Chapter 834: Sarah's Mood
Turning the page of the long history and examining the Middle East, a war-torn land of war, a modern history of the Arab world is simply full of war and gunsmoke, as well as the blood of countless civilians.
Far from talking about it for the time being, after the end of World War II in 1945 alone, there were no less than a dozen large and small wars that broke out on this land, and the two Iraq wars that broke out in 1991 and 2003 were the first time that a sovereign country confronted the multinational forces twice and was finally occupied by the entire territory -- and this was clearly only the beginning, not the end; just after the US-British coalition gradually reduced its garrison and finally completely withdrew its troops from Iraq, the Islamic extremist forces that had been dormant in the Middle East once again resurfaced. With the help of the decline of the oil economic system and the severe economic crisis in the Middle East countries, the unstable situation in the Middle East countries is stirring up trouble.
In the grim form of the pervasive crisis, the civil war in Iraq and later the civil strife in Syria are, to some extent, nothing more than a superficial intensification of a series of profound contradictions.
In the face of such a thorny Middle East dilemma, the foreign forces have always dealt with it in a "no war and no peace", trying to maintain a fragile equilibrium through the mutual containment of the Arab world and even Israel, so as to avoid wasting too much unnecessary time and energy in this complicated region.
This approach has been effective for more than a decade, and it is also a concerted strategy of the major powers, including the Eastern Union, the Western Union and the European Community; However, in recent years, with the strong rise of Islamic extremism and the increasing rightward drift of the European Community countries, the precarious balance in the Middle East can no longer maintain balance, and it has begun to slide day by day into a terrible crisis of blood and fire.
The civil war in Iraq in just a few months. The new regime is increasingly in danger under the Liberal Party's aggressive attack. Seeing that there is going to be a catastrophe. The super-Power, which could no longer bear it, was determined to act decisively and intervene with swift force to solve the problem of the Liberal Party in the Middle East.
"A divided Middle East is the best interest in world peace", this may sound cruel assertion, but it is exactly the dilemma that everyone needs to face today.
Proposals and quarrels in the Security Council spread throughout the world through the guò network, and the military movements of the two groups of countries soon became known, including, of course, the Combined European Community Army stationed in Turkey.
The morning sun rises. The cold wind blew away the white clouds in the sky, and the sky at Diyarbakir Air Base was clear, and it was another good weather conducive to the flight of fighters.
The weather was fine, but for the French Air Force Major Sarah Lopez, it was quite unpleasant because of yesterday's experience.
I got up early in the morning to finish my routine physical workout, and went to the cafeteria for breakfast with Lieutenant Colonel Raul Alvarez, who was accompanying her, to prepare for this morning's routine patrol mission. It makes many young men who don't know what to know doubt.
It's been less than four weeks since she arrived at the Diyarbakir base, and she is a female pilot. Sarah Lopez has become a well-known figure in the Combine garrison.
In a military base full of young men and full of war, this kind of fame is probably due to Miss Qianjin's peugeot appearance and hot body; But in addition, it has to be said that this girl's unequivocal and hot-tempered personality has also impressed everyone who has seen Major Lopez go crazy on the spot.
With a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, he worked valiantly to eliminate the ham and eggs on the plate, and Major Lopez, who was still angry, made an extra effort with his knife, as if he were going to sawn those hateful fellows into several pieces as if they were food; Raul Álvarez, who sat across from the silent Major and munched on a sandwich, was a little speechless, he knew that he should try to comfort the young and vigorous Sara at this time, but he didn't know what to say - yes, as a Combine pilot and the titular commander of this young lady, would he still echo her and tell her "you are doing the right thing"?
But in any case, pointing at someone's nose and scolding in the command seems to be a bit excessive......
The scene that the lieutenant colonel had in mind had happened in the evening of the previous day.
On an air patrol just a few days earlier, he and Maj. Sarah Lopez flew a Hurricane into the Syrian no-fly zone, where they encountered a group of NATA twins scuffling with the Syrians.
Originally, according to the ECJA's mandate, their duty was to immediately end the hostilities between the two sides and drive away any aircraft that did not obey the command. However, the so-called technical requirements were originally only a theory on paper, seeing that the FSA fighters more than ten kilometers away did not have the slightest intention of stopping, Raul Alvarez naturally called friendly fighters in the nearby airspace, trying to coordinate the battlefield mission, so that other fighters to intercept the Syrian rebels' F-16s, and their twin planes monitored the NATA twin planes to leave the no-fly zone.
The command center of the Combined Army, which received the call, did not dispatch fighters as required, but brought over two "strong winds" all the way to participate in the battle, and as a result, the daughter of the daughter quarreled in the channel at that time; After the plane landed, Sara Lopez, who was holding back a breath of fire, ran to the headquarters to complain, but was treated arrogantly by the commander because of his low rank.
Good fellow, this is tantamount to stabbing a hornet's nest, and the angry major immediately scolds the girl's reserved runway out of the clouds, and scolds the German pilots who are reluctant to rush over to confront him.
Due to the small number of witnesses at that time, the incident did not cause any major trouble, but because of the special identity of the person concerned, it quickly spread throughout the base.
This morning, when she went out for a run and exercise, Sara, who was in a bad mood, heard a few Spanish ground crews on the side of the road whistling to her, and she stopped angrily to reason with them for a while, until Lieutenant Colonel Alvarez, who rushed over, scolded these guys away, but her mood was already very bad, and now she naturally puffed up and didn't want to talk more.
The unruly Spaniards, but the hateful Germans, where is their disciplined personality now?
With a simple and straightforward idea to come to the Combine Army to carry out a mission, but one after another encountered some unbearable situations, Sara Lopez simply ate without saying a word, and concentrated on thinking about today's mission arrangement.
At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Raul Alvarez, who was sitting opposite, felt that he should start with what had happened to the Spaniards just now, and he first explained to Major Lopez that the young people of the Iberian Peninsula were like this, and that they really had no ill will towards her; After saying these words, seeing that the Major's beautiful face was slightly angry, Lieutenant Colonel Alvarez let out a sigh of inexplicable meaning and began to spread peanut butter on the bread:
"Anyway, it's all right, my miss.
Speaking of which, what the Germans did yesterday seemed to be inconsistent with the discipline of the soldiers, but you must know," said the lieutenant colonel, his eyebrows raised slightly, his vigilant eyes swept around, and his voice became a little lower, "The Hans of the 'Tiger Shark' squadron must be carrying out orders, do you think that without the direct instructions from above, these guys would dare to drive the 'strong wind' on a rampage, and if we hadn't stopped them, they would have directly fired and shot down those two NATA fighters." ”
"Oh......?"
Having just swallowed a small piece of ham and egg, Sara Lopez's big eyes flickered a few times, and then looked directly into the lieutenant colonel's face, "Lieutenant Colonel Alvarez, are you saying that they were ordered to do this by their superiors?" ”
"I'm not sure, it's just a guess."
Looking into the deep eyes of Miss Daughter, Raul Alvarez, who was over thirty years old, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but his words were still steady. In fact, as this young girl's bodyguard, he had long wanted to find a time to talk to her, but he never had the right opportunity:
"Seriously, Sarah, I don't think it's a good choice for you to come to ECJA as a Combine Air Crew.
Because I don't think you seem to be entirely aware of the real motives of the Coalition forces in Turkey and intervening in the Middle East, that's why you question a lot of the actions, this kind of questioning...... Frankly, I think it's a little dangerous, even if you are fearless, why don't you consider Ling Zun's position and position, and stop running to the headquarters to make a fuss - oh no, make a reasonable opinion, okay? ”
"Of course I don't want to make a big deal of it, Lieutenant Colonel Alvarez, but I am not a child if you said that the motives of the Coalition forces to intervene in the Middle East, and I know that it is probably not for the sake of 'peace', but in any case, it is in the good interest of the Community, in other words, the good of the French Republic, is it?"
Speaking in a brisk tone, Sarah Lopez had finished her plate, she had taken the bottomed glass, made a gesture of continuing to sip, and prepared to continue talking with the lieutenant colonel in the corner of the cafeteria.
Hearing the Major's rhetorical question, Raul Alvarez, who looked relaxed, became a little stunned, he fiddled with the knife and fork in his hand, and put the contents of the plate together, but in fact, he had no appetite now, he pursed his lips and thought about it, and then opened his mouth quite cautiously.
"Yes, Sara; Many years ago, I thought the same thing as you.
Alas...... How to say, after living in China for so many years, you might as well recall whether our country used to be what it is now, or is it France now, or is it not the glorious Fourth Republic that it used to be? (To be continued......)