Chapter 489: A Cruel Great Power Game
"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"
The guard on duty came to see Li Weiguo with an urgent telegram, and he couldn't wait to shout out from a long distance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Li Weiguo was discussing military affairs with Liu Zhe, commander of the Western Theater, when he heard this, he immediately frowned.
"Bold! What a system of panic! β
Liu Zhe immediately reprimanded, and the guard quickly apologized and reported again.
"Your Majesty, the family sending team was attacked by unknown militants, and the commander of Mingyue, the minister of the Qin Mission, asked for reinforcements."
"Your Majesty already knows, go down!" Liu Zhe glanced at Li Weiguo, then waved his hand to the guard and ordered him to leave.
Liu Zhe said to Li Weiguo: "Your Majesty is wise, you guessed it, there are really militants attacking the family sending team!" β
Li Weiguo smiled faintly, he was not surprised at all when he heard that the family sending team was attacked, but thought that this was something that would inevitably happen.
"No matter which side the Bukhara Khanate falls towards, the other side will be strongly dissatisfied and act excessively."
Liu Zhe nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, if it were me, if I learned that the Bukhara Khanate had fallen to Britain and Russia, I would also send troops to destroy their alliance." It's just that I don't know which side it is! β
Li Weiguo snorted coldly and said, "It's either Britain and France, or those opposition elements in the Bukhara Khanate!" β
Liu Zhe said with a smile: "Fortunately, we have a wise and martial Majesty unpredictable prophet, so take precautions early, otherwise we will really give them a successful hand and destroy the friendly relations between the Bukhara Khanate and the empire." β
Li Weiguo suddenly laughed and scolded: "Okay, don't be a sycophant!" If you can't do this errand, you will be the commander of the Western Theater at most in your life! β
Liu Zhe said excitedly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely do this matter beautifully!" β
It turned out that Li Weiguo had been prepared for a long time, and had already formulated various emergency response strategies with Liu Zhe.
At this moment, on the border of the Bukhara Khanate and the Aiukhan Khanate, the Chinese Empire's Shence Army, which had long been on standby.
Having received an order from the Western Theater Command, a mechanized infantry regiment from the Dragoon Regiment immediately went into action and marched towards Marika's location.
At the same time, there were four other towns where troops advanced to the Bukhara Khanate from both the direction of Aiukhan and Kazakh.
These four towns were all elite troops in the western theater of the Chinese Empire, but at this time they were ordered to advance directly into the territory of the Bukhara Khanate, and their task was not to rescue Princess Marika, but to suppress the rebellion that was about to break out in the Bukhara Khanate.
In fact, the S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence bureau of the Chinese Empire also has a strong intelligence network in Bukhara, after all, this is the border of the Chinese Empire, and the stability of the Bukhara Khanate is related to the stability of the border of the Chinese Empire.
Therefore, while Maheturm was entangled with his henchmen and prepared to assassinate his own sister Marika, he was also ready to usurp the throne, force his father to abdicate by force, and then unite Britain and Russia to fight against the Chinese Empire.
S.H.I.E.L.D. quickly grasped the information, and naturally would not let Mahturm's treacherous plan succeed.
On the one hand, S.H.I.E.L.D. had secret contact with the old king of the Bukhara Khanate, making him wary of his son Mahturm.
But the old king may not have been able to defeat Mahturm, after all, Mahturm was a capable man in the Bukhara Khanate, supported by a large number of ministers, and even supported by some troops.
Therefore, after S.H.I.E.L.D. reported the matter to Li Weiguo, Li Weiguo made another backup plan.
This is the reason why the troops of the Chinese Empire in the four towns marched directly into the Bukhara Khanate, and they wanted to directly suppress the rebels of the Bukhara Khanate.
In fact, the rebel army of the Bukhara Khanate was mediocre, with less than 50,000 national defense troops, and only one town of elite troops of the Chinese Empire was needed to destroy it.
But the problem is that this incident involves Britain and Russia, and a British army unit in British India has secretly opened from the corridor between Aiukhan and the Persian Empire to the border of the Bukhara Khanate, and invades the Bukhara Khanate at any time, cooperating with Prince Mahturm to seize the throne, suppressing the supporters of the old king, and preventing the military intervention of the Chinese Empire.
Similarly, the Russian Empire secretly assembled 30,000 troops on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea and marched into the territory of the Bukhara Khanate at any time, with the same mission as the British army, which was to help Makhturm usurp the throne and prevent the Chinese Empire from intervening militarily.
The decision-makers of the British and Russian governments believed that as long as the opposition in Bukhara Khan was suppressed at the first time, the British and Russian troops could be prevented from intervening in Bukhara, and they believed that the Chinese Empire could not immediately go to war with Britain and Russia because of a Bukhara Khanate.
At the same time, the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Rus, was also worried that the issue of a demilitarized zone on the Sino-Indian border would not be enough in exchange for the Chinese Empire giving up attacking Kuwait, so he also took this opportunity to create an incident in the Bukhara Khanate and divert the attention of the Chinese Empire.
This is a political trick, Ross thinks he is very smart, in fact, Li Weiguo also intends in this regard, but the strategy is much more clever than Ross.
This is because the Chinese Empire is a preemptive strike, and it wants to control the situation in the Bukhara Khanate before the British and Russian troops enter the Bukhara.
It can be said that a Bukhara Khanate, a princess married, involved a big game between China, Britain and Russia, and in the end, who dies depends on whose hand is fast and ruthless.
Just as the Chinese Imperial Army marched into the Bukhara Khanate, a fierce battle was being staged in the mountains of Sibil.
Princess Marika's bodyguard, protecting her, hid on the top of the hill, surrounded by thousands of unknown militants.
After less than an hour of fierce fighting, Princess Marika's escort suffered heavy casualties, with less than twenty men left. And the number of unknown militants around has not changed much.
It can be seen that the guards around Princess Marika are too weak in combat, or the strength of this group of unknown militants is too strong.
At this moment, Princess Marika was wrapped in a fiery red wedding robe, covering her whole body tightly, only revealing a pair of big eyes, her eyes were very panicked, and the eight maids who were also wrapped in green clothes around her were trembling all over.
"If the enemy rushes up in a moment, Duretta asks you to kill me and my eight maids-in-waiting!"
Princess Marika suddenly said to a male guard named Dureta beside her, her voice trembling a little.
Dureta shook her head and said, "No, Your Highness Princess, I will never let you die, I will definitely save you out!" β
"Impossible, Duretta, we are completely surrounded, there are thousands of people on the other side, and we have only two dozen people left, and half of them are women, we can't beat them. Give it up, Duretta, I can't marry you in this life, but I can die with you, I'm happy, really! β
It turned out that Dureta turned out to be Princess Marika's lover, and the relationship between the two was actually known to everyone in the palace of King Bukhara, and many people blessed them and looked forward to the day when they got married, and even the old king did not object at the beginning, after all, Duretta was the most brave hero of the Bukhara, and the old king also intended to marry Marika to him.
However, a sudden turn of events forced Duretta and Princess Marika to separate.
In the end, the old king of the Bukhara Khanate weighed the pros and cons and decided to take refuge in the Chinese Empire and become a vassal state of the Chinese Empire.
But in this way, according to the "rules", the Bukhara Khanate had to marry the most beautiful princess to the Chinese Empire, become a concubine of the Chinese Emperor, and in the future, when a son was born, he would return to the Bukhara Khanate to inherit the throne.
This rule was enforced in all the vassal states of the Chinese Empire, and it became the so-called "rule" without any opposition from any vassal state.
The Bukhara Khanate also followed this rule, but the old king had only one unmarried daughter, Marika, so Marika had to marry.
Although this saddened Dureta for many months, he was a heroic, responsible man, and he could only sacrifice his own happiness for the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens of the Bukhara Khanate.
This time, the family sending team is Dureta as the captain, which is also the last bit of kindness and soft-heartedness of the old king to Duretta and Princess Marika, so that the two of them completely cut off all their words and feelings, after all, the eyes of the Chinese Imperial Family do not rub sand, if the two of them cross the line, they will be retaliated by the horror of the Chinese Empire, which is not the result that the old king wants to see.
Duretta also knew the old king's hard work, he was grateful, and even knew that someone would assassinate Princess Marika, but he thought that his bravery would be enough to deal with it.
But now, seeing the enemies rushing up around him, Duretta felt for the first time that his strength was too small to protect his beloved.
Hearing Princess Marika say this, Duretta's heart broke and she scolded herself for being useless.
"You, change clothes with the princess immediately!"
Duretta pointed to one of the green-clad maids and told her to change clothes with Marika.
Marika shook her head and said, "Don't be naΓ―ve, do you think I can escape by changing into a maid's clothes?" Do you think these people will kill me alone today and spare the others? No way, they'll kill all of us here, and no one will be able to escape. β
Duretta's last glimmer of hope was also dashed, and his eyes were blood-red, and he took the last few soldiers and desperately held the last hiding place.
The gunfire was dense like rain, and several people in Dureta fought desperately in front.
Marika in the back looked up, she even saw the pockmarks on the face of the enemy opposite, she knew that the last moment had come, so she took out a grenade from a dead soldier not far away, and held it in her arms with trembling hands.
At the same time, under the western hillside, a dense burst of gunfire suddenly sounded.
At a critical moment, Wu Peifu led the tank squadron of the Tiger Commando and rushed to reinforcements.
More than a dozen chariots sped through the sand, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The Thunderbolt heavy machine gun on the chariot opened fire ferociously, and a sudden burst of bullets swept through the enemies in front of them, sending them to the ground.
The Tiger Commandos roared like beasts, sweeping through their enemies like a tsunami, killing them with all their hearts and souls.
However, after all, it was still a step behind, because the distance was too far, some militants looked for cover on the spot, they were all elites in a million, and the fierce soldiers were very fierce, and even used their bodies to tie grenades to hit the chariot, ready to die together.
Obviously, this group of militants also knew to block reinforcements and speed up the killing of Princess Marika to complete the mission.
Wu Peifu's Tiger Commando failed to rush up the hill in the first place, but instead stimulated an even more ferocious attack by the militants, who had to kill Princess Marika first to complete the mission.
"!"
Wu Peifu was so angry that he scolded his mother, but he dropped the chain at a critical moment, which made him, the leader of the special forces squadron known as the most elite of the Chinese Empire's Shence Army, very ashamed.
"It's too late, captain, the mountain seems to have been lost!"
"Fart, didn't you hear any more gunshots? Although it is a little less, looking at the murderous posture of these rebels, it should not have been successful. β
Saving people is like fighting fire, Wu Peifu's brain cells died by tens of billions in an instant, and finally made him think of a way.
"Guide the airship to the target, up the mountain with a radium!"
"Squadron leader, it seems unlikely that a laser will be thrown on the airship! Just say that what princess is still on the mountain, you want to blow up the mountain, what if you blow up that princess to death? The adjutant next to him was dumbfounded and hurriedly asked.
"The hand radium has a three-second delay, and it is fast to throw it down from above, and even if it can't hit the ground and blow it up, it will be enough to explode above their heads! Just tell them that the airship is 100 meters high! β
"As for whether it will also blow up that stupid princess, Lao Tzu doesn't care so much, it's all a death anyway, instead of being killed by the enemy, let's take a risk, as long as the princess still has a breath, we will complete the task."
Wu Peifu is worthy of being a ruthless character, making decisions at the right time, and never dragging mud and water.
The adjutant quickly raised the flag and informed the airship in the air that was in charge of reconnaissance.
This is not an ordinary airship, but a combat airship of the Imperial Air Force of China, ostensibly under the banner of the Imperial Air Tourism Company, but in fact it belongs to the Imperial Air Force of China, and the pilots on it have also undergone strict military training.
Although it is a reconnaissance airship, it carries self-defense weapons, including many hand radiums.
The commander of the airship was also stunned when he received this order, but he was also a decisive person, at this time he would not doubt the orders given by his superiors, but to strictly implement the orders, which was the strength of the Chinese Imperial Shence Army, and the military orders were like mountains.
The airship swept over the hill at an ultra-low altitude, and because the enemy did not pay attention to the air, the airship stayed at an altitude of 100 meters for five seconds, and was not even detected until the spindles were thrown down on the airship.
Boom!
The hand radium exploded above the mountain, and the fragments of the explosion **** in all directions, and Duretta, who was at the last moment, roared violently, knocked down Marika, and used his body to block the flying fragments.
Marika screamed and fell unconscious, while the guards and maids around her fell to the ground in a scream.
The hand radium is an indiscriminate attack, the entire mountain is bursting with an explosion, just rushed up the mountain, the enemy who was just about to complete the task with the last blow, was instantly killed and injured by the volley explosion of the hand radium, and countless casualties were killed.
This brief turn of events caused great confusion among the enemy.
Wu Peifu saw the opportunity and decisively launched a charge, the chariot galloped, the heavy machine gun swept away, and the wheels crushed the enemy's corpse.
The Tiger commandos, armed with submachine guns, shot out of the car windows, and the enemy fell in pieces, dead in pools of blood. (To be continued.) )