A few months ago, one of Lu Xiaobo's intelligence officers in Iraq, through a special channel on the black market of the underground arms trade on the Iran-Syria border, accidentally learned that a small leader of a remote tribal armed group was looking for the black market price of a 'war knife' missile from some related arms smugglers. His quest drew unanimous ridicule from these small arms dealers and firemongers, who could only resell second-hand weapons, and thought he was crazy.

It is also true, not to mention whether he has such technicians to manipulate him, whether he has such a launch base and launch frame, the price of this missile alone is enough to discourage many ordinary buyers, how can he, a remote and backward small tribe, afford this tall 'war knife' missile?

But this is the thinking of ordinary small traders, in addition to the small traders and hawkers in this black market, there are also many intelligence agents mixed in it, and after the words of this small leader of the tribe reach their ears, their perspective on this matter is definitely different from ordinary people.

In the eyes of these intelligence officers, the ringleader's inquiry definitely has a deeper meaning.

That's right, his inquiry was not for the sake of buying the Knives, but for selling, and in a hidden cave in the area controlled by their tribe, an intact, undetonated Knives missile lay quietly there, waiting for a buyer who knew the goods.

After learning of this information, he immediately contacted one of his informants to inquire about the source and accuracy of the information, and on the other hand, Chen Hui reported the clue he had obtained and some of his own judgments to Lu Xiaobo.

"According to my guess, this tribe should have obtained such a missile through some abnormal means, and now the purpose of their release of this message is to determine whether this thing is really valuable, and on the other hand, to find a buyer who can take over this thing through inquiry, or to exchange it for weapons or living items that they urgently need there, or simply to sell it for a good price."

After listening to Chenhui's words, Lu Xiaobo was silent for a long time before he spoke:

"At present, the situation over there is complicated, all kinds of people are mixed in the middle, and if you don't do it, you will fall into the trap set by others, so we are prepared with both hands, you let all the relationships you can use to find out the ins and outs of this matter as soon as possible, and you can explore the truth of this incident from different sides, if it is indeed true, then try to stabilize them, first agree to all their conditions, keep an eye on them and don't let them contact other buyers."

"On the other hand, I'm going to ask our technicians, this thing is too conspicuous after all, if there is indeed such an object, how to bring it back completely will be a problem, no matter how this thing was obtained by this tribe, the owner who lost this thing must be searching for it in every possible way, I don't know how many eyes in the sky are still staring at this area, the slightest mistake will leave them with a handle, so this project must be cautious."

The rumors were quickly confirmed that it was indeed a serious 'War Knife' missile, and an informant who had a slight connection to this remote tribe also saw the true face of the missile, and he went to verify it and secretly took a few photos to bring it back.

Lu Xiaobo, who had obtained these information, immediately returned to China with these things, asked the technical department to verify the authenticity of the photo, and at the same time studied and judged the relevant details from the relevant professional technical and scientific research personnel, and finally the leaders of the authoritative department made a decision and assigned a senior missile expert Xiang Wentao and Lu Xiaobo to go to Syria together to study and organize the entire process of dismantling and transporting the missile on the spot.

With several relatively appropriate plans that have been studied and judged several times, Lu Xiaobo and the expert Xiang Wentao rushed back to the chaotic and complicated Middle East region together, and before making formal contact with this tribe, Xiang Wentao settled down in Israel first, and it happened that Xiang Wentao and their scientific research institute happened to have a cooperation project with Israel going on, and taking advantage of this gap, Xiang Wentao could first follow up this cooperation project in Israel, and once Lu Xiaobo had accurate information there, he would immediately rush to Syria from here to carry out the task of dismantling and transporting missiles.

But what Lu Xiaobo didn't expect was that it was not only our scientific research institutions and intelligence agencies that were eyeing this thing, but also that the United States had not given up the pursuit and search for this missing missile, and their idea was simple, that is, to find it as soon as possible and destroy it on the spot, so as to prevent the core technology of the missile from leaking to the enemy country.

At the same time, another secret organization in the Middle East also obtained this valuable information, and they immediately found out the truth of this information.

Unlike our intelligence agencies and the intelligence agencies of the United States, this intelligence organization did not report the news to the country, but suppressed it privately, although they temporarily suppressed this information, but their actions were faster than anyone else, and they got the patriarch of this tribe in just a few days, and the missile has become their bag.

The patriarch promised not to contact other sellers again, but he also offered this intelligence organization a jaw-dropping price, but the leader of this organization agreed without even thinking about it, and soon prepared the first advance cash and goods, waiting for a suitable opportunity to make the delivery, this speed made all the efforts of the Chinese intelligence officers who had been secretly busy almost in vain.

Extremely depressed, Lu Xiaobo left Syria with extreme disappointment and returned to Israel to discuss the next action with Xiang Wentao, who was already there, before leaving, Lu Xiaobo instructed Chenhui to find out who was in the way in this transaction, Lu Xiaobo, who has been mixed in this invisible front for many years, knows in his heart that often some appearances are not as simple as people's first feeling when they first look at it, and only by exploring the deep meaning can we grasp the essence of the event, and this essence often contains a deeper exchange of interests.

The person in charge of this organization, who took the lead in intercepting this treasure from the hands of Chinese personnel, is the Iraqi chief of operations in charge of Middle East affairs, a veteran intelligence officer known as the 'executioner', Moussa Nabipur.

The well-known veteran agent of Iraq, Moussa, has been operating this region of the Middle East for more than ten years, and the intelligence network he has woven has spread to all corners of various countries in the Middle East, from government dignitaries, tribal leaders to ordinary people, and personnel from all walks of life, so Moussa's news is very sensitive, and when the small leader sent by the tribe came out to inquire about the price, Moussa had insight into the true intentions of the other party.

In fact, before that, Moussa had received news that a cruise missile of the United States had deviated from the predetermined trajectory and disappeared, and the self-destruction device and positioning system had all failed.

After learning of this information, Moussa immediately mobilized his intelligence officers to find out the whereabouts of the missile, but in the end, he only vaguely heard that not long after the missile landed, it was transported by a tribal armed force that happened to pass through the local area, and as for which faction the armed group was and where it ended up, it was always unknown.

Unexpectedly, the missile appeared hundreds of kilometers away from the place where it disappeared near the border between the two countries, which was somewhat unexpected by Moussa, and he couldn't guess how these missile smugglers evaded layers of blockades and satellite surveillance and delivered the missile to this wild place where birds don't.

Not long ago, they also obtained a batch of weapons, ammunition and some daily necessities through Musa's connections, and after determining the source of all this information, Musa personally assigned one of his deputies to contact that tribe and instructed him to try his best to get the missile, and after several rounds, this deputy finally completed the mission given to him by Musa.

When Moussa received confirmation from the deputy, he was on his way to Syria, where there was a more important and urgent matter that he needed to deal with, and this matter was the real matter.

Coincidentally, just a few days before Moussa learned of the missile, Musa received a phone call from a chief of a tribal leader with strong influence in Palestine, Iran, and Afghanistan, inviting him to visit the home of the head of the vast tribe where the chief of his tribe was, hidden in the endless mountains at the junction of several countries.

It is said that with Moussa's identity, it is simply a fantasy for ordinary people to want to move him, let alone please, even if you want to see him, it is almost impossible, but in the face of the invitation of this tribe, Musa did not dare to slack off.

This is so because Musa himself was a member of this large tribe, and his ancestors were an extremely important branch of this tribe, and on the other hand, this tribe was a major supporter of the current government of Iraq.

More importantly, this tribe is also an important bridge for foreign exchanges between the sanctioned Iraqi country, and many of Iraq's overseas assets are controlled in disguise through relevant people in this tribe, otherwise those assets will be included in the frozen list, so Moussa does not dare to slack off the invitation issued by this tribe.

And it was this slightly abrupt invitation that allowed the 'executioner' Moussa to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.