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Miao Luo will always remember that night, remember the noise of the phone ringing, and remember Yang Qiu standing next to the telephone in a nightgown as if frozen. At the time, she didn't know what was going on the phone, only that her husband was acting strangely. One moment it was a solemn expression, the other time it was a little crazy to dig out the map and search inch by inch, as well as the cigarettes in the cigarette box and the phone calls again and again.

Later, she learned that Hao Wenbao and Lei Meng, who had gone on a mission to India, had seen Gandhi assassinated and sent messages back on the cargo ship's radio overnight. As the future First Lady, of course, she knew who Gandhi was, but she did not know how great the impact of the murder of the respected Hindu godfather was! It is not an exaggeration to even describe the situation in the South Asian subcontinent as a tsunami.

Yang Qiu's mind was also a little confused, although he imagined that India would fall into turmoil without Gandhi, but when it really came, he still couldn't come back to his senses. Why did Gandhi continue to be arrested and Britain didn't do anything? They don't know how much influence Gandhi had in India? No, neither, the fundamental reason is that Britain did not want a civil war in India! As colonizers, it is a common practice to provoke ethnic conflicts to check and balance each other and reap the benefits, but when the situation gets out of control and ethnic contradictions turn into ethnic wars, they are the ones who are hurt.

The scene that Hao Wenbao saw was frozen forever.

On the day of Gandhi's assassination, serious ethnic clashes broke out in Travanko, and in anger the Hindu masses and Muslims broke out in large-scale armed fighting, in which more than 3,000 people were killed and tens of thousands were injured.

After the news broke, Nehru, who was chairing a Congress party meeting in Delhi, issued a statement strongly condemning the assassination. He also believed that this was a premeditated plan to try to divide India, and although he did not name him, he pointed the finger at the Muslim League led by Jinnah. Jinnah, who returned to Karachi, was similarly nervous, and although Yang Qiu repeatedly said that Gandhi had essentially undermined India's path to independence, he never wanted to tear it down and start over, and always dreamed of forming a Hindu, Muslim League, and Christian Greater Indian Republic. But now the equilibrium is broken.

There is no greatness in India anymore, only Nehru, Jinnah and other real powers, and the power vacuum makes many things unbearable. The non-violent movement was opposed by many people, whether it was Hindus or the radicals in the Muslim League, who had long wanted to remove the big rock and use force to expel the colonizers. Now my wish has come true. So representatives were sent everywhere to buy weapons and ammunition, and the entire Indian peninsula was swept up in it.

Britain, who had always hoped to balance the interests of the two factions, was really panicked this time, and sent Chamberlain, who had been the governor of India, as a special envoy overnight to investigate the assassination. Thousands of officers and soldiers were withdrawn from West Java just in case. But by the time the mission arrived, the entire city was in ruins, and even the temple of the Kingdom of Travanco was destroyed by a fire.

The royal family of Travanco was afraid that the secret would be discovered, so they only blamed the rioters, but did not say a word about the treasures inside, perhaps they thought that the treasures would not be affected by the flames if they were locked in the underground palace.

But Yang Qiu did not dare to be careless, because many people knew that there were "archaeological teams" operating in the local area at that time, including Jinnah. Therefore, several factories were immediately ordered to rush to produce pistols overnight, and a batch of arms from the stock was transferred to sell to the Afghan tribal guerrillas at a low price. Afghanistan has a deep relationship with the Muslim League, so this batch of arms is actually a hush money for the Muslim League.

A week later. Gandhi's funeral was held in Delhi, and millions of Hindus came to see him off, and representatives from various countries also went there, including Wang Zhengting, an Asian neighbor, on behalf of the Chinese government.

But the funeral did not quell the already unquenchable anger, and on the day of the funeral, the Punjab region was the first to get out of control. Dozens of Sikh soldiers from the British Indian Division opened fire on Muslims during the suppression of the riots, killing some 32 people and wounding hundreds. This provoked the wrath of the Muslim guerrillas, who also attacked the local Hindus, and killed more than 70 people in Ludhiana.

Although the unrest was quickly suppressed by the British colonial authorities, the whole world knew that the British Empire was on the edge of a precipice.

"Report!"

Hao Wenbao and Lei Meng stood at their desks with a salute. Yang Qiu motioned for the two to wait for a while, and only raised his head after finishing his work: "I'm back, is there any damage?" ”

"Report to the Commander-in-Chief that two brothers were slightly injured in a fall while retreating." The two were obviously still quietly receiving the goods, and Lei Meng blushed even more: "The things have been handed over to Minister Zhang, and the time is too urgent to open only 5 underground palaces." Minister Zhang said that it was about 400 million (minyuan), a total of 27 tons of gold, 19 tons of silver, 654 kilograms of gems and diamonds, 6 crowns, and a lot of gold coins and antiques, the golden elephant you mentioned. ”

What Yang Qiu wanted to know most now was not the golden elephant, so he raised his hand and interrupted, "How is the situation over there?" ”

Seeing that there was not much excitement on his face, Hao Wenbao quietly pulled Lei Meng and said: "After loading the ship, we went around the coast of Kerala a few more times and found that there were confrontations in many places. There are also rumors that the Soviet Union has sent people into India to prepare to start an uprising like the East Indies. When crossing the Strait of Malacca, I also saw seven British ships heading west, with many army soldiers on board, and their outfits should have been temporarily withdrawn from Java Island. ”

"The Soviet Union? Without us? ”

"How could it be?" Seeing that Yang Qiu was more concerned about the Indian evidence, Lei Meng also hurriedly interjected: "Many people are saying that we are supporting the Muslim League, especially Mumbai, where the ten capitals point the finger at us, and also say that we are not developing well in Nanyang, so we are gathering heavy troops in Tibet and Linglingtun to fight for territory with the British." By the way, there is also the saying that Afghanistan has also fallen to us. ”

Yang Qiu twisted his eyebrows slightly, it was really windless and waves, as soon as he connected with Mu Meng, someone leaked the news, it seems that India is really chaotic. Fortunately, Britain should not have had definite evidence, otherwise Natuna and West Borneo would have fought long ago.

Seeing this, Hao Wenbao knew that he was worried, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, commander-in-chief, I left two teams over there to listen to the news." Naval Intelligence also sent people, and if there is any movement, it will be sent back in time. ”

"You go and rest first, and then tell the soldiers who participated in the operation that all the previous events before today must be forgotten!" Yang Qiu nodded and saluted: "Thank you, the commendation will be issued soon." ”

"Yes." As soon as the two left the office after returning the salute, they almost collided with Song Ziqing, who hurriedly rushed into the office after saluting: "Commander-in-chief, the president asked you to go to his side as soon as possible, the British envoy Chamberlain is here." ”

"It's really fast." Yang Qiu glanced at the desk calendar on the table, and after secretly being surprised by the speed of Britain's reaction this time, he grabbed his hat and walked out.

After arriving at the presidential palace, Yang Qiu met the famous "appeasement" leader in the meeting room. He wore a small bow tie and looked like he had just been ironed. Like all old school English gentlemen, he remained calm and smiling even when something so big happened. Yang Qiu's only impression of him was the impatient declaration: "This is the second time in history that the British Prime Minister has brought back a dignified peace from Germany, and I believe that this is the peace of our era." Ironically, this line is followed by the German invasion of the Sudetenland, then the Czechs, France, and almost the British Empire.

"Nice to meet you." Yang Qiu politely stretched out his hand. But Chamberlain did not respond immediately, but looked at it twice before shaking hands and saying hello. This is an attitude, which at least shows that the British people are very wary of the vice president of the Republic of China.

"I'm glad to see you here, too, and before I left, I thought it might take a long trip to meet you."

This sentence made Yang Qiu slightly stunned, because he didn't expect Chamberlain's words to be so sharp. Travel? In addition to hinting that Tibet shares a border with India, it is obvious that he said, "We suspect that you are involved in the Indian incident." Even Li Yuanhong's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly diverted the topic: "Mr. Special Envoy said that since Mr. Gandhi's assassination and misfortune, Chen Hua has been very worried about the spread of racism in South Asia, and a few days ago he wrote an article in the newspaper to persuade all factions in India to calm down. ”

"That's great, thank you for your support of the British Empire." Chamberlain took the opportunity to step down and sit back down, but his words were still aggressive: "Mr. Vice President, I have heard some rumors. Some say that you once ordered the sale of tens of thousands of military guns to some thugs in our colonies, and we need a clear explanation for this! ”

Of course Yang Qiu would not admit it, he also believed that the other party had no evidence at present, otherwise he would not be so polite. So categorically denied: "Military guns? No! I don't know where this rumor came from, but I can solemnly assure you that I have never ordered the sale of military weapons to any non-diplomatic countries. China has always adhered to the conventions of international law in the sale of weapons, and most of the orders from various parties are civilian shotguns and pistols, which are also accounted for. ”

In the absence of direct evidence, Chamberlain did not want to dwell on his weapons any more, and he just said that just to remind the other party not to play petty tricks. Since the other party denied it, he went straight to the most important topic: "Both, Prime Minister Baldwin is very concerned about the current situation in East India and South Asia. Although the alliance between our two countries was temporarily dissolved after the end of the war, he believes that there is a consensus towards groups that incite unrest under the pretext of nationalism, because there are many different ethnic groups in the northwest of your country, so he hopes that we can strengthen cooperation in this area and work together to curb division and war. ”

What does this mean to join forces against division and insurrection and let yourself march into India? Britain isn't that stupid! Yang Qiu frowned, and glanced at Li Yuanhong, who obviously didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, and asked softly, "Can Mr. Special Envoy explain it?" ”

Chamberlain cleared his throat: "Prime Minister Baldwin wants our two countries to work together to overthrow the brutal Afghan government. ”

Afghanistan! …… (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )