Chapter 596: The Chinese Exclusion Incident (Part 2)
News that the rally and demonstration in Saigon turned into a riot soon reached the ears of Wu Ping, the Chinese ambassador to Vietnam.
"Counsellor Li, contact me. Hometown is the embassy's common name for the country. It generally refers to the Chinese government." Wu Ping had a cold sweat on his face in the embassy. Even though he was an ambassador to a foreign country, he had a very good heart, but something happened.
As an ambassador to Vietnam, he couldn't help but feel a little panicked about such a big matter.
As soon as Wu Ping finished speaking, Li Qing, the liaison secretary in the embassy, walked out quickly and said urgently: "Mr. Wu, there is a call from China. The president ordered us to make every effort to protect the safety of overseas Chinese and use the best possible means."
The stern tone warned the Vietnamese government to let them calm down the situation, otherwise China reserves the right to use all means to defend itself. Finally, the president also ordered us to do our best to protect the personal safety of overseas Chinese and rescue every one we can."
After listening to the political instructions from Li Qing, Wu Ping ordered without hesitation: "Li Qiang, you and Colonel Qian Ying, the military attache of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, and all the guards in the embassy will go to Saigon city to rescue our compatriots.
, I immediately drove to the office building to see Ho Chi Minh and negotiate with him again. We must move quickly and save as many as we can. You can set off immediately."
"Mr. Wu, you can't drive to the government office building alone. The road is too dangerous now than it was in the past. You'd better bring more guards with you." Colonel Qian Ying, the military attache of the embassy, immediately shook his head and objected.
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"Okay, I'll take two guards, and you can take other people to the city immediately to call on the overseas Chinese to take shelter in the embassy temporarily. I don't think the mob will dare to come here to run wild." Wu Ping said without any nonsense.
The two guards immediately set off separately from Qian Ying and others.
Two flowers bloomed, one on each branch. When Qian Ying led Counselor Li Qiang and seven guards from the embassy to the city, they found that the city had fallen into complete chaos, with cries and shouts of death everywhere.
As soon as Qian Ying's car and the truck carrying the guards entered the city, they were surrounded by dozens of mobs carrying machetes and wooden sticks. If the mobs who were watching eagerly hadn't seen the "ant-style weapons" in the hands of the guards,
"The black muzzle of the submachine gun indicates that they may have pounced on you a long time ago.
Under the gaze of countless mobs, the car slowly marched to Furong Street. At this time, a hellish scene appeared in front of everyone. Countless Vietnamese mobs rushed into the shops next to the street and destroyed everything of interest inside.
After snatching them out, the streets were full of bloody corpses of overseas Chinese, including men, women and children. Many women's corpses were lying naked on the street. Judging from the scars on their bodies, they must have been alive.
After being violated, the corpses that died tragically looked at the sky with their soulless eyes, as if they were complaining about the injustice in this world.
"Beasts, a bunch of beasts." When Qian Ying and his party saw this scene, their eyes were about to burst and their eyes were red.
"Everyone except the driver, get out of the car and follow me along the street to rescue people." Qian Ying gave the order without hesitation, "Counsellor Li, ask the driver to drive along the street and use the loudspeaker to call on the compatriots to hide in the direction of the embassy.
It will be safe there.”
"Okay, I'll go right away"
Li Qiang took out a tin speaker from the car and was about to jump into the truck when he was pulled back by Qian Ying. Qian Ying took out a small Type 92 pistol that was specially used by internal affairs personnel or senior military generals.
He gave it to Li Qiang and said solemnly: "Be careful in everything and take care of yourself."
Li Qiang smiled softly: "No problem, it's not that easy for those Vietnamese guys to touch me."
Li Qiang jumped on the truck, and the truck drove slowly along the chaotic street. At the same time, Li Qiang's voice came from the loudspeaker on the truck: "All compatriots, please pay attention. Now everyone should run towards the embassy."
, our embassy staff will do their best to ensure everyone’s safety. All compatriots, please pay attention.”
"Da da da" At the same time this time, the guards who got out of the car were already engaged in gunfire with the Vietnamese thugs who were committing violence on the street.
"Chairman Hu, I can tell you clearly that the streets of Saigon are now full of violent thugs. Our overseas Chinese compatriots are being robbed and killed by thugs. You should immediately dispatch the army to stop this crime against humanity.
Atrocities." In the Vietnam Government Building, Wu Ping stared at Ho Chi Minh with red eyes and spoke word by word.
"Ambassador Wu, let me tell you again that Saigon City belongs to Vietnam. Matters in Saigon are Vietnam's internal affairs and we will handle them ourselves." A trace of panic flashed in Ho Chi Minh's eyes, but he still kept his mouth strong.
"But our overseas Chinese are being massacred by thugs on the streets, and your government has done nothing. Is this how you deal with it?" Wu Ping could no longer suppress his voice, and his roaring voice roared in the office building.
Su Tong of the Nanjing Presidential Palace is sitting behind his desk and reviewing official documents.
"President, the Vietnamese are really attacking us. This is an emergency telegram sent by Wu Ping, the ambassador to Vietnam." In Su Tong's office, a young confidential officer stumbled in and handed a telegram to Su Tong.
in hand.
Su Tong, who grabbed the telegram and read it at a glance, felt a rush of blood rushing to his forehead. He suddenly felt dizzy, and his body was swaying and he was about to fall to the ground, but was knocked down by the quick-eyed confidential secretary.
He held him up and shouted hurriedly, "President, don't worry, don't be so angry that your body is broken."
Su Tong firmly held the desk to steady his body, trying to stabilize his chaotic thoughts, but his body could not help but tremble. He raised his voice and shouted: "These beasts, Secretary Wang, you immediately order all ministers to
The above officials came to the conference hall for a meeting and told them that if anyone doesn't show up within half an hour, don't blame me, Su Tong, for being unkind."
Listening to these words that popped out from Su Tong's teeth, Secretary Wang couldn't help but shudder and ran out to inform everyone.
Senior government officials gathered in the conference room of the Presidential Palace. Vice President Jiang, Vice President Gu, Foreign Minister Zhou Tiecheng, Minister of Defense Jiang Baili, Premier Li Zongren of the State Council, and the newly returned Chief of General Staff Bai Chongxi were all present in awe. Deputy Director of the Political Secretariat
Chief Chen Bulei was reading out the latest situation in Saigon from Wu Ping, the ambassador to Vietnam.
"They killed, set fire to, robbed, and annihilated. The thugs rushed into Chinese houses and shops and looted all their property. They gathered hundreds of Chinese women, forcibly took off their clothes, and raped them collectively, causing some women to die of exhaustion.
What is even more heinous is that some of the victims were only nine years old. Some women were chopped off, decapitated, and burned to death in fire pits. Many Chinese women were also raped on the streets and buses.
The Vietnamese police stood aside and watched. The cruelty of the methods was outrageous. Although the embassy tried its best to rescue, the disaster was still inevitable. Wu Ping hereby implores the government to take immediate countermeasures to save the lives of our overseas Chinese compatriots. President, I, I, really
I can’t read it anymore.” Chen Brai’s hand holding the telegram was trembling, he was choked with sobs and couldn’t read it anymore, and tears burst out from his eyes.
"You bastard bullied people too much." Excited, Bai Chongxi slapped the case and shouted hoarsely with red eyes: "President, what are we waiting for? Send troops to kill these bastards who are killing people."
The attendees were all people who had weathered many hardships and had never lost their composure. After hearing these horrific things, they couldn't help but change their expressions.
Vice President Jiang squinted at the telegram in his hand. The thin telegram seemed to be as heavy as a stone in his hand. His big and generous hands were trembling slightly. His face became ashen as ever before. He asked the guard standing aside in a deep voice.
Director Dai Li: "Yunong, is this telegram true?"
Dai Li lowered his head and replied with an ugly expression: "Principal, this is the intelligence sent by our agents stationed in Vietnam. Everything in it is true, even..."
"What do you even say?" Vice President Chiang became angry and shouted loudly.
"The situation in Saigon is even worse than what was said in the cable."
"Pah!" Vice President Chiang, who was very careful not to show his anger, also slammed the table angrily, "These inhumane beasts deserve to be killed."
Su Tong said solemnly: "Everyone knows the situation. Now I have decided to immediately send troops into Vietnam to eradicate this group of thugs and save our compatriots. Does anyone else have a different opinion? If you agree, please raise your hands."
After saying this, Su Tong squinted his eyes and stared at everyone in the conference room, with a trace of terrifying murderous intent in his eyes.
Zhou Tiecheng, the Minister of Foreign Affairs who always had a good temper and emphasized Confucian demeanor, also became angry at this time. He just said lightly: "Such cruelty is rare in ancient and modern times. Those thugs deserve to be killed." After speaking, he raised his hand first.
Then Vice President Chiang and Vice President Gu, two people who had been fighting for most of their lives, raised their hands.
Everyone in the meeting looked at each other and raised their hands in tacit understanding. There were a total of twenty-eight people attending the meeting today. Although some people belonged to different parties and groups, they all had different opinions on this matter.
But it's surprisingly consistent.
Su Tong's sharp gaze swept across the venue, "Okay, everyone has approved. Then Minister Jiang, please give the order."
"Yes" Jiang Baili stood up and ordered in a deep voice: "Now, in the name of the Minister of Defense, I order the troops in Guangxi, Yunnan, Lang Son, Dien Bien Phu and other places to immediately enter a wartime state. Monk Xu's Thirty-one Group Army
Immediately march to Hanoi. The Second Marine Division stationed at Cam Ranh Bay will immediately march to Saigon to rescue our overseas Chinese compatriots."