Chapter 1488 Never See Each Other Again

Chapter 1490 Never to See Each Other Again

If Prince Salam was only slightly tempted by Du Fei's proposal for mercenaries before this, then his feelings were undoubtedly greatly strengthened now.

Prince Salam had a military rank in Shat, and had seen what Shat's own soldiers looked like, as well as Babylon and Aiji, the so-called Middle Eastern strong armies.

At that time, he felt that Babylon and Aiji were strong enough, but seeing the Nanyang Intimidation Force in the past few days opened his eyes.

It's not that the soldiers of the Nanyang Intimidation Force have three heads and six arms, but that spirit.

Sitting on the elephant for transportation, Prince Salam made up his mind that he would promote this mercenary plan no matter what.

With such soldiers protecting him, let alone 2 billion a year, even 4 billion is worth it.

At the same time, as this flank force entered Laoguo, the 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.

Moreover, this operation was mainly to contain Hanoi's follow-up troops, so it was natural to make a big fanfare.

Laoguo was very sensible. Even if he received the news, he just pretended to be deaf and dumb, and pretended that he didn't know.

They were very familiar with this kind of thing. They had dealt with Yueguo in this way before. Anyway, I was lying flat. You all have the strength. Whoever wants to come can come, as long as you don't kill me.

They can do this, but Hanoi can't.

In Li's ward.

Upon hearing the news, his face was gloomy and he didn't say a word for a long time.

The one who sent the message was Nguyen Chunning. As Li's confidant and beloved general, Nguyen Chunning, like Wenshan, was replaced before, but was not sent to the cold palace.

The previous failure can only be said that they were not capable enough, but their loyalty and position cannot be denied.

Especially during this incident, Nguyen Chunning stood very firmly during Li's coma and won Li's trust.

"What do you think they want to do?" Li put down the telegram and looked at Nguyen Chunning.

Nguyen Chun Ning has fought for decades, and his strategic and tactical qualities are not weak, it just depends on who he is compared with.

He said in a deep voice: "According to the current intelligence, the total number of this group of people is about 20,000 to 50,000. According to their marching speed and road conditions, they should only carry light weapons and a small number of heavy weapons..."

After a lot of analysis, he finally concluded that this is a group of suspicious troops entering Laoguo to threaten Hanoi.

Then he said helplessly: "Although they are suspicious troops, they are well versed in the changes of the virtual and real in military tactics. If we don't care or are not prepared enough, the false moves can also become real moves, suddenly going east, crossing the border, and going straight to Hanoi."

Li was silent for a while. He had been struggling in the war years. Although he was not famous for using troops, it did not mean that he had no military ability.

He frowned and said: "In other words, we must invest three or even five times the troops and deploy defenses around Hanoi to be foolproof?"

Nguyen Chun Ning nodded helplessly, and this was exactly what Lin Tiansheng was aiming for, using a small number of troops to threaten important targets, thereby tying down more enemy troops.

Li was unwilling to give up. If Nguyen Chunning said that it would take more than 100,000 people to guard against this suspicious army, then the battle in the south should not be fought.

This time they went south, they were desperate, but they encountered setbacks again and again.

First, Wenshan was hit hard by Li Fuzhong in Jiangang and suffered a loss.

Then came the action of the Nanyang intimidation troops, which put them in a dilemma with only a small number of troops.

In the end, Nguyen Chunning couldn't make up his mind and asked, "Leader, we..."

Sitting on the hospital bed, Li was helpless. In just a few years, a good situation had fallen to this point.

He pursed his lips hard. Judging from the bombardment of cruisers at sea and the flanking troops, the Nanyang Federation was very determined to support Saigon this time.

It was far from what he thought at the beginning, and he would only take action when Saigon could not resist.

This was very difficult. Under such circumstances, it was almost impossible to quickly break into the heart of South Vietnam.

Li fell into a long period of thinking for a full ten minutes before he let out a sigh 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 the sea firepower, march 30 kilometers away from the shore, and make sure to break through the defense line of the Southern Army as quickly as possible to threaten the safety of Saigon."

Nguyen Chunning's heart trembled, and he already understood Li's intention.

This is to compete with the South for time, threaten Saigon in the shortest time, and accumulate bargaining chips for the next round of negotiations.

But Nguyen Chunning is not optimistic. If there is no battle between Wenshan and Li Fuzhong, there may be some hope.

But Li Fuzhong defeated Wenshan's vanguard in Jiangang. Although he fell into a stalemate in the city of Jiangang later, no one can deny that the Southern Army won the first battle.

This victory greatly boosted the morale of the South and changed the minds of some people who were sitting on the fence.

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.

In this case, Saigon began to re-integrate, and it would not take long to recover to 70% to 80% of its original strength.

But Le had already given the order, and Nguyen Xuan Ninh did not remind or advise.

It was not that he was disloyal, but that he could not think of a better way.

Simple denial was meaningless.

In this way, three days later, a fierce battle broke out in central Viet Gho, more than 60 kilometers west of Jiangang.

The scale of this battle was quite large. Twelve divisions were assembled in the north, with a total of 156,000 people; ten divisions were assembled in the south, with 123,000 people.

In a small area, a rather brutal and brutal head-on confrontation took place.

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At the beginning of the battle, Du Fei was still at Lin Tiansheng's headquarters.

The troops that had made a detour did not encounter any resistance. After three days of marching, they had traveled about 180 kilometers and arrived at the west side of the front battlefield.

If the detour troops went east at this time, they could reach the flank of the battlefield in two days at most.

But Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng did not change their original plan at all. That was the war of the Yue people.

According to the original plan, the detour troops continued to move north.

On the battlefield, the battle with a total of nearly 300,000 people was like a meat grinder that slowly devoured 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 an advantage at the beginning.

The two sides were roughly evenly matched. The morale of the South was slightly low, but the supply of materials was sufficient, while the North was more embarrassed.

This battle fully exposed the combat effectiveness of both sides.

Soon, the assessment report made through battlefield intelligence was delivered to Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng.

After the two of them finished reading quickly, Lin Tiansheng couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that as expected, the combat effectiveness of the Vietnamese army has declined seriously!"

Du Fei nodded, with emotion in his heart.

It is not easy to improve and build anything in a good direction. It often takes a lot of effort and hard work to see a little bit of results.

But it takes only a blink of an eye to go bad.

As the saying goes, it takes ten years to learn good things and ten days to learn bad things.

Looking back to the Vietnamese army a few years ago, compared with the current Vietnamese army, it is completely different.

It is hard to imagine that this group of people who have no fighting spirit, low morale, procrastination and laziness, and serious decline in organizational ability are the team that forced America to leave!

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 can't underestimate them too much. According to Lin Tiansheng's point of view, their basic qualities are still there, but there is a problem with their thinking.

In addition, it is a civil war. Once it is replaced by an external enemy, there is still hope to restore combat effectiveness.

Du Fei nodded, pursed his lips and said: "Then let them keep fighting until this group of elite troops are wiped out, and they become mortal enemies and completely split."

As he said, Du Fei stood up: "Lao Lin, it's up to you to deal with Laoguo in Zhenla. I'm going back to Saigon now."

Lin Tiansheng also stood up and said: "Don't worry, leave this to me."

This time, Lin Tiansheng had a lot of tasks. One was to contact Hong and implement the Zhenla plan; the other was to find an opportunity to take down Laoguo and completely get rid of Hanoi's control.

Du Fei was in charge of Saigon. Since the fight had already started, it was time to take the next step.

That night, Du Fei's plane shuttled back to Saigon again.

I came out of the airport and drove straight to see Wu Xuansheng.

As soon as I got in the car, I heard the shrill sound of the air defense alarm.

Du Fei frowned. What was going on? Hanoi could still send bombers?

In order to support the battle with the Nanyang intimidation forces, the more advanced fighter planes of Vietnam were concentrated in the south and the Zhenla front.

As Wu Ting took Saigon, most of these planes fell in the south.

Hanoi also has planes, but the quantity and quality cannot be compared with those in the south.

Upon hearing the air defense alarm, the convoy stopped immediately.

Du Fei and Ci Xin got out of the car and hid in an alley next to the street.

In this situation, staying in the car is the most dangerous.

At the same time, the crows following the alert also moved to confirm that there were no suspicious people.

To prevent someone from alerting 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 and 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, with much faster speeds. They launched missiles at a long distance.

In the evening sky, two missiles were launched one after another like meteors chasing the moon, and in a blink of an eye they met the plane flying from the north.

With two "booms~booms~", two fireballs exploded in the sky, instantly engulfing the two planes.

Du Fei watched from below and had already recognized that the missile launcher was the MiG-25 that was supported by the Speed ​​Alliance at the beginning.

Wu Ting sent two of these planes to Beijing for disassembly and research. Due to the loss of parts and the loss of logistical support from Sulian, only a dozen of them can still fly.

On the contrary, in order to deal with the MiG-25, Du Fei cooperated with Northrop Corporation to rush the production of more than 60 F-1 fighters.

The remaining two planes from the north found that their companions were shot down, and they knew they could not escape, so they did not turn around, but accelerated to the city center, and opened the belly to drop a large number of leaflets.

Du Fei couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw this, letting precious pilots come all the way to die just to drop some useless leaflets.

Immediately returned to the car, the convoy started again and arrived at Wu Chunsheng's command post.

After just a few days of not seeing each other, Wu Chunsheng was obviously thinner, with two dark circles under his eyes. The sudden heavy burden was not something that everyone could bear.

However, power also made Wu Chunsheng excited. Although he looked tired, his eyes were still bright when he saw Du Fei.

After a few days of rapid consultation, Saigon has formed a new power structure headed by Wu Xuansheng.

Although Wu Xuansheng's power in this new structure is completely incomparable to that of his father, at least in name he is the top leader.

And the interests and security of the Wu family are fully protected in the new structure.

This is the most important thing.

"Old Du, you are finally back!" Wu Chunsheng's spirit and energy were different from before, and his attitude towards Du Fei also changed accordingly.

It was not contemptuous, but a little more comfortable and close, completely different from the previous restlessness and anxiety.

Du Fei smiled and patted his shoulder: "Congratulations, Old Wu~ Or, I have to call you Wuzhu x."

Wu Chunsheng laughed and said: "Old Wu is good, Old Wu is good~"

The two of them flattered each other for a few more words, and Du Fei was at ease and got to the point.

"Old Wu, our first step has been successful." Du Fei said seriously: "Next, we must keep the victory..."

Wu Chunsheng's face changed slightly and licked his dry lips.

Du Fei's way for him to keep the victory was to announce the establishment of Saigon!

Although he had thought of it before, he always felt a little lucky in his heart until Du Fei said it to him in person.

"This..." Wu Chunsheng hesitated. His father took Saigon and occupied half of it but did not become independent because he did not want to risk the world's disapproval and become a sinner of Vietnam.

If he takes that step now...

Wu Chunsheng did not dare to think about it.

Du Fei knew his concerns and said lightly: "Old Wu, you can't dig your own grave at the critical moment."

Wu Chunsheng was startled.

Du Fei said: "You haven't sat firmly in this position yet. Your father's old subordinates may have other thoughts. Without the merit of founding the country, how can you sit firmly in this position?"

Wu Chunsheng was silent. As Du Fei said, his position was not stable. It was the result of compromise between various forces.

In addition to his father's legacy and reputation, and Du Fei's endorsement and support.

If you think you can rest easy like this, you are wrong.

This fragile balance is the easiest to break.

Undoubtedly, the method proposed by Du Fei can effectively stabilize Wu Chunsheng's position.

Once the fruit is established, the situation will change immediately.

With Wu Ting's reputation and his contributions to the founding of the country, he had seized the righteous cause.

Other factions had to make a choice immediately, either to join or to oppose.

Because of Du Fei and the support of more than 200,000 troops of the Nanyang Intimidation Force, and because they were not sure of other people's ideas, no one would rashly jump out to oppose.

If they did not oppose it at the first time, it would be tantamount to acquiescing in Wu Chunsheng's legitimacy and incorporating the factional power they currently held into the system of the Xinguo family.

At that time, opposing Wu Chunsheng again would be tantamount to denying their own legitimacy.

For Wu Chunsheng, this is undoubtedly a hundred benefits without any harm.

For Du Fei, he can use this opportunity to completely tear apart the last bit of affectionate connection between Hanoi and Saigon.

From then on, the North and the South were separated and never communicated with each other until death.

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