Chapter Sixteen
.When I spoke to Fu Xiubo, Lindbergh really had no appetite.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Lindberg knocked on the table, staring at Chandler intently, waiting for the Director of Intelligence to explain.
"It's obvious that Fu Xiubo is testing our background."
"I know this, what I need to know is, what's going on!" Lindberg threw the photo faxed to Chandler, "You promised that Park Jung-de would definitely be able to go to Kaicheng, convince Han Yuanhe, and let the Fourth Legion put down his weapons. Now it seems that his life is not strong enough."
Chandler hesitated for a moment and said, "There is no way to prove the authenticity of this photo, maybe..."
"You mean, the supreme leader of a country with a population of 1.4 billion will use a photo of PS to fool the president of the most powerful country in the world!?" Lindberg smiled and shook his head, saying, "Even if Fu Xiubo is very cunning, if he didn't know that Park Jung-deok went to North Korea, if he didn't know that Park Jung-deok went to see Han Yuan-he, if he didn't know that we were fighting the Fourth Legion, would he call me?"
"president……"
"After these things happening, do you think you can still instigate Han Yuanhe and let the Fourth Legion lay down your weapons?"
Chandler sighed and said nothing.
Lindberg said with a breath, "I will tell Berkshire to delay the offensive operation. Our army will not cross the 38th parallel before figuring out Kim Il-jong's life or death. If you are still full of confidence, put some effort into the Fourth Legion and don't let me down."
"I will call you as soon as possible."
Lindberg waved and asked Chandler to leave on his own.
Although Fu Xiubo repeatedly emphasized the importance of maintaining peace on the phone and repeatedly hinted that if the US military crossed the 38th parallel, the Chinese army would go to North Korea to fight, Lindberg was very clear that it was not politicians or soldiers who wanted to fight this war, but the interest groups behind politicians and soldiers.
Fu Xiubo was right, it was still time to stop now.
But Lindberg could not do so. If he used presidential privilege to end the long-planned war, perhaps in a few months he would become the second Kennedy, and his successor would ignite the fuse of war in a similar way, or simply ignite the war with his death.
The rules of the game are simple: if you don’t serve the interests, you will be a victim of the interests.
Lindberg could not stop the war, but could decide when the war would begin and grasp the rhythm of the war.
Will China send troops?
Fu Xiubo's words made Lindberg believe that China would definitely send troops. But he believed even more that Fu Xiubo's tough appearance was highly concerned about the war.
Chandler did nothing in intelligence work, but had a very unique strategic vision.
Can a country that has not been tested in war for more than 20 years be able to win triumph in a war with the most powerful and experienced armies in the world?
Lindberg is not a soldier, but he firmly believes that the Chinese army is far less brave and good at fighting than it was more than 60 years ago.
After dinner, Lindberg called Defense Secretary Berkshire and asked him to temporarily terminate the military operation and keep the troops in the camp.
At this time, Cui Yongguang had arrived in Kaicheng.
Han Yuanhe just received the news and learned that Park Jung-deok was attacked on the way to Kaisong, all the guards were killed, and the Korean soldiers who came with Park Jung-deok were also killed.
The scene was very chaotic, and it was only possible to determine that the battle time was very short and the attacker had fled the scene.
Fortunately, the attackers left behind the bodies of Park Jung-deok and the Korean soldiers.
Han Yuanhe didn't think much about it and asked the guards to deal with Park Jung-de's body and leave the bodies of the Korean soldiers at the scene, pretending to be the appearance of the Korean army crossing the border attack.
When Han Yuanhe saw Cui Yongguang, his emotions had stabilized.
The one who attacked Park Jung-deok was definitely not Choi Yong-kwang's person, otherwise Choi Yong-kwang should have come with Park Jung-deok's body instead of coming alone.
But what did Cui Yongguang come to do at this time?
After letting the guards go out, Han Yuanhe made a cup of tea for Cui Yongguang.
"Marson, is the commander okay?" Han Yuanhe put the teacup in front of Cui Yongguang and asked tentatively.
"Have you received the order from the commander?" Cui Yongguang did not answer Han Yuanhe's question.
Han Yuanhe hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
"Why didn't you return to Pyongyang?"
"The situation is tense now, and the shelling of Seoul is still under investigation, I..."
"General, the order is very clear. It is not to ask you to investigate the shelling incident, but to ask you to go back and report to the commander."
"Command him..."
"Commander..." Cui Yongguang was not good at lying and almost let it go, "You will know when you return to Pyongyang. Pack up your things immediately and go back with me."
"But……"
"But what?"
Han Yuanhe saw that Choi Yongguang must have something to hide from him, and it was related to Kim Il-jung.
Is Kim Il-jeong dead? Han Yuanhe must figure out this issue, and hesitate no longer, saying: "The commander must give orders to mobilize the commander, and I want to talk to the commander on the phone."
"Han Yuanhe!" Cui Yongguang slapped the table, "I am the Minister of the Command, how dare you question my order?"
"Marson, I am not questioning your order. This is the commander's order. Only the commander can mobilize the commander of the legion, and others have no right to order the commander."
"You..." Cui Yongguang was in a bad mood and had no choice.
Kim Il correctly issued such an order to prevent others from gaining military power.
"I will not leave the Legion Command without the commander's phone number, and no one can let me leave the Legion Command."
"Is that true?" Cui Yongguang stood up, "People are coming..."
Han Yuan and a shuddered, realizing that Cui Yongguang was prepared to confiscate his military power. If Cui Yongguang's guards rushed in, he would not even have a chance to reason.
But, what else can it be done?
In desperation, Han Yuanhe didn't have time to think about it and immediately pulled out his gun.
Cui Yongguang was shocked when he saw Han Yuanhe pulling his gun. Although he was also a soldier, he wore a decorative general pistol, but he was old and his movements were not flexible enough. When he touched the gun handle, Han Yuanhe had already pressed his forehead with the gun, and the decorative pistol given by the Chinese Minister of Defense was immediately taken away.
"Han Yuanhe, what do you want to do?"
At this time, Cui Yongguang's guard rushed in. Seeing this, the four guards immediately picked up their rifles and pointed the muzzle at Han Yuanhe.
"Put down the gun, put down the gun!" Han Yuanhe was also anxious. He had no way to go.
The guards were indifferent because they only listened to Cui Yongguang's orders.
"Come!"
Han Yuanhe called out, and several confidant guards guarding outside rushed in immediately.
"Stop their guns and control everyone outside."
Han Yuan and the crowded people here, Cui Yongguang was taken hostage, and his guard could not resist, so he could only hand over the gun unwillingly.
"Han Yuanhe, you are treason!" Choi Yongguang shivered with anger. "Now put down your gun and let your people go out and go back with me. I can protect you from death. Otherwise, you will be the next Park Jung-deok."
"You sent someone to kill Park Jung-deok!" Han Yuanhe was shocked and looked at Choi Yong-kwang in disbelief.
Choi Yongguang was also shocked and realized that the information provided by China was not wrong. Park Jung-deok was indeed dead, but it was not done by Han Yuanhe.
"Since you know my relationship with Park Jung-deok and I also know that I will send someone to take him over, you should know that I will not go back with you." Han Yuanhe had calmed down and asked his subordinates to tie up Choi Yong-kwang's guards. "I will go back with you, even if there are a thousand mouths, I can't explain it clearly. The commander will definitely not believe me."
Cui Yongguang hesitated for a moment and said, "The commander is dead."
"Dead!?" Han Yuanhe's eyes widened.
"Before you shelled Seoul, the commander's convoy was bombed outside Pyongyang, and both commander and commander were killed, and other members of the commander's family were also..."
"Then, I can't go back with you."
Seeing that Han Yuanhe's expression suddenly became extremely firm, Cui Yongguang realized that he had said the wrong thing, or Han Yuanhe had pulled it out.
"Marson, I'm sorry!"
"What do you want to do?"
Han Yuanhe didn't speak and answered with actions.
As soon as the gunshot sounded, before Cui Yongguang fell to the ground, Han Yuanhe's men fired. The four guards brought by Cui Yongguang were beaten into a hornet's nest without any time to react.
"Kill all the people Cui Yongguang brings, don't let anyone go."
The guard captain nodded to an officer, and then asked his subordinates to drag the bodies of Cui Yongguang and others out. "General, it's still time to go to Panmunjom now."
"We can't go to Panmunjom." Han Yuanhe's mind was very fast, "Turn on the entire army and let the troops return to the camp."
"General..."
"Choyong-gwang plotted to rebel and killed commander Kim Il-jung, second commander Kim Eun-jung, and other family members of commander Kim Eun-jung, in an attempt to seize the leadership of the People's Army." Han Yuan-he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Tell the soldiers of the army that we have executed the traitors, and the Fourth Corps will go to Pyongyang to quell the rebellion."
"But……"
"You go to Panmunjom immediately and find the Americans who sent Park Jung-de. Tell them that if the US-South Korea coalition forces can hold their troops, we can seize Pyongyang."
"The US-South Korea coalition will not let us succeed."
"Then let them come over, we stay in Kaesong, and let them attack Pyongyang." Han Yuanhe glanced at the guard captain and said, "Without the Fourth Corps, we are nothing, so we must stay and wait until the situation calms down before negotiating with the US and South Korean authorities."
The guard captain nodded and said nothing more.
"Take more people over and be careful on the way." Han Yuanhe patted the guard captain's shoulder, "Your benefits will be indispensable after the matter is done."
"General, I believe in your choice."
Han Yuanhe nodded, and at this time, there were dense gunfire outside.
Five minutes later, Han Yuanhe officially ordered all troops of the Fourth Legion to return to the camp, and then informed Choi Yongguang as the commander of the army to conspire to rebel and kill Kim Il-jeong, and ordered all officers at the battalion level and above of the Fourth Legion to return to the headquarters to discuss returning to Pyongyang to quell the rebellion.
Han Yuanhe was very decisive and acted very quickly, but he made a mistake.
The announcement of Kim Il-jeong's death in advance and the blame was put on Choi Yong-kwang. The execution of Choi Yong-kwang without trial was equivalent to burying a time bomb.
Chapter completed!