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Chapter 88 Defense Area of ??the Fifth Infantry Division

There are several economists at the Development Research Center of Industrial Investment Company, and Chen Shiguo, vice chairman, also serves as the head of the research center. After receiving a telegram, he studied with the researchers overnight, but the results were no solution. ≤

First, the Vietnamese State Bank and the Foreign Exchange Administration are in the hands of the French, and the new government cannot effectively intervene in finance, especially monetary policies; second, stabilizing prices means stabilizing people's hearts. Even if the new government can take over the State Bank and the Foreign Exchange Administration in a timely manner, it will not dare to easily lower the price of Astor's US dollar to exchange for US dollars.

As for the suggestions proposed by consultants and experts from the MSU Government Research Office to increase tax reduction and exemption efforts and raise funds to subsidize enterprises in industrial villages, it is even more unfeasible.

First of all, taxes and fees have been reduced to the point where they cannot be reduced. Secondly, the future repayment of Industrial Investment bonds must be taken into account. Issuing new bonds to repay old bonds is a way, but this way of tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall is too unreliable and unsafe, so Industrial Investment companies must make profits in the next five years.

The questions raised by Msu and the conclusions given by economists such as Chen Shiguo gave Li Weimin a headache.

Sending off Wesley Fisher and other uninvited guests, he no longer went to the coastal defense refugee camp to earn reputation. He locked himself in a villa and recalled the economic situation in South Vietnam again, and once again demonstrated the feasibility of the industrial village plan.

Whether in China or Vietnam, there was very little information about the economic development of South Vietnam in later generations. He only knew that it had been a abnormal prosperity for a period of time. As for how it flourished and the monetary policy at that time, he knew nothing about it.

But it is certain that Wesley Fisher can see this, which means that the Americans cannot turn a blind eye to Piast's serious overvaluedness and will definitely take a series of measures, such as implementing de facto double regulations like the Soviet Union. The official price is the official price, and the actual exchange rate is the actual exchange rate, which has been transitioning to Piast's return to normal value.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized.

The reason why Msu raised these questions was completely preconceived and regarded South Vietnam as a normal country. In fact, South Vietnam was not normal at all, and even the issues of nationalization of the army and warlords were not solved. Now we are too advanced to talk about these things.

At the same time, they were based on the premise that South Vietnam could not develop a competitive industry, and they did not believe that South Vietnam, which had no industrial foundation, could have the creativity of Japan, just as they did not believe that China could develop in just twenty years later.

With the sympathy of the international community, continuous economic aid, mineral resources, cheap labor, Chinese capital, and such a huge market in Southeast Asia, and with him, the foresighted helmsman, why can't the Industrial Investment Company develop?

Ultimately, all we need is a stable development environment.

The industrial village is built in a relatively safe area, and the Phu Quoc Island Heavy Industry Base is even far away from Saigon. As long as you are optimistic about your own doors and manage your own people, as long as you stand in the team, you can operate it for more than ten years.

You should know that under such a chaotic situation in later generations, a number of sole proprietorship or even joint ventures can still be developed in such a turbulent area of ​​Xidi, such as Vietnam Textile Factory, Yuemei Textile Factory, East Asia Textile Factory, Lianfang Textile Factory, Chenggong Textile Factory, Zhenya Knitting Factory, Synthetic Knitting Factory, Tongnai Alkali Chloride Company, Datong Company, Huicheng Machinery Company, etc.

Now considering those things is completely unfair.

Li Weimin no longer had a headache about this. He walked out of the villa with ease, sent away four groups of refugees in a row, and then went to the Hanoi refugee camp for a walk. He returned directly from Hanoi to Saigon at noon on September 6 to make final preparations for the subsequent overseas financing.

The Prime Minister's Office has moved from the Gallon Palace to the former French Governor's Office in Indochina, and now it has a new name called the Independence Palace.

Officials and staff are still so busy, and Defense Minister Li Yuzhen is still angry.

**They retreated south one after another, and more and more troops under their command. Ruan Wenxin became more and more powerful and was ready to move. She did not take Ng Diem, who had no military background, seriously and made things difficult for her to disobey her.

Others who want to overthrow the government and become prime minister themselves usually plan secretly. On the contrary, he caused a storm in the city, which is well known. The morning before yesterday, he actually sent someone to occupy Saigon Radio and scolded Diem on the radio.

Ng Diem was not willing to be outdone and scolded him on the radio station he controlled. As long as he turned on the radio, he could hear the two factions yelling at different channels. Chen Lichun became the host, and one person could scold on the radio for an hour or two, making it like a prank.

I was not satisfied with the confrontation from afar, and today I actually scolded the Prime Minister's Office.

As soon as I entered the hall, I heard someone quarrel. When I walked into the office of the Minister of National Defense, I saw Li Yuzhen standing behind the desk, with one hand in a drawer next to it and the other hand on his waist. There were three officers standing opposite him. Last time, I saw the unlucky policeman and his family to the General Staff with Lansdale. They were all leaders of the G-6 Bureau (Special Operations Bureau).

It was too unscrupulous, and the three of them actually aimed at the Minister of Defense with submachine guns.

He had already come in and couldn't turn his head and leave, Li Weimin hurriedly pressed the gun of one of the officers: "What are you doing? You can't say anything well? What should I do if I get fire? Put the gun down first."

"Mr. Li, it's not your business."

"It's my business when I come. Give me some face. After talking to Minister Zhen, I will go to the General Staff to meet General Xin."

Li Weimin broke the deadlock and persuaded them to leave. The three bold guys gave him face and grimaced while carrying guns and walking out of the office.

Li Yuzhen took his hand out of the drawer, looked at it, and it turned out that there was a pistol inside. He said angrily: "Ruan Wenxin is going to send them to arrest me, but they are throwing themselves into the trap. I am going to arrest them."

"Yeah?"

"You are here and ruined my arrest."

There were three submachine guns, you had a small pistol, and you arrested them. Li Weimin was ridiculous and helped him close the drawer and said, "Mr. Minister, the dead will not arrest anyone. I'm very lucky that you are still alive."

Li Yuzhen was actually scared and sweated. While calling him to sit down, he pretended to be calm and said, "The Prime Minister went to visit the refugees outside the city and would not be back until the evening."

"Where is Mr. Wang and Mr. Jin?"

"Mr. Wang has also gone. Mr. Jin has gone to Hue a week ago. He wants to take care of the imperial city there."

What is politics? Politics is to rank and get one by one.

The little moves they made during the placement of Nongren reminded Li Weimin that they must fight when they should, otherwise they would really treat people as soft persimmons.

The Industrial Investment Company accepted the three directors representing the government and accepted the appointment of the chairman of the Vietnam Red Cross some time ago. In a sense, it was a compromise. It has changed its direction and represents more than one million Chinese. We cannot always compromise blindly. We must make our own voices and determine a bottom line if conditions permit.

Li Weimin brought the door and said slowly: "Minister Zhen, the Fifth Infantry Division has replenished its troops and will arrive in Saigon on the French ship the afternoon of the following day. In such a sensitive period, it is not appropriate for them to enter the city. If General Zheng Mingshi has not agreed on it, I can ask General Zhang Yinggui to lead his troops to set off for a few days."

It is said that the Fifth Infantry Division retreated south, but it is said that the Fifth Infantry Division belongs to the Fifth Infantry Division.

How could Li Yuzhen not hear his implication? He said tacitly: "There is no agreement between Zheng Mingshi. It is indeed inappropriate for the Fifth Infantry Division to retreat south now. Maybe it will force Ruan Wenxin to jump over the wall in a hurry. It seems that it can only be postponed for a few days."

"Where is military pay? The Expeditionary Force no longer provides military pay. What should they eat and drink in the sea?"

"You know the government situation better than me, and I'm afraid you can only raise your own funds at this stage."

"How to raise your own money?"

"Mr. Min, you are the chairman of the Joint Conference on Refugee Relief. You are in charge of so much money and food. You can solve it with a little thought."

"I am in charge of humanitarian materials and must be supervised by the international community."

The situation of the Fifth Infantry Division and Ruan Wenxin is different. It is an internal conflict and is provoked by itself. If it is not required to arrange 20,000 to 30,000 people to Xining Province, the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Division are now refugees and there is no need for the government to worry about it at all.

Li Yuzhen obviously expected that he would come to the army to investigate, so he took out a map from the cabinet, drew a circle on the map with a drill pen, and looked up and said, "Mr. Min, the Ministry of National Defense intends to define this area as the Fifth Infantry Division defense zone. After the 30,000 Nong refugees and 30,000 Catholic refugees arrive, they will be placed in the defense zone. After the government resolves the Ruan Wenxin problem, when the second US aid is received, military pay will be issued according to the standard of a regular division. On issues such as appointment of officers, the Ministry of National Defense will fully listen to and even solicit opinions from the Fifth Infantry Division."

Isn’t this what makes Zhang Yinggui a warlord? How can such a good thing be done in the world?

I picked up the magnifying glass and looked carefully, and suddenly I found that the Fifth Infantry Defense Zone was between two boundary markers. In other words, what I was about to be stationed was a disputed territory. If the two boundary markers were connected into a line, then more than half of the Fifth Infantry Division's defense zone should belong to Cambodia.

These guys, their own problems have not been solved, have made other people's ideas. No wonder the later generations of Vietnam often invaded Cambodia and even produced a "Parrot-mouthed Patton". After the unification, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was even more excessive and wanted to swallow Cambodia in one bite.

After all, it was a fighting nation. Li Weimin was completely convinced and put down his magnifying glass and asked: "Minister Zhen, why don't you classify the entire parrot-billed area as the defense area of ​​the Fifth Infantry Division?"

"The nearest is only 50 kilometers away from the capital. For the people, don't you think it's too close and too dangerous?"

From the map, the original French Indochina became two independent countries and two Vietnamese regimes with different ideologies. In fact, it was one for the Vietnamese alliance, and they belonged to the same organization. Before the Geneva Agreement was announced, both Cambodia and Laos had Vietnamese guerrilla activities, and perhaps they did not abide by the agreement at all.

Li Weimin pondered for a moment and asked lightly: "For the safety plan of the capital, it is understandable to place refugee troops here, but why are they Nongren and why are the Fifth Infantry Division?"

"The Nong Autonomous Region is the only area in the north that has not been infiltrated by the Vietnam League. Only by sending the Fifth Infantry Division to the government will you be relieved."

Li Weimin remained silent, and Li Yuzhen added: "After the Fifth Infantry Division was stationed, the Ministry of Defense will give priority to supply and equipment, and the resettlement of refugees will also give priority to it. In short, as long as it can gain a foothold, the government will respond as much as possible."

In order to prevent the west gate of the capital from opening, Li Weimin believed that they would spare no effort, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Minister Zhen, this will cause diplomatic disputes."

"Diplomatic affairs are the affairs of the Prime Minister and Minister Wu Wenmu, we only need to consider national defense."

The western border line is more than 1,000 kilometers long. North Vietnam has a long journey to penetrate south, so it will not be too stupid to bite a hard bone. After suffering one or two losses, it will definitely choose to detour. The North Vietnamese army will lead its troops south, which means it will have to fight, and there is no problem of who can be used as cannon fodder.
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