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Chapter 526: The Guardian of the Country (2)

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The ruler of a country is as powerful as a god and cannot be violated. Not taking forced punishment and punishment measures against a certain group does not mean that one chooses to swallow his anger and calm down. After the attack of the king, in northern Ireland, the towns where Protestants live quickly announced military martial law. No one is allowed to leave his residence without permission, and he is not allowed to walk outdoors at will within a limited time. The police are on guard and the army controls important traffic routes and important facilities.

At the same time, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared in the towns where Catholics and Protestants lived together. The soldiers wearing short-brimmed flat-topped military caps and gray-green long-clad coats were in groups, orderly and basically all of them looked serious, but they did not give people a murderous feeling. The reason was that these people did not show off their military power in sensitive areas during sensitive periods. A team of seven or eight people usually only had the leading non-commissioned officers wearing pistols, while the rest were empty-handed.

The current situation, seeing such an army, the Catholic civilians were able to calm down, and Protestants were not too nervous and afraid. Within a few days, the number of Irish soldiers transported to the north by railways, highways and even empty roads continued to increase, and they either entered towns and villages, or guarded the stations and docks. During this period, the Irish government provided pensions to the families of victims in violent conflicts, treated the injured free of charge, and investigated and dealt with the people who caused the accident through judicial procedures. In this way, the unprecedented turbulent situation in the northern counties gradually became stable.

To people's surprise, it was not only that. After the attack, the young and energetic Irish king did not hide in a place with high security. He went to the hospital to visit the wounded, went to the National Cathedral to pray, and then flew to Belfast to visit the Protestant Irish bishop. This was not the first time the two met, but the situation was special, and the conversation between the two was held without a third party. The content of their conversation and whether some agreement had been reached attracted widespread attention from the outside world. However, it was not until half a month later that people obtained some information from the British Archbishop, the religious superior of the Protestant Irish bishop. It is said that the king of Ireland told the diocese that his kindness to the Irish people exceeded religious boundaries, and St. Patrick brought Christianity to the country. He would bring long-term peace and tranquility to the country, even if he gave his life, he would do whatever he could.

As early as the beginning of the founding of the Kingdom of Ireland, this unique Irish king vigorously promoted the promulgation of the Religious Faith Freedom Act, which legally coexisted the two different religious beliefs Catholicism and Protestantism. This religious conflict exposed the shortcomings of this bill in terms of binding and protection, and urged the Irish government departments to amend the bill.

In dealing with those who are worried, they can match hard and soft, and they can defeat others without fighting, and treat their supporters with both kindness and power, putting the current situation under his own control. In this crisis that tests wisdom and skills, Xia Shu delivered a good answer, but this is not all. When the situation gradually subsided, he decisively waved the stick.

In the process of tracing behind-the-scenes instructors, the Irish intelligence department, which had few previous opportunities to show up, played the role of a dispatching center. With the privileges granted by the king and the government, they used the power of the police and the military to conduct meticulous investigations on attacks and religious conflicts, and cooperated with the German intelligence department to track them from intelligence channels. After the French government assisted in determining the identity of the gunman, the investigation quickly made breakthrough progress, and then identified suspicious objects who had an affair. Taking this opportunity, the Irish military was expensive in multiple local areas. Family families, landlord families and even officials in office carried out arrests and raids. Some of these people were indeed involved in the attack on the Irish king. Once verified, they were sentenced to severe punishment without mercy and their property was confiscated and confiscated. Those who were not involved in this matter also interrogated and investigated their foreign affairs, privately hiding weapons or tax smuggling, and then handed over to the judicial department, severely cracking down on these traditional forces that had been indifferent to the Irish government's ruling strategy and even secretly resisted.

The Irish intelligence department's excellent performance is the return of the strong cultivation and support of the royal family, government and military. Another special force on the hidden front, the Royal Irish Guard, also made its first official appearance on the historical stage. Nominally, this unit is the personal guard of the King of Ireland, and works with the garrison troops to protect the safety of the royal family. Its members are the leaders of active-duty soldiers, with firm will, loyal to the emperor and the country, have excellent fighting skills, and can operate various weapons and equipment. Except for a small number of people who are stationed in the capital, the rest of the squads are trained in various military bases, and their training is not based on defense protection. They have a set of self-contained tactical skills. They can enter the battlefield to carry out infiltration reconnaissance, destroy behind enemy lines, and sneak into other countries to carry out secret military activities. The attack of the Irish king this time is the new defeat of Britain. The Irish organization has great implications, but although the Irish intelligence department has obtained some evidence, due to the British diplomatic sleekness, it is difficult for the Irish government to punish it through diplomatic channels, so it sent the Royal Irish Guard to raise the sword of punishment to the hostile elements outside the country. In Liverpool, the Royal Irish Guard raided a shipyard occupied by the remnants of the Belfast Division at night, killed three times its own guards, arrested two leaders of the organization, and then returned smoothly with the support of its own submarines. The Irish government then held public trials on the two leaders and sentenced them to death. This incident caused great shock to the British top leaders, but the two had special identities and the Royal Irish Guard did not leave any obvious handle in the operation. The British government only protested against the Irish government through diplomatic channels and did not expand the impact of the incident.

In a blink of an eye, more than two months have passed, and the gunshots of assassinating the king of Ireland have gone away, but the stampede caused more than 100 innocent civilian casualties, and the intensified religious conflicts have led to a large amount of loss of personnel and property. This has become the darkest period since Ireland's independence. Fortunately, Ireland's economic miracle did not stop because of this blow. The initial investment and preparation gradually showed results. Limerick's shipbuilding industry was fully powered. After the expansion, the Limerick vehicle manufacturing company was running at full capacity. Several major aviation manufacturing companies began to give back generous taxes to the government. In March and April, Ireland and Spain finally signed economic and trade reciprocity agreements in multiple fields. The opening of the Spanish market immediately injected new development momentum into Ireland.

In the field of infrastructure construction, the Limerick-Belfast Railway with great strategic significance was completed, the Belfast Airport was completed, and the Limerick Wonderland Amusement Park, known as the fairy tale kingdom, was put into operation. The roads built with modern standards continued to extend to remote villages and towns. At the "Licensou Grand Construction Site", one brand new building after another was put into use, the city's commercial scale expanded at an astonishing speed, and the entire country showed a thriving scene.

Under the deliberate guidance of official public opinion, the Irish people began to focus on another important festival that is coming, which is Irish National Day. Two years ago, on May 25, the Irish Archbishop appointed by the Roman Catholic Church announced the restoration of the sacred independent kingdom of Ireland, and the Irish government then determined that this day as the official National Day in the form of legislation.

Xia Shu is well-versed in history and knows that the display of military strength can attract people's curiosity the most. The German volunteer corps had already withdrawn, but the military bases leased to Germany by Ireland were also stationed in German army, naval and air forces. He obtained the consent of German senior officials to hold a joint military parade on Ireland's National Day. With the efforts of Irish diplomatic officials, Austro-Hungary, Ottoman, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Denmark and even France agreed to send military bands to help. Ireland's official also announced that some of the most representative ships in the country will be open to visitors at home and abroad unconditionally during the National Day event, including the modern modified armored cruiser "Celtic" and several combat submarines promoted by the Irish military shipbuilding industry in the international arms market.

In order to recurrence of similar anti-malpractice cases, the Irish police and the military were on high alert. Not only did they use security inspection measures at the port of entry, but they distributed hidden lines in hotels and hotels everywhere, and arrested and interrogated suspicious elements found without hesitation. With Xia Shu's personal intervention, the power of the general public was mobilized and people's security teams and picket teams were established in the Limerick area and several important port cities.

In addition, the Irish military selected more than 200 soldiers with accurate marksmanship and conducted special sniper training on them. They purchased optical scopes for use with rifles from Germany, and then deployed these snipers at various commanding heights in Limerick and some hidden locations with wide views. In conjunction with the guard patrol personnel on the street, a three-dimensional security system was built.

The decisions of the inviting guests from all over the world brought many uncertainties to the celebration of National Day. There were many opposition voices within the Irish government and the army, but the king's unswerving attitude made them unable to do their best to join in, and then wait for the arrival of this big test with a nervous and nervous mood.

Affected by the attack on the Irish king and the religious conflict, the guests from all countries who came to Ireland to see fewer than expected, but they were enough to bring a short golden boom to the local economy of Limerick. The continuous international activities also showed the amazing changes in Ireland from a remote area to the international frontier. This time, diplomats and military representatives from many countries arrived as scheduled, wanting to see the heroic posture of the Irish army, which also shows that Ireland's military construction and military development have been widely recognized by the outside world.
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