Chapter 420 The Geneva Conference
In the battle of Qiongya, a whole French brigade was completely eliminated, and 15,000 Vietnamese colonial troops were completely eliminated. France's troops were suddenly wiped out one-third of them. The French reinforcements rushed towards Qiongya two days ago, but before they arrived at Qiongya, the French team was defeated.
What's worse is that they were not aware of this situation. Lu Yuguang found that the Vietnamese troops had seized the French radio station and even had a password book that had not been destroyed. He immediately had a plan. He sent a telegram to the French reinforcements, asking them to arrive at Qiongya for rescue as soon as possible, and ordered the Vietnamese to deliberately keep several strongholds and pretend to be still fighting.
In addition, the remaining teams used limited time to quickly rest and recover their strength, and waited to wipe out the French reinforcements. As Lu Yuguang expected, the French seemed extremely anxious after receiving the telegram for help. Their mission was to save the French team trapped in Qiongya. How could they see the troops being wiped out? Therefore, they immediately accelerated the marching speed and sent planes to investigate.
Through the observation of the plane, it was found that the situation of the French army was worse than expected. The Vietnamese had already rushed into Qiongya. The French army now could only defend with a limited number of positions and were about to lose. Therefore, the French reinforcements could only speed up the marching time and dare not neglect at all.
They didn't know that Qiongya had already laid a huge trap waiting for them to jump. These French reinforcements quickly passed the floating bridge above the Tuojiang River. Qiongya was already looking at it from afar. Just when they were about to save their trapped partners, they suddenly heard a sound of a bull-like roar from the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River. Then a huge white wave rushed down the river channel. In an instant, the floating bridge was completely destroyed. The water level of the Tuojiang River soared and overwhelmed the river bank. The huge torrent swept away all the supplies that the French had not had time to transport away.
This was prepared by the Vietnamese people long ago. They built a simple dam in advance to block the Taotao River. At this time, the dam was blown up with a bomb bomb, and the flood suddenly became flooded. However, this flood could not last long, so they could only temporarily stop the French. With the French engineers, they could soon build a floating bridge again.
However, this time was enough. The Vietnamese guerrillas rushed over from all directions, and all the weapons opened fire together. Various artillery had calculated the shooting angle in advance. The dense shells completely covered the French, and the violent explosion quickly reaped life.
The fiery single piece passed through one flesh and blood after another, turning these Frenchmen into piles of rotten meat. The dense chalk bullets were ruthlessly fired, grenade bombs, mortars and other weapons that could be used were all used.
The French also instantly understood that they were fooled, and Qiongya probably had fallen long ago. Now this is just a trap for them. Facing the surging Vietnamese soldiers, the French had no choice but to rely on dozens of their own tanks as cover and try to stabilize their own positions.
The Vietnamese were also crazy at this time. Although they had just experienced a bloody battle and were exhausted, they were most excited to be able to abuse these French colonists. You should know that France has done a lot of evil things in Vietnam over the years, and every blood debt was kept in everyone's heart. Those who can join the guerrillas have deep hatred for the French. How can they not be excited to be able to torture and kill those French people who are above them now?
Although the French had tanks to help, the Vietnamese also had anti-tank guns. After more than 200 lives, the Vietnamese exploded all the French tanks, and the remaining Frenchmen immediately became toothless tigers. In order to pursue the speed of the march, they carried not many heavy weapons, and most of them were destroyed by artillery bombardment. Now the tanks have been lost. How do these French people resist?
Moreover, the sky was getting darker at this time, and the Air Force might not be able to provide effective cover. Behind it is the white waves of Tuojiang River, and there are elusive Vietnamese guerrillas in the deep mountains. The situation is in front of the French.
At this time, the Vietnamese also chose some French-speaking people and shouted loudly to make these French surrender. In fact, in the cognitive field of Westerners, they did not think that surrender was shameful. When there was no hope, it was forgiven to choose to surrender. Some captured people would even be treated as heroes after they returned.
This is completely different from the concept of the East. In fact, this can also be found out from history. Since the Roman Empire, the Western world has been divided into countless small countries. It is common to fight, kill and be captured all day long. If everyone sacrificed their lives for justice, I am afraid that the Western world would no longer exist.
However, this instinctive behavior later developed into preferential treatment of prisoners and became a symbol of the progress of Western civilization, which really reversed right and wrong.
Although surrender is forgiven, the French are really unacceptable to surrendering to these Vietnamese monkeys that were colonized by them in the past. They still need shame. The first army power cannot become a laughing stock in the world.
However, the French quickly gave up this arrogant persistence, and the overwhelming fire woke these French people up. Dignity is of course important, but life is even more precious. Of course, some French people are more worried. They also know how many evil things they have done, especially the Vietnamese may not treat prisoners preferentially.
The encirclement became smaller and smaller, and the French had gradually been divided into small pieces, constantly being ruthlessly eliminated. Some French people no longer wanted to make unnecessary sacrifices and chose to surrender. Some people died in battle. The remaining people swam across the Tuojiang River and fled to Dien Bien Phu, but what awaited them was endless attacks. Most of these French people had not lived this evening.
The war came to an end for the time being. After the Battle of Qiongya, the Vietnamese wiped out more than 6,000 French soldiers and captured more than 1,000 people. In addition, more than 20,000 Vietnamese colonial troops were eliminated. It can be said that the French army in Dien Bien Phu was reversed all of a sudden, and the attack and suffering of both sides had changed.
Ruan Aiguo also seemed very excited. Although he knew that Vietnam had sacrificed more than 8,000 people for this victory, it was enough that they finally defeated the French. From this moment on, the troops he led were no longer guerrillas, but regular troops.
With his armed forces in his hands, he wanted to drive the French out of Vietnam's land and establish an independent Vietnamese Republic. After Ruan Aiguo quickly rectified his troops in Qiongya, he immediately ordered the army to drive towards Dien Bien Phu, and he wanted to eliminate the French forces in one fell swoop.
As long as we can win Dien Bien Phu, there will be not many French teams in the entire North Vietnam, Hanoi is within easy reach, and then the entire Vietnam.
However, this was just Ruan Aiguo's dream alone. At this time, Qiao Yu, who was in Beijing, had already gathered all the major civil and military officials under him.
As the Chief of Staff, Jiang Baili was still the first to speak. He first introduced the situation of the Battle of North Vietnam, and then said: "This time Lu Yuguang commanded very beautifully. The French army suffered heavy losses, and it was also a huge blow to France's international reputation. This world's largest army power could not even beat some guerrillas. This is definitely a shame for the French army. At this time, France has definitely become the laughing stock of the world!"
Everyone here was also very happy, and they were also very impressed by Qiao Yu's courage. Some of them were afraid of the power of France and did not advocate provoking the French. Now, when they saw that France was just like this, it was just a paper tiger.
Qiao Yu glanced at the smiling people and said, "Everyone, victory is certainly worthy of joy, but we must also keep a clear mind. If the Vietnamese win this war, their power will inevitably expand rapidly. This is also the prelude to Ruan Aiguo who wants to get rid of our control. We must beware. We cannot drive away France and make wedding clothes for the Vietnamese!"
Qiao Yu knew very well what kind of thing Vietnam was. In fact, it didn't matter if he didn't want this land. It was just supporting a puppet regime. In this way, the United States in later generations gave Qiao Yu too many solutions. Even if Ruan Aiguo wanted to get rid of control, it would be terrible.
There are only two types of countries in this world, one is a big country and the other is a small country. A big country can dominate its own destiny, while a small country can only be dominated by others. This is an eternal truth. Vietnam can only be a small country.
But now Qiao Yu has greater plans for Vietnam. He wants to completely incorporate this land into China. The fertile Mekong Delta and the Red River Delta are large granaries, which can accommodate a large population. China must not give up.
In fact, since Qiao Yu came to power, China's economy has developed rapidly, medical level has steadily improved, and the population naturally expands rapidly. The concept of Chinese people having more children and more blessings has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it was not very good for a while. In 1925, China conducted a thorough census, and China's total population has reached 480 million, and more than 500 million is just around the corner.
And this is just the beginning. According to demographers' estimates, even if China takes appropriate measures to control fertility, it is normal for the population to exceed 700 million by 1950. In the end, China can only slow down its growth rate after it exceeds one billion.
Qiao Yu had no doubts about this data, and even believed that this was an underestimation of the ability of the Chinese. Faced with huge population pressure, it has become an inevitable choice to include Southeast Asia, which produces food, into China's control.
"The President means that from now on, we must change our policy towards Ruan Aiguo and impose restrictions on him?" Wu Tong asked.
Qiao Yu nodded, "Ruan Aiguo and others represent the awakening of Vietnam's nationalism. Once they take power, it will be countless times more difficult than the French. This is an era when nationalism is prevalent. We have to be careful. I am ready to send an invitation to France. We hold an international conference in Geneva to discuss the peace issue in Vietnam together!"
The League of Nations is an international organization established after World War I, controlled by Britain, France and other countries. The United States did not participate in the League of Nations because it was dissatisfied with the Versailles Peace Treaty, and naturally did not participate. The red Russia was also excluded. From this we can also see that the League of Nations was destined to be a joke. How can we maintain world peace by excluding these major powers?
However, at this time, China's choice to resolve the Vietnam War within the framework of the League of Nations was also a respect for the League of Nations. Qiao Yu first revealed this intention to the United Kingdom. Britain was very concerned about the war in Southeast Asia. The British Empire also had too many colonial interests in Asia. If something went wrong, it would definitely take Britain's life. Therefore, the British were also very willing to be a peace dealer. It depends on France's attitude now!
Chapter completed!