Chapter Thirty-six: Smuggling into Hong Kong

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  After the end of the war with China, the Vietnamese government found many shortcomings in the army during the war and began to review the problems. Many problems that were not urgent before also started to be handled, rewards for those who deserved them, punishments for those who deserved them, it was like settling accounts after autumn. Thus, the issue of Vu Hong Sanh began to enter people's sight.

  The Wu Hongying sisters were originally well taken care of due to their father's connections, but as time passed, their deceased father was gradually forgotten by people. Fortunately, they still had the care of their uncle, and everything went smoothly for them. Unfortunately, good times did not last long. Wu Hongying's sister and uncle died in battle, and she herself received severe punishment from her superiors due to the mass escape event of prisoners of war at the Henei POW camp, and was demoted to an ordinary soldier. From this moment on, Wu Hongying was destined to become a scapegoat.

  Wu Hongyan wasn't unaware of these things, but she hoped to win a glimmer of hope for herself through her own hard work and positive performance. To say the least, her efforts had already been successful. Unfortunately, Bao Yulian's repeated capture disrupted her originally routine life, and with her understanding of the meaning of life and her blind pursuit of life goals, Wu Hongyan began to become somewhat at a loss.

  Everything that happened on the eve of the prisoner exchange became the last straw that crushed the camel when Wu Hongying came to her senses. The inherent reserve of women made her not know how to deal with it, fortunately, Bao Yulin was going to be exchanged back to China the next day, Wu Hongying thought, maybe she could pretend that nothing had happened.

  Unfortunately, things got complicated afterwards. Wu Hongyuan did not expect that her only encounter with a man would bring her such bitter consequences. The naive Wu Hongyuan found herself rapidly gaining weight several months later and began to worry, but there was no one to help her. Moreover, the army started investigating the mass escape of Chinese prisoners of war from the Hanoi POW camp due to her mistakes in control and strategy. Wu Hongyuan was forced to retire from the army.

  After retiring from the army, Wu Honglian now knew that she was pregnant and didn't know what to do. She was of course clear that the child in her belly was Bao Yulian's, but with relations between the two countries so tense, with gunfire every day, even if Bao Yulian were willing to accept Wu Honglian, she had no way to overcome the barrier of the hostile relations between the two countries. In fact, Wu Honglian didn't know that at this time, Bao Yulian was still undergoing political scrutiny.

  With a big belly, and with the stern punishment of Wu Hongying's military emblem on her body, she couldn't work, except for fighting, she didn't have any skills. In order to avoid suspicion, Wu Hongying could only stay at home, hiding all day, but as time went by, plus the limited demobilization fee was about to run out soon. Wu Hongying knew that, whether it was for herself or for the child, she had to make a choice.

  Vu Hong Nhung made a bold decision. She sold all her property, boarded a refugee smuggling boat and arrived in Hong Kong, where she lived in a refugee camp set up by the British government for Vietnamese refugees.

  The conditions in the refugee camp were very poor. In order to improve the living conditions of the refugees, the Hong Kong government conditionally allowed some refugees to work outside the camp in addition to receiving relief supplies. However, Wu Hongying was pregnant with a big belly and had difficulty taking care of herself, let alone working. The Hong Kong International Refugee Organization also knew about Wu Hongying's situation and sympathized with her. They specially arranged for Wu Hongying to do some simple work with the organization's officials within her capabilities, which could help solve some difficulties for her. As a result, people in the refugee camp began to get familiar with Wu Hongying. Although everyone was a refugee, they were all compatriots after all, and when they could help Wu Hongying, they would lend a hand.

  Three months later, Wu Sanguo was born. Due to the poor conditions and long-term malnutrition, Wu Hongying fell ill.

  Many people in the refugee camp were willing to help Wu Honglian take care of Wu Sigu, after all, he was the first child born in the refugee camp and also the first person in the refugee camp to obtain a Hong Kong identity. Everyone liked this little guy. Wu Sigu became the darling of the entire refugee camp.

  Unfortunately, Wu Hongying's body had been severely overdrawn. When she felt that she might not be long for this world, she wrote a very long letter to Wu Siguo and handed it over to the staff of the refugee agency before her death, entrusting them to give it to Wu Siguo when he turned 18 years old. Looking at this poor woman, the officer of the refugee agency promised that under certain conditions, they would take care of Wu Siguo after Wu Hongying's death. After all, the International Refugee Organization is a temporary institution, and most people who work here are kind-hearted people or volunteers. With their guarantee, Wu Hongying was also at ease.

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  After all, he had been a soldier and still had the consciousness of not fighting unprepared battles. When Bao Yulin arrived near Hong Kong two days ago, he was thinking about how to get past it. With the guidance of local people, Bao Yulin finally found the specific location of Hong Kong, but when he climbed up the mountain and took a look, damn it, Hong Kong was surrounded by iron wire mesh from the mainland. In addition to fixed guard towers, mobile sentries could be seen from time to time. After calculating his own speed and observing the width of the open space, Bao Yulin shook his head. He had no confidence in crossing the iron wire mesh before being discovered by the sentry, so he had no choice but to swim.

  Bao Yulin spent the whole day walking along the coast, he had to choose a relatively safe place. He didn't want to get caught.

  A stretch of rocky shoreline looked quite secluded, and if one were to swim from this spot, it would take about four kilometers to reach Hong Kong. However, Bao Yulin always felt that there was some sort of military presence around here. This place was extremely remote, and the straight-line distance from Hong Kong wasn't far either. Thinking about it, this should be a region that required vigilance, but it seemed like there was no one around. Bao Yulin decided to wait and observe, and if nothing unexpected happened, he planned to cross the sea from this spot. He found a place to hide and conceal himself. His experience on the battlefield told him that being cautious was the best way to protect oneself.

  The sky was gradually darkening, and Bao Yulin calculated that he had been observing for almost two hours. If there were sentries here, they should have changed shifts by now. Just as Bao Yulin was about to leave, two soldiers walked over from the seaside. So there really were sentries! Bao Yulin secretly congratulated himself on his luck, fortunate that he had observed for a while, or else he would not have been able to escape.

  As the two sentries walked into the reef, Bao Yulin hid and didn't move. He had to wait until the sentry who was replaced left before he could leave. But unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, no one came out. What's going on? Was it an empty city plan during the day? This made Bao Yulin feel a bit interesting, so he decided to continue observing and see what was going on.

  That night, Bao Yulin lay in ambush far away from the reef area all night and basically figured it out. Perhaps because the border defense troops thought that no one dared to sneak across during the day, so around 6 o'clock, the hidden sentry set up here would withdraw and only be reassigned at night.

  After daybreak, Bao Yulin quietly approached the reef area and found two sentry posts with good surveillance positions. The two sentry posts faced the sea, and behind the reef area was invisible. If he hadn't seen signs of human activity, he wouldn't have thought that this place was actually a hidden sentry post.

  Bao Yulin changed places several times and found that there was no place more convenient than swimming from the reef area to Hong Kong. However, there was still a problem - during the day, the Hong Kong marine police would occasionally come out for patrols. This meant that it would be difficult to swim across without being detected during the day. Bao Yulin started to get a headache. He had to think of a way to solve the problem of hiding underwater. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get past the Hong Kong marine police.

  On the way out of the reef area, a bamboo forest fell into Bao Yulin's eyes. He suddenly had an idea in his heart. Diving equipment was too expensive to buy, but it wasn't difficult to make a breathing tube. This was thanks to Bao Yulin having heard about Zhang Xihang and others returning from Vietnam. He chose a better bamboo, cut it down, and processed it. Because he didn't know the patrol rules of the Hong Kong marine police, it was still good to be careful in preparation.

  Dà tōng le zhú jié, bāo yù lín zhèng zài zhú lín lǐ zhǔn bèi shēng huǒ kǎo zhú zi de shí hòu, yuǎn chù chuán lái le jiǎo bù shēng hé liǎng rén de duì huà.

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  "Hurry up," said Lao Si, "there are no border guards here during the day. If we make it, we can reach Hong Kong this afternoon."

  "I know, don't rush! Be careful with the bamboo, don't puncture the life ring."

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  When Bao Yulin heard this conversation, he almost burst out laughing. He didn't expect that while trying to sneak away, he would actually run into a fellow traveler. He quietly hid himself. What others wanted was their business, and he didn't need to get involved.

  The footsteps gradually approached, and Bao Yulin saw that two young men in their 20s, each carrying a life buoy, were heading towards the reef area through the bamboo forest.

  Bao Yulin originally wanted to wait for them to pass by before doing his own thing, but as they were about to leave the bamboo forest, Bao Yulin suddenly remembered something.

  "Wait for both of you." Bao Yulin stood up.

  The two of them did not expect that there was actually someone in the bamboo forest, and their first reaction was to want to run.

  "Don't run, there's border patrol ahead!" To ensure their own safety, Bao Yulin had no choice but to scare them off.

  Now, the two people didn't dare run anymore. They obediently stopped in their tracks.

  Bao Yulin didn't want to get involved, but he knew that if these two people used such a conspicuous life ring to cross the sea in broad daylight, they would definitely be caught by the Hong Kong marine police. On such a vast expanse of water, they would not be able to evade the marine police's patrol. If the marine police were to catch them in this area, it was likely that they would increase their patrols in this area, which would make it difficult for him to swim across himself.

  "Don't worry, I've also thought of Hong Kong, but it's not ready yet. But I'm sure, you won't make it this way!" Since everyone had the same goal, helping them was like helping himself, so Bao Yulin decided to give them a hand.

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  The next morning, as soon as the reef area's sentry post was withdrawn, Bao Yulin and Wang Ping, Wang Zheng two brothers took yesterday's simple snorkel tube and life ring down to the sea. They had to rush to swim a distance, trying to minimize encounters with Hong Kong marine police. Of course, these life rings are different from the original ones, they can be inflated at any time, not only small in size but also green in color, which is conducive to underwater concealment.

  It turned out that Bao Yulin's method was correct. When they were about to reach the other shore, a patrol boat of the Hong Kong Marine Police came over. After discovering the patrol boat from afar, the three people quickly released the air in the life ring and dove into the water, using bamboo tubes to breathe and evade the marine police patrol.

  The water police also did a routine inspection, saw nothing unusual on the surface of the water, and left after circling around.

  After landing, Wang Ping and Wang Zheng both treated Bao Yulin as their best friend. When they heard that Bao Yulin had no place to settle down, they jointly advised Bao Yulin to go to the construction site where their fellow villagers worked as laborers first. In their words, it was safe there, with high wages, and provided food and accommodation. It was a paradise for stowaways.

  Bao Yulin had originally thought of coming over to eat a meal, and it didn't matter where he went. Now the invitation from Wang Ping and Wang Zheng was just what he wanted. So several people sneaked around and found their way to the construction site. Very smoothly, Bao Yulin became one of the workers on the construction site.

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