When the eyes of the whole world once again converged on the battlefield between Iraq and Iraq, many military strategists discovered that the current action of Iraq's Northern Military Region was somewhat reckless, and moreover, it was like walking on thin ice, and it was in danger at any time.

At the beginning, the Iraqis drove straight into the Iranian plateau, gained the forward base of West Islam Abad, and advanced into Bakhtalam, which went very well.

And suddenly, the Iranian Air Force shattered Iraq's dream of a rapid attack, they blew up the logistics supply bridge, bombed the Iraqi army, and competed with the Iraqi air force for air supremacy over Bakhtalam, everything seemed as if the Iranians were deliberately letting the other side in and eating all the tens of thousands of Iraqi troops.

In particular, among these tens of thousands of troops, there is also the pride of Iraq, the Republican Guard!

In contrast, the previous hijacking, which was very loud, was paid less attention to.

Journalism, after a long time, loses its value.

Still, the U.S. is still trying.

Weapons for hostages, although wrong, is their only choice at present, although the consequences have already been revealed, and the Iraqi army has suffered losses.

If there were no weapons to Iran, Iran would not have had such an impact on the Iraqi offensive at all.

The United States is not the savior, they have no guilt at all, they are now just watching the trend of the Iran-Iraq war, and in accordance with the interests of the United States, they are swaying the situation of the war.

"It seems that Iraq's attack is somewhat reckless." Weinberg said.

Others were a little disdainful, you know, even a few days ago, Weinberg was still in Kwawah Hussein President Saddam had the audacity to send troops to capture the Iranian plateau and get a base for advancement.

"It's true that Iraq is in trouble this time." Bush also said: "If tens of thousands of Iraqi troops are wiped out by Iran, Khomeini will be even more arrogant, and that guy may take advantage of the victory to pursue and hit Baghdad!" It's not in our interest. ”

"Yes, we should send the Iranian intelligence we have obtained to Baghdad through secret channels, and they need our help." Weinberg said.

"Yes, we have to extend a hand of friendship to help Iraq. This time, we're going to negotiate whether we're going to agree to that little Qusai guy in Iraq and sell these things to Iraq. President Reagan said, pulling out the report sheet from Northrop.

This Kusai is really looking for someone! Now, Northrop has become the face of Iraq's arms sales.

The others also looked at it, and the things they wanted on it were really complete.

Originally, in order to help Iraq deal with Iran, it had already provided the other side with advanced Sparrow missiles, but the other side was still not satisfied and put forward so many conditions.

That gem road bomb, Maverick ground missile, these are already a lot, but the other side even wants the F-20 engine and radar production line!

"In fact, the provision of such ground attack weapons is beyond our imagination, and as for the production line of engines and radars, it is even more impossible." James said. "An Iraq that is able to produce fighter jets completely autonomously will become a major power in the Middle East, and they are not fully following our footsteps at the moment, and we cannot do that."

Reagan nodded: "Then let Northrop negotiate, at most sell him Maverick missiles, however, the number must be controlled within thirty," missiles, there will be no more when they are used up, so even if they are advanced, it is not much terrible."

They have no idea that there is another country in Iraq where experts are busy at the moment, and the biggest feature of this country is that it is able to copycat everything!

"Another thing, that is, our remaining hostages, this time, we must find a way to get them all back!" Reagan said.

"Your Excellency the President, I have a very diplomatic person under me, so it is better to let him go to Tehran in person and negotiate with Khomeini." Poyndexter said.

"Who?" Reagan asked.

"It's McFarlane, the president has seen this man." Poyndexter said.

In later generations, one of the protagonists of Iran-Contra, McFarlane, finally stepped onto the stage of history, although history has changed, he has not yet become the new national security assistant, but he still began to run around in this matter.

Reagan was very impressed with this man, he was a good diplomatic talent, and more importantly, now that he was not in the core of the political axe, even if something happened in the future, he could be pushed out.

The hostage issue cannot be delayed any longer.

"Okay, let him negotiate." Reagan agreed: "Even if we export more to Iran, we must completely resolve this incident." ”

That arms dealer, this matter is not done, and I hope McFarlane can solve this matter once and for all.

Tehran Airport, inside the Boeing 707 aircraft of TWA Flight 832.

It has been 28 days since the hijacking incident, and during this time, every hostage in the plane has been suffering.

At the beginning, they still had hope, watching those hostages get out of the cabin, they were also very excited, hoping that next time it would be their turn, and the second time, a large number of women were also gone, they thought, it should be their turn, right?

However, they were not pleasantly surprised, they were still in the cabin, and these people who used to work in bright clothes and with decent status were now embarrassed.

They hadn't showered for a month, they smelled bad, and they had only a small piece of bread and a small sip of water every day, and they were all too weak to resist the two hijackers.

At this time, the hijackers were nibbling on a roast leg of lamb, which was sent by the Iranians who confronted them below, they were very strange, now the hijackers' defense is so lax, the Iranians below can completely rescue them, unlike now, giving the hijackers so much food, it is as good as a family.

They smelled the scent, but did not dare to say anything, and the day before yesterday, a hungry hostage begged the hijackers for more food, and as a result, they were violently beaten by the other party, as if they had a grudge against them.

The front crew is treated quite well, each person can eat two pieces of bread a day, which is also to take off urgently in case of emergencies, so that the crew is given special care.

The stench of the body was permeated, but the two hijackers were unceremoniously eating and drinking, and they were very satisfied with their results.

The armed personnel in the airport are not so much confronting the hijackers as they are protecting them from being attacked by American special forces, which can also be seen from their defensive positions, those on the inside, scattered and unguarded, and on the outside, they are tightly arranged, several M60 tanks, and the barrels are also facing outward.

Suddenly, the radio inside the plane sounded again.

The captain handed the headset to the hijackers, and the tall hijackers picked it up and exchanged for a long time in Persian, which they did not understand, and the language was intense, and the captain looked at him, guessing his unknown fate.

Finally, the hijacker put down the phone and said with some reluctance: "Your political axe has agreed to our request, and now, you can go." ”

Really free? After going through the process of hope, disappointment, hope, and disappointment, all of us couldn't believe it was true.

They looked out of the portholes, and there were already several buses waiting for them.

The first few times, it was also such a bus that picked up the people who were released.

Really free?

Many of them wept with joy, this freedom was not easy to come by, but compared with the last hostage incident in the Iranian embassy, they were lucky, and those hostages were held for more than a year last time.

The cabin door opened, and the hostages carefully stepped off the plane in turn, and a few people, because they were too weak and a little frivolous in their steps, stayed in the cabin for almost a month, and finally breathed the fresh air outside!

When they got into the bus, they saw an American of the same nationality as them, looked at them with a smile, and said, "My brothers, you have suffered, and now, I will take you home." ”

This man is McFarlane.

As an American, McFarlane is proud of his country and willing to go to great lengths for it.

Therefore, after receiving this task, McFarlane did not care about his personal safety, and under the recommendation of the Israelis, he personally came to Tehran to negotiate with Khomeini.

After agreeing to many of Khomeini's conditions, the hostage incident finally came to fruition, and the United States will provide Iran with three more ships of munitions free of charge, including spare parts for various fighter planes, various air-to-air missiles including 200 Immortal Bird missiles, and various weapons and ammunition for the army, with a total value of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Macfarlane agreed to these conditions, and it was not up to him to make up these weapons, but he had to make sure that all the hostages were taken out, and that the hijackers could no longer be left for them to extort the American political axe again.

Therefore, no matter how many weapons there are, McFarlane also agreed, but the condition he put forward was that the hostages would be released first, and then delivered!

The cargo ship is located around Bandar Abbas on the outer side of the Persian Gulf, and the Iranians can step on the cargo ship to check the authenticity of the weapons, and then release the hostages before the cargo ship can dock and hand over the weapons to the Iranians.

Otherwise, even if the cargo ship exploded and sank on its own, it would not be possible to cheapen the Iranians.

Coveted by the arms and asking for more than expected, Khomeini agreed to these demands, but instead of agreeing to leave by plane, he took the same car to the Turkish border.

When crossing Iranian soil, although there is a friendly "escort" of Iranian soldiers, it is more likely to have "problems" in the middle, and the ships are at sea, even if they are docked, as long as those arms are not completely ashore, there will be all kinds of "accidents".

(To be continued)