After the occupation, Dien Bien Phu was very peaceful. The people here were used to being occupied and ruled by others. They used to be a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Later, the French came and became a colony of the French. Now the Chinese people are here again.
Come, life goes on as usual.
It was a hazy night, and a group of people were having a secret gathering in a closed rice shop.
"Comrade Ho Chi Minh, now the Chinese have completely occupied this place. It seems that they want to stay here for a long time. Unexpectedly, they just drove away the French invaders and the Chinese came again. What should we do?"
"Yes, they not only occupied the airport, but also used bulldozers to clear the minefields around the airport. They also nearly doubled the size of the airport. Now the Chinese troops around Dien Bien Phu have reached two infantry
The size of the division, what exactly do the Chinese want to do?"
Listening to the discussions and puzzled expressions of his men, Ho Chi Minh was also puzzled. These Chinese people have sent so many troops, are they going to turn this place into their colony like the French?
Ho Chi Minh took a long breath and said slowly: "Can't you all see this? I guess they want to stay in Dien Bien Phu for a long time."
"What kind of long-term stay?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard Ho Chi Minh's words. They originally thought that with the help of the Chinese and driving away the French, Vietnam would be able to read. Unexpectedly, it was now a matter of rejecting the wolf through the front door and letting the tiger in through the back door.
After a while of silence, a young man jumped up and said with a blushing face: "How is this possible? We finally drove away the French, why are the Chinese stationed here again?"
"Yes, we should negotiate with them. Vietnam's affairs should be handled by the Vietnamese, and no one can station troops on our territory anymore."
"Okay, everyone, stop arguing. I think we will know what is going on when the negotiators sent by the Chinese government come tomorrow." Ho Chi Minh stopped the quarrel among his men, "We arguing here does not have any influence on the matter.
Help, only when the negotiators from the Chinese government arrive can we ask clearly what they want."
Speaking of this, Ho Chi Minh remembered what the Chinese envoy said a few days ago: "Just give us back the land that the French occupied us." It seems that the Chinese have ideas about Vietnam's territory.
Ho Chi Minh lit a cigarette and took a long drag. He felt as if his heart was as heavy as a mountain.
At noon the next day, Ho Chi Minh finally waited for the special envoy sent by the Chinese Government. However, Ho Chi Minh did not expect that the Chinese Government would actually send their Foreign Minister Zhou Tiecheng to come in person. In front of the municipal building of Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh waited.
Zhou Tiecheng came from afar.
"Hello, Minister Zhou Tiecheng"
"Hello, Comrade Ho Chi Minh"
Zhou Tiecheng didn't seem to hear the estrangement between the other party from Ho Chi Minh's title, and still shook hands with the other party with a smile on his face.
"Hello, Comrade Ho Chi Minh." Zhou Tiecheng held his hand firmly, but Hu Zhiming just nodded lightly and took his hand out.
Zhou Tiecheng did not take it seriously and brought several entourages and Hu Zhiming and others to the large conference room.
After both parties sat down, Ho Chi Minh said: "Minister Zhou, it is not easy for you to come all the way to Vietnam. We, the Vietnam Socialist Party, welcome you, but before that, you should tell us your reasons for coming."
Ho Chi Minh's words were so rude that several officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next to Zhou Tiecheng curled their lips, "These Vietnamese are really tough-talking. They obviously have no skills at all but they insist on pretending to have everything under control."
Come on, don't they see that our troops are all here?"
Zhou Tiecheng was very well-mannered and was not angry after hearing this. He said with a smile: "Okay, we will start formal negotiations now. This is the condition proposed by our country's government. You all should take a look. Xiao Xu, please
Send the documents to them." The latter sentence was addressed to a foreign ministry official next to him.
A young man next to Zhou Tiecheng stood up, took out a stack of documents from a briefcase he was carrying, and sent them one by one to the Vietnamese negotiators present. Ho Chi Minh and the others took them and looked at them, which clearly read:
First, as a symbol of Sino-Vietnamese friendship, the Chinese government is willing to help the Vietnamese people establish their own government, and is willing to take the lead in recognizing the legal name of the Vietnamese government. Second, in return, the Vietnamese people will give up the country that was once invaded by France.
All the land north of Hanoi taken by the invaders was returned to the Chinese people. Third, in order to help the Vietnamese people resist the invasion from Western powers, after the establishment of the Vietnamese government, it leased Cam Ranh Bay to the Chinese government as a naval military base for a period of
One Hundred Years. 4 Regarding the issue of assigning offshore islands,
There was a crisp sound of "pop", and Hu Zhiming held the document in his hand and trembled with anger, "You guys are going too far."
Originally, Ho Chi Minh thought that these Chinese people would just garrison Dien Bien Phu like the French. Unexpectedly, they were more ruthless than the French and directly added Dien Bien Phu to their territory.
"Shameless, you actually said that you want to transfer all the territory north of Hanoi to China. Is this what your political ax calls for justice and morality?"
After reading the negotiation conditions proposed by the Chinese Government, all Vietnamese representatives were angry. With such a move, the Chinese Government would directly take away nearly one-eighth of Vietnam's territory.
"Yes, these are the conditions of our government, and they are conditions that cannot be changed." Zhou Tiecheng suppressed the smile on his face and said calmly: "This is the final condition formulated after consultations with our government.
This condition cannot be changed. If you are not willing, I think we have nothing to talk about."
Hu Zhiming held the table in front of him and looked at Zhou Tiecheng and the others angrily. He never thought that the Chinese people, who were always known for their generosity and modesty, could be so overbearing. They were going to cut off one-eighth of Vietnam's territory in one fell swoop.
It almost killed him.
Zhou Tiecheng said seriously: "Comrade Ho Chi Minh, I don't think there is anything wrong here. Vietnam has never formally established a government, let alone north of Hanoi. The entire Vietnam was the territory of our country during the Tang Dynasty. Now
For us to be able to help you build your country is already a big concession."
"We will never cede even an inch of land to you unless all of us Vietnamese are dead." A Vietnamese representative stood up and shouted angrily, "We have been fighting for half a century to defeat the French, and the same
We can also fight for another half century to drive you away. We will not give in. Comrades, we will leave together."
Unfortunately, the behavior of this Vietnamese representative did not win the support of his colleagues. After the anger, he calmed down. These Vietnamese representatives, including Ho Chi Minh, did not leave the venue to protest like this passionate young man. They had more problems on their minds.
Yes, they have resisted the thousands of French soldiers who came from thousands of miles away for half a century. How many years will it take to resist the Chinese who are so close? Fifty years or five hundred years?
"Minister Zhou, we need to carefully negotiate these negotiation conditions before we can give you an answer. I hope you can give us some time to think about it carefully." Hu Zhiming stood up and looked at Zhou Tiecheng. Although his tone was calm, there was a hint of anger in his eyes.
The flames of anger can literally pierce through people.
It's just a pity that if eyes could kill, humans wouldn't have to work so hard to create those murderous weapons.
Zhou Tiecheng didn't expect that the deal could be concluded in just one negotiation. He smiled and said, "Of course. Of course you have to discuss such an important matter in detail before making a decision. So I'm looking forward to our meeting tomorrow."
The first meeting between the two sides could be said to be just a test of each other, but the result of the test shocked the Vietnamese. The aggressive attitude of the Chinese government could be said to be completely beyond the expectations of the Vietnamese, so that
Ho Chi Minh had no time to react.
Looking at the Vietnamese representatives leaving with expressions of dissatisfaction on their faces, several officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs behind Zhou Tiecheng couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Minister Zhou, do you think those Vietnamese will agree to our conditions?"
"They will." Zhou Tiecheng smiled mysteriously, "Because they don't have the capital to bargain with us."
After returning to their residence, all the Vietnamese representatives sat down and held a meeting again. Everyone was silent. Although they shouted so fiercely at the negotiation meeting just now, they knew their own affairs. The current Vietnam Socialist Party can be said to be
They are so poor that they don't even have a decent armed force. Their biggest reliance is the support of the local people in Vietnam. If the Chinese government really wants to attack them, they really have no way to do it.
"Are we really going to give the land north of Hanoi to the Chinese?" one representative said pessimistically.
Someone replied in frustration: "If we don't give it to them, what can we do? Are we going to let our people use swords and spears to fight against their machine guns and cannons?"
"Armed, we must have an armed force of our own." Ho Chi Minh secretly made up his mind. He raised his head and looked at the participants and said: "Comrades, we can see from this experience and lessons that we
The biggest weakness is that we do not have an armed force of our own. First the French and then the Chinese can bully us, so we must have our own armed force this time. This time we can bow our heads temporarily, but in the future we will definitely
You must rely on your own strength to regain what you have lost.”