Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 252: French colony (below)

At this time, the governor of the French Indochina Federation is the George Cartroux mentioned earlier. His full name is George Albert Julian Cartroux. He is sixty-four years old and a member of the French Army. The rank of general, holding the military and political power of the French Far East colonies, is completely the role of the emperor in the local area. If it is a peaceful time, the governor's life is definitely comfortable and moist.

Speaking of speaking, the official career of this first-level general was fairly smooth. He was already a lieutenant colonel during World War I. Although the battalion he commanded was surrounded and annihilated by the Germans, he himself was captured and sent in. The prisoner of war camp, he is said to have met in the prisoner of war camp de Gaulle, who was just a company commander at the time, but think about it and know that Lieutenant Colonel Catroux obviously didn't regard that little captain as important.

After the war, the French* team began to reorganize, because the loss of personnel was too serious, and there was an urgent need for officers with combat experience. These captured personnel became the first candidates because they had all been on the battlefield and tasted human blood. The temper of the meat grinder, in the eyes of the public, these people must be strong and wise and reliable officers.

Although Colonel Catrouh had mediocre military command capabilities, he proved in his work that he was a very good administrative official. So in the two decades after the war, he served most of the time in overseas colonies. , That is, the qualifications of these overseas service, which enabled him to get a rapid promotion, because the judges serving overseas have the priority of promotion, and finally at the age of sixty, Catroux became a rare one in the French army. A member of the rank of general.

The senior French army knows very well that if nothing goes wrong, this will also be the highest rank that this general can get, because only by gaining outstanding military exploits can he go further and be promoted to the French field marshal. However, with Katlu's military capabilities and the world environment at the time, these can only be empty talk.

The general served in overseas colonies, especially in the Arab regions of North Africa. Demonstrated excellent administrative skills and was awarded the chairman of the French Council of Ministers. It is also the favorite of Prime Minister Daraday, because some of the general's political views are very compatible with Daraday. At this time, there were some territorial and territorial disputes between the French colony of Indochina and Cambodia. At that time, the French Governor-General Brevier was a moderate humanist with a slightly weak attitude, and because of the strategy and command of the colonial navy. There were some contradictions between the problem and the French navy. The performance of the governor made most of the members of Daraday’s cabinet feel dissatisfied. They demanded that the prime minister be replaced by a tougher and brave person. So Katlu became the most suitable candidate for the prime minister at the time, in July 1939. Just before declaring war on Germany, the first-level general came to French Indochina to take over the post of governor.

Regarding the general's appointment, many people see it as a symbol of France’s hard-line attitude, suggesting that France, the European enemy, is still extremely powerful and will never bow to any threat. But what Daraday and even Renault did not expect is that this prestigious general is not as tough as they thought. When the Japanese protest book was on his desk, he did not hesitate. Choosing to compromise with the other party, the promise was so refreshing, there was no way of the reservedness of the French general at all.

In fact, even the Japanese did not expect things to go so smoothly. If I had known this, I shouldn't have wrangled with the French ambassador to Japan.

Speaking of the compromise of the French Indo-Chinese authorities, apart from some of Katrou's personal pro-Japanese thoughts. It was mainly forced by the specific conditions in French Indochina at that time. Although France has a local army of up to 15,000 people, it is scattered across the territory of the colonial federation. Only five infantry battalions are actually guarded on the Sino-Vietnamese border. Among them, there are also a large number of infantry battalions. Pile of locally recruited soldiers. The former governor was a romantic liberal who strongly advocated humane care for the locals. During his tenure, Governor Brevier continued to build irrigation systems and repair roads and bridges. A school hospital was built and a large number of locals were recruited into the government. And the amnesty means that I have never thought of building a strong armed force that can effectively protect these construction achievements.

The army of the entire French Indochina colony. In total, they are not enough for the number of Japanese divisions. Weapons and equipment are mostly outdated. Important armor and artillery are seriously lacking. Technical weapons are seriously insufficient. Although they have tanks and aircraft, they are mostly models that have been eliminated in Europe. It's okay to deter the more primitive neighboring small states. If it is used to confront the Japanese army, it would be a joke.

Katrou knows that the armed forces in his hands cannot prevent the intrusion of the Japanese army at all. It is better to simply answer the request of the respondent to avoid armed conflicts. Katrouh believes that he is doing this to protect the rights and interests of France, because once In the event of a conflict, France will definitely lose more than a border, and more likely the entire French Indochina Federation.

The situation in Japan and France at the time was a bit like playing a wolf with a stick. As long as one of them detects the other's flaws, they will definitely launch a series of blows and try to knock the other to the ground. However, before the Japanese had time to perceive Catrou’s flaws, the admiral was fired on the spot and taken into custody. The executor was Colonel Bregen, the commander of the French Indochina Fleet at the time, and the admiral was detained. On a river gunboat.

Regarding this mutation, the Japanese were not aware of it at all. Although Japan paid great attention to the collection of intelligence in Southeast Asia at the time, it has been difficult to implement in French Indochina. One is that Japan was in Vietnam. The number of immigrants is too small, and the second is that there is really not much valuable intelligence in this place. In the eyes of the Japanese, the only valuable thing about Annan is its important geographical location. They never thought about what resources they could plunder from there.

If it were not close to China, the French would never consider occupying this primitive agricultural country. At that time, apart from agricultural products, Vietnam only produced a part of primitive metal mines and coal mines, and most of the resources developed in modern times were not discovered at all in the early 20th century. France has occupied Vietnam for fifty-five years, but only regards it as a barren and primitive overseas province, an important stronghold for Far East trade. The French believe that Vietnam's resources are scattered. Energy is scarce, there are no conditions for industrial development, and local people have low purchasing power. Nor can it become a market for commodity dumping. Although the local agricultural products have a high yield, they do not meet the tastes of Europeans. And those fruits and vegetables, after a long sea transportation, arrived in France long ago and become rotten.

Especially after the outbreak of the international financial crisis and the war of aggression against China, trade in the Far East has shrunk rapidly. The French government's investment in French Indochina has been higher than the local output for several consecutive years. If it weren't for the outbreak of the war, it could still rely on the Yunnan-Vietnam Highway. With a little tax on the railway, the fiscal deficits in the past two years are even more unsightly. At this time, in the eyes of some French domestic politicians, this piece of land seemed like a chicken rib. It's a pity to eat tasteless and discard it. But even if it is a chicken rib, it belongs to France, and no one is allowed to reach out to it until France disposes of it on its own. This is related to France's honor, although there is not much left.

At this time, Petain has completed a secret transaction with the German head of state, and he has sufficient confidence in the confrontation between the Far East and Japan. When he learned that Katrou had succumbed to the Japanese coercion, he made a decisive and outrageous move. Order directly in the name of the French President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Katlu was relieved of his duties and arrested in order to avoid extraneous consequences.

The Japanese army was placed by the French. I felt humiliated by tons. When did the dignified Imperial Japanese Army be fooled like a child? Does the French have any credibility in European countries? Openly backtracked and tore up the signed agreement.

The Japanese army was desperate, determined to follow the routine they were accustomed to. Since French ghosts do not speak faith, they will toast and not eat. Then go to the penalty bar. The Japanese Army Staff Headquarters began to get busy. This is not a simple ground battle. The French* team is not a simple role, so it must assemble an absolute superior force. Before the opponent notices something, launch a thunder blow.

Just using troops on the border, the Japanese army feels that it is not very safe. The local geographical environment is too complicated. Once it can’t quickly break through the mountains, it will easily be blocked by the rapidly assembled enemy forces, especially in the border generation. The French army built a strong fort, which is not an obstacle that can be overcome in a short time. Therefore, the staff believes that if you want to quickly take the northern border of French Indochina, you must do a two-pronged approach. A force landed from the enemy’s side coast, and then turned around to the side of the border guard. Once the enemy’s logistics supplies were Severance, even if it is as strong as the French army, will definitely not be able to withstand such a blow. This has been proved by the German army more than once on the European battlefield.

However, in order to complete this tactic, the cooperation of the Japanese Navy must be obtained, and the air force of the French garrison is not weak. It is very necessary to seize the air supremacy of the battlefield. The range of the army fighters is limited and the mission of providing air cover in the battlefield. , Also need to ask the Japanese Navy Air Force for help.

Since the Japanese navy is involved, the two sides have to negotiate, come and go, and wait until all the negotiations are completed, a week has passed. The navy has prepared an **** fleet, and the army has also begun gearing up. The Japanese side set the attack date on August 12, and Morimoto's third battalion received the order from the wing headquarters. His battalion will serve as the vanguard of the entire division and first break through the French defense line at Zhennan Pass.

Nakasa Morimoto's long-awaited news finally arrived. The brigade commander was almost about to sing loudly on the spot. The whole brigade began a general mobilization, the weapons were all rested, and the ammunition was distributed to every soldier, even In order to boost the morale of the soldiers, the soldiers also received a copy of candies and snacks that had been carefully kept in the file cabinet of the brigade headquarters.

The superiors of the division also know that the troops below have suffered enough. Anyway, after this battle, everything will get better. The division is holding on to the strength of life, and the logistics unit opened the heavily guarded military supplies warehouse. Each unit participating in the war was supplemented with supplies in accordance with battlefield standards. As the starting unit, the Morimoto team not only obtained a large number of cans, but also distributed several boxes of large bottles of Japanese sake.

The night before the start of the battle, the Morimoto brigade lit a bonfire with wormwood, and all had a lively dinner. The vegetarian soldiers were beating mosquitoes while gulping the long-lost canned beef. With the plum rice ball, each class was also given a bottle of Japanese wine. After drinking and eating, the soldiers talked freely about how they would kill those French guys. The passion of fighting filled the heart of every soldier. In the end, this dinner was All three calls to the sky and the black card board ended.

In the early morning of the second day, the third team ate breakfast hastily and began to drive towards Zhennanguan ~ IndoMTL.com~ After the scheduled assembly area merged with the other two brothers, the third team started to move forward as a pioneer The border line moved quietly, and finally lurked in a jungle near the mountain pass. The soldiers endured the mosquito bites in the intense heat, waiting for the commander's attack order.

But what puzzles everyone is that the time scheduled in the order has passed for a long time, but it hasn't waited for the offensive order from the division headquarters. As time went on, the soldiers lurking in the hot and humid grass began to become irritable. Finally, the officer comforted them in time, and no accident happened.

At this time, Morimoto's second Nakazuo already had some ominous premonitions in his heart. Perhaps something will happen to this long-awaited attack. Just when he decided to send another messenger to the rear to inquire, the wing captain of the 21st Wing personally rushed to the front line, and he conveyed the command of the headquarters to Morimoto, the whole army stopped fighting, and the troops returned to the station on standby.

I have something to do today. I just finished writing this chapter and it was a little late. I hope everyone can understand.

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