It is true that the security in Saigon is much better, but this is only better than before the Binh Chuan warlords were eradicated.

The former French army, the former sectarian warlords, some pro-American units, police forces, some units and agents controlled by the US military advisory group and the CIA, the civilian armed guerrillas, the disbanded and idle-minded sectarian forces, and the Tokyo militia withdrawn from the north, all gathered in their own ways around Saigon and the embankment, and even the two streets were divided into different defense zones, and in fact they were still in a state of extreme chaos.

There are more and more enemies, and Zheng Mingshi's lessons are there, and Li Weimin doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Chen Jinxuan and District 5 Police Chief Han Shuo have developed two plans: after the dinner, they can return to the embankment under the protection of the presidential guard, or they can use the suites provided by the hotel as wedding rooms.

As a result, one of the two plans was not adopted, and at the end of the banquet, under the pretext of accompanying his wife to the guest room on the sixth floor to change clothes, he slipped through the back door of the hotel in advance. The couple got into the car of the Bank of East Asia security guard, went straight to a small pier by the Saigon River, and boarded a specially modified steel-hulled cargo ship from the eldest brother to Phu Quoc Island overnight.

When the cabin is a new house, the sound of the machine is roaring, no matter how you toss it, people outside can't hear it, and there is a different mood.

There was a storm, Wu Lijun was drenched in sweat, and the three souls and six spirits seemed to be all sucked away, and the whole person was soft, and there was no strength at all.

Knowing the taste of the marrow, Li Weimin panted while kneading: "Wife, I'...... I can't bear to let you go. ”

Her husband is very gentle, not as painful as she imagined, and Wu Lijun is still unsatisfied. Stroking it with a bamboo shoot-like jade finger. Confused, he said, "That...... That...... Then I won't leave. ”

After all that is said. I looked up and looked at it affectionately, this glance was soul-stunning, and this glance was like water.

Li Weimin throbbed for a while, bit her ear and lip and said: "Of course it's good not to leave, the key is not to leave Chen Lichun will not let you live in peace, and will definitely pull you to participate in her 'feminist movement'." She was open-mouthed, dared to say anything, and almost became a target. It's no good to get a piece with her. ”

After going abroad with her husband, she became the "Saigon Lotus" and became one of the two women in South Vietnam who attracted the most attention from foreign media. If you stay in South Vietnam and don't go to the United States, as your husband said, don't think about living in peace.

Wu Lijun sighed lightly, put it in his arms and said weakly: "She mentioned to me the women's equal rights movement, and she said that if women do not achieve equal rights in all aspects, they cannot make effective contributions to national development and the international community. And equal rights in all areas alone is not enough for women to be an effective force.

She wants to organize women, she wants to push for legislation on women's equality, and she wants to introduce monogamy in Congress. It is forbidden to divorce and concubinage, and it is forbidden to engage in marriage-extra-affair. It is necessary to implement the 'four prohibitions' policy of prohibiting gambling, dancing, smoking, and prostitution throughout the country. ”

Today's South Vietnam is still in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial state.

Polygamy is a feudal "tradition", "marriage-extramarital-affair" is left over from French colonial rule, and her "morality" is too advanced for the current South Vietnam, and the traditional forces do not like it, and the new generation that is as romantic as the French in emotional matters is also disliked.

Li Weimin really didn't know how to describe their family, so he smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "It's okay to ban gambling, smoking, and prostitution, what is the ban on dancing, can you ban it if you want to?" There is also a ban on divorce, and she can figure it out. ”

"The legalization of morality is a bit excessive, but her intentions are good."

"You support her?"

"I'm not a parliamentarian, how can I support it?"

Thinking of Chen Lichun's theory, Wu Lijun couldn't help but climb on top of him, and said with a smile: "Husband, she is proud of what she is doing, and what she said sounds a little philosophical." ”

"Philosophical?"

"Well, she thinks that women are a force that balances the world, half of the world's population is women, and if the world is unbalanced and often at war or on the brink of war, it's women who are not doing what they should be doing. Men who think that taking care of the family alone is a narrow idea, and think that they should take care of their husbands and take care of the family. ”

"A woman is the Minister of the Interior of the family?"

"She told you?"

"On more than one occasion, her theory is that men conquer the world by working hard, and women conquer the world by conquering men."

Wu Lijun snorted and said, "It seems to be so." ”

"Her starting point is right, in fact, Vietnamese women are hard-working, and some women have made more contributions to the family and even the country than men, but the status of women is not what she strives for, the time is not right, the way is wrong, and sooner or later there will be problems if she continues to do so."

"I know, so even though I can't help it, I still have to go to the United States, and I can't get involved with her."

"You've been wronged."

"I'm not wronged, I'm worried about you."

After staying in the United States for more than a year and having come into contact with so many people, she is no longer the little girl who didn't know anything before, and she can tell her a lot of things, otherwise she is really not at ease.

Li Weimin hugged her tightly in his arms and said in a slow voice: "Wu Tingyan has received Confucian education since he was a child, and his influence is profound. He is not close to the people, he does not mingle with the people, and no matter how prominent his political achievements are, the people do not feel that they want to be the masters of their own affairs.

It can be said that his set of feudal ethical values has long been unsuitable for this land that is free from colonial rule and deeply longs for democracy. Based on the power of 'patriarchal politics', I have never understood the meaning of sharing power, let alone feel that there is anything wrong with monopolizing power, and sooner or later it will lose the hearts of the people. ”

Wu Lijun asked worriedly, "Then what should we do?" ”

"Keep your distance, keep your distance from now on, stay in Phu Quoc for a few days and then go to the United States, finish your undergraduate studies and go to graduate school, try to get a master's or doctorate, don't come back without any big deals. I go to reunions whenever I have time, and I don't go to any Constituent Conventions, and I don't get involved in their affairs. ”

"President, will Mr. and Mrs. Yao have any ideas?"

"I'm not going on vacation to the United States, at least not on the surface, what can they think for the industrial village project."

……

On the wedding night, the little couple chatted and couldn't help but stick together. Another stormy shower. They didn't sleep until they were exhausted.

When I woke up, it was noon the next day. The cargo ship did not go to Dongyang Wharf and was moored directly in the shallow water area of the northwest corner.

Wu Lijun was very embarrassed to get up so late, hurriedly cleaned up the cabin, and took a small fishing boat to her new home on the island as if she had made a big mistake.

The first time I came, the scenery was more beautiful than I imagined, and the whole paradise was a paradise.

The honeymoon is here, no one bothered. Unconsciously, half a month passed, and with the arrival of my sister-in-law Li Weiqing, I had to reluctantly separate.

1956, a new year, a new beginning.

Seeing off his wife and sister, Li Weimin cheered up and devoted himself to work again.

The Spring Festival is approaching, the conditions on the island are much better than at the end of last year, and there is experience in preparing for the holiday, so there is really nothing to worry about. He made his first stop at the Reserve Officer Training Corps of Phu Quoc University of Technology.

The school building is still under construction and will not be ready for use until the end of the year. There are naturally no students without college students, and there are only about 30 instructors from the Fifth Infantry Division and the security team of the Industrial Investment Company.

In the large conference room on the left side of the second floor, there is a huge sand table, a large military map on the wall, and several officers are discussing something in a low voice in front of the sand table.

"Mr. Lee."

"Hello Mr. Min."

There are Chinese and Vietnamese, but all those who can stand here can be trusted, Li Weimin looked at it and asked with interest: "Are you studying the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?" ”

Chen Runwei pointed to the piles of documents in the corner of the wall, and explained with a smile: "The expeditionary force has not all been evacuated, and we can still collect first-hand information, so we want to summarize and summarize." ”

The Reserve Officer Training Corps was formed to deal with the Viet Minh, and they were very pleased to be able to seriously sum up the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and while beckoning everyone to sit down, he asked with a smile: "Let's talk about it, tell us what we think." ”

An officer stood up and said, "There is no doubt that the victory of the Viet Minh in the siege of Dien Bien Phu was due to the good command of Vo Nguyen Giap. Indeed, he had a large army, essentially composed of a single people, willing to sacrifice his life for the independence of the country. However, we believe that there were many reasons for the defeat of the French army in the siege of Dien Bien Phu, and that the lack of courage and sustained combat ability of the combatants was by no means one of the reasons. ”

"You say that the French army is heroic?"

"If the French army was not brave enough, they would not have fought for so long, and they would not have inflicted so many casualties on the Viet Minh."

The lieutenant officer picked up his baton, pointed to Dien Bien Phu on the sand table, and said in a low voice: "First of all, it is a mistake to go deep into the enemy-occupied areas to establish an isolated and helpless offensive and defensive base, which directly leads to the failure of logistical support and the inability to effectively replenish personnel and equipment like the Vietminh.

Secondly, the French General Staff completely underestimated the Viet Minh's strength, mobility, firepower, and commanders' capabilities, and overestimated its own artillery capabilities. If sufficient air force had been invested, the French would have been able to hold Dien Bien Phu, although they might not have won the battle.

The effectiveness of the Viet Minh's logistics system depended heavily on civilian workers, while the French army relied entirely on air support for supplies. The Vietminh could requisition as many migrant workers as they needed, and the number of French aircraft was never met. In short, this is the reason for the defeat of the French army. ”

Another officer added: "During the entire siege, the French had at most 100 transport aircraft and 50 B-26 bombers, but the crews were short. However, from the first day of the campaign to the last day of the campaign, the French Air Force braved the accurate fire of 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, and made a total of 1,629 sorties, and the damage was quite serious.

It is worth mentioning that for some time after the start of the campaign, the 'Dakota' aircraft were able to land, and the minimum daily food requirement of 150 tons was met by the troops guarding Dien Bien Phu. After switching to an airdrop, the situation became extremely dire. ”

"Two airdrops were recorded in April at 217 tonnes and 229 tonnes, but the usual records were well below the minimum demand. There are two other challenges for the administrative staff officers. For one, food tends to be the last item when scheduling the airdrops of medicines, ammunition, reinforcements and foodstuffs. This meant a weakening of combat effectiveness, since soldiers sometimes had only enough food to sustain their lives; Second, there is a problem with the food itself, because the nutritious food that Europeans can accept, the Ilans cannot tolerate, and the Africans and Vietnamese cannot tolerate it, and they need different kinds of food. ”

"The French naval pilots coped with unimaginable difficulties and dangers with great skill, and until the last moment of the campaign, reinforcements and supplies were airdropped day and night into the dwindling defense zone. The fall of materiel into the hands of the enemy is inevitable, but this is rarely the fault of the pilots, but the risk that must be taken in the escalation of the conflict......" (To be continued. )