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  The division suffered 1,474 deaths, 980 severe injuries, 1,500 minor injuries, and 53 missing persons in the surprise attack by an unknown enemy. More than 60 officers were killed, including the commander of the 1st Regiment. Some companies were completely annihilated in this raid, resulting in the loss of a large number of veteran soldiers and non-commissioned officers with rich combat experience. The army that Division X had painstakingly trained was reduced by half before even taking the battlefield.

  Deputy Commander-in-Chief took over the command of the 1st Regiment, pulled all troops back to the barracks for reorganization. On that night, China announced this unexpected surprise attack to the whole world, formally declared war on India and immediately escalated to an unlimited state of war. Once in a state of unrestricted warfare, the flames of war will burn into the inland territories of both countries. The Chinese government, reversing its silence on the international stage, unhesitatingly released harsh words, reserving the right to use nuclear weapons at necessary moments!

  The global public opinion was in an uproar, with many media outlets exclaiming: "The Chinese have gone mad, the Third World War is about to begin under the curtain of nuclear explosions!"

  Even the United Nations, which had been taking a wait-and-see attitude, was caught off guard. Once the nuclear chain reaction plan is implemented, no one on earth can stand alone. UN Secretary-General Annan didn't even have time to tie his tie properly before rushing in front of the TV, loudly calling on China to exercise restraint.

  Almost all the intelligence agencies have focused their attention on China and India, with millions of pieces of information transmitted through communication satellites in the sky to various intelligence headquarters every second. In the end, they concluded that the Chinese are going to play for real!

  Elite troops from the seven major military regions across the country were reorganized in just twelve hours, and they poured into the Xinjiang and Tibet borders through various means of transportation such as railways, highways, sea routes, and air transport. The Taiwanese authorities, who had been harboring thoughts of independence, contacted politicians and military personnel who were cheering and supporting them, but were severely scolded by the other side: "Don't you want to live? At this time, you're still thinking of poking at the weak points of a mad beast that's already gone crazy?"

  Urumqi in Xinjiang and Lhasa in Tibet, these central cities have all entered a state of first-level alert. A curfew is implemented after 9 o'clock, and without special permits, those who appear on the streets after 10 o'clock will be taken to detention centers to dig sand for two weeks to supplement the military's fortification projects. If they dare to escape or resist, in necessary situations, the military's special patrol teams have the right to shoot them dead on the spot!

  India quickly responded, on the one hand actively preparing for war, and on the other hand playing the role of a wronged wife on the international stage, seeking sympathy and supporters. Their foreign minister declared in front of the world media: "I didn't do it!"

  The dozen or so people killed by me, Zhang Sun Ting and Yang Qing were all stateless and army-less vagabond mercenaries. Flipping through their files, these guys were once active on the South American battlefield, as long as the employer could afford it, assassination, coup, kidnapping, raid, nothing was impossible for them, and they were all their specialties.

  There is no shred of evidence to suggest that this was a raid orchestrated by the Indian authorities, and even the Indian Foreign Minister was seen crying in public, beating his breast and shouting: "This is an evil incident deliberately created by the Chinese government to seize more than 200,000 square kilometers of land belonging to India along the border. People with a sense of justice, please lend us your hands to stop this naked aggression! Humanity has experienced too many wars and devastation, how many martyrs have used their own blood to exchange for this peaceful world? How can we let war reignite on earth again?"

  The Indian Foreign Minister expressed their rationality and tolerance in the face of such a vicious incident, and to avoid unnecessary friction, the Indian army retreated 20 kilometers from the existing defense line. The border garrison troops stopped patrolling, hunting, shooting, exercising, and blasting after receiving the order. If the Chinese military still came forward to provoke, they would first issue a warning, persuade them to withdraw, and if persuasion was ineffective, they would disarm them according to international convention, and then return their weapons and let them leave after persuasion.

  India's series of actions has gained widespread sympathy from the international media, with some journalists publicly declaring that India is working for world peace! At the same time, they also hope that the Chinese government will not lose its rationality due to anger over this matter. This incident may be a terrorist attack with ulterior motives by some terrorists to provoke global conflict.

  Bin Laden looked at the first-hand materials bought at a high price from international intelligence agencies, jumped up and down excitedly, pointed at the reporter who was broadcasting live on TV and cursed loudly: "Damn it, how did this thing happen to me? Investigate who this nonsense guy is and get him for me!"

  On TV saw India's foreign minister's excellent performance, in Zhongnanhai's most heavily guarded government office, several people simultaneously let out a long sigh of relief.

  One of the men in his fifties, dressed in military uniform, stubbed out his cigarette and said in a low voice: "This move is quite daring. Although we know that India will not engage in an all-out war with us, taking such a tough stance on the world stage may lead to unexpected consequences. If they suddenly become aggressive and the hawks in their military rise up, adopting a hardline attitude and colliding head-on with us, there will be no room for maneuver between us."

  "Alas, this is also a last resort that has been brought out without any other choice!" Someone responded with a hint of helplessness: "This time India's actions are really too over-the-top. Although we've done a lot of work, we still can't completely seal off the news of our troops being attacked. Some sharp-nosed international journalists have been waiting to get their hands on this explosive material, and before we even received detailed reports, they used satellite TV to broadcast their exclusive news all over the world. China's technology and productivity are advancing by leaps and bounds every day, but we still need at least five to ten years of time to recover, nurture our strength, and accumulate national power. It's really not suitable for us to get entangled in endless wars with neighboring countries due to some border friction. India's actions this time have pushed us into a desperate situation, and we can only take on a decisive battle posture, forcing India to back down on the international stage. Only then can we alleviate the anger of our people and find a dignified way out for China to avoid the expansion of war."

  "Yes, the strategic goal set by former CMC Chairman Jiang Zemin was to resolve the Taiwan issue by 2020. The plan was set for fifteen years later, leaving us with a flexible space after setting the task goal. If we get entangled in an endless border war with India, there must be many people secretly applauding! Now it's time for our Chinese Foreign Minister to take the stage and perform!"

  After much anticipation, the Chinese Foreign Minister finally appeared before the global media. His face was somber and filled with a deep sense of sorrow. As he stepped up to the podium, he swept his gaze across the room of over 300 veteran journalists and said in a low tone: "Please allow me to observe a moment of silence for thirty seconds to mourn the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for China during this military attack!"

  The whole room fell silent, thirty seconds later the diplomatic corps could not help but burst into tears, a female journalist standing in the front row handed a stack of tissues to the Foreign Minister from her pocket.

  "Thank you!" The Foreign Minister took over the handkerchief and wiped away his tears, saying loudly: "On this day, at least three thousand parents who have lost their sons are in tears. This incident is the most serious injury to the Chinese people! Although we love peace and long for peaceful coexistence with any country in the world, but facing such a naked terrorist attack, China will not sit idly by!"

  The Chinese Foreign Minister's voice was like a loud bell, "I admit that our previous actions were somewhat excessive, but please imagine, when your closest person is suddenly attacked and killed, what would you do? Would you sit idly by or fight to the death with the enemy?! Now we have investigated the identity of the attacker and from the evidence, they have no direct connection with India. We are trying to believe and convincing ourselves that India is innocent in this military terrorist attack. We are working hard to find various evidences to prove that it was just a malicious act by some people who wanted to sabotage the relationship between our two countries!"

  The Chinese Foreign Minister's impassioned performance quickly captured the hearts of all the journalists present, and these uncrowned kings in front of politics, what qualifications do they have to compete with the foreign ministers of India and China, such veteran politicians?

  The Foreign Minister slammed down a stack of materials and said loudly: "We hope to thoroughly investigate this malicious incident, but China is a peace-loving country and we are unwilling to secretly dispatch troops to South America to pursue those professional mercenaries. The Chinese government is now offering a reward of $25 million for the capture of Gulem, the second mastermind behind this incident. Whoever can capture him safely and hand him over to the Chinese government will receive this reward and be awarded the A-level Crystal Honor Medal by the Chinese military!"

  Journalists gazed at the documents in the hands of China's Foreign Minister, and some keen-nosed and sharp-witted ones had already clearly sensed that from this moment on, the international mercenary community would be driven to undergo a major reshuffle. China's politicians, with their soft-yet-firm Tai Chi moves, had managed to spread the flames of war to every domain in the world where mercenaries were present.

  Two hundred and fifty million US dollars is not a small return, but what attracts the attention of professional mercenaries is that medal representing the honor recognized by the Chinese military! The Chinese Army is the most powerful fighting force in the world. In the Amazon training camp, Chinese scouts refreshed one after another world military record, being called "immortal" by those instructors.

  China has never formally employed professional mercenaries in public venues before, and getting their recognition is equivalent to plating a dazzling layer of gold on oneself.

  Half an hour later, all mercenary groups ranked in the top 15 in the world issued a statement and began to hunt down Gurem and his party.

  An hour later, the Chinese government lifted its mobilization order for unrestricted war against India. Under the wrist of politicians who turned over their hands to cover their hands with clouds and rain, people all over the world spent a sleepless night with China.