will intervene at the critical moment to fight the round. That afternoon, under the coordination of the U.S. Liaison Group, the commander of the French fleet, Abano, flew ashore in a small boat with a white flag (the third time the white flag was hoisted, I don't know where the French came from with so many white flags?). And they seem to have always had a tradition of flying white flags).) At the headquarters of the 130th Division, the two sides reached an agreement: the French retreated to 10 nautical miles outside the port of Haiphong, the two sides ceased fire, and the Chinese side guaranteed the safety of the lives and property of the French expatriates. The unfortunate sunken and stranded wounded warship was salvaged and towed away by the French themselves. Although there was no chance to hold a victory parade in the French eastern colonies, it still made the Chinese army enjoy it this time.
(French architecture in the Saigon area of Vietnam, Vietnam has been under French colonial rule for many years, and many local French elements have influenced)
cause
After Japan's surrender in 1945, according to the agreement, the Chinese army was authorized to accept the surrender of the Japanese army in the area north of the 16th parallel of Vietnam, so lu han, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese First Front, led 100,000 people to work in Vietnam. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Chinese government supported the Vietnamese Kuomintang and the Vietnamese Communist Party anti-Japanese organizations, and China entered Vietnam as a liberator. Therefore, the Vietnamese welcomed China's entry into the territory
(French army in Vietnam)
The French, on the other hand, were very disgusted by the Vietnamese. Before the war, Vietnam was originally a Colony occupied by France, and France hoped to maintain this identity after the war. According to the agreement, the area south of the 16th parallel was the British receiving the surrender of Japan. But the British were famous for their shit-stirring sticks, and they immediately summoned the French, released and armed them all in the captive camp. This was followed by the transfer of all the Vietnamese regions in their possession. De Gaulle said smugly that France could restore the dignity of the region again. The French's old colonial imperial ambitions swelled again: they wanted the whole of Vietnam. But they face two obstacles: 1, the Chinese army, and 2, the Ho Chi Minh-led provisional government. The focus of the contradiction is that the French believe that the main cause of the obstacle lies in the Chinese army, so the two sides have negotiated many times.
(The Chinese army is now serving on the border near India and is already a highly effective force in the highlands.)
negotiation
In Vietnam at the end of 1945, there were three forces: China, the Provisional Government of Vietnam, and France. China only demanded higher treatment of overseas Chinese and Vietnamese trade, yunnan-Vietnam railway redemptions, and so on. Chiang's interest was not on Vietnam, and he was anxious to withdraw from Vietnam and return home to fight the civil war. But the local Chinese military delegation and diplomats have their own views. They suggested domestically that a military force be retained in Vietnam to help establish a Vietnamese government friendly to China. But Old Jiang couldn't listen to it at all.
The French were very cunning, and they deceived Chiang: as long as you withdraw your troops, you can say anything.
So the Chinese government and the French reached an agreement that by March 31, 1946 at the latest, the Chinese army and the French army would change defenses. The French were more anxious, and they planned to land in Haiphong on March 6. The Chinese military refused: the negotiations had not yet been fully concluded, and the official letter had not reached Vietnam. The Chinese representative warned against unilateral action, otherwise the Chinese army would certainly be on the side of Vietnam. Of course, the French were anxious, because their negotiations with the Vietnamese had broken down and they had to hurry up and seize the strategic position. Chinese certainly has its own concerns: the Vietnamese are ready to resist, the Chinese troops caught in the middle will certainly be affected, and Vietnam is a neighboring country, which will affect the security of our border.
Since it can't be negotiated, it has to be hard. The French mobilized all the land, sea and air forces in the Far East to drive out Chinese. And from the beginning they played a sinister trick: the American flag was hung before the fleet set off, and the French flag was only hung in Coastal Defense. Who knows, but it was confronted by the Chinese army.
If the French later succeeded in part of their plot: taking over the North Vietnamese region, they thought they were proud. It is estimated that their memory is not very good, and they have not learned their lesson: when the War on the Asian Peninsula broke out in 1950, France once again joined the fight against China. The result was the same: most of the legions were annihilated, and the Speed of the French surrender was still astonishing.
References "Sino-French Confrontation" What are the opinions, welcome to leave a message below to discuss!