"Zhou Ming, a Chinese man, is our last hope?" Salm sat on his bed and looked at Majid meaningfully and asked, "My cousin, are you sure you're not joking with me? Do you really think that the Chinese man with a group of Kurdish bandits like pigs and dogs can defeat those Americans who have planes and tanks? It's ridiculous!"

"But at least that's an effort. "Judging by the way the Americans attacked, they were also trying to avoid engaging us head-on, because once our troops crossed with theirs, their technological superiority would not be brought into play." So I think the kind of guerrilla warfare that Zhou Ming is talking about may be feasible, coupled with the fanatical beliefs of the Kurds......"

Before Majid could finish speaking, Salm interrupted him fiercely, "Shut up, Minister Majid, your words are as beautiful to me as King Solomon's treasure, but they are not convincing!"

"Cousin President, I don't expect you to take my orders, but I do want you to think more about our Hussein family," Majid continued to persuade bitterly, "We have finally won the rule of this country through sixteen coups and spent billions of dollars, do you want to give it to those Americans?"

Salm stretched out his hand and pointed at Majid, frowning and dissatisfied, and warned, "Mr. Majid, I want you to be careful with your words!"

"First of all, I definitely know my family's situation better than anyone else, but now that the American army has begun to attack in full swing and the army I rely on has begun to surrender, I must make a decision before it gets the worst, and this is the best way to preserve my family's power, because the Americans have promised me that they will preserve the legitimacy of our family's rule over Iraq. Salm said.

This word shocked Majid's ears, because he, as Minister of the Interior and Defense, the number two person in Iraq, did not even know the news.

"Due to the urgency of the situation this time, I didn't tell you in advance. Salm explained to Majid, but this explanation seemed to Majid to be nothing more than a statement that could be overshadowed, not even an explanation.

In the face of Majid's shock, Salm waved his hand casually: "Okay, I still have to rest, you can go out first." ”

Majid did not leave immediately, he looked up at Salm: "President, I still have a question that I have not understood before I leave, although I do not know how you communicated with the Americans, I only ask you whether you can be sure of the authenticity of the Americans' promises, or have you been frightened by the bombing of the Americans, and have lost the courage and determination to continue the confrontation with the Americans?"

"You fart!" Salm roared angrily at Majid, "You are a great insult to me! How could I be frightened? How could I lose the courage and determination to continue fighting against the Americans? I am all for this country!"

Salm paused at this point, and then turned his gaze to Majid: "It's you, why do you insist so much on waiting for that Huaxia man to come back? Is there some ulterior deal between you? I think you should go to the prison cell and do a good review of your insult to me, and your loyalty to this country!"

Salm roared as he pressed the alarm button on his desk, and the alarm in the presidential palace went viral, and in less than a minute, Salm's office was opened by the military police, and everyone looked at Salm blankly.

No one knew what was going on, only Salm casually pointed at Majid and said, "Arrest him for me!"

This order shocked all the military police who came in, and everyone looked at Salm in disbelief, after all, as the guards of the Salm presidential palace, it is impossible for them not to know Majid, the second leader of the country, so if you want to arrest him now, which one is this singing?

Because of his doubts, all the military police did not dare to act rashly, which made Salm even more annoyed, and it was not until he gritted his teeth and gave another order that the military police suddenly realized that the president was serious, and arrested Majid.

"These damn guys, can't they even listen to my orders?"

Salm scolded hatefully, and then he called his secretary into the room and said to him: "Inform the whole world at once, that Iraq has announced its surrender, is willing to accept UN Resolution 660, and can withdraw its troops from Kuwait on the premise of ensuring occupation and vested interests." ”

Salm's speech was recorded, and his secretary left the presidential palace to the telegraph building, and then the Iraqi press spokesman summoned the world's news media at noon on the same day to announce Salm's announcement of surrender and acceptance of the United Nations resolution to withdraw his troops from Kuwait.

That afternoon, the news spread around the world as quickly as it had grown wings, and it also caused an uproar around the world.

From the first stealth air raid on January 20, Iraq time, to February 19, exactly 30 days after the Gulf War was held, Iraq announced its surrender.

In New York, countless Americans took to the streets, waving American flags and shouting and dancing excitedly: "See? This is the power of the powerful United States, which is far from being comparable to that of any other country! Even if Iraq is armed with all-Soviet equipment? It is not vulnerable in the face of the great United States, and the war ended in just one month, which is really more rubbish than Jamaica!"

Not only in the United States, but people in other countries were stunned when they learned the news of Salm's surrender.

Even Iraq, a regional power that dominates the Gulf, will not be able to survive a single round under the hands of the Americans, and it seems that the whole world will enter an era of US hegemony in the future. ”

When the news reached Yanjing, all the leaders of China, even if it was already evening, could not help but gather in the conference room to discuss the situation in Iraq overnight.

Sitting here, Lin Zekang, who had just entered the central core, first said: "Why was Iraq defeated by the Americans so quickly? It's only been a month, right? Isn't it true that Zhou Ming has already gone to Iraq, and our officer corps, has the guerrilla war also failed?"

Du Zhongyuan shook his head and said: "According to the news from the embassy, it was Iraqi President Salm who did not accept the proposal of guerrilla warfare and insisted on deploying the army at the front line, but all the elite forces were lost after the first round of air raids, and Salm himself was also hit by the US military during a condolence event, I think this is probably one of the reasons why Salm will surrender so easily." ”

"A leader who has been frightened will naturally not have any will to resist anymore. Yang Dingguo, who had not spoken, said suddenly, "I heard that the Americans have tested their latest equipment and operational theories in this war, right? Do we have any information on this?"

Faced with this question, Lin Zekang, chairman of the Central Military Commission, replied: "There is intelligence, and it is said that the Americans first raided Iraq's radar station through stealth planes that could not be detected by radar, paralyzed Iraq's radar system, eliminated the main force of Iraq's air force through an air ambush battle, completely seized air supremacy, and bombed all military facilities in Iraq day and night. ”

"After a month of continuous bombing, the ground forces of the US army launched a surprise attack on Kuwait 12 hours ago, and after pinning down all the main Iraqi forces in Kuwait, they suddenly made a detour, and two armored divisions made a detour behind Iraq to cut off their retreat, and two hours ago, 200,000 Iraqi front-line troops surrendered to the United States. Lin Zekang said.

"If it were us, would there be a way to do it?" Yang Dingguo asked again.

Lin Zekang shook his head with a sigh: "I am confident that I can win, but I will never be as easy as the Americans." ”

"So is it possible for Iraq to hold out any longer?" Du Zhongyuan asked.

"If it was a slight possibility before Salm announced his surrender, but now with Salm's surrender, the Iraqi army, which is already on the verge of collapse, will definitely surrender to the United States in batches, and in such a situation, unless there is an apocalyptic sandstorm in Iraq, I can't think of any reason for them to hold on. Lin Zekang said.

After Lin Zekang gave an answer, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became extremely dull, and everyone was shocked by the strong military power shown by the Americans, you must know that it is now at the critical moment of domestic reform and opening up, and the big brother has already knelt again, so it can be said that he has to face the overall pressure of the United States independently, and now the United States has shown such a strong conventional military force, which cannot help but give these leaders a headache.

"It seems that in the future, we need to learn from the Yue Wang Goujian who is lying on the salary to taste the courage of Taoguang and cultivate obscurity!"

Yang Dingguo set the tone for the future of the country in one sentence, and then he said: "In addition, we must not hesitate to use all means, and we must bring Zhou Ming back safely, if the Iraqi operation fails, it will fail, anyway, it is a matter in the Middle East, and we have no fundamental conflict of interest, but Zhou Ming is something we must protect no matter what." ”

"Judging from the fact that the Americans dispatched hundreds of planes before, Zhou Ming is comparable to a large-scale air raid against Iraq, so even if he turns his face, he must be brought back!"

Yang Dingguo's words were loud, and the expression on his face was unquestionable, so Du Zhongyuan and Lin Zekang couldn't say even the slightest other idea at the moment, so they could only say yes.

Lin Zekang then passed Yang Dingguo's order to the embassy, and Lin Hong, the Chinese ambassador to Iraq, immediately drove off after receiving the order, and galloped all the way to the small town of Hatruz, less than 50 kilometers from Badina, half an hour later, where he waited for Zhou Ming, who had returned from Sumore, and told him the news that Salm had announced his surrender and that the country would take him back at all costs.

Hearing the news brought by Lin Hong, everyone, including Zhou Ming, was stunned, because no one expected that the situation would develop so badly. Originally, I thought that the worst result would be that the US military had launched a ground attack, and the Iraqi army, which had been broken by the US air strikes, was completely unable to resist, and finally surrendered one after another, the front-line strongholds were uprooted one by one, and the gates of all cities in southern Iraq were opened.

Now I didn't expect that reality was far more imaginative than fiction, and that Mr. Salm, who lived in the presidential palace, actually chose to surrender directly to the Americans, you know, it is only less than thirty hours before the Americans launch a general attack!

"Okay, Mr. Zhou Ming, it seems that Mr. Salm's knees are not hard enough, or he doesn't believe in you or your guerrilla warfare theory at all. Leia said to Zhou Ming in a mocking and regretful tone, "Then now I will take my people back, I hope we can have a chance to meet again in the future, to be honest, you are quite interesting, but you are a little unlucky." ”

After speaking, Leia waved to Zhou Ming and prepared to leave, but Zhou Ming stopped her: "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? It seems that you must have thought that the situation has reached a point where it is irreparable, right? Then let me take you to achieve this gorgeous reversal." ”