"The latest news just received from the seismic network is that an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale occurred in the Karakoram Mountains in the border region, with the epicenter located in the Karakoram Pass at 35.2 degrees north latitude and 78 degrees east longitude, and there is no news of casualties at present. ”

While Sumo and Hashimoto were personally experiencing the shock of the earthquake, earthquake monitoring systems around the world had calculated the magnitude and epicenter coordinates of the powerful earthquake in the Karakoram Pass and published it through the news media.

The geographical names and coordinates will be unfamiliar to most people, but they will be familiar to international observers and journalists who follow the Karakoram movements, as the coordinate center is surrounded only by Chinese and New Delhi border posts.

Moreover, the three outposts of Shenxian Bay, Observatory and Sanliying on the Chinese side seem to be closer to the epicenter, and the damage should be more serious.

The SB airstrip in New Delhi is also in the affected area, but because it is 400 kilometers away from the epicenter, the damage should not be serious.

But this is not the main thing, the key issue is around the Karakoram Pass, which is a strategic point, and the game between several parties on the border has been broken by this sudden earthquake.

It is precisely because of this that observers and media reporters from various countries immediately changed their previous attitudes and began to be generally optimistic about New Delhi, for the simple reason that the same developing countries also do not have the ability to rescue people from the plateau.

What? Military exercises?

Come on, the artillery is fierce, is there a natural earthquake? Are the soldiers brave enough to resist the collision of the Indian and Pacific plates?

Therefore, many international observers predict that this earthquake will essentially be fatal to the strategic blow of a certain East Asian power on the northwest border, because it means that the advantage of a certain East Asian power in the Karakoram Pass will be wiped out overnight, and there will be no possibility of rebuilding it in a short time.

New Delhi, on the other hand, can take advantage of this opportunity to gain absolute superiority on the northwest border, and even easily cut off the China-Pakistan highway, a strategic corridor that is vital to Pakistan, in the conflict with neighboring Pakistan, so as to strategically pinch Pakistan's throat.

Some Western media even used the title "The Earthquake That Changed the Geopolitical Pattern" to exaggerate the luck of New Delhi and the bad luck of a large country in the East.

In fact, the situation at the SB airstrip along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in New Delhi was much as international observers and media reporters had predicted, with only a few improvised wooden houses collapsing, some cracks in the sand-paved airfield pavement, and some erected communication antennas collapsing, and some people injured, but no one killed.

Communication with the outside world was restored less than an hour after the earthquake.

In contrast, the three Chinese outposts of Shenxian Bay, the Observatory and the Sanliying, which were closer to the epicenter, were completely cut off from the outside world.

But does this mean that SB airstrip is really worry-free?

Of course not, although the airport itself did not suffer much damage, the road to the outside world was completely blocked due to landslides induced by the earthquake and the frequent aftershocks.

If other countries were to face this situation, they might have to be blinded, and the blocking of roads is equivalent to cutting off an important lifeline, and encountering this kind of thing in a high-altitude area is tantamount to watching their own people die.

But on the New Delhi side, including Sumo and Hashimoto, almost no one of the nearly 300 people up and down the SB airstrip was worried, for the simple reason that New Delhi had formed a helicopter unit dedicated to the use of highlands as early as the 70s.

The French SA 315B "Llama" helicopter is a world-famous highland helicopter, and it holds a number of world records.

Among them, the maximum ceiling of a helicopter reached more than 12,400 meters in 1972, and no other model has broken it so far.

Not only that, the SA 315B "Llama" helicopter is also very strong in practical applications, and played a key role in the rescue of mountaineers climbing Mount Everest many times in the 80s.

One of the rescue operations reached an altitude of 7,000 meters, and the SA 315B "Llama" helicopter still easily arrived at the rescue site and successfully rescued the mountaineers who were trapped there.

With such a brilliant record, Su Mo and Hashimoto, who were trapped at the SB airstrip, did not worry at all, because the highland helicopter unit in New Delhi was not only professional but also had excellent performance.

On the other hand, a certain big country in the east on the opposite side can have the Black Hawk is a good plateau helicopter with a practical ceiling of nearly 7,000 meters, which can theoretically be used for the rescue of the Shenxian Bay outpost.

The question is that the Black Eagle's station is in the southwest, specializing in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is more than 2,000 kilometers away from the border region, and flies over slowly?

It is estimated that by the time the Black Eagle is in the sky, the officers and soldiers at the Shenxian Bay and other outposts will be frozen into ice sculptures.

What's left? Dolphins?

Please, this thing theoretically has a ceiling of 6000 meters, but in fact, the power of the engine that can fly to 4000 meters can't keep up, and at 5000 meters it's basically empty, and it can't be used to transport relief materials?

In addition to these two helicopters, it is the Russian Mi-17, which New Delhi knows better than a large country in the East, and does not have the ability to take off and land on the plateau at all, and the corresponding special version is still on the drawings of the Russian Miri Design Bureau.

Finally, what will happen to a certain great power in the East?

"I believe they will use crowd tactics to open up blocked roads little by little. Su Mo touched the gauze wrapped around his arm with his hand, his face flushed, and he excitedly told his opinion.

It's no wonder that the sudden earthquake not only changed the situation on the border, but also reversed the fortunes of Sumo, a senior journalist at the press trust.

You must know that this time to be able to make such a big fuss, almost single-handedly facilitated by Su Mo, the reason why it is so unpopular is to pave the way for entering the political arena in the future, and this kind of use of the border situation to incite nationalism is the simplest and most effective way.

It's a pity that Su Mo thought well, but underestimated the determination of all parties, and as Pakistan and a major country in the East held exercises one after another, the lies compiled by Su Mo were instantly torn to pieces.

If this continues, it doesn't matter if the window paper is pierced, and his reputation will be ruined, but the financiers behind him who expect him to incite emotions to make a fortune will not even have his pants left, and it will be strange if he is not pinched to death at that time.

So when Voice of America reporter Hashimoto was ready to publish the real situation, Sumo was all kinds of pleading.

Which Cheng thought that Lord Shenniu seemed to really favor him, just when there was nothing to be done, an earthquake changed everything, and now it's okay, not only did Hashimoto destroy the previous draft, but he also polished the collapse of a big country in the East that he concocted a few days ago and sent it to the Voice of America.

The news just received has been published in full by the Voice of America, and a special call to express his gratitude has been reprinted, and the media in New Delhi have reprinted it in large numbers, and for a time Sumo's reputation has risen against the trend, and some people have even called on Sumo to run for the next leader of New Delhi.

Su Mo, who learned the news, drifted away instantly, and regardless of his injury, he pulled Hashimoto to talk eloquently, Hashimoto didn't look down on this product in his heart, when did Nai make a hero, and Su Mo's point of view still made some sense, so he nodded: "I've been to the border area, where the roads are worse than here, and this earthquake estimates that the damage to them should be greater than expected." ”

"It should be much bigger, not to mention anything else, does a certain big country in the East have a special helicopter in the border region that can transport and replenish the area at an altitude of 5,000 meters? No, we have 15 SA 315B "Llama" helicopters to support the transportation line. ”

Saying that, Su Momei took a sip of black tea, and said proudly: "Although it is also a developing country, it is an indisputable fact that New Delhi is stronger than a large country in the East, just as the Shanghai market is not as good as Mumbai, and there is also a huge gap in the capacity of highland air......

"Look, what's that?"

Su Mo was still beautiful here, ready to talk a lot, so that the little Japanese on the opposite side could see for a long time, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the screaming New Delhi soldiers outside, Su Mo pushed open the door dissatisfiedly and wanted to reprimand, but before he could speak, the scene in front of him made him completely stunned, and the words that he wanted to reprimand instantly changed in his throat: "They ...... They...... How did they fly up?"