Chapter 492: Terrorist Attack (1)

On the afternoon of the 15th, it was a sunny afternoon. Senator Mitch, the Republican leader, strode out of the car in his two-piece suit, accompanied by two aides.

Capitol Hill is the office building of the U.S. Congress, located 83 feet above sea level in downtown Washington, D.C., for which Washington himself laid the foundation. Saying that it is a mountain, whether viewed from a distance or up close, people see only a slope, perhaps because the parliamentarians need an imposing name.

Mitch broke through a crowd of reporters. There are only 100 senators in total, and senators are more exposed than the House of Representatives, which has nearly 500 members, and as Republican leaders, they are even more sought after by the media. Many political media outlets, in the days when they are not elected, make a living by mixing with the Capitol Hill and the White House. I hope to catch another intern's love story.

According to the Constitution, the "chairman" of the Senate is also the vice president, but he does not have the right to vote unless there is a tie. This means that in the Senate, the leaders of both factions become the de facto speakers. McConnell became the most powerful man in Washington's power circles.

In a way, the president is just a guest in Washington, who stays here for four or eight years and then never hears from him, but the senator is different. However, Americans also know this, and when a senator is labeled as an insider in Washington, it is also labeled "not president."

McConnell has long lost the possibility of becoming president, so he is not chasing it. Seeing that he was leaving the media, he joked with his assistant: "I'm going to give an eight-hour speech today, and then to hell with their bill." ”

Both assistants laughed. Mickey is in his 60s, and the muscles in his jaw are almost losing the weight of the fat and falling on his neck like a gizzard, but he still has a loud voice and energy, and he is guaranteed to speak for eight hours. This is also the difference between a senator and a member of the House of Representatives, in theory, a senator can speak without limit, and if he does not finish today, he can even continue to speak tomorrow, although other senators also have the right to vote to terminate, but unless the situation is urgent, they rarely use such power on senior senators like McConnell. The House of Representatives is different, they are required to vote on bills within a limited time, including speaking time, so that even though the House of Representatives has several times more members than the Senate, they can vote faster than the Senate.

The long staircase is full of the most powerful people in the country, the Senate is on the north wing of Capitol Hill, and many people on the road greet Mitch and wave him friendlyly, perhaps the most peaceful area in the United States on the surface.

A postman stumbled from behind, his vest a little dirty and smelling of dirt passing past Mickey. McConnell frowned and said, "They should clean up the postmen here." ”

Several assistants laughed and didn't take it seriously. On Capitol Hill, the most common is the postman, and the busiest is also, most of the time, assistants pass documents to lawmakers, but when it comes to areas outside Capitol Hill, the postman becomes useful. Each member of the House of Representatives and Senator theoretically represents the people of his or her constituency, so they receive a flood of letters from their constituencies every day, and a diligent congressman will sign at least some of the mail that has been handled by his assistants.

Capitol Hill, of course, has a strict and not-so-strict vetting process, and in a year, they only let two unknown gunmen in, just two.

So, it was easy for Richer to walk in. There was fear in his eyes, his eyelids blinking, and he wanted to tell someone. But no one noticed him, because under the control of Xiaohe's energy, all of Mr. Ricker's nerves, except for his eyes, had been taken over by the base—in a simple way, just one step ahead of modern technology.

Richer didn't know what the "Traveler" of this plane wanted to do, but he knew in his heart that it must be quite a bad thing, especially when he walked into Capitol Hill, and his unease deepened. Ritcher would rather someone rush out at this time and shoot himself.

However, no security guard cares. They followed normal procedures to check his documents and belongings, and then simply let him go, and Richer cursed a bunch of idiots in his heart, even though he also knew that the security guards would not stop a well-documented, properly stocked postman.

Mickey followed Richer and shook his head as he knocked someone down.

By the time he walked into the Senate chamber, it was only 20 minutes before the discussion began.

"I'm sorry, I'm late." Mitch smiled at conservative Senator Hawkaben on his right, "I'm ready to make a long, long speech......"

"If you need to catch your breath, I'm in the back." Hao Kaben also opposed today's bill, saying with dissatisfaction: "We can't allow the Justice Department to file a complaint against OPEC members in a U.S. court, and if the other side does the same, or even stops the oil supply, what will we do?" I hate neoliberals. ”

"Oh, don't be heard by Allen, and people love this bill." Mitch shrugged and said, "Americans don't think it's fair, OPEC shouldn't sit on wealth." ”

"Senators should be more judgmental, and the White House is bound to veto this proposal, and they won't get two-thirds of the vote." Hao Kaben said hatefully.

The U.S. Constitution stipulates that the president has the right to veto bills in the Senate, but the Senate can also veto the president's veto again with a two-thirds vote, thus passing bills directly.

Mickey shook his head and was about to say something, when the right postman slammed open the door and barged in.

There's no media here. Mickey was furious, and he pointed to the door and said, "Hey, man, you're at the wrong door." ”

"The U.S. Senate?" The words Richer read out were weird.

"Sir. You should have left. Hakaben said and shouted, "Guard, send him out." ”

"Oh, you can't." Richer involuntarily lifted his clothes, and inside were two thick rows of homemade explosives, studded with metal detonating devices.

In the United States, any explosives produced by an arms company was required by the "government" to add a special substance to identify the origin and manufacturer of the "explosives", and this policy was effective for a period of time after the end of 911, and the "government" even promoted it to a wider field of raw materials. When Huang Xuan procured these ingredients through Raphael's computer, he specially selected two of the monitored ingredients, which were very small and unnoticeable. But according to Mr. bin Laden, the CIA's investigative methods are still good, and they don't have to worry about the tiny ones getting away with surveillance if they want to.

Huang Xuan likes the American bill. There are always people who can easily get their hands on explosives, such as Abu Sayyaf, who although they have little influence in the United States, they are very good intermediaries and can also be traced by the CIA.

Rickcher's throat shouted with a loud voice from the throat that had lost control, "These explosives can destroy everyone, and as soon as the button in my hand is released, or my heart stops, the explosives will explode and all the senators will come over." ”

As he said this, Richer wished he could control his breathing, and then hold his breath and kill himself, he had already guessed what the traveler was trying to do.

But he didn't have a chance.

Huang Xuan stood in the base, watching the big screen like more than 100 terrorists. The difference is that he has a microphone in his hand.

A group of terror leaders looked at Huang Xuan with envious eyes, and looked at him magically and "" Richer and said: "I want to accuse you people who control the United States, as a member of the 'Justice and Truth Religion', we will destroy you guys who are trying to destroy the world at all costs, I promise." ”

Ritchher said, pointing to everyone, "You, split into two parts, whatever you want, stay away from the window, guard, close the door, draw down the curtains, oh, leave one, I'm going to let everyone see me." Don't try to escape, if the explosives explode, the whole building will be destroyed.

Of course, Huang Xuan was telling a lie, and the explosive power of the homemade bomb was only enough to blow up half of the conference room. He just deliberately extended the time, giving the media plenty of time to prepare, not like 911, which happened suddenly, so that the Americans did not react, and was led to the battlefield by Bush - they regret it now, too late.

"Do as he says." Mitch calmed down at this time, he was a Vietnam veteran, about the same age as McCain, and of course, in terms of Vietnam War's merits, he seemed to be a little worse than McCain.

Huang Xuan put down the microphone with a smile and said, "The next step is the regular kidnapper hostage way, which of you is familiar with this?" ”

Jane Garani came over and said, "Give it to me, I've kidnapped more foreigners than I've '' girls." ”

"Oh, we're civilized people, don't be so vulgar." Huang Xuan handed the microphone to Jane Galani and said, "Xiaohe, three seconds delay." ”

Kidnapper Jane Garani picks up the baton.

"When do you want to detonate the bomb?" You're going to get us all involved. ”

Huang Xuan spread his hands and said: "You guys have already been involved, I am not going to blow up all the senators, at least a third should be left, maybe half is better, how many senators are coming to work now?" ”

"There are 69 in the room." Xiaohe counted the heads and said, "There are still 3 guards, and 17 assistants have not left." The vice president is not there. ”

"Sounds good, inform the media, the world." Huang Xuan grinned.