Vietnam and Cambodia have a long-standing dispute.

Although Prince Sihanouk was coup d'état by the Americans that year, it was because he was pro-Vietnamese in the Vietnam War and provided North Vietnam with a smuggling channel for the transportation of foreign aid materials. It is said that it is benevolent to Vietnam.

(During the Vietnam War, the Americans spent four times the total ammunition consumption of all belligerents in World War II to block the "Hu-Chi-Minh Trail" where the Vietnamese received aid from China and the Soviet Union, but they still did not blow up the road.)

An important reason is that the Vietnamese army took advantage of the long and narrow territory of their country, and often continued transportation from Cambodia to near the end point and then back to Vietnam. And U.S. planes cannot cross the border to bomb non-belligerents. ）

However, after the withdrawal of US troops in 75 years, border disputes arose between Cambodia and Vietnam in the process of recovering lost territories, and later developed into the killing of foreign nationals of the opposing ethnic groups in their own occupied areas. By the middle of '78, local military conflicts were common, but after all, war had not yet been officially declared.

December 25, 1978, the third day after the end of the Great Plenum of the Chinese side, is also Christmas in the West.

Vietnam officially declared war on Cambodia in the name of "Cambodia occupying Phu Quoc Island, an island in the South China Sea that should be part of Vietnam's territory, and killing Vietnamese overseas Chinese in Baichun".

The Vietnamese army, with 19 divisions and a total of 250,000 troops, suddenly crossed the border and launched an all-out attack, smashing into Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.

It was after receiving this news that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately consulted the central authorities, and then in less than half an hour, various response decrees were issued in an orderly manner, and all units were mobilized in an emergency.

It was in this situation that Gu Biao was temporarily thought of by the leaders in charge of the ministry, and then grabbed his bag and threw it to the newspaper office of "Renren Daily" to help provide some suggestions for revision and polishing. Of course, in addition to him, there were other senior comrades who negotiated and handled it together, and they were not alone.

Who let his name just show his face in front of the leaders of the ministry two days ago, and he is still famous for his eloquence and polemics.

So much so that when the leader got up early in the morning and was not completely awake, he suddenly heard that he was going to send someone to cooperate with the propaganda mouth, so he naturally thought of Gu Biao.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, with his qualifications, he would have to stay up for at least another three or five years before he is worthy of this kind of work.

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Zhao Yutian drove to the newspaper office in a jeep.

As soon as the car was parked, he took Gu Biao to climb the stairs on the fifth floor, and the pace was so fast that young people like Gu Biao were a little uncomfortable.

In the era when there is no elevator, human physical fitness is good.

Zhao Yutian had climbed three floors, and when he looked back, he saw that Gu Biao was a little slow, and couldn't help but pull him: "At a young age, you will slow down after climbing a few floors! Hurry! The manuscript will be published and printed at noon!"

"I'm sorry, that's not usually the case. I was pulled all night last night. Gu Biao explained sincerely, his feet barely quickened his pace, and he was already out of breath after climbing the stairs.

Zhao Yutian looked at him coldly: "Tsk...... Young people, don't rely on girls to watch, you don't know moderation. If you are like this, you will know that you will be bitter after more than ten years. ”

Gu Biao felt that his forehead must be crawling with black lines: "Editor Zhao, things are not as ...... as you imagined"

He's just dancing and dancing in a proper manner! He wasn't even tough last night, who is going to reason with this?! He's only 16 years old!

He wanted to roar: Hey, you can't watch me surrounded by dozens of beautiful sisters in the middle, forced to teach me to go abroad, you have to say that I have done bad things!

But before he could finish complaining in his heart, the conference room arrived.

Zhao Yutian quickened his pace, nodded slightly as soon as he entered the door, and saluted an uncle in his fifties sitting on the main seat: "Editor-in-chief Wang, I'm really sorry that I came later than you." ”

"It's okay, after all, you've gone to the Foreign Affairs Academy to pick up people, then let's get started. "Editor-in-chief Wang is not formal, it is more likely that today's temporary task is too urgent, so everyone is a little more accommodating.

Editor-in-chief Wang cleared his throat: "Everyone has arrived, so I will briefly introduce today's task - I received a notice from the central government in the early morning to remove and adjust all the original content of the second edition. Then the entire page was left blank and the content of the Vietnam issue was published in a concentrated manner.

We will have to complete three articles before we send them in at noon. Allocate space according to 40%:40%:20% of the layout.

The first is an editorial, placed vertically on the left side of the second edition, and the title has been set, which is called "Our Patience Is Limited", which is in charge of Xiao Zhao;

The second part is the note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Vietnamese Embassy in succession recently, mainly strongly condemned, placed at the top of the right side. Comrade Niu Hongsheng of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for sorting out and compiling the contents of the note, and our people are responsible for polishing the introduction and conclusion before and after.

The third article is a news briefing, which mainly reports how many of our compatriots have been killed and wounded by the Vietnamese army recently, and how many losses have been caused, which is placed in the lower right corner. Comrade Liu Linlin of the Xinhua News Agency is in charge, and he must clearly confirm the latest news materials from the front.

I'm in charge of the overall work, everyone, hurry up, start now!"

When Editor-in-Chief Wang reported the name of the person in charge of the specific article, all three of them stood up one after another, nodded briefly to everyone in the conference room, and even omitted to introduce themselves, which showed the haste of the atmosphere.

Gu Biao still took the opportunity to recognize the whole thing: Comrade Niu Hongsheng of the Information Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a middle-aged, red-faced fat man with a rosacea, while Liu Linlin, a reporter from the Xinhua News Agency, is younger, estimated to be in his 30s, and should be a liaison.

The rare "joint compilation and reporting of the three departments" would not have been encountered in peacetime if it had not been for a sudden war.

After the start of work, Gu Biao's first reaction was to go to Senior Niu to help, after all, the note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still had to be selected and put in the newspaper. However, the senior Niu didn't treat him very well, saying that he didn't need his help.

It seems that the seniors in the same department are more or less troubled by newcomers taking rockets to gain popularity.

Fortunately, Zhao Yutian took the opportunity to relieve him: "Xiao Gu, you follow me and help me check the erroneous condemnation part of the Vietnamese line in the editorial, and see if there are any loopholes in the philosophical theory and whether it can be optimized!"

"Eh," Gu Biao agreed sincerely, and then figured it out.

Anyone can do this kind of official note, and the reason why the ministry arranged for him must have valued his superiority in polemics and arguments, so it was just a matter of picking on some of Vietnam's recent public declarations.

After diligently following Zhao Yutian for two hours, the first draft of an editorial was finally released:

"Recently, the Vietnamese authorities have become more and more rampant in their provocations against China. Its armed forces have constantly violated our territory and arbitrarily shot and killed our border people. It is intolerable for the Vietnamese authorities to bully our country so brazenly......"

"For a long time, this should have been a friendly border, and the border people of the two countries have frequent exchanges and live in harmony...... However, since '74, and especially since its reunification, the Vietnamese authorities have been ungrateful to the outrageous level of their anti-HUA efforts to cater to the Soviet Union......"

"What is particularly outrageous is that under such circumstances, the Vietnamese propaganda machine is still distorting the facts in a vain attempt to deceive world public opinion...... His hooligan's method of pretending to be garlic is very despicable and disgusting......"

"The Vietnamese authorities have gone far enough on the anti-HUA road, and there is a limit to the patience and restraint of the Chinese people. We don't bully anyone, and we never allow others to bully us. If anyone does not offend me, I will not offend, but if anyone offends me, I will offend!

Therefore, we solemnly warn the Vietnamese authorities: If you continue to act recklessly and recklessly with the support of the Soviet Union, you will definitely be punished as you deserve! This is the last chance to rein in the precipice! Don't be unpredictable!"

Most of the wording of the article was decided by Zhao Yutian, and Gu provided decisive opinions only in a few subsections of the debate on whether the line was right or wrong.

However, at the end of the article, Zhao Yutian originally wanted to write a rhetoric roughly "Let's talk ahead, don't say it in advance." However, Gu Biao suggested that the content of the obviously vulgar colloquial language should be changed to "rein in the precipice".

It's not that Gu Biao wants to be in the limelight, but that he is used to hearing such gradual protests in later generations, so he wrote it casually on the draft.

He also thinks it's better to rein in the precipice.

Zhao Yutian also respected his intentions, and did not make arbitrary decisions, but asked a few comrades in charge of writing work to put forward their opinions.

Basically no one on the newspaper's side raised opinions.

Because they all know that the name Gu Biao has been more popular recently, and Shangda Tian heard it, which is a typical example.

However, Liu Linlin of Xinhua News Agency didn't know Gu Biao, after all, when Gu Biao came in with Zhao Yutian just now, Editor-in-Chief Wang didn't introduce him, and others only called him "Xiao Gu".

She was a little unconvinced when she saw that Gu Wei was so young and pointed fingers.

"Xiao Gu, I think Editor Zhao's original manuscript is good, 'Let's talk ahead', it's more popular. ”

Gu Biao didn't have to insist, so he laid out a factual evidence, and finally meant: "I just looked at the front of the 62-year-old 'Don't say anything unpredictable', followed by 'We want to sue the Indian authorities'." Now it's changed to 'Let's talk first', which seems to be more colloquial than it was 16 years ago. ”

Liu Linlin immediately put on an old qualification: "Isn't this right! Xiao Gu, you still don't understand the situation." The editorials in Renren Daily are not really written for the Vietnamese to read, and we don't translate them, how can they understand them!

This is for our own people to see and boost their morale. The current level of culture and education is not necessarily better than 16 years ago, and the people can understand it only if it is written in a more vernacular. ”

Hearing this, Gu Biao knew what everyone's concerns were. In the final analysis, the special era has just passed, and readers are a little afraid of being said to be "stinky old nine thinking", so they dare not drag the text.

"Thank you Reporter Liu for your advice, I just said my thoughts, I feel that the country has resumed the college entrance examination for two years......" He didn't say any more, so he stopped.

However, after thinking about it, Zhao Yutian still decided to listen to Gu Wei's opinion.

The college entrance examination has been resumed for two sessions, and if the national cultural quality is not as good as it was in 62 years, it will not be reasonable. We can't "figure out" the level of people's wisdom in this way.

"Xiao Gu is right!

Liu Linlin was dumbfounded, and couldn't figure out why Editor Zhao attached so much importance to the opinion of a milky young man.

Is this trust in Gu Wei's insight and sense of smell?

It was at this moment that she remembered to ask the comrades at the newspaper next to her: "By the way, what is the origin of this little Gu?"

"Don't you know? The front page was the materials he provided and the Central Economic Policy Research Office was organized. ”

No matter how sluggish Liu Linlin was, she also woke up instantly: "He is Gu Biao?!"

It's all a "well-known and unrecognized" mistake!

……

Before noon that day, the newspaper was sent for printing, and Zhao Yutian asked his colleagues from the brother unit to help and set up a working meal together - of course, it was just a big pot of dishes in the canteen that was served on a porcelain plate, and there was no small stove. It can't be enough without meat tickets and fish pipes.

Didn't drink alcohol.

When Gu Biao left in the afternoon, he had already got a sample of the ink fragrance that had not dispersed.

It's a pity that this kind of editorial represents a national gesture, so no one can sign it. However, Gu Biao is not a person with a greedy reputation, and he already feels very lucky to be able to participate in history.

What's more, when Zhao Yutian brought him in the morning, the more than 100 girls in the dance hall all saw the cause and effect. I believe that with the big mouths of these people, it is no problem for his deeds to be passed on by word of mouth in the one-third of an acre of land in the Beijing University Circle.