Early in the morning, the slogans of the Guards training were heard outside.

He didn't stay up late last night, but he woke up early, finished breakfast and came to the office with his younger brother Ngo Dinh Diem to read the documents sent by the provinces.

In order to keep his brother's belief from wavering, all the documents that he asked him to review were screened, but there were some things that could not be hidden, especially when it came to Li Weimin and the news related to the six lower provinces.

Ngo Dinh Ngai pulled out the bottom part and said in a low voice: "Although the people did not participate in the rent reduction and fixed tenancy period meeting convened by the Americans in Can Tho, the rural land reform plan of the six provinces was finally passed. The Industrial Investment Company and the U.S. Aid Management Group jointly divested and bought the land from the landlords at market value in cash, subleased or resold to tenant farmers. ”

It was not surprising that the "industrial investment department" began to meddle in the rural areas.

Wu Dinh Diem was born in an official family, and the official family of the Ruan Dynasty was actually a landlord family, and had served as a county magistrate and a provincial governor, so he knew too much about the rural situation, and did not think that he had been living on the embankment when he was a child, and went to the United States to study after graduating from middle school, and had never farmed land, and Li Weimin, who knew nothing about the countryside, would do a better job than himself.

As he reviewed the other documents, he asked casually, "That's all?" ”

What is happening in Can Tho in the past few days has a direct impact on the government's roots in the Kim Tho Peninsula.

Ngo Dinh Ngai did not dare to conceal the slightest hint and said solemnly: "Third brother, they have made a big move, they want to set up a special land reform management agency, with Nguyen Zai Quan, chairman of the trade union of Vung Tau Industrial Village, as the director of the organization, and the cadres of the management committees of various industrial villages, and the mobilization of students from Phu Quoc University of Technology and other community colleges to enrich the strength of this institution. Personnel who have worked in the National Rural Cadre Task Force are also hired with high salaries. ”

"Ruan Zaiquan's name is quite familiar."

"Viet Minh, who participated in the 'worker-movement', was arrested during the purge in '56. and for the people, he was released. Since then, he has been operating in various industrial villages, and the security team turned a blind eye and even made him the chairman of the trade union of the upper Vung Tau industrial village. However, it should have nothing to do with North Vietnam, because he made public statements in the newspapers when the South Liberation was established. ”

Wu Tingyan was confused, took off his glasses and asked: "I have participated in the 'labor-movement', and I am not a peasant association, how can such a person be allowed to preside over the land reform?" ”

"Intelligence shows that it has nothing to do with the people. The Americans demanded it. He was close to the opposition, often working in the villages around the Vung Tau industrial village, and published several articles on land reform in the newspaper of the Industrial Investment Corporation. The Americans took it seriously and thought he could do it. ”

"I didn't expect to be willing to be an American's political vase for the people."

"He only has Chinese in his heart, and as long as it is in the interests of the Chinese, he will not consider national sovereignty."

The government wants to expand the size of the national army. The number has increased from 170,000 to 200,000. The U.S. side strongly disagrees, because for every additional person, the U.S. government has to increase the cost of one person. The reason why the "industrial investment department" was able to form two infantry divisions and one armored division at once was because they only needed weapons and equipment, and they did not need the US government to bear more expenses.

Money is not everything, and no money is everything.

The reason why Americans are determined to directly "work and invest in the system" is to a large extent because of money. For example, the land reform in the lower six provinces would not have been the "unjust head" of the industrial investment company, which is rich and wealthy. The U.S. Special Economic and Technical Mission and the International Development Agency (IDA) mission in Vietnam will certainly not be able to play it.

Fortunately, Li Weimin has a clear attitude and will not support the government as before. Again, there will be no opposition to the government like the opposition. As long as he doesn't tear his face publicly, he will continue to bear the obligations he should bear.

It is actually very easy to move the "industrial investment system", as long as it instigates national sentiment like the Southern Liberation Solution. The key is that the risk of doing so is too great, and the government simply cannot afford to make a public turnaround.

Wu Tingyan sighed secretly and asked lightly, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Nguyen Zai Quan attended a press conference yesterday and announced a series of policies on land reform in the lower six provinces. Reducing the maximum rent directly from 25 per cent under the Land Transfer Act to 15 per cent of the total harvest; Extend the tenancy period from the previous three to five years to eight years; The maximum amount of land that an individual can hold is 100 hectares, and it is directly reduced to 30 hectares, and it includes the land for ancestor worship in rotation. The rent was so low and the tenure was so long that the landlords were forced to sell their land to the management department. ”

"What if people don't sell it?"

"There are not many landlords in the lower six provinces who rely on rent-collection, and almost all of them have business dealings with industrial investment companies and industrial villages. Even if they have no business contacts, they still have to let their children go to the school run by the 'Department of Industry and Investment', and they have to go to the hospital of the Department of Industry and Investment to see a doctor, they are so strong, no one dares to offend. In addition, if you want to have a good harvest, you must use the electricity of the Southern Power Grid for irrigation, and you must buy pesticides and fertilizers produced in the Phu Quoc Special Zone. ”

The penetration of the "industrial investment system" into South Vietnam was all-round, and even the presidential palace used the tap water of the "industrial investment system" and the electricity of the power plants of the "industrial investment system".

Ngo Dinh Diem discovers that the capitalists are more terrible than North Vietnam, and can control your life silently, unless you want to go back to primitive society.

Wu Dinh Yao touched his nose and continued: "Their ultimate goal is to sell the land to the peasants, not only the Industrial Investment Corporation and the US Aid Management to provide funds, but also to cooperate with six banks, including East Asia, Saigon, Nanyang, Vietnam, and Phu Quoc, to provide low-interest loans to farmers who are interested in buying land, and the repayment period can be extended to 15 years." ”

"So they want to focus on land reform for the next period of time?"

"Yes, Chen Shiguo admitted in an interview with reporters that the land reform in the six provinces will occupy a large amount of funds from the industrial investment company, and announced that the third batch of industrial village development plans will be shelved indefinitely."

Focusing all on land reform means that there will be no more chaos for the government.

As for the lower six provinces, which cannot be separated from the territory of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem believes that as long as the southern liberation is resolved and the situation is truly controlled, the more than 30 counties that have been built by the "industrial investment system" can be recovered.

Just as he was pondering whether to put sand on the land reform management agency, a deafening explosion was suddenly heard.

There was a loud bang, and the whole building shook, and the violent shock wave shattered all the glass, overturned all the tables, chairs and benches, and for a time thick smoke billowed and debris and wood chips flew sideways.

"What's going on, where is the shelling?"

He got up in disgrace, Wu Tingyao was frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly pressed it. At this moment, an explosive-bomb fell from the sky with a piercing whistling sound, smashed through the roof, and fell directly into the office.

Air strikes, not shelling!

Wu Tingyan reacted, looked at the conspicuous USA logo on the missile body, and was completely dumbfounded. The bomb was at least 500 pounds, and he directly thought that this time he might not be able to escape, so he didn't even bother to pray, and subconsciously closed his eyes.

Once again, God seemed to favor their brothers.

A second passed, and it didn't explode.

Two seconds passed, and it still didn't explode.

……

It wasn't until the guards rushed in that they realized it might be a dud.

However, this was just the beginning, and when I followed the guards to the top of the stairs, I found that the bedroom had been blown into ruins by the first bomb, and the guards outside suddenly screamed: "Rocket, lie down!" ”

Rumble!

There was another loud bang, and a rocket with a tail flame blew up a car parked in front of the door. Shrapnel and glass flew everywhere, the Presidential Guard suffered heavy casualties, and cries for help, screams, and wails were incessant.

Dada, dada......

A one-man propeller-type "Air Knight" fighter swooped in from the east and strafed the anti-aircraft guns aimed directly at the air, flying so low that the silhouette of the pilot could almost be seen, and the Nationalist Air Force logo on the wings was even more conspicuous.

"Air Force coup, cover the president to go to the basement!"

"There's another one, come down, get cover.

"Anti-aircraft guns, aim quickly, shoot it down for me!"

The Presidential Guard is worthy of being the elite that Lansdale helped train, and the officers of the Guard reacted quickly, ordering the president to go to the basement while braving a hail of bullets to organize a return fire.

Unfortunately, the Presidential Guard is armed with only four anti-aircraft machine guns and conducts very little air defense training, so it is not easy to take down two fighters.

"Sanitary soldiers, sanitary soldiers, come here, someone is injured."

Rushing into the basement, Wu Tingyan gasped, only to see Chen Lichun covered in blood, Wu Tingyan was so frightened that he had no master, hugged her tightly and shouted: "Lichun, hold on, Lichun, the health soldiers will be there soon." ”

"It's okay, I'm fine, kid, go and save Lishui and Tingxuan."

"Mommy, Mommy, I'm here, we're fine."

The children cried heartbreakingly, and Ngo Dinh Diem was so anxious that he confirmed that his younger siblings and children were okay, and immediately ran to the corner to call the General Staff, contact Tan Son Nhat Air Base, and contact the nearest air defense unit.

The North Vietnamese Air Force was not developed, and even if there were only a few aircraft that dared to invade South Vietnamese airspace, Saigon would be outside its combat radius. The capital has never been hit by air raids, not at the height of World War II, and the staff is in a mess and does not know how to respond.

God knows if it was a collective rebellion, or an individual act.

Just when Nguyen Thanh did not dare to let the air force fighters take off, he ordered the nearest garrison to enter Tan Son Nhat Airport. In this way, the two national fighter planes continued to fire rockets at the Independence Palace over the barely fortified capital, and after the rockets were fired, they kept circling and looking for an angle to strafe the Independence Palace.

It's so unscrupulous!

For more than half an hour, the two warplanes bombarded and fired indiscriminately over the Independence Palace for more than half an hour.

Several blocks around the presidential palace were empty, and almost all citizens ran out to watch the air raids. The U.S. Embassy and Arms Aid Command sounded the alarm, so they all went into the basement for fear of being the next target.

At 8:26, the national air defense units stationed in the east and west directions of the Independence Palace finally opened fire. Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns fired in unison, and shells exploded in the air, like black fireworks blooming over the capital. (To be continued.) )