Rise of Australia

Chapter 938 Diplomatic Press Conference

boom! boom!
In the unclear video, one can clearly hear two consecutive loud bombings.

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling white light came out from the explosion site, and then turned into an orange-yellow mushroom cloud.

"It's a fascinating view." said Malone, Chief of the Australasia General Staff, with a fascinated look on his face.

To those who are not familiar with the scenery, this is just a fascination with natural scenery, but to those who are in the know, this kind of scenery comes at a certain price.

Although no one cares about the deaths and injuries of the island's people, doesn't it cost money to build an atomic bomb?

But looking at the expressions of the guys watching the video, it's clear that they are willing to make such a sacrifice.

"It's a pity that there is only one." Defense Minister Thomas Yue said with some regret at this time.

"Don't worry. The Japanese won't surrender so easily." Chief of Staff Malone was a little amused and explained, "Tokyo is not like Hiroshima. There are many Europeans and Americans there. If you want to bomb Tokyo with an atomic bomb, you have to at least drive out those annoying guys."

Admiral Thomas, the Minister of Defense, was naturally aware of the General Staff's plan. It seemed that there was only one atomic bomb, but in fact it was just an appetizer.

The purpose of the General Staff doing this is simply to expel the foreigners currently on the island nation.

Once those Europeans and Americans leave the island nation, it will be time for the large-scale nuclear bombing of Australasia to officially begin.

As for whether the island government will surrender, this is basically obvious.

The island nation is a crazy country and their people are crazy too.

Because of this, many war factions emerged in the island nation, and their attitudes were extremely radical.

If the island government wants to surrender, it will have to see whether those radical war advocates agree.

What's more, according to current intelligence, the emperor and prime minister of the island nation are both members of the pro-war faction, so it is even more impossible for the island government to surrender.

But this is also one of Australasia's plans. As long as the island government does not surrender, it will definitely be the end of the island people.

Because the nuclear bombing plan formulated by the Australasian Staff included at least 20 atomic bombs dropped on the island country.

"The video will be copied into three copies. One copy will be given to His Majesty and one will be kept in the National History Museum. As for the remaining copy, it will be given to the three major film studios to be made into a movie after it is publicly screened at today's press conference." Defense Minister Thomas said with a smile, "Such good news needs to be shared with the world. At the same time, through the pressure of those media, as many foreigners as possible on the island country should leave."

Chief of Staff Malone nodded and had no objection to what Minister Thomas said.

Soon, the video was copied three times, and Arthur also saw the real scene of the bombing of Hiroshima in the palace.

"Are there any specific statistics on casualties in Hiroshima?" Arthur asked expectantly.

"There are only estimated data from the nuclear weapons research and development test project team. There has been no movement from the island country yet." Defense Secretary Thomas, who was responsible for sending the videotape to Arthur, replied.

As he spoke, Thomas handed over a document that had been prepared long ago on the estimated explosion range and casualties of this nuclear explosion.

"The total destruction radius is estimated to be 3.5 kilometers, and the destroyed area is approximately 27 square kilometers?" Arthur looked at the estimated document in detail, without any fluctuation or pity in his heart.

"The explosion range covers the entire Hiroshima city and most military bases. It is estimated that at least 12 civilians and 33 troops will be killed or injured?" Arthur frowned and asked in confusion: "Why can only more than 30 enemy troops be killed or injured? According to intelligence, the enemy has deployed more than one million troops near Hiroshima. Our atomic bomb can only kill one-third of them?"

"Your Majesty." Minister Thomas looked at Arthur, who was still dissatisfied with the power of the atomic bomb, and quickly explained: "This only counts the data within the range of the atomic bomb explosion, and does not take into account the secondary casualties caused by radiation.

If we take into account the damage caused by radiation, our bombing could kill at least 70 islanders.”

After hearing Minister Thomas' explanation, Arthur nodded in satisfaction, but then turned around and asked, "The island government has no reaction? I don't want the atomic bomb we worked so hard to build to be useless."

Minister Thomas nodded repeatedly and said as if to assure everyone: "The island government has not responded yet, but according to our prediction, it is impossible for the island government to surrender so easily."

Looking at Arthur's actions, let alone the fact that the island government really had no response, even if the island government planned to surrender now, Minister Thomas would definitely not dare to agree.

Who would dare to accept the surrender of the islanders if all 20 atomic bombs were not dropped? Isn't this a clear contradiction to Arthur?

In Minister Thomas's view, Arthur's inquiry was more like an attitude, that is, Arthur did not accept the surrender of the island country for the time being.

On the premise that Arthur has made his position clear, as Arthur's confidant, he must share Arthur's worries.

How to relieve Arthur's worries? Of course, they would try every possible means to prevent the island government from surrendering early, and then launch a large-scale nuclear bombing on the island country. Later in the afternoon, the Australian Foreign Affairs Department held a press conference.

At this time, the diplomatic department gathered many media from home and abroad, the largest number of which were of course newspapers and media from Australasia.

This is easy to understand. After all, the countries where war broke out at this time are not limited to Australasia. Most of Europe is currently suffering from the baptism of war.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before we begin today's press conference, I would like to ask you to watch a real video that was recently filmed. The events in the video are real. If you have any questions, please raise your hand and ask questions after watching the video," said Foreign Minister Wellington Crowe with a smile.

Ignoring the doubts of the media and newspaper reporters present, Wellington Crowe instructed his subordinates to start playing the video that had been prepared long ago.

Although everyone was confused, the video had already started playing, so they could only watch the real video that Wellington Crowe mentioned, and then consider what the diplomatic department meant.

"Valentine, target Hiroshima, lock on immediately."

At the beginning of the video, there was a noisy sound, followed by the words of a man.

"Hiroshima?" The reporter's knowledge is still very broad, and many people still have an impression of the medium and large cities on this island country.

As the video progressed, reporters realized that this was an Australasian air force mission, most likely the bombing of Hiroshima.

But the problem is that World War II has continued to this day, and countless cities have been bombed every day. Why did Australasia make a special video of the bombing of Hiroshima and hold a diplomatic press conference to broadcast it?
Is it to show off to the islanders?

The video quickly gave the answer.

As something similar to a bomb but much larger than a bomb is dropped on Hiroshima, the bomber in the video begins to quickly flee the sky over Hiroshima.

About forty seconds later, a brilliant white light suddenly appeared in the sky above Hiroshima in the distance, followed by a mushroom cloud and a huge shock wave ring.

The reporters could no longer sit still and stood up one after another. If they were not afraid of missing out on some big news by taking their eyes off the video, I'm afraid these reporters would have already started rushing to ask questions.

After about ten seconds, most of Hiroshima is destroyed by the power of the explosion and the shock wave, and the video ends.

"Minister Wellington, is this true?" Although Minister Wellington said the video was real long before it started playing, many reporters who saw the shocking scene were still reluctant to believe that humans had such a powerful weapon.

"Of course." Minister Wellington nodded and said with a smile, "Everything in the video is real. It's all about the special operation that took place in Hiroshima this morning. I know you are all confused. You can raise your hands and ask questions now."

Upon hearing this, all the reporters raised their hands, fearing that they would not be seen.

Wellington signaled the reporter in the middle of the first row to ask questions first.

"Minister Wellington, what weapons are in the video? What are the Internet casualties on the island nation?" the reporter asked impatiently.

"I can only tell you that this is the most powerful weapon newly developed by Australasia, code-named Mors-3. As for the casualties on the island nation, although we don't have exact data, it is certain that most of Hiroshima city has been destroyed." Wellington replied with a smile.

Upon hearing Wellington's affirmative statement, all the media and newspapers present were shocked, and the local newspapers in Australasia were no exception.

This is so horrifying that it is almost impossible to believe.

To put it most considerately, a weapon of this power is simply not a product of this era.

Not to mention science fiction, most reporters felt it was a bit dreamy.

One weapon can destroy half of a city? Doesn't this mean that dozens of weapons can destroy a medium-sized country, and hundreds of such weapons can destroy a country at the level of a great power?

"Minister Wellington, how many weapons of this type does your country produce? Can each weapon ensure such power?" media from other countries quickly asked.

This is no longer a simple press conference. If Australasia really possesses this weapon, it will have a huge impact on the world situation.

Not to mention the enemies in Australasia, even allies like Britain and France would be terrified.

"This is not the topic of this press diplomacy conference." Wellington did not choose to answer this question, but smiled and declined, and then continued:

The purpose of publishing this video is that we hope to use the influence of the world's media to advise all non-island populations on the island to leave the island within three days as much as possible. As long as this war continues, our special operations will not stop.

The next city to be bombed may be Tokyo, so for the safety of overseas Chinese around the world, I hope you can convey this message truthfully."

(End of this chapter)