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Chapter 136 Jiaozhi Part 2: Liberating Jiaozhi and Neighboring Countries

With a steady supply of weapons from the Far East, the French army was no match for the Cochinchina coalition.

Under the counterattack of the allied forces of Cochinchina, the French army that had penetrated deep into northern Cochinchina was completely annihilated or captured in just three days.

Having reclaimed the territory that originally belonged to Jiaozhi, the Jiaozhi general did not stop his offensive.

Now that they've already taken action against France, they naturally want to take back more land.

So before the French Empire could react, the allied forces of Cochinchina mobilized 2 troops, equipped with the most advanced weapons and equipment, and launched a brazen attack on the Saigon region.

Saigon was only recently turned into a French colony.

In order to develop its colonies, France invested a lot of manpower and resources in the Saigon region, but the local people did not identify with France at all.

When the army of the Jiaozhi general attacked, these people immediately joined the general's ranks.

With the addition of the clones that Li Changsheng had arranged in advance, multiple rebel armies were directly raised in the Saigon region and began to fight in various places.

By the time France realized what was happening, the entire Mekong Delta region had been completely occupied by the Cochinchina Allied Forces and the Saigon Rebellion.

Even the French navy in South Vietnam was almost destroyed by the General of Jiaozhi. Fortunately, the navy reacted in time and evacuated the port in time, but it completely handed over the naval base to the General of Jiaozhi.

As for all the French colonists and missionaries in the region, as well as the French capitalists and landowners, they were all arrested.

Anyone who resisted was killed on the spot.

As for the puppet army formed by the Vietnamese who had defected to France, they were no match for the Vietnamese general. After 2000 of the tens of thousands of puppet soldiers were killed in battle, they all chose to surrender.

The rest of the French, those who reacted quickly, fled to Cambodia, while those who reacted slowly did not escape.

However, even after they fled to Cambodia, the Cochinchina Allied Forces still launched an attack on Cambodia.

Faced with this situation, the French Empire was completely powerless to fight back.

Even if they received the message, they were unable to organize an army to resist.

Meanwhile, an uprising also broke out in Cambodia.

The Cambodian insurgents also split into several factions and began to cooperate with the general of Jiaozhi to capture and kill all the French in Cambodia.

In this battle, all the French had no choice but to flee.

Those who managed to escape to the sea were considered lucky; those who couldn't escape all became prisoners.

After completely controlling Jiaozhi and Cambodia, the Jiaozhi general's statistic revealed that the total number of French soldiers killed and captured did not exceed 3000.

There were also some merchants and civilians from the French colonial forces, and these people together numbered no more than 2000.

When the entire country of Jiaozhi and Cambodia was liberated, the Jiaozhi General and other leaders of uprisings in various places, who were actually Li Changsheng's alter egos, acquired a large amount of resources. After dividing these resources among themselves, the Jiaozhi General withdrew from Cambodia. At the same time, the various forces in Cambodia merged into the Cambodian Allied Forces and put forward a leader to become the Cambodian General.

France's colonial power in the Indochina Peninsula was completely dismantled in just over a month.

Although it's not cold in the Cochin region in December, the hearts of the French are cold.

Those who survived were forced to drift at sea, relying on warships for sustenance.

The moment they completely lost their colonies in the Indochina Peninsula, the French navy launched a bombardment of the Cochin region.

Naval shells rained down on the villages and cities along the coast of Ko Chi across the sea.

In just a few days, thousands of people in Jiaozhi were killed as a result.

The local newspapers in Jiaozhi have been completely incorporated into the Jiaozhi General's forces, and a Jiaozhi News Department has been established.

The Jiaozhi News Department was managed by another of Li Changsheng's avatars, and its newspapers never stopped running throughout the entire process of Jiaozhi's liberation.

The entire process of liberation and independence was recorded.

At the same time, after the complete liberation of Vietnam and Cambodia, they strongly condemned the French Imperial Navy's attacks on the coastal areas of Vietnam and Cambodia.

It was also stated that Jiaozhi and Cambodia have been tributary states of China since ancient times, and branches of China since ancient times.

They hoped to gain the support of the Qing Empire.

At the same time, it was hoped that the Qing Empire would send its navy to help Jiaozhi (Vietnam) expel the French naval forces.

Unfortunately, the Qing Empire was beset by internal and external troubles. If Jiaozhi (Vietnam) had been on the verge of collapse, the Qing Empire might have offered assistance.

Moreover, even if assistance was provided, it was the army.

As for deploying the navy? Even if the Qing Empire wanted to help, they didn't have the capability.

The Qing Empire's naval forces were barely able to maintain stability along the coast.

The newly formed Beiyang Fleet and Nanyang Fleet were even less likely to be deployed.

When this matter was raised at the court meeting, Empress Dowager Cixi, the supreme ruler of the Qing Empire, simply said something indifferent.

"Since Vietnam and Cambodia have become independent, we will recognize the control of the Vietnamese general and the Cambodian general over their respective regions."

"Now that we can make phone calls and telegrams, let's just have the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi bestow titles upon them directly."

"As for the French Empire's counterattack, there's nothing we can do to help them."

"France's naval power is one of the most powerful in the world today."

"Let them relocate the coastal residents as much as possible."

Although the Qing Empire didn't offer much help, it indirectly recognized the independence of Jiaozhi and Cambodia.

However, it is clear that this recognition does not have much effect.

The French navy continued to launch raids on the coastal areas of Vietnam and Cambodia.

Meanwhile, the French Empire was also outraged by this incident.

The colony they had painstakingly built was taken back.

This was a provocation against their Third French Empire.

Soon, the French Empire decided that it was necessary to reclaim the colonies that belonged to the French Empire.

However, it was not so easy to send troops from France, so the French Empire sought help from Portugal, Spain, and the British Empire, wanting to hire their armies.

As a result, Spain was tricked by the French Empire a few years ago.

Originally, they occupied Jiaozhi together, but Spain was driven out. How could they possibly help? So Spain said, "We support you in taking back your colonies, but we can't help you."

Portugal and the British Empire were also unwilling to help.

If France fails, who knows when we might have a chance?

Once you completely abandon the Jiaozhi region, perhaps we can support the Jiaozhi warlords and gradually take control of Jiaozhi.

In this situation, the French Empire ultimately turned to the Netherlands for help.

The Netherlands now has virtually complete control over the Indonesian region.

Faced with the demands of the French Empire, the Netherlands reluctantly agreed.

After all, the Netherlands has a considerable number of troops stationed in Indonesia.

Gaining the French Empire as an ally is not bad.

Moreover, they completely disregarded Cambodia and Vietnam.

So when the French fleet came again, it brought with it Dutch Indonesian mercenaries.

Meanwhile, the French Empire also deployed new troops to advance towards Jiaozhi.