[393] Shaken

On 17 July, when Admiral Revos received the news in Hanoi that Dong Khe had been captured by Viet Minh forces led by Viet Cong for the first time in a month, he stood in a furious and furious command in the clean headquarters that had been cleaned by Vietnamese servants.

"Damn Vietnamese! Damn the supply party! Damn the Shina people! ”

Senior Staff Officer Major General Luke cut his nails on the chair next to him, and said with a sad face: "Our air force has confirmed that the Vietnamese guerrillas have anti-aircraft rockets, which is a weapon that can chase the tail of our planes to attack, which is very terrifying.

Colonel Jean-Victor, the only leader of the air force who escaped, had been arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence, and according to his confession, the rocket that shot down his wing was a very advanced anti-aircraft weapon, and it was impossible for these Vietnamese who could not even afford to wear pants to make it. The Ministry of Intelligence believes that it is possible that such weapons came from the USSR and were delivered by the Chinese to the Vietnamese Supplier Party. ”

At the thought of the terrifying polar bear behind the Yue Confession, Admiral Revos couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, and cursed with his fists clenched:

"These damn supply parties! They're all in this together! It's all in one group! ”

Major General Luke touched the spit on his lips and continued: "Before the battle of Dongxi was over, we had already parachuted 500 people from the 1st Parachute Battalion of the Foreign Legion to Qixi to strengthen the defense. In addition, 1,600 men from 8 companies of the 1st and 11th Moroccan Battalions of the Foreign Legion in North Africa have set out from Liangshan and advanced to Qixi.

In this way, with the addition of the 705th Infantry Battalion of the Foreign Legion originally stationed in Qixi, Qixi has 4 battalions of troops, totaling more than 3,500 people.

In addition, five new colonial infantry battalions in Hanoi, the 710th, 711th, 712th, 713th, and 714th battalions, have also set out for a sweep of the Vietnamese base in the mountains of Thai Nguyen province, where there are about 200 villages, all of whom we estimate are supporters of the Vietnamese guerrillas. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Revos said, "Tell Colonel Leba, the commander of the four mobile battalions in Qixi, to wait for the order for the time being, and not to attack Dongxi without authorization."

It is safer to let the five colonial battalions thoroughly sweep the rear of the Vietnamese supply first, and then attack and recapture Dongxi. ”

"As you wish, Your Excellency Admiral Revos." Major General Luke agreed.

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For the next 10 days, the French troops in Qixi remained motionless after waiting for the arrival of the 1st and 11th Moroccan battalions, while the five newly formed colonial battalions that were responsible for the sweep did a good job, crushing the chickens and dogs in the base areas of Vietnam. After murder, arson, rape, and plunder, they tortured the villagers and demanded that they confess to the village's supply party and guerrillas.

In the face of the sweep of the French army, the commander-in-chief of the Vietnamese armed Liliang finally couldn't help it, he ran into the headquarters, was beside General Chen, and after looking at the map for a long time, he said curtly:

"General Chen, the French still haven't attacked Dongxi, do you think they should withdraw the troops in ambush first? It's been ten days since everyone set up an ambush in the mountains and forests, and the French still haven't attacked.

Vietnam's jungles are full of mosquitoes, ants and poisonous insects, and the soldiers below are already complaining. Everyone said that since Dongxi has been laid, it is good to hold it, and then it is okay to directly hit Gaoping or Qixi.

There are also commanders who complained that the base area was ruined by the French, and if it continues like this, it will be to take down Dongxi, what is the use. ”

General Chen had known for a long time that there would be such strange words. Before he set out for the expedition, the central authorities gave him a preventive vaccination and told him to serve as an adviser to foreign armies, and that the establishment of prestige could not be established by one or two battles. What's more, there are pro-China factions who understand Chinese and local factions who don't understand Chinese, and they will engage in open and covert battles over military power and political status, so the military advisory group must understand politics in addition to military affairs.

As for Wu Yuanjia, General Chen was told by the central government before he set off that this person took the 'Lawrence of Arabia' as an example, and in 1948 he couldn't wait to establish a military rank system, and appointed himself as a general, without a general and lieutenant general, and a group of major generals were sealed below to firmly control the army. Although Ho Chi Minh was the number one leader of the party, he did not have a firm grip on the army.

In 1975, on the eve of Vietnam's national liberation, Vo Nguyen Gia conspired to preside over the illegal occupation of China's Xisha Islands. Therefore, the central government deliberately alerted General Chen to this person.

When General Chen was warned by the document sent by Cao Xiaoqiang, the secretary, to pay attention to Wu Yuanjia's ambitions for the Paracel Islands! General Chen was shocked in his heart. He thought about it and thought that maybe the chairman was asking Cao Xiaoqiang to hint at him.

General Chen understood that if the pro-China faction, who is friendly and absolutely trusting to the Chinese people, cannot be put in control of the army, then the so-called 'eternal brotherly state' will not be guaranteed.

"I know, but the original battle Jihua must not change." General Chen replied lightly to Wu Yuanjiadao.

Wu Yuanjia saw General Chen's resolute attitude, so he had to turn around and leave.

Not long after, Ho Chi Minh came to the headquarters and said to General Chen: "I heard from Wu Yuanjia that the soldiers on the ambush mission have complaints, General Chen, since the French army is not attacking, should we withdraw first?" ”

Chen Geng and Ho Chi Minh have known each other for 25 years, and since 25 years ago, Ho Chi Minh was engaged in the revolutionary movement in Guangzhou, when Chen Geng was still a platoon commander, and the two can be described as old friends, so Chen Geng understood that in order to realize the instructions of the Party Central Committee, that is, "while helping the Vietnamese people to gain independence, China and Vietnam will become an unbreakable socialist alliance", it is necessary to make the pro-China faction absolutely dominate Vietnam.

General Tran looked at Ho Chi Minh and saw Comrade Ho Chi Minh's clear eyes looking at him with no trace of cloudy eagerness.

Reassured, General Tran told Ho Chi Minh: "Before seeing the fruits of victory, those who are not firm in their revolutionary position will be the first to waver." ”

Ho Chi Minh pondered the meaning of General Chen's words.

General Chen continued to ask: "Old Hu, how many years have you and I known each other?" ”

Ho Chi Minh replied: "It's been 25 years." ”

General Chen remembered the principle of aiding Vietnam written to him by Cao Xiaoqiang, the secretary of the chairman's secretary, in a secret document, and said frankly: "As an old friend, I must remind you that the party commands the barrel of the gun, and this point cannot be shaken in the slightest. ”

Ho Chi Minh asked, "Lao Chen, do you say that?" ”

General Tran confessed: "Before I came to Vietnam, I couldn't figure it out, and the Viet Minh troops were fighting less and weaker.

This is unthinkable for a people's army led by the Producer Party! You have the support of the Vietnamese people, the strategy of encircling the cities from the countryside, and you have a lot of guns and ammunition.

It was only after I came here that I discovered that the Viet Minh armed forces did not only have tactics and equipment that could not keep up, but also had a strong ideological and work style problem. There is even a strong warlord habit in your troops.

However, it is no wonder that the Viet Minh army was not a purely socialist armed force in the beginning, but mixed with many guerrillas, local forces, and ethnic minority forces.

At the beginning, before the victory of the revolution in your country, the military rank was impatiently formulated. That's fine, but Lao Hu, as the number one leader of the party, is not the number one leader of the army, so what can you talk about 'the party commanding the barrel of the gun'? How can we talk about building a socialist state? Who does your army listen to? Is it the party's army? Or Wu Yuanjia's army? Speaking further, you will be a trust company in the future? Or is it credit? ”

General Chen's words shocked Ho Chi Minh for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.

General Chen added: "Although it is not appropriate to discuss this issue in depth at present, it is indeed a fundamental issue, and it is also related to whether China should continue to assist Vietnam. This is an issue that determines the nature of Vietnam's current struggle, and it is also a question that has a bearing on which path Vietnam will take in the future.

Lao Hu, do you say that Vietnam is currently engaged in a nationalist anti-imperialist struggle? Or is it the revolutionary struggle of the broad masses of the proletarian working people of Vietnam in their quest for the establishment of a socialist regime? Before I came to Vietnam, the central government told me that these two routes, in the final analysis, are completely different, and the roads leading to them are also different. ”

When General Chen said this, Ho Chi Minh was completely stunned. He thought for a long time before he replied:

"Lao Chen, I don't know, it turns out that you think so much. I've been in Jihua lately, and after I have completely taken over the No. 4 line of defense and opened up communications with China, I will change the name of the Indochinese Industrial Supply Party to the Workers' Party of Vietnam, and our party platform will be completely revised in the style of China's big brother. ”

Ho Chi Minh didn't know how to answer General Tran for a while, so he had to divert the topic first.

General Tran saw that Ho Chi Minh could not respond at all, and knew that he had achieved the goal of sounding the alarm.

"Maybe I'm talking too much, in short, Lao Hu, you should think about it, as for the current combat jihua, it must not be changed because some commanders are afraid of hardship and tiredness. Their worries about the base areas are also unnecessary, and the foundation of the people's army is not so much the base areas as the broad masses of the people, and as long as you persist in serving the people and fighting on behalf of the people, you will win the support and support of the people! So, what can the enemy's current sweep of the base area count on?

Lao Hu, don't go into the question of which warlord-style commanders are complaining, the root of this, in the final analysis, is still from the top leaders of the army. When encountering such a commander who said strange things, Wu Yuanjia did not refute it at the first time, but came to me to ask me, hoping that I would change the established combat jihua. It can be seen that the person who really has opinions is himself. So who exactly does he represent? Is it on behalf of the people? Or does it represent a handful of right-leaning capitulationists?

After I came, I found that almost all the cadres in the Viet Minh army were not promoted from soldiers and toiling people, but all cadres from students engaged in sports. What are the ulterior ambitions of this teacher 'Brother Wen'?

We, the Chinese military advisory group, did not come to Vietnam to help some people fight the world and enjoy the blessings of the Qing Dynasty! If so, we will immediately report to the Central Committee of the Asian Supply. Apply to return to your home country! Otherwise, even if a temporary victory is achieved, sooner or later certain warlords and careerists who have infiltrated the revolutionary ranks will overturn the current policy of the Vietnamese Supply-and-Producer Party. Usually we say that China and Vietnam are fraternal parties and fraternal countries, but now some people are saying strange things and becoming suspicious, so I don't think it is certain whether Vietnam will be pro-China or anti-China in the future! ”

The more Ho Chi Minh listened to General Chen, the more serious he felt that General Chen's tone became, and he, who had originally planned to help Wu Yuanjia as a lobbyist, completely dispelled his previous intention.

He said solemnly: "Lao Chen, you are right, this matter is worthy of deep review, you let me think about it carefully." Don't expand this matter for the time being, and I'll give you an explanation when the border battle is completed. ”

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