New Delhi suburb, Jawaharlal Hill ......

In the aftermath of the Humayun bombing, the estate, named after India's first prime minister, was put on heightened alert, with three armoured combat vehicles parked outside the gate, in addition to more than 30 heavily armed personal bodyguards, an additional company of guards. The black muzzle of the machine gun tells anyone who is plotting to do wrong that this is not Humayun's Mausoleum, nor is it the press conference center of the Prime Minister's Office, and trespassers will be killed!

Jawaharlal Nehru's nephew, current Defence Minister Santos Nehru, lives here.

Like his uncle, Santos, who had the blood of a Brahmin aristocracy in his veins, went to England at the age of sixteen to study and was admitted to Cambridge University three years later, but he studied international politics not in natural sciences. According to the family's arrangement, after returning to China, Santos joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is expected to become India's foreign minister before the age of 50. The four years of university life completely changed Santos's worldview and values, and led him to embark on a life path that was completely contrary to his family's wishes.

After graduating, Santos did not return to India and joined the French Foreign Legion.

For this reason, he almost turned against his family. Over the next decade, Santos fought as a member of the Foreign Legion, participating in the Gulf War and then the Balkan War. It wasn't until he was thirty-three years old, when Santos was wounded by a landmine in Kosovo, that he left the Foreign Legion and returned to India.

Ten years of conquest has shaped Santos into a soldier with a strong character and tenacious will.

At the age of forty, Santos joined the Indian Ministry of Defence and served in the arms procurement department. At the age of forty-three, Santos became a senior assistant to the secretary of defense, and strongly advocated the purchase of weapons and equipment from the West, the improvement of the level of localization of weapons and equipment, and the abandonment of the pro-Russian line. By the time de Gandhi became Prime Minister of India, the 46-year-old Santos Nehru was already the No. 2 member of the Congress Party and had a pivotal role in the government – the Minister of Defence.

On the surface, Santos is not much different from India's previous defense ministers.

A representative of the hawks, a military background, who participated in the war, was injured in the war, had a rough experience, and was a powerful figure in the political party.

In fact, Santos is very different from previous defense ministers.

The knowledge he learned at university gave Santos a good idea of the influence of international power on a country. It is clearer that India's future does not lie in turning to a powerful country. Or some powerful group. Rather, it is a struggle between many major powers and international powers. Find opportunities to survive and thrive in the slits.

From the day you enter the work of the Ministry of Defense. Nine years. Santos has been working hard to advance military reform.

There is only one focus: the advancement of armament. and even the process of westernization of the military system.

In the process of bidding for air superiority fighters and light support fighters. increasing the share of Western equipment land; Negotiations with the United States. Strive to get the aircraft carrier "Kitty Hawk". as well as carrier-based combat aircraft; Procurement of Western equipment. improve the combat performance of the Arjun tank and the Tejas fighter; Speed up the construction of domestically produced nuclear submarines and domestically produced aircraft carriers. and a large number of Western standards; Revise the performance indicators of advanced fighters jointly developed with Russia. Reduce the number of purchases.

These are all major moves by Santos to promote the Westernization of India's military power.

As Minister of Defense. Santos is not only a military strategist, decisive and brave. Politicians are insidious and cunning. He also has the eloquence and skill of a diplomat.

At the time of Gandhi's assassination, Santos was discussing tensions in South Asia with the commanders of the three armed forces.

Upon receiving the news, Santos immediately thought about the imminent outbreak of war.

Five hours later, Santos received a call from the secretary general of the Central Committee of the Congress Party. In a vote held by the Central Committee of the Congress Party, Santos was elected as the new prime minister with 93 percent support. Because the Congress ruling coalition holds 67 percent of the seats in India's parliament, Santos will only need to go through the motions in parliament and Santos will become the prime minister of India's interim government. During this period, he will reorganize the government, submit to the parliament a list of key members of the government, as well as programmatic documents such as the principles and objectives of the government, and complete the preparations for the formal inauguration of the prime minister.

The first thing Santos did after putting down the phone was not to draw up a list of government members.

The list of government members is related to the interests of all parties, and every important position involves the fundamental interests of the major interest groups and the political parties in the ruling coalition. In addition, he has half a month to reorganize the government, and there is no need to rush it.

Before dinner, Santos met with the Japanese prime minister, who was about to return home.

Aside from his promise to continue advancing the India-Japan strategic partnership, Santos did not discuss any further issues with Ozawa. The first is that neither of them understands each other, the second is that Japan is not of much help to India at the moment, and finally there are more important things to deal with in Santos.

After sending Ozawa away, Santos contacted the commanders of the three armed forces to prepare for a high-level meeting of the army after dinner.

Santos was about to enjoy a sumptuous dinner when an uninvited guest: Macri, director of the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis.

The Bureau of Investigation and Analysis is India's largest and most secretive intelligence department, and its status in India is equivalent to that of the CIA and the NSA in the United States, responsible for intelligence gathering, intelligence security and homeland security. Rumor has it that the director of the Investigation and Analysis Bureau is the most powerful person in India.

Halfway through dinner, Santos read the papers Macri had brought and then asked the servant to take away the plates.

"Would you like a drink?"

Macri glanced at the wine the servant had brought him, smiled and shook his head. "No, I'm a devout Catholic."

"I'm also a religious and Shiva won't force us to do what we don't want to do." Santos raised his glass, "Your report is detailed, but it lacks a focus. Did the explosives mentioned in the report really exist? ”

"Definitely there." Macri had long expected Santos to raise the issue. "I have personally seen the test report and no explosive residues were found in the samples taken from the explosion site......"

"Could it be that the explosion was sufficient, and there was no residue?" Santos has been in the army for ten years and has a lot of military knowledge.

"If it were somewhere else, maybe it would be possible." Macri was a little upset that Santos interrupted him. "The explosion happened indoors, there were a lot of people at the scene, it was very crowded. The site was not damaged until we collected the samples. Judging from the situation at the scene, the explosion was more than five kilograms of TNT. In such a small space, even if the explosion is sufficient, there will be a large amount of residue attached to the building, clothing, and even the human body, and there will not be even a single residue. ”

Santos nodded slightly, motioning for Macri to continue.

"We analysed the samples several times and found excessive levels of carbon, as well as some trace elements."

"From this it is concluded that it was a high-grade polymer that blew up the press center?"

Macri nodded and said, "About three years ago, we got information from Russia that Russia has been trying to obtain intelligence on the secret development of special explosives by the United States. Later, our intelligence officers collected specimens in Afghanistan and confirmed that they were special explosives secretly developed by the United States to deal with terrorists hiding in caves. The explosive power of this special explosive, which is made of polymer hydroxyl compounds and trace elements, is 20 times more powerful than TNT, and the effect is more lethal in a small space. ”

Santos looked surprised, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Most importantly, we have circumstantial evidence."

"Circumstantial evidence?" Santos lowered his glass, "What circumstantial evidence?" ”

"After the Humayun Tomb bombing, we raised the security alert level, the security alert level of the press conference hall of the Prime Minister's Office reached level 5, and all those who entered the venue had to go through strict security checks, and no one could bring five kilograms of TNT into the venue, let alone bring the detonating device in. I checked the guest registration list and personally questioned the security personnel, but I didn't find any suspicious people entering the venue. As he spoke, Macri pulled out a few prints. Specialty explosives are similar to ordinary crystals and can be used to make jewelry and even lenses for cameras. Although we do not yet know how special explosives are detonated, it is generally certain that it will not be a chemical method, but a physical method, such as sound in a certain frequency band, or a certain wavelength of light. I have roughly calculated that it only takes 50 grams of special explosives to blow up a press center to the ground, and in the case of damage at the scene, it will be a maximum of 10 grams. ”

"So little?"

"A small space can increase the power of an explosion several times over."

Santos visibly hesitated. Although there is no direct evidence, Macri's inference, as well as circumstantial evidence, are convincing enough.

"Macri, what's your conclusion?"

"This was by no means an attack planned and carried out by Pakistan."

"Can China be ruled out?" Santos' expression became very grim.

"China?" Macri shook his head, "What's the motive?" There is no reason for China to provoke a conflict in South Asia at this time, let alone take such extreme measures. ”

Santos had to admit it. If China wants to do it, it will also send a special force, not a human bomb.

"Your Excellency, I hope you will pay attention to the information I provide, the war is not good for us. If it had not been Pakistan's planned attack, then there must have been people who wanted to use it to provoke a war and profit from it. ”

"Really?" After only a few seconds of hesitation, Santos made a decision. "You immediately hand over the relevant information, as well as the samples that were collected, to the Ministry of Defense. Just because we don't provoke a war doesn't mean that Pakistan doesn't start a war. Now that Pakistan's troops are deployed along the border with us, a single misfire is enough to ignite a war. I don't want to need to hear about it in the news when war breaks out. From now on, the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis must concentrate all its efforts and closely monitor Pakistan's every move. ”

"Your Excellency......" Macri was taken aback. Santos's orders show that he has completely ignored important information that would have prevented the war, and is single-mindedly dragging India into the war.

"If there's anything wrong, I'll give you a formal order tomorrow."

Macri held back what he wanted to say, he knew that Santos would become interim prime minister tomorrow, and possibly even India's wartime prime minister