The book friend "Silent in the Night" commented to Xiao Chuan: "The author still doesn't want to write about the content of the internal fighting in the Northern Dynasty. To exaggerate, a small life may not be guaranteed, and it is not in line with the spirit of national harmony, so don't be checked for water meters. Think twice!"

Ogawa humbly accepts the reminder of "Silent Night" and has already revised some of the content of this chapter. Ogawa didn't mean to offend anyone, he just wanted to make the book better. Woohoo lament-

Now there are many channels for social information dissemination, and when Chen Yuxing, Li Xiaoqing, and Han Kexin were upside down in his No. 01 captain's ship, Shijie had already exploded.

At 3:25 a.m. on April 30, 2012, South Korea's defense minister, Lee Won-hyun, was woken up in a dream by a ringing phone.

"I'm Li Yuanxu. ”

The caller was Choi Myung-che, assistant minister on duty at the Ministry of National Defense.

"Minister, I'm Choi Myung-cheol, there was an emergency, just five minutes ago, there was a huge explosion at the underground nuclear Shiyan field in Phong-Xi-ri in the eastern part of North Hammyong North Province, and the seismic station detected a strong earthquake of magnitude 5.3 in the area, with an epicenter about 500 meters above the surface.

According to the analysis given by the North Korean Intelligence Department of the National Intelligence Service, it is suspected that the North Korea carried out the third nuclear shiyan, with a yield level of about 10,000 tons of TNT. Several times more than the previous two nuclear shiyan. ”

Choe Myung-cheol's anxious tone fully illustrates the importance that the South Korean Ministry of National Defense attaches to the third nuclear power of North Korea.

Yesterday, there was also intelligence that the Northern Dynasty had just begun to clean up the west laneway, and there was no sign of a large number of people moving at the south laneway. There can't be mistakes in intelligence, right?"

Li Yuanxi was a little suspicious of this, not that he did not trust the Intelligence Agency. However, a large amount of intelligence has recently shown that the nuclear Shiyan personnel on the North Korean side have just entered the Shiyan base. And the cleaning of the underground Shiyan roadway has only just begun, and it is impossible to carry out a nuclear Shiyan within a few days. Isn't this scientific?

"Minister, I have conducted a second verification with the National Earthquake Administration and the Intelligence Institute on the earthquake detection and control network of the Northern Dynasties, and confirmed that the earthquake phenomenon in the Phong Xili area does exist. ”

"Okay, I'm going to ask the president to convene a national security conference immediately, and you can first prepare for the meeting in the conference room of the Department of Defense. Wait for notification. ”

Lee Won-hee put down Choi Myung-chul's phone and immediately called President Lee Il-bak. He reported to the president the emergency situation in North Korea. It is also recommended that a national security conference be convened immediately to study countermeasures. At the same time, the president was asked to authorize the order to immediately bring the military in the border area between the two Koreas into a state of combat readiness.

After agreeing to convene a national security meeting half an hour later, Li Il-bo immediately authorized Li Yuanxi to issue an order to the border army to temporarily raise the level of combat readiness.

Fifteen minutes after the explosion in the Phong and Gye-ri areas of North Korea, the troops on the South Korean side of the inter-Korean border were upgraded to combat readiness. The abnormal situation in the opposing army made the North Korean army nervous, and they immediately reported this abnormal situation to the General Staff of the North Korean People's Army, and at the same time, 20 minutes after the explosion occurred in Phong Xiri, the news of the explosion was also conveyed to the General Staff.

This phenomenon illustrates the difference in the response time between the two Koreas to emergencies by at least 15 minutes.

The news of a large explosion at the nuclear Shiyan base shocked the top brass of the North Korean military. After requesting the Chief of the General Staff, the officer on duty called the Supreme Leader's bedroom, and the confidential staff officer knocked on the door of the Supreme Leader's bedroom only after consulting with several chairmen of the National Committee and the heads of internal affairs.

"Leader, there's an emergency that you need to deal with. ”

The housekeeper cautiously knocked on the door, after hearing the leader's muffled inquiry. Then he whispered to the leader for instructions.

"Wait a minute. ”

There was another muffled answer, as if in a dream, and the housekeeper could only stand quietly outside the bedroom door, waiting for the leader to get up.

Twenty minutes passed.

At this time, Zhang Zecheng, vice chairman of the National Defense Committee, had already rushed to the General Staff Headquarters. The other members of the National Defense Committee who were notified basically also came to the conference room of the General Staff.

Zhang Zecheng asked the major general on duty.

"Did you inform the chairman?"

Report. Twenty-five minutes earlier, the confidential staff officer of the chairman's residence had been notified. ”

Zhang Zecheng's brows furrowed, and he said sternly to the major general:

"Inform again. ”

In a moment, the Major General returned to the conference room.

"Vice chairman, the confidential staff officer is trying to find a way to inform the leader. ”

Zhang Zecheng's face changed. It's been almost half an hour since the incident, and the Supreme Leader hasn't been woken up yet. This confidential secretary should be punished severely. He said secretly:

"As a confidential secretary, the safety of the country should be the most important thing at such times. We should not be afraid of wolves and tigers, and if we delay national affairs, we deserve death. ”

As a result, this confidential secretary was blacklisted by Zhang Zecheng, and a month later, this innocent confidential secretary was dismissed from his military post and disappeared without a trace.

After receiving the second call from the General Staff, the confidential secretary of the Supreme Leader did not dare to wait for the leader to wake up naturally, and urged the chief of internal affairs to wake up the leader as soon as possible.

The housekeeper knocked on the bedroom door three points louder.

It was then that the leader's coughing voice was heard in the house. The housekeeper and confidential secretary waited anxiously outside the door for another five minutes before the bedroom door was opened by the leader from the inside.

"What's the matter, it's endless. ”

The Supreme Leader's face was full of seriousness and he looked very unhappy, and if there was no valid reason, he would immediately dismiss the two hateful fellows who disturbed his dreams.

"Leader, a confidential call from the General Staff, there was a big explosion at the Phong Xili nuclear Shiyan base, and the leader needs to go to the General Staff to deal with the matter. ”

The Supreme Leader's eyes, which were still sleepy, immediately opened the size of a gong.

"How did you do your work, such a big thing, you didn't notify me immediately, and delayed for more than 20 minutes, you are derelict in your duty. ”

Two innocent and wronged people, the hatred in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it.

"Prepare the car. ”

"Leader, the car has been ready for a long time. ”——

The United States has a detective network in Guam and a naval and air base in the United States. At the moment of the explosion in Fengxili, an anomaly was discovered on the ground in Fengxi-ri in the northern dynasty, and it was confirmed that it was less than a minute later. The information has been transmitted to the information center of the Ministry of Defense of the United States, and the information center has received the information. In a few seconds, it was transmitted to the office computer of the assistant minister on duty, and the warning light in the duty room was also flashing at the first time, flashing the prompt of the three-level alarm.

At 1:23 p.m., Washington time, US Defense Minister Mr. Leon Panetta received information about an unnatural earthquake in the Phong Xili area of North Korea three minutes ahead of South Korean Defense Minister Lee Won-hee.

Two minutes later, President O'Dark Horse received information that the North Korea had conducted the third nuclear shiyan.

At 2:35 p.m. Washington time, U.S. President O'Heima issued a statement strongly condemning North Korea's nuclear Shiyan.

He said that North Korea's "extremely provocative" move undermines regional stability and violates its obligations under relevant UN Security Council resolutions on North Korea. Violating the commitments made by North Korea in the September 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks, while increasing the risk of nuclear proliferation. North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles "pose a threat" to the national security and international peace and stability of the United States, and the United States will remain vigilant in the face of the North Korean "provocation", and the defense commitment of the North Korean side to regional allies will not waver. The Militan side will strengthen close coordination with the UN Security Council and other relevant parties to take "strong action".

When the great leader of the Northern Dynasty arrived in the conference room of the General Staff, an hour and five minutes had passed since the time of the big explosion.

The statements of President O'Heima's have already begun to be released.

"How could this happen?"

The great leader in his twenties was still confused about the explosion in the mountainous area of Feng Xili. As soon as he entered the conference room, he yelled at the senior military officials who stood up to greet the Great Leader.

"Chairman, please sit down and rest so that the comrades of the Ministry of State Security can brief us on the situation. ”

Zhang Zecheng stepped out of his seat. Pull out a high-backed soft chair next to him for the Supreme Leader. Let the angry young man sit down and listen to the intelligence briefing.

"Who's coming from the Ministry of Security. Let's get started. ”

Before the great leader's buttocks touched the seat, he had already taken out a cigarette, and Cui Hailong, who was sitting opposite Zhang Zecheng, took out a lighter and lit it for the great leader. An old man and a half years old. The scene of bending down to light a cigarette for a swaggering young man was extremely funny, but some of the people present were extremely envious of Cui Hailong, the director of the General Political Bureau.

"Deputy Minister Yoon. ”

Cui Hailong whispered in the Supreme Leader's ear to answer his words.

"Yes. Leader. ”

A lieutenant general, seated in the middle of the table, gave a military salute to the Supreme Leader, after the leader and the other generals sat down in turn. He picked up the folder on the table and began to report the information about Feng Xili in earnest.

"According to the detection of the Pinggu seismic monitoring station. At around 3:20 a.m. today, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck in the area of the Shiyan underground nuclear site in Phongxi-ri, eastern Hamgyongbuk-do, China; according to detectives and analysis by the Fifth Bureau of the Ministry of State Security, the shallow earthquake that occurred on the surface of the earth was an unnatural earthquake, and it is suspected that it was triggered by an explosion with an equivalent of more than 5,000 tons of TNT in the area. The intensity is greater than the second nuclear shiyan carried out by our country in the region on 25 May 2009. ”

The Supreme Leader was young and vigorous, and he immediately slapped the table and stared at Yoon Shan-nam's face.

"Did someone order for the third nuclear shiyan?"

There was silence in the room, and no one answered the great leader's questions.

General Li Youhao, Chief of the General Staff, saw that the meeting was in a state of coldness, and hurriedly explained to the great leader:

"Chairman, the General Staff has not received an order to conduct the third nuclear shiyan in the near future, and it has not yet been determined whether what happened this time was an explosion of a nuclear device. According to the report on the preparation of the Feng Xi base, the nuclear Shiyan device had just been installed at the bottom of the roadway two days ago, and it had not yet reached the conditions for detonation. Various measuring instruments have not yet been installed in place, and the ground personnel have not been evacuated and evacuated, which is suspected to be an accident. ”

After listening to Chief of General Staff Lee's explanation, the great leader was in a slightly better mood.

"What did the personnel at the base say?"

Vice Minister Yoon continued with the report just now:

"Chairman, all communication systems at the base have been cut off, according to the report of the Fifth Bureau of the Ministry of Security. The entire eastern part of North Hamgyong Province was shrouded in an anomalous dark cloud with a strong electromagnetic response, causing severe electromagnetic disturbance in the area. All radio frequencies were shielded, and wired communications were destroyed by the explosion. Therefore, it is not possible to contact the relevant personnel at the base for the time being.

We have already dispatched a helicopter unit from North Ham-Gyong Province to the base an hour ago to investigate the incident and contact the base personnel.

According to the timing projections, the helicopter unit should have already reached the skies over the base. However, according to the report, the helicopter unit lost communication after entering the electromagnetic shielding area, and our second group of ground investigators will arrive at the base in an hour. But they also lost communication with them. ”

The Supreme Leader again showed anger. Place the teacup on the conference table heavily.

"Is it hard for us to just sit here stupidly and wait for news?"

No one in the conference room dared to take the words of the great leader, and they were laughing at themselves in their hearts, our country is so capable, there is really no way to solve the problem immediately.

No longer mentioning that the military leaders of the Northern Dynasties sat in the conference room and waited for news of the scene of the incident. Let's talk about the reaction of other countries.

The Japanese were the most sensitive countries to the nuclear weapons of the Northern Dynasties, and their intelligence agencies were no weaker in their intelligence collection work against the Northern Dynasties than those of the Southern Koreans.

Both the Japanese earthquake network and the Intelligence Headquarters of the Japanese Defense Agency detected an unnatural earthquake in the Hokho-Gyeri area of the Northern at the first time, and this information was quickly reported to the desks of Japanese Prime Minister Noda and Minister of Defense Toshi Morimoto.

Immediately, the Japanese government convened an emergency cabinet meeting overnight to study measures against the third nuclear shiyan of the Northern Dynasties.

April 30 at 8 a.m. The prime minister said in a statement that North Korea's third nuclear strike would pose a "major threat" to the security of the country, "seriously undermine" the peace and security of the international community, and "run counter" to efforts to resolve relevant issues through dialogue. The Japanese side cannot tolerate this. lodged a serious protest with the North Korean side.

Noda also said that he would strengthen cooperation with relevant countries on the issue of North Korea's third nuclear Shiyan, and would take measures such as imposing separate sanctions on North Korea.

This was stated in a statement by Cheon Young-woo, chief secretary to the President of South Korea for foreign affairs and security, after the conclusion of the National Security Council. North Korea's forcible nuclear Shiyan after launching a rocket is a flagrant violation of UN Security Council resolutions. It is a "threat" to peace and security on the peninsula and in Northeast Asia, and a "frontal challenge" to the international community. South Korea will not tolerate North Korea possessing nuclear weapons. This is a consistent and clear principle. In its capacity as the presidency of the UN Security Council, South Korea will work closely with the international community to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons.

The National Earthquake Administration of China and the Military Intelligence Department of the Fengjing Military Region detected an abnormal geological reaction in the Fengxili area at 3:20 a.m. on 30 July.

This information reached the ears of Liang Jianguo, chief of the General Staff, in less than five minutes. General Liang Jianguo immediately made a report to the general secretary and suggested that an emergency meeting of the chairman of the Central Military Commission be convened to discuss countermeasures.

Half an hour later, the meeting room of the Central Military Commission, the chairman, the vice chairman of the chairman's meeting, and the chief of the general staff were all present, but Lieutenant General Chen Yuxing, special adviser to the Huaguo Military Affairs Commission, another important member of the chairman's meeting, was missing.

At this time, Lieutenant General Chen Yuxing was accompanying his two wives in the sky above the electromagnetic shielding area of Fengxili, watching the colorful "fireworks" under the spacecraft. Although Chen Yuxing's phone is still unimpeded, it is impossible for other radio waves to enter this shielded area.

After all the participants sat down, the general secretary asked Liang Jianguo.

"Didn't Lieutenant General Chen be notified?"

"Chief, Lieutenant General Chen's phone has not been answered, including his wife's phone. When the phone called his home, the servant said that Lieutenant General Chen had gone out with his wife the previous night and had not returned to the villa. The officer on duty is still calling him. ”

"This guy is always so mysterious, let's have a meeting first, and then we will inform him of the situation. ”

Liang Jianguo cleared his throat and began to report to the chairman and vice chairman present on the situation of the third nuclear shiyan of the Northern Dynasty.

"According to intelligence, at 3:20 today, a shallow earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred at the North North Korea Phong Xili nuclear shiyan base, and the intelligence department analyzed that the North Korea carried out the third nuclear shiyan in the area, with a yield of about 10,000 tons of TNT.

However, at the same time, the intelligence pointed out that, according to the analysis of satellite pictures, the preparations for the nuclear shiyan of the North Korea were not sufficient, and it was suspected that the nuclear Shiyan was carried out in a hurry, and whether there were any major changes in the country of the North Korea, which prompted the nuclear Shiyan to be carried out so urgently? The General Staff has ordered the relevant intelligence personnel to pay close attention. ”

Vice Chairman Fan Wenwen said:

"General Secretary, I suggest that the armed forces in the border areas of China and North Korea immediately enter a state of first-class combat readiness, and that no matter what major changes occur in the North Korea, we must be prepared. ”

The secretary said:

"I agree with Vice Chairman Fan's proposal, comrades, please vote. ”

All participants raised their arms.

The general secretary said to Minister Liang:

"Immediately order the Fengjing Military Region to enter the first level of combat readiness. ”

"Yes, resolutely carry out the order. ”

Chief of General Staff Liang took over the order from the confidential secretary and asked the general secretary to sign it, and then left the conference room and handed it over to the director of the Operations Department of the General Staff who was on standby in the operational command headquarters.

The order quickly reached the hands of the commander of Zhang Wujun of the Fengjing Military Region. The Fengjing Military Region's work of raising the level of combat readiness was immediately carried out in an intense and orderly manner.

Liang Jianguo returned to the conference room, and the chairman's meeting continued. The main focus of the meeting began to revolve around economic and political sanctions against North Korea. On this issue, two different viewpoints have been formed: one is to increase the sanctions against the DPRK and completely stop economic and military aid to the DPRK; the other is to disapprove of such a radical way of dealing with the DPRK and propose that we should wait for the UN Security Council resolution to come out before deciding on the intensity of China's sanctions against the DPRK in light of the actual situation. Although the differences between the two sides are not very large, there are significant differences in principle.

The meeting lasted more than 20 minutes, and no consensus was reached, and the meeting reached a stalemate. At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the conference room service staff opened the door and brought in a confidential secretary of the General Staff.

"The report, confidential information of the General Staff, please sign for it to the Chief of the General Staff. ”

Liang Jianguo took the document and signed his name on the receipt.

It was this confidential piece of information that brought the debate between the chairmen of the Central Military Commission present to an abrupt end. (To be continued......)