Chapter Seventy-Eight: It's nerve-wracking
In the waters of Yading Bay, late at night on December 26 local time.
"Our ship has just received an urgent message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the Yemen conflict has escalated, and Shaat has just launched an air raid on Sana and other target locations controlled by the Yemen Husai Armed Forces, and the superior ordered our ship to immediately go to Yemen to evacuate our country's expatriates there."
At this moment, after receiving an order from their superiors, the three warships that were carrying out escort missions for Chinese merchant ships in the waters of the Yading Bay were suspended, and the three warships responded at the first time and maneuvered to the waters of the port of Aden.
"All units should pay attention, this is the bridge, order, immediately from the state of escort to the state of preparation for evacuation, all units immediately improve the ship berthing, personnel approval to board, ship safety vigilance, life support, health and epidemic prevention and other program measures."
After receiving the order, the three warships quickly deployed in a short period of time and sailed to the port of Nomen Hodeida at the fastest speed.
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At the same time, Sana, the capital of Yemen, was in the dark sky in the middle of the night, and the whistling of warplanes roared in the night sky.
When the air-to-surface missile was launched out of the external plug-in, the tongue of flame surging from the tail spout shone into a dazzling winding ray of light in the dark night, and the night sky seemed to be torn apart.
Eventually, it exploded at a target point of the Tiger Sai armed forces in Sana City, and at that moment, the sky lit up all around.
Some of them even fell in civilian areas, and Shate's air strike technology really needs to be improved.
But that's war.
The entire city of Sana was in a panic, and thousands of local civilians fled the city in a panic to avoid accidental damage from air raids.
However, the Chinese Consulate in Yemen does not have to worry about being bombed by Shate, but with the chaos in Sana City is also dangerous, the key is the Chinese people in Sana City.
At this moment, the consulate's phone calls are about to be blown up, and they are all calls from Chinese compatriots in Yemen.
"Patiently reply to every compatriot who calls, the warship of the motherland is already on the way and rushing to come, let them take shelter in the basement, prepare food and water for about three days, it is dangerous outside, you must not go out, and quickly verify the personnel, including the location, and then create a WeChat group chat, so that every compatriot in Yemen can join in and keep in touch at any time, obey the command and arrangement of the consulate, the network is not good? Then fix it! ”
At present, the conflict in Yemen has intensified, and the network signal in the area is not good, but at this time, it is negotiating with Sate, asking Shafang to immediately send drones with wireless signal base stations to take turns in the sky over the local chaotic area to ensure that there is a smooth network signal within 24 hours.
In this regard, Shate did not have any intention of refusing, and readily agreed.
As the time passed, three warships were rushing to arrive on one side, and on the other hand, the consulate coordinated with the local people to gather the Chinese people scattered in Sana, and through the embassy's efforts to negotiate with the Yemen authorities, the local Chinese people left Sana one by one by the buses provided by Yemen and sent them to the port of Hodeidah.
By the morning of the 29th, all the compatriots in Sana City had already arrived at the port and waited for the warships that came to pick them up, and the compatriots in other parts of Yemen were also arriving one after another.
On the other side, the warship is about to arrive.
Although it was a very evasive thing for warships to dock at ports in war-torn areas during wartime, the Chinese Navy, with its skillful operation and comprehensive deployment arrangements, also made a smooth start for the next evacuation operation.
Midday.
A large number of people gathered at the berthing gate of the port of Aden, almost all of whom were people from more than 10 countries around the world, or working or traveling in Yemen, all anxiously waiting to evacuate this place.
"Look, our warship is coming!"
"The warship is coming!"
In one area of the port, there are more than 100 people, all of them are yellow-skinned, black-haired, each with a Chinese passport, and each with a bright red flag, arranged in an orderly manner.
There are a total of 122 Chinese citizens, including staff of the Consulate General in Yemen, employees of Chinese-funded enterprises and members of the Chinese medical team, as well as two foreigners from Romania who work for Chinese enterprises or institutions, a total of 124 people, which is the first batch of evacuees that have been verified, and the second group is still on the way.
When they saw a warship flying the same flag as their hands on the sea in the distance, the Chinese people present were extremely excited.
I was originally full of worries, but after seeing that my country's warships were gradually docking, I felt that I was about to arrive home even if I was overseas, and my excitement became more and more steady.
At this time, when the warship had just docked at the port, the guard found that a shell had fallen near the port, and the cranes around it were also hit by several grenades, and the atmosphere at the entire berthing was extremely tense for a while.
"Order, the warship has entered a state of first-level combat readiness, and the Jiaolong commando team is urgently dispatched!"
As soon as the order from the bridge was issued, I saw that all the defensive guns on the warship were aimed at the shore, ready to fire at any time.
At the same time, the heavily armed Jiaolong commandos, dressed in unique black uniforms, landed on land, quickly took control of the area near the port, and erected an English warning sign that read, "The Chinese Navy has set up a safe zone, no idlers should enter."
On the mast of the warship was a striking banner with the words "Compatriots are warmly welcome aboard."
With the cooperation of the Consulate General, the first batch of evacuees a total of 124 people smoothly lined up to check and board the ship, despite the danger but everything was in order, every Chinese person held a small red flag and passport book, which became the envy of countless foreigners on the scene, because holding it can board the warship in front of them and evacuate safely.
Outside the security zone set up by China, the people of more than a dozen other countries watched with extremely envious eyes as the Chinese people kept boarding the warships.
It can be said that at this moment, every Chinese in the area felt extremely excited and proud, because there was a powerful country that rushed to pick them up from this dangerous war-torn land at the first time.
No one knows better than them how proud they are, when they were in Sana, they slept in the basement for the past three days, and since the early morning of the 26th, there has been non-stop artillery bombardment outside, everyone can only sleep in the basement, and basically they can't rest, they can't rest and don't dare to sleep too hard, and they will be woken up by the sound of artillery fire from time to time.
During this period, the Consulate General established a WeChat group chat, in which everyone encouraged each other, so now I am really excited to be able to stand on my country's warship, just like standing on my hometown and land.
Warships are moving land.
At this moment, the Chinese people on the scene realized more deeply than ever that the small passport book in her hand, she may not be able to take you to any corner of the world, but she can bring you back to the safe motherland from any corner of the world.
On the second day, a total of more than 400 people were successfully evacuated, and all the people who needed to be evacuated left Yemen safely and were sent to Djibouti.
On January 2, 225 foreigners from more than 10 countries, including Target Stone, were safely evacuated, of which 176 were the highest.
The United States, which had already begun evacuation operations before the air raids broke out, had already left on December 25, but issued a statement on January 6, the sixth day of the new year, that it could not help the remaining Americans evacuate, and hoped that the American people who remained there would leave on foreign ships on their own.
I don't know what the American people stranded there think about this news, and even more so what they feel when they see that the Chinese Navy has long protected their own people and left.
"Fake!!"
An American in the harbor looked at the sea, and the third Chinese warship floated away, feeling envy and incomparable anger at the same time.
At this time, the ghost of the North American warship on the sea could not be seen, and he was not the only one who was angry, but the Americans present were all stimulated.
Somewhere in the harbor, three middle-aged men from unknown countries silently looked at the warships that were gradually moving away on the distant sea.
"I didn't expect the Chinese to act so efficiently and quickly, and they actually directly let the people board the ship and evacuate." A foreign man in a hat muttered.
The three men were dressed ordinary, but they were obviously not ordinary people, and this was the Middle Eastern world.
"It's a bit of a surprise, but that's not really the point."
The shortest of the three men, the foreigner in sunglasses, stared at the sea, paused for a moment and said quietly: "Look at how the superficial media such as the Daily Mail and the New York Times report on this issue? The focus is all on the evacuation of overseas Chinese, which is really superficial and idiotic, but it doesn't matter, it wasn't meant to be seen by those idiot media. ”
"Oh? Boss, what do you mean ......"
The man in sunglasses immediately added lightly: "Their three warships are here to evacuate overseas Chinese, is that all?" NO!! NONONO!!! The deeper reason is that their navy has demonstrated its military presence here, so that all forces in the Middle East world, including outside the Middle East, are aware of a strong signal, that is, ...... There are the interests of other Chinese people here, and there is a military presence to defend this interest. ”
"I see."
The two men in sunglasses suddenly realized that as long as the three warships appeared here, they could not be ignored, as long as they were not stupid and saw the key information in them, then it was impossible for any party to ignore the existence of this force in the big chess game of the Middle East world as long as they were smart enough.
As long as three warships appear here, it is the strongest signal that the real military presence has radiated to this point, and if it infringes on China's legitimate overseas interests here, it has the right and more strength to intervene militarily at the necessary critical moment.
The man in sunglasses smiled bitterly and sighed: "Not expressing a position is an attitude in itself, and the state of existence cannot be ignored, because it is an objective fact that the military presence has radiated here, then he may express his position at any time, and it is even more elusive to think if he does not express his position, and he can adapt to the situation, that damn rabbit is really always black and cunning, which is nerve-wracking." “
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