Li Weimin's lack of desire to fight a civil war does not mean that he is afraid of war.

The Nationalist Army's most combat-ready divisions, paratrooper brigades and marine divisions, are deployed either in the demilitarized zone near the 17th parallel or around Saigon. The other units, like the 5th Infantry Division, were held back by the North Vietnamese People's Army (NPA) and the local units of the South Liberation Army.

The forces that can be organized and put into battle are none other than the various "special forces" in the hands of Ngo Dinh Dieh, the special army, and the two integrated divisions under the Fourth Tactical Zone.

Not to mention that Major General Hoang Van Gao, commander of the Fourth Tactical Region, has made it clear that he will not act rashly, even if he resolutely carries out Ngo Dinh Mye's orders, and even if those officers under his command do not mutiny, the Ha Zhu Border Defense Division, the Highway Patrol Team, and the Can Tho Industrial Village Security Team, which are completely under the orders of the Industrial Investment Department, can solve the problem.

After all, to fight a war is to fight logistics.

The Wu brothers really turned against the industrial investment department, and it was impossible for the industrial investment company to provide them with war materials such as oil, medicine, and food. As long as they hold out for five or six days and fight a few high-intensity sniper battles, their material reserves will bottom out, and the troops participating in the offensive will collapse without a fight.

As for the embankment Chinese district and Pingdong Industrial Village, there is nothing to worry about.

The 5th Infantry Division, both externally and internally, had no choice but to abandon the Parrot Point area and return to the fortification around Saigon, while at the same time organizing forces to evacuate compatriots from more than a dozen resettlement villages in Cape Narot and Tay Ninh provinces to the six provinces.

Once the war is in a stalemate, those generals of the national army and opposition figures who have always been dissatisfied with Ngo Dinh Diem will definitely jump out and make waves. North Vietnam will inevitably intensify its penetration into the south and launch a larger-scale sabotage campaign to expand its liberated areas.

The U.S. government will not sit idly by. The chaotic situation will force him to make up his mind to abandon Ngo Dinh Diem. Just like Ruan Qing said to Yang Wenming. All it takes is a public statement for the Yan government to collapse as soon as possible.

Facts have proved that Wu Tingyan is not crazy, and a sudden brake came at the critical moment, which eased the extremely tense situation at once.

The special forces and special forces deployed near Vung Tau and Can Tho were all withdrawn, all the officers and men of the 4th Tactical Zone returned to the camp, and Major General Hoang Van Gao rushed to the garrison headquarters as soon as possible to try to discuss the aftermath.

His political stance is similar to that of Navy Commander Hu Jinquan. He was loyal to Diem and didn't want to turn his face with the Ministry of Industry and Investment, so he took the telegram from the Independence Palace and said eagerly: "Mr. Min, I guarantee with my personality that this matter has nothing to do with the president, and it is completely those ill-intentioned advisers who are playing tricks behind it, and even Mr. Yao is deceived." There is still more than an hour before dawn, so please focus on the overall situation and unify your voice as soon as possible. ”

Mobilize so many troops and make such a big move.

Paper can't hold the fire. If we don't unify the propaganda, God knows what the media will say about what has just happened.

Mr. Diem didn't want more people to know. The industrial investment company that has always supported him has left Germany; Li Weimin also didn't want more people to know that the Department of Industry and Investment was almost forced to launch a "coup".

He took the telegram and looked at it, and said with an expressionless face: "General Gao, there is no problem with a unified caliber, but the mobilization order has been issued, and millions of economic losses have been caused to the industrial investment company and nearly 1,000 enterprises in Pingdong and Vung Tau industrial villages. ”

The reserve force is not an active force, and the consequences of emergency recruitment are the enlistment of workers and the shutdown of factories. Several large automobile transport companies and shipping companies even stopped their operations and devoted all their transportation capacity to transporting troops and war materials.

He mentioned economic losses, and Huang Wengao thought of the explosive power of the "industrial investment system" in an emergency.

It's horrible!

In just a few hours from yesterday afternoon to 1 a.m., hundreds of thousands of workers in Binh Dong, Vung Tau and Can Tho industrial villages were mobilized and two recruitment orders were issued in succession.

The first batch of more than 40,000 reservists was quickly reorganized into seven infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, three armored battalions, three air defense regiments, one transport regiment, and three field hospitals under the organization of the security forces of the three industrial villages. The second group of more than 20,000 reservists recruited was quickly organized into three garrison regiments, which took over from the security team and were responsible for the defense of the three industrial villages.

According to credible information, the militia self-defense units of the Zhenshanon resettlement village and the Catholic refugee resettlement village have also been mobilized. More than 2,000 militiamen with loaded guns were urgently transported to Vung Tau to assist in the defense.

This means that the "industrial investment system" is not only able to protect itself, but also has the ability to attack.

If other industrial villages are mobilized, like the Phu Quoc Special Zone, the total number of troops will exceed that of the national army. As for the navy and air force, they don't have to worry at all, because they supply all the fuel for aircraft and ships, and companies such as Wu Kee Heavy Industries and Phu Quoc Aviation even provide assistance services for the navy and air force.

The comprehensive strength is there, why fight with others?

Huang Wengao secretly scolded Wu Tingjiao, and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Min, without the support of the United States and the Industrial Investment Company, the government will not be able to hold out for three months." And counting on your continued support, the economic damage caused by mobilization is probably ...... I'm afraid there is nothing that can be done. ”

"Knowing that life is hard without the support of the industrial investment company, why do you still do this kind of thing that relatives and enemies are happy?"

"Didn't you just say that Mr. Yao was deceived by those people around him."

"You're saying there are bad guys in Independence Palace?"

"There is no doubt that those people are vying for power and profit, deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and this is how the country is confused, and perhaps there are North Vietnamese spies among them, who are purely interested in dividing the relationship between the president and you, and the unity within the government, especially the national army."

There were indeed North Vietnamese spies in the Independence Palace, but flies don't bite seamless eggs, and if Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Diem were unmoved, such a thing would not have happened at all.

Li Weimin didn't want to go around in circles, and he was not interested in making jokes about whether he ordered the troops to enter the "Qing Jun side" in Saigon, so he said bluntly: "Since the government intends to transfer your troops to the north to strengthen the forces of the first, second, and third tactical areas, then transfer them as soon as possible." The defense of the next six provinces was transferred to the Garrison Command, and our industrial investment company and the provinces jointly bear the defense expenditure. ”

Huang Wengao realized that this was a condition of the "industrial investment system", and if they did not agree, they would not be so easy to cooperate with the government to deal with the aftermath.

Outsmart oneself. It was easy for the national army to withdraw. It's hard to deploy again.

Huang Wengao sighed secretly. Feeling helpless, he said: "Mr. Min, I don't have such authority, I want to ask the General Staff and the President." ”

Usually I see Wu Tingjiao is very shrewd, but he always does stupid things of one kind or another, which is really shooting himself in the foot.

Li Weimin raised his arm and looked at the time, and said lightly: "There is still more than an hour before dawn, and there must be someone in the staff here." Now it's too late. ”

Seeing him look back at himself, Ruan Zhiren said coldly: "This is the opinion of all the directors of the company and all the colleagues of the garrison command. ”

"Okay, I'll ask for instructions right away."

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At the same time, there was jubilation in a building in the southeast corner of Pingdong Industrial Village, which was covered with antennas.

There are three signs hanging in front of the building, one is Binh Dong Communication Technology Research Institute, one is the practice base of the Faculty of Engineering of Phu Quoc University of Technology, and the other is Saigon Tengda Communication Co., Ltd. The location is remote, and it seems that it has not produced much product since its establishment, and it is not conspicuous at all in the entire industrial village.

In fact, this is not as simple as it seems, but a listening and code-breaking center directly subordinate to the intelligence system of the Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association.

More than 500 technical and intelligence analysts work here. Under the leadership of several supervisors, they separately monitored the phone calls and messages of North Vietnam, the Yugoslav Liberation Army, the government, the People's Workers' Party, the US Embassy, and the US Military Advisory Group.

The French telephone company has long been acquired by industrial investment enterprises, and the emerging telecommunications companies are almost all invested by industrial investment companies. As the largest, most well-equipped and technologically advanced wireless and wired communications service provider in South Vietnam, they have a unique advantage in surveillance.

The information that Dinh Dieh wanted to do to the industrial investment company was what they spied on.

Unlike the Nationalist Army, the special forces of the People's Workers' Party do not have such a complete military line and wireless communication system, and many orders are issued directly through civilian telephone lines, completely unaware that their every move is under the control of the "industrial investment system."

After condolences to the eavesdroppers who had just made great contributions, Gui Qingshan accompanied Qian Xinlin, Zhang Yinggui and others to visit various departments, and at the same time proudly introduced: "There are at least three companies engaged in surveillance in Saigon, such as Chen Jinxuan's investigation bureau, the intelligence system of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Saigon station of the CIA. But if they want to listen on the phone, they have to go through us. ”

"The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind?"

"Almost, they asked our companies to cooperate, we provided them with routes and venues, and by the way, we kept an eye on them, so we knew who they were listening to and what they were listening to."

"This shows that so much money is not spent in vain."

Qian Xinlin is here, but his heart is in Can Tho, and after smiling, he suddenly changed his words: "Everyone, on the question of how to end the game, I agree with Mr. Li's opinion. If we can maintain the status quo as much as possible, we will not completely tear our faces without completely tearing them up, after all, once we take action, we will have to directly face North Vietnam, and we are now in strength and simply cannot fight a protracted anti-infiltration and anti-guerrilla war with North Vietnam. ”

Zhang Yinggui pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "Mr. Qian, the problem has now torn his face, but it has not been made public. With Ngo Dinh Ng's character, he won't stop there. ”

"That's true, but Mr. Lee said that Kennedy expressed serious concerns about the series of military operations being taken by North Vietnam, and intends to send additional military personnel to guide South Vietnam in carrying out targeted special operations, and its special forces personnel can participate in the war if necessary, which means that the US government's influence on Saigon will increase, and the military advisory group will soon become a military aid command, and will have some control over the national army."

"The Americans are shirtless, and Wu Tingjiao has no chance to do it if he wants to?"

"Think so."

Qian Xinlin nodded slightly, and continued: "This time let us expose part of our strength, if nothing else, then Wu Tingyan, Wu Tingyan, Yang Wenming, Chen Shanqian, Ruan Qing and other high-level officials of the national army will be surprisingly consistent in their attitude towards the officers of the 'industrial investment department' in the national army, and will find all kinds of excuses to exclude our people."

The Garrison Command has analyzed that they have both advantages and disadvantages for us in doing so, the advantage is that there are so many middle- and lower-level officers who can enrich the defense forces of the six provinces, and the disadvantage is that they will lose a certain influence and appeal of the national army. ”

The plan to infiltrate the national army has always been in charge of Zhang Yinggui, the "old army leader."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Mr. Qian, you can rest assured, there are too many people who have a relationship with us, and no matter how much we review, we can only squeeze out the part of the security team." If all those who have connections are dismissed from the military, then they will not want to fight, because there will be more than half of the junior officers. ”

Among the officers of the National Army are the "family members" of the industrial investment companies and enterprises in various industrial villages, former members of the Chinese Youth Association and the Vietnam Youth Association, and young people who have graduated from schools in various industrial villages.

In short, there are too many with the background of "industrial investment department", which is not impossible to screen, but cannot be screened.

Qian Xinlin couldn't hear the meaning of his words, and said with a smile: "So the focus of the next work should be on those who have not been excluded." ”

Zhang Yinggui said with a smile: "Chen Shiguo and Ruan Zhiren are shrewd, they will rush to do these jobs, and I will just pick up the gaps." ”

Gui Qingshan suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Everyone, since they have been wary of us through this matter, the compulsory conscription decree will definitely not continue to be implemented in the industrial villages and resettlement sites, which does not seem to be a bad thing for us. ”

I don't know how long the tug-of-war with the North Vietnamese People's Army and the local troops of the South Liberation Army will be fought, and if we can maintain a point of strength, Qian Xinlin thinks so: "Lao Gui is right, if they can't think of it, we can remind them through some channels." (To be continued.) )