Somewhere in Africa, in a Chinese-funded factory, in a production workshop.

More than 200 workers have been imprisoned here for more than ten hours. Under the conditions of modern means of communication, it is not an easy task to lose contact with more than 200 people for more than 10 hours.

At this moment, the headquarters of the plant still does not know what is happening here.

Qu Xiangzhen and the others were escorted here and thrown directly into an empty room. Of the eight-member Battle Patrol 21 Commando, except for Ouyang Qian and Su Xiaobing, who escaped, everyone else was caught.

The mutation came so quickly, beyond everyone's expectations, that it was almost instantaneous.

No one explained anything to them, and Qu Xiangzhen and the other six people didn't know what was going on, but they were very clear - if the other party didn't have a hostage in their hands at that time, they would definitely not be captured.

Obviously, the other side has made sufficient preparations - from the beginning of the poaching team to lure you to the area of the full band blocking, and then to hijack the Chinese factory workers to threaten you to be captured, all according to the other party's plan.

Qu Xiangzhen and others were deeply pitted.

In fact, when they attacked the third poaching team, they strongly felt that the opponent's combat effectiveness was very low, and it was not at all what was reflected in the intelligence. At that time, Qu Xiangzhen felt abnormal, but before he came back to his senses, something happened suddenly.

The armed men who suddenly appeared held several Chinese hostage to blackmail them into laying down their arms, and Qu Xiangzhen had to compromise!

The other party's actions were very resolute, and when they found that Ouyang Qian and Su Xiaobing had escaped, they did not pursue, but evacuated decisively. Therefore, it is certain that the target of the other side is the Chinese, including the Chinese military.

After Ouyang Qian and Su Xiaobing confirmed their safety, they followed the rut in a meeting, and tried to re-establish contact with the command headquarters. It wasn't until they walked out of the shielded area that the laser pointer on their bodies was captured by the high-altitude drone, and communication with the command was quickly restored.

In the Joint Command of Overseas Operations, Li Mu took the wireless microphone handed by Wang Guoqing and contacted Ouyang Qian, "Ouyang, I'm Li Mu, tell me about the situation in detail." ”

Ouyang Qian calmly reported the situation 1510, and at this time, Su Xiaobing was so nervous that his lips turned white. The first time he went to the battlefield, he encountered such a situation, and of course he did not show any calmer than Ouyang Qian, who had seen blood.

"Listen, take shelter and wait for reinforcements. Li Mu gave them orders.

Ouyang Qian suggested, "Chief, we request to continue the search, and ask reinforcements to follow our trajectory!"

After thinking for a while, Li Mu agreed, "Okay, safety comes first, we don't need to take risks." ”

"Yes, chief!" Ouyang Qian cut off the communication, and continued to search along the rut with Su Xiaobing towards the Chinese-funded factory.

Li Mu asked, "Let the reinforcements speed up." What is the situation on Lin Jing's side?"

Wang Guoqing immediately reported, "The battlefield is being cleaned up, and preparations are being made to continue to fight other poaching teams as originally planned." ”

He ordered them to abandon their original plan and rush over to join Ouyang Qian and Su Xiaobing, waiting for further instructions. Li Mu decisively adjusted the deployment.

Wang Guoqing immediately conveyed the order.

At this time, Wen Chaoyang strode in, walked to Li Mu's side, and said, "Old Li, the situation has been clarified." Our opponent is an extremist religious terrorist organization composed of a group of retired senior CIA officials and retired marines. The United Nations Peacekeeping Command has just received their request for the release of Sahara, who was captured by the United Nations peacekeeping forces three months ago. ”

"North African butcher?" Li Mu frowned suddenly.

"Yes. Wen Chaoyang said in a deep voice, "The leaders of the North African Dark Forces, formerly known as the Crescent Brigades, are extreme religious terror forces, and they have committed hundreds of massacres in North African countries, with more than 100,000 civilian deaths. Not long ago, the United Nations adopted a resolution in which the peacekeepers launched a campaign against the armed forces and captured Sahara. ”

Li Mu said slowly, "This matter is a little tricky. ”

The Crescent Brigade is an old adversary, but the current Crescent Brigade is no longer the armed force that still retains the attributes of a professional army, but an evil anti-human armed group composed of extremist religious believers. What is even more difficult is that there are a lot of professional resources among them, and former US military officials have a lot of resources at their disposal.

The reason why Benjamin risked his life to pass on false information was found - he was apparently one of the believers as well.

Wen Chaoyang said in a low voice, "They demand that the United Nations release Sahara within twenty-four hours, otherwise they will kill all the hostages." Concrete information is coming. ”

Soon, Lu Wei turned around and said, "Chief of Staff, the information from the United Nations Peacekeeping Command has been received. ”

"Put it out. Li Mu said decisively.

Lu Wei put the information directly on the display screen, with text and video materials.

In the video, there are two or three hundred workers in the workshop of the Chinese-funded factory, all of them are tied hand and foot, and nearly half of the personnel are Chinese, and then, the camera gives a close-up of the time bomb, and time bombs are installed in various parts of the factory, and among the workers, there are explosives stacked higher than people......

If the explosives are detonated, the workers will not survive.

The atmosphere in the Overseas Operations Joint Command suddenly froze, and when Qu Xiangzhen, who was beaten and bruised and swollen, appeared in the camera, everyone's hearts were lifted, and they played sharply on Qu Xiangzhen's neck, and the masked man inside said coldly: "If it cannot be confirmed that Sahara has been freed within twenty-four hours, we will start with him and kill all the hostages one by one!"

The video ends, followed by intelligence information about the dark forces held by the United Nations Peacekeeping Command.

Li Mu gave the first order: "Analyze the video immediately, try to figure out the location of those time bombs and what kind of detonation method was adopted." Check this Chinese-owned factory, contact their headquarters, and ask for architectural drawings. Aerial reconnaissance units went over and carried out reconnaissance in the area where the Chinese-owned factories were located. ”

Most people would have thought that Li Mu would first say a few words to comfort everyone, boost the morale of the troops, and emphasize the importance of the operation and the risks that exist.

However, they all guessed wrong, at this time, there was only one word in Li Mu's mind - dry.

Li Mu said to Wen Chaoyang, "Old Wen, you should go to the United Nations Peacekeeping Command immediately, find Lieutenant General Richard to explain the situation, and ask them to find a way to buy time." ”

"Good. Wen Chaoyang said in a low voice, "Lao Li, I have to remind you that the United Nations will not compromise with terrorist organizations, and neither will we, you must be mentally prepared for the worst." ”

"I understand. Li Mu nodded slowly.

Wen Chaoyang strode away.

Li Mu gave Wang Guoqing a look, then stepped aside, and whispered a few words to Wang Guoqing, and after Wang Guoqing was clear, he quickly left the headquarters.

Wang Guoqing changed into civilian clothes, took the relevant documents, and found an ordinary Land Rover Defender to drive, and drove all the way out of the base......

(End of chapter)