Chapter 1003 Daily Breastfeeding Method, Cessation of Territory and Compensation

"Boom!" After a loud earth-shaking noise, when the smoke cleared, it was found that a corner of the fortress built by the French army in the distance was missing, and there was no movement for a long time.

"Adjust all parameters and fire another shot!" the officer of the self-propelled artillery in the distance shouted again.

Soon, all the parameters were adjusted again, and the officer in charge said resolutely.

"If you miss again this time, I'll put you into the barrel of the cannon."

"Get ready~!"

"Wait~!"

"what happened?"

"Surrender!" The gunner in charge of observation said helplessly. He saw a white flag fluttering in the wind through the telescope.

The French Governor, Governor Degou, would never believe that the Sichuan Army's attack speed would be so fast. In just two days, they broke through two lines of defense and headed straight for their rear.

Now the French army only has one last line of defense left. Originally, they had considered that if they were defeated at the front, they could retreat to the rear and consolidate the defense line.

However, no one expected that the Sichuan Army would concentrate its forces, break through the front, and then rush straight to the rear without caring about anything else. No one expected that the Sichuan Army's attack speed would be so fast.

"Blitzkrieg?" Governor Deguin recalled that a few years ago, the German army raided from the Ardennes Forest, bypassed the Maginot Line and headed straight for Paris.

Now, this trick is being used again by the Sichuan Army, and this time, their target is his Governor's Mansion.

"Damn it, they are crazy!" De Gu reacted and said angrily.

He didn't expect that the Sichuan Army would actually succeed.

"Your Excellency Governor, Cambodia has been lost, and the next one will be Annan. Let's ask for peace!" the officer next to him advised.

Cambodia could be lost, but Annan must not be lost. If they were lost, they would really be driven into the sea.

"Ask for peace?" Governor Degou was stunned. He did not expect that the invincible French army would have to surrender one day.

"Your Excellency the Governor, we must not let the Sichuan Army reach Hanoi. We must negotiate peace before they do!"

Hearing this, Governor Degu was almost so angry that he had a cerebral hemorrhage.

"Asshole!" Governor Degu fainted without catching his breath.

"Governor, Governor~!"

"What should we do now?"

"Ask for peace!" Someone gnashed his teeth and said, "No one can occupy the entire Annan before Hanoi surrenders."

On the other side, the First Regiment led by Doubing almost ran all the way, taking over the defense line. Except for a few tough guys, in just over half a day, the entire Cambodia territory fell into the hands of the Sichuan Army.

"What? The French army wants to negotiate peace?" Lin Hao was stunned for a long time after receiving the telegram, and suddenly remembered that sentence.

"No one can occupy Paris before Paris surrenders!"

"General, should we accept the peace talks?" Meng Fanle asked carefully.

"What do you think?" Lin Hao asked instead of answering.

Meng Fanle heard this and pondered for a while before slowly saying:

"I think we can fight and talk at the same time!"

"Oh? Why?" Lin Hao looked at him in surprise and asked.

"General, the territory we occupy now is large enough, and many places have not been completely digested. According to the current immigration speed, it will take at least two months to completely connect those points and surfaces together!" Meng Fanle analyzed, pointing to the map.

"More importantly, we currently have insufficient troops and too many territories to defend. We also have some indigenous troops that we need to eliminate. I think we should focus on consolidating the current territory for the time being!"

After listening to Meng Fanle's words, Lin Hao nodded, but then shook his head and said:
"What you said makes sense, but if we completely take over Annan, we can contact the other side. We don't need to go along the Nujiang River anymore. We can go along the Zuojiang River. At the same time, the efficiency of immigration will be greatly increased."

"But General, the natives of Annan are not as easy to deal with as Siam. For hundreds of years, it has been difficult to conquer them. I am afraid that we will be stuck in a quagmire, which will be detrimental to our future development!" Meng Fanle said after thinking for a while.

The land of Annan has rebelled countless times since ancient times and has been an ungrateful wretch countless times. As long as you read a little bit of ancient books, you will know that it is impossible for them to surrender, and even if they surrender, it will only be temporary.

Even though the French army occupied this place for decades, they were still dragged down by the rebellion.

Hearing this, Lin Hao fell silent. He had indeed not thought about this problem before. The land of Annan has been fond of various rebellions since ancient times. The only way to completely eradicate it is to completely eliminate these indigenous people, but that would cause a huge shock.

"Well, what you said is indeed a problem. Do you have any way to solve it?" Lin Hao had a plan in his mind, but he still looked at Meng Fan and asked.

Sure enough, Meng Fanle looked at Lin Hao and said word by word: "Spring cleaning is the best way. There is no other way!"

"Spring cleaning~!" Lin Hao read it once, then shook his head and said with a smile:

"What Bi said is correct, but we can do it in a more subtle way. There is no need to be so extreme. In fact, whether it is changing the cage or taking over the magpie's nest, this small problem can be easily solved!"

"But in order not to dirty our hands, we really have to have a good talk with the French army!"

Lin Hao had already thought of a solution in his mind, which was to negotiate with the French army first, and then let the newly recruited soldiers take turns to train at the border, and practice their shooting skills with these indigenous soldiers.

Based on Lin Hao's understanding of these French troops, they will definitely make a comeback after such a terrible defeat this time. Vichy France is far away, and if they want to expand their army, they can only recruit from the natives.

In this way, if a large number of young indigenous people were recruited and died on the battlefield, it would not cause any discussion.

After all, this is a war, and as long as there is a war, people will die.

This move, on the one hand, continuously depleted Annan's manpower, caused an imbalance in the ratio of men to women, and lost the backbone of resistance. On the other hand, it also trained a group of elite soldiers, especially artillery and other arms, who needed actual combat training the most.

"Send a telegram to the French army and tell them that we are willing to negotiate with them!" Lin Hao said with a smile:

"Let Si La Si La go and talk to them. In addition to Cambodia, we should also take over the Vientiane area. There are rich mineral resources there, which are an important source for our industrial development."

"Yes, military seat!"

Long Wenjian was confused when he received the telegram. He was training new members recently. Battalion A had been upgraded to a special operations brigade. He, a lieutenant colonel, was promoted to colonel. At the same time, Battalion A was also upgraded to a special operations brigade and retained its status.

"Let me negotiate? How can I negotiate?" Long Wenjian was a little dumbfounded. What was going on? He was just a military commander, why was he asked to negotiate for no reason? "Oh no, the commander is asking you to be shameless. Anyway, we have the advantage. Just make the conditions. The French army dare not refuse." Meng Fanle, who came to convey the order, said with a smile.

"What annoyance! Is this your fault? I'm training new students right now. How can I have time to negotiate?" Long Wenjian said unhappily.

"It has the signature of the military commander, unless you want to disobey orders." Meng Fanle pointed at the order and said.

"Okay, I'll go. It's just a negotiation, right?" Hearing the order, Long Wenjian accepted his fate.

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On the other side, the French army received a telegram about peace talks and showed a hint of surprise.

"Are they really willing to negotiate?" Governor Degu was surprised. Now that the Sichuan Army had the initiative, he never expected that the other party would accept negotiations.

"Yes!" said the French communications staff excitedly.

"These yellow monkeys, wait until we recover and then we'll settle the score with them!" Governor Degu breathed a sigh of relief.

"In addition, they requested to negotiate in the Vientiane area!"

"Okay, let them do it!" Governor Degu agreed on the surface, but he was already thinking about getting a batch of weapons and increasing the recruitment of indigenous troops.

In the past few days, he summarized this battle and found that the biggest flaw was the lack of troops. If there were enough troops at that time, they would definitely be able to surround the Sichuan Army.

"Pass on my order. Distribute all the weapons in stock. We want to expand the army. All young people of appropriate age must be brought to the barracks for high-intensity training!" Governor Degu issued another order.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor!"

In Vientiane Prefecture, Long Wenjian felt the hostility brought by this land and frowned slightly. He somewhat understood why Lin Hao stopped the attack.

Given this level of hostility, even if we take over Annan, we will have to spend countless efforts to govern it in the later stages.

"We demand compensation from you for this war. We demand 100 million taels of silver, equivalent to 5 million taels of gold. At the same time, you cede Vientiane to us and acknowledge that Cambodia is under our control!" As soon as Long Wenjian came up, he bared his teeth and said fiercely.

"Damn it, this is absolutely impossible, we can't agree to such conditions!" The French officer in charge of the negotiations got furious when he heard the news and immediately stood up and shouted.

"Don't admit it? Okay, then let's declare a pause now, we'll go back and continue fighting, and then talk after the fight?" After saying that, Long Wenjian was about to leave.

In fact, he didn't want to talk from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't know what the military commander was thinking, forcing him to come and talk.

"This is not your sincerity in peace talks!"

"Hmph, there's nothing to talk about in the first place. I think this kind of negotiation is a waste of time. If there is any problem, let's solve it on the battlefield. After all, our commando team will arrive at Vientiane Palace in half a day at most!" Long Wenjian said this and left.

The French representatives behind him were completely dumbfounded. Negotiations, negotiations, must be done through discussion. Once you come up, there is no room for negotiation. How can we talk anymore?
"Captain Long, you are so awesome. You gave them a warning right from the start. I believe there will be a lot to talk about next!" The other negotiators were amazed when they saw Long Wenjian's direct stance. This is a true negotiation expert.

Upon hearing this, Long Wenjian replied unhappily:
"What are we talking about? Let's go back. It's just a broken Wanxiang Mansion. Let Ma Dazhi fight for his reputation. Take it down as soon as possible. Stop wasting my time!"

"Ah? You really don't want to talk about it anymore?"

"Let's stop talking, let's go back!" Long Wenjian said as he was about to pack his luggage, actually preparing to go back.

The French army was completely confused. They really didn't want to talk anymore? They had no choice but to report Long Wenjian's conditions to Governor Degu.

After reading the telegram, Governor Degu slammed the table in anger and said:

"Assholes, these ungrateful yellow monkeys, I will make them pay the price~!"

"Well, Your Excellency the Governor, it seems that we have been defeated~!"

"Asshole, damn asshole, stupid son of a bitch, I don't need you to remind me!"

"Then Your Excellency Governor, what should we do now? The vanguard of the Sichuan Army is not far from Vientiane. If we don't agree, they will reach Hanoi in a few days." The officer next to him said in embarrassment.

"What about our daily life? When will they send reinforcements? We are allies now." Governor Degu asked.

Hearing this, the officer in charge of communicating with Xiao Rizi said with a delighted look on his face:
"General Terauchi Hisaichi called back. They are currently fighting the American army. The situation is stalemate and they are unable to transfer more troops for the time being. They hope we can understand and solve the problem ourselves!"

"Bastards, none of them are reliable!" Governor Degu cursed.

If sea transportation was possible, he would have sent a telegram directly to his homeland, requesting the dispatch of a fleet.

But he was obviously furious. Their fleet had long been smashed into the sea by the British army, and the remaining three or two small sampans could not solve any problems.

"Governor, what should we do now? The other party's negotiation team has withdrawn. It is obvious that they don't want to continue the talks!"

"Bastards, tell them that the compensation is too much. Cambodia and Vientiane can agree to a lower compensation, at most 50 or 30 million taels of silver!" Governor Degu said gritting his teeth.

At least half of the money he had worked so hard to amass over the years was gone.

Soon, Long Wenjian, who was about to leave the city, was stopped by the French army, who said that everything could be discussed further and that there was no problem in recognizing the ownership of Cambodia.

Wanxiang Prefecture can also be ceded to them, but the compensation must be less, at most 30 million taels.

"One hundred million taels of silver, not a copper penny less!" Long Wenjian didn't buy it at all.

"It's too much. Even if you take over the whole of Annan in the future, you won't be able to collect so much silver!" The French representative in charge of the negotiations was almost crying. What is the concept of 100 million taels of silver?
It is almost equivalent to the total tax revenue of Annan in the past ten years.

"It's okay, you can pay in installments. The first installment is 30 million taels, and the remaining 70 million taels will be paid off in three years!" The reason why Long Wenjian asked for a compensation of 100 million taels of silver was entirely in accordance with Lin Hao's orders.

In addition to disgusting the French army, it also allows them to experience what it felt like to sign the treaty.

As for the remaining 70 million taels, neither side took it seriously because they would have to fight in the future.

"No problem!" The French representative in charge of the negotiations breathed a sigh of relief, and the two sides quickly signed an agreement.

After Lin Hao received the telegram, he immediately issued the latest order:

"The entire army and each infantry brigade will take turns to go to Vientiane Prefecture to conduct rotation training with the French army and train new recruits."

At the same time, the French Governor Degou also began to conscript men on a large scale and gathered heavy troops on the border. Small-scale frictions broke out from time to time between the two sides, but they always ended in the complete defeat of the French army.

Basically, hundreds of indigenous soldiers were killed or wounded every day, but the French army did not care about this and continued to desperately capture young men to supplement the front line.

The two sides remained in a tacit stalemate, and the border maintained such dynamic stability that Lin Hao finally had time to make internal adjustments.

(End of this chapter)