72. Advancing by land and water (2)

Feng Zicai pointed at Negri, who was surrounded by French soldiers, with the tip of his knife, "This is the leader of the French army, kill him, and we will win today!" Brothers," Feng Zicai stood on top of a headless corpse of a French army, waving to the soldiers behind him, this scene was painted on canvas by future painters, and became a famous painting for centuries, "Follow me!" Kill these devils and eat braised pork at night! ”

The strongest cores of the two armies finally collided hard, the stabbing sound of iron armor, the clashing of swords, the sound of orders from their respective camps, and the sound of muskets from time to time, deafening, no one could hear their own orders, they could only rely on instinct to kill the enemy, killing those enemies who did not seem to be of the same race as themselves. www.biquge.info In such a melee situation, the musket is no longer usable, and it is easy to miss and shoot his comrades, if someone looks down in the sky above Zhennan Pass at this time, you can see a pattern similar to a Tai Chi In the battlefield, Feng Zicai and Nigri took each other's core teams and began to collide fiercely again and again.

Nigri dared to go down to fight in person, it is indeed outstanding, the bayonet is like the fangs of a poisonous snake, killing the soldiers of the Cui army again and again, his knife skills are very good, in the gap of the shield can find the weakness, and then disintegrate the defense of the Cui army, not long after, more than a dozen soldiers died under Nigri's bayonet, the French army cheered loudly, the original somewhat depressed morale recovered, Feng Zicai saw that the situation was not right, personally stepped forward, the big knife slashed obliquely, and wanted to use a strong force to fly Nigri's bayonet, Nigri held it slightly, and then unloaded more than half of Feng Zicai's strength, and stretched out the butt of the gun, and hit Feng Zicai's knife face hard, Feng Zicai's tiger mouth was like a heavy blow, and the big knife was almost unable to hold it and was about to get rid of it, his expression was awe-inspiring, but there was a sense of excitement, try to ask the chess opponent, will meet the good talent, this is the most pursued thing in a general's life, he met a strong enemy, but came to the spirit, shouted, "Come on!" ”

The weather outside Zhennan Pass was fine, but in Saigon, the heavy rain that was very rare in the dry season poured down, destroying the garden that the Governor of Saigon had taken care of very well, and the raindrops were like pearls with broken threads and kept throwing them on the ground, and the fallen flowers, leaves and muddy water in the garden flowed towards the small river, which originally raised a lot of goldfish, which was probably washed away by the flood.

A young Frenchman in a milky white suit carried an umbrella through the garden, and into the corridor under the eaves, his milky suit pants were splashed with mud and water droplets, and as for the calfskin shoes, they were all soaked from the inside out, he cursed loudly, threw the umbrella aside, and avoided the Vietnamese indigenous servants who were about to wipe him, shook off his clothes, and went straight into the three-story bungalow in the rainstorm.

"Your Excellency the Governor," he walked into the room, bowed slightly to the Governor of Saigon, who was drinking tea on the sofa, and handed over a paperwork, "Our vanguard has already attacked Lang Son, and the next Zhennan Pass is immediately in front of you, this is the military newspaper, please check it." ”

The Governor of Saigon nodded and motioned to the wet man in front of him to put the military newspaper on the coffee table, "Although the people in the country will be blinded by this victory from Bac Ninh to Thai Nguyen to Lang Son, but we people, we must clearly understand that what we have defeated is only some local army like hired peasants, and the regular army of the Chinese has not yet appeared, we cannot be overly optimistic," he frowned and looked at the civilian who entered his living room and dripped water and mud on the expensive Persian carpet on his trouser legs, "Dear secretary, You should stay away from my carpet and stand to the stove. ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Governor," said the civil officer, standing honestly in front of the furnace, "but this victory is enough to build up our confidence, and if we keep winning, we will definitely be able to win when we encounter the regular army on the Chinese side." ”

"You have a lot of confidence," the Governor of Saigon took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The intelligence we have obtained from China, it will take some time for their regular army to reach Guangxi, China is too big, if it weren't for the fact that they now have some relatively convenient transportation systems, I believe that when our reinforcements arrive in Saigon, they have not yet set off, so you are right, we need to accumulate the feeling of victory, and keep winning, even if we meet a regular army, There will never be any problems in defeating them either. Dear Secretary, we have mastered the rhythm here, so that the battle on land does not require me to do anything. ”

"And what do you mean, sir?" The civilian officer said vigilantly, "What is our next strategic goal?" ”

"Please allow me to keep this secret for a little while, about a few days," said the Governor of Saigon with a smile, "The scale of the war at present is obviously not in line with a formal war between two great powers, dear secretary, please don't pout, China is indeed a big country, but whether it is a strong country or not, then the results of our war need to be tested." A small fight like this in Vietnam really hurts the face of our proud France, so we need to open up another battlefield. ”

"Another battlefield?" The civil official suddenly thought of something, and suddenly realized, "I roughly understand something!" ”

"We need a sensational war to make the Chinese understand that France is strong!" The Governor of Saigon put down the tea cup and cocked Erlang's legs, "They think we will only deal with the Chinese in one way?" The Chinese with such naΓ―ve ideas, they will suffer, China is not yet a civilized and civilized country, can they really clearly understand and effectively counter these attacks for many attacks? I'm skeptical about that. ”

"But the Chinese are very skillful in using diplomatic means," the civilian official said worriedly, and the torrential rain outside the window became heavier and heavier, mixed with thunder and lightning, "I have to say that we really miscalculated in the Suez Canal matter." ”

"Then I can only blame that stupid Albert, who has been disgraced by the Chinese all day," said the governor of Saigon unhappily, "please don't compare me with this stupidity, is it okay?" And the means that we will use next, not diplomatic means, what I want you to provide, are you ready? (To be continued.) )