"You're coming quickly. A U.S. lieutenant wearing a standard helmet breathed a sigh of relief, put down his weapon and nodded, "I'm Mark, I'm the U.S. Special Operations Team, and I'm responsible for cooperating with you in this operation." It's not safe here, let's get in the car and say we have a camp in a nearby village. ”

Lin Rui nodded, "Then go to your camp first, I need more information from you." Lin Rui waved his hand, let the team members board the US military car, and then followed them to a nearby village. There were armed men in the village, but they were apparently on the way with the U.S. military.

Second Lieutenant Mark nodded and whispered, "They are Kurds, and they are not all the way to those extremists. We set up a makeshift camp here, but we were limited in numbers and too close to the enemy. So the best thing to do is to form an alliance with the local armed forces. They really helped us a lot. ”

"I'm not interested in that. Lin Rui shook his head and said, "I just want to know about those militants." And what information do you have about the anti-chemical weapons organization investigation and evidence collection team?"

"Well, I knew you were going to ask. "We captured one man yesterday during the day, he was one of those militants who attacked the village last week, and I think he should know something." But he's tough, and he hasn't opened his mouth now. ”

"Take me there. Lin Rui nodded.

Ensign Mark took him to a small house in the back, where a man was tied to a pillar and his hands and feet were bound by wire. He looked injured and covered in blood.

"Is that him?" Lin Rui frowned.

"It's him, he was arrested yesterday morning, so if that investigation team is caught by them, he should know the inside story. Ensign Mark nodded.

"So be it. The interrogation here, my man took over, give us half an hour. Lin Rui turned around and made a gesture to Crazy Horse.

Second Lieutenant Mark frowned, "It will take him half an hour to confess, what if he doesn't?"

"I hate the mistreatment of prisoners of war, but if Crazy Horse can't pry his mouth open, then there's no need to torture him. Lin Rui shook his head, "And I don't have much hope for the clues obtained in this way." Maybe he'll set a trap for us to drill before he dies. This kind of thing is also common. Do you have any other clues?"

Ensign Mark nodded, "A little. We checked the situation before, and there were two areas of regular activity in the area through which the investigation team passed, and they gave us some clues. They said several Western soldiers had recently been escorted to villages south by a group of militants. But we were not able to investigate in depth because it was occupied by a group of crazy extremist militants. For the past two weeks, they have frantically attacked anyone who dares to come close, whether civilians or soldiers. Even the helicopters of the Iraqi government forces did not dare to pass through that area. ”

"The Western soldiers they are talking about, could they be those British people who followed the investigation team, the SAS Special Air Service Regiment?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Quite possibly, because we have been in this area recently, we have not received any information about the disappearance of friendly forces. Ensign Mark nodded. "Except for the British troops who accompanied the team to protect the investigation and evidence collection team. ”

"Where were they sent?" said Lin Rui.

Second Lieutenant Mark whispered, "It's the village of Aita in the south, the largest gathering place of extremist militants. Iraqi government forces have carried out several encirclement and suppression, but all of them have failed miserably. There are estimated thousands of people armed there, as well as armored vehicles and heavy artillery. It is very likely that the chemical weapons that attacked other villages some time ago were fired by them. Because they have a good number of 1o7 rocket launchers, and some homemade equipment. ”

"There are so many people?" Lin Rui frowned.

"It turns out, not so much. Because of the recent retreat of these armed rebels, many militants have been withdrawn from Mosul, and they have hit it off with the local forces. These people are entrenched in several nearby villages, and not only are they openly fighting with government forces, but they are also becoming more and more serious. Almost every day they attack the areas under the control of government forces, the most common being rockets, standard weapons, and all kinds of homemade artillery shells. Second Lieutenant Mark turned to Lin Rui and said, "Come and take a look at this." ”

"Is this a gas canister?" Lin Rui said with a frown as he looked at something that looked like a cannonball.

"Homemade gas canister shells by militants. They drilled holes in small gas tanks, poured explosives, and welded a connecting rod and several tail fins behind them. can be used to attack. This was seized by Iraqis during a recent raid. Handmade, the cost is so low, but the lethality is quite large. They usually use a grinding wheel to polish the grooves on the gas tank, and once they explode, they will shatter along the grooves, creating a lot of fragments. The lethality is huge.

Recently, they have a new trick, which is to directly fill it with chemical poison. It is detonated by a mortar fuse mounted on the head, and once it bursts, the chemical agent is sprayed everywhere, forming smoke in the air. To be honest, their chemical agents are not very powerful. It has little impact on the military with protective equipment, but it can be very lethal to civilians. Second Lieutenant Mark said to Lin Rui.

"So, these gas canisters and shells also appeared near a village?" Lin Rui frowned.

"Yes, it's all on the outskirts of that village. We believe that they have there there should be a bottling plant for chemical weapons. Because to be honest, there isn't much technical content in this moving west. It is nothing more than pressure filling, as long as there is a simple equipment, they can make it. Ensign Mark nodded.

"Okay. Lin Rui nodded and turned to look at the interrogation room, because Crazy Horse had already walked out.

"How's it going?" Lin Rui said in a low voice.

He said it, in the southern village of Aita. They used an existing silver mine to construct an underground fortification. The scale is large, and there are a large number of guards in the village. The investigation team is supposed to be being held there, and they have not announced it to the public because they want to take them hostage and bargain with Iraqi government forces when the war is unfavorable. In addition, they were escorting the British army and the chemical weapons investigation and evidence collection team, which could also avoid the Iraqi government air strikes there. Crazy Horse replied.

"Oh, so the specific location, does he know?" Lin Rui frowned.

"That man was just a low-level member of the periphery of the militants, and he didn't know much, and a lot of it was hearsay. He also didn't know exactly where the silver mine was. Crazy Horse washed the blood on his hands and shook his head, "He only has so much to say, and he can't ask anything more." ”

(End of chapter)