When Shimada Shinichiro led Xiongfeng to fight bloody battles with the Langya and Unity Brigade in the jungle under the night rain, the French led by Jean Deku and Roland were not idle either. Nearly a thousand escorts were mobilized, and they moved Roland's apartment
The street where he was located was completely blocked, and a fortification was built on both sides of the street, and two Maxim heavy machine guns were set up. These were all completed under the command of Jean Degou. Jean Degou was a soldier.
He was quite familiar with these. When he actually chose to go to war with the military group led by Ampos, he completely replaced Roland's position and became the de facto leader of this French group.
The French acted cautiously, but Yotafu Kobayashi disapproved of this. He comforted Roland, Hermes and others from time to time, telling them: "Don't worry, Xiongfeng is the most elite armed force of the Imperial Japanese Army. It is up to them to take action, and Ang Bois is
Even with the protection of the Xuebing Army, there is no way to escape!"
Early the next morning, the sound of gunfire suddenly came from the south gate. The French were immediately alerted. Many people screamed and sat up from the bed, scaring the wives beside them half to death. It was clear that the car and horse were fighting, and they were worried that they would be attacked.
In retaliation from the soldiers, almost all the French people from Roland's faction moved their families to Roland's apartment. They didn't know what happened. Many of them ran into the hall without any shoes on and saw Jean Degou, Roland and Xiao Lin sitting there quietly.
After Yang Taifu came, my mood calmed down a little.
Rang Deju, Roland and Kobayashi Yotafu got up half an hour ago. Rang Deju arranged a secret sentry outside the military camp of the 1st Mountain Division. When Huang Haifu started to assemble the troops, the secret sentry sent a message back to Rang Deju.
After receiving the news, Jean Degou could no longer sleep. He invited Roland and Kobayashi Yotafu to get up, and the three of them had a heated discussion. They all thought that the sudden dispatch of the Xuebing Army might be because Ang Bos and the others could not withstand the island.
Tabe's offensive was to ask for help from the Xuebing Army. As for why Ambos didn't just send the French army over, it was because he thought he was outmatched.
"The Chinese people have been transferred away, which is an opportunity for us. Roland, how about we take a few people to talk about surrendering the first and second divisions?" Jean Deju suggested, and moved the two French divisions first.
Control is in hand and mind.
Roland was not familiar with the people in the army and was hesitating to make a decision. Kobayashi Yotafu clapped his hands and shouted "Hello" repeatedly. He repeatedly agreed with Tokuyu's proposal and thought it was a good idea. He thought this was a way to draw out the firepower.
If these two French military divisions are really controlled, even if one of the three of Angpos survives, they will lose the chance to make a comeback.
Roland trusted Xiao Lin more than Rang Deju. After listening to Xiaolin's words, he was about to agree to Rang Deju's proposal, when suddenly there was the sound of gunfire from the south gate.
That was the fierce battle between Huang Haifu's 1st Mountain Division and the two teams left behind. Kobayashi was not aware of Shimada's arrangement. They heard the fierce sound of gunfire and thought that the war had spread to the vicinity of Hanoi.
Xiao Lin then suggested not to act rashly and wait until Xiong Feng gets back the news.
Huang Haifu used the cannon in anger, and the sound created was naturally not weak, which confused Deju. Just as many French people ran into the hall in a panic, Deju decided to stabilize the morale of the army.
Let’s wait and talk.
He persuaded the others to go back with kind words. He, Roland, and Xiao Lin continued to sit in the hall and wait for news. After waiting for half an hour, no good news came. Xiao Lin also felt uneasy, and he suggested that the Degu Sect should be sent back.
I went to the south gate to check the situation, and tentatively sent a telegram to Shimada to inquire about the progress.
Shimada carried a telegraph machine, but at this time, the telegraph machine, together with the French car, became the captured items of the 1st Mountain Division. When Kobayashi's telegram was sent out, it was like a mud cow sinking into the sea.
A quarter of an hour after the telegram was sent, there was still no reply from Shimada. Kobayashi couldn't stand it at first. He stood up and walked around, comforting himself and saying: "Maybe the battle is too fierce, Shimada-kun has no time to pay attention."
It's a good thing that he didn't act so coquettishly. Once he made such a gesture, Deju's heart became more uneasy. But at this moment, the people Deju sent to the south gate came back. The two Frenchmen were covered in mud and water.
, after entering the hall, he threw himself on the ground and gasped, "It's not good! There are so many corpses of Xiongfeng. The scene is too horrible to look at, it's too horrible to look at!"
In the hall, more than a dozen French people had gathered one after another. They had been frightened by the sound of gunfire and had just calmed down. When they heard these words, many people's expressions changed greatly and they immediately gathered around, talking all around.
Asked: "What happened?" "Why are there so many Xiongfeng corpses? Did the Japanese fail?"...
Jean Degou and Xiao Lin looked at each other, and they both saw something ominous in each other's eyes. The former walked quickly towards the two Frenchmen, ordered the others to get out of the way, and then said: "Why are you in such a panic? Get up and go wash up first."
Wash!" Then, he led the two people out of the hall and into an empty room. After entering the room, he closed the door and asked sternly: "What's going on? Speak slowly!"
The tragic death of Xiongfeng who was killed at the South Gate is unimaginable to the French who have not fought in a long time. Seventy-eight out of sixty or seventy Xiongfeng were killed by heavy artillery at close range.
Cutting off arms and legs, disembowelling people and disembowelling them was a common sight, and it was not uncommon for them to be turned into minced meat and smeared all over the floor.
The two Frenchmen told the scene they saw tremblingly, and Deju's confidant finally added: "Sir, the Chinese are too cruel. I think we should escape quickly! If we stay here, they will kill us."
Caught, I, I’m worried—”
"Okay, stop talking! Don't say anything like this that shakes the morale of the army. You guys should wash up and go have breakfast. I will find a way to do the rest," he comforted them and asked Deju to return to the hall.
At this time, the hall was already noisy.
The so-called plantation interest groups have never been an unbreakable group. When their lives are not in danger, they may still be in the same boat and work together. However, now, when the shadow of death is hanging over them, many
The people immediately retreated.
"I have said before that Angpos and the others have an army on hand. Once they are angered, there is no guarantee that they will not fight to the death! Now it's better, Angpos is forced to panic! He started to fight desperately..."
"Send a representative to negotiate with them. After all, we are all French, so we should still have to discuss it!"
"Negotiation means surrender! Then go and surrender. Bring your home's land deed, by the way, your wife and your daughter, and let them clean themselves up!"
"Riquil! You shameless guy, how could you say such a thing!"
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"Master Rang Deku is here, everyone listen to him!" When someone saw Rang Deku, they immediately shouted loudly as if they had seen a savior.
The hall fell silent immediately, and everyone looked at Rang Deju. Rang Deju slowly walked to Roland, glanced at everyone and said, "Gentlemen, you are all gentlemen, please pay attention to your words and deeds! Things are still going on.
It's not the worst, everything is still possible, what are you arguing about here? Everyone go back to your seats and sit down, listen to me..."