Hanoi Airport is arguably the busiest airport in Asia, and French officials, French businessmen, French civilians, French-Vietnamese and Vietnamese dignitaries with priority during colonial rule do not have to wait for American warships in Haiphong, but can take faster transportation --- planes.

French Air Force transport planes, Air France, Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines, and American Airlines passenger planes, as well as special planes of the International Monitoring and Oversight Commission, the United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. Economic and Technical Mission, and the U.S. Military Advisory Mission in Vietnam, took off and landed like a stream of water.

The airport was crowded with people waiting to board the plane, the tarmac was full of planes waiting to take off, and the grass on either side of the runway was a spectacular sight.

I encountered "traffic control" again, and I don't know when it will be.

The C-47 was not so advanced in air conditioning, it didn't even have an electric fan, it was exposed to the sun for another day, and the cabin was like a steamer. Li Weimin simply asked Lin Jiasheng to find a canvas and wait as a blanket to sit under the wings.

Ruan Mingxiu and Huang Liliu were so hot that they took out a document and fanned it vigorously. Han Shuo, the only male secretary, was more competent than expected, and even prepared a large pot of tea in advance, and took out a few cups as if by magic to quench the thirst of the big boss and colleagues.

"This plane is too backward."

Li Weimin drank it all, and while handing the cup over for Han Shuo to refill, he smiled and said, "Captain Qi, have you ever seen a British Comet airliner?" I took it once, it was air conditioned and comfortable. ”

"Yes, it's a jet (jet). With 4 turbojet engines, it can reach a cruising speed of 450 miles per hour and can fly very high. ”

In the end, it is a pilot, and it is like a treasure.

Li Weimin put down his cup and said with a smile: "On the 15th of last month, the American Boeing Company tested a four-engine long-range jet airliner. When I was done with the refugees, I asked someone to ask them if they planned to mass produce and if they would accept orders. If it is planned to be mass-produced and ordered at the same time, then the industrial investment company will order one as a business jet to save such a sin in the future. ”

Ruan Gaoqi asked with a puzzled face: "Mr. Min, why don't you just order the Comet airliner?" ”

"I've inquired about the safety of the Comet airliner, and there have been several crashes so far. I sat down without knowing it, and now I am afraid to think about it. ”

"The Comet airliner has been flying for years, and the Boeing jet has only been test-flew."

The Boeing 707 is much more reliable than the Comet, but it is not easy to explain the fact that it takes time to verify, Li Weimin pretended to ponder for a moment, and said with a smile: "I want to be the first customer to purchase this kind of aircraft, so as to achieve the purpose of advertising to the industrial investment company." ”

He is very dedicated and very competent.

He miraculously organized the International Red Cross, the Catholic Church, the Hanoi Charity Federation, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Special Economic and Technical Mission, the American International Cooperative Society, and the "Vietnam Youth Association" and "Chinese Youth Association" and other social organizations to set up the "Joint Conference on Refugee Relief" and set up 11 departments, large and small, such as "financial and material management," "press liaison," "transportation," "refugee management," and "culture and entertainment." More than 2,000 volunteers from several international organizations and social groups, who are not related to each other, operate like machines in an orderly manner under his coordination.

Either they went to the camps to comfort the refugees, or they convened a meeting of the representatives of the heads of departments of the "Joint Conference", or personally went to the headquarters of the French army and the premises of the International Monitoring and Supervisory Commission, working more than 12 hours a day.

He is fluent in Vietnamese, French, English and Chinese, and does not need to bring an interpreter anywhere. When interviewed by reporters, he talked and laughed freely, politely and politely. What's even more rare is that he is approachable, without even a little arrogance, and has a family routine with the refugees, plays with the children in the refugee camp, and can talk to anyone.

Nguyen Gao Qi's impression of him has completely changed, and sometimes he feels that he is a Vietnamese rather than a Chinese businessman who is not benevolent to the rich.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Ruan Gaoqi couldn't help but quip: "Mr. Min, does the industrial investment company need a captain?" ”

"Of course it does, but it certainly won't be Lieutenant Qi."

"Why?"

"Because serving in the Air Force is more promising, you can serve as a squadron leader, group leader, regiment commander, division commander and even the commander of the Air Force in the future, while you can only be a captain forever in the industrial investment company."

Li Weimin patted his arm and emphasized with a serious face: "Really, I'm not joking. ”

The ranks of the national army are generally low, and after the withdrawal of the French troops, a large number of officers will inevitably be promoted, and he is a good friend of the chief of the general staff, and he is deeply trusted by Prime Minister Diem, and with his help, it will definitely be easier to be promoted than others.

The more Ruan Gaoqi thought about it, the more excited he became, and just as he didn't know what to say, a tall American officer wearing sunglasses jumped from a plane on the right side of the taxiway.

What a coincidence!

Li Weimin was happy, got up and greeted: "Colonel, come to Hanoi for a tour?" ”

Lansdale was also amused, and ran over to hold on to the wing and asked, "My God, why are you here?" ”

"I've been here."

"I mean, at the airport, it's not a great place to camp."

Li Weimin looked back at the command tower, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "It's too noisy and too hot, it's really not." Our mutual friends don't think I've got priority and won't give us the runway until all their planes are in the sky, and all landings like yours have priority. ”

Lansdale greeted the two ladies very gentlemanly, and while motioning to his entourage to wait, he teased, "You must not have tipped those guys." ”

"There are too many people to give. By the way, how did you get here? ”

The goal is the same, and the things we do are pretty much the same, all about evacuating as many refugees as possible south, and there's really nothing to hide.

Lansdale put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smug smile: "Some time ago, I asked the G-5 Bureau (the Psychological War Bureau of the Vietnamese General Staff) to spread a fake news, but I didn't expect that my fictional 1 Chinese division was rumored to be 3 by word of mouth, and almost everyone believed it to be true. All sorts of intelligence about the Chinese division flew like snowflakes onto the desks of the intelligence services of the French and Vietnamese national armies, and even alarmed the Pentagon. ”

"And then?"

"Three telegrams from Washington asking me to come here and investigate the accuracy of the information."

"You didn't explain?"

"Explained, they don't believe it."

Once bitten by a snake and afraid of the well rope for ten years, it seems that the Korean War, which had just ceased fire, left too deep an impression on senior US officials, and as long as there was news about China, they were nervous, and they were all soldiers.

Li Weimin felt very funny, and lost no time in complimenting: "You have deceived all your own people, and let the person who created the news investigate the news, which shows that your psychological warfare is very successful." ”

Lansdale glanced back, lowered his arm and said with a regretful expression: "Lee, when it comes to psychological warfare, there is something I need to inform you. ”

"What's the matter?"

"On 7 July, the day the Prime Minister returned to Saigon, the French army withdrew from the Catholic province of Nam Dinh, and the Catholic militia, very angry at the French abandonment, marched north to Hanoi and Haiphong in large numbers, demanding weapons to fight the Vietminh. One of our teams in Haiphong blocked plans by some women militiamen to attack the French with grenades and seize the arsenals.

They had not eaten for three days, and the team asked Chinese businessmen in Haiphong to provide them with food. As a result, one of the Chinese businessmen intoxicated five female militiamen with drugs mixed with food, put heavy shackles on them, and sent them to a secret underground bomb shelter in his house, where they were raped and ravaged in turn. ”

When the forest was big, there were all kinds of birds, Li Weimin was very embarrassed and angry, and asked coldly: "What happened later?" ”

"As soon as this information was obtained, the intelligence team of the Haiphong Division sent someone to report to the Hanoi office. Major Allen and eight armed members of the operation team rushed to Haiphong overnight and, led by a policeman, quickly surrounded the Chinese businessman's home. It only took a few minutes for them to easily disarm the pistols of the Chinese merchant's two bodyguards and find the secret passage behind the Buddha statue.

They found three female militiamen, wearing only pants, kneeling on the ground, their hands tied to iron pipes and some defecation on their bodies. By the time they were untied from the pipes, their arms were no longer able to move freely. The other two female militiamen suffered even more wretched, as Chinese businessmen cut their hamstrings to prevent them from escaping.

Fortunately, despite their unkempt, thin, and tortured, they miraculously survived. They said that in addition to the rape of the Chinese businessman, they were also brutalized by two bodyguards. The Vietnamese members of the group were furious and killed the Chinese businessman and two of his bodyguards on the spot. ”

I am trying my best to establish a new image of the Chinese in Vietnam, but such a black sheep who is not sorry to die has emerged.

Li Weimin could imagine that Lansdale would use the incident to make a big fuss, such as fabricating a lie to the five surviving female militiamen that Chinese businessmen were spies planted by China in Haiphong, and then sending them to various refugee camps to show their statements, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of convincing everyone that the Chinese army had invaded North Vietnam and would be persecuted if they did not flee to South Vietnam.

I can't take care of political affairs and don't want to take care of them, but this will seriously affect the work that the "Chinese Youth Association" is doing, and even lead to everything that has been and is now in vain.

Li Weimin weighed it, stared at him and said, "Colonel, your psychological warfare has been very successful, and it is estimated that there will be more than 1.5 million refugees evacuated south. If this is used to develop a new black psychological warfare plan, it will only backfire. You must know that there are 300,000 Nong refugees in Haiphong and nearly 2 million Chinese in the south, and you cannot have the right to create racial contradictions. ”

"Li, I don't interfere with your actions, and I don't want you to interfere with my actions either."

"Colonel, I regard you as a friend, and I hope you will treat me as a friend!"

He had never been so serious and serious, and his concerns were justified, after all, there were many Chinese living in South Vietnam, and the industrial village project needed Chinese capital.

Lansdale pondered for a moment, then asked with a wry smile, "What about the five girls?" ”

"Leave it to me, and I'll take care of them like Justina."

"Well, I don't want to lose you as a friend."