"The Chairman, Mr. Guo and Mr. Liu's plane landed safely ten minutes ago. On the way to the headquarters of the East Asia Bank on Katina Street, everything is normal at the airport in Johor Bahru, and the General Staff is brightly lit. It should have just received the order."

It is destined to be a sleepless night.

While Li Weimin called Huang Duqing, the warden of Phu Quoc Island, who had rushed over, sat down and pinched the order: "It's 12 o'clock now, and I'll inform Ambassador De Bro, General Lionel and Professor Fisher in a minute."

"OK."

The vice chairman and general manager were not there, and Wu Andong was responsible for communicating with the Americans. As soon as he walked out of the command center, Huang Duqing asked anxiously: "Have you taken action there?"

"Captain Wei, please introduce the situation."

"yes!"

Chen Runwei immediately stood up and whispered: "One and a half ago, Ruan Zhengshi and Wang Wendong convened a meeting of officers above the brigade at the Paratrooper Brigade Command. They announced the coup under the name of President Ng Diem's ​​appointment as nepotism, dictatorship, and the world. No officers at the meeting publicly opposed it.

As soon as the meeting ended, the logistics officers distributed ammunition as planned. Ruan Zhengshi and Wang Wendong personally led three paratrooper battalions to enter the city by jeep, truck and armored vehicles. President Yan did not have much preparation time, and they were unobstructed all the way. The vanguard should have arrived at the Palace of Independence and the State Radio."

"Where is Ruan Zhaohong?"

"Ruan Zhaohong is not in the paratrooper brigade, he is responsible for mobilizing the Marine Division. Judging from the latest information, there is only one Marine Battalion supporting the coup, and other officers neither support nor strongly oppose it. The Marine Battalion participating in the coup has been opened to the city. According to their marching route, it should be directed to the Presidential Palace."

Huang Duqing asked with a puzzled look: "Does there be a senior officer involved?"

"There are no signs of senior officers participating for the time being, but we can be sure that some senior officers are informed. If nothing unexpected happens, he is waiting and watching. Once the coup forces take down the Independence Palace, they will come forward to clean up the situation."

"These guys are waiting to get the bargain."

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer knocked on the door and walked in: "Report. The Fourth Tactical Area had just received an order. The staff asked the National Army stationed in Can Tho to gather in Saigon immediately. The Special Forces of the Saigon (Neutung's Special Forces) around Saigon also received similar orders, but it would take time to gather and set off, and they would not arrive in the city as soon as tomorrow morning."

Li Weimin looked up and asked, "Who gave the order to the Fourth Tactical Zone?"

"Chief of General Staff Nguyen Qing."

Huang Duqing took the information and looked at it. He pondered and said: "You can see at a glance that the 7th Infantry Division and the 21st Infantry Division are President Yan's direct lineage, so he gave orders to these two divisions as soon as possible."

Li Weimin sighed: "Actually, he also wants to transfer the Fifth Infantry Division, but the defense zone of the Fifth Infantry Division is too important, and he dares not or can't."

The Nong tribe division is stationed at the west gate of the capital. The defense zone is so large that in the past year, there have been more than two large-scale battles with the North Vietnam People's Army and the Vietnam League local troops, with casualties. It is already very good to be able to defend the defense zone. If they are transferred to Saigon to suppress the rebellion, the Vietnam League will definitely take advantage of the situation.

Huang Duqing was not thinking about this. He lit a cigarette and said with concern: "There are only 4 battalions in total, and he actually wants to occupy the Presidential Palace, the State Radio and the General Staff at the same time. Ng Diem is somewhat prepared. They have little hope of success."

Li Weimin was ridiculous: "General Huang, do you hope they succeed or fail?"

"Whether success or failure, we will not have a better life in the future. In the long run, success may be better."

The industrial investment department is developing too fast. Since there are money and some people have guns, they have influence at home and abroad.

As the control over the lower six provinces became stronger, the Wu brothers gradually discovered that the industrial investment department had broken the balance they wanted. All signs indicate that they were planning to state the industrial investment company. It is said that Wu Ting-jeong wanted Li Weimin to serve as ambassador to France, Chen Shiguo to serve as ambassador to the UK. Liu Jiachang was appointed as minister of economy, and Wu Andong served as deputy minister of the Ministry of the Interior, and was preparing to take the senior management of the industrial investment company in this way.

However, wishes are beautiful.

Not to mention whether this can continue to obtain some of the expenses needed to maintain the government and the military from the Industrial Investment Corporation. The Americans alone will not be able to pass the level.

The Industrial Village Plan was proposed by Li Weimin and improved by the University of Michigan Government Research Office.

The company has American consultants, and the industrial village management committees also have them. Even the Southern Development Plan, which integrates industrial development and appeasement, has an American consulting team. In the view of senior officials in Washington, only when the industrial investment company develops can the US government spend less money and continue to reduce aid to Vietnam.

And it turns out that the Industrial Investment Company is doing more beautifully than expected.

With the efforts of Li Weimin and others, South Vietnam has established a relatively complete industrial system and has begun to feed back to the South Vietnamese government. While bearing more than 2% of the government and military expenditure, it also has spared efforts to develop the Jinou Peninsula. Looking at the entire South Vietnam, the rural areas of the six provinces have been basically stable and have not been penetrated by North Vietnam.

Dealing with North Vietnam is the first priority. As long as the US government does not allow "people who do serious business", no one can move.

Huang Duqing is not worried about whether the new government will take advantage of the industrial investment department after the coup, but is worried about which direction the political situation will develop.

Because the industrial investment department does not mean that nearly 30,000 Chinese people live in South Vietnam and Cambodia's Kampong, the threats and turbulent political situation in Saigon in North Vietnam are not bad things for Chinese people. In fact, only external threats and internal instability can Chinese people have room for survival and development.

They were worried about gains and losses on Phu Quoc Island, and they were extremely nervous outside the Independence Palace.

Ruan Zhengshi and Ruan Zhaohong wanted to take down the presidential palace in one go, but were worried that the Ng Diem brothers would escape in the chaos, so they ordered the troops to surround them as soon as they arrived at their destination. Ng Diem took the lead and sat in the basement and shouted to the coup troops through the radio.

"I am your president, the legal president elected by the people by votes. I order you to return to the military camp immediately and not bewitched by the Vietnamese allies lurking inside the army..."

More than 6 people in the Presidential Guard, well-trained and well-equipped, were all members of the People's Workers' Party, and were all loyal to the Wu brothers. They were prepared and had high morale. Outside the gate, the grass was filled with sandbags, all light and heavy machine guns were loaded, and mortars were even set up in the garden behind.

On both sides are fortifications of special forces, there are snipers on the second floor, and four armored vehicles patrolling back and forth in the fence, and support them wherever they are tight.

Ruan Zhengshi realized that the news had leaked, so she looked back at several former security officers of the Industrial Investment Company's security team, and made a quick decision and ordered: "Strong attack!"

"yes!"

Dada dada...

With his order, dozens of soldiers attacked the gate under the cover of armored vehicles. The presidential guards fought back without hesitation, and fire tongues shot out from the bunker. For a moment, bullets flew around, and gunfire sounds as deafening as fried soybeans.

The soldiers who rushed in front fell in a pool of blood, and had already walked to this point without turning back. The soldiers behind rushed forward after the officers' scolding.

Bang!

The artillery in the Presidential Palace opened fire, and mortar shells hit the coup army one after another. The paratroopers and marines were lying down, looking for cover, and the first attack was disintegrated under the opponent's strong firepower.

If you can't drag it down, you will only die if you drag it down.

Ruan Zhaohong was worried that Ng Diem was mobilizing the army to counter-encircle, so he bit him, picked up the submachine gun and yelled: "Brothers, follow me!"

The lieutenant colonel took the lead and greatly boosted morale.

Nearly 6 soldiers attacked again under the cover of machine guns. The street lights were all knocked out, and they were covered in darkness. Only under the guidance of the tracer can the target be found.

There was a melee, and I was desperately shooting ahead. No one knew whether the opponent had hit him or not. At the main entrance, there were rains of bullets, gunfires, grenade explosions, and shelling and shouting came one after another.

The battles on the walls on both sides were not as fierce as the gates, and the special forces had cover. The coup army did not carry heavy weapons, and the troops did not have an overwhelming advantage. They shot aimlessly and could not rush in at all.

Just when Ruan Zhengshi was anxious, a soldier cried and shouted: "Lieutenant Colonel Hong is injured! Lieutenant Colonel Hong is injured!"

"Ambulance, ambulance, come with me."

When he rushed to the back of a truck with his ambulance, Lieutenant Colonel Ruan Zhaohong, one of the three giants of the coup, had stopped breathing, was shot in his abdomen, and his intestines were flowing out. One of the soldiers holding him tightly was covered in blood on his body and face.

At the same time, a company led by Lieutenant Colonel Wang Wendong took down the General Staff with almost no blood. A company led by another officer also won the State Radio Station with zero casualties.

Wang Wendong didn't know the situation of the battle at the Presidential Palace, so he didn't care about asking.

After detaining Army Chief of Staff Li Wenji and others, they immediately notified domestic and foreign news media reporters in Saigon as planned to hold a press conference at the General Staff. The coup officers who occupied State Radio issued a statement as soon as possible, claiming that the ongoing coup was intended to overthrow the corrupt regime and demanded that Ng Diem surrender to the coup army immediately, otherwise their lives would not be guaranteed.

The outside was full of porridge, and the "revolutionary" notices were broadcasted on the radio repeatedly. Ng Diem was worried, not knowing when the support troops would arrive, and not knowing whether more troops had participated. He prayed for a while and stood up and said, "Talk to them, let them cease fire first, and then ask them what conditions are there."

As a slowdown, we must first stabilize the coup army, and then make further plans after we understand the situation.

More importantly, it takes time for the rebels to enter the city. Wu Ting-jeong reacted and blurted out: "Yes, let's talk to them first."

The horn sounded again, and Diem personally called for negotiations with the coup troops.
Chapter completed!