Subtitle of this chapter: Blame me?

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"FBI cadets, my name is Clarice Stalin, and I'm the ...... instructor for your counterterrorism lecture" (Author's note: Stahlin is not Stanlin, but Starling. This is a tribute to the "Hannibal" series. ）

"In this lesson, we will talk about the earliest and probably most famous terrorist attack in history - the 723 incident."

"The terrorist attacks of 1921 are a textbook crime, and it is no wonder that terrorists are imitating them to this day in the 21st century. Let me briefly describe the course of events......"

"Cadets, now we know that Scotland Yard made two serious mistakes at the start. The first mistake is institutional, their alarm system is too bureaucratic. The second mistake was tactical, they didn't control traffic at all. ”

"Of course, we're not trying to laugh at them. After all, if the '723 Incident' happened in Washington in 1921 or New York in 1921, we in the FBI...... At that time, it was called BOI and the local police did not necessarily perform better than them. ”

"Thankfully, we Americans have learned a lesson from it right away. Under the authority of President Harding, our Director Hoover in a very short period of time established a system of strict surveillance, which by the thirties had spread throughout the country. ”

"No matter what we in the 21st century say about him, he is the true founder of our FBI and the first person in our country to fight terrorism!"

"It's a bit far, the time for the Hibiscus Legion to actually carry out the hijacking operation is only half an hour. They rushed into the meeting at half-past eight and released all the hostages they did not need at nine, secretly transferring the two crown princes, the real targets of the operation. ”

"Actually, by this time, they had already succeeded. It has to be said that the person who planned this operation was a genius...... What questions do you have for this student? ”

"You're asking if the mastermind is Mr. Neo-Yuan? Well, that's a lot of a problem with listening. I think you've read Dan Brown's latest book "Angels and the Devil", right? ”

"That's exactly what happened. Don't laugh, "The SCP Code" and "Angels and Demons" are good pastimes, and there is indeed a little bit of historical truth in them. I suggest those of you who haven't seen it go and check it out. ”

"Actually, what Mr. Dan Brown said in the book, the argument that Neo Yuan is the mastermind of the '723 incident' is not new. Especially for Chinese Americans in 1921, it was basically an open secret. Because long before the '723 incident', the Chinese gang members knew that he was going to do a so-called 'big thing'. ”

"Of course, no one thought that the 'big thing' he was going to do would be so big......"

"Alright, let's get back to business. And Scotland Yard made a third mistake after that, that is, it did not cut off the embassy and the outside communication! ”

"And the third mistake led to a very serious consequence, which was to involve the propaganda media in the '723 incident' on a large scale. This not only embarrassed the British government, but also gave the terrorists the sympathy of the whole world. ”

"From this point of view, the field commander at the time was undoubtedly incompetent."

And that commander's name was Sir William Thomas Francis Horood. He is the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis at Scotland Yard. ”

"But this commander is not a professional police officer, in fact, most of the Metropolitan Police directors before him were not police officers but soldiers!"

He was born in September 1868 into a lowly aristocratic family in England, and although he graduated from the prestigious Hagrid School, he did not go to university. Instead, he began his military career in 1887. ”

In 1900 he was promoted to captain and transferred to the reserve, becoming an officer of the Bureau of Military Recruitment. From 1904 to 1910 he worked as an assistant in the British War Office (AR Office). ”

In 1910, he was transferred to the post of police chief of the Northeast Railway. Sir Holwood did a pretty good job in this position. It was he who changed the police uniform to a modern style, and he was also the first to issue pensions to railway policemen. ”

During World War I, he returned to the War Office as chief assistant to the chief of staff of personnel administration. He was then sent to France as commander of the gendarmerie on the Western Front. ”

"In 1918 he became Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police in London from 1862 to 1946, his old senior in the War Office, and he also became the Principal Assistant Commissioner."

During this period, Sir Halwood was also well received by all walks of life at the time. Once again, he became an innovative reformer, introducing the world's first women's police, car patrols, and airship units. ”

"In 1920, the security situation in Ireland deteriorated and Sir Neville-MacGrady became commander of the Irish Army. On 20 April, Prime Minister David Lloyd officially appointed Sir Holwood as head of Scotland Yard. ”

"However, this is not a good thing for him and for the British Empire......"

- From an FBI junior class teaching

"That night I was in the living room with Violet reading a letter from my daughter, and the family had a great time on vacation to France. Fifteen minutes after nine o'clock, the phone rang. Violet also complained to me at the time that she couldn't work properly even though I was working in London, and that she wanted to go to France for a vacation. ”

Sir Halwood married Violet Fauff in 1897 and had an only daughter in 1900.

"Then I received the very bad news that a gang of bandits had openly killed people in front of the Japanese Legation on Piccadilly Street. At that time, my heart was tight, because I remembered that there was a diplomatic reception that was going on that night. And the Prince of Wales will also be in attendance. ”

"I immediately called them to increase their police presence and cordon off the entire Piccadilly Avenue so that no one was allowed out."

"Because I was only alerted to the murder of the bandits, and I was not given any further information, I could only give such an order. It is not necessary to let the prisoner slip away so calmly. ”

"On the other hand, there are now accusations that I did not immediately cut off the Legation's communications. But why did I do it at the time, just because someone was killing people outside the legation? ”

"Then, I didn't even have time to change into my uniform, but called out to the driver and asked him to get to Piccadilly as fast as possible."

"When I arrived at the scene, Big Ben had struck nine times, and I saw that this historic street was full of people......"

—Excerpt from Sir Holwood's "Not an Excuse but a Fact—My Account of the Events of 723"

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The historical material for this chapter is from Wikipedia.