In order to help South Vietnam build a modern army, the U.S. Military Advisory Corps established officer and non-commissioned officer academies, set up various training courses or training bases, and sent U.S. military advisers to the battalion level, and selected Nationalist Army officers to study in "free world" countries, including the United States.

So far, more than 100 members of the Republican Youth League have received systematic education and have a relatively high level of education, and so far more than 100 members have studied at military academies or military bases in the United States, Australia, the Philippines, and other countries, and most of them have been promoted to officers in China.

Li Weimin didn't want to engage in any conspiracy, so he mentioned it in passing when he paid New Year's greetings to Ngo Dinh Yan's family.

South Vietnam and Taiwan were in a similar situation, and the most troublesome problem of overseas Chinese had already been resolved, and Ngo Dinh Diem felt a little sympathetic to the same disease, and went so far as to summon Yuan Zijian, Chiang En-kai, and the military attache of the Nationalist Government in Vietnam against the norm.

President Chiang repeatedly tried to get the United States to support his "counteroffensive to the mainland" and tried to get involved in Vietnamese affairs by all means, such as landing on Hainan Island and cutting off mainland aid to North Vietnam. The United States did not want to provoke the mainland to attack Taiwan, which would lead to a direct war with the mainland, so it repeatedly rejected Chiang's request.

It was not easy to meet the president of South Vietnam who had a great say on this issue, and Yuan Zijian, Chiang Enkai, and others naturally said it carefully.

Ngo Dinh Diem was very happy and surprised to learn that the Taiwan army had excellent tactics and high morale, and that the treatment of officers and men was not half that of the Vietnamese army. At the same time that he agreed to send officers to Taiwan for training by the reserve officer training team of the Phu Quoc University of Technology, he actually asked Taiwan to send a general to Saigon to assist in the reorganization of the army.

President Chiang directly believed that this great diplomatic victory had a lot to do with Li Weimin's help.

On the sixth day after receiving the report from the Saigon Embassy, more than 20 agents of the Ministry of National Defence Intelligence Agency, who were engaged in clandestine activities on the embankment, submitted their applications for naturalization to the District 5 Police Department. Like the "Hua-Yun" accepting the leadership of the Vietminh, he took the initiative to ask to accept Han Shuo's command.

Immediately afterward, 263 Kuomintang officers entered Vietnam via Hong Kong, Laos and Cambodia.

They have subordinates of their second uncle Li Guanyu before his death, former classmates, colleagues and subordinates of Wang Jingui, Gu Jianhua and others, former officers of Zhang Fakui who fought side by side with the Nong Nationality Corps, and officers and soldiers of Huang Jie's department who have been stranded in Vietnam for three years.

What is lacking is people. Li Weimin received all the orders.

But it is unlikely that he will be in power, at least not for a short time.

Qian Xinlin and Gu Changgeng were very handy in handling this kind of matter, leaving a few high-ranking military ranks, and the others were arranged to be assigned to the Parrot Point and Zhensha areas, incorporated into the militia self-defense force, and appointed as deputy captains or instructors to deal with the all-pervasive Viet Minh.

At the same time when the reserve officer training team was selecting personnel to go to Taiwan for training, the "Kuishan Officer Corps" headed by Wang Sheng, principal of the Political Work Cadres School of the Taiwan authorities, was formally established and flew to Saigon to assist the General Staff Headquarters in reorganizing the army. To prevent US intervention. Taiwanese officers wore civilian clothes in South Vietnam.

Their enthusiasm was so high that as soon as they arrived, they set up a "political operations study class" to train cadres.

Ngo Dinh Diem personally presided over the opening ceremony, and ministers of various ministries, high-ranking officials of the national army, and envoys from various countries came to congratulate him. In addition to teaching "personalityism," the study class also includes courses such as political combat research, anti-G strategy research, political and combat staff operations, security work, political training work, supervision work, psychology, psychological warfare work, democracy movement work, welfare work, and speech techniques, totaling 440 class hours.

It is worth mentioning that the Vietnamese National Army has only been established for two years, and the officer ranks are low. Most of the directors of the Ministry of National Defense, the chiefs of the General Staff, the commanders of the Navy and Air Force, and the commanders of army divisions are lieutenant colonels. There were few colonels and even fewer brigadier generals. For this reason, the "Kuishan Officer Corps" specially demoted its members by one or even two ranks.

The workers' dispatch has its own system, and the well water of the national army does not interfere with the river water, and there is no need to participate in the training of the "political combat research class".

Li Weimin did not attend the opening ceremony, but devoted himself to education after the Spring Festival, not only as the honorary president of Phu Quoc University of Technology, but also as a professor at Saigon University, Hue University, Dalat University and several community colleges in several industrial villages that had just been established. And he also serves as a lecturer for more than a dozen "business" or "factory manager" training courses.

Lesson after lesson, all about business management or entrepreneurship.

The chairman of the industrial investment company personally taught, to put it bluntly, to teach you how to make a fortune, and the response was enthusiastic, no matter where you went, the seats were full.

Driven by him. Chen Shiguo, vice chairman of the board of directors of the company, Liu Jiachang, general manager, Wu Andong, deputy general manager, Qin Nanjian, chairman of the Management Committee of the Phu Quoc Special Economic Zone, Liu Jiahui, vice president of the Bank of East Asia, Wu Jingchen, president of Wu Kee Heavy Industries, and Gu Cailian, who is in charge of Lee's enterprise, have also served as professors at various universities, taking time to give lectures to business school students and businessmen who are interested in starting a business.

By the end of the last lecture, it was 4 p.m.

If you want to visit the United States with Dim the day after tomorrow, you must go to Saigon one day in advance. Professor Anderson, who had just returned from the United States and had been on Phu Quoc Island for more than half a month, was also going to the airport together.

"My dear friend, you don't have to work so hard."

I remember him taking a few days off when he got married, and Anderson saw him as a workaholic.

Li Weimin rolled down the window of the car, looked at a few foreigners on the side of the road who were flirting with Vietnamese girls, and asked: "Professor, do you know how much the industrial investment company and the enterprises in the industrial park spent on services last year?" ”

U.S. aid to Vietnam seems to be plentiful, but most of it is through the "Commodity Import Program," "Section 308 Public Law," and military aid, and very few dollars actually flow into Vietnam's currency market.

Foreign exchange is required for the import of machinery and equipment, foreign exchange is required for the introduction of technology, foreign exchange is required for the purchase of raw materials, and foreign exchange is also required for the payment of the salaries of foreign professors, engineers and management technicians.

The first few items could be addressed through the "Commodity Import Program", and foreign professors, engineers and managerial staff had to find their own way of spending on services.

Professor Anderson reacted, holding his chin and asking, "How many foreign staff are there now?" ”

"More than 17,800 people, and counting, service spending alone exceeded $60 million last year! If there are enough experts and professors, engineering and business managers, this foreign exchange can be saved. But we don't, the level of education and scientific research is extremely backward, and there are so many majors in natural sciences that we can't even find a leader in a discipline. ”

"It's a pity."

"It's a pity that all the hard-earned foreign exchange has been paid to foreigners."

"Don't say that, they come to work so far away, they put in a lot of work, and they deserve to be rewarded. What's more, they have helped the country miraculously develop some basic industries, helped train tens of thousands of engineering, technology and management personnel, and helped develop higher education. Ten years, I believe that as long as I persist for ten years, this country will be turned upside down. ”

The trial operation of the steel company, the Japanese have no problem operating, and the local workers who have been trained for nearly three years are basically no problem operating under the guidance of the Japanese.

The same is true for chemical engineering companies and power equipment companies, the foundation is too poor, the foundation is too thin, and with several large projects being put into operation one after another, Li Weimin feels more and more how scarce talents are.

He took a deep breath and said categorically: "If education can't keep up, industry can't develop." From now on, I will focus on higher education and vocational education. ”

"I can see it."

"Really?"

"You haven't done anything else in this time."

Professor Anderson smiled and said casually: "There is a special guest from Saigon, the deputy secretary general of the Taiwan National Defense Council. I just received the news that they don't seem to want the United States side to know. ”

Li Weimin asked regretfully: "Deputy Secretary-General of the National Defense Council?" ”

"Chiang Ching-kuo, the eldest son of the President of The President of the Republic of China."

"Professor, you're too well-informed."

"I'm an expert on Asia, and I have my own channel."

"I am not interested in Mr. Deputy Secretary-General, but I just want to know if President Yan can reach a consensus with Washington on some issues during his visit to the United States."

It's a real headache, Professor Anderson said with a wry smile: "I think it's difficult, in fact we all know that the cancer of the problem is the economic factor. Many congressmen wrote to the State Department complaining that the United States had been so lavish in providing aid to Southeast Asia that the local military was at an astonishing cost.

That's why the War Department's budget chief, William Lawton's 'interdepartmental cost inspection team,' recommended a 16 percent cut in the original estimate, not only in terms of military aid, but also in terms of commodity procurement programs, which means that the company should not expect to exchange as many dollars as it did last year. ”

The 16 percent cut is a conservative estimate, and in fact Li Weimin was told that the cut was more than 20 percent.

One can imagine how angry Diem would be after receiving Eisenhower's final confirmation, and one can imagine how the US-Vietnam relationship would change as a result.

"Professor, if President Yan and Mr. Ambassador have a conflict, who do you think I should be on?"

"Mr. President has always had a conflict with the previous ambassadors, what you did before will be what you will do later, don't ask me, don't make such jokes."

"I'm not kidding, I'm saying that if President Yan has irreconcilable contradictions with Mr. Ambassador."

Professor Anderson was asked, hesitated for a while before saying thoughtfully: "Lee, in the United States, you are an MSU advisor and have a close relationship with the 'Association of Friends of Vietnam'. In Vietnam, you don't get close to the embassy, the military advisory group, the MSU, so much so that many Vietnamese consider you to be President Yan's staunchest supporter.

If the United States' policy toward Vietnam, and Mr. Yan in particular, change, you will be in a dilemma. In fact, it's not just you, Professor Fisher, me, Bishop Spearman, and even Colonel Lansdale do. Because we neither like some of Mr. Yan's practices, nor do we agree with some people's opinions about Mr. Yan. ”

Li Weimin couldn't help but smile and said, "Professor, you have said so much, which means that you haven't said anything." (To be continued.) )