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Chapter 77 Black Sheep

Hanoi Airport is the busiest airport in Asia. During the colonial period, French officials, French merchants, French civilians, French Vietnamese and Vietnamese dignitaries who enjoy priority do not have to go to Haipong to wait for US ships, and can take faster transportation - airplanes.

French Air Force transport aircraft, Air France, Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines and American Airlines passenger aircraft, as well as special aircraft of the International Supervision and Supervision Commission, the United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. Economic and Technological Mission, and the U.S. Military Advisory Group in Vietnam, take off and land like flowing water.

The airport was crowded with people waiting to board the plane, the apron was full of planes waiting to take off, and the scene was very spectacular, plus fighter jets, bombers and helicopters on the grass on both sides of the runway.

I encountered "flow control" again, and I don't know when I will wait.

c-47 is not as advanced as air conditioning equipment, not even an electric fan, and it was exposed to the sun for another day, and the cabin looked like a steamer. Li Weimin simply asked Lin Jiasheng to find a piece of canvas and sit under the wings as a blanket.

Ruan Mingxiu and Huang Shiliu were sweating profusely, and took out a document as a fan and kept fanning it. The only male secretary, Han Shuo, was more competent than he thought. He actually prepared a large pot of tea in advance and took out a few cups like magic to quench his thirst for the boss and colleagues.

“This plane is too backward.”

Li Weimin drank it all in one go. While handing the cup over to Han Shuo for another refill, he smiled and said, "Captain Qi, have you ever seen a British Comet passenger plane? I have taken it once, and it has air conditioning and it is very comfortable."

"I've seen it, it's a jet (jet). It has four turbojet engines, and can cruise speeds of 450 miles per hour and can fly very high."

After all, he is a pilot, it is well known.

Li Weimin put down his cup and smiled: "On the 15th of last month, Boeing, the United States tested a four-engine long-range jet aircraft. After finishing the refugee business, I asked someone to ask them if they plan to mass-produce and accept the reservation. If they plan to mass-produce and accept the reservation at the same time, the Industrial Investment Company will order one as a business aircraft to avoid such a crime in the future."

Ruan Gaoqi asked with confusion: "Mr. Min, why don't you order the Comet passenger plane directly?"

"I have inquired about the safety of Comet passenger planes. There have been several crashes so far. I didn't know that time, so I sat there. Now I'm afraid."

"The Comet passenger plane has been flying for several years, and Boeing's jets have only tested it."

The Boeing 707 is much more reliable than the Comet, but it is not easy to explain what needs time to verify. Li Weimin pretended to be a moment of contemplation and said with a smile: "I want to be the first customer to purchase such an aircraft, so that I can achieve the purpose of advertising for the Industrial Investment Company."

He is very dedicated and capable.

He miraculously organized social groups such as the International Red Cross, the Catholic Church, the Hanoi Charity Federation, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Special Economic and Technological Mission, the American International Cooperatives and the "Jiang Youth League", the "China Youth League" and other social groups to establish the "Joint Meeting on Refugee Relief", and set up 11 departments, including "financial and material management", "news liaison", "transportation", "refugee management" and "cultural entertainment". More than 2,000 volunteers from several international organizations and social groups that were not in harmony, operated in an orderly manner like machines under his coordination.

Either go to the refugee camp to visit the refugees, or convene a meeting of representatives of the heads of the department of the "joint meeting", or go to the French Army Command to negotiate with the International Supervision and Supervision Committee's resident, working hours more than 12 hours a day.

He can speak fluent Vietnamese, French, English and Chinese, and he doesn't have to bring an interpreter anywhere. He talks and laughs calmly and is polite and polite when interviewing reporters. What's even more rare is that he is approachable and has no airs. He can chat with refugees and play with children in the refugee camp, and he can talk to anyone.

Ruan Gaoqi's impression of him has completely changed. Sometimes he feels that he is a Vietnamese, not a wealthy and unkind Chinese businessman.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Ruan Gaoqi couldn't help but quip: "Mr. Min, does the Industrial Investment Company need a captain?"

"Of course, but it's definitely not Lieutenant Qi."

"Why?"

"Because it is more promising to serve in the Air Force, you can serve as squadron leader, brigade leader, regiment commander, division commander and even air force commander in the Industrial Investment Company, and you can only be the captain forever."

Li Weimin patted his arm and emphasized with a serious look on his face: "Really, I'm not kidding."

**The ranks of military are generally low, and after the French withdrawal, they will inevitably promote officers in large numbers. He is good friends with the Chief of Staff and is deeply trusted by Prime Minister Ng Diem. With his help, it will definitely be easier to promote than others.

Ruan Gaoqi became more and more excited as he thought about it. He didn't know what to say. A tall and tall official in sunglasses jumped off a plane on the right side of the taxiway.

Such a coincidence!

Li Weimin was happy and got up and greeted: "Col. Come to Hanoi for a trip?"

Lansdale also felt very funny, and ran over to hold the wing and asked, "My God, why are you here?"

"I was here."

"I mean, why are you at the airport? This is not a good place to camp."

Li Weimin looked back at the command tower and smiled self-deprecatingly: "It's too noisy and too hot, it's not. Our common friends think I don't have priority. They have to wait until all their planes go to the sky and all those who enjoy priority landing like you before they will give us the runway."

Lansdale greeted the two ladies very gentlemanly, signaling the followers to wait, and teased: "You must have not tipped those guys."

"There are too many people, I can't afford it. By the way, why are you here?"

The goals are consistent and the things done are almost the same, all to evacuate more refugees to South Vietnam. There is really nothing to hide.

Lansdale hugged his shoulder and smiled proudly: "Some time ago, I asked the G-5 Bureau (the battle situation of the Vietnam General Staff) to spread a false news. Unexpectedly, the one Chinese division I made was passed on from word to word, and almost everyone believed it was true. All kinds of information about the Chinese division flew to the desks of the French army and the Vietnamese intelligence departments like snowflakes, and even alarmed the Pentagon."

"Then what?"

"Washington sent three telegrams in a row asking me to come here to investigate the accuracy of the news."

"You didn't explain?"

"I explained, they don't believe it."

Once he was bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the ropes for ten years. It seems that the Korean War that had just ceased to be impressed by the senior American officials. As long as there was news about China, he would be nervous and would be full of troops.

Li Weimin felt very funny and took the opportunity to compliment: "I have deceived all my people and asked the person who created the news to investigate the news, which shows that your psychological warfare is very successful."

Lansdale looked back and lowered his arms and said with regret: "Li, let's talk about psychological warfare, there is something I need to inform you."

"What's up?"

"On July 7, the day when the Prime Minister returned to Saigon, the French army retreated from the Catholic province of Nanding. The Catholic militia were very angry at the French army's practice of leaving nothing in charge. They went north to Hanoi and the coastal defense, demanding weapons to fight against the Vietnamese alliance. A group in our coastal defense prevented some female militia from attacking the French army with grenades and robbing the arsenal.

At that time, they had not eaten for three days, and the operation team asked Chinese merchants in Haiphong to provide them with food. As a result, one of the Chinese merchants put heavy shackles on the five female militia arranged in his house with the medicine mixed with food, sent them into a secret underground air raid shelter set up in his house, and took turns to rape and ravage them."

There are all kinds of birds when the forest is big. Li Weimin was embarrassed and angry and asked coldly: "What's next?"

"After obtaining this intelligence, the intelligence team of the Coast Defense Division immediately sent people to report at the Hanoi office. Major Allen and eight members of the weapons-carrying operation team rushed to Coast Defense overnight and, led by a policeman, quickly surrounded the residence of the Chinese merchant. In just a few minutes, they easily removed the pistols of the two bodyguards of the Chinese merchant and found the secret passage behind the Buddha statue.

They found three female militiamen wearing shorts kneeling on the ground, their hands tied to iron pipes, and some urination on their bodies. When they were untied from the iron pipes, their arms were no longer able to move freely. The other two female militiamen were even more miserable. In order to prevent them from escaping, Chinese merchants actually cut off their tendons.

Fortunately, despite their disheveled face, thin and weak, and suffered all kinds of torture, they miraculously survived. They said that in addition to the forced and raped Chinese businessmen, they were also destroyed by two bodyguards. The Vietnamese members in the group were very angry and beaten the Chinese businessmen and his two bodyguards to death on the spot."

I was trying to establish a new image of a Chinese in Vietnam, but such a black sheep emerged.

Li Weimin could imagine that Lansdale would definitely make a big fuss about this matter, such as creating a lie to tell the five surviving female militia that the Chinese businessmen were spies stationed in coastal defense in China, and then sent them to various refugee camps to show their opinions, so as to make everyone believe that the Chinese team had invaded North Vietnam and that they would be persecuted if they did not flee to South Vietnam.

Political affairs are not in charge and do not want to be managed, but this will seriously affect the work that the "Hua Youth Association" is doing, and may even lead to all the past and present being useless.

Li Weimin weighed the pros and stared at him and said, "Col. Your psychological warfare has been very successful. It is estimated that the southbound refugees will be more than 1.5 million. If you use this to formulate a new black psychological warfare plan, it will only backfire. You should know that there are 300,000 Nong people in the coastal defense and nearly 2 million Chinese in the south. You cannot even have the right to create racial conflicts."

"Li, I will not interfere in your actions, nor do I want you to interfere in my actions."

"Col. I treat you as a friend, and I hope you treat me as a friend!"

He has never been so serious and serious, and his concerns make sense. After all, many Chinese live in South Vietnam, and the industrial village plan requires Chinese capital.

Lansdale pondered for a moment, asked with a wry smile: "What should we do with those five girls?"

"Leave it to me, I will take good care of them, just like taking care of Justina."
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