British Civil Servant

But now, the Viet Minh has judged that the French want to completely destroy North Vietnam before leaving. Even if Hanoi, the largest city in North Vietnam, can receive it completely, it is an uncertain thing.

From the perspective of the Viet Minh, this is of course unacceptable, and no one is willing to accept a ruin. It would also be a huge blow to the Viet Minh, who was about to take power, if the French wreaked havoc and then patted their butts and walked away.

The commander, headed by Vo Nguyen Giap Van Chin Yong, suggested to the Viet Minh Central Committee that if necessary, they could consider taking over forcibly first.

"Actually, France dared to do this, and it must have made military preparations, and it has received the support of many countries. The news of the coastal defense, the British appeared in the open sea, and it looked like it was going to respond to France."

Now the Viet Minh is in a dilemma. The actions of Britain and France are too coincidental, and they can't help but make people think less.

There was a deafening loud noise from the Hanoi power supply station. With the loud noise, the whole building was rolled up with dust, and the blown up rubble flew everywhere. The evacuated French troops had begun to damage the city's power system. This is just a At first, within a few minutes, the water supply facility was blasted, and Hanoi's hydropower system was completely paralyzed.

In the end, after a few months, the French army and the Viet Minh were at war again. The location was Hanoi, the largest city in North Vietnam. The French army hoarded a lot of weapons and ammunition in the center of this North Vietnam. The reserved ones are tilted out, the air is the bomber of the French Air Force, and the ground is the temporary arrangement of mines.

In the port of Hanoi, there are constantly ships leaving, going downstream with evacuees.

Outside the port of Haiphong, in the command cabin of the heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire, Major General George Ball looked at the telegram in his hand. Although he could not see the exchange of fire in Hanoi, he had already understood the current situation through the telegram of the French Army Command in Hanoi.

"Bombarded the port of Haiphong, and the frigate rushed into the mouth of the Red River!" Major General George Bauer issued an operational order. Although the London-class heavy cruiser was built in the treaty era, it has made many achievements in World War II.

As Major General George Ball's battle order was issued, the 203mm turret, which was almost closed for a long time, showed its hideous side again. In the nineteenth century, there was an unwritten rule that no matter how powerful a warship might be, it should never go head-to-head with a well-defended fortress.

This is the experience accumulated by the Anglo-French coalition forces during the Crimean War, but with the exaggerated rate of change of warships in the late 19th century, the former Dreadnought became the Super Dreadnought in a few years. This unwritten rule has been gradually forgotten. .

The salvo of the London-class heavy cruisers was the first time after World War II that the United Kingdom used force to solve a problem. At the same time, the two frigates accelerated and joined the shelling.

In Hanoi urban area, some Viet Minh soldiers who wanted to forcibly take over Hanoi were exchanging fire with guarding French soldiers.

Artillery shells smashed from the French artillery positions to the positions of the Viet Minh soldiers, and the Viet Minh soldiers who broke into the city also shot at the opposite side from time to time. A few soldiers, under the cover of Hanoi citizens, ran to the building with the interpreter.

Just after rushing into the door of a building, a mortar shell hit the outer wall of the building, shattering all the windows on the first floor, thick smoke billowing, and several soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

"Nice job, annihilate this monkey in one fell swoop!" The French artilleryman was overjoyed and shouted happily.

Another loud bang, a cannonball. Shrapnel and glass flew, and the Presidential Guard suffered heavy casualties. Cries for help, screams, and wailing were heard incessantly. Under the cover of artillery, a few French soldiers pulled the bolt, the bolt clicked sweetly, and a golden shell was ejected from the barrel, and the shiny metal products rolled and fell on the granite. On the sidewalk made of blocks, he bounced twice and rolled into the drain beside the road.

The battle happened very suddenly. Neither side expected that the first meeting would be in this way. The Viet Minh soldiers entered the city less than 500 meters away, and the first team had just turned a street corner when they encountered a head-on that was already prepared. French.

The resolute counterattack was quite obvious. The infiltration of this small Viet Minh force ended the ineffective infiltration.

What happened here is just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, the soldiers of the French army came down from the European battlefield after all. They are no strangers to urban warfare. The key is that the Vietnamese never gave them a chance. , Now this fighting mode is no stranger to the French.

On another street, a similar but different battle was also being staged. This was an encounter where the French guard soldiers and the Viet Minh soldiers who came in found each other almost simultaneously. However, before the evacuation, the French Army Command in Hanoi had issued an order, and the French were psychologically prepared for possible accidents.

The distance between the two sides is so close that there is no need to aim at all. The battle process is short and bloody. Within a few seconds, several soldiers on both sides were shot and killed. infiltration of these Viet Minh soldiers.

The infantrymen who were hiding in the building and waiting for the rabbits rushed out of their hiding places immediately. Lined up to shoot at fleeing enemies with their backs to them, the French soldiers gleefully knocked down these defenseless targets one by one, as if they were playing a shooting game at an amusement park.

Alan Wilson didn't know the situation in Hanoi. He knew that France was indeed at war with the Viet Minh again, but he didn't expect the French army's combat power to come back again. To be honest, is this any different from the Dien Bien Phu battle? Perhaps the difference is that the battle of Dien Bien Phu did not have a city like Hanoi to be destroyed by the French.

He is British, not French, and the battle in Hanoi has nothing to do with him in the final analysis. It is more related to the shelling of Haiphong port.

In good conscience, Alan Wilson never imagined this scene. How long ago was gunboat diplomacy? It's been so long that Alan Wilson has forgotten that Britain still has the nickname of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets.

Alan Wilson, who came to the British advisory group to inquire about the situation, heard the news of the Royal Navy's launch of gunboat diplomacy. He frowned and pondered his words, "It was written in the telegram to the Far East Combined Command that the Viet Minh violated the treaty and forcibly took over Hanoi first, and The family members of the evacuated French soldiers were intercepted, and Hai Phong Port was in a state of combat readiness. For this reason, the French Army Command in Hanoi expressed its desire to the cruise fleet for help, but the Viet Minh soldiers in Hai Phong Port opened fire first, and the Royal Navy had to fight back.”

"That's it!" Lieutenant Colonel Klein immediately recognized this fact and said, "So where is Major General George?"

"Of course we need to have a unified voice, the responsibility is not in the UK." Alan Wilson was decisive, Major General George Ball was his father-in-law's subordinate, even if it was once, but this time the other party helped, there is no reason to slap the **** and leave and throw the other party away.

As for the so-called Far East Joint Operations Command, it is actually the British Army Headquarters in Malaysia. It was the name that Mountbatten suggested to change after the reform.

After a few months of calm, the two sides are fighting again, and there will definitely be a war of words over who violates the treaty. Alan Wilson's remarks are basically in line with the facts. The withdrawal of the French army has not been completed, and the Viet Minh has to forcibly take over Hanoi to cause the conflict.

As for the destruction of the control area before the French army left, that is not a problem. The French army has the right to do so. The only violation of the treaty is the Viet Minh. This is a matter of right and wrong.

Alan Wilson took a moment to send a telegram to Whitehall, then rushed to the U.S. embassy to seek U.S. solidarity, and met with Ambassador McClain to inform him of the current situation.

In fact, the United States got the news no later than him, and McClain was also considering it, and asked, "Mr. Wilson, is the conflict caused by the treaty that the Viet Minh first violated?"

"Of course! At this critical moment, we have to believe the words of the French." Alan Wilson said without thinking, "Now that France is about to leave, we should let the French leave calmly. Letting the Soviets find excuses is very bad for us."

The truth of the matter is not important in the final analysis, the most important thing is that the wrong person must be the other party, which is very important.

If the world were a reasonable place~www.wuxiaspot.com~, there would not be so many wars, and defending oneself and slandering others was the responsibility of Alan Wilson and McClain at this time.

"Okay!" McClain thought for a moment. He came to South Vietnam with an important mission to work for the United States to intervene in South Vietnam to expand its influence. Now that the French are about to leave, the United States should really wait and see. Considering the friendship between the two countries, we should also trust the words of the other party.

But McClain made it clear that the reason he did it was to preserve the unity of the free world.

The subtext is to unite under the leadership of the United States. Of course Alan Wilson understood it, but his answer was rather vague. "It is obvious, we can see the leadership shown by the United States after the war."

The two unified the caliber and declared the same words in the big internal declaration, shirking the responsibility of the Viet Minh for the breach of contract in this conflict, and soon went to London and Washington respectively.

The Vietnamese civilians who died in vain at Hai Phong port may not agree with this, but what does it matter? Who cares about their lives?

Almost immediately, the war of words broke out. The whole free world expressed its indignation at the perfidy of the Soviet bloc, and asked the Soviet Union to immediately find a way to stop North Vietnam's breach of contract, otherwise North Vietnam must pay the price.

The seamless connection throughout the whole process reflects the overwhelming dominance of the free world in public opinion. Although it is a backlash, Alan Wilson has a clear conscience. This is all for the unity of the free world. Sometimes he must act in the right and conscience. The choice is not difficult.

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