If Prince Saramu was only a little tempted when he heard Du Fei's proposal about mercenaries before, then his mood has undoubtedly been greatly strengthened now.
Prince Saramu had a military rank in Shate. He had seen what Shate's own soldiers were like, and he had also seen the so-called powerful armies of Babylon and neighboring countries in the Middle East.
At that time, he felt that Babylon and Pechi were strong enough, but in the past few days, he had seen the Nanyang intimidating troops, which opened his eyes.
It's not that the soldiers of the Nanyang Intimidation Force have three heads and six arms, but that they have a spirit of energy.
Sitting on the traveling elephant, Prince Salamu made a decision in his mind to promote this mercenary plan no matter what.
With the protection of such soldiers, not to mention 2 billion a year, even 4 billion would be worth it.
At the same time, as this flank force entered its old age, news inevitably spread.
After all, in a foreign country, no matter how careful you are, you can't hide a team of nearly 20,000 people.
What's more, this operation is mainly to contain the follow-up troops in Hanoi, so it naturally needs to be carried out with great fanfare.
As for Lao Guo, he is very sensible. Even if he receives news, he just pretends to be deaf and mute, pretending that he does not know.
They are very familiar with this kind of thing, and they have dealt with Yue Guo in this way before. Anyway, I am lying flat. You all have the strength. Whoever wants to come can come, as long as you don't beat me to death.
They can do this, but Hanoi cannot.
In Li's ward.
After hearing the news, his face became gloomy and he didn't speak for a long time.
The person who sent the message was Ruan Chunning. As Li's confidant, Ruan Chunning, like Wenshan, had not been relegated to the sidelines even though he had been replaced before.
Previous failures can only mean that they are not capable enough, and their loyalty and position cannot be denied.
Especially during this incident, Ruan Chunning stood firm during Li's coma and gained Li's trust.
"What do you think they want to do?" Li put down the telegram and looked at Ruan Chunning.
Ruan Chunning has been fighting for decades, and his strategic and tactical qualities are not weak. He just wants to compete with others.
He said in a deep voice: "According to the information currently available, the total number of people on this road is probably between 20,000 and 50,000. Based on their marching speed and road conditions, they should only carry light weapons and a small number of heavy weapons..."
After a lot of analysis, I finally came to the conclusion that this was a group of suspected soldiers who entered Laojiao territory in an attempt to threaten Hanoi.
Then he said helplessly: "Although we are suspected soldiers, we are well aware of the changes in the art of war. If we don't care, or if we are not prepared enough, a false move can turn into a real move, and we can suddenly head east, cross the border, and plunge directly into Hanoi."
Li was silent for a while. He came from the war years through hard work. Although he is not famous for his military skills, it does not mean that he has no military ability.
Frowning, he said: "In other words, we have to invest three or even five times our troops and set up defenses around Hanoi to be foolproof?"
Ruan Chunning nodded helplessly, and this was exactly Lin Tiansheng's purpose, to threaten important targets with a small number of troops, thereby containing more of the enemy's troops.
However, Li was unwilling to give in. If according to Ruan Chun Ning's statement, it would take hundreds of thousands of people to defend against this suspected soldier, then the war in the south should not be fought at all.
This time they went south as a desperate move, but they encountered setbacks one after another.
First, Wenshan was hit in the head by Li Fuzhong at Jian Gang and suffered a heavy loss.
What followed was the intimidation force's move from Nanyang, which put them in a dilemma with only a small number of troops.
In the end, Ruan Chunning could not make up his mind and asked: "Leader, we..."
Sitting on the hospital bed, Li felt helpless. In just a few years, a good situation had fallen to this.
He pursed his lips vigorously. Judging from the cruiser bombardment at sea and the outflanking troops on the flanks, the Nanyang Federation was very determined to support Saigon this time.
Far from what he thought at the beginning, he only took action when Saigon could no longer resist.
This is very difficult to handle. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible to quickly penetrate into the hinterland of South Vietnam.
Li fell into deep thinking for a full ten minutes before finally taking a breath and finally made up his mind.
He said in a deep voice: "Ignore them for now, order the follow-up troops to follow up, strengthen the offensive, avoid sea firepower, march thirty kilometers away from the shore, and be sure to break through the South Army's defense line as quickly as possible to threaten Saigon's security."
Ruan Chunning's heart trembled, and he already understood Li's intention.
This is to fight for time with the South, threaten Saigon in the shortest possible time, and accumulate chips for the next negotiation.
It's just that Ruan Chunning is not very optimistic. If there is no battle between Wenshan and Li Fuzhong, there may be some hope.
However, Li Fuzhong defeated Wenshan's vanguard force in Jianggang. Although he fell into anxiety in the Jianggang city area later, no one can deny that the Southern Army won the first battle.
This victory greatly boosted the morale of the South, and also caused some people who were sitting on the fence to change their minds.
And this is why Du Fei asked the Kuching and Pontianak to provide fire support from the beginning, just to show his attitude and let those people see.
Under this situation, Saigon began to reintegrate, and it would not take long for it to return to 70% to 80% of its original strength.
But Li had already given the order, and Ruan Chunning did not remind him or give him any advice.
It's not that he is unfaithful, it's just that he really can't think of a better way.
Simple denial makes no sense.
In this way, three days later, a fierce battle broke out in the central part of Vietnam and Guo, more than 60 kilometers west of Jian Port.
The scale of this battle was quite large. Twelve divisions were assembled in the north, with a total of 156,000 men; ten divisions were gathered in the south, with a total of 123,000 men.
In a small area, a very brutal and brutal head-on confrontation took place.
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When the battle began, Du Fei was still at Lin Tiansheng's headquarters.
The troops who had gone through circuitous routes did not encounter any resistance. After three days of marching, they traveled approximately 180 kilometers and arrived at the west side of the frontal battlefield.
If we divert our troops to the east at this time, it will take up to two days to reach the flank of the battlefield.
But Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng had no intention of changing their original plan, which was a war between the Yue people.
According to the original plan, this roundabout force continued northward.
On the battlefield, nearly 300,000 people fought like a millstone of flesh and blood slowly devouring human lives.
Because the width of the battle line was limited, although the Northern Army had an advantage in total numbers, it did not show its advantage from the beginning.
The two sides are still roughly evenly matched. The morale of the south is slightly low, but the supply of supplies is sufficient, while the north is even more embarrassed.
This battle fully exposed the level of combat effectiveness of both sides.
Soon, the assessment report based on battlefield intelligence was sent to Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng.
The two of them read it quickly, and Lin Tiansheng couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that as expected, the combat effectiveness of the Vietnamese army has dropped seriously!"
Du Fei nodded, feeling emotional in his heart.
It is not easy to improve anything for the better, and it often requires a lot of hard work and effort to see even a little bit of results.
But it turns bad in a blink of an eye.
As the saying goes, it takes ten years to learn well and ten days to learn badly. This is absolutely true.
Thinking back to the Vietnamese army a few years ago, compared with the current Vietnamese army, it is not at the same level.
It’s hard to imagine that this group of teams with no fighting spirit, low morale, procrastination and laziness, and a serious decline in organizational power is the team that forced America away!
However, this is the reality. Foreign aggression has changed the nature of this team, and division and civil war have destroyed their beliefs.
But we should not underestimate them too much. According to Lin Tiansheng's point of view, their basic qualities are still there, but there is something wrong with their thinking.
In addition, it is a civil war. Once it is replaced by a foreign enemy, there is still hope to restore combat effectiveness.
Du Fei nodded, pursed his lips and said, "Then let them keep fighting until all these elites are defeated. They will fight to death and be completely divided."
With that said, Du Fei stood up and said, "Old Lin, I will rely on you to get through this. I will go back to Saigon now."
Lin Tiansheng also stood up and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
Lin Tiansheng had many tasks this time. The first was to contact Hong and implement the Chen La plan; the second was to look for opportunities to capture Lao Guo and completely break away from Hanoi's control.
Du Fei is in charge of Saigon. Now that the fight has started, it's time to move on to the next step.
That night, Du Fei's plane shuttled back to Saigon again.
After coming out of the airport, we drove straight to see Wu Chunsheng.
As soon as I got in the car, I heard the piercing sound of air raid sirens.
Du Fei frowned, what is going on? Hanoi can still send bombers?
Previously, in order to support the fight against Nanyang intimidation forces, Vietnam's more advanced fighter planes were concentrated in the south and on the Chenla front line.
As Wu Ting captured Saigon, most of these planes landed in the south.
Hanoi also has airplanes, but the quantity and quality cannot compare with those in the south.
When the air raid siren was heard, the convoy stopped immediately.
Du Fei and Ci Xin got out of the car and hid in an alley next to the street.
It is most dangerous to stay in the car in this situation.
At the same time, the crows following the warning all around also started to move, confirming that there was no one acting suspiciously.
To prevent anyone from alerting the enemy and targeting Du Fei.
Then several planes appeared in the distance.
The distance was very far. Those planes had just arrived at the edge of the city. They were flying at a very low altitude. Judging from the shape of the planes, they were not jets.
At this moment, two planes suddenly appeared from the south, much faster and far away, and launched missiles.
In the evening sky, two missiles appeared one behind the other like shooting stars chasing the moon, and in a blink of an eye they met the aircraft flying from the north.
"Boom~boom~" sounded twice, and two fireballs exploded in the sky, instantly engulfing the two planes.
Du Fei looked below and recognized that the missile was launched by the MiG-25 that was supported by the Soviet Union.
Wu Ting originally took two of these aircraft and sent them to the capital for dismantling and research. Coupled with the loss of parts and components, and without the logistical support of Sulian, only a dozen of them are still flying.
On the contrary, in order to cope with the MiG-25, Du Fei cooperated with Northrop to rush into the market and produced more than 60 F-1 fighters.
The remaining two planes coming from the north, after discovering that their companions had been shot down, knew they could not escape and did not turn around. Instead, they accelerated towards the city center. At the same time, the underside of the plane opened and dropped a large number of leaflets.
Du Fei couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw this, asking the precious pilot to come all the way to die just to drop some useless leaflets.
Immediately returning to the car, the convoy started again and arrived at Wu Chunsheng's command post.
After not seeing each other for just a few days, Wu Chunsheng had obviously lost weight and had two dark circles under his eyes. Suddenly, a huge burden fell on him. Not everyone could bear it.
However, power also made Wu Chunsheng excited. Although he looked tired, his eyes were still bright when he saw Du Fei.
After several days of rapid consultation, Saigon has formed a new power structure headed by Vo Xuan Thanh.
Although Wu Chunsheng's power in this new structure is completely incomparable to that of his father, at least nominally he is the number one leader.
Moreover, the interests and security of the Wu family are fully protected in the new structure.
This is the most important.
"Old Du, you are finally back!" Wu Chunsheng's spirit was different from before, and his attitude towards Du Fei also changed accordingly.
It's not that he's arrogant, but he's a little more comfortable and approachable. It's completely different from the uneasiness and worry about gains and losses before.
Du Fei smiled and patted his shoulder: "Congratulations, Lao Wu~ Or, I have to call you Martial Lord x."
Wu Chunsheng laughed and said: "Just Lao Wu, just Lao Wu~"
The two complimented each other a few more words, and Du Fei finally got to the point.
"Lao Wu, our first step has been successful." Du Fei said with a serious look on his face: "We must hold on to the victory..."
Wu Chunsheng couldn't help but change his face slightly and licked his dry lips.
The way Du Fei asked him to keep his victory was to announce the victory of Saigon!
Although he had thought of it before, he was always a little lucky until Du Fei said it to his face.
"This..." Wu Chun Sheng couldn't help but hesitate. When his father took Saigon, he separated half of it but did not become independent. He just didn't want to risk the disapproval of the world and become a sinner of Yue Guo.
If he takes that step now...
Wu Chunsheng was afraid to think further.
Du Fei understood his concerns and said calmly: "Old Wu, you can't dig your own grave at this critical moment."
Wu Chunsheng was stunned.
Du Fei said: "You haven't secured your position yet. Your father's old subordinates may not have other ideas. Without the contribution to the founding of the country, how can you secure this position?"
Wu Chunsheng was silent. As Du Fei said, his position was not stable and was the result of compromise between all parties.
Coupled with the reputation of his father's legacy and the endorsement and support of Du Fei.
If you think that you can sit back and relax, you are totally wrong.
This fragile balance is most easily broken.
Undoubtedly, the method proposed by Du Fei can effectively stabilize Wu Chunsheng's position.
Once it was established, the situation immediately changed.
With the reputation of the martial arts court and the contribution to the founding of the country, it is equivalent to seizing the right name.
Other factions had to make an immediate decision, either to join or to oppose.
Because of Du Fei and the support of more than 200,000 Nanyang intimidation troops, and because he did not confirm other people's thoughts, no one would jump out to oppose rashly.
Failure to object immediately would be tantamount to acquiescing to Wu Chunsheng's legitimacy and incorporating the current factional power into the Xinguo family's system.
At that time, any further opposition to Wu Chunsheng will be tantamount to denying their own legitimacy.
For Wu Chunsheng, this is undoubtedly a huge benefit without any harm.
In Du Fei's case, we can use this opportunity to completely tear apart the last affectionate connection between Hanoi and Saigon.
From then on, the north and the south were separated and had no contact with each other until old age and death.