In September 1945, when Ho Chi Minh read the "** Declaration" in Ba Ting Square where more than 100,000 people gathered in Hanoi, and declared the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam for short), he had only a guerrilla force of about 5,000 people under his command. A year later, when the negotiations between North Vietnam and France broke down, their armed forces had expanded to more than 30,000 people, and they were active in several regions, each region had a ** organization and were under unified command. However, such an armed force was obviously not the match of the French regular army.

Hand. At the beginning of the Indochina War, the French army quickly repelled the North Vietnamese armed forces, occupied northern Vietnamese cities and major transportation facilities, and strangled the North Vietnamese regime and its armed forces. Just when the North Vietnamese regime had to deal with the French team through guerrilla warfare, the war that had been burning on the European continent for more than half a year indirectly helped them a great favor. The concern for vital interests caused the Fourth French Republic to eventually get involved in this battlefield. The Paris government quickly adjusted its strategic focus both locally and overseas, and the elite combat troops were from Indochina.

The island was transferred back to Europe, followed by a dark period that shamed the Western allies. The Soviet army continuously damaged the Allies, annihilated, captured a large number of American, British, French and Borussia soldiers on the Eastern European battlefield, forcing the Allies to enter defense in full. In the late period of the war, the French government, in order to protect itself, had no time to take care of Southeast Asian colonies. The North Vietnamese armed forces not only used this period of time to recuperate and expand their troops, but also obtained valuable assistance from the "enemy's enemy". A large number of manual rifles that were outdated on the European battlefield made the North

The Vietnamese armed forces took an important step in regularization construction. Soviet instructors who participated in the Patriotic War came to North Vietnam to help train soldiers, bringing Soviet-style combat thinking to the North Vietnamese army. By 1950, North Vietnam had established an armed force of nearly 100,000 people, with four Soviet armed infantry divisions and several light artillery battalions. A large number of local militia were equipped with Soviet spoils of the five eight gates, including Mauser, March 8, Garland, and Li Enfield. They were full of confidence to prepare to fight the French team again.

Returning to the battlefield on the north bank of the Song River, the French army took the initiative in the Vietnam battlefield, but the battle was not as easy as the French commander imagined. The French infantry who took advantage of the situation to pursue was ambushed by North Vietnamese armed forces in the night battle. When the Song River stone bridge exploded, their retreat was threatened. The French commander who was worried about being encircled immediately issued a retreat order, which quickly proved to be an extremely bad decision. Although the infantry retreated route was accompanied by a guarding position built by friendly troops, the paratroopers could not stop the North Vietnamese armed forces at all, and the retreating infantry was very comfortable.

Yi was disorganized when attacked by the enemy, which led to many unnecessary casualties in the battle. After the tank column covered the large group of infantry and retreated to the stone bridge area, the commander ordered the tanks and armored vehicles to support the infantry that had not yet been withdrawn. So Leglis and his paratroopers looked at the tanks, armored vehicles, and infantrymen who had left before, and the infantrymen who were riding in jeeps and light trucks appeared in front of him. At this time, the French infantry behind the temple were retreating in groups along the road, and the sound of gunfire and explosions of the battle also approached. There were almost three hours before dawn.

"Prepare to evacuate! Prepare to evacuate!"

The messenger finally brought the orders that the paratroopers were looking forward to in the middle of the night, but they witnessed the attack of their infantry when they retreated. Most of them would rather stay on the position until dawn. The inappropriate judgment of the superior commander made the paratroopers complain, and Leglis was no exception. This time, when he heard the officers in the company and platoon next to him discuss protesting, he was not only not surprised or angry, but also wanted to support them. Not long after, the infantry who came to reinforce from the direction of the stone bridge arrived at the warning position, seeing that their posture was preparing to take over the defense. The paratroopers' resentment disappeared. Since someone was in this bad position, there were his own tanks on the road to the stone bridge, and armored vehicles and mobile troops could provide some cover, and there was nothing wrong with retreating.

As Lieutenant Colonel Jerom ordered the evacuation. The paratroopers climbed out of the trench with their respective combat weapons and equipment. Just as they lowered their heads and hugged their waists and ran toward the road, abominable enemy appeared. Light artillery and mortar shells flew from the woods and rice fields, roaring around the positions and roads. The huge roar and fierce shock forced every terrified person to hide on the spot, and only those brave or confused soldiers would continue to run in the artillery fire.

Leglis, who fell in the wet mud, originally thought that the artillery bombardment of the North Vietnamese army would only last for a small formation. After all, they did not have a complete arms industry. France's military blockade made them only transport some supplies through the northern jungle at this stage. However, this time the enemy's artillery fire was much more violent and lasting than expected, and several shells fell more than ten meters away. Fortunately, it was just small-caliber infantry artillery. If it were a higher-level howitzer, it would be enough to end Leglis's war journey at such a distance. When the artillery fire gradually weakened, the paratrooper lieutenant looked up and watched with difficulty.

There were many bombed vehicles next to them, some tanks parked on the side of the road, holding their muzzles to counterattack, and some tanks were lying motionless on the road, either because of a failure or the crew was stunned. The positions where they were staying were filled with smoke and bomb craters. It was obviously a target of the enemy's artillery fire. Traditional trench fortifications are the most afraid of ballistic arc-shaped mortars. Under continuous shooting, many shells will fall into the trenches to kill internal personnel. Judging from his own experience, Leglis felt that the unlucky infantry might have lost a considerable amount of combat effectiveness.

In the chaos, Leglis heard someone shouting "Retreat south along the road", but then someone shouted "Every paratrooper companies return to the alert position". Two commands with completely opposite content made him confused and entangled, but the subordinates who stayed by him were still waiting for their decision. Leglis tried to calm down and make a judgment, but the situation on the battlefield could not allow him to think too much. When the dense sound of machine guns and rifles sounded and countless bullets flew past this area, his psychological defense had collapsed.

"Retreat! Retreat south!"

Leglis shouted, not only did the paratrooper platoon get up and run, but even the other platoons around him who were even completely unfamiliar, joined in. A group of people retreated along the road towards the stone bridge in vain. At this time, no one stood up to cover his companions. The bullets shot from afar seemed to be raindrops that had just started to rain, not spreading every inch of space, but no one knew whether there would be raindrops on them in the next second. The paratroopers running away and retreated were constantly shot, and the dead were silent.

He fell down without saying a word, and the injured couldn't help but let out a miserable and desperate wail. Leglis heard the roar of the engine and the sound of the tracks rubbing against the steel wheels. He turned his head to glance without stopping. Most of his tanks and armored vehicles were reversing along the road. Countless North Vietnamese soldiers rushed out of the woods in the northwest, and the same thin and agile figure appeared in the rice fields in the east. There were rattles and machine guns on the alert position controlled by infantry, but it sounded so weak, just like the moan of a dying person!

"Hey! Hey! Guys, calm down! Orderly retreat! Alternate cover!"

From a certain perspective, escape is a highly contagious psychological disease, and those who are not firm enough are particularly resistant. Leglis is unwilling to admit that he is running away, but when an officer coming towards him angrily scolds him, he slows down as if he is awakened from a dream, and soldiers around him recover as if he is astonished as him, but more people still run forward desperately, as if the soul that controls consciousness has been shaken by the enemy's artillery fire just now. Among these people, many of them have participated in the battle between the Allies against the Soviet Union, experienced the Soviet artillery fire that is ten times more fierce than this, and they have also experienced the same embarrassing retreat. They seem to have been used to all this, and courage is just a spiritual support for them to step onto the battlefield.

After a brief and painful psychological struggle, Leglis did not stop. Because of guilt, or guilt, he shouted "Leglis' paratroopers of the platoon to move closer to me" as if he had covered his ears and shouted "Leglis' paratroopers approached me" as if he had saved some soldiers from the platoon from being dispersed, but in such a disorderly retreat, the self-assembly of a group of soldiers was simply useless. Behind them, the few French infantry relied on a circular position to resist and restrain the attacks of the North Vietnamese army, and the tanks and armored vehicles present were also trying their best to block them. However, in the absence of infantry support, tanks were constantly damaged by the North Vietnamese soldiers' mobilizers and **pack attacks, and most of the tank soldiers who were forced to abandon their vehicles could not escape the bad luck...

Leglis originally thought he would run to the stone bridge in one breath, meet with the troops stationed there and fight with fate to avoid being annihilated or captured, but in places where they could not hear the sound of the river, they were accepted and protected by their companions. The paratroopers who had previously transferred were built with the infantry stationed there, and together with the defending positions of the temporary airport, it was connected to the defending positions of the temporary airport and the other end extended to the highest mound nearby, and never guarded the temporary airport and the stone that had stood for a hundred years.

Bridge Leglis and his paratroopers never left their guns, just as the blood of Gaul warriors flowed in their bodies. However, as the darkness before dawn faded, they finally left hundreds of companions with part of their pride and dignity on the battlefield of night battles. A fixed mind has formed in their minds, that is, French soldiers can fight against three during the day, and at night, they should stay in a stable position, rather than fighting an encounter with North Vietnamese soldiers whose bodies are more likely to sneak at night. (To be continued.!~!

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