On February 21, the students came to the training room in the morning, but when it was time for the class to start, the teacher had not yet arrived, and people began to talk to each other. A short time later, two people came up to the podium, and instead of today's lecturer, they were speaking a director of the Emergency Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

I only heard the director say in a serious tone: "Comrades, I am here to announce one thing, your training has come to an end here. Now there is a major incident that needs to be dealt with, and the department is seriously understaffed, and now you need to devote all of you to work. ”

"There are 216 comrades participating in the training this time, including 34 female comrades, who will be arranged to the consular protection center to do phone answering work, and the consular protection center will have specific arrangements for the specific work content, I will not go into detail here."

"The rest of the gay men, all ready to go abroad, take your passports and documents, bring your clothes, and leave Libya at any time. We don't have much time, and if things go well, the plane will take off at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, so you have limited time to prepare. ”

The students were a little stunned by this sudden news, and they were fine when they woke up in the morning, but why did they suddenly become so nervous, and some began to whisper below.

"There may be comrades who don't know what's going on all of a sudden, and are a little overwhelmed, so I'll briefly explain it to you here. Not long ago, there was civil strife in Libya in Africa, and Gaddafi's supporters and opponents have exchanged fire, and our country has a large number of nationals in Libya, most of them are construction workers and employees of enterprises who have come to Libya for construction, and the total number has not yet been determined, but it should be no less than 30,000. ”

"We have been notified. Libyans stormed Chinese companies and construction sites and looted the property of Chinese citizens. Our diaspora has already been injured in this unrest and conflict, so the state has decided. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the organizer of this evacuation operation to bring back the overseas Chinese who are deeply in the midst of the war and chaos at all costs. ”

"Comrades, when you enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and accept this job, you have to shoulder this responsibility, and the number of people who can be drawn out of the Ministry has basically been taken out, but it is still not enough. Therefore, you, the new section members, will also participate in this evacuation operation. ”

The director spoke very simply, and after saying this, the director of the training center took the microphone and said: "You are receiving training here for better work, and now the task is in front of you, it is a good time for you to practice, I wish you all can successfully complete the task, and announce it here." This concludes this training. There will be no assessment in this training, and your results will be combined with this evacuation operation after the completion of this operation. Do a comprehensive score. ”

After the two leaders finished speaking, they got off the podium, and the speech lasted only 10 minutes in total, but it brought too much information and shock to the students. For the first time, they really felt it. Diplomacy is about being ready to face emergencies and challenges.

Mu Yang and Xu Youshan walked out of the classroom and were in the corner downstairs. Xu Youshan took Muyang's hand and said, "Although I don't know if you will be in danger when you go to Libya this time, you have to be careful." Come back safely. ”

Mu Yang showed a smile at Xu Youshan, "Don't worry, I'm fine, don't be tired in China." ”

The two didn't have time to warm up, Muyang went upstairs and began to prepare his things, there was a bus waiting below, and the gay men took their luggage, boarded the bus, and were pulled directly to the airport.

Looking at Xu Youshan, who kept waving outside the car window, Muyang took out his mobile phone and sent a text message: "Remember to text me every day, even if I can't receive it, I have to send it, you know." ”

The text message quickly replied: "Okay, wait for you to come back safely." ”

In the car, Muyang called his father again, only saying that he had an urgent mission to go abroad once, and asked him not to worry.

"Your mother often had urgent tasks at the beginning, since you chose this job, you can only support your father, but you should pay more attention to safety." Dad said.

"My father, your son is very capable, you can rest assured." Muyang said.

The bus came to the airport, and in a hall, four or five hundred people gathered, and a deputy minister who led the team stood on a high platform and said:

"Comrades, the people at home are watching us, and the overseas Chinese are looking forward to us, and our action is an action that the chairman personally signed and commanded by Vice Premier Zhang, and the leader's instructions are, 'Do whatever it takes'. This evacuation operation is the largest evacuation operation carried out by our country so far since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so there is no room for error, and those who go out of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs represent the country, and we must bring back those overseas Chinese who are looking forward to us safely. ”

"The planes have been connected, and the first batch of 24 planes will fly to Libya at the same time and then pick up the first batch of expatriates, but the comrades who will follow them will stay and continue to organize the evacuation of overseas Chinese in Libya, so comrades should be prepared for a long battle."

"The plane will have to wait a while, and now we are using this time to group up, Egypt, Tunisia, Greece, Malta are neighbors of Libya, and our embassy there is already preparing to receive and evacuate the expatriates, but there is not enough manpower and needs support."

"There are our diasporas in several major cities in Libya, so going deep into those cities and bringing out the diaspora is the top priority of this operation, where the diaspora is already being attacked and there are casualties."

The leaders have said a lot, but the main point is that when we go to Libya and bring back the expatriates, other difficulties must be overcome, because we are the hope we bring with us, the hope that people will return home alive, and as diplomats, we must shoulder this responsibility.

After all, after entering Libya, you lose contact with the country, and you need to make your own decisions on many things, and if you ask for instructions on everything, it is likely that it will be too late.

After boarding the plane, the tense atmosphere eased somewhat, but it was not idle, and the staff began to explain in detail the current situation and situation in Libya, so that everyone could have a general understanding of the environment of this operation.

The civil strife in Libya began on Valentine's Day on February 14.

It's ridiculous to say, but the reality is sometimes so nonsensical.

The first gunshot was fired by the Libyan opposition on January 14, 2011, at a construction site called Sulug in Benghazi.

Earlier, Gaddafi said in a public forum: "My people will support me, because I am building many, many houses for you, some of which are almost finished, and you can live in good houses and live a good life!"

Then the people were happy and excited, and began to rush frantically to the construction sites of the houses that were being built, and when they saw the houses that had been built or were about to be built, they happily wrote their names, and then jumped and jumped and cheered, "I have a house to live in", "I have a house".

This shout didn't matter, and it woke up thousands of ordinary people living at the bottom, and they rushed into the construction site one by one, and then a nationwide frenzy of housing grabbing broke out.

Then Gaddafi sent the military and police to suppress it, and this is how the conflict broke out. (To be continued.) )