In the early morning, there was a deafening roar outside the window.

Two Red Cross-painted UH-19 helicopters flew in from the direction of Tu Son airport, circled over the beach where refugees had gathered, and flew straight in the direction of Haiphong.

The International Red Cross has not yet had the luxury of purchasing helicopters, which belonged to the U.S. Army and served on the Korean battlefield. When the Battle of Dien Bien Phu began, it was provided to the French Expeditionary Force as part of the aid.

For some time after the Geneva Agreement was announced, the Viet Minh did not deliberately prevent the refugees from retreating south, but at most sent people to the refugee camps to promote their retention. Later, when I saw that there were more and more people who wanted to escape, and that there were only 50,000 or 60,000 people who retreated north, I realized the seriousness of the problem and began to find ways to obstruct it.

In order to ensure the smooth arrival of the refugees assembled in Hanoi and Haiphong, Li Weimin, in the name of the executive chairman of the "Joint Conference on Refugee Relief," borrowed these two helicopters from the French side, carrying domestic and foreign volunteers and media reporters to patrol the main roads that the refugees need to pass through every day.

If you find a problem, you can protest immediately.

At first, it worked, but then there were many protests, and the Viet Minh delegates simply pretended to be confused and ignored them.

How could Father Harnett, whose mission is to save his "children", watch the refugees being blocked, and take John Becky, the representative of the Red Cross, to the premises of the International Monitoring and Monitoring Board every day, urging international observers from India, Canada and Poland to take a helicopter to see them.

He has his tricks, and the Viet Minh has the Viet Minh's methods.

When the helicopter arrived and was released, the helicopter left to continue to "stay", and refugees flocked to Hanoi Haiphong from all directions, and there were too many roads to be inspected, so endless "guerrilla warfare" and "war of words" began.

"Why did you fly here?"

The helicopter that was supposed to go on patrol flew over the beach, and Li Weimin felt very strange.

The two secretaries had a clear division of labor, Nguyen Minh Xiu was in charge of the Industrial Investment Company and the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association", and Hoang Thi Liliu, the press officer sent by the Prime Minister's Office, was in charge of the refugees' evacuation from the south. The director and cinematographer of Lee's Pictures also wanted to shoot in the air, so they flew around for a spin. ”

Almost forgetting about the documentary, Li Weimin put on his coat and asked, "Secretary Ruan, has the industrial investment company filmed over there?" ”

"It's being filmed, and Mr. David, an advertising planning expert from the planning department, is in charge."

"It's almost the end of the month, and I'm going to the United States next Monday at the latest, so please hurry up."

"Okay, I'll urge you later." When it comes to overseas financing and investment, Ruan Mingxiu did not dare to delay, picked up the pen and quickly recorded it.

According to the plan, the US Navy's Task Force 90 and the French Navy will transport 7,230 refugees to South Vietnam today, of which more than 2,000 people will board French warships and can board ships at several piers in Haiphong Port, while most of the refugees will need to be ferried by sea.

As the top official in Hanoi's coastal defense to organize the evacuation of refugees south, Li Weimin had to go to the beach to see.

Holding the briefcase, Huang Shi Liliu trotted and reported: "Mr. Min, the refugees who evacuated south today are from 7 villages, and there are priests and church volunteers to maintain order, so it should not be a big problem. ”

"What about the scattered refugees?"

"It's all integrated into the Catholic villages, otherwise it's not easy to organize and manage."

"It's a good opportunity to preach."

Huang Liliu chuckled: "The priests are so busy that they don't have time to preach. ”

As it turned out, she was right, with a few priests and two dozen volunteers, barefoot, running around the beach screaming and screaming, and more than 5,000 refugees lined up in long queues under their organization.

The children ran around without being sensible, and the adults followed after them. The queue that had just been lined up was chaotic for a while, and I had to reorganize the line, and I warned those parents with a dry mouth that they must be optimistic about their children.

Yesterday it was Father Harnett who came from Hanoi on a special trip, and a church representative did not feel strange because of Li Weimin's arrival, and ran over panting and asked: "Mr. Min, how are the preparations in the south, do these refugees have a place to live and something to eat after they arrive?" ”

"I was very well prepared, and when I set off, a huge tent city had been set up around Vung Tau, and I guess Saigon was about the same."

"Great, if the preparation is sufficient, another batch can be shipped tomorrow."

The jokes made by the first batch of refugees could not be made a second time, Li Weimin took the microphone, turned his back to the sea and said loudly: "Compatriots, please be quiet, I will announce some things to pay attention to in the last leg of the journey." In another twenty minutes, the landing ship of the French Navy will come, and when the time comes, please do not rush, let alone crowd, and board the ship in an orderly manner under the organization of priests and volunteers, and at the same time take care of their children and luggage, and do not forget to leave behind.

After the landing ship sails to the deep water, everyone needs to climb onto the big warship of the US Navy along a large net. People go up first, and the luggage hangs up last, so don't rush or squeeze either. The U.S. warship prepared rice and canned sardines for everyone, and the children had fruits and sweets, please don't believe the propaganda of the Viet Minh, the food is not poisonous or spoiled, it tastes very good, you can eat it with an open stomach......"

As he spoke, he took the canned sardines prepared earlier from Huang's Liliu, opened them in front of everyone, ate one on the spot, and then asked the volunteers to give it to the first few children.

"Who is he?"

"I don't even know this, he is Mr. Min, a member of the government's refugee committee, who is in charge of our retreat to the south. He delivered food to the Hanoi refugee camp and slept in the camp for one night. ”

A young refugee stood on tiptoe and asked, "So young?" ”

"What's wrong with being young, people are young and promising!"

A volunteer of the YMCA smiled and said: "Mr. Min is actually Chinese, Vietnamese Chinese, born in Saigon, raised in Saigon, and later went to the United States to study, and can speak Vietnamese, English, French and Chinese. The Refugee Commission member is part-time, he doesn't get paid by the government, he's a volunteer like us. ”

"Chinese, Chinese?"

"If you have Vietnamese nationality, you are Vietnamese, but you have Chinese ancestry."

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The refugees exchanged their heads and whispered about the young Vietnamese Chinese in front of them, and this is how the prestige was accumulated. The CYDC volunteers present were very proud and convinced that they would not necessarily know Prime Minister Divh Diem in the future, but they would definitely know Mr. Lee.

After ten minutes of waiting, the French Navy landing ship arrived on time on the beach, and the refugees began to board the ship under the volunteer organization of the church, the Vietnamese Youth Association and the Chinese Youth Association.

Thousands of people were ferryed, and the 12 landing ships made dozens of round-trip trips, and the ferry was not completed until 3 p.m.

Li Weimin stayed on guard until the last person boarded the boat, and he didn't even bother to eat lunch, and the same was true of the more than 20 volunteers who didn't go with the boat, one by one, so tired that no one wanted to move while sitting on the beach.

Ruan Mingxiu had already prepared, but there were too many refugees just now, and he couldn't greet them to eat first, and when he saw that the refugees were all gone, he hurriedly opened boxes of bread and took out a jug of water.

"Mr. Min, we translated your "Love Fight to Win" into Vietnamese, do you have no opinion?"

To have a good relationship with the Catholic refugees, and even more so with the group of volunteers of the Vietnam Youth Association in front of him, Li Weimin put down his bread and smiled: "It's my honor to like this song, how can I have an opinion?" ”

"My name is Ruan Qingshu, and it is an honor to meet Mr. Min."

"My name is Li Jun, Mr. Min is so good, he can write such a beautiful tune."

Next, I want to "compose music" for the documentary "Freedom Road", in order not to be regarded as a freak, Li Weimin smiled unashamedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, I have always dreamed of being a musician, but my family is my heir, and I can't pursue my dreams like others." So when I was in Paris, I joked with Prime Minister Yan that if I was obsessed with my dreams, my dad would break my legs. ”

The students immediately burst into laughter, and after laughing, a female student of the Yueqing Association who looked very innocent asked with a red face: "In addition to "Everyone Paddles a Big Boat" and "Love Fights to Win", what other works does Mr. Min have?" ”

"The two songs are not enjoyable, does Mr. Min have any old or new works?"

She started and was out of control, and the volunteers of the Vietnam Youth Association and the Chinese Youth Association asked excitedly one by one.

Li Weimin suddenly found that he had become an idol, and he could take the idol route, and after weighing the pros and cons, he said very modestly: "There are a few old works, which were composed when I was studying, and I have a sore throat today, and I hum to everyone after I recover." As for the new work, I am currently working on a song based on the theme of the refugees evacuating south, and I hope that it will not disappoint everyone when the time comes. ”

"Mr. Min is so powerful, he really should be a star."

"The star image must be good, you must be able to sing, and there must be a typhoon when performing. I can only compose music, I can only write lyrics, my image is not good, and I can't sing well, so I can't be a star. ”

The Vietnamese girl who asked the question just now came out with a ghostly sentence: "Mr. Min can't sing well, I can help you sing." ”

"Okay, what's your name?"

"Pan Huizhu."

"It turned out to be Miss Huizhu, and I will definitely contact you if there is a new work."

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These Vietnamese girls are too bold, Nguyen Minh Xiu didn't want her cousin-in-law to be seduced away, so she immediately gave Huang Thi Liliu a look. Huang Shi Liliu reacted and hurriedly reminded: "Chairman, it's time for us to go to the refugee camp, a batch of grain has just arrived, and you need to preside over the distribution." ”

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