Chapter 325: The First Global Decisive Battle of Religion and Regime

Benjamin is a middle and senior staff member of the Catholic agency set up in China, he has always been proud and proud of his work, wearing a priest's robe, looking at the cross on his chest, he thinks that this is the Lord's greatest gift to him, because the Lord has allowed him to find the direction and value of life, now, he goes to churches all over China every day, mainly to preach the Bible to the local believers, and to shine the light of the Lord on the world.

And today, his destination is the largest Christian church in Shanghai, sitting in the car from the airport, Benjamin looked at Shanghai, China, now China is the most developed country in the world, and even this gap is a bit inferiority to other countries, on the streets of China, you can see the development and superiority of this country everywhere, especially in the central city of Shanghai, Benjamin sighed softly, he thinks, all this belongs to the Lord's arrangement, since the Lord has arranged it this way, it must be reasonable. Therefore, he did not hate China like those who hated China, but had some respect for China, because he knew that all this was carried out under the arrangement of the Lord.

The church in Shanghai has invited him several times, but Benjamin has not been able to come here for various reasons, and today he was finally able to preach the Bible in this famous cathedral in person, Benjamin thought that this was a good opportunity for him, a good opportunity for Chinese believers to know him Benjamin.

When the car drove into the three streets outside the church, Benjamin found that all the pedestrians around him had disappeared, and the shops were closed, and the car he was sitting in and the two bodyguard cars in front and behind were instantly left on the originally bustling street.

"What's going on? Why have all the people around me disappeared? Even the shops are closed?" Benjamin asked the driver in front of him, who was also a clergyman, and apparently he didn't understand why this was happening, he shook his head and said, "Dear priest, I don't know why this is happening, maybe, maybe the local people are holding some kind of activities, that's why it's like this." Benjamin shook his head, suppressed the uneasy feeling in his heart, and said, "Forget it, let's go to the church first, I think the locals of the church will give me a good explanation." And when he had finished speaking, he was speechless.

The three cars that left did not see it, and when they drove into the third street, two groups of soldiers with loaded guns came out of the alley behind them, opened the barricades and made this area a forbidden area, and as for the shops, the owners had received a notice from the army the night before, that is, all of them were closed for half a day today, and the losses were borne by the military.

When Benjamin and the others arrived at the church, several local clergy hurriedly came over to open the car door for Benjamin, Benjamin got out of the car and looked at the splendid church, nodded with satisfaction, and he said to the local clergy around him: "When I came over, I saw that the shops in the neighborhood were closed, and people didn't know where they went, can you tell me why? As far as I know, Shanghai is a very developed city, how could this happen?" The local clergyman bowed his head and said respectfully, "Dear priest, we don't know much about this, because we haven't been notified of anything, and it's strange that the believers who were scheduled to come over today to listen to the priest's Bible talk are not coming, and we are contacting them." Benjamin frowned deeply, shook his head, got up and walked to the church, and said: "Forget it, let's go in first, my itinerary in Shanghai is only two days, I don't want these two days to leave me with a bad impression of Shanghai, especially Shanghai, the church I have been fascinated for a long time, you won't do this, are you right?" The clergyman wiped the cold sweat from his head and said respectfully: "Yes, priest, we will definitely not do this." ”

And just as Benjamin was about to enter the church, suddenly the sound of a helicopter sounded in the air, Benjamin and the others turned their heads to look at the air, but saw five or six military helicopters flying from all directions, and the helicopter just flew to the front of the church when it hung a rope, countless soldiers with loaded guns slid down from the rope, and the surveillance lights on the helicopter had already been turned on, aiming at Benjamin's body.

At this moment, at the entrance of the church, a number of military vehicles drove over, and the soldiers who jumped from it walked up without saying a word, and surrounded the entire church, including Benjamin, with the muzzles of the black holes aimed at them.

Benjamin is just a clergyman, when has such a thing ever happened, looking at the muzzles of those black holes and the bright headlights shining on his body, even in broad daylight, he still felt a strange glare in his heart, and a fear rose in his heart, Benjamin shouted: "Who are you? I am Benjamin! I have a passport from the United States! I ask to talk to your government!"

A man who looked like an officer walked up to Benjamin, glanced at Benjamin, and spat out a sentence stiffly: "Your name is Benjamin? Are you a member of the Catholic agency set up in China?" Benjamin nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes! It's me, you must be mistaken, I have never broken the law in your China, you have no reason to arrest me at all, and besides, I am still an American citizen!" The officer sneered and glanced at Benjamin, and said: "American citizen? Count it as a fart! Come on, take it away!" Several soldiers came up and clasped Benjamin's hands, who were still about to struggle, how could Benjamin, an ordinary man, compare with these most elite soldiers, and immediately screamed, there was no way.

At this time, the Chinese priest standing beside Benjamin hurriedly said: "What happened to this officer? Father Benjamin was invited by us to come and talk about the Bible, what is the matter? Why do you want to arrest him so vigorously?" The officer glanced at him, and his eyes radiated a cold light that made his heart feel weak, and the military light said coldly: "This is a state secret! Do you still want to inquire?" When the priest heard this, his body trembled, and he did not dare to say more.

The officer snorted coldly and said, "All the staff in your church have been classified as high-risk personnel, from now on you can only stay in the church, you are not allowed to leave unless you have an order, as for your family, we will let them keep in touch with you once a day." With that, the officer waved his hand, and the soldiers took all the staff members back to the church, and the men began to live under house arrest.

When the officer took Benjamin away, the bodyguards he brought were subdued at the same time, and then, the whole church fell into the usual silence, some ordinary people wanted to pass by and saw the soldiers guarding the door with loaded guns, so they gave up this plan, but there were still many original Catholic diehards to protest, and after being forcibly suppressed by the army several times and arresting dozens of people, these people also quieted down.

And this scene in Shanghai is being played out all over the country at the same time. There seems to be a tense atmosphere in the country.

The common people did not know what was going on, and many discerning people may have smelled a hint of something unusual, could it be that the state is going to do something against Catholicism? And before that, whoever pierced this layer of window paper that everyone knew well, then I am afraid it would become the target of public criticism.

The next day, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Government said that the incident was not an official act of the Chinese Government, but a purposeful and premeditated terrorist attack by some ambitious attempt to subvert and sow discord between the Chinese Government and the Vatican.

At the same time, the Chinese government called for Catholic churches around the world to be listed as priority protection targets in each country in case terrorists carry out terrorist attacks against these churches and Catholic clergy again, and the Chinese government issued a statement that it would be happy to send reinforcements if the armed forces of certain countries are insufficient to complete the protection activities.

Three hours after this statement was issued, a total of 17 countries led by the Chinese Government sent an invitation to the Chinese Government to send troops into their territories to protect these churches and clergy.

The Vatican dared to be angry. It is reported that three Chinese space warships have been recalled from space, and these three warships can completely wipe the Vatican from the earth's plate with a single salvo. In this regard, the Vatican can only secretly contact believers around the world to carry out a huge anti-China action!

Most of the other countries have maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards this, and they may not realize that this rare conflict will lead to the first global decisive battle between religion and political power in the 21st century! And the mastermind behind this operation is Li Chen, who once made the world tremble and fall into panic.