On the last day of the South China Sea, three major events occurred around the South China Sea.

At 8:30 a.m., Nguyen Luong Ngoc announced the formation of the Provisional Government of Vietnam and the main responsibilities of the Provisional Government in Hanoi. In addition to preparing for the formation of a new government, the interim government is also responsible for the reorganization of the Vietnamese National Defense Forces, the armistice negotiations with China, the restoration of order in Vietnam, and the safeguarding of Vietnam's national interests.

Nguyen Luong Ngoc's return to Hanoi was not a surprise as Nguyen Luong Ngoc announced the formation of an interim government as major television stations reported on March 30. The Western news media are most concerned about how Nguyen Luong Ngoc will reorganize the Vietnamese National Defense Forces and what form of "armistice treaty" Nguyen Luong Ngoc will reach with China.

Radio and Television International, which first released the news, did not do much to report on it.

No matter how powerful Nguyen Luong Ngoc is, it will take at least one month to reorganize the Vietnamese National Defense Forces. Armistice negotiations with China will take much longer. In the short term, there will be no major movement on the regime in northern Vietnam.

Just after 11 a.m., Vu Thanh Minh announced in Ho Chi Minh City that Nguyen Luong Ngoc had violated the constitution and did not have the power to represent Vietnam.

Subsequently, Vu Sanming appointed Ho Chi Minh City Mayor Tran Daoqiong as the prime minister of the Vietnamese government, and set Ho Chi Minh City as the "accompanying capital" to reorganize the Vietnamese government.

About 1 hour after Vu Sam Minh announced the news, fighting broke out in Dong Hai, the capital of Quang Binh province.

Fighting broke out between Vietnamese troops loyal to Vo Sam Minh and Vietnamese forces that had declared their acceptance of the reorganization of the new government for the railway station on the outskirts of Dong Hoi, the railway station on the railway line connecting the north and south of Vietnam and the most important transportation hub in central Vietnam.

The battle of Dong Hai fired the first shot of the civil war between the north and south of Vietnam.

13:30. Peng Maobang issued an order to the troops stationed in Vietnam to put down the rebellion.

The 543rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which had reached Thanh Hoa, was heading south as fast as it could. Airborne 162 opened the way ahead. The Air Force is again sorted. Bombed the Youxing Bridge and the Bienguang Bridge on the south side of the Donghai Sea. The passage of the "South Vietnamese" army to the north was cut off. The USS Republic aircraft carrier battle group is cruising in the South China Sea. Bombed the camp of the "South Vietnamese" troops stationed in Dong Ha City, the capital of Quang Tri Province.

Before Nguyen Luong Ngoc reorganized the "North Vietnamese" Defense Army. The republic must provide security for the new regime.

In the evening of the same day. Airborne 162 reached Dong Hae. Assist the North Vietnamese army in driving the South Vietnamese army out of the city. With the arrival of the vanguard of the 543rd Brigade of the Infantry Brigade. The Army of the Republic struck south at night. hit all the way to the edge of the light. Occupied the southernmost town in Quang Binh province.

I learned that the squadron ** team participated in the battle. Wu Sanming was angry. and frightened.

In the afternoon of the same day. Vo Thanh Minh ordered the South Vietnamese troops stationed in Quang Tri Province to move north. "Reclaim" Donghai at all costs. Drive the "rebels" out of Quang Binh province.

For the more than 30,000 "South Vietnamese" officers and soldiers in Quang Tri province, this was a "fatal" order.

The civil war between the north and the south of Vietnam had just broken out, and a piece of news from Manila shook the world.

Philippine President Letos announced to hundreds of journalists from countries around the world at 130 that the Philippines will sign a "Security Treaty" with the United States and lease six military bases, including Subic Naval Base and Clark Air Force Base, to the United States.

Although the two sides have not formally signed an alliance treaty, the Philippines' return to the "American Alliance" has become a fact.

After the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Philippines dissolved its alliance with the United States, recovered all military bases leased to the United States in the interior, including the Subic Naval Base, and "expelled the United States" from the United States. For more than 20 years, the Philippines has always insisted on independent development, but because of many factors such as domestic ethnic issues, the development of the Philippines has not been smooth.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines is the poorest and most backward country outside of Laos and Myanmar.

Relatively speaking, the Philippines does not lack the basic conditions for economic development.

With a population of 790, the Philippines is the third most populous country in Southeast Asia after Indonesia and Vietnam. The Malays account for more than 85% of the total population and have a relatively stable population structure. It is rich in natural resources, such as copper, gold, silver, iron, chromium, ~ and other mineral resources, and its aquatic resources rank first in Southeast Asia, and its tuna production ranks among the top in the world; The industrial base is relatively developed in Southeast Asia, and it has certain competitiveness in manufacturing, mining, fuel, nuclear power and other fields; In agriculture, rice, corn and coconut are abundant, of which coconut production and export volume ranks first in the world; The tourism industry is well developed and is the second largest source of foreign exchange earnings for the Philippines.

Overall, the Philippines is not in a bad position.

The main reason for the long-term stagnation of the Philippines is the national separatist forces dominated by the Mindanao Liberation Front.

More importantly, the Philippines lacks a stable long-term national development path.

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines is inferior to Indonesia in terms of population and resources, not as strong as Vietnam, not as strong as Malaysia in terms of diplomacy, not as strong as Singapore in science and technology, and less powerful in tourism than Thailand. After 2015, the Philippines' industrial output was not even as good as Cambodia's.

As a country enslaved by the United States for more than 100 years, the Philippines is in an awkward position.

After the Spanish-American War, the Philippines declared its independence, and then became a colony of the United States

Before the establishment of an autonomous government, then occupied by Japan, and again after World War II, the Philippines has always been a "dependent country" of the United States, in a position controlled by the United States.

After freeing itself from U.S. control, the Philippines wanted to take advantage of U.S. support while maintaining its independent status.

As a small country with no roots, the Philippines' swing policy is tantamount to "dancing with wolves", and the gains outweigh the losses. Being too close to the United States has made the Philippines' position in ASEAN very embarrassing, and it was once squeezed out by Indonesia and other countries. Not cooperating with the United States makes it difficult for the Philippines to receive substantial assistance from the United States.

After the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Philippines became the worst affected country in ASEAN.

In just 2 years, the Philippine economy has shrunk by nearly 1, the unemployment rate is as high as 1%, an average of 1 ** demonstrations have broken out every 15 days, and the crime rate has skyrocketed.

The sudden outbreak of war in the South China Sea left the Philippines with no choice.

In the absence of any ability to fight back, the Philippines not only lost all the islands and reefs it occupied, but also lost all the important naval and air bases, all the few large warships of the navy were sunk, and the air force lost nearly eighty percent of its combat aircraft. Overnight, the Philippines almost lost its defense capability!

Under such circumstances, the Philippines' first consideration is not to fight back in the South China Sea, but how to suppress the ethnic separatist forces in the south.

With no choice but to throw itself into the arms of the United States again.

On 29 July, Philippine Foreign Minister Alfonta, who was currently in Washington, submitted a diplomatic request to the United States to conclude an alliance treaty at the behest of President Letos.

The move was in the hands of the United States, and Stockton, Manila, immediately launched its activities.

In just two days, the United States and the Philippines reached an agreement on the general intentions of the alliance, and all that remains is the negotiation work on the details.

Letos' rush to announce the US-Philippine alliance is nothing more than to consolidate power, stabilize the domestic situation in the Philippines, and put on a posture of using the power of the United States to return to the South China Sea and Nansha, so as to silence the domestic opposition.

Whether the Philippines can return to the South China Sea and Nansha or not, Letos said or not, it depends on the attitude of the United States.

Another incident that happened on the same day was even more noteworthy, but it was not covered in detail by the major news media, including Republic Radio and Television, that is, the first round of formal negotiations between the negotiators of the Republic and Malaysian negotiators in Bangkok, Thailand.

In the preparatory stage for the talks, the two sides determined the basis for negotiations: Malaysia will return the islands and reefs occupied by the Spratly Islands and the South China Sea to the Republic.

On this basis, the two sides resolved the details through formal negotiations.

In the first round of talks, the focus was on resolving the main differences, that is, Malaysia's proposal for the return of the islands and reefs of the Nansha Islands and the territorial waters of the South China Sea, and the Republic of China gave a positive answer.

Because both sides have good faith in negotiations, the conditions put forward by Malaysia are not excessive, mainly including the mutual granting of most-favored-nation treatment with the Republic, the removal of all trade barriers, the Republic of China making investment commitments and helping Malaysia develop its economy, the Republic of China providing national security guarantees to Malaysia, selling advanced weapons and equipment to Malaysia, and Malaysia having priority in the development of resources in the South China Sea; The Republic provides diplomatic assistance to Malaysia, assists Malaysia in settling disputes with neighboring countries, and purchases various resource development and exploitation facilities built by Malaysia on the Spratly islands and reefs and in the South China Sea in the form of commercial contracts and at the hands of the Republic. The Republic basically agreed to the former demand, but only raised objections to the last two demands, one is that the Republic will not interfere in Malaysia's exchanges with other countries, and the other is that the Republic cannot purchase all kinds of facilities built by Malaysia in the name of the State on the Nansha islands and reefs it has occupied and in the South China Sea.

Although there are differences, they are all minor issues.

Through the first round of talks, the two sides basically affirmed the key points of the talks, held consultations on the issues of disagreement, and proposed solutions.

Malaysia has waived its diplomatic demands, and the Republic has pledged to compensate for Malaysia's losses in the form of private investment.

It can be said that the first round of negotiations achieved very successful results.

Before the conclusion of the first round of negotiations, the two sides communicated on the details of the second round of negotiations. According to the arrangement, the second round of negotiations will focus on trade issues. The subsequent rounds of negotiations will resolve the other issues in turn, and if all goes well, all negotiations will be completed by the end of June 20199.

Time is not an issue, the key is that both sides are willing to negotiate a settlement of the dispute.

Because it was a bilateral closed-door negotiation, the news media of the Republic and Malaysia did not report on it.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and by the night of the 311th, the Western media concentrated on the relevant matters and began to hype that Malaysia would reach an alliance with China.

The Western media presumably tried to create tensions between China and other countries involved in disputes in the South China Sea and the Spratlys, but it backfired.

After Malaysia chose the "right path", Brunei and Indonesia approached the Republic in July 20199 and November 2c19 respectively to negotiate a settlement of the South China Sea and Spratly disputes.

Of course, these are all things that happened later. (To be continued)

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