There is a national highway from Ramadi that crosses the east and west of Iraq, and one section of it can lead to the desert base, but the Omani group did not prepare to take this road, but chose to pass by small road. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prepared before, the vehicles were specially selected, although the road conditions were poor, but they were barely able to pass, but the speed needless to say, starting from Ramadi, a distance of about 150 kilometers, they walked for four hours, that is, from the morning, until more than two o'clock in the afternoon. This is still the result of not having lunch.

The location of the tunnel is too close to the base, and the whereabouts are too easy to expose in broad daylight, so the foothold they chose is still quite far from the base, and they choose a mountain col where everyone camps.

Letting people make lunch, Oman and little Ivan climbed up the hill under the leadership of Addis.

"Although it is only a logistics base, there are no less defenses of all kinds, there are anti-aircraft radars, unmanned / aircraft reconnaissance or something is to send targets, a few kilometers around, here is one of the best observation positions, under the high-powered telescope, under the good weather, you can clearly see the scene of the base." Although Adis had only been in this base for a few days, he was much more familiar with the surrounding situation than Oman, and he chose the place to camp and the location that was conducive to their observation.

Although there is still a long distance, several people are still not careless, after reaching the top of the mountain, they found a suitable position to lie there, Aman put his hand on his forehead and glanced in the direction of the base, and then said with a smile: "The weather is very good, but there should be few bad weather times in this place?" ”

"Not necessarily." Ardis handed him and little Ivan the two binoculars he was carrying, "This bird place is prone to sandstorms, one is to cover the sky, make people think that the end of the world is coming, not to mention that you can't open your eyes in the wild, even if you put on goggles, all you see is yellow sand, I have encountered it once before, I saw it for the first time at that time, to be honest, I really thought I was dead......"

Little Ivan has not been in the Middle East for a long time, and has not experienced sandstorms in the Middle East, but Oman is different, he has been in the Middle East for a few years, and sandstorms have been experienced many times, and small sandstorms are easy to say, but if you encounter that kind of big sandstorm, Ardis is not a little exaggerated, making people think that the end of the century is coming, and it is really not uncommon to die.

"Let's not come across this thing." After receiving the binoculars, he looked for the direction of the base in his line of sight, and said: "When you encounter a big sandstorm, you can get the sand that you can get into your sleeping bag, I don't want to eat a mouthful of yellow sand." ”

"Is it that serious?" Little Ivan, who has only seen it on TV, thinks that the two of them are exaggerating, the sandstorm is the largest, isn't that also sand? It's not a bullet again.

"We're not exaggerating." Ardis said very seriously: "Sandstorms are big, often the wind is also strong, you think about the power of tornadoes or super winds, at that time the sky is not only flying yellow sand, but also a thumb-thick or egg-sized stone, car glass or something can easily penetrate and hit people, it is easy to die, so people living in cities where sandstorms often occur, as soon as they see a sandstorm coming, no matter what happens, the first thing is to immediately enter the building." ”

There is no desert in Russia, the vegetation coverage is high, and the sandstorm is completely a legendary thing for them, and little Ivan usually does not pay attention to this matter, so although he is familiar with some news from the Middle East, he has little impression of this at all, and seeing that Ardis said it so seriously, he knows that this is really not a joke.

"It seems that we will have to pay attention to this in the future, but I am a little strange, there are many desertified places in Somaliland, why haven't I heard of sandstorms?"

At this time, Oman had already found the location of the base, but his ears had been paying attention to their conversation, and when he heard little Ivan ask, he immediately said: "Because of the geographical location, most of Somaliland is a plateau area, and the vegetation along the coast is not low, plus because of the wind direction, sandstorms generally can't happen, but it's not unhappened, but the level is generally smaller, but the southern Somalia is different, they have a higher degree of desertification there, and the monsoon is stronger than in the north, Mogadishu often has sandstorms, It's just not as big as the Middle East side, and it generally doesn't cause too serious consequences, so you don't know. ”

"In short, if you encounter that kind of big sandstorm, just take shelter."

"Ah, got it."

Their position, indeed as Ardis said, the line of sight is very good, the three of them chatted for a while, and they also had some grasp of the situation of the base, and the news came below that lunch was ready, so they went down the mountain.

"Wait and send two brothers to watch over here, if we can, let's start acting tonight, the weather in the desert will change, and it will be good to get things done as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll arrange it later."

After a simple lunch, Adis sent two people to the top of the mountain to observe the movement of the base, while the others stayed in the small col to hide their figures, and in the afternoon, several of them went up to the top of the mountain to observe twice, and learned that there was no abnormality, so they decided to start the action at night.

"It's just that if people go over, there is no danger at all, the position of the bushes is a little higher than the position of the base, there are a few small ditches from our side, even if they arrange people to observe, they can't see us, but if the car is going to pass, then pay attention, there is only a distance of more than a kilometer, it is completely within their alert, once found, maybe there is no greeting to give you a missile......"

"Not really, right?" Little Ivan was a little skeptical of Adis's last words, more than a kilometer was indeed within the warning range, but they wouldn't be so rampant? "Although this is a desert, it is not absolutely devoid of civilians?"

"If only the Mi army is there, this possibility is smaller, they will generally send people out to check, and they should not attack quietly, but there are still Iraqi government forces, then it is not necessarily." "You haven't been here for a while, and I don't know what to expect, but now the government army and the police are amazing, and they dare to rob gold shops in Baghdad in concert with robbers...... Civilians, they don't care at all. ”

Little Ivan and Aman looked at each other, they really didn't pay attention to these little things.

"This is what Boss Xiao said, and the ambition is rampant? In the past two years, they have felt that the recovery of several important cities in Fallujah and Tikrit has been remarkable, and they have been equipped with shotguns and guns, so their psychology is different? ”

Oman didn't think much more than Ivan, "It seems that it is impossible for Iraq to calm down in a short period of time, if the Kurds, their respective militias, anti-government/government forces, IS, and government forces have more of this phenomenon, it will attract changes from all sides, and it seems that there will be chaos." ”

"Among the civilians, there are already complaints in some places, and if the government does not respond in time, this contradiction will increase, and it will be a big mess." Addis nodded and said that in the past half a month, he first came to Iraq, and only went to Syria after staying for a while, and he was very deeply touched by this.

For such a perennial war, it is certainly impossible to maintain power by force, and after many years of war, how many civilians have become soldiers with guns? Once mass public anger is provoked, riots are certain.

"It's none of our business, it's going to be too peaceful, we have no business to do, and what can we do? It's not a superhero in a U.S. movie. Little Ivan muttered.

Although he said this a little heartlessly, but it is very real, in the general environment, they can't change anything at all, just like when Xiao Yang was the first to match the peace talks between the Syrian opposition and the government army, but now it has only been a few years? Looks like they're going to fight together again.

Ardis and Aman smiled and didn't dwell on the topic anymore.

Night soon fell, everyone had already eaten dinner, and it was completely dark, and Aman led a few men to the camp, while little Ivan and Addis led the others to the bush.

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Xiao Yang had dinner at home, and he was worried about the news from Iraq, he really had no intention of doing anything else, so he played with Xiao An'er for a while, and then went into the study alone.

At eight o'clock, little Ivan came with the news that the tunnel had been found, and they went in to test it, and the situation was the same as Oja had said.

"It's just that the number of mines is beyond my imagination, and it is estimated that it will take at least one night to remove these mines."

One night? Oja introduced this tunnel before, considering that it is convenient to transport things out in the future, this tunnel is dug quite large, one meter nine high, nearly three meters wide, it can completely pass small vehicles, mines are not like bombs, it doesn't take too much time to line up, this time the people brought over, there are a few people who are faster than those professional sappers of the Mi Army in this regard, in this case, it actually takes a night?

It seems that when they buried these things, Oja and the others had a plan.

"Then don't worry, you must wear explosion-proof clothing or something, you can't finish it in one day, then two days, safety is the most important, although the desert is dry, but there is no guarantee that those mines will not be damaged because of time, let the brothers be careful."

"Don't worry, I've already explained, I've already considered these factors in one night, if it's possible, I'll leave some to reline tomorrow, as long as I don't make a big move, it's impossible for the Mi army to find out......"

"Okay, you discuss with Oman, if you can not alarm the Mi army, don't alarm them, as long as they get involved, then the matter will be troublesome."