New Delhi suburbs, Jawaharl Villa...

After the Humayun's tomb explosion, the manor named after the first Indian Prime Minister increased its vigilance. In addition to more than 30 fully armed private bodyguards and an additional guard company, three armored tanks were parked outside the gate. The dark machine gun muzzles told anyone who was planning to commit crimes that this was not Humayun's tomb, nor was it the Prime Minister's Office's press release center. Those who trespassed will be killed without any worries!

Jawaharlal Nehru's grand-nephew and current Minister of Defense Santos Nehru live here.

Santos, who had Brahman noble blood flowing in his body, went to England to study at the age of sixteen and was admitted to Cambridge University three years later. However, he studied not natural sciences but international politics. According to the family's arrangement, after returning to China after studying, Santos entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was expected to become the Foreign Minister of India before the age of fifty. Four years of university life completely changed Santos' worldview and values, and led him to a life path that was completely contrary to the family's wishes.

After graduation, Santos did not return to India, but joined the French Foreign Corps.

For this reason, he almost turned against his family. In the following decade, Santos fought on the battlefield as a foreign corps soldier and participated in the Gulf War and the Balkan War. It was not until he was thirty-three that Santos was injured by a landmine in Kosovo and left the foreign corps and returned to India.

Ten years of fighting career have portrayed Santos into a soldier with a firm personality and a tenacious will.

At the age of forty, Santos entered the Indian Ministry of Defense and served in the arms procurement department. At the age of forty-three, Santos became a senior assistant to the Minister of Defense, advocating the procurement of weapons and equipment from the West, improving the localization level of weapons and equipment, and giving up the pro-Russian route. When German Gandhi became Prime Minister of India, Santos Nehru, 46, was already the second-person of the Congress Party and played an important role in the government - the Minister of Defense.

On the surface, Santos is not much different from previous Indian defense ministers.

A representative of hawks, a soldier, participated in wars, was injured in wars, had bumpy experiences, and was a powerful figure in a political party.

In fact, Santos is very different from previous defense ministers.

Learning local knowledge at university made Santos very clear about the impact of international forces on a country and more clear that India's future is not about seeking a powerful country or a powerful group. Instead, it is about struggling between many major countries and international forces, and looking for opportunities for survival and development in the slit.

From the day we entered the Ministry of Defense’s workplace, Santos has been working hard to advance military reforms for nine years.

There is only one focus: promoting the westernization process of weapons and equipment and even military systems.

In the process of bidding for air-busting fighter jets and light-support fighter jets, increase the share of Western equipment; negotiate with the United States to strive to obtain the Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier and carrier-based combat aircraft; purchase Western equipment. Improve the combat performance of Arjun tanks and Glory fighter jets; accelerate the construction speed of domestic nuclear submarines and domestic aircraft carriers. And adopt a large number of Western standards; revise the performance indicators of advanced fighter jets jointly developed with Russia to reduce the procurement quantity.

These are all major measures taken by Santos to promote the westernization of Indian military power.

As Minister of Defense, Santos not only has the determination and courage of military strategists, the politicians are sinister and cunning, but also has the eloquence and skill of diplomats.

When De Gandhi was assassinated, Santos was discussing tensions in South Asia with the commander of the three armies.

After receiving the news, Santos immediately thought of the upcoming war.

Five hours later, Santos received a call from the Secretary-General of the Congress Central Committee. In the vote held by the Congress Central Committee, Santos was elected as the new prime minister with 93% support. Because the Congress ruling coalition has 67% of the seats in the Indian Parliament, Santos will become the Prime Minister of the Indian Interim Government. During this period, he will reorganize the government and submit to the parliament a list of major government members, as well as programmatic documents such as the governing policy and the purpose of the governing, and complete the preparations for the formal appointment of the prime minister.

After putting down the phone, the first thing Santos did was not to formulate a list of government members.

The list of government members is related to the interests of all parties, and each important position involves the fundamental interests of major interest groups and various political parties in the ruling alliance. It needs to weigh the pros and cons and balance the powerful relationship. In addition, he has half a month to reorganize the government and does not need to be in a hurry.

Before dinner, Santos met with the Japanese Prime Minister who was about to return home.

In addition to promising to continue to promote the strategic cooperation between India and Japan, Santos did not discuss more issues with Ozawa. First of all, neither of them knew each other, secondly, Japan did not help India at present, and finally, Santos had more important things to deal with.

After seeing off Ozawa, Santos contacted the commander of the three armies and prepared to hold a high-level military meeting after dinner.

Santos was about to have a sumptuous dinner when an uninvited guest came: Markry, director of the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis.

The Investigation and Analysis Bureau is India's largest and most mysterious intelligence department. Its status in India is equivalent to the status of the CIA and the National Security Agency in the United States. It is responsible for intelligence collection, intelligence security and homeland security. It is rumored that the director of the Investigation and Analysis Bureau is the most powerful person in India.

Halfway through dinner, Santos finished reading the documents brought by Macri, and then asked the servant to take away the plate.

"Do you want a drink?"

Macri glanced at the wine sent by his servant, and shook his head with a smile. "No, I am a devout believer."

"I am a believer, and Shiva won't force us to do things we don't want to do." Santos picked up the wine glass. "Your report is written in detail, but lacks a point. Does the explosives mentioned in the report really exist?"

"It must exist." Macri had expected Santos to raise this question. "I have seen the test report myself, and no explosive residue was found in the samples collected from the explosion site..."

"Can it be that the explosion is full and there are no residue?" Santos worked in the army for ten years and was full of military knowledge.

"If it were somewhere else, there might be such a possibility." Macri was a little upset with Santos' interruption. "The explosion occurred indoors, and there were many people on the scene, which were very crowded. Before we collected the samples, the scene was not damaged. From the situation on the scene, it can be judged that the power of the explosion was above five kilograms of tnt. In such a small space, even if the explosion was sufficient, there would be a large amount of residues attached to the buildings, clothing, and even the human body, without even having any residue."

Santos nodded slightly and signaled Macri to continue.

"We conducted several analysis of the samples and found that the carbon content exceeded the standard, and some trace elements were also found."

"It is determined from this that the one that blows up the press release center is a high-end polymer?"

Macri nodded and said, "About three years ago, we obtained information from Russia and learned that Russia has been working hard to obtain information about the United States' secret development of special explosives. Later, our intelligence personnel collected specimens in Afghanistan and confirmed that it was a secret development of special explosives specially developed by the United States specifically for terrorists hiding in caves. This special explosive, processed from polymer hydroxyl compounds and trace elements, through special methods, has an explosion power of twenty times that of TNT, and is even more deadly in a narrow space."

Santos showed a look of surprise, and seemed to feel unbelievable.

“The most important thing is that we have indirect evidence.”

"Indirect evidence?" Santos put down his glass, "What indirect evidence?"

"After the Humayun's Tomb explosion occurred, we raised the safety alert level. The safety alert level in the press conference venue of the Prime Minister's Office reached level 5. All people entering the office must undergo strict safety inspections. No one can bring 5 kilograms of TNT into the venue, and it is even more impossible to bring the detonation device in. I checked the guest registration list and personally asked the security personnel. I did not find suspicious people entering the venue." As he said, Macri took out several printed pictures. "Special explosives are very similar to ordinary crystals, and can be made into jewelry and even camera lenses. Although we are not clear about how special explosives are detonated, it can basically be concluded that it will not be chemical methods, but through some physical methods, such as sounds in a certain frequency band or light of a certain wavelength. I roughly calculated that only fifty grams of special explosives can blow the news center into flat ground. Judging from the damage at the scene, there are only ten grams at most."

"So little?"

"The narrow space can increase the power of explosions several times."

Santos obviously hesitated for a moment. Although there was no direct evidence, Macri's inference and indirect evidence were sufficiently convincing.

"Markry, what's your conclusion?"

“This is by no means an attack planned and carried out by Pakistan.”

"Can China be ruled out?" Santos' expression became very serious.

"China?" Macri shook his head, "What is the motive? China has no reason to provoke the South Asian conflict at this time, let alone adopt such extreme measures."

Santos had to admit that if China wants to do it, it will send a special forces soldier instead of a human bomb.

"Your Excellency, I hope you can pay attention to the information I provide. War is not good for us. If it weren't for the attack planned by Pakistan, then someone would definitely want to use it to provoke a war and make a profit from it."

"Is that?" After only a few seconds of hesitation, Santos made a decision. "You immediately hand over the relevant information and the collected samples to the Ministry of Defense. If we don't provoke a war, it does not mean that Pakistan will not provoke a war. Now the Pakistani army has been deployed on the border line border with us, and a single firefight is enough to detonate the war. I don't want to learn about relevant news from news reports when the war breaks out. From now on, the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis must concentrate all its forces and closely monitor Pakistan's every move."

"Your Excellency..." Macri was shocked. Santos' order showed that he had completely ignored important information that could stop the war and was dragging India into the war with all his heart.

"If there is any problem, I will give you an official order tomorrow."

Macri resisted what he wanted to say, and he knew that Santos would become interim prime minister tomorrow, and even a possible wartime prime minister for India.

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Chapter completed!