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Chapter 1614 Final Warning (First update, please subscribe)
When learning about the "Perseverance Incident", Li Yian was stunned at first, then he sighed softly.

"Oh!"

Then he continued to grill the meat. It must be said that some habits cannot be changed even if he is over 40 years old. Sometimes, he likes to eat skewers and has to grill them himself.
"Are there any casualties?"

"We have two sailors injured, they have multiple fatalities, and all of the crew members are injured."

While listening to the report, Li Yian just silently flipped the skewers. After a while, he said:
“I didn’t expect that they would be the first to try to get through the blockade.”

"Yes, it was indeed a bit unexpected. The navy had already made a response plan to intercept the Soviet navy, but they didn't expect that their merchant ships would rush in and put up a very strong resistance. Even the sailors without weapons used wrenches and other tools to resist..."

Zhang Zeyuan introduced the situation after boarding the ship, and then said with some regret:

"That's why there are so many injured people. Their wills are so strong!"

"Yes! And these are just sailors..."

Li Yian sighed, put down the grilled skewers in his hand, looked at the report, pointed at the photo above, and said:

"Did you find the munitions?"

"Yes."

"Can you confirm where the munitions will be sent?"

Li Yian turned his gaze to Jia Wentao standing aside.

"The instructions for use of the weapons were in English. Although we don't know who the weapons were for, since they were not on the merchant ship's cargo manifest, we have reason to believe that the weapons were most likely provided to the Jakarta authorities," he said.

After Jia Wentao said this, he stopped talking.

"What are the chances of that happening?"

"We don't rule out this possibility. After all, under normal circumstances they would never force their way through the blockade, and it's still not enough to stop them."

While Jia Wentao was speaking, Li Yian just nodded and said:

"It's a little unbelievable, but it makes sense if you think about it."

The reason why Li Yian said this is because he knows some people better.

At this time, Li Guoren asked from the side.

"Your Excellency, what should we do now? They are using every avenue to accuse us, and there have been very large protests in the area."

After thinking for a while, Li Guoren said.

"I think we should engage with them directly in order to mitigate the consequences of this incident."

"Oh."

Li Yian responded, then shook his head and said:

"Sometimes, contact is not a good thing. After all, the contradictions and differences are too great. In this case, contact or exchanges will only increase the contradictions between the two sides and will not be conducive to our actions."

Why is it not conducive to action?

The reason is very simple, because once contact is made, many things cannot be done as recklessly as they are now.

To a certain extent, being a lackey of American imperialism is very convenient for doing things, after all, it is a lackey.

Aren’t lackeys specifically designed to do bad things?

Since everyone knows that I specialize in doing bad things, you just get used to it.

"But sir, their ship is in our hands now, and their people are also in our hands. If we don't make contact, how will this matter end?"

Listening to Li Guoren's concerns, Li Yian said:

“Now… they are the ones who need to think about how to end this.

Submit the evidence of those weapons to the United Nations. In the past, they always needed proof of their export. Now... aren't those weapons the evidence?"

What does it mean to turn black into white, turn white into black, and turn the plaintiff into the defendant?

In this world, right and wrong are always confused.

It's just a matter of who has the final say.

……

6 month.

It was raining heavily.

Two days ago, the warning issued by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center had already spread across the island through radio, television and newspapers.

As in the past, when the typhoon arrived, all the shops and factories on the island stopped working. The big typhoon a few years ago claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. It was also from that time that the "tradition" of stopping work during typhoons began here.

Despite the strong wind on the street, a black BMW car still drove from the street corner and stopped in front of a teahouse. The car stopped for almost half a minute before Song Guoqiang got out of the car.

After he got off the car, the rolling door of the teahouse opened, and then Song Guoqiang walked in. When the people in the teahouse looked at him, their eyes were filled with anger.

"Executioner!"

"Butcher!"

Although the sound was not loud, Song Guoqiang still heard it. He was used to it. After all, such words were everywhere in the newspapers in the past two days.

Today, he came here to solve the problem, not to argue.

Soon, he went up to the second floor, and in the private room, he saw the guest he was going to meet today.

"Your unprovoked attack on merchant ships will surely be condemned by the whole world!

You must now return the merchant ship and its crew. And we will reserve the right to take further action."

Faced with the fierce words, Song Guoqiang thought for a moment and then said:

"We have strong evidence that the ship is an arms smuggling ship!"

The man sitting opposite him said in an excited tone.

"There's no need to blame someone if you want to."

"We found more than 1 smuggled weapons on board the ship whose whereabouts were unknown. These weapons were not on the cargo manifest,"

Song Guoqiang put the photo in front of him while talking, and then said:
"These weapons were found when we searched the ship. We have enough evidence to show that the ship was an arms smuggling ship and they were supplying weapons to illegal armed elements."

"This is simply a frame-up." The man said in an impassioned tone:

"The ship is in your hands now. You can do whatever you want. You can put all kinds of weapons on the ship at any time and then frame them. This shameless behavior will definitely be laughed at by people all over the world."

"We have video footage of the entire process."

Song Guoqiang said in an extremely calm tone.

"The whole world knows that we could sink that ship at any time if we wanted to, but we didn't, not because we couldn't, but because we didn't want to."

Looking at the person in front of him, Song Guoqiang's tone was calm.

"Hehe, these are crocodile tears."

The man sneered.

“It is an international passage, and even the United Nations has no right to prevent merchant ships from other countries from passing through there.

Even you, when Egypt closed the Suez Canal, didn't you use this reason and excuse to attack Egypt? You accused Egypt of closing the Suez Canal and closing the international waterway. "

The man's tone was angry.

“At that time, you spoke of justice, and at that time, it seemed that all the truth was on your side, but now… you have closed the Strait of Malacca.

You have all the truth, don't you?"

What is a boomerang? This is a boomerang. It will always happen.

However, facing the boomerang, Song Guoqiang was not panicked at all. He said:
“If they had followed the instructions, they could have passed through the Strait of Malacca. Our announcement was very clear, but you did not follow our announcement.

And the whole world will see that we were forced to fight back. A normal merchant ship would never be armed, but the crew on that ship were all armed.

Theoretically, we could treat them as pirates, but even so, we remained restrained.

This restraint even came at the cost of our bloodshed. I can only say that we have taken mercy to the extreme."

Seeing the other party, Song Guoqiang continued.

"After our people boarded the ship, there was video footage of the entire process from boarding to controlling the merchant ship, including the inspection of the merchant ship's cargo. The video clearly shows that the weapons were found during the merchant ship's seizure.

In addition to the on-site video, international maritime officials are also involved in the search. The issue has been submitted to the United Nations and relevant organizations. Well, international organizations will be involved, and they will find a lot of evidence in the investigation, and that evidence will prove something. "

Song Guoqiang's answer made the man in front of him look a little unnatural, but he immediately retorted:
"You are simply a den of snakes and rats, and the so-called video is also fake. People who can distinguish right from wrong will definitely expose your conspiracy and frame-up."

"It does not matter."

Song Guoqiang looked at the other party and said.

"What's important is that in the coming days, all TV stations around the world will report this news, and everyone in the world will see how we were attacked when we intercepted an unknown international merchant ship, and how we were forced to fight back."

When speaking, Song Guoqiang deliberately emphasized the words "merchant ship of unknown nationality", and then he said:

"We will also submit all the evidence to the United Nations and other international organizations. I think all the evidence will eventually prove one thing - the merchant ship of unknown nationality is indeed an arms smuggling ship. Our interception is in line with international law and is also very necessary. We do this not only to prevent the world from falling into war, but also to prevent some parties from creating war there."

What should we do now?
As the man tried to continue arguing, Song Guoqiang continued.

"Hopefully this is the last time something like this happens, and I'm not referring to the merchant ships themselves, but the fact that the weapons were being smuggled.

You know, we never talk about reason and we don’t care about our image. If there are arms ships passing through the Strait of Malacca, we will completely close it next time.”

Faced with such persuasion, the man emphasized:
"The Strait of Malacca is international waters. According to international law..."

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Song Guoqiang said:
"You know, just like what you said, we are international gangsters who never abide by any international law. There is no point in talking to us about international law."

What is a rogue?

A true gangster is not ashamed of it but proud of it. When doing certain things, he will never have any scruples.

Faced with his persuasion, the man in front of him remained silent.

"You need to return the merchant ship."

"it's out of the question."

Song Guoqiang said.

"We're never going to give that ship back. We don't need that old ship, but we're going to blow it up!"

What happened next?
More than an hour later, Song Guoqiang left the teahouse. As he got into the car and left, the driver asked.

"Will they accept our persuasion?"

“Will we accept their advice?”

Song Guoqiang's answer fell silent in the car. They just looked at each other in silence for a moment, and then the driver spoke.

"Do your best and leave the rest to God."

"That's not the case. I guess this matter will be played down in the next few days. After all, they know very well that if the matter continues to linger, it will not only affect us, but also them... After all, interfering in other countries' internal affairs is something we do every day."

Song Guoqiang's words made the person sitting in the passenger seat stunned at first, and then he burst into laughter.

“That’s the burden of carrying a great reputation.”

Nodding, Song Guoqiang said.

"That's the biggest difference between us and them. They need to take their reputation into consideration, but we don't."

This is what makes SEA special. It is special because it has no scruples. Unlike the United States, the Soviet Union and other major powers, it does not have the need for so-called international reputation.

So in this situation, it is enough to just consider interests. Interests, in many cases, are the most important.

"Now that you mention it, I'm not worried anymore. Well, I still think they will fight us to the end. After all, their attitude is very tough."

Song Guoqiang smiled and said:
"It depends on the situation. Just like our situation with Jakarta, we have been dragging our feet for so many years and have only just resolved it now. Before that, our attitude seemed very tough, but our attitude... is called soft but firm, a needle hidden in cotton."

After hearing what Song Guoqiang said, the person sitting in the passenger seat thought for a moment and said.

"So will they use this method against us as well?"

"Well, this possibility cannot be ruled out."

Song Guoqiang looked out the window and said:

"But everything depends on the time, but now, the initiative is in our hands."

(End of this chapter)