"Mr. Qian, rest for a while, it's still early, we can do it in time."

The road was muddy and could only push the bicycle to walk, Qian Xinlin looked back at the exhausted members of the medical team, shook the mud on his feet and smiled: "Okay, rest for twenty minutes, drink saliva, and eat something." ”

Rural work is too hard, no wonder Mr. Li did not go abroad before the Chinese cadres who attached the most importance to the country's rural work, He Tianming took out a few zongzi from his backpack, and while helping the teacher peel them, he said: "There are still 4 kilometers in the next village, we will settle down there, and we will go to Zhibu tomorrow morning." ”

The 5th Infantry Division's defense area was long and narrow, spreading from Yongshao Eup to the southern border of Eyuxia, about 160 kilometers long from east to west.

Qian Dahao, a doctor at Nghe Ann Hospital, who had been to Zhibu and Chai Zhen in Cambodia by land, put the zongzi aside, flipped out the map and looked at it for a while, and then asked again and again: "Tianming, are we in Vietnam or Cambodia?" ”

He Tianming smiled casually: "There is not even a boundary line, God knows where." ”

If you connect the two boundary pillars on the map, they have now penetrated at least 20 kilometers into Cambodia, and almost all of the villages that have been treated in the past few days are within this 20 kilometers. Looking up at the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Division who had changed into civilian clothes, Qian Dahao seemed to realize something.

Qian Xinlin finished eating the zongzi in two bites, pointed to a rice field in front of him, and said meaningfully: "Everyone, it doesn't matter whether this place belongs to Vietnam or Cambodia, what matters is who the land ownership belongs to." The fertile land on the left was all bought by the compatriots with real money, and the newly reclaimed wasteland on the right was sprinkled with the sweat of the compatriots. In other words. Our compatriots are the masters here. ”

He's not changing the concept. For most of the past six months. At a cost of more than $2 million, the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" bought a large piece of land from the French and Cambodian landlords, accepted and resettled more than 6,000 impoverished Chinese from northern Cambodia, Laos, and even Burma, and moved more than 3,000 people from several resettlement sites in Tay Ninh Province, forming eight Chinese villages with a population of more than 1,000.

After inspecting the southernmost village, I asked Chi Bu, Cambodia's closest to Vietnam, to continue to buy land. I made an appointment with the French landlords, and the main purpose of going to Chibu was to let the local officials witness and exchange the title deeds in front of them.

Qian Dahao didn't know why. I couldn't help but ask: "Will the Cambodian side have any opinions on the resettlement of our compatriots to Cambodia?" ”

"There are nearly one million overseas Chinese in Cambodia, one more is not too much, and one less is not too much, what can you say?"

Think about it, too, as long as the land was purchased legally, no one can say anything.

Unless the Cambodian government promulgates and implements the "Regulations on the Management of Foreigners" like Vietnam, no one can drive the Chinese out of the country.

Qian Xinlin took a sip of water and continued: "In fact, Cambodia has protested to Saigon on the territorial issue more than once, but it lacks confidence. The political situation in Phnom Penh is unstable, and it is completely unresolved. It has not been followed. And with the exception of Phu Quoc and Parrot's Beak area, they have similar problems with Thailand and Laos, where we spent real money and did not oppose the government or openly independent, which is relatively modest. ”

Cambodia is like a piece of fat, you cut a knife, I cut a knife. The national strength is not strong, and the political situation is unstable, so we can only swallow our anger.

Qian Dahao sighed: "A weak country has no diplomacy!" ”

"Well, it has a lot to do with their foreign policy. In the context of the confrontation between the two camps, if you want to be a grass on the wall and be as neutral as Switzerland, how can there be such a good thing in the world. ”

He Tianming explained with a smile: "Thailand is an ally of the United States, South Vietnam can be said to be supported by the United States, Laos now has a good relationship with the United States, Cambodia is left and right, wants to get American assistance, and is at odds with Soviet Russia, who will support him on the territorial issue?" ”

The young king was not as amiable as later generations.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the suppression of the opposition, the vicious methods, and the spending of all the time, are on par with Baoda, and they are unpopular.

The compatriots are just to survive, these lands are either bought with money or cleared up, Qian Dahao felt that there was nothing wrong, and after thinking about it, he asked worriedly: "Mr. Qian, Tianming, if the political situation in Phnom Penh is stable, what if they want to drive our people away and take back the land?" ”

"Personal property is sacrosanct, and if that day comes, we must help our compatriots defend their legitimate rights."

An officer escorting everyone to Chi Bu added: "Doctor Qian can rest assured that there are militia self-defense units in every village, and it is even more impossible for us garrisons to sit idly by, and if the Cambodian side dares to take tough measures, we will not hesitate to support it and will give it a strong response." ”

Several regiments of the Fifth Infantry Division were all stationed on the border, less than 30 kilometers away from the farthest resettlement village, and they could arrive in a few hours, not in the morning and at night.

While chatting, a soldier suddenly shouted, "There are people in the woods!" ”

"Prepare for battle!"

With the officer's order, several soldiers pulled Qian Xinlin and others into the rice field, and the other soldiers immediately found cover, loaded their bullets, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

At this time, a shout came from the front: "Lightning and thunder." ”

The officer smiled knowingly, looked up and replied, "The world is peaceful!" ”

The password was matched, the accent was also matched, and the other party asked, "Which part?" ”

"Four regiments of guard platoons, what about you?"

"Divisional Detective Team."

A soldier in camouflage uniform stood up, hugged a gun and said with a smile: "Shen Zhongyan, the vigilance is not very good, and I didn't find out about the ambush until now." If it is the Vietminh guerrillas, you will all have to give an account of it here today. ”

The American advisers abolished the small detachments that the French had helped to set up, and reorganized and trained the Fifth Infantry Division according to the regular forces, which involved military aid, and the General Staff had orders, and the division headquarters could only cooperate.

In their way, it was simply impossible to deal with the possible guerrilla warfare of the Viet Minh.

In view of this situation, the division headquarters selected veterans with rich combat experience and new recruits with good physical fitness from all divisions to form an extra-establishment reconnaissance brigade.

There are more than 400 people in total, divided into 4 squadrons, each squadron has three squadrons, and each squadron is divided into several detachments. The best equipment, the highest salary, and the strictest training. In several exercises, the sharpest reconnaissance platoon and guard platoon were all defeated by their subordinates, and one by one they could no longer be lame.

Even the head of the regiment treated them politely, Shen Zhongyan took out his temper with them, took out a cigarette and said: "I haven't left the defense area again, are you so nervous?" ”

"I didn't go out of the defense area, the surname is Shen, it's not me who strikes you, your defense area is almost unfortified."

"What do you mean?"

"Get out!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the officers of the detective team finished speaking, two people tied up by a man and a woman were pushed out of the woods by several team members, their mouths were blocked with cloth, their bodies were dirty, the men were frightened, the women were angry, and they seemed to be protesting.

Qian Xinlin went up and asked, "What do they do?" ”

"Who are you?"

Shen Zhongyan hurriedly explained: "Guests from the embankment. ”

The Nong villagers were resettled with the help of the compatriots on the embankment, and part of the military expenses of the Fifth Infantry Division came from donations from the compatriots on the embankment, otherwise it would not be able to support so many people, let alone form a supernumerary detective team.

Tang Yi had seen He Tianming and knew that he was the chairman of the Huaqing Association, and even He Tianming was respectful to the person in front of him, and Shen Zhongyan only said that he was a guest, and did not introduce his name, so it can be seen that he was a big man, and hurriedly raised his hand to salute: "I'm sorry for making you frightened." ”

"You're welcome, tell me about them."

"Sneaky, with a gun on him, we just caught it, and we didn't have time to interrogate."

"What else is there besides a gun?"

"There are a few books and two letters, hidden under the basket, we don't know Viet Wen, and we are planning to hand them over to the intelligence staff of the Fourth Regiment."

Qian Xinlin took the letter and looked at it, took off the cloth from the male prisoner's mouth, and asked in Vietnamese: "Are you going to Chibu or Chai Zhen?" ”

The male captives trembled with fright and did not dare to squeak. The female captive turned her head away and stopped struggling.

Ordinary people don't carry guns, and even if they do, they won't be sneaky. The letters are all in Vietnamese and should have come from Saigon.

At this time last year, the Viet Minh transmitted information to North Vietnam, usually through radio. This year's purge uncovered many underground radio stations, which could only be transmitted in the most primitive way, from the city to the suburbs, from the suburbs to Cambodia, and then to Hanoi through Cambodian radio stations.

Qian Xinlin closed his mouth with his hand, and while motioning for the people to be escorted away, he turned around and said: "Platoon Commander Shen, send a telegram to your regiment commander, and ask him to arrange more people to strengthen patrols with the village self-defense forces, and pay more attention to strangers passing by in this area." ”

"Yes."

Looking at the backs of the two Vietminhists, He Tianming asked in a low voice: "Mr. Qian, are our villages on their communication lines?" ”

"The road is dead, the people are alive, catch a few more, let them suffer a few more losses, and they will take a detour."

"Will they retaliate?"

"It's not whether it will be, it's definitely going to be, so we need to step up patrols."

From the day Ngo Dinh Diem asked the Fifth Infantry Division to be stationed in this area and asked for the resettlement of 30,000 to 60,000 Nongs to Xining, the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Society" was mentally prepared for friction with the Viet Minh.

This is not the first batch caught, and it will not be the last. In fact, the group of people who planned to carry out the assassination on the embankment last year were the same people who infiltrated Vietnam through this area.

Qian Xinlin pushed the bicycle and walked forward, and said in a low voice: "There are few people in these villages, even fewer veterans, and the militia self-defense force has just been formed, and there are not many weapons, so there is no combat effectiveness. After returning home, he contacted Mr. Gu and asked him to coordinate with Major Wang to see if he could take turns to arrange some southern militia to come over to assist in the defense. I really can't do it, so I can only ask the industrial village security team for help. ”

"The key is funding, we don't have much money."

The Suez Canal crisis, oil futures have made a lot of money, and even the Xidi Chinese Charity Foundation has been wiped out, Qian Xinlin believes that there will be no shortage of money in the next period of time, and said confidently: "Mr. Li will return to China immediately, and the funds should not be a problem." (To be continued.) )