Only when the embankment is well secured, can the urban area be safeguarded.

What's more, this time it is the Viet Minh elements that will be attacked, and this large-scale operation is to ensure the safety of tomorrow's wedding. Ngo Dinh Diem was very supportive, not only ordering the General Staff to transfer garrisons from the city and around Saigon to cooperate, but also asking Ngo Dinh Yen and Tran Kim Xuan to take the same action in the city, and even the most elite paratrooper units of the national army were transferred back.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, all the national troops arrived at the designated position and blocked the land and water routes in and out of the embankment.

Groups of armed police in industrial villages quickly set up checkpoints at the intersections of various counties, and cars loaded with radios and loudspeakers began to broadcast the martial law decree jointly issued by Han Shuo of the Fifth County Police Department and Zhang Wei, the chief of the Sixth County Police Department, on the streets and alleys of the embankment.

"This morning, a group of bandits attempted to commit a crime in the urban area, smashed and burned vehicles, shot law enforcement officers and innocent citizens, seriously disrupted public order and traffic order, and violated the safety of citizens' lives and property. According to reliable sources, the gang has fled to the embankment. In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, the notice is hereby as follows:

All criminals who commit illegal and criminal acts such as murdering and injuring others, creating and spreading rumors, must take the initiative to surrender themselves at the police station, truthfully confess their illegal and criminal acts, and strive for leniency. Relatives and friends of persons who have violated the law or committed crimes should actively cooperate with the police in carrying out their work, and actively persuade the persons who have violated the law and committed crimes to surrender themselves. ”

"No unit or individual may harbor or shield persons who have violated the law or committed crimes. Those who provide information to illegal and criminal persons, provide convenient conditions such as hiding places, property, and means of transportation to help them escape, or help them falsify or destroy evidence, will be pursued for legal responsibility in accordance with law......"

Not long after a car passed, another car drove away again.

I only heard a loudspeaker say in a sonorous voice: "The embankment police will resolutely take measures to arrest and bring to justice, and severely punish according to law, and from now on, martial law will be imposed in parts of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eleventh districts." In order to maintain social order and stability. To protect the safety of people's lives and property, we will at the same time thoroughly confiscate all kinds of illegal firearms and ammunition from the diaspora, and severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities involving firearms in accordance with the law.

It is strictly forbidden to illegally possess, buy, sell, transport, or store all kinds of firearms and ammunition. Anyone who violates the above regulations must immediately surrender and hand over illegal firearms and ammunition to the county police. Those who refuse to surrender within the time limit or refuse to hand over the illegal items described above are to be confiscated and severely punished in accordance with law.

Persons who have violated the law or committed crimes have reported or exposed others' illegal or criminal conduct involving firearms, and it is verified to be true upon investigation. and where important leads are provided, so that meritorious service such as the detection of gun-related cases can be solved, the punishment may be mitigated or commuted in accordance with law; where there is a major meritorious service, punishment may be commuted or waived in accordance with law......"

The sound of propaganda, neat footsteps, and passwords came and went.

When I looked over, I saw three steps and one post under the dim street lamp, and one sentry in five steps, all of which were armed with military and police.

It was inconvenient to direct tomorrow's actions at Fude Middle School, so Zhuang Shiwu specially arranged for Zhang Qianwen to go to his cousin's house to ensure that nothing went wrong. In the morning, I also went to the street entrance police station to register.

Zhang Qianwen took out a pistol, observed the movement outside through the crack in the door, and asked nervously: "Something happened, did you leak the news?" ”

"The people who attended the meeting were all old comrades, probably not."

Zhuang Shiwu was familiar with the situation, much calmer than him, snatched the gun and hid it in the corner, picked up the phone and said, "Comrade Tong Wen." Don't worry, I'll ask you about the rest of the world. ”

I don't know if I don't ask. As soon as I inquired, I was shocked, not only the embankment was under martial law, but also the urban area was under martial law, and there were military police everywhere, and no one could walk around casually without a special pass.

If the comrades of the "Hua-Yun" were exposed, there would be no need for such a big battle. The two breathed a sigh of relief, and they became worried about the comrades who were hiding in other places, for fear that they would not be able to hold their breath and would be exposed first under the interrogation and search of the military police.

But now there is nothing to do but make phone calls, and only a very small number of people can be reached by phone.

Just when the two of them were at a loss and didn't know what to do. The voice of the police in the area came from outside: "The police are searching for fugitives, seizing illegal guns and ammunition, don't be nervous, stay at home and don't go out, we will leave after searching door to door." ”

The gun must be well hidden, otherwise there will be a problem if there is no problem.

The place is so big, what if it is found out, in desperation, Zhuang Shiwu can only grit his teeth, take out the gun he just hidden, and still enter the well in the yard.

After a while, the precinct police knocked on the door with two heavily armed industrial village policemen.

Just about to say hello, a few more security patrol members wearing red sleeves followed, the industrial village police stood by the door with submachine guns, the district police opened the household registration record, smiled and said: "Routine inspection, let the two of you be frightened, please show your documents." ”

The security patrol turned around inside and out with a flashlight, and asked with a puzzled face: "What about Lao Liu, why is Lao Liu not at home?" ”

"Liu Fujian is my cousin, he went to Vung Tau to do business, I am a teacher at Fude Middle School, I came to help him look at the house."

"You are Zhuang ...... Zhuang ......"

"Zhuang Shiwu."

"Yes, yes, Zhuang Shiwu, Teacher Zhuang, I heard Lao Liu mention it."

The security patrol smiled and turned around to confirm: "Officer Jiang, Mr. Zhuang is a good person, it can't be a bandit." ”

Zhuang Shiwu can't be a bandit, and Zhang Qianwen, who has Zhuang Shiwu as a guarantor, can't either, but others don't have such good luck.

At the same time, a courtyard on Meishan Street was tightly surrounded by dozens of heavily armed policemen.

The chief of the Operations Section of the Fifth County Police Station held a bullhorn and coldly warned: "Listen to the people inside, you have been surrounded, please put down your arms immediately, raise your hands and come out to surrender, strive for leniency, don't make unnecessary resistance, otherwise you will end up." ”

The armored vehicles of the industrial village security team have arrived, and his warning is not unfounded.

The people inside returned to the embankment with the intention of death, how could they surrender like this, a young man gritted his teeth and said: "Fight with them." ”

Bang Bang Bang!

Three shots were fired in a row, the police had already prepared, and none of them were hit, Gu Section Chief was angry, and immediately ordered: "Attack group, up!" ”

"Yes!"

With his order, three grenades were thrown into the courtyard from different angles, with a muffled boom, a puff of dust was raised, and the battle-hardened Nong policemen kicked open the gate and covered each other and rushed in, snapping, a few gunshots, a few screams, and the battle was over quickly.

……

It was 10 o'clock in the evening when Li Weimin received the report, Sang Pingxiang put down the phone and said with mixed feelings: "The arrest operation has just ended, and a total of 78 Chinese and elements and peripheral members have been captured, 4 people have been killed, 8 people have been wounded, and 43 pistols, 12 submachine guns and 17 grenades have been seized. A brother from the District 5 Police Station was injured and is being resuscitated at Nghe Ann Hospital. ”

This is just the beginning, and the next struggle will become more and more brutal.

Li Weimin pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Other actions are still continuing?" ”

"It's still going on, and it's not easy to organize so many police forces, Director Han, Director Zhang, and Mr. Gui want to sort out the embankment by the way, clean up those illegal and criminal fish, and confiscate the guns and ammunition scattered in the society, so as to ensure that the citizens of the embankment can have a stable and peaceful Spring Festival."

Sang Pingxiang paused and added: "I have given the opportunity before, but they don't cherish it themselves, and Director Han does not intend to show mercy to the Chinese and peripheral elements who are arrested again. ”

"Give it to Chen Jinxuan, or do you quote the "Interim Measures for the Management of Foreigners" and hand it over to Jiang Enkai?"

Some of the people caught this time were returned from North Vietnam, and they were not naturalized, and they could be directly handed over to the Consulate of the Nationalist Government in Saigon, and handed over to Chen Jinxuan, who might have a way to live, and if they fell into the hands of the Kuomintang, there was only a dead end.

The embankment is not Pingdong Industrial Village, and the Industrial Investment Company has no administrative jurisdiction or judicial power, so if a person is caught, he cannot be sent directly to Phu Quoc Island Prison, let alone handed over to the Industrial Village Circuit Court for trial.

Many people know that they were born and grew up on the embankment, Sang Pingxiang really didn't want to see them sent to the execution ground, and said helplessly: "Director Han plans to hand them over to Chen Jinxuan, if you have no opinion, they will be handed over early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Weimin shook his head and said: "Killing can't solve the problem, and besides, if they attempt to commit a crime, they won't die for their crimes." I called Dieh Dinh Dieh and asked him not to go online. ”

"Can Ngo Dinh Yao agree?"

"In a few hours will be my day of great joy, and I don't want another death, he will agree."

As Lee had predicted, Ngo did not insist on the execution of the Chinese activists, reassuring the police on the embankment and agreeing to be tried in the local court as a normal criminal offense.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, the search for fugitives and the seizure of illegal weapons continued, and Ma Anyi, Wu Changming, Huang Ziheng, and other major men of the embankment, who were not affected by martial law, rushed to the Li family's mansion one after another to make final preparations for receiving relatives after dawn.

Speaking of everything that is happening outside, Ma Yi'an said as a matter of course: "Eating inside and out, hurting your own people is too much, such actions should be done often." ”

"The embankment must be cleared, and the industrial village must be cleaned even more, otherwise we will put cold guns today and throw bombs tomorrow, how will we do business and make money?"

On this issue, the position of the young and the general is unanimous.

Guo Hongxin patted the table and said: "We are born from the same root, why are we too anxious to fry each other, if they are unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust." For the people, in the future, this kind of person will be caught and dealt with one by one, and he will be as ruthless as he is in the fight against corruption. ”

How to deal with it has been decided, Li Weimin didn't want to discuss this issue anymore, waved his hand and smiled: "Everyone, today is my wedding day, don't block me again, okay." Or think about what if there is anything you haven't prepared for, what if you don't open the door when you get to the Wu family? ”

Thinking of the scene he saw along the way, Ma Anyi laughed and said: "What is there to prepare, if Wu Jingchen dares not to open the door, I will report him for harboring the fugitive and let the police smash the door." (To be continued.) )