On March 2, the Gulf War, which should have ended in history, was still not over due to Zhou Ming's interference, and the US military had to let go of Iraq's airspace control, because a transport plane loaded with food and medicine was taking off from Geneva, the headquarters of the International Red Cross, escorted by the air forces of various countries, and finally flew to Badina, the capital of Iraq.

The 150-ton load, the Rescuer, may sound like a lot, but it would be a drop in the bucket if it were placed in the whole of Iraq, but it was only an urgent humanitarian relief mission due to the time required for the voyage of a cargo ship.

At 8 a.m. local time in Iraq on March 2, the "Rescuer" landed smoothly at Badina Airport. Majid personally led a team to the airport to greet him, although Majid has become the de facto acting president in Iraq, but this news has not been announced to the public, so to the outside world, Majid is still the number two person in Iraq.

The transport plane stopped at the airport, the cabin door opened, and countless random reporters from various countries flocked off the plane and began to interview Majid and Iraq.

These are said to be aid stations, but in Zhou Ming's opinion, they are actually just some slightly larger food distribution points.

Originally, Zhou Ming didn't have to come, but Zhou Ming didn't want to appear in front of the media of various countries, even if he was only occasionally photographed, he didn't go to the airport, and at the same time, it was rare that due to the arrival of the "Rescuer", it was rare for the US military not to bomb Badina one day, and Zhou Ming didn't want to stay in the presidential palace all the time, so he came out and walked around and followed him to the aid station.

Everything is as it was in the movies, where the Iraqi government set up the stage, and over there there there were long queues of shabby Iraqi people.

"These are refugees from war-torn countries!"

Looking at the long queue waiting for the distribution of food, Zhou Ming couldn't help but feel a little emotional, although in his previous life, Zhou Ming often watched the news and could see photos of refugees in those war-torn areas, but now seeing it with his own eyes still shocked him.

Suddenly, there was some commotion at the far end of the line, and Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin went over to see that it was the soldiers of the Presidential Guard who were in charge of guarding and a group of refugees who had clashed.

"My lord, I only have this money, please let me go in and get a medicine for help, I can do without food, I can do without mutton, but I only need medicine, my mother has been sick for three days, if there is no aspirin, my mother will die, I beg you to let me in!"

"My beg, my lord, let me get a little flour, just a little, or some leftover flour mixed with sand, my child hasn't eaten for a week, I can already see the shape of his ribs, he just needs a little food, I beg you, I know I don't have any money, but if you want, you can cut off my hands and feet, or do whatever you want me to do!"

It was a group of refugees pleading outside the cordon, and since it was an oil-for-food programme, the Iraqi government had imposed a certain amount of money per person to receive a standard amount of food and medicine. But Iraq is a country that has been through a long war and has been subjected to comprehensive sanctions for half a year, and where do the people here have how much savings to pay? It is precisely because of the lack of money that this has happened.

However, the captain of the guard in charge of the guard was very iron-faced and selfless: "If you don't have money, don't disturb the order here, if you want to eat and medicine, you go to the market and the hospital, and there are cheap ones over there, so why do you come here to join in the fun?"

"My lord, there is no food and medicine in the market and the hospital for a long time, and now it is the only place here, and our family is still waiting for these food and medicine to save our lives!

One by one, the refugees cried to the captain, but the captain remained indifferent, still with a black face and accused them: "Okay! You all don't mess around here, this is a very important place, if you mess around again, we have the right to do our duty of protection!"

As he spoke, the captain pulled out the pistol from his waist, and the other guards pulled the bolt and pointed the black hole at the desperate refugees.

They are indeed extremely desperate, living in such a country, full of deserts, no land to plant, no factories to produce medicines, they are not unable to work, but when they come back to the market, they find that there is no food at all, maybe occasionally a herdsman will lead a sheep to sell, but in less than half an hour at most, they will be so crazy that there is not even a single wool left, and in the hospital, the doctor will only tell you to go back and wait for death, because there is no medicine that can cure it.

Maybe the Iraqis living in Badina still have some property, but in order to survive, they have sold everything they can sell their families, and now they finally hope for food and medicine to help, but they find that they have no money to buy them anymore, and even these soldiers have already raised their guns, and their lives will be in danger if they continue to be entangled, how can people not despair?

But at this time, Zhou Ming suddenly stood up and pressed down the captain's pistol and said, "Forget it, let them in, and return all the money of those queuing in front of you, this time we will distribute it to them for free." ”

The captain knew English and knew Zhou Ming, and he felt embarrassed: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I know that you are very sympathetic to these people, but in fact, if you understand them, you will know that they are not worthy of sympathy at all, and the order given to me above is to collect money, you ...... like this"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Zhou Ming pulled him aside and said to him: "I do sympathize with them, and I won't make it difficult for you, I will pay for them how much money is here." ”

Saying that, Zhou Ming also took out a thousand dollars and handed it to the captain: "I don't think those refugees can give you a thousand dollars, do you think this is okay? You and your people just need to maintain order here." ”

After taking the colorful banknotes handed over by Zhou Ming, the captain smiled, he nodded and said yes, and then turned back to those refugees and said: "You bastards, listen up, now it is this adult from Huaxia, he paid all the money for you, so now you can go in for free to receive the upcoming food and medicine, as long as you all obediently line up for me!"

The captain's words shocked everyone, and these refugees all looked at Zhou Ming at once, and they knelt down towards Zhou Ming one after another, one by one as if they had become Zhou Ming's most devout believers, and shouted Ali Ali!

Zhou Ming has also been here in Iraq for so long, and it is very difficult to speak and listen to those Middle Eastern words that roll their tongues, and they have to translate when they go out, but at least some simple words can still be understood; and the Ali that these Iraqis are shouting to themselves at this moment is what Zhou Ming knows, which is what those Iraqis are praising themselves as saints, great gods sent by Allah to save them.

In the face of such high praise from these Iraqis, Zhou Ming is actually a little ashamed, after all, he does not have the ability of Guanyin Bodhisattva to purify all sentient beings, even if he can buy all the food and medicine on this plane, he still does not do so, he can only take care of the present in order to have peace of mind, the money to buy these things is also a drop in the bucket in his opinion, but for them, it is the hope that can save their mother and child in the future.

Zhou Ming sighed slightly in his heart, and then said to them: "Everyone get up, I'm not Ali, I don't think I deserve such a lofty title, I'm just a Chinese who thinks that you should be rescued, and your family shouldn't die like that, that's all, so please go and get the food and medicine that belong to you in an orderly manner!"

The captain helped Zhou Ming translate to everyone, and although these Iraqis were still in tears and looked at Zhou Ming excitedly, they all got up from the ground.

Seeing this situation, the captain gave Zhou Ming a thumbs up and said, "Mr. Zhou Ming, this is the most spectacular scene I have ever seen, I think if a hundred years ago, you would definitely be the most prestigious king in the Middle East!"

Zhou Ming smiled and said, "Then I thank you so much, but I don't think I can be a king, or the king of a Middle Eastern country can't satisfy me." ”

At this time, a jeep suddenly drove towards this side, and an officer of the presidential guard stepped out of the car and came to Zhou Ming, and said to Zhou Ming anxiously: "President Majid, please go back to the presidential palace immediately, and say that there is an important situation about Basra." ”

Zhou Ming said with a meaningful sigh: "I didn't expect those Americans to move quite fast, but sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing to be fast." ”

While saying this, Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin both got into the jeep and left here.

……

Meanwhile, at the base in Leah, outside the Saudi capital, U.S. Commander-in-Chief Normandy was on a video call with President Walsh.

"Two hours ago, I ordered my troops to launch a general assault on Basra, this time with three Marine regiments of the 1st Marine Division, equipped with three armored battalions and one tank battalion to assist the attack, and two formations of helicopter gunships to support in the air at all times, and have now occupied the western part of Basra. ”

Normandy reports to Walsh about the battle ahead, his face blank, as if this is not a real battle of flesh and blood and death, but that he has randomly circled a team of Apocalypse Tank A while playing Red Police.

That's pretty good in terms of the results, but Walsh frowned: "It's not enough, we must take the whole of Basra as soon as possible, Mr. General, you also know that because of that picture of the damn child and the wolf dog, the country has questioned the justice of this war, and my office has to reply to at least three hundred emails a day to declare the justice of the war!"

"So," Walsh emphasized, "we need to end this war in the shortest possible time, and not be driven out of the bay in disgrace, my Normandy general, you understand?"

"I understand, but since the enemy blew up all the bridges over the Tigris while retreating, the engineering units are now rushing to repair them, and it is expected that they will not attack again until tomorrow at the earliest. Normandy said.

"Then get all ready today, and attack tomorrow as soon as the bridge is repaired!" Walsh ordered.

"I will definitely carry out the President's order, but Mr. President, our troops have found a lot of car bombs and roadside bombs in the occupied areas, and it seems that there are a lot of Iraqi guerrillas who have joined the war, and I think we need to pay special attention. Normandy said.

Walsh sighed: "I understand, I also care about the lives of my soldiers, but now victory is the most important thing. ”

Normandy said: "Mr. President, I think you have misunderstood, I did not mean this, I think that these guerrillas left behind by the enemy may have other more important plans." ”