Embankment, Fifth County Police Station Confucius Street Police Station.

From 3 p.m. to 10 minutes ago, more than a dozen guests were welcomed in the conference room.

This small police station with a staff of 32 people, because it is located in the center of the Chinese district, there are only six local policemen, two of whom go to the substation for meetings, one goes to the city to participate in police training organized by MSU and the Ministry of the Interior, and the other three are either on duty outside or on rotation, so today they are all their own people inside and out.

The core personnel of the "Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association" in Saigon have to hold meetings, but there are actually safer places, such as the Binh Dong Industrial Village next to the embankment, or find a random house nearby.

However, the officers of the paratrooper unit who were about to carry out the coup d'état knew very well that the police stations of counties 5, 6, 7 and 11 were formed on the basis of the former foreigner-managed police brigade, with more than 3,000 policemen and a strong combat squad in each substation.

According to the information provided by the insiders, they will block the main road leading to the city at the first time, trying to block the Chinese police on the embankment, and at the same time block the Pingdong Industrial Village security team, which is equipped with heavy weapons such as armored vehicles, heavy machine guns and mortars.

Being closer to the city allows you to better grasp the situation, and at least you can give orders to the nearest sub-bureaus.

Time passed minute by minute, there was no news on Phu Quoc Island, and Zhang Wei, the police chief of the sixth county, was restless and couldn't help but say: "Mr. Qian, Mr. Gui, if you are busy, there will be chaos, and if you don't give an order, it will be too late to mobilize when the time comes." ”

The old subordinate couldn't hold his breath, Zhang Yinggui was very faceless, and said lightly: "How much effect can ordinary police officers play when mobilized?" Just have a squad and a security team, don't worry, wait. ”

Dealing with the coup d'état is not a crackdown on pornography, gambling and drugs, nor is it a matter of arresting "China-Movement" elements.

The paratrooper brigade can be called the elite of the national army, well-trained, well-equipped, and powerful in firepower. Even mobilizing all the police to maintain law and order and traffic order will not be of much use.

More than 300 people, plus the security teams of the Pingdong Industrial Village, which has been practicing militarized management and militarized training, and the special forces stationed in Pingdong, are now able to mobilize more than 1,200 troops and deploy them to designated positions within an hour.

Of course Zhang Wei knows this. However, it is not known whether the urban police and the Nationalist troops stationed around Saigon will fall to Nguyen Zhengshi and other young Zhuang officers during the coup, and it is not known whether the more influential Nationalist high-ranking officials such as Yang Minh Minh and Tran Shan Qian will be involved.

He took a deep breath, unbuttoned the button under his neck and said: "General Zhang, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, they are not attacking the embankment and Pingdong Industrial Village now, and the plan to take over the police stations and security teams of the industrial village on the embankment does not mean that there is no after dawn." The soldiers are very fast, and the sooner we mobilize, the sooner we can grasp the initiative. ”

Han Shuo was calmer than him. He said expressionlessly: "Lao Zhang, giving an order now means standing on Wu Tingyan's side." We can thwart this coup d'état by urgently mobilizing the reserve troops of the industrial villages and reinforcing the presidential palace, but what about the future? ”

The dark tide in Saigon is surging, and there are more and more people who are dissatisfied with the Wu family brothers.

This time it's Nguyen Chinh Thi. Who will be next time?

Now he resolutely supports Ngo Dinh Diem, and the next time people launch a coup d'état, they will definitely target the "industrial investment system" at the same time. What's more. In everyone's opinion, the reserves in the industrial villages are in name only, and the main military forces of the industrial investment system are the 5th Infantry Division and the Phu Quoc Special Zone Security Force.

If he acts rashly, he will only expose his strength, and perhaps even the immortal Diem Dinh Diem will be worried that the Chinese have such a strong military force and ability to organize and mobilize.

To their surprise, Gu Changgeng, who had been silent, suddenly sighed lightly: "Opportunity." It's a pity. ”

Qian Xinlin was stunned for a moment, and tacitly smiled bitterly: "If it's ten years late, no, even if it's eight years, you can give it a go." What a pity! ”

The number of Chinese is too small, and the reserves of the industrial villages have only been implemented for a few years, so they are not fully prepared. And the integration is mutual, and it takes time for the Vietnamese to identify with the Vietnamese Chinese. The conditions are not ripe, and if there is any idea now, not only the national army that initiated the coup d'état will oppose it, but even the ordinary people will oppose it.

If the internal problems cannot be solved, how to deal with the Vietminh?

Zhang Yinggui couldn't hear the meaning of their words, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, don't say eight years, even if we are given another five years, we will not be as passive as we are now." ”

Qian Xinlin picked up the cup and said slowly: "In the face of this crisis, the best way is to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and wait for the dust to settle before making further plans." If Ngo Dinh Diem can get through this, it's business as usual; If Ruan Zhengshi and the others win, they will immediately mobilize and show their strength.

At the same time, it will seek the support of the United States to force them to the negotiating table and maintain the status quo in the industrial villages and the lower six provinces, and talk about the future in the future. In short, what we need most now is time. ”

Xie Rong, deputy captain of the security team of Pingdong Industrial Village, asked again and again: "Mr. Qian, since the best way is to pretend to be confused, why does Mr. Li ...... Why ......"

"Why did you bring in Chen Shiguo, Wu Andong and Ruan Zhiren?"

"yes, why?"

Seeing the teacher's gaze towards him, He Tianming patiently explained: "The external and internal situation is so grim, no matter what we want to achieve, we must unite all the forces that can be united." The attitude of Mr. Guo, Deputy Manager Dong and Director Ren is very important, and the lack of news so far is good news, indicating that they are hesitating. ”

The Vietnamese senior management of the industrial investment company is hesitating not to support Ngo Dinh Diem, which is indeed good news for the Vietnamese Chinese Literature and Art Research Association.

Everyone reacted, and Qian Xinlin took over the conversation and continued: "Everyone, the situation is very serious, but not so severe that it is out of control. In other words, although the Wu brothers are unpopular, they are not exhausted. The only people who really opposed him were the old faces who had little influence, and the centrists were in the majority. If nothing else, Ruan Zhengshi and they will not be able to succeed. ”

The main reason for the coup d'état of the paratrooper brigade was that he was dissatisfied with Ngo Dinh Diem's style of governing the country and opposed his younger brother's direct decision on personnel appointments and troop transfers in the army without consulting with the General Staff.

It sounds high-sounding, but it's actually for profit.

The national army was not established for a long time, and it only took them a few years to reach the high position that would normally take more than ten or twenty years to reach, the brigade commander in his twenties, the division commander in his thirties, and the rank of major and lieutenant colonel were only major and lieutenant colonel, and they all wanted to be generals and wanted to carry a general star on their shoulders.

Ordinary citizens are on the class photo, the days have passed, life is much better than before, and it has not endangered their vital interests, who would stupidly jump out and rebel?

As for the peasants, Ngo Dinh Diem was not so good to them, but he was not so bad. Facing the loess with their backs to the sky, politics is too willing for them to jump out against it at all.

The peasants in the liberated areas of the Viet Minh are a special case.

The infiltrated North Vietnamese cadres and the KPA took bloody revenge, the village self-government institutions were dissolved, the village cadres and landlords were liquidated, and they could only listen to the Vietminh at gunpoint. Of course, the government could not watch the Vietminh occupy the countryside and immediately counterattack, organize the national army and police to disband the peasant associations formed by the Vietminh, and bloodily suppress the peasants who had to support the Vietminh.

They come and go, you kill a group, I kill a group, and the unlucky ones are all peasants.

As a result, some people who did not want to sit still fled to the cities, while others who did not want to flee stayed in the countryside. As the guerrilla warfare of the Viet Minh became more and more comfortable, the morale of the Nationalist army became more and more low, and it gradually lost control over those areas, and eventually became the current "liberated areas".

The rural areas near the liberated areas, because they were caught in the middle for fear of being liquidated by both sides, became "white-skinned and red-hearted", paying taxes and grain to both the government and the Viet Minh.

Han Shuo seemed to hear something, and asked sideways, "Mr. Qian, does Mr. Li have any arrangements?" ”

Qian Xinlin raised his arm and looked at the time, and said lightly: "Ruan Zhengshi and they can't do anything, this time we have limited support for Wu Tingyan." In another twenty minutes, the content was ambiguous, so that they would not be caught off guard. ”

"And then?"

"Then wait and see."

"What if Diem orders us to support?"

"Others don't take the industrial village security team seriously, he has little confidence in the industrial village security team, after all, the number of people in Pingdong is too small, and the reservists lack training and weapons and equipment, even if they are mobilized, it is not of much use, and he will give priority to mobilizing the surrounding national troops to quell the rebellion."

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At the same time, the Phu Quoc command finally ended the nearly two-hour discussion, united the mind, and reached a final decision.

Li Weimin commanded forcefully: "Captain Wei, immediately report to President Yan any information about the coup, and make it clear that the Reserve Officer Training Corps firmly supports the president; Supervisor Ren, give a mobilization order to Vung Tau Industrial Village, leave one squadron to organize reserve troops, and the other squadrons immediately rush to Saigon to support ......"

"Yes!"

The reason why Pingdong Industrial Village did not mobilize was because it was worried about "startling the grass and startling the snake", and when the security team of Vung Tau Industrial Village arrived in Saigon, it was said that they could rush to Saigon. The embankment police system is under the control of the Ministry of the Interior, at least nominally, and the company "has no authority" to order it, and it is not taken into account.

In short, there is more solidarity than substantive support.

As for what to do next, wait for the paratrooper brigade to launch an operation and make further plans.

This is the best way that can be thought of at the moment, Chen Shiguo said solemnly: "Chairman, if I go to Saigon overnight to prepare, in case President Yan can't pass this hurdle, I can contact the coup officers in time." ”

God knows if history will change, and we should plan for both, Li Weimin agreed: "There is also the opposition. ”

Liu Jiachang took a deep breath, got up and said, "Chairman, I'll go too." ”

It's all arranged over there, and they won't be in any danger, Li Weimin nodded: "You go to Pingdong Industrial Village, and you can mobilize reserve forces if necessary." (To be continued.) )