The "Green Zone" in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, is a heavily guarded area, so to speak, a fortress in the heart of Baghdad, where important institutions such as the new Iraqi government, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the British Embassy in Iraq, and the Iraqi Parliament are located.

The "Green Zone" is surrounded by concrete walls and reinforced checkpoints that can withstand the impact of explosions. The building in the Green Zone began as a complex with palaces and offices, and it was the center of the Iraqi government until the overthrow of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

It has become a symbol of hatred among the people of Baghdad, not only because of the fall of Saddam, but also because the Green Zone is under the control of the Americans, as in the old Baghdad, and most of the new government officials are security guards, except for a few personal guards.

The "Green Zone" is completely surrounded by a gray concrete blast-proof fence that keeps away attacks by "human bombs" and other attackers. The concrete fence was built along the right bank of the Tigris River, which flows through Baghdad, before turning to land and blocking the main road, while separating the "Green Zone" from the surrounding area.

The Rashid Hotel, the only hotel in the Green Zone, was once used by foreign news media during the Saddam era, but has now become a place to receive American guests. Cheap carpets are also available in the hall. But the restaurant allegedly always serves unappetizing food.

From the Darashid Hotel and the Parliament Building, you have to cross eight safety zones. The first layer is in charge of Iraqi soldiers, and the area is very dangerous due to the presence of dodge-induced car bombs on this level. Other security zones are the responsibility of the military or security personnel of countries such as Georgia and Peru. But there are regular searches, and it seems that the Americans in charge of security in the "Green Zone" do not trust these people.

Looking at the "Green Zone" from a distance, the first thing that catches your eye is the new U.S. Embassy in Iraq, where some people sarcastically say that U.S. servicemen have taken off their camouflage uniforms and put on suits to continue the occupation of Baghdad.

Because the U.S. Embassy in Iraq is the largest embassy in the world with the largest number of people and the largest building area, the average embassy staff member is more than 100.

However, the number of people in the embassy in Iraq is nearly 20,000, and it is deservedly the number one embassy in the world, and it is said that even the total number of members of the Iraqi parliament is not comparable to the number of members of the US embassy, and the supreme commander of the US security forces in Iraq, Major General Petraeus, who is only 40 years old, also concurrently serves as the ambassador to Iraq, but he is a figure in Iraq who is recognized as having more power than the Iraqi president and the Iraqi prime minister.

The Iraqi president and the Iraqi prime minister need his approval to travel, but with such a large concentration of power, Major General Petraeus is not easy, of course, his trouble does not come from the Iraqi Congress, but from the US contractors in Iraq, and behind these contractors are the interest groups behind the US Congress.

As a Republican, Petraeus must be very careful in this position, because the current president is a Republican, and his position is won by the Republican Party behind him.

However, the young major general was not deterred by this difficulty, and on the first day of his employment, he did all kinds of coordination, trying to divide the interests as evenly as possible, because he could not think of any way to favor the interests of the Republican congressmen's contractors, after all, the president could catch his lot at any time and then remove him, which would be more than worth the loss.

But greedy contractors never care whether you think about them or not, today they will run to let the US military deal with other contractors, tomorrow they will run to let him deal with the Chinese, and the day after tomorrow they will run to let him deal with the Russians or Iranians.

In the end, Petraeus came up with a solution, all the contractors were not seen, and the people behind them were directly noted, about the distribution of benefits, and finally calmed down.

However, the Chinese gave Petraeus a headache, because Longteng International signed the largest oil contract with the new government behind the scenes, which made the contractors who had been pacified jump to their feet, not only the Iraqi side made a fuss, but even the US Congress also quarreled.

Americans think that the United States spent so much to defeat Iraq, but in the end it was the Chinese who enjoyed the fruits alone, how could they be willing? Isn't this a tiger's mouth?

But what could Petraeus do? The new president did not make a statement, but many people understood that Iraq's concessions were a gesture of goodwill to China by the new president in order to get more Chinese power to help, although he also sang about the Chinese threat on the surface.

But lawmakers on the Republican side have demanded that Petraeus impose restrictions on Chinese companies, and even if they sign contracts, they will not be allowed to live in peace.

As the current supreme commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, Petraeus also holds the position of director of intelligence in Iraq of the Defense Intelligence Agency, so he can see the movements of the Chinese every day and try to control them, and if necessary, he can destroy all the oil fields invested by the Chinese in Iraq in a few hours.

Of course, he didn't have to, at least the new president didn't want to fall out with China now, so he needed to exercise restraint, but when he received a top order from the Defense Intelligence Agency to carry out a mission codenamed "Kill," Petraeus knew trouble was coming.

The briefing told him that he could use all the intelligence forces of the US military in Iraq, and that he could do whatever it took if the target appeared.

Petraeus immediately found the key figure in it, Amat, as a senior official of the new Iraqi government, Amat gave him a headache, that is, he facilitated the order between the new Iraqi government and the Chinese, so Petraeus knew him very well.

But Amat's treachery is well known, and Petraeus took a lot of effort to find his weaknesses, if it weren't for the CIA agents telling him that Amat values his family the most, I'm afraid Petraeus wouldn't believe it, but in the end he proved the intelligence of the CIA agents, and Amat, a cunning guy, succumbed to his desk.

Everything went smoothly with the plan, the Chinese showed up on time, and skillfully bypassed the defensive ring he had set up in the Green Zone, and took Amat away smoothly, and Petraeus was still taken aback, if it were not for the satellite locator on Amat all the time, he would not have known how Amat slipped out.

But he did not dwell on it, because the Chinese took the bait, and Petraeus quickly ordered an attack on these Chinese, leaving only a live mouth for the intelligence officers to torture.

But he soon discovered that these Chinese thieves were simply the same as the underground rats in Baghdad, and for seven days and seven nights, these Chinese did not have any combat attrition.

Petraeus froze at the time, because he had never seen a soldier from any country who could remain intact in such an attack, but soon he got what he wanted, these China. The servicemen finally sent a signal for help to their country, and after being intercepted by someone from the intelligence services, Petraeus finally breathed a sigh of relief that these Chinese finally couldn't do it.

Now he only needs to weave a net and wait for his real target to be hooked, only he soon discovers that the previous Chinese have disappeared, they have found all the satellite feedback devices installed in the weapon, and also found the feedback device on Amat's body, and the photos sent back by the drone tell him that the last satellite feedback device was loaded by the Chinese on a wild wolf.

So he faces two decisions, one is to ignore these Chinese and wait for his real target to take the bait, and the other is to annihilate these Chinese with all his might, waiting for that Chinese to take the bait, but both decisions will face a risk, these Chinese soldiers may notify their headquarters and cancel the rescue.

This incident caused Petraeus a headache, and in the end he could only use the same method to carry out regional signal blocking in the area where the Chinese disappeared, and let the Iraqi security forces and Blackwater mercenaries fully investigate the yellow-skinned face, and kill them directly once found.

But after more than twenty hours passed, there were still no clues, and the Chinese did not take Amat to Iran as if they had really disappeared, nor did they stay where they were.

In desperation, he could only report all this, of course, he was scolded by the director of this mission, and finally asked him to do his best to capture the first target.

Petraeus asked strangely whether the Chinese would send reinforcements if they had received information.

But the task director's answer was simple: "He will, and the more he traps, the more he will drill into it, because he arrogantly thinks that no one can kill him, so you only need to put Amat's family out and lay a trap to catch the first target and those Chinese who disappeared." ”

Although Petraeus was puzzled by this explanation, could the first target really be so conceited? The disappeared Chinese would really kill a horse pistol, and he felt that a stupid commander would not take such a risk, because he was confident in his subordinates, and no one could escape from the American army.

But he suddenly thought of the Chinese who had disappeared from under his nose, and finally put away his contempt.

"Maybe they'll come back!" Petraeus muttered to himself.

He then convened a meeting of all the senior U.S. military personnel in Iraq, and finally left the two top leaders of the Hellfire mercenaries and Blackwater in Iraq, and explained his plan, saying: "I need you to select the most capable personnel, deploy them in this small town outside Baghdad, and release the news that Amat's family is in your hands, and they are going to do it like a terrorist organization's blackmail, you know?" ”

The leaders of the two mercenaries looked at each other and nodded