At five o'clock in the morning, the Chinese embassy received a call from the Iraqi presidential palace, saying that President Salm had allowed him to meet with Zhou Ming.

Later, the staff of the embassy woke up Zhou Ming's ambassador Lin Hong and General Zou Yue respectively, as for Zhou Ming's bodyguard Zhang Lin, as elite soldiers in China, they slept very lightly, and they woke up as long as there was a little wind and grass.

They washed up casually and gathered in the conference room, and when Lin Hong said Salm's request to see Zhou Ming, Zou Yue smiled: "It seems that this Mr. Salm's presidential stand is quite upright, and at this time, he still has to use the method of summoning, so Comrade Zhou Ming, will you go to the presidential palace now? Or wait for the sun to rise?"

Zhou Ming showed a wry smile: "I also want to dry his sharpness, but I'm afraid that he is in such a hurry to call me at this time, because something happened that we don't want to see." ”

Hearing Zhou Ming's words, Zou Yue was silent, how could he not understand what Zhou Ming was talking about? It was nothing more than the attack on the three important military towns of Basra, Sumna, and Najaf.

Of course, the multinational force has air strikes almost every day, and the targets of the air strikes also include almost all Iraqi military towns; but this time Salm can be so anxious to call Zhou Ming at five o'clock in the morning, then it is obviously what Zhou Ming is most worried about, the morale of the Iraqi army has been knocked out and collapsed, and there is no longer the courage to confront the multinational force, so Salm can only find Zhou Ming to be a dead horse doctor.

"The current situation is already difficult to clean up, and if I put up a fight with him again, the situation will definitely be hopeless. ”

Zhou Ming finally made a decision: "So please ask Ambassador Lin Hong to prepare a car for me, I'd better go early, now we don't have a little time to waste." ”

Lin Hong readily agreed, and then took Zhou Ming out and got into a bulletproof car, and drove directly to the presidential palace, which was only six o'clock in the morning.

Majid was very surprised by Zhou Ming's sudden arrival, because he was very surprised, because originally when he wanted to come, it was normal for Salm to invite someone with such a shelf, and even if he came, it was normal for him to say that he couldn't come, and even if he came, there was no need to come so early, right?

Surprised to surprise, Majid immediately invited them into the presidential palace in Salm.

On the way, Majid said to Zhou Ming: "Mr. Zhou Ming, Ambassador Lin, I thank you very much for coming, obviously you are a true friend of Iraq, I am sorry to invite you here in such a hurry, but there is no way to do it." At around 2 o'clock this morning, US planes attacked three important military towns: Basra, Sumna, and Najaf. ”

"Of course, if it were just like this, of course I wouldn't be in such a hurry to invite you over, after all, since the beginning of the U.S. military's Desert Storm military operation, we have been subjected to their air raids, and we should have been accustomed to ordinary air raids, but this time is different. ”

Majid sighed heavily at this point, and then continued: "In the face of the enemy's endless air raids, our army was unable to do anything to fight back or even counterattack, which made our soldiers finally collapse in the early morning, the air force fled without a fight, and the ground troops had no will to resist, neither officers nor rank-and-file soldiers had any hope for war, and they even felt that survival had become a luxury. ”

Majid looked at Zhou Ming and finally pleaded: "It is under such circumstances that we think of the tactics that you have said, Mr. Zhou Ming, and we need your tactics to help us achieve victory." ”

Majid's tone was very sincere, like a simple old peasant, but Zhou Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm sorry Minister Majid, did you take the place of President Salm in today's talks?"

Zhou Ming's question was obviously because he was curious about Majid's words, because these words should not have come out of the mouth of his Iraqi No. 2 person, but should have been said by Salm after meeting Salm, and it seemed that he was a bit overstepping his authority when he said this.

In the face of Zhou Ming's doubts, Majid was obviously a little embarrassed: "Of course, this is said by President Salm, and today's meeting will be conducted by President Salm and you personally, I just told you what happened in advance, and President Salm does not need to repeat the explanation later, you can have talks on more important things, and you don't have to waste time on these things." ”

"Is that really the case? Minister Majid. Zhou Ming asked in a deliberately accentuated tone.

Majid finally gritted his teeth and said: "This Mr. Zhou Ming will not know, please Mr. Zhou Ming, you pay attention to the overall situation!"

Regarding Majid's statement, Zhou Ming just smiled and didn't continue to entangle, and then they went to the reception room of the presidential palace, where they waited for a while before President Salm came over.

"Hello Ambassador Lin and Mr. Zhou Ming, it shows that you are all my most loyal friends by coming so early, and this is the happiest thing I have been when I woke up this morning!"

Salm greeted Zhou Minglin Hong, and then invited them to sit down, and then he said: "I think you must all know that I have been fighting a war with the US-led multinational forces, right? I am tired of the endless war of attrition with them now, so under the reminder of my brother Majid, I remembered your interesting idea, maybe that can come in handy." ”

Listening to Salm's words, Zhou Ming smiled, he understood why Majid had to say that to himself before, it turned out that he understood Salm's character of wanting to save face, and he said it first for the sake of this country and the current situation.

This is indeed the case, and Majid has no choice, who let Iraq have such a leader? His own power is also dependent on Salm, so he must do everything he can, and even when Majid proposed to Salm to accept Zhou Ming's tactical advice, Salm did not agree, or Majid persuaded him for a while before Salm reluctantly accepted.

Zhou Ming saw Majid's pleading eyes, shook his head helplessly, and then said to Salm: "Okay, I agree to your request, in fact, my tactics have not changed much from what I said at the beginning, my main idea is still to open the defensive line, put the ground forces of the multinational force into our territory, and then conduct guerrilla warfare with them in every city." ”

"Isn't there a way to keep those damn American planes out of my country?" Salm asked.

"I would like to have this way too, but apparently it is just a joke, and I think you have already seen it, Mr. President, so I don't need to say more. Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming's words made the thin-skinned Salm feel a little angry, and then Majid stood up at the right time and said: "But Mr. Zhou Ming, our soldiers don't know the kind of guerrilla warfare you mentioned. ”

"It's okay, I've brought an officer corps with me, and I can urgently train a group of guerrilla troops to come out, but I hope that the remaining elite soldiers in Iraq now, because they are all combat, and the elite soldiers will understand it faster than ordinary soldiers. "And in addition to these guerrilla troops, I also need a group of fighters who are not afraid of death, such as the Kurds in the north." ”

Salm didn't speak in a hurry, but looked at Zhou Ming deeply for a while before saying: "It seems that Mr. Zhou Ming has a certain understanding of the situation in Iraq, and he will actually know that there is such a nation as the Kurds, but I am afraid that your understanding of the Kurds is only limited to knowing this name." ”

"I admit that because of their faith, these Kurds are fierce fighters who can carry out any suicidal attack, and they are very good dead soldiers, but there is a problem with this people, they have always refused to accept my rule, they are seeking independence, and for this I have ordered my army to teach them a hard lesson, so do you think they will be willing to help me against the multinational force?" Salm asked meaningfully.

As a reborn, Zhou Ming clearly remembers that Salm was hanged for crimes against humanity at the end, by ordering the army to carry out armed repression of the Kurds, and by using chemical weapons against unarmed Kurdish civilians to carry out inhumane mass murder.

"Then let me go to Kurdish territory, and I will persuade them to participate in this war. Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming's tone was flat, this was not that Zhou Ming was cold-blooded, and he could push the Kurds into this war without any scruples, and let them, the people who had been deeply hurt by Salm, help the enemy to be the dead. It's just that in this war, someone has to play this role, and if the Kurds are not allowed to die, will they let the Dekuds die? Or will they simply drop the Chinese army to send them to death? Isn't this cold-blooded?

So sometimes the thinking of the Virgin is very strange, but Zhou Ming is not the Virgin, he is determined to be a big capitalist with huge wealth, and the Virgin can't do this.

In addition, Zhou Ming has no interest in ethnic, religious or political vendettas in Iraq, and he is completely incapable of caring about these things, so he can only pick up what is most beneficial to himself, and the use of Kurds to be dead soldiers is also the best conclusion that Zhou Ming and Zou Yue have reached after studying for a week.

However, Salm obviously didn't believe Zhou Ming's words, he looked at Zhou Ming with a smile and asked, "You want to go to the territory of the Kurds to persuade them to help me?" Why are you so confident, and why should I trust you?"

Faced with Salm's questioning, Zhou Ming raised his head and replied: "I'm sorry, Mr. President Salm, I didn't say that I want you to believe me, I just said that I can do it." ”

"I think you must have heard the phrase President Salm for those who believe in me? Do you think that the believers in the entire Arab world believe that their Allah has prepared a paradise for them with wine, meat and women? Do they all believe that if they believe, they can get eternal life?" Zhou Ming continued, "Obviously this is not the case, otherwise you should rule the whole world, and those who believe in me will have eternal life, which means that only by believing in me will you get what you want." ”

"Then it is the same now, and the letter Zhou Ming will have eternal life. Zhou Ming said, "I won't explain to you how I will convince the Kurds, you have to believe me, and you not only have to believe me, but if you want money, you have to give me money, if you want a woman, you have to give me a woman, you have to be ready for me to do anything, there is no room for negotiation, otherwise you have to find a way to fight the American aircraft and missiles." ”

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he sat there with his arms crossed, looking at Salm with an expression of love or not believing it.

Salm was so angry by Zhou Ming's tone that his face was flushed, you must know that since he became the president of Iraq, no one dared to speak to him like this, and now a young man who didn't know where he came from dared to provoke him like this, such a tone was the same as slapping him in the face.

Majid was also worried beside him, he was really afraid that Salm would be angry and say that he would hang Zhou Ming, and that would be the end of it.

However, as the president, Salm still maintained his political intelligence, and finally he suppressed his anger and said to Zhou Ming: "Okay, I choose to believe you, I will send someone to send you to the territory of the Kurds, I hope you can bring me good news." ”

"Thank you very much. Zhou Ming stood up with a smile, "But Mr. President Salm, you seem to have made a mistake, it's not that you want me to bring you good news, but you have to believe that I will bring you good news, so you go and pray, as for me, it depends on the mood." ”