The north is so chaotic, just let others go, you have to risk yourself!

After receiving an urgent call from the shipping company, Liu Jiachang broke out in a cold sweat, and was slightly relieved to learn that Young Master Li was safe and sound.

His location was still nearly 200 kilometers away from Haiphong, and the people who escorted him were killed and wounded again, Liu Jiachang did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately found Professor Sanderson, who happened to be inspecting the embankment.

Anything must happen to the GRA people, otherwise they will not be able to account to Professor Wesley-Fisher and his high-ranking friends in Washington, D.C., who are far away in the United States.

After learning about the situation, Professor Sanderson immediately turned to U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Heath, who repeatedly reiterated on the phone that Lee was an advisor to the Michigan University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Government Research Agency and an employee of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture (the university's equivalent of the university's school board), and that the United States government had a responsibility and obligation to ensure his safety in Vietnam.

Fearing that the ambassador would not pay attention to it, he moved out several members of parliament and bishops who supported U Dinh Diem.

Ambassador Heath did not want to offend so many high-ranking officials, let alone the church, so he immediately called the command of the French Expeditionary Force, and asked the French Air Force to send a helicopter to the rescue in the name of the United States Government, and at the same time dispatched the nearest ground force to respond.

Even before the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, 60 percent of France's military spending in Indochina came from American aid. In other words, without the support of the United States, the French expeditionary force could not hold on for a day.

The ambassador personally called, and the commander of the French army could only immediately contact the Haiphong side and order the local French army to immediately organize a rescue.

When a helicopter kicked up a cloud of dust and landed on the road, and several forensic doctors bent over and ran over, Chen Runwei really realized that Young Master Li was a big man, otherwise the French would never have dispatched a helicopter for a few nong wounded.

"Thank God you're alive!"

As soon as the wounded man was lifted onto the plane, a familiar face suddenly appeared in front of him.

Sean, a diplomat of the USOM mission, flew back to Vietnam from the United States together. Li Weimin was surprised, and shouted at the top of his voice amid the deafening sound of aircraft engines: "Mr. Sean, why are you here?" ”

"Commanded to save you! Unbelievable, you actually appeared in this hellish place, not knowing that it was all surrounded by Vietminh? ”

Li Weimin pushed a soldier onto the helicopter and asked him to go up to take care of the wounded, and then turned around and pretended to smile lightly: "I want to talk to them and tell them that the Vietminh is wrong, and there is no future with the Vietminh." ”

The ground troops will arrive soon, and will escort them all the way to Haiphong, there is nothing to worry about in terms of safety, Sean couldn't help but smile while signaling the plane to take off, "What about the result?" ”

"As a result, they shot at me, not willing to listen to advice."

"Man, keep your advice. They are not misguided lambs, they have gone completely mad and God cannot save them. ”

"Perhaps, what a nightmare, Mr. Sean, and allow me to express my heartfelt thanks to you."

"Don't be so polite, we're friends."

The helicopter was gone, reinforcements consisting of two armoured vehicles, four trucks full of German mercenaries and three jeeps arrived, and the convoy set off again under the command of a French major, heading for Haiphong.

After years of war, in order to escape the war, the North Vietnamese repeatedly moved, and many refugee camps were spontaneously built on the outskirts of Haiphong.

Trucks with flags of the International Red Cross and the Catholic Church greeted them, and thousands of refugees poured in, blocking the roads and surrounding them so tightly that the French troops, who were helping to escort humanitarian supplies, had to fire warning shots.

At this point, the task of the French army was accomplished.

Sean said goodbye to the commander who was escorting him all the way, and returned to the car and kindly reminded: "Lee, as a friend, I must give you a piece of advice, this place is not as safe as you imagined. Of the 368 villages in the province, only 16 villages close to the urban area are safe during the day. A large proportion of the hundreds of thousands of refugees here have also fled from nearby villages.

In addition, the situation here [in the refugee camps] is very bad, food is scarce, sanitation facilities are severely inadequate, and it is very overcrowded, and God knows if there will be an outbreak of contagious diseases."

The countryside surrounds the city, and this is the strategy of others.

Li Weimin sighed secretly and said thoughtfully: "Mr. Sean, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes and experienced it myself, I really wouldn't believe that the situation was so bad. ”

"It's worse than you think, sTem went to Quang Binh province to investigate, and had to ask the French army to send a battalion to escort it. Because not everyone is as lucky as you, just yesterday, a journalist died there, an American journalist! ”

"Are our French friends turning a blind eye?"

"Don't mention them, they know to complain now."

Sean snorted coldly and said in a colorful voice: "At yesterday's dinner, the supreme commander here actually bluntly claimed: You Americans help us materially, but you are against us spiritually. On the one hand, you make the most of our 'fists', and see this as necessary in your plan against the Russian camp. On the other hand, you carry out sabotage operations to the detriment of our interests. ”

He lit a cigarette and took a puff, adding, "They have always been very suspicious of us, so they do everything they can to prevent the U.S. forces from fighting in concert with their expeditionary force." ”

Li Weimin felt very funny, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Sean, does Washington have plans to enter the war?" ”

"No kidding, we just withdrew from the Korean Peninsula. I believe that except for us and the Pentagon gang of crazy people, almost no one in the whole United States knows about Vietnam, no one knows about this ghost place. ”

"Crazy?"

"It's no secret that they have developed a 'vulture plan' to use weapons, including tactical atomic bombs, to blow the Vietminh-occupied area back to the Stone Age. Sitting in an air-conditioned office making a battle plan, not knowing that this was the Stone Age, I couldn't imagine any bombing targets for the Viet Minh. ”

"They should come and see it on the ground."

"I think so too."

Sean smiled, put his furry arm around his shoulder, and asked mysteriously, "Man, what's next for you?" I'm well-informed, you can't hide it from me, I know what you and the professor are trying to do. In fact, it's not just you who think the same way, Lansdale, Edward G. Lansdale has heard of it, he has already arrived in Saigon. ”

A well-known and legendary figure who helped President Raymond Magsaysay quell a civil resistance army insurgency in the Philippines and is known as an anti-guerrilla expert.

He was later inspired by two best-selling novels, "The Quiet American" by Graeme Greene and "The Ugly American" by William Ledler and Eugene Burdwick, who were believed to be "Piley" in the former book and "Colonel Hilandali" in the latter.

Li Weimin has not only heard of it, but also read his own autobiography, and said lightly: "It's like thunder, but Vietnam is not the Philippines, and I think he will encounter a new set of challenges." ”

Sean asked with a smirk, "You don't have faith in him?" ”

"I have faith in him, but not in our French friends and the powerful people in Saigon."

"That's true, by the way, you haven't said what you're going to do."

"I came to see the situation on the ground, visited old friends living in the city, and then went back to Saigon. Given the tight schedule and the busy airport, I would appreciate it if you could help me get a transport plane, and my friends who want to get out of this hellish place as soon as possible. ”

The transport planes on the runway at Hanoi airport were almost exclusively supported by the United States, and the U.S. Navy and Air Force also sent a group of personnel to take care of the maintenance due to the lack of ground crews in the French Air Force.

Sean was not well-informed, knowing that the MSU consultant in front of him was actually a multimillionaire, and it was not difficult for him to borrow a transport plane from the French, so he agreed without hesitation: "No problem, I will call the headquarters of the expeditionary force, but remember that you owe me a favor." ”

"I'll invite you to dinner in Saigon."

"It's a deal." Sean smiled knowingly, and then asked, "When are you going to leave?" ”

He is not familiar with coastal defense, but Chen Runwei and other Nong officers are familiar, and besides, the Chinese circle is so big, one day should be enough, Li Weimin thought about it, and said in a low voice: "The afternoon of the day after tomorrow, I will go to the airport on time at three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow." ”