Two medium-sized private helicopters flew rapidly over the vast desert, like ghosts shuttling through the sky under the light of the stars, flying quickly but unnoticeably.

Zhou Ming and Zhang Lin's desert team were on the two helicopters, and their destination was Bahrain's international airport.

This is Zhou Ming's original plan, after asking for military funds from the Saudi royal family, he immediately rushed to Iraq non-stop, and judging from the news from the embassy that his flight was intercepted by the US Air Force, things are now obviously going in the worst direction: the US government, intelligence agencies and the military have all noticed themselves.

Now that the Gulf War is imminent, and the entire Middle East is covered by American military and intelligence networks, if they are really determined to investigate, they will certainly be able to infer their own movements from the impostor passengers on that flight, so they must set off for Iraq before the Americans take action.

Of course, it is also possible that the Americans will not find out, but Zhou Ming does not dare to gamble his luck, so even if the time is pressing, Zhou Ming still detours from Bahrain, which can not only bypass the reconnaissance intelligence of the US military to a greater extent, but more importantly, from Bahrain, it can also bypass the army that is facing off on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. It was only in order to speed up his pace of departure that Zhou Ming borrowed two private helicopters from the Saudis through the embassy.

In this way, an hour later, Zhou Ming finally arrived at the international airport in Bahrain, and there were already people from the embassy here to help prepare, so Zhou Ming got off the helicopter and immediately boarded another plane, and he didn't even have time to say a few words to the local ambassador.

Because it was a private jet, when Zhou Ming got on the plane, the plane was quickly allowed to take off, so it took off ten minutes later.

Zhou Ming was still sitting on the edge of the bed, feeling the plane slowly taking off, seeing that it was now nearly half past eleven, two and a half hours had passed since he arrived in Saudi Arabia, and more than three hours had passed since the US military plane intercepted the wrong flight.

This made Zhou Ming's heart can't help but beat the drum: After such a long time, those Americans won't have noticed it now, right? After all, it is the intelligence system of a superpower, especially now that the Gulf War is about to break out, no matter how derelict the US intelligence department is, it will not dare to discount the leadership at this time, and only hope that it can finally reach Iraq smoothly!

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Zhou Ming's fear is not unreasonable, in fact, as early as half an hour ago, the president's secret order had been sent to Normandy, and the commander-in-chief of the Gulf front was also very puzzled in the face of the president's order.

Intercept and investigate every plane from all Saudi and Bahrain to Iraq!

Normandy was stunned for a moment in the face of the president's secret order before he said to himself: "Is this a political figure to arrest? But who else dares to go to Iraq at this point in time?"

In the end, Normandy shook his head, shook off these frivolous thoughts, faithfully carried out the president's order, called the Leah base, and demanded that the air force of the base immediately make a full dispatch to intercept all planes taking off from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to Iraq.

Like the previous Zahran airbase, the pilots at the Leah base were also very surprised by this order, but no matter what they thought in their hearts, as soldiers, they still had to strictly implement the order, so dozens of F15 and F16 fighters took off from the airfield of the Leah base one after another, cruising on all the necessary routes from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to Iraq.

The news also spread to Yanjing in the east for the first time, Lin Zekang quickly got in the car and came to Yang Dingguo's bedroom, he woke up Yang Dingguo and told Yang Dingguo about the movements of the US army.

Yang Dingguo, who was originally called to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning, was still a little dazed, but after hearing Lin Zekang's report, he immediately opened his eyes and looked at Lin Zekang and asked: "Comrade Zekang, you said that the American air force in the Gulf region has made more than 200 sorties since half an hour ago to intercept all planes on the route from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to Iraq.

Lin Zekang shook his head and said: "I'm sorry Elder Yang, the intelligence department has not analyzed the results at present, but according to limited information, I know that this is an order personally issued by President Walsh." ”

Yang Dingguo was quite surprised and said: "It seems that our Comrade Zhou Ming is far more important than we imagined!"

At this time, Chairman Du Zhongyuan walked in, and he asked what happened, and Yang Dingguo said to him very seriously: "Comrade Zhongyuan, just now, we received information that President Walsh personally ordered Zhou Ming to be arrested. ”

With Yang Dingguo's words, Lin Zekang reported the situation he had just reported to Du Zhongyuan again, Du Zhongyuan frowned immediately after hearing it, Yang Dingguo asked him what he thought, Du Zhongyuan shook his head, and then sighed and said: "It seems that Zhou Ming is far more important than we think." ”

Yang Dingguo and Lin Zekang both nodded and said that they agreed with Du Zhongyuan's words, after all, judging from the posture of the planes that the Americans have made so many sorties, I am afraid that it is the Iraqi president who has fled, and that's it. You must know that the dispatch of today's high-tech fighter jets is not as simple as driving out by yourself in normal times, from the preparation of fuel to the possible wear and tear, etc., the cost of an F16 taking off for an hour and a half will cost tens of thousands of dollars.

Now, judging from the fact that the Americans have made more than 200 sorties, the cost is enough to be millions of dollars, and this is only the cost of simply intercepting the plane, not counting the costs incurred by the intermediate intelligence agencies.

This is undoubtedly inconceivable, and it also proves Zhou Ming's own value and potential influence from another angle, so in the eyes of the Americans, is it really possible for Zhou Ming to help Iraq block the pace of the US military's offensive? This idea is very unreasonable no matter how it is analyzed, but the US military movements in the Gulf region have verified this idea.

In the end, Yang Dingguo definitely didn't think about this unanswered question, he asked Du Zhongyuan: "Do we have a way to provide Comrade Zhou Mingxiao with the help he needs?"

Du Zhongyuan shook his head and replied: "I'm sorry Elder Yang, because now that Zhou Ming has boarded the plane to Iraq, we will not be able to provide him with any form of help unless we officially intervene in this war." ”

At this moment, Yang Dingguo really wants to slap the table and say that if he fights, he will interfere, anyway, he is also one of the five permanent members of the Security Council, and he has a lot of say in some regional affairs and even the UN war.

But in the end, Yang Lao still gave up: "If the country can be a little stronger, or the big brother is still there, maybe we have the courage to mention it, the United States will give us some face in order to balance the big brother, but now, in the face of the world's only superpower, we are only a weak country that needs a long time to develop, for the future of this country, we can only hope that Comrade Zhou Ming can be auspicious!"

Listening to Yang Lao's words, Du Zhongyuan and Lin Zekang's faces were very embarrassed, after all, as the leader of the country, he couldn't even provide protection for his own people now, and he was really aggrieved.

Yang Dingguo finally said: "Contact Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the US embassies, if Zhou Ming's plane is finally intercepted, we can also take him back home safely from the Gulf as soon as possible, so as not to let him suffer more losses at the hands of the Americans." ”

Du Zhongyuan and Lin Zekang both nodded in support of Yang Lao's decision, because due to the limitation of national power, they could not provide any help to Zhou Ming after Zhou Ming's plane took off, but they could do their best to bring Zhou Ming back to China safely from the Gulf when Zhou Ming finally fell into the hands of the Americans, which could be regarded as making up for their guilt towards Zhou Ming.

But at this moment, Du Zhongyuan's secretary suddenly walked in and brought them news that they didn't expect: a large-scale sandstorm suddenly occurred in Saudi Arabia.

Yang Dingguo, Du Zhongyuan, and Lin Zekang were shocked when they heard the news: Is this the heavens all going to help Zhou Ming escape this catastrophe?

At the same time, President Walsh also received this news, and he slapped the table in annoyance, and he looked up and asked his national security assistant opposite, "Why didn't this weather be observed beforehand?"

Brent replied: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but this sandstorm was caused by a sudden change in air pressure, so the meteorological department could not accurately predict it. ”

"Then it seems that this is God's will!"

Walsh sighed heavily, and just as he was about to give up intercepting Zhou Ming, suddenly his secretary walked in outside and brought him a mobile phone, Walsh took it and connected it, it was Christo, the patriarch of the Addams family, who called.

"First of all, Mr. President Walsh, I'm very sorry to disturb you, but there are some things that are necessary, and I'm sure you know that I am very concerned about that Chinese Zhou Ming, and I don't even hesitate to pay more military expenses for this, so when I know that you are intercepting his plane, I am very happy, because it is for us to eliminate an annoying opponent......"

Walsh interrupted Christo's words and said: "Mr. Christo, I regret to interrupt you, although we have dispatched fighter jets to intercept Zhou Ming's possible plane, but we have not found the target, and later our intelligence department analyzed that the other party cleverly avoided our interception by temporarily changing the itinerary, and we began to intercept all the planes flying from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to Iraq. ”

"Mr. Walsh is truly our great president, and your judgment and decisiveness are very admirable!" Christo praised.

But Walsh's next words surprised him: "But I was going to give up because there was a sandstorm we didn't expect." ”

"Damn! That's disgusting news!" Christo said, annoyed, but then asked, "but if I'm not mistaken, our planes and skilled pilots can force their way into a sandstorm in bad weather, right?"

Walsh frowned, "I think there's such a thing, but I don't think it's a good idea to force our pilots to take off in the harsh conditions of a sandstorm. ”

"Mr. President, in fact, whether any good idea is good or not, it depends on the final result, and sometimes it becomes necessary to do so in order to get the result you want. "I know the military must have spent a lot of money on this operation, right? If Mr. President agrees, I promise the Addams family that the military expenses will be paid, but if Mr. President does not agree, then it will be very difficult for me." ”

After saying that, Christo hung up the phone, and Walsh slammed the microphone on the table in hatred, scolding, "These damn businessmen!"

Then Walsh looked up at his national security assistant again, only to see that he was looking at himself very embarrassed, Walsh said to him: "Help me answer the call of General Normandy, I need him to choose the most experienced pilot, continue to take off against the sandstorm, until I find the Chinese named Zhou Ming!"