At the time of the air raid, Minister of Economic Affairs Liew Ka Chang was meeting with a Japanese business delegation at the Queen's Hotel together with Saigon Vice Mayor Jiang Chao, General Manager of the Industrial Investment Company Qin Nanjian, Chairman of the Binh Dong Industrial Village Management Committee Nguyen Chi Wei, and several business representatives.

With such a big event, it is clear that the talks cannot continue.

Liu Jiachang immediately ended the meeting and entrusted Qin Nanjian and Ruan Zhiwei to send the Japanese friends to the relative safety of Pingdong Industrial Village to rest. Jiang Chao urgently contacted his immediate boss, the mayor of Saigon, to inquire about what was going on and whether the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers were safe.

On the surface, he was anxious and worried about the safety of the president and his family, but in fact, he was anxious about what should happen in the "post-Dinh Yen era".

The telephone line of the Independence Palace was monitored by a special person, and the presidential office had the internal lines of the former Chinese Youth Association and the Yue Qing Association, and Gui Qingshan, the general intelligence director of the "Yue Chinese Literature and Art Research Association," quickly grasped the first-hand situation.

Lau Gia Chang also has information channels, and Hoang Thi Lai Liu, a press officer who is deeply trusted by Ngo Dinh Diem's family, has a close personal relationship with Boss Li, and he is always answering questions and responding to his requests as the former general manager of the Industrial Investment Company and the current Minister of Economy of the Republic of Vietnam.

When everyone learned about the situation through their own channels and was about to communicate and study how to deal with it, a telegram arrived that Li Weimin's family was coming to Saigon to visit Chen Lichun.

Security is no small matter.

The boss sent charcoal in the snow, and Wu Tingyan was more nostalgic, so he shouldn't have any bad intentions. But no one dares to guarantee that Wu Tingyao, who is immortal in the catastrophe, will take advantage of this opportunity to be sent to the door.

Liu Jiachang decided to personally go to Xinshan Airport to greet him, and Qin Nanjian asked the Security Department of Pingdong Industrial Village to dispatch a squadron to be responsible for the security of the boss's family from the airport to the Independence Palace; Han Shuo ordered the District 5 Police Department Action Team to take charge of the perimeter. Even two detachments of special forces stationed in Binh Dong Industrial Village received orders from Nguyen Chi Nhhon and Tran Yun Wei. Disguised as a national army with the cooperation of the inner line. Secretly rushed to the vicinity of the Independence Palace, intending to storm the Independence Palace at any time to rob people.

There was chaos outside, and all kinds of rumors were spreading.

Ngo Dinh Diem understands the importance of stabilizing the situation better than anyone else, how could he let Li Weimin's family have an accident, for fear that his younger brother would make small moves behind his back, and directly ordered the presidential guard to pick up people at the airport.

Motorcycles and armoured vehicles cleared the way, and the Presidential Guard, the security team, and heavily armed police officers took jeeps and trucks, respectively, and sandwiched two bulletproof sedans between the convoys. Like greeting visiting foreign dignitaries, they drove to the city.

Wu Lijun and Tian Tian were in the car behind, and Liu Jiachang could talk freely.

He untied his tie and whispered: "As soon as the air raid ended, President Yan issued a statement on the radio, announcing that the incident was an isolated case and that the Air Force would not be held responsible, and at the same time claiming that the escape was under the protection of the Lord." ”

Case by case, why do we have to be involved with the Lord, this is not to emphasize their religious beliefs. Does it exacerbate religious contradictions?

The world is so crazy that everyone talks about political words such as democracy, freedom, and rights. Even the monks who were supposed to stay in the temple and recite the scriptures were not willing to be lonely, and even marched on the streets against the government. In order to ensure that the procession could proceed smoothly, the monks, nuns, and Buddhists who participated in the procession were not intercepted, and a "picket team" composed of young monks was organized.

Looking at the little monk who was talking to a few citizens on the side of the road, Li Weimin couldn't help but think of Shi Guangde and Shi Zhiguang, and secretly decided that when he was busy with the things in front of him, he must have a good chat with Shi Zhiguang, listen to his tone, and see what he wants to do, or what he wants to achieve.

Liu Jiachang did not know why, and continued: "Ambassador Notting rushed to the Independence Palace as soon as possible to offer condolences, and Secretary Liliu said that President Yan was emotional, and during the meeting, he accused the American media of degrading the government's ability to describe the incident. As soon as the air raid ended, a commentator for the "Voice of America" said on the radio that the incident was a wake-up call to the South Vietnamese government. ”

"What about Yang Wenming, has Yang Wenming expressed his position?"

"Yang Wenming is on vacation in Vung Tau and should be on his way to Saigon."

Liu Jiachang paused, and then said: "General Huggins of the Military Aid Command was the second to arrive, and President Yan admitted that the government was responsible for this matter, thinking that Nguyen Van Ju should not be left to serve in the Air Force, because he put Nguyen Van Ju's father in prison a few years ago. In addition, before I arrived at the airport, President Yan received a message of condolences from Washington, in which President Kennedy described it as an isolated and vicious act of vandalism. ”

Isolated cases, with the suspicious character of the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers, I really believe that it will be a hell of a thing.

After all, Fan Guofu, another pilot who participated in the air strike, did not die, and claimed that their actions were known to the military and the United States.

Li Weimin was thinking about how to deal with it next, and asked absentmindedly: "Mr. Qian is not on the embankment, if he is, arrange a time, and we will have a meeting." ”

"Yes."

Liu Jiachang suddenly remembered something, leaned into his ear and whispered: "Youcai is back, I came back yesterday afternoon, bring a guest, you must meet it." ”

"Guest?"

"Yang Shizu, you should have heard of it, it is very famous in Cambodia."

Su Youcai did a good job in Cambodia, united a large number of Cambodian Chinese through the Chamber of Commerce, and with the support of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" and the Industrial Investment Company, formed a huge underground Chinese organization, had its own armed forces in the Cape and Kampong Son areas, and began to infiltrate the Cambodian government, army, and anti-government "free Khmer".

Yang Shizu is one of the bigwigs of the "Khmer Rouge", and to later generations of Chinese, he is not a proper name, and most people have almost never heard of him, in fact, as Liu Jiachang said, this fake Teochew is very famous in Cambodia.

He was a close friend of Shan Ngoc Sung, and his influence in Cambodia far exceeded that of the young king.

As early as July 1942, under the leadership of Shan Yucheng, Yang Shizu, Ba Chun, Wen Changmo, and others staged an anti-French demonstration in Phnom Penh with the participation of more than 2,000 monks, students, and teachers demanding independence.

The police dispersed the crowd outside the residence of the French high commissioner, and later carried out a mass arrest, where he was arrested and imprisoned, while Yama Yucheng went to Battambang, occupied by Thailand, under the protection of the Japanese army, and from there to Japan.

After the end of World War II. Yang Shizu was released. Shan Yucheng was sent to France for residential surveillance.

It is worth mentioning. Shan Yucheng is very ambitious, in his forties, and also obtained a doctorate in law in France.

In order to return to China, Son Yucheng kept writing letters to Sihanouk. Considering that he was a nationalist, Sihanouk agreed, and flew back to Phnom Penh in October 1951, where he was warmly welcomed by the ruling Democrats.

He traveled in an open-top car from Po Seng Dong Airport to downtown Phnom Penh, where nearly 100,000 people gathered on both sides of the road to welcome him. The small flags held by the people read "Shan Yucheng, Our Hope" and "Shan Yucheng, National Hero". This welcome scene, which had never been seen before, provoked the young and conceited king, who regarded it as a henchman and was reluctant to cooperate with him.

Son Ngoc Thanh did not join the Democratic government in Phnom Penh, but went to Siem Reap and the western regions close to Thailand, and organized his own anti-French armed forces, which were the predecessors of the "Freedom Khmer", with Yang Shizu, Wen Changmo and others who followed him.

The number two of the Cambodian rebels. Li Weimin was like thunder, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help asking, "Jiachang." Do you think he recognizes us fellows? ”

Liu Jiachang mused: "Shan Yucheng's father is Cambodian, his mother is Chinese, only half Chinese ancestry, and he is a well-known Cambodian nationalist leader, so he will definitely not agree with our ideas. Yang Shizu spoke Teochew dialect, worship Guan Erye, he is a Teochew person like us, if the work is in place, he should be able to win it. ”

They have a background in Cambodia and the influence and appeal that Sihanouk envies.

Lon Nol was their younger brother, and most of the Cambodian government army officers followed them. Therefore, Sihanouk portrayed them as "free Khmer bandits" and "lackeys of US imperialism", and organized troops to clear them more than once, but they are still alive and well and have not been uprooted.

The "Khmer Rouge" was not a "Khmer Rouge," but belonged to the rightist forces, and they had the same attitude toward North Vietnam and the future "Khmer Rouge."

Li Weimin raised his head and said: "Whether Mr. Yang agrees with our proposition or not, we must fight for him." ”

Liu Jiachang smiled helplessly and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Qian said that he came to negotiate with us, and their organization is developing to the eastern and southern coasts, and there have been several frictions with our people in the parrot's beak area. There are militia self-defense units in the resettlement sites in the front, and there are government troops chasing soldiers in the back, and life is not easy, so we want us to give them a little room to live. ”

"Friction?"

"Sneaky, and weapons, who knows who they are."

The Chinese in the Parrot Point area were frightened by the South Liberation guerrillas and the North Vietnamese People's Army, and the resettlement villages were like facing a great enemy, and when they discovered an unidentified armed force, they would certainly not hesitate to attack them head-on.

It is both reasonable and unexpected.

Li Weimin asked with a puzzled face: "Haven't they always been in the west, how can they develop to the east?" ”

"Speaking of something to do with the United States, Sihanouk is getting closer and closer to the Soviet and Russian camps, and they are using this opportunity to build up relations with the Americans, trying to develop a controlled area in the east, where they can get assistance from the United States, to be precise, the CIA."

"Wouldn't it be more convenient to resupply from Thailand?"

"CIA Saigon Station Chief Richardson had been to the Fifth Infantry Division's defense area, knew that there were more than a dozen Chinese resettlement villages in Cambodia, and thought that the mass base was good, so he suggested that they use the Cape Narot area as a base to engage in anti-government activities while assisting South Vietnam in preventing North Vietnam from infiltrating the Mekong Delta region from there.

Because Division Commander Chung firmly denied that the dozen or so villages had any connection with the Fifth Infantry Division, and the militia self-defense force did not believe the Vietnamese employees sent by the CIA, Richardson did not know who to communicate with, so he unilaterally asked the 'Khmer Rouge' to send someone first. ”

Li Weimin was happy: "There are people who are willing to help fight the war, which is a good thing!" And as soon as they come, our people over there can nominally join the 'Khmer Rouge' and fight the Yugoslav Liberation guerrillas, the North Vietnamese People's Army and even the Cambodian government army. ”

Liu Jiachang weighed it and suddenly said: "It seems that it is not suitable for you to see Yang Shizu, after all, he has a close relationship with Shan Yucheng, and his sense of identity with the nation is not as strong as ours, so Mr. Qian and Youcai will come forward in the future." ”

"The CIA is willing to be the culprit of this wrong, and the military expenses in the Cape area will be borne by them in the future. Don't expose more people on the research society's side, Master Zhong continued to firmly deny it. Units that go to the Fifth Division's defense area for rotational battles should not enter Cambodia unless absolutely necessary. ”

Liu Jiachang asked worriedly: "What about Nanjie?" ”

For the Chinese living in the Parrot Point area, taking up arms to fight the SLA guerrillas and the North Vietnamese People's Army is not to be cannon fodder for anyone, but to fight for their own survival.

Li Weimin couldn't miss this opportunity, and said with a confident smile: "Don't worry, since the CIA has set up this bureau, he will not sit idly by." The intelligence department of the Fourth Tactical Region received information that in order to cut off the so-called Ho Chi Minh Trail, the CIA had spent all its money on the Vietnam-Cambodia and Vietnam-Laos borders, secretly supported Wang Bao's Miao armed forces in the north, sent advisers to help train the troops, paid US dollars to military salaries, sent engineers and technicians to repair airfields and field fortifications, and sent planes, artillery, and other heavy weapons and equipment. In other words, as long as we have as many troops, Richardson can help us build as many troops. (To be continued.) )