At a military airport in Hainan, when Duke arrived here, a Boeing plane was already waiting there.

In front of the plane, stood straight a group of young men in uniform black jackets.

"Mr. Du, hello, I am Chen Haoru, chief of staff of the South China Sea Fleet, and I am ordered to lead the special escort team of the Jiaolong Brigade to report to you." A soldier with the rank of major general gave Duke a military salute.

"Hello! General Chen, I don't dare to be it, I'm sorry for you. Although Duke already knew from Sun Hong that a general was coming today, he didn't expect the other party to be so polite, he stretched out his hands and shook Chen Haoru tightly as he spoke.

"Don't bother, the head of the Military Commission personally ordered to ensure the safety of your trip, and the head of the fleet, Commander Su, personally selected the elite soldiers and ordered me to bring them over to cooperate with your actions." Although Chen Haoru said politely to the young man in front of him with a smile on his face, he did not have a sense of superiority at all because he was a general, but his heart was full of a sense of heaviness.

As a high-ranking military official, Chen Haoru knew that in the eyes of the head of the Military Commission, ten generals like himself might not be as expensive as the young man in front of him. As the commander-in-chief of this special mission, if he can successfully complete the task this time, then most of the positions of chief of staff of the fleet, which he has been working on for five years, can move upward.

Of course, if Duke has any mistakes, Commander Su also said it, not to mention him Chen Haoru, even if he Commander Su is unable to protect himself, wait for retirement.

"Mr. Du, let me introduce you to the members of the Special Escort Team," but these thoughts flashed through Chen Haoru's mind, and he began to introduce Duke to the Jiaolong team members who were about to set off together. "This is the captain of this mission is Qu Feng, and he is the lieutenant colonel and deputy captain of the Jiaolong Brigade, but the leader of this mission orders to carry out the execution in civilian clothes, and all military duties are suspended, so you can usually call him Captain Qu."

Chen Haoru pointed to a dark-faced man at the front of the team and said, this captain called Qu Feng, who is more than 1.85 meters tall, stands there like an iron tower, making Duke feel a sense of security at a glance.

"Hello, Captain Qu, thank you for your hard work." Duke stepped forward and enthusiastically stretched out his hands to clasp tightly with Qu Feng, the future of this trip was uncertain, although Qu Feng was acting on orders, Duke was always a little reluctant to go.

"It's not hard, Mr. Du is good." Qu Feng doesn't seem to be a person who talks much, and there is nothing to say after a simple greeting.

"This is the deputy captain Gao Weilie, who previously served as the captain of the Jiaolong Brigade Major." Chen Haoru pointed to another soldier who was more than half a head shorter than Qu Feng and looked a little thin and introduced, "Don't look at his relatively small size, but he is a rare all-rounder in the Jiaolong Brigade, driving and simply repairing ships and helicopters. ”

"Hello, Vice Captain Gao, hard work." Duke carefully looked at the soldier who was specially praised by Chen Haoru, from the outside, Gao Weilie has almost no special place, he is completely an ordinary ordinary person, if he walks in the crowd on the street on weekdays, Duke feels that it is difficult to distinguish it.

It was only when Duke held Gao Weilie's hand and felt that there were almost no hard calluses like soldiers on his hands, just like the style of the song just now, that Duke felt a little strange. Perhaps it was Duke's curiosity.

After greeting him, Gao Weilie specially explained, "Mr. Du, don't you feel the calluses on my hands?" That's because when you want to make repairs, you need to have a fine feeling on your hands, so once you get calluses, they will be worn off by me so as not to delay things. ”

I see, Duke couldn't help but be in awe, this is even more difficult than having calluses on his hands.

After introducing the two people at the head, Chen Haoru briefly introduced the members of the escort team to Duke, it seems that this team is really a carefully selected elite, and in the mind of a senior official like Chen Haoru, who is at the level of a major general, he has some impressions of the various characteristics of these soldiers.

After Duke shook hands with every member of the team, Chen Haoru turned to the special escort team with a straight face, "Comrades! The team members immediately came to a neat and uniform standard, "Take a break!" Chen Haoru saluted, "The head of the Military Commission and the head of the fleet have entrusted you with a very difficult task, that is, to make every effort to ensure the safety of Dr. Duke in the coming days. ”

"No matter what the cost and sacrifice, the captain of the fleet asks everyone to protect Dr. Duke's safe return. Do you have faith? ”

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! 40 voices replied neatly and loudly.

Immediately afterwards, Qu Feng solemnly saluted to Chief of Staff Chen Haoru and said firmly: "Please rest assured, the Jiaolong Brigade will successfully complete the task!" ”

"Good! When you return from your mission, the Fleet Commander and I will celebrate you! Let's go! Chen Haoru waved his hand, and Qu Feng led the members of the Jiaolong Brigade to rush in and board the Boeing plane that had been waiting for a long time.

"Dr. Duke, good luck on the road!" When Duke boarded the plane, Chen Haoru waved his hand.

"Thank you! General Chen, please convey my thanks and respect to Vice Chairman Liu and Commander Su. ”

A few hours later, the plane landed at Malé International Airport, and when it was time to unload the luggage, Duke was shocked to find that the equipment carried by the group of dragon members weighed several tons, and all the neatly wrapped equipment was unloaded and piled up like a hill, loaded onto a truck that had already been coordinated through diplomatic channels, and pulled directly to the dock without going through the Malaysian customs inspection, and loaded onto Duke's large luxury yacht.

Boarding the yacht, Duke was relieved that it was less than 12 hours before the kidnappers made their demands, and Duke had plenty of time to get to the negotiation zone within the 24 hours that the kidnappers demanded.

"Boss, you've finally arrived." Xie Yunfeng, who was already waiting a little anxiously on the yacht, didn't care that Duke hadn't rested yet, so he came to Duke's VIP cabin.

"Yunfeng, how is the situation now? What exactly did the kidnappers put forward? Looking at Xie Yunfeng, who looked anxious, Duke didn't care about the fatigue of the journey, and asked directly.

"They ask you to rush to this place to negotiate." Xie Yunfeng took out his mobile phone and surveyed the map, and found that in a sea area about 400 kilometers north of the Maldives from Malé, the islands and reefs are too small and mostly uninhabited, and are the best hiding place for pirates or other criminals.

With the weak military strength of the Maldivian authorities, it is beyond the reach of that sea area, and the kidnappers chose this place with good intentions.

Moreover, the kidnappers offered that if they found a warship following within a radius of 200 kilometers near this sea area, they would tear up the ticket directly. Boss, if they do this, you're in a bit of a precarious position. Speaking of this condition, Xie Yunfeng couldn't help but look at Duke with some concern, originally his idea was that with the weight of Dushi International in the Maldives, this negotiation said that it should not be a big problem for the senior management of the Malaysian police to send an armed patrol boat to follow behind.

In this way, there is a helicopter on the Duke yacht, plus there is a response, then there should not be much of a problem in terms of safety. But the kidnappers actually put forward such a condition, which made Xie Yunfeng feel bottomless, he still didn't know that it was a group of elite soldiers who came up now, and they carried a large number of weapons and equipment, compared to the armed patrol boats of the Ma police, the firepower was more powerful.

"It's okay, we're going to negotiate, not to fight," Duke comforted, "and we'll go right away, get there early and see what's going on around us." ”

(The second update, ask for red tickets, ask for collections!) There is a third watch at 12 o'clock in the evening. )