Chapter 196 How does it end?
Li Weimin did not want to fight a civil war, which did not mean he was afraid of going to war.
The most powerful divisions of the National Army, the Paratrooper Brigade and the Marine Division, were either deployed in the demilitarized zone near the 17th North latitude, or around Saigon. Other troops, like the 5th Infantry Division, were dragged and unable to escape by the North Vietnamese People's Army and the Nanjie local troops.
The power that can be organized and invested in combat is nothing more than the various "special forces" in Wu Tingjie's hands, the Bianmo Army and the two reorganized divisions affiliated to the Fourth Tactical Zone.
Not to mention that the commander of the Fourth Tactical Zone Major General Huang Wengao has made it clear that he will not act rashly. Even if he firmly implements Wu Ting-hwan's orders, even if the officers under him do not mutiny and completely obey the Industrial Investment Department, the Expressway Patrol and the Can Tho Industrial Village Security Team can solve the problem.
After all, fighting is about logistics.
The Wu brothers really turned against each other with Industrial Investment. The Industrial Investment Company could no longer provide them with oil, medicine, and food and other war materials. As long as they persist for five or six days and fight a few high-intensity sniper battles, their material reserves will bottom out, and the troops participating in the offensive will collapse without fighting.
As for Hepingdong Industrial Village, Di'an Chinese District, there is nothing to worry about.
The 5th Infantry Division was both external and internal. At most, it could give up the Parrot Horn area and return to the surrounding areas of Saigon to set up defenses. At the same time, it organized forces to withdraw the Parrot Horn and more than a dozen resettlement village compatriots in Xining Province to the next six provinces.
Once the war falls into a stalemate, those generals and opposition figures who have been dissatisfied with Ng Diem will definitely jump out and make trouble. North Vietnam will inevitably strengthen its infiltration into the south, launch a larger-scale raid war, and take the opportunity to expand its liberated areas.
The US government will not sit idly by, and the chaos will force it to make up its mind to abandon Ng Diem. Just as Ruan Qing and Yang Wenming said, just need to issue a public statement and the Yan government will collapse immediately.
The facts proved that Ng Diem was not crazy. A sudden brake occurred at the critical moment, which eased the extremely nervous situation.
The special forces and the Bianmo Army deployed near Vung Tau and Can Tho were all withdrawn. All officers and soldiers of the Fourth Tactical Zone returned to the battalion, and Major General Huang Wengao rushed to the garrison headquarters as soon as possible to try to discuss the aftermath.
His political stance is similar to that of Navy Commander Hu Jinquan. He is loyal to Ng Diem. He does not want to really turn against the Ministry of Industry and Investment. He took the telegram sent from the Independence Palace and said anxiously: "Mr. Min, I guarantee that this matter has nothing to do with the president. It is completely the group of ulterior motives who are making trouble behind it. Even Mr. Wang has been blinded. There is more than an hour before dawn. Please put the overall situation first and unify the caliber as soon as possible."
Mobilizing so many troops and causing such a big disturbance.
Paper cannot keep the fire in it. If the propaganda caliber is not unified, God knows how those media will describe everything that just happened.
Wu Diem doesn't want more people to know, and the Industrial Investment Company that has always supported him is disloyal; Li Weimin also doesn't want more people to know, and the Industrial Investment Department is almost forced to launch a "coup".
He took the telegram and looked at it, and said expressionlessly: "General Gao, there is no problem with the unified caliber. But the mobilization order has been issued, which has caused millions of economic losses to the Industrial Investment Company and nearly 1,000 enterprises in Pingtung and Vung Tun Industrial Villages. As the chairman, I must give an explanation to my colleagues and business owners."
The reserve force is not an active force, and the consequence of emergency recruitment is that workers join the army and factories are shut down. Several large automobile transportation companies and shipping companies have even stopped their business, and they use all their transportation capacity to transport troops and war materials.
When he mentioned economic losses, Huang Wengao thought of the explosive power of the "Industrial Investment Department" in a state of emergency.
Too scary!
In just a few hours from yesterday afternoon to 1:00 a.m., hundreds of thousands of workers in Pingtung, Vung Tung and Can Tho Industrial Village were mobilized and two recruitment orders were issued in a row.
The first batch of more than 40,000 reserve personnel recruited were quickly reorganized into seven infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, three armored battalions, three air defense regiments, one transportation regiment and three field hospitals. The second batch of more than 20,000 reserve personnel recruited were quickly organized into three garrison regiments, and replaced the security regiment to be responsible for the defense of the three industrial villages.
According to reliable information, the militia self-defense forces in the Zhenshanon resettlement village and the Catholic refugee resettlement village were also mobilized. More than 2,000 live-fire militia were urgently transported to Vung Tau for defense.
This means that the "industrial investment department" can not only protect itself, but also have attack capabilities.
If other industrial villages are mobilized like the Phu Quoc Island Special Zone, the total force will exceed that of the national army. As for the Navy and the Air Force, they don’t have to worry at all, because the airplanes and ships are all supplied by them, companies such as Wu Ji Heavy Industries and Phu Quoc Airlines, and even provide cooperative repair services to the Navy and the Air Force.
With comprehensive strength there, why should I fight with others?
Huang Wengao cursed Wu Ting-jeong inwardly and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Min, if the government had not supported the United States and Industrial Investment Corporation, the government would not be able to hold on for even three months. I still hope that you can continue to support it. The economic losses caused by the mobilization may be... I am afraid it is powerless."
"Why do you still do such a thing that your relatives are happy if you don't have the support of the Industrial Investment Company?"
"Didn't you just say that Mr. Wang was blinded by the people around him."
"You mean there are bad guys in the House of Independence?"
"There is no doubt that those people fight for power and profit, deceive superiors and subordinates, are confused like this. Perhaps there are North Vietnamese spies among them, just thinking about dividing the relationship between the president and you, and dividing the government, especially the internal unity of the national army."
There are indeed North Vietnamese spies in the Palace of Independence, but flies do not bite seamless eggs. If Ng Diem and Ng Ting-jeong were unmoved, this would not have happened at all.
Li Weimin didn't want to go around the circle, and was not even interested in joking with him whether he ordered the troops to enter Saigon to "clear the ruling side" and said bluntly: "Since the government intends to transfer your headquarters to the north to strengthen the strength of the first, second and third tactical areas, then transfer it to it as soon as possible. The defense of the next six provinces is transferred to the Security Command, and our Industrial Investment Company and the provinces jointly bear the defense expenditure."
Huang Wengao realized that this was a condition for the "industrial investment department". If they did not agree, they would not be able to cooperate with the government for the aftermath.
If it is backfired, it is easy for the national army to withdraw, but it is difficult to deploy again.
Huang Wengao sighed inwardly and said helplessly: "Mr. Min, I don't have such great authority. I want to ask the General Staff and the President."
Wu Ting-jeong usually looks smart, but he always does one thing or another. He really shoots himself in the foot.
Li Weimin raised his arm and looked at the time, and said lightly: "It's more than an hour before dawn. There must be someone in the General Staff at this moment. It's time to ask for instructions now."
Seeing him looking back at him, Ruan Zhiren said coldly: "This is the opinion of all the directors of the company and all colleagues in the Security Command."
"Okay, I'll ask for instructions right away."
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At the same time, there was joy in the building with antennas on the roof of a building in the southeast corner of Pingdong Industrial Village.
There are three signs hanging in front of the building, one is Pingdong Communications Technology Research Institute, the other is the internship base of the Institute of Technology of Phu Quoc Island University of Technology, and the other is Saigon Tengda Communications Co., Ltd. It is remote and does not seem to have produced any products since its establishment, and it is not conspicuous in the entire industrial village.
In fact, this is not as simple as it seems, but a monitoring and password cracking center directly affiliated to the intelligence system of the Yuehua Literature and Art Research Association.
More than 5 technical and intelligence analysts working here monitored calls and messages from North Vietnam, South Jie, the government, the People's Workers' Party, the US Embassy, and the US Military Advisory Group under the leadership of several supervisors.
The French telephone companies have long been acquired by industrial investment companies. Almost all emerging telecommunications companies are invested by industrial investment companies. As the largest, most complete and most advanced wireless and wired communication service provider in South Vietnam, they have unique advantages in monitoring.
The information Wu Tingjie wanted to take action against the Industrial Investment Company was what they heard.
The special forces of the People's Workers' Party are not as complete as the National Army, with less complete military lines and wireless communication systems. Many commands are issued directly through civilian telephone lines, and they are completely unaware that their every move is under the control of the "Industrial Investment System".
After condolences to the monitors who had just made great contributions, Gui Qingshan accompanied Qian Xinlin, Zhang Yinggui and others to visit various departments, while introducing proudly: "There are at least three companies in Saigon who are surveillance, such as Chen Jinxuan's Investigation Bureau, the intelligence system of the Ministry of the Interior, and the CIA Saigon Station. However, if they want to monitor the phone, they must pass through us."
"The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole behind?"
"Absolutely, they asked our companies to cooperate, and we provided them with routes and venues. Then, we are careful, so we know everything about who they are monitoring and what they hear."
"This means that so much money has not been spent in vain."
Qian Xinlin is here, but his heart is in Can Tho. After a smile, he suddenly changed his mind: "Everyone, I agree with Mr. Li's opinion on how to end the situation. If you can maintain the status quo, try to maintain the status quo. If you can do it completely, you will not completely break up. After all, once you take action, you must face North Vietnam directly. Our current strength is simply unable to fight a protracted anti-infiltration and anti-guerrilla war with North Vietnam."
Zhang Yinggui pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "Mr. Qian, the problem has now been torn apart, but it has not been made public. With Wu Ting-jeong's personality, he will not stop there."
"It is true, but Mr. Li said that Kennedy expressed serious concerns about the series of military operations being taken by North Vietnam and planned to send additional military personnel to guide South Vietnam in targeted special forces. Its special forces personnel can participate in the war if necessary. This means that the US government's influence on Saigon will become increasingly large, and the military advisory group will soon become the military aid command, which will have certain control over the national army."
"Americans go barefoot, and Wu Ting-jeong doesn't have a chance to do it anyway?"
"You can think so."
Qian Xinlin nodded slightly and then said, "This time we have exposed some of our strength. If nothing unexpected happens, the senior leaders of the National Army, such as Wu Diem, Wu Ting-hsiung, Yang Wenming, Chen Shanqian, and Ruan Qing will be astonishingly consistent in their attitude towards the officers of the "Engineering Investment Department" in the National Army, and will find various excuses to exclude us.
The Security Command has analyzed that they have advantages and disadvantages for us. The advantages are that there are so many middle and lower-level officers who can enrich the defense forces of the six provinces, and the disadvantages are that they will lose a certain influence and appeal on the national army."
The plan to infiltrate the national army has always been under the responsibility of Zhang Yinggui, the "old military leader".
Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Mr. Qian, please rest assured that there are too many people who have anything to do with us. No matter how you review it, you can only squeeze out the part of the security team. If all those who have something to do are removed from the military position, then they will not think about fighting, because there will be more than half of the subordinate officers."
Among the officers of the National Army are the "family" of the Industrial Investment Company and enterprises in various industrial villages, former members of the China Youth League and Vietnam Youth League, and young people who graduated from various industrial village schools.
In short, too many people with the background of "industrial investment" are not that they cannot be distinguished or that they cannot be distinguished.
How could Qian Xinlin not hear what he meant? He smiled and said, "So the focus of the next work should be on those who have not been excluded."
Zhang Yinggui laughed and said, "Chen Shiguo and Ruan Zhiren are smart. They will rush to do these tasks, and I just pick up the gaps."
Gui Qingshan suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but smile: "Everyone, since they have warned us through this matter, the mandatory conscription law will definitely not continue to be implemented in various industrial villages and resettlement sites. This does not seem to be a bad thing for us."
Chapter completed!