"Commander, this won't do. The Japanese have naval guns that are beyond our range, we can't reach them!" Xie Menghua reminded him.
"I know, first bomb the docks in Haiphong to the ground!"
"Remember, finish this quickly! Then get out of their naval gun range! We'll go outside and intercept the Japanese!"
"clear!"
"Start bombarding the dock, quick!" Wang Zhiguo urged again.
"Da da da...!!!"
Shells rained down on the dock like a storm.
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
Countless buildings were destroyed, and a violent tremor came from the dock.
"Quick, quick, quick, keep firing!"
"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"
Dust billowed over the Haiphong pier.
As the gunfire subsided, the dock was left in a state of chaos.
It's almost impossible to escape from here!
After losing more than 100 tanks, the 7th Armored Division quickly withdrew and deployed to the outer perimeter of the coastal defense.
"Baka!"
"Baka!!!"
Jisaburo Ozawa stood on the deck of the Kongo battleship, roaring angrily.
He never expected that the enemy would resort to such underhanded tactics, blowing up the docks in an attempt to prevent the Empire's army from escaping!
How are they supposed to retreat now?!
"Lieutenant, immediately send a telegram to General Yamashita: the sea evacuation route has been blocked by the National League Army!"
"Hai!"
"boom--!"
"boom--!!"
"boom--!!!"
The naval guns continued to fire.
A few minutes later, Yamashita Tomoyuki, who was fleeing eastward, learned that the sea route had been cut off. He was so angry that he spat out two mouthfuls of blood from pickled cabbage on the spot.
Before falling into a coma, he issued the order for his troops to march south.
However, the 1st Guards Division of Qinghua had already blocked their hopes of advancing south.
On the left, there were also the 2nd Infantry Division, 5th Infantry Division, 6th Artillery Division, and 9th Reserve Armored Division sent from Muzhou. Now, the entire Japanese forces in Indochina were trapped, unable to escape.
Of the 110,000 troops, after one battle of attrition and two withdrawals, less than 30,000 remained.
Ultimately, they had no choice but to retreat to Hanoi, where they resorted to their usual tactics to coerce the local population and force the National League for Democracy (NLD) army to withdraw.
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