Suddenly the degree of the highest strategic alert. It did not have an impact on Cheng Yi, who was on the front line, because the front line commander had no strategic jurisdiction, but it shocked Xiang Linghui and Li Cunxun, who were thousands of miles away.

In accordance with the Republic's Strategic Alert Mechanism, the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, which operates independently under the General Staff and is parallel to the Military Intelligence Agency, will send strategic alerts to the General Staff, the Military Intelligence Agency, and the Central Garrison Command at the same time after assuming a strategic anomaly by a hostile country. The General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau must make a situation assessment within minutes, and the Central Garrison Command will decide whether to transfer the country's leadership. If immediate transfer is necessary, the Yuan Guard under the Central Garrison Command will send the national leaders, including the Yuan Guard, the Chairman of the National People's Congress, the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the Consultative Council, and the Minister of National Defense, to the nearest strategic command center within a few minutes, or to the Republic's "Air Force One," which will then be ordered by the Yuan or other top leaders.

Even the minimum requirements range from the strategic anomaly of an imaginary hostile state to the entry of a national leader into a strategic command center or boarding Air Force One. "Whole catty, the reaction process can't be too old minutes. If the state of strategic alert is entered in advance, the meta will issue a strategic counterattack order within minutes after receiving the strategic threat alert. In other words, even in the event of a surprise attack, the Republic can launch a strategic ballistic missile to launch a strategic counterattack within minutes from the moment the enemy's strategic ballistic missile is empty.

Strategic ballistic missiles with a range of more than 4,000 meters have a flight time of more than a few minutes, and the strategic response mechanism of the Republic is able to ensure a counterattack before the enemy's missiles fall. Because in a large-scale nuclear war, the opponent's strategic counterattack force will definitely be attacked first, so speeding up the response degree and shortening the reaction time plays a crucial role in preserving the strategic counterattack force.

Take 10,000 steps back, the enemy's attack came very suddenly, destroying the land-based strategic ballistic missile base of the republic in one fell swoop, because any nuclear power has at least one strategic nuclear submarine at all times to carry out strategic vigilance tasks, just like the Republic and the United States such a nuclear power, there are usually 3 strategic nuclear submarines patrolling the sea, and when the situation is tense, all strategic nuclear submarines will go to sea, so after the land-based strategic counterattack force is destroyed, as long as there is a strategic nuclear submarine that survives under the strategic strike of the enemy country, will be able to carry out a deadly counterattack against the enemy.

Under normal circumstances, among the three-in-one strategic deterrent forces of major powers, the strategic bomber force is organized and carries out strategic patrol tasks without interruption, that is, it is always ensured that at least a strategic bomber formation of thugs will patrol the airspace over the mainland to prevent all nuclear forces from being destroyed by a surprise attack by the enemy. Strategic bombers, which carry out strategic patrol missions, are able to immediately carry out a nuclear counterattack against the enemy country after receiving an order.

With the improvement of missile technology, land-based strategic ballistic missiles have long been deployed in a mobile manner, and their strategic survivability has been unprecedentedly enhanced. Even the "Yue-type strategic ballistic missile" with a range of 1,000 kilometers, carrying a nuclear warhead with a maximum capacity of 10,000 tons, a mid-course decoy and an old terminal decoy, a new solid-fuel rocket motive, and the ability to change orbits three times has a projectile mass of less than a ton of damage, and can be loaded with a heavy truck with a load capacity of 10,000 tons, and can be deployed on a mobile road to carry out a strategic strike against any enemy country in the world at any point within the territory of the Republic.

To ensure the effectiveness of the strategic response mechanism, exercises are conducted at least once a year. Although the participation of the national leader is not normally required, according to the unwritten rule, each national leader participates in the exercises in the first year of his term of office and familiarizes himself with the strategic response mechanism of the republic. If possible, it's best to attend every year.

Throughout the response, the situational assessment of the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau was particularly crucial.

Leaving aside the fact that misjudgment of the situation can disrupt the work arrangements of national leaders, the strategic response mechanism will be activated and national leaders will immediately leave the highly vulnerable capital. It is impossible to accurately grasp the external situation before arriving at the strategic command center or boarding the "Air Force One," and if it is necessary to immediately launch a strategic counterattack, the judgment of the situation of the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau is the only basis for the national leaders to make strategic decisions. In other words, if the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau misjudge the situation and are adopted by the country's leaders, the Republic will not launch a strategic counterattack, but a preemptive strategic strike, which will inevitably lead to a devastating disaster.

Due to technical constraints, the strategic early warning system often makes mistakes and alerts.

According to data released by the US Government, during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the predecessor of the US National Missile Defense System, the North American air defense system, exported more than 10,000 false alarms, an average of more than three times a day. Even one mistake would have led the United States to drop tens of thousands of nuclear warheads on the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's strategic early warning system also issued tens of thousands of false alarms during the years of the Cold War, and any one of them could lead to a devastating disaster. The expansion of the Republic's nuclear arsenal has led to the establishment of a more complete strategic early warning system, and the more complex the system, the more prone it is to failure. According to the statistics of the Strategic Intelligence Agency, during the period from regimental year to concave year, the Republic's strategic early warning system made a total of false alarms, an average of more than two times a day.

Because the nuclear powers are mutually assured of destruction and the nuclear threat never disappears, no matter how high the false alarm rate is, the strategic early warning system cannot be abolished. In order to avoid the catastrophic consequences of an early warning system failure, each nuclear power has established a comprehensive strategic response mechanism, in which multiple agencies assess the strategic situation and make strategic decisions after cross-comparison. Before the president of the United States makes a strategic decision, he must listen to the situation assessment reports of a number of agencies, including the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Although the strategic response of the Republic is complex and complex, the country has shown that it needs three independent agencies, of which the assessment reports of the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau are the most important. Unless the enemy's nuclear warhead has already landed on the Republic itself, Yuan can make a strategic counterattack decision only if the situation analysis of the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau is completely consistent. In order to ensure that Yuan made mistakes in strategic decision-making, when Yuan issued a counterattack order to the strategic counterattack force, the chief of the General Staff, or the director of military intelligence, or the director of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, or the commander of the Central Garrison Force must simultaneously issue orders to the counterattack force. In other words, the strategic counterattack force will only be able to launch a counterattack only if the senior leaders of the Norwegian government and the senior generals of the thugs army issue a counterattack order at the same time.

Such a complex decision-making and command system certainly has its rationality.

The importance of the Chief of the General Staff and the Chief of the Military Intelligence Service in the strategic forces of the Republic can also be seen from this. At that time, the Commissariat upgraded the Military Intelligence Agency from a subordinate organ of the General Staff to an independent intelligence agency precisely in order to prevent the Military Intelligence Agency from losing its ability to make independent judgments under the jurisdiction of the General Staff.

After receiving an alert from the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, Li Cunxun immediately contacted Xiang Linghui by telephone.

The two talked on the phone for less than a minute, and after reaching a consensus, they left for Yuanfu separately.

Fortunately, both Li Cunxun and Xiang Linghui believe that India's entry into a state of highest strategic alert does not mean that India intends to immediately use nuclear weapons and does not pose a mortal threat to the republic.

When the two of them rushed to Yuanfu, the Republic's strategic defense system had already been activated.

According to the view of some countries, strategic defense has the same strategic status as strategic strikes, because when a certain country has a strong shield sufficient to resist the enemy's strategic attack, it will use the offensive spear without fear to enhance its strategic defense capability, which is equivalent to lowering the threshold of strategic strikes, thus normalizing strategic strikes. If the Republic does not have a strategic defense capability sufficient to resist Japan's strategic attack, it will not only not preemptively destroy Japan's nuclear facilities, but will not even provoke a war. However, the Republic and the United States have always considered the strategic defence system to be a purely defensive system, which not only has nothing to do with strategic strike capabilities, but has also played a positive role in promoting the total elimination of nuclear weapons. Prior to the establishment of a national strategic defense system between the Republic and the United States, the strategic strike mechanism between the nuclear powers to ensure mutual destruction was a strategic defense mechanism of practical significance, resulting in the nuclear arsenals of the nuclear powers being filled with nuclear warheads capable of destroying all of humanity four times. After the emergence of the strategic defense system, it not only effectively reduced the deterrent capability of nuclear weapons, opened the door to nuclear disarmament, and reduced the number of nuclear weapons of the nuclear powers by more than one, but also laid the foundation for the eventual destruction of all nuclear weapons, and fundamentally disintegrated the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all mankind.

The two different perspectives reflect the fundamental interests of the nuclear States at both levels.

Naturally, the nuclear powers that are unable to build a national strategic defence system do not want their nuclear weapons to become decorations, while the countries that are capable of building a national strategic defence system naturally do not want to lay down their shields.

Because only the Republic and the United States have the ability to establish a complete strategic defense system, the two major powers have the same interests on this issue.

According to the Memorandum of Strategic Understanding between the Republic and the United States, neither country targets the other's strategic defense systems.

In other words, the criterion for measuring strategic threats between the Republic and the United States is not whether the other side activates the strategic defense system, but whether the other side mobilizes strategic strike forces. That is, after the republic launches the strategic defense system, raising the level of strategic defense, there will be no impact on the United States.

At the beginning, the purpose of the "Memorandum of Strategic Understanding" between the Republic and the United States was to normalize the strategic defense system, to suppress the second-rate nuclear powers, including Russia and France, through the establishment of a strategic defense system, to widen the distance between the major powers and ordinary powers, and to consolidate the status of the two major powers.

Because the strategic defense system was activated according to the preset plan, there was no need for Xiang Linghui and Li Cunxun to worry about it.

When the two came to the Yuan Mansion, the Yuan Guards had already strengthened the security level, "The tilt-rotary-wing transport plane had been parked on the lawn of the West Garden, and the two huge energy propellers were whirring and turning, ready to take off at any time.

"Why are you here now?" Jiao Piaoshan, who came to greet the two, looked restless.

"Where's Yuan?" Xiang Linghui asked directly.

"Still in the study, Yuan said that he would not leave until he saw you.

Xiang Linghui was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile.

Li Cunxun glanced at the guards around him, followed behind Xiang Linghui, and walked towards the study at a faster pace.

"I said, I can't leave now, first arrange for the chairman and the prime minister to leave, I must stay

When the net came to the outside of the study, Xiang Linghui and Li Cunxun heard Wang Yuanqing's roar.

"Yuan, Mr. Xiang and Director Li have arrived."

Hearing Jiao Jishan's words, Wang Yuanqing turned his gaze from the garrison commander to the gate.

"Yuan, General Zhang is also for your safety, there is no need to fire, right?" Xiang Linghui walked over quickly and nodded to Major General Zhang Zhiyang, commander of the Central Garrison Force, who was standing opposite Wang Yuanqing.

"I don't have a fire, I just don't feel the need to make a fuss."

When Li Cunxun walked over, he glanced at Zhang Zhiyang and said in a low voice: "You go out first, the strategic defense system has been activated, and Mr. Xiang and I both think it is a false alarm." ”

"False alarm?" Although Li Cunxun lowered his voice very low, he was still heard by Wang Yuanqing.

Hearing Li Cunxun say this, Major General Zhang Zhiyang turned around and left the study. Although Li Cunxun is not Zheng Zheng Erba, he used to be the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau corresponding to the rank of lieutenant general. So he had to obey Ge Cunxun's 2:6

Li Cunxun nodded, and after sitting down next to Xiang Linghui, he said, "Mr. Xiang and I both think it's a false alarm. Although India has entered a state of maximum strategic alert and senior leaders, including the Prime Minister, have been evacuated, there is no evidence that India's strategic strike force has reached a state of maximum combat readiness, and we have not received any relevant intelligence. From this, it is concluded that this is either a defensive measure aimed at the imminent general offensive of our army on the Eastern Front, or a strategic defensive exercise in response to a possible expansion of the war. ”

"Strategic defense drills in wartime?" Wang Yuanqing looked incredulous.

"Excluding the latter, there is only the former." Xiang Linghui picked up the cigarette and said. "Although the possibility of India adopting extreme war measures has been ruled out, Xiao Li and I both believe that India's move has a more profound meaning."

"A deeper meaning?" Wang Yuanqing glanced at Xiang Linghui and turned his gaze to Li Cunxun.

"What worries us the most is not the strategic nuclear threat, but the use of tactical nuclear weapons by India."

Wang Yuanqing's brows jumped a few times, and it was suitable for Li Cunxun to continue.

"Although several nuclear powers, including the United States, have reached a preliminary consensus that no country can use nuclear weapons against an enemy country in a war, but in terms of details, there is no unified opinion.

In other words, if India uses nuclear weapons against our combat units in a war to defend its homeland, and it uses nuclear weapons on its homeland, does India's behavior pose a nuclear threat to us, and should we retaliate with India? Li Cunxun took the cigarette handed by Xiang Linghui and said, "From the perspective of international law, any country has the right to defend its homeland and has the right to use all means of war within its own borders. From this, we cannot carry out a strategic nuclear counterattack if India uses tactical nuclear weapons. The basic criterion for defining a tactical nuclear strike and a strategic nuclear strike is the location of the nuclear weapon's explosion, that is, even if we use a nuclear weapon for a tactical purpose, as long as the nuclear warhead explodes in India, it is a strategic nuclear strike, not a tactical nuclear strike. As things stand, the most worrying thing is the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons in the event that India is unable to hold the eastern part of the country with conventional military force. ”

Wang Yuanqing nodded slightly, not in a hurry to speak.

"If India uses nuclear weapons in war, the first thing to consider is our full-scale nuclear retaliation." Xiang Linghui took over the topic of Li Cunxun and said, "In this way, the first thing India needs to do is to raise the level of strategic alert, evacuate the country's leaders, including the prime minister, and avoid the destruction of state power and military command institutions by us." Judging by this, it is very likely that India is preparing for the use of tactical nuclear weapons. ”

Wang Yuanqing let out a long breath and said: "According to your analysis, after India uses tactical nuclear weapons, we will carry out a strategic nuclear counterattack. At this point, what reason does India have for not to strike a strategic blow against us? ”

Xiang Linghui and Li Cunxun both frowned, obviously being beaten by this. The question is stumped.

"At the level of India's strategic nuclear forces, is there capital to call us out? Even if we carry out a strategic nuclear strike on India first, as long as India's nuclear warhead falls on our territory, India will be finished. As the leader of India, it is impossible for Rurajapani not to think about this issue, whether it is tactics or strategy, as long as there is something to do with nuclear weapons, he will have to think twice, and he will never give us the opportunity to carry out a strategic nuclear counterattack. ”

Xiang Linghui nodded, agreeing with Yuan's opinion.

"There's one thing we can't ignore." Li Cunxun did not immediately change his opinion, "Since the start of the war, the performance of the Indian army has been very sluggish, and with our army launching a general offensive on the Eastern Front, India will soon lose the entire eastern region." Although Rurajapani was very cautious on the issue of war, and after the start of the war, he took advantage of the opportunity of the country to enter a state of war to control the top generals of the Indian army in one fell swoop and implement an emergency wartime policy, no one can guarantee that the middle-ranking officers of the Indian army, especially those who are about 30 years old, who have been affected by the great expansion of national sentiment after the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, will not take risks when India's hope of victory is becoming more and more diminishing. ”

"You mean," Wang Yuanqing hesitated slightly, and said, "In this way, we must take precautions. ”

Seeing that he had attracted Yuan's attention, Li Cunxun didn't say anything more.

"The Military Intelligence Agency should strengthen its surveillance of India, especially its leadership and command structure." Wang Yuanqing let out a long breath, turned his gaze to Xiang Linghui, and said, "No matter what, we must not let our officers and soldiers fight under the nuclear threat of India, and tens of thousands of soldiers are related to the fundamental safety of the republic." The strategic defence system should be deployed in advance, and special forces should be arranged to find and destroy India's nuclear forces, especially mobile tactical missiles. I don't know exactly what tactics were used. I have only one request, that is, we must not allow a missile carrying a nuclear warhead to be lifted into the air, let alone allow an Indian nuclear warhead to explode over the heads of our troops. ”

Xiang Linghui nodded, indicating that he knew what to do.

On the way back to the General Staff Headquarters after leaving Yuanfu, Xiang Linghui issued an order to the strategic defense forces, first dispatching the air-based laser interception system with the best mobility capability to the Shannan region, and then sending the ground-based missile defense system responsible for the task of intercepting the terminal outer atmosphere and the ground-based laser interception system responsible for the interception task in the terminal atmosphere to the front line after the airlift force is vacated, so as to strengthen the strategic defense force of the front-line combat forces.