Chapter 86: Desolation (01)
Although they were running for Ruben this time, but Ruben did not show up, and in the follow-up investigation, they found that Ruben had indeed entered the country before, but he eventually disappeared in the western region of Iraq, and no one knew where he went, maybe he came for another purpose this time, and tricking them into going to the black market of weapons was one of the purposes.
"This clue has been checked, he has completely disappeared since he left the Middle East, and this Iraqi execution is just a pretense, showing up just to make you believe that he is coming." Bruce said, "There hasn't been any news about it recently, so I think I'm hiding." ”
"What about the Tigerfish?" Heavy punch asked again.
"He also disappeared without a trace, last appeared in Berlin, and then disappeared without a trace, but his minions are all over the world, and he himself does not know where to hide." Bruce said.
"Why are all the clues broken all of a sudden?" Punches furrowed, "Have you found out about the relationship between these two people and the people who attacked us in the canyon?" I don't think it's their subordinates, maybe it's an employment relationship. ”
"Not yet, I'm tracing the source of the information, hoping to find valuable clues, your boss should also be investigating this matter, he has great powers, he will definitely not be in vain, you just wait for the news." Bruce said.
After ending the call, the three of them didn't know where to go for a while, and Lin Xiao's order to them was to go back to the South African base first and wait for news.
Now it seems that there is nowhere to go except to go back to South Africa, so when they were about to leave, they received a notice from the doctor, telling them not to go back yet, the base may have been exposed, there are suspicious people nearby, and the doctor is planning to evacuate.
"Did you escape alone?" As soon as he heard that something was going on, he couldn't help but get nervous, no matter how powerful the doctor is, he is not a combatant, if the base is really targeted, he may not be so easy to leave, that old guy doesn't even understand how to use a gun.
"I can still deal with this little thief, these equipment are the last batch, I will leave in half an hour, you don't have to rush back, find a place to settle down first, and notify you when I settle down." The Doctor, with the assistance of Alpha, has used self-propelled robots and vehicles to pack everything in his lab into boxes and is being shipped away in batches.
It seems that the Doctor does not plan to use this base again, it is their largest base in South Africa, and if they can no longer use the loss is not measured by money, it is indeed a pity to give up like this.
"Where are you going?" Heavy Punch asked.
"I'm not sure yet, but I'm not going back to his location, my target is Europe or South Asia, the specific location has not yet been determined, rest assured, I will definitely build an ideal base in the shortest possible time." The doctor said confidently.
The matter seemed to be more serious than they had expected, and the enemy was not only using various means to monitor their every move, but had already reached out to their foothold, which was clearly intended to make a big move.
"Europe, we still have two quasi-bases, but they haven't been opened yet, and the facilities there are basically complete, which should be able to meet the needs of doctors, so don't worry about that." The ghost said.
"What are we going to do?" Worm asked, the base had been exposed and could no longer be used, which made her feel homeless.
"Let's go to Baghdad and wait for news." Heavy Punch thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we can find more clues there." ”
The trio immediately drove to Baghdad, a once-prosperous thousand-year-old city that was now in a state of depression and shrouded in the clouds of terrorist attacks and war.
They found a hotel near the embassy area to settle down, the security environment here is relatively good, and then began to go out separately to find out the news, a few days later, there was no valuable gain, during this period Lin Xiao's Brazil mission ended, the personnel were reduced to zero and also transferred to intelligence collection work, began to investigate the whereabouts of Tiger Fish and Ruben, which is the only clue they can pursue at present, but the investigation is progressing slowly, Lin Xiao and Sol were attacked by unknown militants again, After escaping, the two men temporarily settled in the United Kingdom to investigate the identity of the attackers.
In recent investigations, they have discovered that there are people in the intelligence community who are collecting information about them, including their whereabouts and origins, and even their scattered operations have been trafficked as intelligence.
"It seems that there are a lot of people who are interested in us, or someone is collecting a lot of information about us, and it is not clear whether this matter has anything to do with tiger fish." The ghost has compiled and analyzed the information gathered in the past few days.
"There is no clear direction for judging based on all aspects of information, and there is too much marginal information to make accurate judgments." Alpha said.
"Boss still hasn't heard anything?" Worm asked.
"Contact has been cut off for more than 105 hours." Alpha said.
"If he has new clues, he will definitely let us know, and it seems that things are not going well on his side either." Said with a heavy fist smoking a cigarette.
"What are we going to do next?" The ghost leaned back on the couch, seemingly unable to find any sense of direction.
"What else can we do but wait?" Heavy Punch smiled helplessly.
"What exactly is the purpose of Ruben and Tigerfish's collaboration?" Ghost Shadow thought for a moment and said, "Last time in Brazil, he said that he would provide information related to us to Tiger Fish completely free of charge, as an intelligence dealer, this is not his style of acting, selling intelligence is nothing more than to make money, but he provides information to Tiger Fish for free." ”
"Ruben has had a very tense relationship with Russian intelligence for the past two years, and there is credible information that the Russians have ordered a reward for him during this period." Alpha said.
"That's why I think it's strange, what brought them together when they were once two sides of the same fire?" The ghost couldn't figure it out.
"The analysis could not be completed without relevant information." Alpha said.
For a moment they were in an unspeakable predicament, the investigation was progressing slowly, although they could draw information from all over the world, but this information did not have a clear direction, and could not provide them with any help, not only could they not find Ruben, even the tiger fish disappeared completely, and they could not find any clues related to the whereabouts of these two people.
What they didn't expect was that the person who finally broke the deadlock was Bruce, who found out that one of Reuben's right-hand men appeared in the Republic of Tashya in Central Asia two days ago, and if they wanted to find Reuben, they could start with this guy.
"What is he doing there?" The ghost asked.
"It's not clear yet, but intelligence suggests that he has close contacts with the country's top brass." "There's no further news yet," Bruce said. ”
"Find him first, he'll know where Ruben is." Punch the cigarette butt in your hand.
"Would you like to get in touch with the captain or the boss?" The insects are still relatively calm.
"It's okay to send a message to inform them, at the moment only we are closest to Central Asia, and no one else can be faster than us." Heavy Punch thought for a while, and added, "Alpha, send the specific situation to the captain and the boss, and we'll go." ”
Traditionally, Heavy Punch is the oldest in this team, and he is the highest rank in terms of rank, and has the authority to make decisions and give orders, so he can basically decide what to do next.
Soon, there was a reply from Lin Xiao's side, but it was just three simple words, pay attention to safety.
The three immediately flew to Afghanistan via Turkey and from Afghanistan to the Republic of Tashya, where they had to travel by car because the Tashkko had no international flights.
Bugs got another heavy bulletproof Humvee that was eliminated when the U.S. troops withdrew, and after a few hours of driving, they finally crossed the border to this inhospitable country where even birds don't want to come.
Tashny is mountainous, plateaus and mountains account for 90% of the country's area, the north and southwest are mostly plains, the southwest is a desert that stretches for thousands of miles, is a poor country dominated by agriculture, the poverty level can be regarded as one of the best in the world, looking at a piece of red earth for thousands of miles, almost no trace of green.
"I can't believe anyone would want to live in a place like this." The ghost felt his throat tighten when he looked at the desolate mountains, the desolation here reminded him of the desert where water was scarce, although it was a mountainous area, most of the mountains did not have any vegetation, and it was completely barren mountains.
"There are still nearly 1,000 kilometers to go, and fuel is a scarce resource in this country, so I don't know if we can find a gas station." Heavy Punch felt like he was in a place that was even more remote than Afghanistan.
"Our spare oil can run at least 2,000 kilometers, but unfortunately this car can't hold too many oil drums." Worm also looked at the desolate scenery outside and said, "At least the sky here is cleaner than anywhere else, and the beauty of desolation is beyond words." ”
"The armed tribes here are quite capable of fighting, so it's best not to provoke them." Said Heavy Punch as he looked at the flock of sheep in the distance and the shepherd with the AK on his back.
"How good can a country with undefended borders be in terms of combat effectiveness? Next door is this virtuous Afghanistan, and they can't even see a single soldier on the border on their side. The ghost said as he drove the car.
"Poor Ding Dangxiang, do you still think that someone will smuggle here? Those Afghan refugees don't bother to come here, coming here is basically equivalent to a direct death sentence, we drove for hours to see a living person, those refugees simply can't go this far, and the fortification has to ensure the supply of the army, which is quite difficult for such a poor country. Chong Fist looked at the flock of sheep in the distance and couldn't help but shake his head, "I really don't know what the sheep here eat and live?" Gnawing on the soil? ”
"You should be able to eat moss and lichens, and you can find some of these things in desolate places, this country is mainly agricultural, where people live, they should be able to farm, and sheep eat some straw and other things to survive, at least it is not a problem." The worm seemed to be interested in the goats, holding up the telescope and looking in that direction.
Heavy Punch sighed: "I always feel that I have entered a primitive country that cannot be primitive, I really don't know if we can achieve our goal this time......"