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Chapter 1741 Hidden Danger or Opportunity?

A majestic stone mountain composed of rocks, standing in the vast desert, gray-white sand, shining under the light of the sunset in the west, the rock wall from low to high, neat as a knife and axe, forming a huge step after layer. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

These steps are the masterpieces of nature's accumulation of wind and sand, as if a giant used his own magic to open up a direct road to heaven.

In this undulating, desolate and remote place, there are two highways and a railway running through the desert, and the road and the railway are like a shining link, bringing modern civilization into this ancient and wild land.

Pakistan, Ganxi Gobi.

This Gobi is composed of deserts and mountains, located in the east of Kohat, Afghanistan, west of the Indus River, the area is not large, it is more than 100 square kilometers, this small piece of desert and Gobi, almost everywhere in the western part of India, in later generations these generous because of the water conservancy project into fertile land, but now, is still a desolation and dead silence.

A long procession of tanks, armored personnel carriers, anti-aircraft artillery trucks, troop carriers and infantry, led by the red flag, rolled towards the east.

The Soviet army was located on the border defense line east of Kohat, and after the Anjia Army implemented the tactics of breaking through the center and outflanking the left and right flanks, Sun Desheng's four divisions of the Eighth Army completely wiped out the two regiments of Soviet troops in the encirclement in only half a day, and then the prisoners were sent to the rear, and the main force followed the railway and road, and quickly moved eastward, with the goal of crossing the Indus River as soon as possible, and together with the Seventh Army, at Rawalpindi-Islamabad Ayutthaya.

Generally, the mountains are said to be yin and yang, and the water is yin and yang. The Eighth Army's march into this road is a typical example, with the unexpectedly large green shrubs and pastures appearing at the eastern foot of the rocky mountain, only six or seven hundred meters above sea level, and the moist air from the Indian Ocean brings vitality to the place, which is very different from the barren and decaying scene on the western slope.

A battalion of armored vehicles was advancing rapidly on an asphalt road surrounded by green grass, and on one of the wide communications command vehicles, Major Fok Yingjie, commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 22nd Motor Infantry Division, was looking at the map, passing through the lookout from time to time to contrast with the scenery outside. Due to the high temperature, the inside of the armored vehicle was like a big steamer, and the sweat on the forehead was dripping on the map.

In the hottest months of summer, the Air Force's reconnaissance planes frequently dispatched to take pictures of the terrain and landforms near and far, and made relatively accurate military topographic maps, but mapping and marching are two different things, so before the main force marches, it is necessary to send reconnaissance troops to set off in advance, confirm the road, and avoid possible risks.

Major Zhang Kerui, the battalion instructor who looked at the map with Fok Yingjie, said:

"So far, we have found twenty-six wells along the road, and five caves for shade and protection from the scorching sun, so there is no problem with drinking water, and the soldiers who suffer from heat stroke can be sent to the caves in time to rest and take medicine to relieve the heat.

"It is suspicious that several villages and towns located next to the road are empty, especially after crossing the col into the oasis, which has a population of at least 1,000 people, and has disappeared into thin air. According to the map, there is the city of Tilgan, the most important town on the west bank of the Indus River, with a railway station and a population of nearly 10,000. ”

Huo Yingjie nodded, and just wanted to answer, when he suddenly heard the sound of flowing water, and hurriedly approached the observation hole on the wall of the carriage, and was surprised to find that from the stone mountain in the distance, a clear stream was meandering down, flowing between the shrubs and the grassland, like a white jade belt, and when it reached the side of the road, it had converged into a river more than a few meters wide.

The river is less than a meter deep, constantly colliding with the rocks on the riverbed below, crashing into white waves, and the whole river is murmuring, a quiet and peaceful scene.

"It's hard to imagine that the east and west sides of Stone Mountain are two different worlds. The yellow sand over there, the green grass here, if we didn't experience it in one day, who would have imagined? Huo Yingjie said with some emotion.

The convoy continued on for about a quarter of an hour, the sun was approaching the horizon, the temperature seemed to be a little lower, and the car in front suddenly stopped.

"There is a situation!"

This was Huo Yingjie and Zhang Kerui's first reaction, but they had just put their hands on the gun magazine on their waists when they suddenly remembered, why didn't they hear the gunshot? You must know that the wheeled armored vehicles equipped with the reconnaissance battalion have an armor thickness of 15mm, and ordinary bullets cannot penetrate this protective shell at all, but the cannons and machine guns on board can cause huge damage to the enemy.

"What's going on?"

Huo Yingjie put down the gun, picked up the radio intercom in the car and asked.

"Report ...... Report to the battalion commander...... There is a case! ”

After a while, the voice of Du Qifan, the commander of the company, came, and the voice was intermittent.

"I know there's a situation, what the hell is going on?" Huo Yingjie frowned.

"Slaughter! Inhumane massacre, river ..... The river is full of corpses......"

Huo Yingjie and Zhang Kerui glanced at each other, and they both felt a trace of surprise in each other's eyes.

Soon, the two rushed out of the armored car and, under the protection of two guards, quickly ran to the front of the convoy. I saw that the riverbed on the right side of the highway and both sides of the river were indeed densely packed with corpses.

It is estimated that some time has passed since the massacre, and the temperature in western India is very high, most of the corpses have decomposed, and the white maggots are wriggling everywhere, looking terrible.

Although Zhang Kerui, the camp instructor, was also very shocked, the education he received immediately made him react:

"There are both men and women, young and old, and many women die naked** and are badly damaged...... Depending on the situation, about five or six thousand people died in the massacre, and it is estimated that people in the villages and towns along the highway died here. With so many corpses coming together to decompose and deteriorate, there is a high possibility of a plague, and we should report the situation in time and have a special person deal with it. We must also leave immediately, otherwise we will really catch the plague and quickly infect the entire army! ”

Huo Yingjie also came back to his senses and immediately ordered the soldiers who were getting off the car: "Get in the car, get in the car immediately, let's leave here immediately, after the situation is reported, everything will be handled by the superiors!" Brethren, the water of this creek is polluted, don't drink it, to prevent infection! ”

The convoy started quickly, and Huo Yingjie quickly reported the situation through the on-board radio, feeling like something was blocked in his heart, and he felt heavy and uncomfortable.

Before nightfall, the convoy drove into the dead silence of the city of Tilgan. In the huge town, there is no one, not even the sound of chickens and dogs, and it is so quiet that it makes people feel cold.

Soon, scouts, searching everywhere, found a large pit four or five hundred meters long and wide in the west of the city, and the pit was full of corpses. Like the situation found in the evening, the corpse has also deteriorated, and the ground near the pit is crawling with maggots, and the rancid smell makes people want to vomit.

In the distant woods, the scouts also found many stiffly dead crows, vultures, magpies, etc., with bird feathers scattered all over the place.

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When the news reached the General Staff, it was already dark in Xinjing, three time zones earlier.

An Yi was at the military airport, anxiously waiting for the plane to land, together with his wife Ou Chuer, who is the governor of the Central Bank of South China, Du Yi, minister of national security, Zhou Chongan, minister of finance, and Liu Qing, director of the intelligence department of the General Staff.

The submarine formation entered the Haiphong Port Naval Base in the evening, and was personally greeted by Navy Commander Lu Guang, Political Commissar Li Weiqing, Deputy Commander Yan Kaitai, and Chief of Staff Li Haiqing.

An Yi came to pick up the airport this time, mainly to see what the concept of more than 6,000 tons of gold is.

In this era, among the many neutral countries, Spain had only 60 tons of gold reserves, Sweden 250 tons, the Netherlands 220 tons, Turkey 120 tons, Portugal 100 tons, and Switzerland 700 tons, all of which together amounted to less than one-third of 6,000 tons.

In a sense, the "Golden Peony" plan has laid the cornerstone of Nanhua's future financial stability, and although the Chinese dollar does not dare to compete with the US dollar in the future, it is completely possible to take a share of the Bretton Woods system as an international settlement currency.

An Yi hugged Ou Chuer's waist:

"Now that major European and American banks have branches in South China, in order to ensure the stability of the value of the Chinese dollar and prevent black transactions, we require that all the gold and silver of all banks must be fully deposited in our vaults, but the gold added up is less than 100 tons!

"Originally, I planned to build a golden palace, and cast all the gold and silver into gold bricks, gold bars, silver bricks, and silver ingots, and display them publicly to stabilize the people's hearts. However, considering the frequency of wars, it would not be beautiful to let the evil neighbors remember, so this idea was abandoned! When international peace and national stability are restored in the future, we must build such an underground gold exhibition hall to let the great powers see our strong economic strength! ”

Ou Chuer's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea!" We can take this as a visit and tour project to the society, as long as the safety facilities are effective, just the ticket is estimated to make a lot of money, those who save or buy large government bonds, can let them visit for free, I think this is enough to shut up all those who question the credibility of our Huayuan! ”

Zhou Chongan listened interestingly on the side, leaned over and said:

"Counting, our gold is really not less, it is estimated that it will be ranked behind the United States, the United Kingdom, ***, even if we are now out of the currency issuance model linked to industrial production, our currency value will remain high. Now the exchange ratio between the US dollar and our Chinese dollar has risen to 1:5.7, looking at this trend, it will not be long before it will break through the 5-point mark, and the bonds we buy will be earned back almost without spending a penny. Now fortunately, it is a war, if it is peacetime, the price of our goods will be virtually doubled, and it is estimated that we will not be able to sell them! ”

An Yi nodded: "At that time, you will have to have government subsidies and economic intervention and control!" In general, the appreciation of the currency is good for the import of goods, but not for the export! Therefore, we must lay a large enough territory, so that even if foreign trade is blocked, we can use domestic demand to stimulate economic development! ”

As we talked, a loud roar of airplanes could be heard in the distance.

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When returning by car, An Yi and Ou Chuer snuggled together, did not speak, and their minds were full of gold.

No one could have imagined that the boxes of rusty iron boxes were filled with neatly stacked gold bricks, and the logo of the Bank of France on the gold bricks was still clearly visible, so the gold had to be re-smelted and molded in the metal foundry under the central bank before it was put into storage, and the logo of the Central Bank of South China could be marked.

In the other car, Du Yi and Liu Qing, two intelligence chiefs, were relatively silent. It was also the first time they had seen so much gold with their own eyes, and a string of things that were originally just digital appeared in front of them as physical objects, and the visual impact on people was not ordinary, and both of them were dizzy.

This batch of gold totaled 6,125 tons, equivalent to 13503313 pounds in the British system, and each gold brick weighed about 27 pounds, which is 500,120 pieces, and each box contained 10 pieces (about 122 kilograms), that is, 50,012 boxes.

Being able to see the results of the "Golden Peony" plan with their own eyes, both of them felt that all the hard work before was worth it, and the reality gave them the best reward - according to the regulations, 20% of this amazing amount of wealth will be taken out as a reward. All the departments and individuals participating in the plan will get their share because of their role in the plan, and the number of participants in the entire "Golden Peony" program reaches more than 2,000 people, and everyone can easily get a bonus of millions of Chinese yuan on average, and since then they have stepped into the ranks of the extremely rich.

Of course, just like Du Yi and Liu Qing, most of them will not use this wealth, but will give it to the South Sichuan Group as an investment, exchange it for shares in newly completed factories and enterprises, and obtain a steady stream of income.

The convoy stopped at the gate of Xiaonanhai, Shen Ziling, head of the Operations Department of the General Staff, was already waiting there, and after a brief inquiry, An Yi apologized to Ou Chuer with a wry smile, and immediately got out of the car and got into Shen Ziling's off-road vehicle to go to the General Staff.

In the conference room of the General Staff, after An Yi, Liu Qing and Shen Ziling took their seats, Yang Fei, deputy chief of the General Staff, stood up to introduce the situation:

"In just one day today, the Li Jinlong cluster that entered India has discovered 22 genocide sites, involving as many as 190,000 people. No one expected that after Sheng Shicai entered India, he would take such extreme measures, except for the situation around Quetta, where the situation is fine, almost all the people in other places have been killed, and it is miserable!

"The General Staff has issued an urgent order to all the ministries to strictly prohibit the drinking of water from the Indus River and its tributaries, which is likely to have been contaminated by corpses, and it is estimated that it will take a long time for the troops to clean up the decomposing corpses. Therefore, the professional health and epidemic prevention services must be quickly dispatched to the western part of India, where we have reason to suspect that it has now become a dead field and a large-scale plague is brewing! ”

An Yi's face changed when he heard this, and then he said: "Let the logistics department immediately send biological and chemical epidemic prevention troops to officially station in western India, and at the same time prepare a large number of sulfonamides and antibiotic drugs, we now have to race against time, otherwise once the plague spreads, Afghanistan, which has just regained tranquility, will also suffer." After several months of household registration, the total number of registered Afghans is less than 2 million, and if there are any more deaths, it is estimated that a nation will disappear. By the way, do you know why Sheng Shicai would do this to civilians? At ***, he doesn't look like such a murderous person! ”

Yang Fei shook his head: "The specific situation is not very clear, but it is estimated to be related to the armed resistance of the Indians." Previously, after blowing up Lake Gobudoi and flooding the area around Chittagong and causing tens of millions of humanitarian disasters, he took advantage of the outbreak of a major war in Europe and quietly wielded butcher's knives in Bangladesh and Assam to purge the Anglo-Indian army, Indian army and Bengal army who were armed against the Japanese invasion. Specifically, if one member of a family joins the British army, the whole family will be buried alive, and if one person in a village joins the British army, the people of the village will be affected, and they will be punished with hard labor at the least, and the village will be destroyed at the worst......"

Liu Qing stood up and added: "After the establishment of the Indian Provisional Government supported by the *** people, the Indian rebels in Orissa and the Bihar region quickly turned to the Provisional Government, and it is reported that many leaders of the Congress Party were betrayed and killed, and the remnants of the British army had to retreat to the Central Province and the areas west and south of the Eastern Ghats to continue their stubborn resistance.

"India's June to September is the rainy season, except for the western part of India is still dry and rainless, most of the rest of the general rainfall, these four months usually account for 70 ~ 90% of the annual precipitation, although sometimes continuous heavy rain, terrifying and amazing, but not every day rain, occasionally cloudy for several days, the temperature in the rainy season is usually to 267 degrees, comfortable and pleasant, plus the British have ruled in India for more than 200 years, the road facilities are perfect, and the army mobilization is not difficult, so it is not difficult to imagine that it is now *** Man has taken all the plains of eastern India into his hands!

"*** The control of India is very strict, it is difficult for our intelligence officers to infiltrate it, and most of the information is obtained through Tokyo, the Sin Chew in Malaya and the Langyin Islands, and sometimes the information obtained is plausible and needs to be corroborated and processed in many ways. However, according to various sources, the Indian Muslims, who originally wanted to help the British resist the Japanese invasion and gain independent statehood, suffered extremely heavy losses. ”

"That's right, the western part of India is also predominantly Muslim......"

An Yi pondered for a moment, and then asked:

"Do you know how the Prosperous Era swept all the way across Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab, Katiawa, Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi in western India? If the Muslims really organized, with Sheng Shicai's pitiful troops, it would not have been possible to make such great progress! ”

Shen Ziling's expression was solemn: "When we formulated the battle plan, we referred to the information of the intelligence department, and we thought that under the current situation, the Sheng Shicai Department advanced so quickly, and it must have obtained some kind of secret weapon left by the British. Based on the information from the year before last to this year, we have found that the British used poison gas bombs on a large scale in India, and even ordered a large number of 'Yuni' transport planes with bomb dropping devices from us, which were also destined for India, and it is estimated that they were prepared for the convenience of air-dropping poison gas bombs! After our analysis, we believe that Sheng Shicai should have obtained poison gas bombs, so the battle plan strictly requires all front-line departments to distribute anti-chemical warfare equipment to every officer and soldier, and conduct targeted anti-chemical warfare training to avoid casualties! ”

"I see!"

An Yi suddenly realized, and then asked strangely: "Since the British have poison gas bombs, why don't they use them against the Japanese army and the German army, but leave it to Sheng Shicai?" ”

Yang Jie on the side said with a smile: "It's very simple, Germany and *** are both one of the great powers, especially Germany, the new ruler of the European continent, which has a strong production capacity of biological and chemical weapons. If this magic box is opened, the first to be unlucky will be the British! Now that Britain is trapped in the British Isles, if the Germans are provoked and throw a large number of poison gas bombs on British soil, the British will definitely be wiped out, and to some extent, it is much more difficult for the Germans to bomb the British than it is for the British to bomb the Germans, so they dare not take risks easily! ”

Deng Bin, who had been listening silently, suddenly suggested:

"Since all the front-line units have anti-chemical equipment, it is simple, so that the troops can continue to move forward according to the plan, and every time a massacre site is found, a battalion is left to wear anti-chemical clothing to dispose of the corpses, and professional epidemic prevention personnel will guide them on the spot, in principle, they will be concentrated and burned with fuel. After the corpse is disposed of, all personnel must be quarantined for 15 days to see if they are infected with the virus, and they will be allowed to return to the unit without hindrance.

"In order to avoid taking the blame for the crime after the fact, it is very necessary for the Department of Political Affairs to take photographs and video recordings of all the scenes, and it is better if survivors can be found on the ground to testify. The situation in India is very complicated, and although the British are now suffering a setback, if they make a comeback in the future, they will inevitably talk about this, and our good reputation cannot be ruined! ”

An Yi nodded again and again: "This proposal is very good, in addition, in view of the fact that the collection of corpses is an extremely unpleasant job, in order to stimulate morale, I suggest that all officers and soldiers who participate in the collection of corpses should be credited with a great merit once, and a certain bonus will be awarded, and they will be given priority consideration when they are promoted in the future."

"In order to solve the problem of drinking water for the troops, in principle, the sappers dug wells on the spot to get water. The water table in the Indus Valley is still relatively shallow, and digging wells far away from the river has a very low chance of virus penetration, but just in case, all drinking water should be boiled before drinking! ”

Yang Fei said worriedly: "Today, the places occupied by Li Jinlong's cluster, except for Quetta, are all small towns, so the situation is easy to control, but if this happens in Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Hydebara, Karachi, Delhi and Mumbai in the future, things will be tricky!" There is a lot of movement of people in these areas, and the chance of plague is much higher! ”

"It's okay!"

Yang Jie showed a strange smile on his face: "Although the genocide is very inhumane, and people can't help but feel sad about the death of rabbits and foxes, but in a sense, it has helped us solve big troubles!" India is a country with a population of more than 200 million, and now that the Japanese army and Sheng Shicai have slaughtered it repeatedly, it is estimated that tens of millions of people will be gone......

Yang Jie stood up and walked to the map: "Everyone, please see, Delhi is in the upper reaches of the Ganges, if a large-scale plague breaks out, then the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River will be devastated. India's population, which is mainly concentrated in the Ganges River valley, and Indians have no anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotic drugs, how many of them will survive the Great Plague?

"If we want to occupy India, if the Chinese do not have the absolute upper hand in the proportion of the population, the possibility of future changes and recurrences will be very high, and this plague will help us to deal with some unnecessary troubles, the most important thing is to control the proportion of the population to a controllable range! Of course, we didn't make it happen, so you don't have to blame yourself, just wait for the plague to end and sit back and enjoy the accomplishments! ”

After Yang Jie finished speaking, he returned to his seat as if nothing had happened, closing his eyes and resting. Everyone looked at him in shock, they didn't expect him to say such an earth-shattering topic.

An Yi also looked at Yang Jie with disbelief, but after experiencing the initial anger, he fell into deep thought, and said after a long time:

"We don't do it deliberately, we can march at a normal pace, but in order to ensure the absolute security of Afghanistan and Central Asia, we must first eliminate the hidden dangers of the Indus Valley. At the next level, the War Department should come up with a more thorough and meticulous action plan as soon as possible to ensure the personal safety of the officers and men on the front line...... It's late at night, let's adjourn! ”

"Yes!"

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