America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

Chapter 139 1874

Their agreement was signed in secret, so other countries had no idea about it for a short period of time.

Moreover, the world is in constant flux, and apart from France, the countries surrounding Cochinchina, and a few countries that France has sought help from, no one else pays any attention to the situation in Cochinchina.

Furthermore, since the Ryukyu Islands were already under the control of the Far East, the fact that its Third Fleet was heading south was seen by the Japanese and South Koreans as merely a patrol mission to the Ryukyu Islands, and they didn't pay much attention to it.

The First Fleet of the Far East and the Liuqiu Fleet Company brought various supplies with them when they set off.

They can be guaranteed to sail at sea for three months.

If they had successfully reached Jiaozhi in just over a month, by January 10, 1874.

After resupplying and resting at a port in central Jiaozhi, the fleet headed directly south, bringing with it the newly formed Central Army Group of the Jiaozhi Army.

This time, they are going to thoroughly terrify France.

At the same time that the Far East Fleet and the Ryukyu Fleet were heading south, the French fleet had already sent their domestically employed mercenaries and a portion of their naval personnel ashore.

They were not worried about the naval power of Jiaozhi, since Jiaozhi had no navy at all.

For this reason, only one-third of the personnel remained on the naval fleet.

The rest were responsible for leading the mercenary army to conquer Jiaozhi.

This time, their actions against Jiaozhi were not as calm as before.

Fueled by anger, they showed no mercy to the people of Jiaozhi.

Some of the elderly people who remained in the villages along the way were tortured and killed on the spot.

After several such incidents were captured on camera, the General of Cochinchina declared that he could no longer tolerate the brutal torture inflicted by the French Legion and the mercenary legions.

He gathered all the scattered domestic and foreign journalists, made public the footage they had taken, and then condemned them before speaking.

"In the fight for the independence of Jiaozhi, our Jiaozhi Allied Forces fought many battles. Inevitably, there were casualties in the battles, which is to be expected."

"I deeply regret both the sacrifices on our side and those of the French soldiers, but this is a war concerning race and nation, and it was unavoidable."

"But in this war of liberation, we never laid a hand on the civilians of France. Even though we hated these colonists, we only captured them and made them pay for the exploitation they had inflicted on the people of Jiaozhi."

"We will spare the lives of anyone who does not resist, and we have already publicly spoken with the French, demanding compensation for the losses suffered by Annan, in which case we will return their people to them."

"As the colonized party, we have suffered so much unequal treatment from the French Empire over the years, yet we have not retaliated against their people."

"As a result, the French Empire once again chose to attack Jiaozhi and harm innocent civilians."

"So I'm sorry, I can't take it anymore."

"So that the people of Jiaozhi would not lose the freedom they had so painstakingly gained."

"So that the people of Jiaozhi would no longer become pigs and cattle to be slaughtered by the French."

"Next, I will join forces with the Cambodian general to make the most important decision for Jiaozhi, a decision that will allow the people of Jiaozhi to be free and happy."

"I believe the people will agree with and approve of this decision."

"However, there are some things I'd better leave aside for now. What I want to say now is that since the French Empire's army doesn't treat the people of Jiaozhi as human beings, then don't blame Jiaozhi for not treating the people of France as human beings either."

As these words were reported, the Vietnamese army began their operations.

When the French Empire's army arrived at the city, they found dozens of white men hanging on the city walls.

These are all citizens of France.

However, when their army arrived, these citizens were found hanging from the city walls, where they cried out for help.

If the French army were to attempt to come to the rescue, they would be met with arrows, stones, and cannon fire.

If you want to attack, the other side will just kill you.

This immediately halted the French advance.

The Jiaozhi army, which had evacuated most of its troops to towns before the French attack, directly slowed down the French army's advance.

The French army simply did not have enough supplies, and if they could not capture the city as soon as possible, they would soon run out of ammunition and food.

Fortunately, they had loaded enough food supplies from Indonesia before boarding the ship, enough to last them for several months.

Therefore, all they need to do is contact the fleet and have them send someone to escort a batch of grain, which will temporarily solve their food crisis.

But they had no idea that every step they took was part of the general's plan.

Just as they were demanding food from the naval fleet, forcing the fleet to send out another batch of men to escort the food, the First Fleet of the Far East, the Liuzhou Fleet, and the hastily assembled Jiaozhi fleet were also in place.

The reason it was called the Kochi fleet was because they were all coastal sailing ships and small boats.

Even so, the Vietnamese navy launched an attack on the French fleet in small boats and sailboats.

The first to launch the attack was the First Fleet of the Far East.

Because the artillery of the First Far Eastern Fleet and the French Fleet were similar and their attack ranges were also similar, the French Fleet reacted quickly and began to retaliate after the Far Eastern Fleet took action.

However, in this situation, the French fleet had no choice but to fight back against the powerful Far East Fleet.

At this moment, the Ryukyu fleet attacked from the side and opened fire on the French fleet as well.

The French fleet could only spare a portion to fight the Ryukyu.

In this situation, the disadvantages became apparent, and one French fleet ship after another was lost.

At this point, the Vietnamese fleet also made its move. Although they did not have powerful ships and cannons, they sailed in small boats and quickly headed towards the French fleet, carrying rifles and grenades to launch close-range attacks.

The ship was already understaffed, and its ability to launch long-range attacks relied entirely on everyone working together to operate the cannons. Faced with close-range attacks, they were completely powerless to retaliate.

The First Fleet of the Far East and the Ryukyu Fleet originally thought they would completely defeat the French fleet, but they did not expect that it was the navy of the Kochi fleet that actually defeated the French fleet.

When the news came back, the person in charge of the Jiaozhi region—who was also Li Changsheng's most powerful figure in the Far East besides the general—simply waved his hand and said.

"Since the fleet was captured by the Jiaozhi fleet, all these ships will be given to the Jiaozhi general. It is hoped that the Jiaozhi general can use them as a basis to build Jiaozhi's own naval force."

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