"Even if you break your wings, your heart will look to the horizon like a wing. - Yugoslav poet

On the evening of 27 March, when the Yugoslav army shot down a US F-117A stealth plane, the chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav army, Oitanić, held a news conference to announce the news and said: Please don't ask how it was shot down, this is a military secret.

At the candlelight concert on the evening of the 28th, one could say that one was rejoicing. One of the speakers took the stage and said: "I'm sorry, Yankees, we shot down your F-117A plane, we didn't know it was invisible. ”

On 1 April, the United States and NATO began to bomb the Yugoslav political apparatus and important civilian facilities, in addition to continuing to bomb military targets and destroying the vital forces of the Yugoslav army.

NATO, which declared that at this stage it would completely destroy the "war machine" of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Bombardment began to increase in frequency and intensity, increasing intensity and intensity, almost 24 hours a day; targeting the political apparatus and administrative departments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia; sabotage strikes were carried out against civilian facilities, blowing up bridges, cutting off electricity and water supply equipment; intensified attacks on the capital Belgrade, which began to cut off water and electricity, and at night, the city was plunged into darkness

The Danube's access to the Black Sea was completely cut off, and the fleets sailing between the two damaged bridges were unable to advance or retreat, and they had no choice but to cruise and complain.

The oil depot was bombed, and the urban area was plunged into absolute smoke for nearly a week, causing serious pollution.

A train bound for the Greek city of Solon was derailed by bombing, killing dozens of people.

The headquarters of the Serbian Socialist Party, located on the left bank of the Sava River in the new district of Belgrade, is the tallest building in Bay and even in Yugoslavia. After the bombing, the exterior of the building was preserved, but the interior was completely destroyed. The antenna of the television station erected on the roof of the building was still there, but NATO carried out a second bombing campaign shortly after, completely destroying the antenna. The destruction of this building, which is the symbol of Yugoslavia, was aimed at undermining the faith of the Yugoslav people in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as the prestige of the ruling Serbian Socialist Party and Milosevic.

There is even a legend in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia that during World War II, American planes and German planes fought in the skies of Yugoslavia, and an American plane was shot down, and the pilot parachuted and landed in a Yugoslav village. The villagers risked their lives to rescue the American pilot, who later returned to the United States. Half a century later, American planes bombed the village, turning it into rubble. And the pilots who bombed the village may be the descendants of the pilots who were rescued by the Yugoslavs 50 years ago.

Embassy of the Republic in Yugoslavia.

Lin Guozhou climbed the stairs to the zenith platform of the embassy office building, the night was deep, there were many embassy staff standing beside him, the battle in the urban area at night was very fierce, the planes passed by like meteors, the anti-aircraft guns continued, the artillery fire was rapid-fire chasing the swallow-like planes in the sky, but they fell in a bend, the planes bombed the target, the fire and smoke rose, and then there was a huge explosion.

Embassy Xiao Liu told Lin Guozhou about the life of the librarian, his eyes were full of those reflected fires, "We go out to buy food and vegetables, and we often encounter bombing. The Yugoslavs are very friendly, some know that we are the Chinese embassy, and take the initiative to send melons and fruits, without our money, life can be lived, and nutrition can keep up, but the power and water cuts have become commonplace."

Lin Guozhou frowned, "How long does the water and electricity outage last?"

"It would be annoying if NATO blew up the power plant, it would take a long time to repair, and it would be even more difficult if the equipment was imported. I have seen a kind of graphite bomb used by the NATO Air Force, which is not large, like a canned box, thrown over the high-voltage line, exploded at a low altitude, and the metal wire thinner than a hair is scattered in the box. As for water, when there is a water supply, each of us has a large and small basin full of water, even in the bathtub, and sometimes we can't take a shower for a week!"

"Everyone gradually became accustomed to the bombing, and they became bolder. We all want to observe the battle scene on the ground with our own eyes, but we often run up to see it, but Ambassador Pan has asked us not to 'watch the battle' from the rooftop, this is not the first time that you have been specially asked by Minister Lin, we have just come to China, and you will leave the journey back to China the day after tomorrow, so you must pay attention to safety!"

Lin Guozhou nodded, and looked back at the city where fires rose from time to time, and the stars could be seen late at night, but it had become a spring devastated by war.

There was a low whistling, and the wind suddenly became strong, and the faces of the surrounding librarians changed, and they threw themselves on the ground at the same time, "Lie down!"

A cruise missile whistled past them with firelight above their heads, and Lin Guozhou's windbreaker danced and rattled by the wind.

The missile flew into a hotel several hundred meters away, adjacent to the Danube, and with a bang, the glass and bricks and tiles were wiped out, and the extent of the damage reached by these pieces of glass, even the distance the bricks and tiles flew out, was precisely calculated by this cruise missile launched by the NATO war machine.

After the shockwave passed, the librarians lying on the ground stood up one after another, looking at Lin Guozhou standing in front of them with admiration.

Xiao Liu was indignant, "Damn NATO, I've been to that hotel! Every Saturday when there is a handicraft fair, the owner of there will invite me to drink a glass of local beer, and there are Serbian girls dancing and singing like nightingales at night!"

Lin Guozhou patted him on the shoulder, sighed, turned around and said, "I will leave the day after tomorrow, I will definitely bring your expectations back to China, and I will also put the hope of the people of the motherland that you can be safe here." You guys, be safe!"

At the same time, the librarians looked at the minister gratefully, recalling these days and nights, their hearts were full of excitement, they looked forward to this land affectionately, and also longed for their own country, in this battle front, in these post stations under the city where there was war and rubble every day, everyone who stayed here had something more difficult to part with each other.

Before returning to China, Lin Guozhou exchanged views with many envoys, and all of them were not very optimistic about the situation.

NATO's air strikes have been going on for more than half a month, military targets have been bombed several times, there are not many civilian facilities left to be bombed by NATO, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has not yet shown signs of giving in.

Bombing has become a tiger riding trend, and stopping the bombing means defeat, which is a responsibility that the leaders of the United States and NATO cannot bear. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has not yet reached the end of its rope and can still support it. Under these circumstances, NATO cannot stop bombing, and it will also bite the bullet and expand its bombing, create more sensational effects, more bloodshed, and shake the determination of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to resist from top to bottom.

It was also under these circumstances that Minister Plenipotentiary Lin Guozhou's visit came to an end and he returned to China.

Before boarding the plane, Lin Guozhou contacted Ambassador Pan by special phone, "How are the negotiations going over there?"

"The red berets are very cooperative, the process is also accelerating, I believe that there will be results soon, and I believe that this time will give a satisfactory explanation to the motherland!"

Su Can's third branch in Xiahai City has also opened, the location is selected at the ramp of the first middle school in the city, there were originally a lot of shops to rent here, and the two were united, Su Can's family took out the early turnover of 50,000, and borrowed 100,000 from his uncle Zeng Quanming, at the family meeting, his aunt Yin Shuying originally disagreed, "Your family's income seems to be really good now, and it is not a problem for the two stores to make a profit of hundreds of thousands a year, why do you want to open a store?" Don't you know that sometimes there are too many stores, which is not a good thing, maybe this place will drag down the income of your other two stores, causing losses!"

"When we opened the second store, we also had such an idea, but now it is obvious that there is no big problem, there are indeed a few small shops there in the first middle school, but the shops are very small, and the things sold are not all stationery, and they don't look professional, ours is a little more professional! I have personally inspected the port environment there, and the flow of people is a factor, and there is reason to believe that it is better than the store at the entrance of the third middle school. Mother Zeng Ke is now slowly transforming, speaking more organized, and even the word "professional" that Su Can often talks about is used.

To believe that the business here will be better than others, why believe, because of professionalism.

Yin Shuying also made a decision now, Zeng Na smiled beside her, "Don't look at my aunt talking eloquently, I'm afraid this matter has already passed through Su Can!"

Zeng Ke smiled embarrassedly, "Of course, I'm optimistic about my son's vision, we must all believe what he said!"

Zeng Na stared at Su Can with a "you doting!" expression, but her eyes were full of smiles, Su Can was already a little thankful, it seemed that Zeng Na did not report the ambiguous matter between herself and Tang Yan, otherwise with her mother and aunt's sensitivity to this kind of thing, although there was not much backlash caused by his current performance in school, but their nagging alone was enough to crush people.

In addition, his uncle, in the final analysis, is still a little old, he may not care about his involvement in his parents' business, but he still has a great opinion on early love.

Zeng Quanming nodded slightly, the reason why he was able to take out his own stock speculation fund to continue to invest was actually because he knew that the reason why Zeng Ke and Su Licheng were so actively expanding had a lot to do with Su Can.

If the country's excellent essays, excellent grades in the first middle school, high scores at the end of the term, and even the current three good student awards, these are concentrated on Su Can's body It was still a dream before, he now has to face up to his nephew, speaking of which he can reach the high position of the director of the construction bureau and the director of the municipal construction committee.

Zeng Quanming didn't face Su Can with the eyes of a monster, he hoped that Zeng Ke and Su Licheng could go on according to their own ideas, so Ding Li's support, a person may do most of what he does is a last resort for life, but once he accurately grasps what he wants to do, after the things that are suitable for doing, the explosion of that energy will be infinite.

It's like Zeng Quanming will laugh at Su Licheng for being just a small worker before, laughing at Zeng Ke for not even having a job, and laughing at Su Can for being useless compared to other sisters, but this doesn't mean that after they make changes, they can't get out of another admirable life.

Zeng Quanming likes to hide behind a pair of reading glasses all his life, laugh at the bias of the world, look at people's warmth and coldness, and like to compare other people's children to measure the future gains and losses of his own children, such as what kind of development the daughter of the old Xiao family will have in the future, and what kind of point the son of the old Zhang family can climb to in the agency, but in front of his own nephew, he has a feeling that he can't see through and guess for the first time.

(To be continued)