That night, Phnom Penh was placed under martial law, with troops constantly being mobilized to the front lines.
Ambassador Sun was invited to the headquarters. Xie Wanzeng offered to go with him, but Sun Hao refused.
"Don't worry, Pol Pot will definitely talk to me about support and will not detain me."
It was not until the next morning that Sun Hao was sent back.
As soon as he came back, Sun Hao went into the office. He was probably contacting people in China to communicate the demands made by Pol Pot.
Xie Wan had nothing to do and wandered around the city.
She had almost toured the entire city of Phnom Penh, even going into the royal palace.
But Phnom Penh was so dilapidated at that time that it made it completely impossible to feel like visiting the city.
She found large prisons in several parts of the city.
After returning to the embassy, Xie Wan asked the remaining staff who were incarcerated in those prisons.
The staff told her that most of the prisoners there were political prisoners, and that there were more than 12,000 political prisoners in the S-21 concentration camp alone.
Xie Wan asked again why the palace was closed?
The staff member made an embarrassed expression and quietly told Xie Wan: "All of Prince Sihanouk's descendants were executed by Pol Pot two years ago, even his underage grandchildren were not spared."
"He really is a butcher!" Xie Wan exclaimed.
She couldn't help but worry about Ambassador Sun. How could she possibly reason with a butcher?
The Vietnamese army had already invaded Cambodia. Just as Xu Bing had reported, they attacked in three directions and encountered the army sent by Pol Pot to intercept them.
The situation is better than in the previous life, but not much better.
Just as Sun Hao had judged, on the third day, news came from three directions that the Khmer Rouge had been defeated.
Because the Khmer Rouge implemented a policy of de-urbanization, every time the Vietnamese army arrived at an important city, they encountered an empty city with only troops stationed there.
After several rounds of bombing, the city was broken and a stronghold was captured.
The civilians who were driven into the countryside and mountains were completely unable to organize themselves to resist.
Three days passed. Sun Hao, dragging his tired figure, gathered the remaining staff of the embassy and asked them to leave with Xie Wan.
"No, I'll stay with you." Lin Dawei was the first to speak up.
The other staff members were reluctant to leave the ambassador behind and go away.
Sun Hao hadn't slept for almost three days. He said tiredly: "The safety of Phnom Penh can no longer be guaranteed. Let's leave as soon as possible.
I have my mission. I am the Chinese ambassador and have diplomatic immunity. They will not do anything to me.”
Lin Dawei said: "We also have our mission and responsibility. Protecting you is my responsibility."
Other staff members said, "We are all embassy staff and have diplomatic immunity. We will fight alongside you, Ambassador."
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In fact, everyone knows that if they stay here, diplomatic immunity will be useless if an extreme situation occurs.
Xie Wan stood alone outside the crowd, looking at these comrades who were willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the country, and asked with a sigh, "You stayed here just to leave the flame of revolution on this land.
Ambassador Sun, instead of placing your hopes on persuading Pol Pot, you might as well place them on the right-wing elements and royal survivors in the concentration camps."
Xie Wan has been very taciturn these days. He basically does not participate in the affairs of the embassy and strictly performs the duties of a soldier.
Her sudden words surprised both Sun Hao and Lin Dawei.
Lin Dawei felt that Xie Wan was talking nonsense, and since they were both in the military, he scolded her, "Xiao Xie, you don't understand the situation, don't talk nonsense!"
Sun Hao's attitude was very kind. He sighed and said, "I have thought about Director Xie's suggestion, but it is impossible.
Pol Pot deployed a large number of personnel in the S-21 concentration camp, and the walls of the entire concentration camp were covered with machine gun muzzles. Once there was any sign of trouble, Pol Pot's order was to kill without mercy.
The people inside there can’t be rescued at all.”
Lin Dawei nodded: "When Pol Pot carried out the Great Purge, we thought of a way. Prince Sihanouk once came back in person to save his family, but it was of no avail.
Phnom Penh was under the control of the Khmer Rouge. The United Coalition Government was just a name. The military power was in the hands of Pol Pot alone. All generals had supervisors arranged by him. Once they betrayed his orders, they would be killed without mercy.
How can we save them with so few people? "
Xie Wan thought like people of later generations. She originally didn't want to get involved in the mess in Cambodia. She even secretly hoped that the Vietnamese monkeys would jump around more happily so that the leaders could make up their minds to conquer Vietnam in one fell swoop and re-establish Annan County.
This is to prevent the monkeys from harassing the border for no reason, joining forces with the Russians today and Britain and the United States tomorrow, causing trouble for us all day long.
However, the righteousness of Ambassador Sun and those staff members made her re-evaluate her thoughts and wonder if they were a little too willful.
Only then did she come up with a solution that was in line with Ambassador Sun's thinking.
"I could sneak into the S-21 concentration camp by myself and lead those political prisoners out.
There may be casualties, but I can guarantee that at least half of them can be saved.”
Sun Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, he looked at Xie Wan and asked, "Are you serious?"
Xie Wan nodded with great certainty: "I can issue a military order."
Sun Hao's expression became very serious. He stood up and stood opposite Xie Wan, and said to her solemnly:
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