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Chapter 1583 Let them pay the price (Second update, please subscribe)
In the dim room, a few red lights sometimes lit up and sometimes dimmed.

This was the light emitted by a cigarette butt. Several people in the conference room were smoking like this, and no one spoke.

"Are we just going to accept their blackmail?"

One of them said in an indignant tone.

"Because of their threats?"

"Threat? Even the Americans are not afraid, so why should we be afraid of them?"

"Yes, they are just running dogs of the Americans."

"Since we dare to hit the master, let alone the running dog."

"Yes, if we just let their people go, what's the difference between that and surrendering to them?"

Facing the chatter among the crowd, the man sitting in the middle frowned and said after a while:
"I know everyone feels uncomfortable. After all, we have never compromised like this, whether with the French or the Americans."

He looked at the people present and said:

"But we all know that at this moment, if they are dragged into this war, then the happiest ones will be the Southern puppets and the Americans. We are equivalent to sending them a powerful helper. This is obviously an extremely irrational decision."

The man with a goatee made his decision as he analyzed.

"Originally we wanted to use this incident to have direct talks with them and achieve a diplomatic breakthrough, but now it seems that they are extremely stubborn, just as the comrades in the north said - they are the most stubborn reactionaries. It is very difficult to have direct talks with them."

When he said this, his tone was full of helplessness. At this moment, he seemed to understand why East Germany detained American youths on the pretext of espionage a few years ago.

It is to have direct dialogue with the United States.

Now for Hanoi, they also hope to have a direct dialogue with Chang'an. After all, Chang'an has a considerable influence on many places.

However, they have always maintained a "hostile" non-engagement and non-travel policy towards Hanoi. They originally wanted to use this opportunity to break this non-engagement, but now it seems that this is not only a delusion, but will even intensify the conflict between the two sides.

"In this case, there is no point in keeping their people. Let's release them and don't give them a reason to interfere in Saigon."

Although the decision was somewhat humiliating, the people in the meeting room knew what the reality was.

The reality is that they have to let him go!
Even when the meeting was about to end, the old man who presided over the meeting emphasized:
"We must tell our comrades in the South that we must never make similar mistakes again. The most important thing for us now is to defeat the southern puppets and complete the unification of the country, rather than creating more enemies for the unification of the country."

With direct instructions from Hanoi, the guerrillas in the south quickly released Zhang Haoran, and he returned safely to Saigon on the fourth day of his kidnapping.

On the same day, Zhang Haoran returned to Chang'an accompanied by the staff of the representative office. At the same time, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the news to the outside world. To everyone, it seemed that the kidnapping incident in Saigon should be over.

After all, the person has returned.

When getting on the plane, Zhang Haoran once again spoke to Officer Sun Mingjie beside him.

"I'm sorry to cause you trouble."

"What's the trouble? Our job is to protect you."

Sun Mingjie smiled and said:
"This is just our job, as long as you can return to your family safely."

"Anyway, thank you. Thank you."

While expressing his gratitude, Zhang Haoran asked again.

"Officer Sun, this matter should be over now, right?"

"Who knows?"

Sun Mingjie shook his head.

"I think we still need an explanation at this time."

……

There is an aircraft carrier anchored on the sea!
Many times, the significance of an aircraft carrier is not just a warship.

Aircraft carriers themselves are a symbol of strength. Especially after the Pacific War, aircraft carriers demonstrated their powerful striking power to the world - who is the ruler of the sea.

For any country that aspires to conquer the ocean, aircraft carriers have always been a must.

Owning an aircraft carrier is itself a symbol of naval strength. Similarly, whether a country has the ability to build an aircraft carrier is also a symbol of its comprehensive national strength.

On this day, with the launching of the "Borneo" super aircraft carrier, many countries were silent.

Because this is a super aircraft carrier that is no less powerful than the American aircraft carrier!
"We have been left far behind by them on the sea."

On the seawall, looking at the aircraft carrier that was being outfitted at the port of the Shipbuilding Industry Company, Vasily could not help but sigh:

"At least on aircraft carriers, they are in an absolute leading position."

As the head of the Soviet KGB in Chang'an, one of Vasily's very important tasks was to collect intelligence on various weapons.

The "Borneo" aircraft carrier has been attracting his attention, or rather Moscow's attention, since the day it was built.

After all, for Moscow, they are very clear about the impact a sea with a super aircraft carrier will have on the region.

Of course, it is also clear what changes such a super aircraft carrier will bring to the battlefield.

"I didn't expect that! When we were still discussing whether to build an aircraft carrier, you saw them..."

Vasily said helplessly.

"They have already built a super aircraft carrier."

"They are different from us. They can get all kinds of resources from the whole Western world to build aircraft carriers. They can import boilers and steam turbines from the United States, and they can also import the necessary parts from the United Kingdom and other European countries.

Then assemble a warship here, but what about us? If we build a warship, we need to design and manufacture everything by ourselves. This is also our advantage. The advantage of people is that they can design and manufacture by themselves. And what about them? "Alexei said in a rather proud tone:

"It's just an assembled product made with parts from various countries."

Vasily just nodded to Alexei's boasting, and then said:
"Indeed, but..."

Before he could say anything, the phone rang. It was a mobile phone. Changan had launched mobile phones as early as last year. As a KGB intelligence officer, Vasily immediately realized the advantages of mobile communications. He requested the development of similar products domestically and applied for special funds to purchase several mobile phones.

"Hello, I'm Vasily..."

As soon as the call was connected, Vasily said in shock:
"What? How? How is this possible?"

How is that possible?

While Alexei was curious, Vasily hung up the phone and said:
"Hurry, go back to the representative office immediately."

"What happened?"

"They've sent a fleet!"

"what?"

"Towards Tokyo Bay!"

"Oh my God, is SEA crazy? Do they know what they are doing?"

……

The fleet is setting sail!
Almost on the day the fleet set out, the whole world knew about it - because the news was announced by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"We need an explanation from Hanoi regarding the kidnapping of SEA citizens!
Those who kidnap civilians must be severely punished!"

Faced with such a request, Soviet Ambassador Maksimovich immediately met with Li Guoren and protested to him.

"Mr. Special Manager, we were the ones who mediated this matter. Now your people have returned home safely. How can you go back on your word and continue to investigate this matter?"

In response to Maksimovich's protest, Li Guoren replied in a calm tone.

"How could we not pursue the matter? Our people were kidnapped for no apparent reason. Although they have been released now, who can guarantee that this won't happen again?"

Then Li Guoren emphasized:

"We believe that if Soviet citizens encountered similar incidents while traveling abroad, Moscow would react in the same way or even more excitedly than we did. This is the normal reaction of a normal country."

Li Guoren's words made Maksimovich silent. After all, he couldn't say that Moscow didn't care about the lives of Soviet citizens overseas.

Besides, the Soviet Union could not do such a thing, so Maksimovich said,

"What do you want to do now?"

"What we need now is an explanation, we need those involved in this to be punished."

Li Guoren looked at Maksimovich and said:
"This is the minimum requirement, justice must be served."

"Being punished? It was just an accident."

Maksimovich tried to make the matter smaller by mediating:
"It was just an accident, and your people were not hurt at all, and they have been sent back safely in time!"

"Accident? If it can't be prevented, there will be more accidents in the future."

Li Guoren stared at Maksimovich and said in a very serious tone.

"If we don't teach them a lesson, accidents will continue to happen in the future.

Mr. Representative, we are all aware that this kind of accident will happen again and again in the future, but we have to tell them now.

We will not tolerate any accidents happening again. No matter what the situation is, they must understand one thing - what is our bottom line! "

Faced with such a declaration, Maksimovich said.

"Manager Li, you are deliberately trying to provoke a war."

"No, we are avoiding war."

Li Guoren looked at the Soviet diplomat in front of him and said:
"As long as they agree to hand over the guerrilla leader who kidnapped the SEA citizens, we will immediately withdraw the fleet. Someone must be held accountable for their actions."

"How is this possible?"

Maksimovich was horrified and said:

"You know they will never accept your request. They will never hand over their soldiers to you for trial."

"They can choose not to hand it over, but they must pay the price for not handing it over."

Li Guoren said:
"There has never been anyone in this world who doesn't have to pay the price for their actions. Since they have done it, they must pay the price. Mr. Representative, don't you agree?"

Then Li Guoren looked at Maksimovich in front of him, his mouth corners slightly raised, with a sneer on his face.

"Make them pay? Are you going to bomb them?"

Maxim looked at the guy in front of him, and now he finally understood why his predecessor had told him when he took office - when dealing with the people here, you must touch their bottom line, because once you cross the bottom line, they will really take action.

"They have forty-eight hours to decide whether to hand over the criminal!"

While sneering, Li Guoren added:

"Otherwise they will definitely pay the price."

(End of this chapter)