Volume VII Chapter 857 - The Threat of War

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"Gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media at home and abroad...... At 19:47 local time yesterday night, a frigate 'Katsuki' belonging to the French Navy openly invaded China's territorial waters and carried out a brutal shelling of our returning fishing boats without any reason, causing two fishing boats to sink, killing nine people, two missing, and two people being injured and escaping. After receiving the news, I immediately dispatched a naval patrol plane to the scene www.biquge.info of the incident and found the "Kagetsuki" frigate that was fleeing. When our navy's patrol planes repeatedly asked the other side to stop their ships but were refused, in accordance with China's relevant laws and the principle of ensuring national defense and security, the 'Huayue' frigate was sunk by the Chinese Air Force at 20:33 last night......

With a solemn face and a tone full of indignation, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced to more than 30 reporters from domestic and foreign media a piece of news that stunned everyone.

In the minds of these media reporters, the first thing that comes to mind is not the two fishing boats that were sunk by the French ship, but how dare the Somali Air Force directly sink the French Navy warship?

"Here, on behalf of the Somali political axe and the families of the victims, I would like to express the strongest protest like the French political axe, and call on the people of the world to join together against the despicable acts of this inhumane executioner." Before the media reporters could react, the spokesman waved his fist again and said with anger on his face.

The media reporters who suddenly exploded like a nest swarmed up, holding long guns and short cannons and began to ask questions in their hearts.

"May I ask if the sinking of the French ship was decided by the air force pilots or from the top of the political axe or the military?"

"May I ask what preparations has your country's political axe made for how to deal with the aftermath of the next matter?"

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Some reporters almost asked directly, is the Somali political axe preparing for war with France?

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hurriedly ended the press conference after dealing with the reporters with ease. And just half an hour later, the news was reprinted on the world's major Internet portals, and many international hot current political issues were quickly compared.

Internationally, there are many cases of damage and loss caused to civilian personnel and property by the military for some reason, but it is very rare that the directly injured country adopts a tough posture and resolutely retaliates by force.

In a sense, from the moment the Somali Air Force sank the frigate Kazuki, it was ready for a conflict with France.

When the news reached France, there was an uproar. From the political leaders to the common people, they all expressed their opinions on the matter, but most of them were clamoring for revenge and revenge for the French soldiers who died on the 'Flower Moon'.

In the demonstrations that broke out in major cities in France, some right-wingers have contributed to the flames behind the scenes, and even some political leaders have directly and openly made speeches against Somalia 'military sanctions'.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy then issued a strongly worded condemnation, claiming that the Somali political axe's behavior was provoking France and was very dangerous.

In Europe, France can be said to be a very special country, as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, the French political axe in the actual foreign policy, but often more 'reading', for example, France has the most complete reading power in Europe of the military-industrial system, instead of like the United Kingdom, the development of certain aspects, and other countries to complement each other. In many military weapons, France pursues independent research and development, rather than joint research and development with other countries.

In terms of defense policy, France has also placed more emphasis on maintaining strategic nuclear deterrence to protect France's interests, stressing that the role of strategic nuclear deterrence will not be a deterrent when dealing with crises and potential enemies in France, and that France's political axe may be the first to use nuclear weapons.

When the French political axe felt that France's position was being challenged and that its interests were being violated, the first thing they did was to take a tough stance on it.

At the same time, a secret meeting was also being held at the top of the French political axe. Because the French political axe is also very confused now, because they have no order to enter the Somali territorial waters to fight the "pirates" at all, so why did the "Katsuki" frigate fire at the Somali fishing boat and sink it?

So, secretly, an investigation team was set up by the French political axe and the Ministry of National Defense, and the task of this investigation team was to investigate what happened to the frigate 'Katsuki' before it sank.

However, this does not mean that the French political axe has compromised with the Somali Air Force to sink the frigate 'Hanazuki', and in the eyes of the French political axe and the people, France absolutely cannot accept the behavior of being bullied by an African country.

In the afternoon of the same day, some media broke the news that the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" left the port and its whereabouts were unknown, and then there was also news that an unidentified armored unit in Somalia was being transferred abnormally. For a time, the whole world saw the clouds of war converge.

Although in the eyes of everyone, there is a conflict between Somalia and France, and the final winner must be France, everyone understands that Somalia is also a nuclear state, and unlike those traditional and old nuclear weapons countries, it is not clear how many nuclear weapons Somalia currently has and what nuclear strike capabilities it has. If a conflict breaks out between the two sides and gets out of control, will it eventually lead to a nuclear war?

In the evening of the same day, a spokesman for the Somali military said that the Somali Defense Forces have the ability and responsibility to protect the security of the Somali people, and that Somalia will use any means to attack the enemy when the interests of the country and the people are not infringed upon.

This is a very obvious signal of a 'nuclear threat'. Judging from what Somalia has done in the past, if Somalia does lose a conventional conflict, it is really likely that it will be the first to use nuclear weapons.

At this time, many people can't sit still. Some countries were ready to watch jokes at first, but once there was a real possibility of a world nuclear war, no country could ignore it. Because the result of a nuclear war is something that no one can afford to admit.

Some countries have begun to call for restraint on both sides, while some 'non-nuclear theorists' have begun to call for the reduction and destruction of nuclear weapons.

The world's financial economy, which has not yet recovered, has also been hit hard again by the possibility of a nuclear war. For a time, many domestic and foreign people in France and Somalia began to panic and tried to leave the two countries, and some countries and cities with French troops immediately broke out large-scale demonstrations, and the calls for the French to get out became louder and louder, because no one knew whether these French garrison bases would be targeted when Somali nuclear weapons could not be directly dropped on French territory.

At this time, a Somali tabloid suddenly broke out to accelerate the spread of this panic, because in this tabloid, a paparazzi reporter broke the news that the family of Li Mo, deputy commander-in-chief of the Somali Defense Forces, had secretly left Somalia for China, and the reporter predicted that Li Mo might be preparing for nuclear war and let his family evacuate in advance.

Although the Somali intelligence and police moved quickly and subsequently seized the newspaper and arrested the journalist, the news was posted on the Internet and soon became known to the world. Many people who did not believe that there would really be a 'nuclear war' are not sure. Could it be that the hard-line Chinese commander in Somalia really intends to die with France and the whole world?

Panic soon spread in the major cities of Somalia, and in Europe, France suddenly became a 'no-go zone', some wealthy French began to move to the countryside or other countries, for whom safety is the most important thing, most of them go out as a tourist vacation, anyway, this time can no longer stay in France. Although the political axes of both countries are vigorously exhorting the masses that there will be no danger of nuclear war, who will listen at this time? Because of the words of the political axe, you can only believe in three points.

An emergency meeting is being held in a small conference room of the Ministry of Defence in Mogadishu in response to the 'nuclear panic' that is gradually expanding and spiraling out of control.

First, Intelligence Minister Wang Ning reported on the seizure of the tabloid and the reporter's interrogation. The last information shows that this reporter is an ordinary paparazzi reporter, and in an unexpected situation, he learned that the beach house where Yang Xiaorou and her family lived had something to do with Li Mo. So this person has been squatting on the periphery for a long time.

This time, he saw a group of women with large bags in the car and tracked them to the airport. If it were a normal day, his report would definitely be inconspicuous, because not many people would be interested in such 'lace news'. But in the tense environment of 'nuclear war panic', this reporter's report was the straw that overwhelmed many people's hearts.

Returning Yang Xiaorou and Liu Wei to Huaxia to deal with Liu Zhengdong's aftermath was regarded as Li Mo's family evacuating in advance. This misunderstanding is difficult to explain, and once people believe it, they will assume that this is Li Mo's preparation for the arrival of nuclear war.

Wang Ning then reported on the news from the French side, and it is already certain that the French 'Charles de Gaulle' nuclear-powered aircraft carrier squadron is on its way to the Gulf of Aden, and its purpose is self-evident. Moreover, the intelligence officers of the Ministry of Intelligence also got a message about two French strategic nuclear submarines that were originally maintained in the port. One 'Dreadnought-class' and one 'Triumph-class' nuclear submarine have left port and their whereabouts are unknown.

This news did not make any change for everyone, and the chief of the General Staff, Major General Hussein, said after receiving Wang Ning, "Our General Staff has drawn up a complete anti-aggression and nuclear counterattack plan. With that, he stood up and walked over to the large map hanging on the wall at the front of the room.

"In a conventional war, France mainly uses its navy and air force, which can be seen from the 'Charles de Gaulle' aircraft carrier dispatched by the other side, and the Suez-Red Sea sea passage is certainly not very confident that the French political axe can pass safely, and the surrounding countries will not allow it. As for the Air Force, all they have at their disposal is the Djibouti military base and direct airlift from the mainland. ”

(To be continued)