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These three areas are remote areas ruled by Siam. The French army thought that the attack on these three places would be very smooth, but what they didn't expect was that the French army attacking Siem Reap was ambushed after setting off. The French suffered more than 100 casualties.

At first, the French thought it was the Cambodian guerrillas who did it, but then they realized that the people who did this could not be the Cambodian guerrillas, because the equipment of the Cambodian guerrillas was extremely simple, and they dared not touch the French with a number of about [-]. military.

The French governor in Cambodia immediately thought: it was the Siamese army who ambushed them. The reason why these Siamese troops were able to ambush them was entirely because of the help of the Cambodian guerrillas!

The French governor instantly had a premonition that the attack would become very difficult, because the place they wanted to attack was full of mountains and jungles. The Siamese army with the help of the locals was at home in the jungle, and their troops would inevitably suffer great losses if they attacked by force. .

Sure enough, after the French army attacking Siem Reap was ambushed, the French army attacking Battambang and Sisofeng were also ambushed. Although the loss was not large, it greatly damaged morale.

At 10 o'clock in the morning on October 8, the French army had to withdraw to the area controlled by the French army in order to fight again. At the same time, the Siamese army continued to attack Luang Prabang. Tax points and checkpoints were destroyed one after another. At 10:9 noon on October [-]th, the vanguard of the War Elephant Army arrived in Luang Prabang City. After some reconnaissance, he retreated back.

The French governor in Laos in Vientiane saw that the French army was no match for the Siamese army in mountain warfare, so he had to order the remaining troops in the mountain to withdraw to Luang Prabang City, hold the city firmly, and then reported the news to Vietnam The governor of the French Indochina Federation in Hanoi, while reporting to the country, the governor also notified the news to the French ambassador to China in Beijing.

The French ambassador did not report the news to Lin Yuan, because France had determined that China would not help them, and was determined to defeat Siam on its own. On the evening of October 10, the Chinese foreign ministry held a reception. The French ambassador and Lin Yuan Yuan was present, and Lin Yuan took this opportunity to ask the French ambassador about the battle situation.

The French ambassador did not hide anything, saying: "The Siamese army, led by the elephant army, has already entered Luang Prabang City, but our city is impenetrable, and it is impossible for the Siamese army to defeat it."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Defending the city is dead, and attacking the city is alive. There is no city that cannot be captured. I hope that your country will pay more attention to the movement inside the city. No matter how strong the city is, it is afraid of internal cooperation."

The French ambassador didn't like Lin Yuan's words, so he laughed a few times and found an excuse to chat with others. Lin Yuan looked at the back of the French ambassador with a glass in his hand and smiled secretly: "Although the French team has a favorable location, the Siamese team There are people in the army, Luang Prabang will be captured by Siam sooner or later, and you will come to beg me sooner or later."

At this time, in Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai, Siam, Chulalongkorn was toasting with Barclay. The glass was filled with golden champagne, and the wine was slightly foamy, reflecting the golden halo , Chulalongkorn said: "Our striker has arrived in Luang Prabang City, and the Laotians in the city are also actively organizing riots. In a few days, we will be able to cooperate with the outside world and take Luang Prabang City."

Barclay laughed and said: "An artillery unit of our British Empire is already passing through the mountain jungle. It is estimated that it will reach the city of Luang Prabang at midnight today. At that time, we will blast a hole in the strong city wall. We will soon You can enter the city, and the War Elephant Corps has also undergone special training for urban warfare, which is more than enough to deal with the street fighting of the French army."

Chulalongkorn smiled and listened to Barclay's bragging. At this moment, a waiter came over and whispered to Chulalongkorn, "Your Majesty, the queen asks you to go back."

Chulalongkorn said goodbye to Barclay with a smile, and came to an empty room. The attendant said, "Your Majesty, Prince Doma and Princess Yalin have sent a telegram." After speaking, he handed the two telegrams to Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn took it over and saw that the first letter was from Prince Doma, and there was only one line on it: "We have arrived at Guangzhou Port, and the Chinese side is arranging a plane to take us to Beijing."

The second letter was from Princess Yalin, and it filled a whole page: "Father, queen, Yalin is going to take a plane, and I bought a lot of beautiful dresses in China, and I will give them to you one by one when I go back. Look, father..." Chulalongkorn looked at the telegram, and his daughter's cute face appeared in front of his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little warmth in his heart.

At 10:9 midnight on October 11th, four British-made 30mm howitzers arrived outside Luang Prabang City, and launched a fierce shelling on the northwest corner of the city. Standard components, so the rate of fire of the artillery was as high as 105 rounds per minute. After 15 minutes, a hole more than 5 meters long was blasted out of the city wall in the northwest corner.

As soon as the cannon rang, the civil organization in the city—the Luang Prabang Rebel Army immediately rioted throughout the city. They frantically attacked the Governor’s Mansion, military camps and prisons. The prison was the weakest in defense and was quickly captured. The rebel army released the prisoners , Many of these prisoners are serious criminals. They regard human life as nothing on weekdays. They are extremely hostile to the society. They start to take revenge as soon as they are free. They kill, rob, set fire, and rape in the city. The city is full of women. The sound of crying and the fire that soared into the sky.

This shows the difference between the Siamese army and Lin Yuan's army. Lin Yuan's army also often engages in internal and external cooperation, but has never released prisoners.The French army in the city had to deal with the Siamese army outside the city and the resistance army in the city.

At midnight on October 10, a unit of the Siamese War Elephant Corps entered the city, tearing a big hole in the French defense line, and then a large Siamese army poured into the city like a flood. An hour later, the Siamese army occupied half of the city. Seeing that the situation was over, the governor of Luang Prabang hurriedly issued the news that "Luang Prabang city has fallen", and then led the remnants to withdraw from Luang Prabang city and fled to Vientiane.

At 10 a.m. on October 10th, the Siamese army occupied Luang Prabang City. Prince Aida, the commander-in-chief of the army, sent a telegram to announce to the world: "The Siamese army has occupied Luang Prabang City!"

When this news spread all over the world, the French ambassador to China was the most surprised person, because he had just told Lin Yuan that their city was impenetrable, but it was lost in the blink of an eye!