Chapter 31 Evacuation Plan
The news is too shocking and takes time to digest.
Huang Yasheng first arranged for the guests from Xidi to rest in the backyard, and then immediately sent a telegram to Huang Duqing and others stationed in Lang Son, asking them to rush back to Mong Cai. At the same time, one by one, the judicial officials who have a good relationship with each other will be attacked to find out what the Fayue authorities really think.
Facts have proved that the eldest young master of the Li family is not alarmist.
One of the most well-connected French army colonels revealed that several intelligence officers were in secret contact with the Viet Minh to negotiate privately on the issue of prisoners of war. What he could not tolerate the most was that the French troops on the line from Hanoi to Haiphong had stopped attacking the Viet Minh positions as early as two days earlier, were shrinking their forces, and were obviously not ready to fight again.
At dusk, all officers above the rank of colonel rushed to the headquarters. After listening to the briefing, one by one, some wanted to go to the French to theorize, and some wanted to fight to the death with the Vietminh.
Major General Huang Duqing, his most trusted subordinate, was very authoritative in the Nong District, slammed the table, and asked in a fierce voice: "The matter has come to this point, does it work to find a French theory?" Fight to the death with the Viet Minh, what to fight, can you fight? ”
Speaking of which, Lang Son and Hai Ninh have two divisions, but in fact they add up to less than 10,000 people. One less died in battle, and you can't make up for it if you want to. What's more, as soon as the French army withdraws, there will be no more logistical supplies, and every ammunition fired will be missing, and what will be used to fight with the Vietminh after the ammunition and food are exhausted.
Huang Yasheng sighed secretly and said expressionlessly: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the eyes of the Viet Minh, we are the lackeys of the French emperor, and they hate us more than the French. The guests of the West Causeway are right, the thirty-six plans are the best plan, and they must plan in advance, and they cannot sit idly by. ”
A colonel officer couldn't help but ask: "Commander, is the Xidi guest reliable?" ”
"The son of the 'shipping king' Li Guanyun, the son-in-law of the 'shipbuilding king' Wu Dayuan, the huge wealth of Xidi, and the overseas Chinese leader of Vietnam, if he is not reliable, no one in this world will be reliable."
Huang Yasheng lit a cigarette and added: "In addition, a friend of Tosaigon inquired that he was indeed an adviser to the Government Research Agency of the University of Michigan, and that he had returned on the same plane as the US Agency for International Development mission that was on inspection in Hanoi, and the US ambassador took them over. ”
It doesn't matter who the guest in the backyard is, what matters is where to go next.
Huang Duqing pinched his temples and asked in a hoarse voice: "Commander, you must go, where is the key to going, and how many people can go?" ”
It is a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of clansmen, Huang Yasheng is walking on thin ice, he doesn't want to be the master alone, and said worriedly: "Li Weimin has a plan, I can see that he has the intention to help us, I invited them over and asked him to introduce them, and if you have any questions, you can ask them face to face." ”
After a while, Li Weimin, Qian Xinlin, Wang Jingui, Gu Jianhua and Ding Maocai appeared in front of everyone, introduced each other, and got to the point again.
"I told General Huang in the afternoon that blood is thicker than water, and in the eyes of the Viet Minh, there is no distinction between Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Fujian, Hainanese and Nong, only 'Tangshanese', 'Mingxiang' or Chinese. In fact, not only the Viet Minh, but almost all Vietnamese people see it this way. ”
"What Mr. Li said is that blood is thicker than water, and we are all Chinese in Vietnam."
Looking at everyone's deep opinion, Li Weimin continued with a sincere face: "The situation of the North Vietnamese compatriots is dangerous, and the situation of the South Vietnamese compatriots is also not good. You may not know who Bao Da has appointed Ngo Dinh Diem as Prime Minister of South Vietnam, he is an extremely hard-line nationalist, both anti-French and anti-G. One can imagine what kind of attitude such a person will have towards the overseas Chinese on the embankment. ”
Major General Huang Duqing asked suspiciously, "What does Mr. Li mean?" ”
"General Huang, don't get me wrong, I, Li Weimin, am not a careerist, and there is no soil for Chinese ambitions in Vietnam today. My idea was simple, to do everything I could to evacuate the North Vietnamese compatriots to South Vietnam and find ways to resettle them. There is great strength in numbers, as long as we are united, we have to weigh what others want to move, right? ”
"That's really the truth, and there is really no way to survive if you don't unite anymore."
"But how can hundreds of thousands of people be evacuated, and even if they can be evacuated to South Vietnam, how can they be resettled?"
Li Weimin took a photo of him with Ngo Dinh Diem when he was in Paris from Nguyen Minh Xiu's hand, and said confidently: "I can't hide it, I am very good friends with Ngo Dinh Diem." He treats me as a junior, and I respect him too. Of course, this is limited to personal relationships. He will not retain the privileges of overseas Chinese on the embankment because of me, and I will not betray the interests of overseas Chinese for him.
But for now, I'm aligned with his interests. He needs me to help him gain a foothold in Saigon, and I need his help, acquiescence, to be exact. Otherwise, we will not be able to help you evacuate hundreds of thousands of compatriots to South Vietnam and settle them all. ”
This is the real hole card, Huang Yasheng suddenly had a hope, stood up and said: "Mr. Li, if you can help hundreds of thousands of people in our Nong District evacuate to the south safely, you are the Buddha of our Nongren's family!" ”
Even the salutation was used, which shows how excited he was.
Li Weimin shook his head: "General Huang's words are serious, the younger generation just said that the situation of the South Vietnamese compatriots is not good. To help others is to help ourselves, and now we must and can only huddle together to keep warm. ”
In terms of huddles, the Chinese living in North Vietnam are really inferior to the overseas Chinese in Xidi.
Not to mention the others, the Yi'an Middle School of the Chaozhou Gang and the Fude Middle School of the Fujian Gang have enrolled six or seven thousand children from poor Chaozhou and southern Fujian, and the tuition and room and board fees are all free, and this large amount of money comes from donations from the gang.
A colonel officer directly thought that he was now representing the Five Gangs Association, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he nodded again and again: "Huddle together for warmth, Mr. Li said well, you continue." ”
The situation in Saigon is chaotic, and Ngo Dinh Diem is in dire need of supporters when he officially takes office, and his family is a Catholic, and his second brother Ngo Dinh Lim is a papal-appointed bishop, and Catholics will obviously support him.
As we all know, most Vietnamese Catholics live in North Vietnam, so the U.S. government, especially the American Catholic Church, will try to mobilize North Vietnamese believers to go south. I spoke to Mr. Diem in Paris and he estimated that there were about 50,000 or 60,000 people, but I thought that was too conservative and that if nothing else, there would be dozens, if not a million, of refugees fleeing south. ”
Huang Duqing reacted and blurted out: "The Vietminh is carrying out land reform, killing so many people, who will not leave if there is a chance?" ”
"This is our chance, once they start mobilizing, whether there are any of us in the evacuation plan or not, we will assemble in Haiphong, occupy the refugee camp, and we will either go together or we will stay together."
Looking at the way everyone looked at each other, Li Weimin hurriedly explained: "This is just part of the plan, don't forget what my Li family does." If they don't let everyone get on the boat, they will get on the ship of my Li family's fleet. The reason for this decision was purely to conserve resources and to use the funds, food, and medicine needed for evacuation for resettlement after arriving in South Vietnam. ”
Thinking of the scene of hundreds of thousands of people retreating to the south, Qian Xinlin's blood boiled, and he couldn't help but say: "Everyone, Mr. Li said that blood is thicker than water!" I can guarantee that the millions of overseas Chinese in Xidi will never watch their compatriots in the north go hungry. We will have the money to contribute, and we will do everything we can to help people settle down until they are able to support themselves. ”
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