Chapter 8 Revenge

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  The successful raid on the Chinese People's Liberation Army field hospital earned Wu Hongying recognition and praise from her superiors, but this did not make her feel happy. However, capturing the "killer" who might have killed her sister Wu Hongmei made Wu Hongying ecstatic. In her view, as long as Bao Yulin was tried as a war criminal, he would be sentenced to death.

  In order to avenge herself, after sending Bao Yulin to Hanoi, Wu Hongying actively applied to personally serve as the executioner and shoot Bao Yulin. However, what puzzled her was that the organization ignored her application and didn't respond, only letting her stay in Hanoi and wait for new tasks. But no one could tell Wu Hongying what the new task was. In the following days, Wu Hongying was in a state of anxious waiting, waiting for the organization to quickly try Bao Yulin. Wu Hongying believed that as long as Bao Yulin was tried, she would be the only choice for executioner, which also met the needs of propaganda.

  But what happened next left Wu Hongying a bit overwhelmed. First, major newspapers in Hanoi used large sections to tell the story of how the brave Vietnamese People's Army had turned a Chinese invading soldier and through him successfully raided a logistics base of the Chinese invasion army on Vietnamese territory, killing many guards at the logistics base, capturing a large amount of military supplies, destroying the remaining supplies before safely withdrawing. During the withdrawal, anti-war soldier Bao Yulin was injured by the Chinese invasion army and is currently receiving treatment in Hanoi.

  At that time, Wu Hongyuan was aware of the situation. She couldn't understand why Bao Yulian, who was clearly a swindler, had suddenly become an anti-war soldier? If so, wouldn't her goal of taking revenge on him be impossible to achieve? Wasn't she just trying to get Bao Yulian tried and punished by the law? Suddenly, Wu Hongyuan couldn't bear it anymore. She had to go find someone to ask what was going on.

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  "General, I really can't understand how Bao Yulin, who is clearly a swindler, suddenly became an anti-war hero? The newspapers writing this is completely irresponsible! You should take care of this matter!" Wu Hongdai was complaining to General Wu in his study. With General Wu, who had watched her and her sister grow up, Wu Hongdai didn't have anything to hide. She spoke her mind freely.

  "Kid, I know how you and your sister feel. Who wouldn't want to execute Bao Yulin? But it's not possible!" General Wu took a drag on his cigarette and continued, "You also know that our current situation with the Chinese military is far from ideal. No one expected that after decades of not fighting, they would launch an attack with speed and power even more ferocious than the Americans. Our country can no longer withstand this kind of war. If things continue like this, our country's economy will be on the brink of collapse." General Wu didn't mind explaining the situation to Wu Hongying at all.

  "But our Vietnamese People's Army isn't one to be trifled with either. Think back to when we drove out the French, and then under such difficult circumstances, we also defeated the Americans. Now, not only do we have the world's third strongest army, but also a navy and air force, and our equipment is much more advanced now. Why must we still be so cautious? And besides, my sister died in such a tragic way, can't I even avenge her?" Wu Hongyan's face turned bright red, with tears welling up in her eyes.

  The Wu sisters were orphans, their parents sacrificed during the Vietnam War. General Wu Jiang took care of them and sent them to school, even securing a spot for them to study in China. All this made the Wu sisters extremely grateful to General Wu Jiang. In Wu Hongying's eyes, General Wu Jiang was no different from her own father. This also made Wu Hongying willing to confide in General Wu Jiang whenever she had grievances.

  "Comrade Wu Hongying! You must remember! First and foremost, you are a revolutionary fighter, a soldier! Only then are you an orphan who has lost your sister! As a revolutionary fighter, your actions must prioritize the interests of the nation! Do you understand? Don't you know that we were able to persist for decades, until we finally defeated the Americans, because of China?! If it weren't for China's selfless assistance, if China hadn't provided strategic depth for our Vietnam War, we wouldn't have made it to the end! This time, we are at war with China. Due to geographical constraints, we don't even have a strategic depth to speak of. With Vietnam's narrow and long terrain, as long as China advances horizontally, we will eventually be defeated. By then, we won't even have a place to fight guerrilla warfare. You must know that China is a country with tens of millions of people! Judging from the current situation, it's impossible for us to win this war. Therefore, we must think of every possible way to end the war as soon as possible. This includes using international pressure to force China to withdraw its troops as soon as possible!" General Wu treats Wu Hongying like his own child; if it were someone else, he wouldn't even bother with these words and would just find an excuse to send them to the front lines.

  "This is impossible! The Vietnamese People's Army will never be defeated! We don't need any international public opinion either! Bao Yulin killed my sister, and I want to kill him to avenge her!" Wu Hongyin almost shouted out these words. She was clear that if she used Bao Yulin as an article, then her revenge would be impossible.

  "General Wu slammed his hand on the table: "What's going on with you?! You and your sister grew up under my care, so just because your sister sacrificed herself, I shouldn't be sad?! But we are all soldiers! We must prioritize the country's interests!" General Wu's heart was bleeding when he said these words, but he couldn't help saying them. He knew Wu Hongying's temper, and if he couldn't persuade her, she might do something foolish, and by then it would be too late."

  "But...!" Wu Hongyan's tears could no longer be held back, and flowed down: "Uncle Wu, can't we just watch as Bao Yulian becomes a martyr for the resistance? Did my sister die in vain?"

  General Wu looked at Wu Honglian, who was crying with tears streaming down her face. He felt a pang in his heart and gently patted her shoulder: "Alright, don't cry anymore. You can rest assured that there will be opportunities for revenge, but we need to figure out how to grasp them. Don't worry, Bao Yulin killed Hongmei, I won't let him have a good ending!"

  Wu Hongying was overjoyed upon hearing this, and she wiped away her tears with her sleeve: "Uncle Wu, when are you going to execute him? I want to be the one to do it personally!"

  General Wu patted Liu Zhuo's head: "Foolish child, I didn't say we would shoot him. Liu Zhuo still has use..."

  "Why don't you just shoot him right away? I don't want to see him alive!" Wu Honglian immediately reacted to General Wu's words and interrupted without hesitation.

  "Hey, you're just a kid! Let me finish speaking before you interrupt, okay?" As for Bao Yulin's situation, General Wu had been paying attention to it. He was well aware that shooting someone dead was easy, but the best way of revenge wasn't letting someone die, but making them live in pain.

  "Sorry, Uncle Wu. I shouldn't have interrupted. You speak, I'll listen." Wu Hongdai also understood at this time that General Wu must have a better way.

  General Wu smiled and nodded: "Right, don't rush into things, we need to maximize our benefits." Adjusting his tone, General Wu continued: "In two days, we will present a statement and recording of Bao Yulin's anti-war declaration at the UN emergency meeting. Combining Bao Yulin's recent meritorious service, we will criticize the Chinese government for invading our country, asking the international community to support our Vietnamese government's struggle against imperialism and hegemonism, and demanding that the international community provide aid to Vietnam. With Bao Yulin's statement, it will be easy for us to gain sympathy."

  "Right! This is a good thing, but would Bao Yulin be willing to make such a statement?" Wu Hongdai of course knew the consequences of this statement.

  "This is something that can't be helped, even if he doesn't want to say or write it, we have ways of getting this statement. Besides, no one will take such things seriously, except for China." General Wu smiled and continued: "Think about it, all we need are a few photos of Bao Yulin, then with his statement, the rest is just sending him to a prisoner-of-war camp and letting visiting journalists take a few photos every now and then. As long as we don't let Bao Yulin come into contact with the journalists, there won't be any problems. As for how he lives in the camp, that's up to us to manage. I believe neither we nor the prisoners will give him an easy time. Locking him up for a few years until the war ends and then sending him back to China, I'm sure his days at home will be even harder. Not to mention the daily struggle sessions will make him wish he were dead. Why should we execute such a valuable person? Don't you think letting him live like this is better than executing him?" General Wu had already thought of this plan and believed it would make Bao Yulin's life worse than death.

  "That's right, this is how he should be dealt with! Uncle Wu, can you arrange for me to manage the prisoner-of-war camp? I want to personally teach him a lesson!" Wu Hongdiao finally understood that using this method to deal with Bao Yulian was more satisfying than directly shooting him.

  "Of course, I've already made the arrangements. In two days, you'll report to the POW camp. However, I must tell you that because of Bao Yulin's anti-war statement, he will definitely be a focus of attention for the journalists. Therefore, this person cannot die. So, you need to be careful; no matter how you deal with him behind his back, on the surface, you still have to treat him as an anti-war hero. Actually, there are two purposes in doing so: first, we can make foreign journalists believe that we are humane and treat POWs well, especially since he is an anti-war activist, we will give him even better treatment. This is beneficial for our international influence." General Wu said this while lighting a cigarette.

  "But Uncle Wu, isn't this too cheap for Bao Yulin?" Wu Hongdai asked in confusion.

  Looking at Wu Hongyuan's appearance, General Wu shook his head slightly: "You, you have to use your brain. You don't think about it, the prisoner of war camp is not just holding Bao Yulin, there are many other Chinese soldiers, those people will see the traitor and how will they treat him? They will torture him to death. You need to be careful, you can torment him behind his back, but you can't let him suffer too much in public, we have to show that our government has a good impression of his behavior, only then will those prisoners of war torture him more fiercely. However, you should understand, we cannot let him die, he is alive and better for our country, so you still need to be careful, can't let other prisoners of war kill him. If you want him to die, let him go back to his own country and be sentenced to death by his own government! They will not let a traitor go!" General Wu had another sentence that he didn't say out loud, he didn't hope that Wu Hongyuan would continue to stay on the battlefield, he didn't want his fellow soldiers' children to fall one by one on the battlefield.

  "I understand! Uncle Wu, thank you! Don't worry! I will definitely let Bao Yulin return home alive for trial!" Wu Hongying seemed to see that after Bao Yulin was released and returned home with full of hope, he was immediately sent to the military court. With a single order, at the moment when Bao Yulin was most happy, his own country sentenced him to death. Such revenge is really great!

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  In just a few days, Bao Yulin's anti-war statement was published in the newspaper, and Wu Hongxuan also officially left the front-line troops to report to the prisoner-of-war camp set up in Hanoi, Vietnam. On the contrary, General Wu, who had been paying attention to her all along, stepped onto the command of the front line at the same time, commanding the battle to defend Tongbao. This time, General Wu, who was as close to Wu Hongxuan as a father, never came back again.

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