Chapter 131: The Shocking Explosion

With the help of the 9th Panchen Lama, the stationing of the Dragon Guard in Tibet did not cause much social unrest. After secretly and secretly eliminating Abdullagah's die-hard henchmen and a group of stubborn Tusi leaders, Tibet was completely stabilized.

According to the agreement with the 9th Panchen Lama, Tibet no longer implements a religious system of government. The monks and lamas of the monasteries no longer enjoy secular privileges to devote themselves to worshipping the Buddha, but they enjoy financial assistance from the government and believers. All political, economic, social, and military deployments in Tibet are under the jurisdiction of the Northwest Anti-Japanese Government, but the government and military do not interfere in all normal Buddhist activities of believers.

After the abolition of serfdom and the allocation of land and pastures to all peasants and herdsmen, the anti-Japanese government in the northwest and the Longwei Army truly won the heartfelt support of the Tibetan people. A large number of young Tibetans have asked to join the army to defend their newly shared private property! So Mu Han immediately telegraphed Xiao He to strictly select, with Tibetans as the main body, set up two mountain divisions, and immediately put them into training. And those enthusiastic Tibetans who were not selected were formed into reserve divisions. At this point, Tibet is completely in the hands of the Dragon Guard, and no one should think of shaking it!

Of course, in this process, there were also a group of slave owners and senior monks who were unwilling to lose their power and resisted, but they were all secretly and bloodily suppressed by Xiao He and Ma Teng! Now there are four infantry divisions and one air combat division stationed in the whole of Tibet, and the regular strength has reached more than 100,000! Moreover, most of the elite troops crossed the so-called McMahon Line and were stationed in the border areas between southern Tibet and Pakistan.

The British government cabinet was immediately annoyed when they received the news, they did not expect that a small Z* valve would ignore the warning of the British Empire and occupy Tibet with heavy troops, and even further encroach on their sphere of influence! Where does this make the face of the empire where the sun never sets? But in fact, the places where Mu Han sent the Dragon Guard Army to be stationed were all places that originally belonged to country Z. But the British don't think so, in their logic, as long as the place they occupy is theirs! In their view, the actions of the Dragon Guard were already a serious threat to the detriment of the interests of the British Indian Commonwealth.

London, the capital of the United Kingdom.

"Damn yellow-skinned monkey dares to let the jewel in the Queen's crown be dusted, this is a shame to the British Empire, we must not allow a z* valve to act recklessly! He must be taught a good lesson! Winston Churchill, the leader of the British Conservative Party, who has always been known for his toughness, shouted.

"Yes, the emerging power of an ignorant and backward country also wants to challenge the authority of the British Empire! This is not allowed! However, the main military forces of our Union of India were invested in the war against the Soviet Union! Deploying military forces from other colonies will cause a backlash from the resistance there! I suggest that a military force should be sent from home to teach this so-called Dragon Guard a lesson. Cabinet member, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, another leader of the Conservative Party, echoed the words.

"Ladies and gentlemen, that z* valve should be taught a lesson, but are we now capable of winning two wars? Although the Great Depression is over, our economy has not yet recovered, and the cabinet does not have so much money to support the expenses of the two wars. "Prime Minister Mike. Donner frowned and said, "At the same time, according to reliable information, Mu Han, the supreme commander of the anti-Japanese government and the Dragon Guard Army in the northwest of country Z, has a very close relationship with the Americans and Germans!" If we rush to send troops, will it cause the United States and Germany to be unhappy and even interfere? Especially Germany, they are rectifying their military, developing wildly, and they are bent on avenging the First World War, and we have to guard against it! ”

"No, no, no! We don't need to directly send troops to the Tibetan region, where the altitude is high, the terrain is complex, and without the suppression of heavy weapons, the army will not play a role, after all, the Dragon Guard Army has formed a de facto occupation, even if we attack, it can only be a crushing victory! This is not in line with our national conditions and fundamental interests! Churchill shook his head and said with an inscrutable expression, "We only need to send a strong naval formation to Hong Kong and other coastal areas of country Z, and then send a strongly worded proclamation in the name of the British Imperial government, and they will be frightened!" In this way, we can solve the problem with almost no need to shoot a single shot, just let the navy train once! ”

"Seconded!" "Seconded!" "Seconded!" Churchill's proposal was endorsed by an overwhelming majority of parliamentarians. In their opinion, although the strength of the Empire has been surpassed by the United States in all aspects, in their eyes, a small warlord of country Z, who is still equivalent to barbarians, dares to challenge the dignity of the British Empire, which they absolutely cannot tolerate. They could tolerate the barbarism and rudeness of the Germans, the arrogance of the French, and even the ridicule of the Americans who drove them out of the American continent, for they were all of the same race, but they could not tolerate the slightest hint of disrespect in that country of the Yellow race in the East, let alone a petty warlord in this country.

Soon, the British Parliament passed Churchill's proposal, and in order to serve as a deterrent, the British Far East Fleet stationed in Kitts, Australia, sent "a mixed fleet of aircraft carriers HMS Ark Royal, two battleships, and sixteen destroyers to Hong Kong." At the same time, the British government declared to the outside world that Britain was very concerned about the Tibet issue in country Z, and that a series of actions by the anti-Japanese government in the northwest of country Z in Tibet had posed a serious threat to the interests of the British Indian Federation, and the government decided to send a fleet to Hong Kong and carry out irregular patrols in the nearby coastal areas to protect the rights and interests of the British Empire in Asia.

When the news came out, the whole country in Z was in an uproar, and world public opinion was also discussing. Could it be that the British, who were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with Soviet Russia, were ready to start two wars at the same time? Could it be that Britain's strategic focus has been refocused on Asia? Country Z, which has already fallen in the northeast, has it lost Tibet? In the face of the rare hard-line attitude of the British government, how will the Nanjing government respond? However, everyone's eyes were focused on Urumqi, because everyone knew that all this was done by the supreme commander of the Dragon Guard Army who took the anti-Japanese as his own responsibility.

As a result, there was a commotion in country Z.

The first to jump out was not President Jiang Da, but representatives of the Gui faction such as Li and Bai and Wang Longyun of Yunnan. Because the Liangguang region was under the fire of the British fleet at any time, and Yunnan was directly bordering the Burma region of the British Indian Federation. The two factions called Mu Han separately, asking him to exercise restraint, and it is important to recover the country, but the premise is that strength! If you act on your will, you may well bury the country!

Then President Chiang also sent an urgent telegram to Mu Han, asking Mu Han to find a way to calm the anger of the British, otherwise he would remove Mu Han from all his posts and not recognize the legitimacy of the anti-Japanese government in the northwest.

At this time, Mu Han didn't say anything at all.

And so it went on for another three days.

The Japanese, who had already occupied the northeast, made another move, and this time they did not send troops to the choke point of the geothermal river inside and outside the Guan, but sent a whole formation of naval ships to march towards Qingdao. At this moment, Zhang Shaoshuai is also anxious, this is his territory! He didn't have a deal, and went to Nanjing overnight to discuss countermeasures with President Jiang!

But until this moment, Mu Han and his dragon guards still did not move at all.

As a result, some Tibetan Tusi and high-ranking monks who had fled to India also stood up and openly called on international forces to interfere in the Tibet issue.

At this moment, the Dragon Guard spoke up. Li Yuri, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Long Wei Army, openly issued a statement: Since ancient times, Tibet has been the inalienable territory of country Z, and no one or any force can get involved in the Tibet issue and split Tibet. Otherwise, the Dragon Guard has the right to take all measures.

After Li Yuri's statement was issued, it immediately attracted laughter from all forces, "Your Long Weijun has the right to take a measure?" "You have the ability to fight the British! Aren't you calling yourself an anti-Japanese government? Little Japan is about to invade Shandong again, do you have the ability to resist? Major newspapers and some so-called celebrities in China began to publish articles condemning Mu Han, saying that he was nothing more than a reckless man, and that he was purely a consolation for marching warlords in the name of anti-Japanese patriotism without regard for national sovereignty. Instigated by some unidentified forces, some university and middle school students even took to the streets to demonstrate, openly shouting slogans against the emerging warlord Mu Han.

For a time, Mu Han was pushed to the cusp. But he still didn't say anything. The various units of the Dragon Guard Army still held their respective defensive lines and did not make any moves.

A week later, seeing that Mu Han and Long Weijun did not react in any way! The British and the Japanese were even more happy. In the South China Sea, many fishermen were driven away by British ships. In the Bohai Sea, the Japanese fleet began to blockade the waters outside Qingdao.

Where is Mu Han at this time? Everyone, including Li Yuri and Mu Han's nine wives, didn't know. Disappeared along with Mu Han, and all the dragon's teeth! When all the high-ranking members of the Dragon Guard Army questioned Han Yi, the head of Mu Han's guard regiment, together with Mu Han's parents and nine wives, Han Yi almost cried and said: "The commander-in-chief said that this matter is absolutely confidential, he only told me that he was going to go for a few days and wander around!" I can't stop it! ”

Seeing this, Chen Qi and Li Yuri glanced at each other, and their frowning brows stretched slightly.

"Don't worry! If the commander-in-chief doesn't want everyone to know, no one can do anything! With the military quality of the commander-in-chief, there will be absolutely no problems! The personal cultivation of the commander-in-chief is also known to everyone, and ordinary thermal weapons can't help him! Let's all go back to our posts! Chen Qi said with a somewhat solemn face.

"Hmmm! The Commander-in-Chief is no reckless man! The night before the commander-in-chief disappeared, in addition to asking me to make that statement, he also asked me to tell everyone that from now on, the Dragon Guard Army must not make any moves, and even the special forces and the Fifth Army will stop all military operations, but secretly implement special combat readiness! As soon as any force invades any territory of mine, including Tibet, which I have just controlled, I will resolutely fight it! Li Yuri also said with a heavy face. After hearing this, everyone sighed one after another, and got up to leave with very heavy expressions.

On June 14, 1933, the 10th day of the British government's statement, just as the British were preparing to further deter the coast of country Z and the Japanese were preparing to carry out an armed invasion of Qingdao, a big explosion occurred that shocked the world.

At 10 o'clock on the same day, a powerful explosion occurred at the Sasebo Naval Base, one of Japan's three major military ports in Sasebo Bay, Kyushu, Japan. Most of the main facilities, along with warehouses, oil depots, ammunition depots and 5 dry docks at 6 shipyards, were destroyed. 2 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers, 3 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers, more than 20 destroyers, hundreds of sea-sweepers, submarine destroyers, and mine boats were reduced to ruins. After the explosion, a powerful earthquake and tsunami were triggered, which completely submerged all military and civilian construction facilities within the Sasebo Bay area, and killed hundreds of thousands of military and civilians on the spot. This move directly caused the Japanese navy's military strength to be reduced by more than one-third, and the indirect losses could not be calculated.

At the same time as the explosion occurred in Sasebo Bay in Kyushu, Japan, there was also an explosion at the Portsmouth military base in the British mainland, which was nine time zones different from Japan, and the large aircraft carrier Glory and the Eagle Lucky aircraft carrier, the Admiral-class battlecruiser USS Hood, two Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, two Kent-class heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, more than 30 destroyers, and more than 100 small surface ships were destroyed. The explosion also caused a tsunami, and more than 100,000 British* people were killed on the spot! The explosion also cost Britain nearly a third of its naval strength.

The world was shocked after the two explosions! Britain and Japan ceased all military operations overseas. Britain immediately transferred back the Royal Navy's 3rd Formation in North Africa to defend its homeland. The mixed ship formations that are provocatively demonstrating in the coastal areas of country Z are returning to the Atlantic for combat readiness. In desperation, the Japanese government transferred back the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy, which was preparing to invade and occupy Shandong.

Two explosions, one east and one west, occurred almost at the same time, was it an accident? No one believes it! Who attacked the important naval bases of two naval powers at the same time? It seems that there is no one! Even the United States, which has surpassed Britain and has the largest naval strength in the world, does not seem to have the ability to attack the important military ports of the two major naval powers at the same time! Not to mention other countries!

If we analyze it from the perspective of actual benefits, if we want to say that the country with the most motivation to create these two explosions, it is country Z! To be precise, the anti-Japanese government in the northwest of country Z! But does the Dragon Guard have this strength? And no one believes! In the outside world, the strength of the Dragon Guard Army is not bad, and it once made the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army and the Japanese Kwantung Army suffer a big loss, but that was on land! According to the investigation of various forces, the Long Wei Army did not even have a single ship, so how could it be possible to cross the ocean and attack the important naval bases of the two major naval powers at the same time!

Therefore, although after the explosion, Britain and Japan first listed the Dragon Guard as the object of suspicion, and quickly ruled it out! It was Japan, whose navy was once attacked by the Dragon Guards, but it was caused by the Dragon Guards on the mainland, taking advantage of the terrain and geography, and adopting special means, and they did not believe that the Dragon Guards had the ability to fight in the ocean and could attack the naval bases on the Japanese mainland.

So who caused these two explosions? After the incident, a military commentator in the United States jokingly said in an interview with the media that maybe it was aliens!