Chapter 251 Governor, the Japanese attacked our arsenal!

"When the training of these 500,000 natives is completed, Stilwell will never dare to speak loudly to us again." Cun Yunsheng's words completely convinced Meng Fanle.

'No matter from the perspective of strength or status, he is not qualified.'

These two simple sentences gave Meng Fanle a huge morale boost.

"Send a telegram to Ishita Yuta and tell him to take Governor-General Degu's head as a gift to Stilwell."

"Think about it, we've been following Stilwell for so long, but we've never given him a decent gift. This time, we'll give him a surprise." Cun Yunsheng pinched his chin and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Meng Fan was stunned for a moment, and then a timid expression appeared on his face.

"Commander, aren't you overdoing it? Governor Degu, this is going to be a big deal."

Who knew that Cun Yunsheng said with a look of disdain.

"What's the big deal? What does it have to do with us? This was all done by the Japanese devils. It has nothing to do with us."

"And haven't you heard of the word 'letter of surrender'? This is their letter of surrender. From now on, they can only rely on us. Otherwise, Stilwell can win them over with a little trickery."

"Willn't our efforts be in vain by then?"

"Don't worry, nothing will go wrong. It's just a governor, the Allies won't care."

Even if I really care, what can I do?

Is it possible to send troops to avenge a dead person?
Seeing that Cun Yunsheng said this, Meng Fanle didn't know what to say.

"Understood. I'll send a telegram to Jingxia Yuta right away."

"Well, send another telegram to Duan Zhenguo, asking him not to stop. Negotiations are bound to have some stops and starts." Cun Yunsheng said meaningfully.

"Commander, will the French army really agree to our conditions?" Meng Fan asked with a confused look on his face.

"How is that possible? One hundred million pieces of silver is something that a mere colonial governor cannot possibly come up with. If it was in France, it would be OK."

"Then you still..." Meng Fanle didn't finish his words when he immediately understood.

"You are cooperating with the Japanese Fourth Division..."

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but look at Meng Fan with a higher regard. He didn't expect that this guy's brain was so quick.

"That's right. What the Japanese Fourth Division did last time seemed flawless, but in fact it was full of loopholes. It's because there are wars all over the world right now, so no one has investigated it carefully. And if this happens again, it will definitely arouse suspicion."

"So you choose to negotiate in order to paralyze the French army and at the same time put forward conditions that the French army will never agree to, or even conditions that will anger them." Meng Fanle echoed.

"You're right. We are the ancestors of these foreigners who play dirty. Even if they know it's a trap, they have to jump into it." Cun Yunsheng sneered.

"Next, let Duan Zhenguo increase the intensity of the attack. Whether we can capture Hanoi and the French Indochina Navy in one go depends on this time."

"Yes, I understand." Meng Fanle took a deep breath and responded.

…………

"Damn it, where are the reinforcements? Why aren't there any reinforcements yet? It's impossible to stop the attack of the Sichuan Army relying on these natives alone."

"Asshole, I've had enough. How many more days do we need to hold on?"

"If those damn masters don't come to rescue us, we can declare the end of our mission with peace of mind and hang the white flag of surrender. I don't want to die here." A French sergeant complained in the French position.

"That idiot Degu, doesn't he know that we have been hungry for a day?"

Many soldiers nodded in agreement with the sergeant's complaints.

Especially the French soldiers.

They could have enjoyed everything with peace of mind, and even safely avoided this war.

who knows!
The war still fell on them.

"Sergeant, no one will come. It's been two days and there hasn't been any gunfire from the other side!" The old soldier next to him narrowed his eyes and said disdainfully.

"Oh, isn't that normal?" The French sergeant thought, isn't it normal that there is no sound of artillery fire?

Is it necessary to have the sound of gunfire?

Isn't it nice to have a moment of silence?
"Sergeant, this is very abnormal. You have to know that the enemy's firepower is very strong, even comparable to that of the German army, but what?"

"There has been no gunfire for two days in a row. They must be planning a bigger plan." The veteran shook his head and said with some concern as he looked at the silent position in the distance.

The natives next to them couldn't understand anything.

For them, the most important thing to do now is to fill their stomachs.

Everything else is false.

"Let's first worry about when we can have food. These natives are so hungry that their eyes are bulging with hunger. If we can't get food, they might eat us." The sergeant shook his head. For him, he really couldn't win, so he just chose to surrender.

"Okay, you're right, but we did hear shelling yesterday, and I even heard that the defense line of a company next door was breached," the veteran continued.

The news about the peace talks from the Governor-General's Office was not spread, so the French soldiers on the front line did not know why the Sichuan Army's offensive had stalled.

I thought the Sichuan Army was plotting some conspiracy?

Veterans can only detect something is wrong from clues based on their own experience.

"What does this have to do with us? I just want to have a full meal now. Damn it, these guys don't care about our life or death at all." The sergeant cursed again.

"Sergeant, let's think about reinforcements. Without them, we will definitely not be able to hold our line of defense." The veteran said again.

"Asshole, even if there is no reinforcement, will it affect our return home? At worst we can surrender. Don't forget that there is Free France in the Allied Forces. We can completely become part of the Allied Forces." The sergeant said indifferently.

It has to be said that the French army, which is betting on both sides, is very confident.

They were clearly a defeated country, but what was the result?

Because they bet on both sides, the impact on them after the war was not very great.

The only impact may be that the combat effectiveness of the regular army is getting lower and lower, while the foreign legion is rising rapidly.

It has to be said that the French sergeant's words still aroused considerable recognition.

You have to know that after these days of fighting, no one is mocking the Sichuan Army anymore.

Everyone knows that this unit is extremely powerful.

Even the natives they personally trained could only be pressed into a small area and unable to move at all when facing the Sichuan Army.

At first, they were not convinced.

They thought that the Sichuan Army was only relying on its powerful weapons, but after several rounds of fighting, the French were completely convinced.

"The second lieutenant is here, stop complaining." From a distance, the old soldier saw their superior walking towards them and quickly reminded him.

"The company headquarters just conveyed news that the Governor's Office is negotiating with the Sichuan Army Corps on the opposite side. If all goes well, we may not have to fight anymore." The French second lieutenant spread his hands, expressing helplessness.

"Negotiation? So that's what it is. I thought there was some conspiracy." The French veteran suddenly realized.

"But Lieutenant, it's not a good thing for us to be trapped in a place like this. I suggest we retreat immediately."

This is the experience gained on the battlefield. He always feels that the other side seems to be plotting something.

Thinking of this, I subconsciously looked up at the sky.

The climate of the tropical rainforest is that it rains from time to time. At this moment, clouds have accumulated in the sky.

It is obvious that there will be heavy rain soon.

"Lieutenant, when will the support arrive? We have been hungry all day. If we don't have anything to eat, I'm afraid these natives will mutiny." asked the sergeant.

"Supplies are coming, it will take a while, eat some compressed biscuits first." The lieutenant didn't know when the supplies would arrive, so he could only ask his men to be patient. In fact, for the natives, it was good enough to have compressed biscuits to eat.

But for the French soldiers who were used to enjoying the good food, this was simply pig food and they could not eat it at all.

"Logistics is a bunch of stinky sons of bitches." The French sergeant couldn't help but curse.

At this time, the old soldier next to him pointed at the sky in the distance, and seemed to be frightened by something and unable to speak.

Following the direction of the finger, I saw a large patch of clouds dyeing the sky red.

"Is the sun out?" the French sergeant muttered subconsciously.

I realized instantly that it was not yet dusk.

And just now the sky was covered with thick dark clouds.

"Bombardment..."

The French sergeant came to his senses and his face changed, as if he remembered something horrible. He immediately fled from the edge of the trench and shouted, "There is artillery fire!"

At the same time, roll into the air-raid shelter that had been dug long ago.

When the other French soldiers heard this, they subconsciously followed and rolled into the air-raid shelter.

Only the natives were still confused and didn't know what it meant.

"What's wrong..." a native asked subconsciously.

Before he could finish his words, he saw countless artillery shells flying in the distance.

By the time they wanted to escape, it was too late.

"It's a cannonball..."

I vaguely heard someone shouting "cannonballs", but soon I knew nothing.

The French sergeant didn't know how long the shelling lasted. He only knew that he felt the whole earth shaking while buried in the mud.

boom!
boom!
boom!
Violent explosions resounded throughout the French position.

When the explosions stopped completely, there was fire everywhere around.

The original jungle has long since become a fire scene.

All you can see are charred corpses.

The soldiers who were talking loudly just now seemed to have all disappeared.

Only the roar of tanks in the distance proved that what had just happened was not false.

"Is this the real Sichuan Army?" The French soldier murmured as he watched the tanks approaching the position in the distance.

"Attack." With the order given, the Sichuan Army soldiers, who had been waiting impatiently, began to roar.

The attack speed was very fast, breaking through several French defense lines in succession.

By this time, the northern part of Cambodia had been completely occupied by the Sichuan Army, and the Khmer Kingdom also promptly raised its own flag, announcing that the future of Cambodia should be decided by the Khmer people themselves.

The remaining southern regions, upon hearing this slogan, also began to resist the French rule.

For a moment, the French army was in complete chaos.

After receiving the news, Governor De Gu of the Hanoi Governor-General's Office had a dazed look in his eyes.

The troops on the front line didn't even hold out for a day before they lost half of Cambodia.

Now the Sichuan Army is accelerating towards Hanoi.

Originally, Governor Degu was thinking that after the negotiations were over, he could just wait for the Japanese army to deal with the Sichuan Army. They could even withdraw troops to retake the occupied territory. As a result, after only two days of peace, the French front-line positions were bombarded.

The losses cannot be counted for the time being, but the casualties were heavy and the position could no longer be held.

Not only that, the Sichuan Army's tank regiment was heading towards Hanoi at full speed.

If no reinforcements arrive, the troops on the front line may consider surrendering.

"Damn it, where is the Japanese 4th Division?" Governor Degu took a deep breath and asked.

Now our only hope is the Japanese 4th Division.

"They have arrived in Hanoi, but they asked to take over Hanoi's defense line." The officer in charge of Hanoi's defense reported.

Hearing this, Governor Degu frowned slightly.

Taking over Hanoi’s defense without permission?

Are you kidding me?
He only invited the Japanese 4th Division to assist in the defense.

Now you want to take the initiative?
This is absolutely impossible.

How could he possibly agree to that?

"Governor, it's bad. The Japanese 4th Division has attacked our arsenal." At this time, a staff officer ran in in horror and reported.

"What?" Governor Degu was stunned. Attack their arsenal?
Is this crazy?

Not only him, but everyone in the Governor's Office was dumbfounded. The Japanese army actually attacked their arsenal?
You must know that the reason why the French army retreated to Hanoi was because there was an arsenal in the city, which could fully support them and the Sichuan Army to continue to consume each other in Hanoi.

result?

Now it is occupied by the Japanese army.

This is just a joke.

"Where is their division commander?" Governor Degu roared angrily.

"Contact their division commander for me and ask them what they are going to do."

"Yes."

Soon, the staff officer came back and said with a grim expression.

"Their division commander was assassinated after entering the city and was killed. They suspected that we sent people to do it, so they attacked our arsenal, hoping that we would hand over Hanoi's defenses and they would take over next."

“????” Governor Degu was confused as if he was listening to a foreign language. What was going on?

He was assassinated as soon as he entered the city?
Was this God playing a joke on him?

But looking at the staff officer's expression, it was obviously true.

"Damn it, what is going on? Was it those guerrillas who did it?" Governor Degu roared angrily.

Unfortunately, no one could answer him. At this moment, fierce gunfire rang out outside the Governor's Palace.

It was obvious that the Japanese army had reached the Governor's Office.

"Asshole, go contact their current commander and ask them to stop the attack. I will communicate with their Southern Army Commander." Governor Degu roared.

Unfortunately, the Japanese 4th Division ignored his orders.

"Mr. Inoshita, I didn't expect you could come up with such a brilliant plan. Even Yamashita Tomoyuki of the Tigers of Malaya would never have thought that we could take down the French arsenal so easily." Outside the Governor's Mansion, Sato, who proclaimed himself a colonel, smiled and said to Yuta Inoshita beside him.

Originally, it was difficult for them to convince the entire 4th Division to join them in occupying Hanoi.

After all, this would mean open rebellion.

However, by taking advantage of the assassination of Kitano Kenzo, it would be a natural way to detonate the anger of everyone in the 4th Division.

　Tomorrow I can finally be discharged from the hospital. These days are simply
　　
　
(End of this chapter)