Xie Wan and Lin Dawei looked at each other without a trace of timidity.
Lin Dawei was furious. He completely misunderstood Xie Wan and thought that Xie Wan was influenced by the trend of ostentation and vanity in previous years. He thought that the bolder the person, the more productive the land, and that he was not normal in his brain.
But Sun Hao was obviously much more rational. Although they had only met for three days, he felt that Comrade Xie Wan was very calm and steady in his work, and he did not usually show off.
Sun Hao returned to the office and made a domestic call in front of Xie Wan, Lin Dawei and Xie Wan.
After several rounds of communication and transfers, the call was finally transferred to Chu Jiangnan's office.
After listening to Sun Hao's words, Chu Jiangnan endorsed Xie Wan without hesitation.
"Ambassador Sun, as Comrade Xie Wan's old superior, I can assure you that she has never failed to complete a task as long as she promised to do so."
Sun Hao still reminded him worriedly: "The situation this time may be completely different from the tasks you have performed before.
That was the S-21 concentration camp. According to the intelligence we had learned previously, there was at least a company of military guards there, and they were equipped with twenty machine guns ready to fire at any time.
In recent years, there have been several escape attempts from the S-21 concentration camp, but none of them were successful and all the escapees were shot dead.
After Chu Jiangnan thought about it for a while, he realized the difficulty of this matter and asked to talk to Xie Wan.
Chu Jiangnan only asked Xie Wan: "Are you sure?"
Xie Wan replied: "I am not sure I can bring all the prisoners out, but if I lead the political prisoners out, I am sure that half of them will leave the S-21 concentration camp alive."
No matter what the circumstances, Xie Wan would never use her own space to bring outsiders, so what she said about escaping from prison with prisoners was a real prison break.
Chu Jiangnan asked Xie Wan to give the phone to Sun Hao.
"Ambassador Sun, please trust our comrades. I can sign a military order with Xie Wan.
She said that at least half of the prisoners could be taken away alive, and it would definitely not be less than half."
Xie Wan calculated the possible casualties. She did not know the firepower configuration of the S-21 concentration camp and did not know whether there were bombs buried inside.
Saying that half of the lives were saved was just her most conservative estimate.
After Sun Hao hung up the phone, he looked at Xie Wan with a serious expression and fell into deep thought.
As ambassador to Cambodia, he understood Pol Pot's character and the brutality of the Khmer Rouge better than Xie Wan.
If they do not take action, once Phnom Penh is besieged, no political prisoners in the S-21 concentration camp will survive.
If we can rescue half of them, it will definitely be more beneficial for organizing a counterattack later.
He might think that Xie Wan was bragging, but he would not question whether a senior official in charge of Southeast Asian affairs at the National Security Bureau was also talking nonsense.
He said meaningfully: "Director Xie, Director Chu trusts you extremely! I really want to know what kind of impossible tasks you have completed to make him trust you so much."
All the missions that Xie Wan had previously performed must be kept confidential and cannot be disclosed to outsiders without the organization’s authorization.
In order to convince people, Xie Wan always had a calm expression since entering Phnom Penh, which made people feel cool. At this time, she just said calmly: "Ambassador Sun, please make a decision as soon as possible. If you agree to my proposal, it will be equivalent to breaking off relations with Pol Pot. We not only have to break out of the prison, but also break out of Phnom Penh. We must make some preparations in advance."
Sun Hao asked Xie Wan and Lin Dawei to leave first.
He should discuss this with domestic leaders first.
This is not just a simple decision. It is also related to the breakdown of our cooperation with the Khmer Rouge. It may not only be the diplomatic department that needs to be consulted, but it may also require the top leadership to make a decision, and it may even require the opinion of Prince Sihanouk.
It took a while to make a decision.
Xie Wan said something to Lin Dawei and went out to make preparations in advance.
She needed to find out the situation in the S-21 concentration camp first.
This concentration camp, later called the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, is famous for its mass graves and has become an important tourist attraction in Phnom Penh.
Although it was broad daylight, with the help of the "Ghost Step", Xie Wan was able to move freely in the heavily guarded concentration camp.
She found that there were not only men imprisoned there, but also women and children, who should be the family members of those political prisoners.
The camp lived up to its name, being surrounded by a high-voltage electric fence, and the muzzles of more than two dozen machine guns covered all exits and open spaces outside the five buildings.
Xie Wan heard a woman screaming, so she entered an office and saw a man in uniform abusing a woman.
Xie Wan knocked the violent man unconscious and appeared in front of the terrified woman.
The woman picked up the clothes on the ground to cover her body and tried to run away.
Xie Wan said "wait a moment" in English.
The woman stopped and pressed herself against the door, looking at Xie Wan warily.
Xie Wan kicked the fainted man at his feet and said, "Can you understand English?"
The woman nodded hesitantly.
Xie Wan breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't speak Khmer, and things would be much easier if she met someone in prison who could understand English.
"I just saved you, you should know that I'm not a bad person."
"Thank you." The woman was still wary of Xie Wan.
"Are you an inmate or a staff member of this prison?"
The woman was unwilling to answer. Xie Wan observed the woman's clothes and guessed that she must be a prisoner in prison.
"Although I have knocked this man out for you, if you were the prisoner, you might be punished more severely when he wakes up."
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