There are only 110,000 Far East Army troops deployed in Xin'an, Xining, and Hyundai. This is already the largest force that the Far East can assemble in southern South Asia. And the only reinforcement force is the Second Army Corps brought by Li Xihua. In fact,
The Second Corps has less than 10,000 men and is mainly a special armored division.
Since the Far East deployed troops in Northeast and South Asia at the same time, it originally had less than one million troops in Asia, of which 650,000 were sent to fight in Northeast China, while there were less than 200,000 in South Asia, and the remaining more than 100,000 needed to be deployed in Taiwan and Ryukyu.
, Korea, Kyushu, Hokkaido and other places are stationed, so the orders received by the Far East Corps in Xin'an, Xining, and Hyundai are to defend resolutely.
The French colonial army needs to withstand France's 330,000-strong army and advance towards the Vung Tau area from three angles. Naturally, it will be violently attacked. As September 9 approaches, the French colonial army, under the order of Commander-in-Chief Kurokin,
, concentrated all the main forces, and began to launch a general attack on the garrisoned Far East Army from Xin'an, Xining, and Modern Times. This attack by the French colonial army was considered the final blow.
Therefore, this battle was a decisive battle in the Far East in South Asia. The French colonial army's surprise troops continued to try to invade the Far East defensive positions, and adopted a strategy of injuring people at their own risk. Therefore, during the defensive battle in the Far East, casualties were extremely high.
The French colonial army's direct cooperation was relatively mature. As a result, the Far East soldiers resisted tenaciously, which completely made the French jealous.
The offensive and defensive sides of Xin'an, Xining, and Hyundai all launched artillery battles to varying degrees. In order to compete for a small high ground, the two sides launched charges and countercharges again and again. From the early morning of September 7th to the early morning of September 8th, in just a short period of time,
In one day, the number of casualties in the Far East was as high as 30,000, and the French army also suffered more than 50,000 casualties. On the positions of both sides in Xin'an, Xining, and Hyundai, corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed into rivers.
Neither side had time to collect the corpses of soldiers from their respective camps, but immediately deployed defenses in the captured positions. So on September 8, the French colonial army commander-in-chief Kurokin had to give the order in the early morning of September 8.
, suspended the progress of the attack, and just when the French colonial army began to retreat in an all-round way, the Far East soldiers immediately took advantage of this favorable opportunity to switch to the offensive. However, it was also the beginning of this action that led to a series of fierce encounters that followed.
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In some cases, land encounters will not only proceed normally during the day, but also at night. However, during night battles, both sides will not use artillery to fight, but the Far East is an exception because
Under the investigation of four special forces that penetrated deep into the enemy camp, the Far East Army continued to launch artillery attacks, because only artillery battles could balance the Far East's military disadvantage.
At the same time, after the bombardment was completed, the troops immediately went into attack in a dense formation. Soldiers from the Far East fought arm-in-arm and bayonet-to-hand combat. In order to identify friends and foes, soldiers from the Far East wrapped a white cloth band around their sleeves. This fierce battle
The encounter lasted until noon on September 9, but the hand-to-hand combat at night had little effect. Both sides were almost injuring people with their own injuries. It was quickly terminated by Li Xihua, the supreme commander of Far Southeast Asia.
At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the French colonial army, Kurokin, was also anxious, and decided to start the second all-out attack at 2 pm on September 9. He must break through the three locations of Xin'an, Xining, and Hyundai within September 9.
The defense line, captured the Vung Tau harbor, and cooperated with the French Expeditionary Combined Fleet, so before both sides had time to rest and recuperate, the war returned to a stalemate.
Fierce fighting, continuous fierce fighting, the Far East has a relatively solid position, while repairing fortifications, shelling and charging are carried out at the same time. This situation lasted until 8 o'clock in the morning on September 10, when the battle in Xinxi was stopped.
Throughout the battle, the French colonial army suffered more than 240,000 casualties and the Far East suffered more than 80,000 casualties. Both sides were unable to fight anymore because they both paid 80% of the casualties.
However, all this is because the Yellow Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet defeated the French Expeditionary Combined Fleet in the South China Sea and Vung Tau waters. Of course, there is another reason, and that is the sudden dispatch of the British Burmese troops, which delayed the three armies of the French colonial army.
order of battle, otherwise far southeast
The soldiers of the legion may all be buried in a foreign land forever. However, in this battle, the defeat of the French colonial army did not result in Commander-in-Chief Kurokin receiving any punishment. Instead, he was rewarded because in this battle in Vung Tau
In the battle plan, Kurokin carried out the battle plan seriously.
Later, the French colonial army commander-in-chief Kurokin immediately withdrew his troops one after another in view of the serious shortage of troops on the French side and the fact that it would take time for domestic reinforcements to arrive in South Asia. It would definitely be a protracted war. Even those in the Phnom Penh area
The fortifications were all gone and they retreated all the way to the northern region of South Asia. After all, France still had about 250,000 troops in the northern region.
In the end, the failure of the entire battle was due to the destruction of the French High Seas Fleet. With the destruction of the High Seas Fleet, the French Pacific Fleet was not much better. It was the Pacific Fleet that was responsible for attacking the Vung Tau harbor, but they still had
Before entering the coast of Vung Tau Harbor, they were attacked by Far East attack submarines. However, after several more warships were sunk by Far East submarines, the French Pacific Fleet still moved forward in an attempt to forcibly enter Vung Tau Harbor.
However, all this must be asked about the Far East Sea Fleet, because the South China Sea Fleet has been waiting for the French Pacific Fleet for a long time, and then the two sides naturally had a direct encounter. In this naval battle, the advantage of the Far East submarine was not obvious, and it was just waiting for the first time.
During the attack, success was achieved, because the ensuing melee between the Far Eastern Sea Fleet and the French Pacific Fleet was a melee. The first submarine was suitable for reconnaissance, and the second melee was likely to injure one's own people.
So after receiving the order from the fleet captain, the three submarine formations retreated to the third line of defense outside Vung Tau Port, while one submarine formation went deep into the South China Sea, waiting for the French Pacific Fleet that might escape, but in the end it was a surprise to everyone.
Unexpectedly, according to Liu Qinghui's estimation, the French would definitely try desperately to enter the Vung Tau harbor, because this was a battle plan approved by the French authorities.
However, in the end, the French Pacific Fleet, after discovering that it could not defeat the Far East Sea Fleet in a short period of time, immediately turned around and returned. This made the submarines originally deployed as the last line of defense in Vung Tau Port meaningless. Then the South China Sea Fleet still launched a pursuit, but
Chase them all the way to the Strait of Malacca.
In this naval battle, the Far South China Sea Fleet only sank or damaged less than half of the French Pacific Fleet's ships. However, the South China Sea Fleet, which was smaller in tonnage than the French Pacific Fleet, suffered damage to as many as 36 ships, accounting for 10% of the number of warships in the South China Sea Fleet.
One-half, but Li Ningyu was very relieved when he finally saw the telegram, because the French Pacific Fleet has 132 warships.
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