Chapter 1177: The Situation Is Grim
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No matter whether he felt good or bad, Chen Kangjie couldn't retreat at this time, and under the guidance of Shastroami, he got into the car behind, Xiong Ziqiang and Tan Jian sat with him, and Pang Hui, Dong Mingshu and Wang Wei got into the jeep in front.
Under the illumination of the headlights of the car, the convoy headed towards the city, the sun has completely set below the sea level, the vast night has been pulled down in all directions, the sky is full of stars overhead, the river is brilliant, measuring the atmospheric quality of a place, in addition to those sophisticated instruments, in fact, there is also the simplest way, that is, looking up at the starry sky at night, if a piece of clean, bright stars and bright moon, then it means that the atmospheric quality is good, if gray and chaotic, it is the opposite.
Bandazi, a small city of 100,000 people, is shrouded in shadowy nights, and when you enter the city, you feel that it is a huge contrast with Penang, if you are in Penang, the whole city must be brightly lit, crowded and lively, but it is deserted here, the pedestrians on the side of the street are sparsely populated, only some children are chasing in the carefree road, and there are no street lights in most parts of the city, and the road can only be barely seen by the dim light of the people who eat with the doors open.
The children who were playing were not at all afraid when they saw the motorcade escorted with guns, and they greeted the "soldiers" in the local dialect with bright smiling faces, and even chased the car for a long time before stopping.
The convoy turned around in the narrow streets, and finally stopped in front of a white mansion with four pillars at the door, all the way, there is only such a hazy street lamp, which can faintly illuminate the gray cement road in front of the door for a few hundred meters, from the environmental point of view, this should be the center of Bandaqi, the road is clean, although there are some potholes on the walls of the house, but the brick and stone structure of the house is still complete, and unlike those houses that passed before, there are six floors in height"Modern architecture", the foyer of this mansion looks like it is three stories high, and more importantly, it is heavily guarded, under each lamp pole, there are two or three people carrying a robbery on their backs, and there is a row of soldiers on the left and right sides of the gate of the mansion, and a machine gun is set up on one side.
Shastro Ami was the first to get out of the car from the co-pilot to help Chen Kangjie and they opened the back door, Xiong Ziqiang on the right hand got out of the car and stood at the door, and Tan Jun pushed the car door to guard on the other side.
As soon as Chen Kangjie's body was half exposed, Hassan Roddy, dressed in a suit, greeted him through the open door.
"Hello Mr. Chen, we meet again", Hassan Roddy showed a bright smile on his furrow face when he extended his hand to Chen Kangjie, making people feel how happy and excited he was to see Chen Kangjie.
"Mr. Roddy, hello", Chen Kangjie stretched out his hand to meet him expressionlessly.
"Mr. Chen, didn't you say that you arrived at sunset, why did you arrive when it was completely dark? Hassan Roddy asked with casual concern.
"Mr. Roddy, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I delayed," Shastro Ami walked up with her head down guiltily and admitted her mistake.
"What, how can this be, Mr. Chen is our honored guest, how can it be justified, you, you, go to the disciplinary department to receive the punishment of the whip," Hassan Rodi exclaimed angrily.
"Mr. Roddy, it's not a big deal, it's a trivial matter, forget it", Chen Kangjie persuaded from the side, he came for profit, but he didn't come for resentment, he didn't want to make trouble because of this little thing.
"Hmph, if Mr. Chen hadn't interceded with you, he would have punished you in accordance with military law, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and prepare dinner, rice bucket, don't you see that the guests haven't eaten. Hassan Roddy sold face to Chen Kangjie, but the words were still difficult to hear, which shows his usual sternness and the importance he attaches to Chen Kangjie.
"Mr. Chen, please, drink tea inside, there have been too many mundane affairs recently, otherwise I should personally go to the beach to pick you up, there is a forward commander to report to the work just now", after Shastroami left, Hassan Roddy turned from anger to joy, and invited Chen Kangjie in with great courtesy.
It is a courtyard with only two entrances, the front building is three stories high, the back building is two stories high, there is a row of small rooms on both sides, the first floor of the back building is a conference hall on the left, some staff offices on the right, and there is a dining room at the back of the side of the meeting room.
Hassan Dilo led Chen Kangjie and the others to the meeting room to rest first, and then to wash the dust for dinner, there are two rows of sand chairs facing each other in the east and west directions, each side can seat seven or eight people, and the south side is two separate sands, Chen Kangjie and Hassan Roddy are now sitting on the two separate sands in the south, and the escorts of both sides are sitting on both sides.
Hassan Dilo and Tan Kang Kit did not talk about work, but instead revolved around Tan Kang Kit's arduous journey along the way, and the atmosphere was quite relaxed.
After only five minutes, the food and drinks were ready at the restaurant, and Shastroami came over and politely invited them to sit down.
Chen Kangjie was also not polite, and with Luo Di's match, he strode towards the restaurant, and Xiong Ziqiang and they were also asked to eat together.
"Mr. Chen, due to religious constraints, I can only provide you with this food, I don't know if you can adapt to it," Hassan Roddy said cautiously after sitting down at the table.
Chen Kangjie looked, the table is full of seafood, fish, shrimp and crabs, usually we often describe luxury food as mountain delicacies, although there are no mountain delicacies here, but it has also achieved a table full of seafood, why Luo Di is still so humble, and then thought about it, Chen Kangjie understood, they are Muslims, thinking that Chen Kangjie They can't adapt to the Muslim eating habits, the adjutant is called Ali Shastroami, this Ali is a typical Muslim name that generally appears.
"Mr. Roddy, can Muslims eat fish, shrimp and crabs? Chen Kangjie asked curiously.
"According to the revelation of Allah in the Qur'an: Animals and food in the sea are lawful for you and for you and travelers, and a disciple asked the Prophet Muhammad if it was permissible to eat fish and animals in the water, and he replied: 'If the water is clean (it can be used for purification prayer) 'So we can eat these things in the sea, and we live by the sea, these are the easiest food supplies, and if we can't eat the seafood, then we will be in a lot of trouble, not every Muslim area has a lot of sheep,'" Hassan Rodi explained to Chen Kangjie very seriously.
"And what are your taboos? Chen Kangjie had little contact with Muslims before, and some things were not very clear.
"It's hard to say, every place is different from place to place, and the Qur'an in principle mentions 'pigs, blood, wine, self-dead things, animals slaughtered without Allah', and nothing else is exactly the same," explains Hassan Lodi succinctly.
"Oh, I see, the food looks tasty, and I think we'll be able to get used to it perfectly."
"Then you're welcome, please, Mr. Chen, please."
The meal was over after half an hour, and the food was good, but Chen Kangjie had already dried several fish at sea, and they were not hungry at this time, and there was no wine on the table, so it was difficult to swallow it slowly like eating Chinese food or Western food in China.
After the meal, after a cup of tea, Hassan Roddy invited Chen Kangjie to his temporary office on the second floor for a private chat.
Hassan Rodi first briefed Chen Kangjie on the struggles he had taken and the progress he had made since returning to Bandaqi, while also explaining the problems they had encountered.
Before getting Chen Kangjie's support, the Bandaqi Independent Army could only operate in the Serre Mountains, although the range could stretch from Sigri to Tabaduan, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, but they could only hide in Tibet, and they also had to face the unique Sumen tiger in the mountains, the situation was very difficult, but after getting Chen Kangjie's support, a steady stream of materials were smuggled in from Sigri and Tabaduan, and they not only greatly improved the environment, but also secretly recruited people from Aaron, Zalang, Mirawu, Brown Kejielun and other places.
Just before the financial crisis of the country of the Thousand Islands, their power in the Selshan and its surrounding areas had been very strong, and it was precisely because of this strength that they were able to take Bandaqi and the entire area west of the Searle Mountains in one fell swoop in the offensive launched two months ago, and even went to Lake Toba and the Luo River swamp to destroy the westward communication lines of the government army, and fought two blocking battles, but after all, the strength of the government army was much stronger than them, and they were still reluctantly compressed to the west of the blue sand and the area west of Tabaduan, relying on the geographical advantages of the Selshan to establish a defensive position。
"If it weren't for the political instability of the central government, I'm afraid we would have been driven out of the towns, at present, we are facing two major problems, one is the shortage of materials, I am now now that the consumption of the war is really large, food, ammunition, we are lacking, the officials and government troops stationed in the local area have taken a lot of supplies with them when we were driven out, and secondly, international recognition, we have not been recognized by the international community, because we have not been recognized, the freighters that went to Bandazi are not coming now, and more importantly, without international recognition, we cannot put pressure on the central government, and now our situation is very seriousHassan Roddy said at the end, his bloodshot eyes full of worry and melancholy, he enjoyed the feeling of being in charge now, but he didn't want to be driven away from that exile here.
After Hassan Roddy finished speaking, Chen Kangjie was silent for a long time, and he was weighing the truth of what Roddy said and thinking about possible coping strategies.