Ruan Gaoqi is very modest in front of Li Weimin, but he is a different image in front of others.

From the moment Nguyen Van Xin, who participated in World War II, was driven out by Ngo Dinh Diem, he became the most senior officer in the Air Force, and went to the United States Air Force Command College for further study, and had a deep background in the "industrial investment department", and later let go of Ruan Zhengshi, Wang Van Dong and other coup officers in the "Double 11 Coup", winning the support of many junior officers.

Everything made him a little fluttery.

In particular, after discovering that the Ngo Dinh Diem brothers were constantly compromising with the "industrial investment system" and discovering that the people they once thought were terrible were not at all terrible, they became more and more emboldened, and their self-confidence and vanity became more and more inflated, and they always wore a black flight suit, a purple silk scarf tied around their necks, and an ivory-handled revolver, and drove around Saigon in a military jeep.

Once stopped by Chen Jinxuan's subordinates, he actually said unabashedly: "I see that whoever is not pleasing to the eye can shoot him with one shot!" "The invincible secret police was just frightened by him.

This incident made him famous, and his position in the Air Force was skyrocketing. "If you don't like someone, you can shoot him with one shot", which then became his mantra and often hung on his lips.

In order to ensure the safety of the take-off and landing of the airport and the fighters of the squadrons, he resolutely warned the "counterinsurgency forces" outside the airport and the air defense units stationed in the urban area that if anyone dared to act rashly, he would give orders to bomb them!

The experience of the bombing of the presidential palace is there, and God knows what will happen to this madman who dares to disobey the order to mobilize so many planes, so he held on until 9 a.m.

From receiving the news to the present. Ambassador Notting, General Huggins of the Arms Aid Command, Richardson of the CIA's Saigon station, and White House adviser Lansdale were not idle.

Notin urgently contacted Li Weimin, Chen Shiguo and Wu Andong. Ask them, the ones who can exert influence, to play a role. Stop Nguyen Gao Qi's madness as soon as possible and help the Saigon government control the situation, otherwise letting him go crazy will make the already dire situation even more out of control.

General Huggins immediately contacted several radar stations that had not yet been controlled by the "rebel officers", and at the same time demanded that the US Air Force units stationed in Thailand immediately dispatch two EC-121 early warning planes to try to find out where so many fighters of the Vietnamese Air Force were flying and what they were doing.

Monitoring the movements of government forces is one of the main tasks of the CIA's Saigon station, and such a major event has happened, and it has not received any news in advance. Richardson was so anxious that he immediately mobilized all the intelligence officers and eyeliners to investigate quickly.

Landsdale was very well connected, and Nguyen Gao Ki was one of his many "Vietnamese friends", and since receiving the news, he has been constantly calling the airport, trying to persuade him to stop the precipice as a friend.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

After receiving a telegram from the Air Force, Huggingston exclaimed: "It is unbelievable that that madman has taken unilateral action against Vietnam without any authorization." ”

Lieutenant General Dhelms, deputy commander of the Military Aid Command, took the telegram and looked at it carefully for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "There is FAC. There is LOC, in order to prevent the chain of command from being infiltrated by the enemy. I can think of a frequency of updating every two hours, and it seems to be doing a good job. ”

"There is no doubt that they have information about Viet G, but they don't trust the General Staff or even the Ministry of Defense, so they take unilateral action," a major muttered. ”

"Jason, do you think I should reward him?"

"Generals, at least they have an enterprising spirit that corrupt officers don't have, and that's exactly what we need."

Huggins didn't like Ruan Gaoqi's self-assertive behavior, and hated all the feeling of losing control, so he sat down on the desk and said coldly: "Blatant disobedience, this is a very serious accusation, they should all be sent to a court-martial." ”

Whether or not they support the Saigon government to hold them accountable is a matter for the future, and the top priority is to find out how crazy they will be.

Lieutenant General Timus glanced at the message again, looked back and asked with a smile, "Young man, can you listen to their new frequency, I want to know their every move." ”

The communications officer thought for a moment, leaned on his glasses and said, "Technically, sir." However, the EC-121 needs to turn the signal around, and they are running out of fuel, so I think a KC-135 should be sent. ”

"So what are you waiting for?"

"Yes, sir."

Ambassador Nordin received a call and rushed to the military aid command, where the communications officer had already relayed the signal to the command headquarters through the US Air Force EC-121 AWACS aircraft hovering over the war zone, and the loudspeakers were filled with the sound of squeaky electricity.

After waiting for about two minutes, I finally heard their call: "Eagle dog calls duck, eagle dog calls duck, I have arrived at the airborne landing field, please report the direction, altitude." ”

"The old duck received, the old duck received, azimuth C-89, altitude 900, speed 178."

"Act as planned, 3 minutes and 43 seconds converge. Please tell the duck eggs, the temperature of the airborne field is 78.8 Fahrenheit, the wind direction is southwest, the wind speed is 5.26 per second, the white smoke triangle has been marked, and the little tiger confirms that the ground is safe......"

The pilots of the Air Force were trained by American advisers, and the pilots of the Fourth Tactical Region Air Force were the same, and the conversations were all in English, and everyone in the command headquarters could understand them, Lieutenant General Timus lit a cigarette and explained sideways: "Mr. Ambassador, they should be carrying out airdrop operations, they should have meteorological intelligence, FAC guidance, and there are people on the ground to answer them, except that they have not submitted an application and have not been authorized, everything else is in accordance with the standard procedures." ”

"Where is the airdrop?"

An Air Force major walked quickly to the map, marked the location of the O-1 observation plane, and introduced it with schadenfreude: "The airborne field is chosen here, and it belongs to the occupation zone of Vietnam G. In the past few months, there have been frequent communications in the area, and the intelligence and surveillance department suspects that the Viet Nam G command is operating in this area. ”

Nodin asked again, "Airdrop what?" ”

"An hour ago, two battalions of the paratrooper brigade entered the airport from the east, and the AWACS aircraft confirmed that the call sign was a C-47 transport plane formation, and if nothing else, they were going to carry out a battalion-scale parachute operation."

The Air Force Major picked up the red pen. A few more points were marked on the map: "It's almost confirmable now." Before that. They have carried out at least six airstrikes in the area. According to the analysis of the intelligence officers, they seem to have hit the vital point of the Viet Cong G, because the AWACS aircraft found that several units of the Viet Nam G were gathering in the same direction from all directions at the risk of being discovered by the reconnaissance planes. ”

Huggins blurted out, "Reinforcements? ”

"Maybe it's a rescue, but in any case, it's like a hornet's nest."

The annoying thing about the guerrillas is not how good they are, but how good they are at dodging, and it is difficult to find them and eliminate them, Huggins mused: "Maybe this is an opportunity, if it is seized." ”

A lieutenant staff officer whispered: "The road conditions in this area are extremely poor. It is very difficult for the ground forces of the third tactical zone to arrive in time, and even if they arrive for supplies, it is a problem. Judging by the current situation, that crazy colonel has done everything that the government army can do. ”

While the discussion was underway, the EC-121 AWACS switched the listening signal to another frequency.

"The dog farm calls Tan Son Ngai, and the dog farm calls Tan Son Ngai!"

"Kennel, please speak, Johor Bahru will receive it."

"The veterinarian has arrived at BDF, the first batch of animal food has arrived, and the mule team can set off immediately, and the hounds will be able to guide them when they arrive at BDF."

"Johor Bahru understands, Johor Bahru understands."

Lieutenant General Tims was confused. Puzzled, he asked, "Mule team, this is a new call sign." Can anyone tell me what's going on. ”

An Air Force lieutenant said cautiously: "General, BDF is the code name of Xining Qianjing Airport, and listening to the content of the call, they seem to have activated the Qianjing Airport. As for the mule team, it should be an aviation unit that needs to be refueled or receive other supplies. ”

It could not be an air force unit in the 1st Tactical Zone, first, it was too far, and second, there was no need to use the Xining Forward Airport instead of the closer An Lu Forward Airport.

The Air Force Major secretly looked at all the models equipped by the Vietnamese Air Force, and couldn't help blurting out: "The 19th Air Tactical Support Squadron, only the helicopter range of this squadron is not enough." ”

Just when they were discussing how to deal with it, Ruan Gaoqi, who had been unable to contact him, called uncharacteristically.

I heard him speak in "Vietnamese English" and say in a loudspeaker: "Honorable Mr. Ambassador, Honorable General Huggins, please allow me to report to you that in the just-concluded phase I operation, our Air Force, with the cooperation of the Detective Team of the 5th Infantry Division, successfully destroyed the Southern Bureau of the Workers' Party of North Vietnam.

Major General Tran Van Cha, former Deputy Chief of General Staff of the North Vietnamese People's Army, member of the Military Committee of the Southern Bureau of the Workers' Party of North Vietnam and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Southern National Liberation Front, Major General Pham Binh Binh, political commissar of the Southern People's Liberation Armed Forces, and Major General Vo Chi Gong, deputy secretary of the Southern Bureau and political commissar of the 5th Military Region, were killed on the spot.

Major General Nguyen Huu Chan, member of the Military Committee of the Southern Bureau and deputy commander of the armed forces of the Southern National Liberation Front, Major General Pham Van Shu, chief of logistics and security, Major General Tran Du, deputy political commissar, and Nguyen Thi Binh, member of the Central Committee of the Southern National Liberation Front and vice chairman of the Southern Liberation Women's Federation, were seriously wounded and captured. ”

The news of getting rid of 7 North Vietnamese bigwigs at once, and almost ending the head of the North Vietnamese Workers' Party in the south, is too shocking!

Nguyen Gao Qi seemed to know that they didn't believe it, and continued: "Two minutes ago, I just ordered the 19th Air Tactical Support Squadron to go to the theater to receive the Vietnamese prisoners and the confidential documents captured by the ground forces, and the prisoners and confidential documents will be escorted back to Saigon by 2 p.m. at the latest.

The paratrooper brigade will participate in the second phase of the operation in order to arrest Nguyen Chi Linh, member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Vietnam, secretary of the Southern Bureau, and senior general of the People's Army, as well as Nguyen Van Linh, a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of North Vietnam, deputy secretary of the Southern Bureau and deputy representative of the National Liberation Front of the South. ”

It can't be fake, it can't be fake, and the truth will be revealed as soon as the captives are taken to Saigon.

Notting didn't think that the madman on the other end of the phone was joking, and forced his excitement and said: "Colonel, thank you for bringing us this good news, what I want to know now is, can you confirm the approximate whereabouts of Ruan Zhiqing and Ruan Van Linh, and how sure are you that you can kill or capture them?" ”

"Mr. Ambassador, I can almost determine the whereabouts of you. The problem now is that my operations have been severely disrupted and that I am seriously under-mobilized. If my allies can help me out of distractions and send three to five battalions into battle, I'm at least 30% sure. ”

The CIA has just dealt a severe blow to the underground organizations of the Vietnamese G in various cities in the south and in the government and army, and Nguyen Gao Qi has smashed the organs of the leaders of the Vietnamese G. If the two big figures of Nguyen Chi Thanh and Nguyen Van Linh can be caught or killed, won't the threat of the Viet G be lifted?

Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it.

Notting no longer cared whether Ruan Gaoqi had openly disobeyed orders, and immediately agreed: "Colonel, from now on, you can get all the resources you need for the operation. As for the Jialong Palace, the Ministry of Defense, and the General Staff, I will help you coordinate them in the name of the Government of the United States. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, I won't let you down."

With the current results, no one can touch him, General Huggins reacted, and hurriedly said: "Child, thank you for bringing us such a big surprise, well done." However, in order to make it easier to deploy resources and coordinate operations, I hope that we will be able to establish a joint command. ”

There are their EC-121 early warning aircraft in the sky over the theater of operations, and since they are here, of course, they must make good use of it.

What's more, if they want to call in the special forces that directly obey their orders, and ask them to provide supplies such as ammunition and food, of course Ruan Gaoqi will not refuse.

After finalizing the establishment of the joint command, Lieutenant General Tims couldn't help but smile and said: "Colonel, you initiated the operation, and you named the code name, think quickly, we need a loud code name." ”

"General, don't think about it, it's already there."

Ruan Gaoqi clenched the phone and said with a smug smile: "According to our battle plan, the entire operation is divided into two phases, the first phase is codenamed 'Left Hook', and the second phase of the ongoing operation is codenamed 'Right Hook'. In short, we have to play a beautiful set of combo punches, and we have to give Yue G a little bit of color. ”

"Nice codename, okay, right hook."

Thinking that the Vietnamese captives would be escorted to Saigon in the afternoon, General Huggins hurriedly said: "Son, as for the prisoners you have captured, I think it is more appropriate to hand them over to the intelligence department, they are professionals, and they can pry out a lot of useful information for us." ”

"No problem, including those classified documents that were seized. But before I do that, I'm going to have a press conference where I want to let everybody know that the government army is not all incompetent, especially at a time when morale is generally low. ”

What a showy guy, but at this moment he does have the qualifications to be in the limelight.

Nguyen Gao Qi openly disobeyed the order to mobilize so many air force units, and even made wild claims that he would bomb other units of the Nationalist Army, but he became a hero instead. The Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff, and the Air Force Command not only failed to hold him accountable, but also wanted to commend him and promote him, perhaps the young Zhuang officers who supported him as the commander of the Air Force would not agree, because they thought that the government had given him too low a position.

When the news reached Jialong Palace, Wu Tingyan was dumbfounded.

Wu Tingjiao sat on the sofa without saying a word for more than ten minutes as if he had been struck by lightning.

It's over, it's completely over!

Because this incident symbolizes that the two brothers have completely lost control of the army, and is a president without the support of the army still a president, even if he can still do it for how long? (To be continued.) )