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Chapter 1496 Hide from the sky and cross the sea

Four o'clock in the afternoon, Saigon, in front of the gate of the French Governor's Palace of Annam. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Protest against the Governor's Palace's interference with the freedom of smell!"

"Protest against the illegal detention of Governor Julbrevière!"

"We're going out of town, we don't want to be prisoners!"

A large crowd of people, holding signs of protest of various colors, shouted noisily at the white Governor's Palace building.

Twelve white soldiers guarding the Governor's Palace, ready to take up their French Lebel rifles and aim them at the protesting crowd, a blonde army major in his early thirties, holding a bullhorn and issuing a stern warning to the crowd in fluent French:

"During the war, please do not gather in front of the Doge's Palace! Please note: this is a serious violation of the law, and if you do not stop the precipice, you will be severely punished! If you have any requirements, you can send a representative to the Governor's Palace, and a special person will meet you to solve the problem, such a noisy will not solve the problem! ”

A sturdy white man in his thirties with dyed green hair retorted loudly: "We have sent people to the Governor's Mansion to appeal many times before, but the problem has not been solved!" On the 5th of last month, the Governor's Office sent people to forcibly pick us up from all parts of Cochinchina, trapped us in the city for more than a month, and restricted us from leaving the city by all kinds of illegal means, so that we could not perform our duties as journalists! On behalf of all the members of the Paris Daily, I solemnly declare that this behavior of the Governor's Palace is a gross interference with the rights and interests of our journalists, and we will fight to the end! ”

The major tightened his face and said into the microphone: "Now that the war in the north of Cochinchina is in full swing, our soldiers are fighting the enemy desperately there, and even the governor has personally rushed to the front line to supervise the battle, and the critical situation can be seen. I believe that in the past few days, everyone has also heard the faint sound of gunfire outside the city, and at this time, it is impossible for us to let you out and disturb our battle. When domestic reinforcements arrive and the fighting in the Cochinchina region subsides, we will naturally let you out! ”

"But—why do you want to arrest people, and confiscate our telegraphs? Without the telegraph, how do we work? A white female reporter in her twenties asked anxiously.

"During the war, any act that interferes with the government's war is the target of severe crackdown, and when the war is over, it will be found out whether any hostile forces are involved, and if it has nothing to do with politics, it will naturally be released. As for the seizure of the radio station, this is a provision made by the Governor's Office in view of the peculiarities of the present war, for we do not know whether any of you journalists from the north will transmit information to our enemies through the radio. In order to solve the trouble once and for all, the seizure of the radio station is a must! I can remind you that there is a telegraph office in Saigon, and you can go there to send the report if you need it, and the Governor's Palace will cover the cost in full! When we organize a large-scale counteroffensive and recapture Hue and Tokyo, we will naturally return the radio to everyone! The major explained with the microphone.

"But why are you restricting us from leaving Saigon by boat to other cities?" A white journalist in his forties with a long hooked nose asked.

"Not all places are restricted, to the United States, to India, to South Africa, to West Africa, to mainland France are allowed, these routes are currently operating normally, but not to the port cities in the South Seas. For that reason, we can't be sure if there are any spies sent from the north among you, and now that Saigon's defense is empty, we will never allow you to pass on information to our opponents, this is a great security risk to the French Republic, and we must resolutely stop it! The Major replied righteously.

"Then when will our country send troops and fleets to Saigon?" A female reporter in her twenties, with silver hair, who seemed to be unfamiliar with the world, asked.

"You're journalists, don't you know what's going on in the country? According to the order we received, we must hold out for another half a month, that is, a week later, the country will send troops! Once the army arrives in Saigon, we will launch a counter-offensive against the hateful enemy and show them the power of the mighty French army! ”

Speaking of this, the major raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the French Republic!" Long live the Army! ”

Twelve French soldiers in front of the Doge's Palace also shouted in French: "Long live France!" Long live the Army! ”

The reporters at the scene looked at each other, and after a while, when the major and his soldiers were quiet, and were about to ask another question, they suddenly saw a group of patrolmen coming not far away, and immediately let out a scream, and scattered.

It turned out that Saigon, which was under military control, was punished extremely severely, and once arrested, he would be sentenced to six months in prison, and the resident reporters of 11 newspapers in Saigon and eight newspapers in Europe and the United States, which had a huge influence, totaled 72, but so far, two-thirds of them have been imprisoned. Although there is not much freedom outside, at least there is no need to sleep on that narrow board bed or cover with a moldy quilt, there is still a difference.

On the second floor of the Governor's Palace, Vice Admiral Yan Kaitai, deputy commander of the An Jia Army Navy, who had just arrived in Saigon last night to inspect the army, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "It's so dangerous, has it been a lot of time to fool these sharp-tongued reporters?" ”

Major General Lu Linhai, commander of the 1st Marine Corps Brigade, nodded: "Many, and it's not just reporters who come to besiege them, but also many French immigrants, on the night of the fourth day of last month, some French plantation owners from Cochinchina went to Saigon City to run errands, but we blocked the city, and they came to protest a few times because they were concerned about their families." After that, we asked them to give their specific contact addresses, and then sent a convoy to pick them up, and brought all their families to Saigon, and provided free food and lodging, so as to calm them down.

"However, there are still people who are not satisfied with this, and say that they will go back to take care of the plantation, and after many times of advice and refusal, we are all arrested on charges of disturbing order and other crimes, and we are cleared and put in prison, anyway, the French Saigon built 28 large prisons, enough to accommodate 5,000 people, and we are not afraid of having no place to settle. After that, churches, churches, and schools also sent people to question, and we who listened to the persuasion greeted each other with good faces, and all of them were arrested on the charge of collaborating with the enemy.

"There are also many businessmen, most of whom are our Chinese compatriots, who want money and don't want their lives, and they also go to the governor's palace to rally and protest, and as a result, our soldiers rushed, and then arrested a batch, and then fired more than ten minutes of guns outside the city, and then put guns for more than half an hour, and then they no longer made a fuss, and now they are obediently nesting at home and dare not move."

Yan Kaitai frowned: "It's not a way to do it all the time, this Jiaozhi China is not only a port in Saigon, it is difficult to guarantee that other places will not leak the news!" ”

Rear Admiral Lu Dongsheng, captain of the Navy's "Green Fox Brigade", smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, commander, no problem, there are our fleets cruising along the coast, and our ships are all on a rampage with the French flag, and even the Japanese and Thai ships can only retreat in the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand." With the help of 824 officers and sailors of Jewish descent, and the Glenhoffmann Jewish Infantry Regiment on land, which arrived in the middle of last month, we have no problem controlling Cochinchina's contact with the outside world. The major who spoke to the reporter just now was the commander of the first battalion of the Jewish Infantry Regiment, Duraborg, who was a former captain of the Wehrmacht and was purged from the army after the Nazis came to power. ”

Yan Kaitai nodded, and Rear Admiral Li Yuzhen, Minister of Naval Intelligence on the side, added: "We not only carried out effective interceptions by water and land, but also used radio detectors to monitor every move of the entire Cochinchina at any time, especially those factories, plantations, churches, church schools, etc., which were run by the French, which was the top priority of monitoring.

"Fortunately, so far, our Ecstasy Array has been effective, and no one has noticed our plan to be foolish, and the Jewish troops are constantly wearing French uniforms at all times, driving in and out, and then arranging several fierce combat exercises, intentionally or unintentionally. The atmosphere in Cochinchina is extremely tense, and most families have deliberately reduced their outings and stayed at home to wait for the situation to clear. ”

Yan Kaitai took a long breath: "That's good!" In short, we must ensure the smooth implementation of the plan of 'hiding from the sky and crossing the sea', otherwise, once the United States, Japan, Britain and other naval powers know that we have a navy in our hands, they will definitely deal with us at any cost! The commander-in-chief said that when the Germans made a move in Europe in the second half of the year, they would no longer be afraid of anything. Even if we can't hold out until the second half of the year, we must at least hold on until our fortress is erected, so that we can be invincible. ”

Major General Du Bo, Minister of Communications, suddenly realized: "I said, I heard on the radio that the construction of the north is in the ascendant, but there is no movement at all in the south. ”

Rear Admiral Li Weiqing, director of the Navy's Political Department, who accompanied Yen Kai Tai to Saigon, explained: "The chairman said that the minerals of Annam, mainly concentrated in the north, as long as the north develops and there is sufficient power and steel supply, the development of the south will be easy. Moreover, we have limited resources and can only develop gradually, and the supply of various materials is already extremely tight for the construction of Hue to the front line of Hai Phong, and if we add the surrounding areas of Saigon, we can't take care of it at all. In addition, the French only built the railway from Haiphong to Thanh Hoa, and now the Germans are building railways from Beijing to Nanning via Lang Son, Thanh Hoa to Hue, Beijing to Taiyuan, and Beijing to Anxin City via Dien Bien Phu.

"From Hue to Saigon, we have to climb over the reckless mountains, only connected by roads, and the transportation of materials is extremely inconvenient.

When the generals heard this, they all smiled heartily.

During this time, the French really gave a lot of good things, and sent guns and people, among which the artillery was supplied to the French artillery division in the colony, including a total of 48 75 howitzers, 36 105 howitzers, 16 47 mm anti-tank guns and 18 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, which made the commander of the Jewish infantry regiment Lieutenant Colonel Greenhoffmann, who received the equipment, happy.

This time, 3,000 Jewish soldiers with service in the German, Austrian, and Czechoslovak armies were selected from among the 300,000 Jews to form an infantry regiment. After a short period of training, Simao was transferred to Haiphong, where he ate and lived with the captured French officers and sailors for a week, and then put on an elaborate French military uniform and was transported by transport ship to Saigon, where he began to imitate the French army in the colony with 986 officers and men of Jewish descent from among the more than 40,000 French prisoners. At first, the entire Cochinchina region was surprised by the yellow-skinned soldiers in Annam uniforms all over the streets, but when the French troops dressed as Jews appeared, all suspicions were swept away and order became normal.

The French government equipped the colonial army with the old 1886 "Lebel" rifle, which was a product of the eighties of the last century, and has survived the First World War and has been used until now, which can be described as a miracle. But it's really sad to think about the army, the reputation of the world's first army, the weapons used by the army are really not very good, the A36 rifle that the elite troops in France are equipped with is still manual, although it combines the advantages of other rifles in World War I, but the semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles installed in the Shang'an army, the firepower is not an opponent at all.

The 170,000 shipyard workers sent by the French government to Saigon by transport ship had been sent to Cam Ranh Bay and Haiphong Harbor, where they were soon told the truth, and after the initial commotion, the designers, engineers, and senior technicians of the ships who had been captured with the ocean-going fleet appeared to tell the story, and the representatives of the shipyard's garrison told them that they would be paid a good monthly salary enough to support their families, which quickly stabilized the workers, who had already become disillusioned with France. He devoted all his enthusiasm to the work of shipbuilding and shipyard expansion, which laid a solid foundation for the take-off of Nanhua's shipbuilding industry.

Many may wonder that it is already the thirties, where is it so easy to carry out an information and intelligence blockade on a piece of land of tens of thousands of square kilometers.

In fact, the reason is very simple, the political form and topography of Cochinchina are very conducive to secrecy.

Let's start with the political formation. Unlike China, China before World War II was a semi-colonial country, and the great powers China had its own interests, so it could not form an exclusive monopoly, resulting in the intertwining of various forces, and the acquisition of intelligence was very simple. Unlike French Annam, this is a colony exclusively occupied by the French, the colonial government has absolute control over the territory, has always implemented high-pressure rule, is very wary of foreign powers, and it is difficult for other countries to penetrate, so naturally they cannot obtain much information. Therefore, as long as the rule of the colonial government is completely dismantled, the entire region will be under absolute control, and all forces will have nothing to hide.

Let's talk about the terrain. The Cochinchina region is surrounded by the sea on three sides, to the west by the Tien Nam province of South China (formerly most of Cambodia), and to the north by the mountains of the West Yuan Province of South China (Da Nang to Nha Trang and Ha Lao, eastern Cambodia) and the municipality of Hue. As long as the pass from Hue and Da Nang to the south is firmly blocked, coupled with the blockade of the water, Cochinchina is a complete Jedi.

In addition, An Jiajun's radio and electromagnetic research has always been at the world's leading level, three or three years ago can detect all the radio signals in the jurisdiction, and now after five years of development, it is to develop an electromagnetic interference system and an electronic positioning system based on radar and computer technology, if in two months, the high-altitude airship that can monitor and jam in the air around the clock can be put into use, which is beneficial for the monitoring and shielding of information.

All in all, the superior political and geographical environment, the elaborate layout and camouflage, and the leading technology led to this bizarre scene.

Many things seem impossible, but if you are really determined to do them well, there is nothing that cannot be achieved.