Chapter 107, Old Friend
Petraeus did not rush to Bainisad, nor did he do it on purpose, although he had opened a net in Bainissad, but he did not necessarily sit here himself, after all, it was not very safe compared to the Green Zone
However, after receiving Kerry's plane and sending him into the Green Zone, Petraeus immediately received a message that Bainisad was moving, but it was not his planned movement, Petraeus received the news about a terrorist organization, and it was said that Sunni Baath Party death squads and some Islamic extremist groups were attacking Bainisad, and Petraeus's first reaction was to be surprised
But then after being reminded by the chief of staff, he felt that this was a prelude to an imminent attack by the Chinese
I have to say that the Chinese have found a good pawn, but Petraeus believes that the big net he has laid here will not cause much harm to many terrorist organizations, and he needs to make the Chinese anxious, in order to attract the attention of the Chinese, he even took the risk of rushing over in person
With a big man like him, Chinese would definitely take risks, but he waited until the next day to have nothing more to attract his attention except for some human bombs from terrorist organizations, just like the usual city, there are always some attacks
At that time, he was thinking about whether the Chinese were really not ready to attack here, or if they had already taken Amat back to China, but he quickly rejected this idea, and Amat's attention to his family was already the same as that of them Americans, so even if the Chinese forcibly brought Amat back to China, there would be no deal
But even he couldn't understand the current situation, but when the chief of staff anxiously brought a piece of information to him, he understood: "The ambassador has disappeared in the Green Zone"
"Missing" at that time, Petraeus thought that the chief of staff was joking, but seeing the solemnity on his face, Petraeus had to believe it if he didn't believe it, and then he looked at the intelligence
Kerry stayed in the room all night, chatting with the female reporter, according to the bodyguard in charge of his security, he also heard his **, but the next day Kerry did not come out, and the female reporter did not come out, they only realized that something was wrong, and when they walked into the room, they found that there was no one inside
The deputy commander immediately ordered the Green Zone to be on guard, only to enter and not to go out, but no trace of Kerry was found, and he and the female reporter disappeared
Soon, however, security forces in Baghdad found the journalist in a residential home, but Michelle was terrified when she found her tied up in a residential home
After carefully comparing the footage in the surveillance, they found that this female reporter was indeed different from the woman in red yesterday, although it looked very similar, but in many ways it was completely different, the whole Baghdad began martial law, but after several hours of searching, there was no whereabouts
Until the deputy commander received a letter, the content of the letter was simple, Kerry wanted Kerry in their hands, and he would exchange Kerry for Amat's family
Seeing this, Petraeus finally understood that he was stupid, and actually stupidly guarded most of the jīng rui here, but the Chinese did not fall into his trap and played a big trick of changing people under his nose
"Damn, let me catch this Chinese, I have to peel him" Petraeus was very angry but did not know, "Did the Chinese contact us, where is the place of the transaction?"
"Not yet, but you shouldn't stay here, it's not safe here," the chief of staff suggested, apparently making Kerry's disappearance finally make them dare not despise the Chinese
Petraeus followed the advice of the chief of staff and handed over all the defense here to the head of Blackwater in Iraq, and then quickly rushed to the Green Zone, if the Chinese caught Kerry, then now should discuss how to trade, as for Kerry's safety, Petraeus is not worried, after all, he is the new ambassador to the United States, and the Chinese will not do such an irrational thing
But if Kerry does not attend the various meetings in a row, it will attract media attention, and although they have already released Kerry's inaugural speech in Iraq, it may take a few days before he officially delivers his inaugural speech, but they all know that it will not be long
Petraeus had a bad face in his office in the Green Zone, and he was hesitant to report the matter to the Defense Intelligence Agency, and in the end he decided not to report it because it did nothing good other than make the higher authorities feel that he was incompetent
Petraeus ordered all intelligence officers to attack, and asked Blackwater's mercenaries to cooperate with Iraqi security forces to clear out guerrilla and resistance strongholds, after all, the faces of the Chinese are very recognizable in the Middle East, and Petraeus still has some luck
However, from the outside world, such actions seem to be the three fires of the new official after Kerry took office, the first of which is to deter the resistance forces in Iraq
But Petraeus's fire didn't do much, but he was able to find out how the Chinese had abducted Kerry from under his nose
The Rashid Hotel has a tunnel leading to the outside of Baghdad, which is accessible underground in Baghdad in all directions, and there were many of them before, most of which were established before the US military invaded Baghdad, and Saddam Hussein was going to use these tunnels to completely bury the US troops
But this is not the World War II period, although the US military encountered a lot of obstacles, but most of the tunnels were buried, the secret passage in the Rashid Hotel has long been buried, but recently it has been used by the Iraqi Ministry of Internal Affairs, as for what it is used for, Petraeus is very clear, but he has not known that it is to use the secret passage to do this kind of transaction
But now is not the time to be held accountable, when all parties attacked and failed to find the whereabouts of the Chinese, Petraeus finally gave up and reported the matter himself
At this time, at the Department of Defense building in Washington, Natasha's face sank when she received Petraeus's report, and finally he only gave Petraeus an order: "No matter what method you use, he must die, otherwise you will wait to retire."
Petraeus's face changed when he received such an order, he was only forty years old, he was already a major general, and it was possible for him to make some achievements, but before that, he did not know that his political future was closely related to this task
So he called all the leaders over, held a meeting, and finally unanimously decided to deal with the Chinese, after the transaction, it was not too late to deal with these Chinese, after all, Iraq was still in their hands, but now the initiative was completely in their hands, but they still dispersed the intelligence officers, and at the same time Bainisad began to disarm
But on the night when most of the defenders had withdrawn, Petraeus finally waited for news from the Chinese, and to his surprise, the place where the Chinese demanded a trade was the place he least expected
Petraeus had almost thrown the tables off, most of Bainisad's forces had already been withdrawn, and before that he had ordered all his forces to be dispersed among the cities near Baghdad in case the Chinese made a deal that might not be well mobilized
Only he did not expect that the Chinese would ask for a deal directly in the original place, and that after an hour of the transaction, if they did not bring Amat's family to Bainisad an hour later, they would hand over Kerry to the members of the jihadist group
Petraeus didn't dare to think about what Jihadist would do to Kerry if he caught him, but what he knew was that the Jihadist group's capture of Kerry would be tantamount to a slap in the face of the whole world by the jihadist organization, and his political career might be over
An hour later, Petraeus sent Amat's family to Bainisad, where he took up the Green Zone and began to dispatch troops to get the rest of the troops to Bainisad as soon as possible
The burden of the deal fell to Blackwater's head in Iraq, Leto, a former U.S. Navy SEAL member who helped the U.S. military gain vital intelligence during the 10 years of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, and Blackwater's employees were directly involved in many operations that the military could not directly conduct
With the head of the Hellfire mercenary regiment, Alexander, and hailed as the Iraqi twin stars
Among the many mercenary groups in Iraq, the two most favored by the U.S. military, Hellfire, known as Jīng Rui Cast, plus the members of the U.S. headquarters are no more than 100 people, but they are the first mercenary group that deserves to be named because they rarely fail in their missions
Although Alexander did not arrive at Bainisad, his sharpest hellfires in Iraq came, and they were all under his command, and Leto was eager to see what this Chinese who had turned them around was really like
Sitting in the café, Leto was confident that his armament was now only a thousand people he could use because of the withdrawal of the large army
And more than 1,000 people, and ninety percent of them are Iraqi security forces, so he tried his best to concentrate his most trusted 100 people on this street, as long as those Chinese dare to enter, once they rescue Kerry, those security forces will appear, and when the Chinese evacuate, they will be attacked from both sides
Of course, Leto also believed that he could solve the problem on this street without the help of the security forces, and the Chinese would rescue Ambassador Kerry intact
Soon there was news from the security forces, two off-road vehicles appeared on the road, speeding towards this side, Leto did not let the security forces stop them, but let them in, at that time he had an idea in his heart, these Chinese are too bold, actually dare to swagger in, it seems not as difficult to deal with as the legend
But when Canglong walked into this café with the members of Team B, Leto looked at Canglong's face and changed: "It's you a lone wolf"
"It's been a long time since I've seen Colonel Leto," Canglong sat down calmly across from him, while the members of Team B quickly got into a good position
"It turns out that this is all your doing, and it looks like you're the important target mentioned above," Leto smiled helplessly
Facing Canglong, he had a feeling of being overwhelmed, although he had already arranged everything, but thinking of the time when Canglong had served in his Blackwater Company before, Leto felt furious in his heart
When Canglong left the black water, Leto thought that he couldn't meet a warrior with more brains and strength than Canglong, but he couldn't imagine that after being separated for so long, Leto actually found that he had gone to the opposite side of himself when he saw Canglong again