In the grand ballroom of the official residence of the President of Baghdad.

Natasha took Cai Ruichen's arm and shuttled through the hall, chatting cordially with every Iraqi government official inside.

The official residence of the Iraqi government was actually built by Saddam Hussein just before the Iraq War, along the banks of the Tigris River, which runs through Baghdad.

When the U.S. military occupied Baghdad without much effort, it was the last object of occupation.

After the formation of the new Iraqi government, it became the presidential palace of the Iraqi government.

It has become the new administrative center of the Iraqi government and has a very prosperous layout.

Today, in order to entertain Cai Ruichen, Hafez also prepared a grand cocktail party very carefully.

There are 30 or 40 high-ranking Iraqi military and political leaders present here today, as well as the top commanders of various corps and division-level units.

Almost all of Saddam's 100,000 National Guards were disbanded when American troops entered Baghdad.

And these current high-level military and political leaders have all been promoted in the past few years, and perhaps a certain military chief here is a relative of a certain high-level government official.

And among them, there are no less than ten relatives of Hafez.

For these people, Cai Ruichen just maintained his usual smile and talked with them.

Because this banquet is actually the kind of drinking party that is completely impossible to eat at all in Cai Ruichen's opinion.

It's more like a social gathering, and it doesn't have anything to do with food and being full.

For such a banquet, he was naturally very resistant, but he was in need. He also had to squeeze out a hypocritical smile. It was a very pleasant conversation with these people.

But. The large stack of cheques in his pocket was swept away after a so-called cordial conversation with everyone.

Some people even shook hands with him twice, the meaning was very obvious, just for the check in Cai Ruichen's hand.

Fortunately, this kind of check offensive is very effective, and everyone here has seen Cai Ruichen. All of them are extremely close, even after the end of the conversation, they all look very reluctant, and even say that they will communicate more in the future.

After a drinking party that can be called the top social class in Iraq, Cai Ruichen left directly.

Because of this place, he didn't want to stay for a second, otherwise his forced cold smile would really be unbearable in the next second.

Until the convoy left the official residence, Cai Ruichen's face had a stiff smile. Only then did he finally recover.

In the car, Natasha looked at Cai Ruichen's helpless appearance. couldn't help laughing and said, "Commander, it's really fortunate to you. Originally, you could have sent someone over. ”

"Forget it, sooner or later I have to deal with these people, and I'm more formal." Cai Ruichen shook his head, and then said with a relaxed face: "Moreover, I also like to go out for a walk, I have been bored in the base for a few months, and the whole person is about to rust." ”

"Commanders should indeed come out and walk around, which is conducive to broadening their horizons and cultivating their sentiments."

In the car, there were not only Cai Ruichen and Natasha, in front of the two, there was also a young man, and after hearing the words of the two, the young man spoke.

Xu Jie: Heroic spy, wise and calm, good at insight into people's hearts and intelligence analysis (book friend's real-name cameo)

Spy, in the past 20 days, Cai Ruichen has carried out three more extractions, and all three extractions have been harvested, and one of them has been drawn to the spy unit.

"In that case, let's go down and take a walk." Hearing Xu Jie's words, Cai Ruichen also nodded with some emotion.

The beautiful Tigris River is right next to the road, and the banks of the river are lined with trees under the scorching sun, which is quite a bit of a peaceful beauty.

When the convoy arrived at the Euphrates Bridge in Baghdad, Cai Ruichen stopped the car.

Afterwards, several people left the convoy and walked directly along the bridge, towards the shopping street of Baghdad across the river.

This place is located in the political center of Baghdad and is also the most heavily defended.

It is also the area in Baghdad where dignitaries live, and it is the best in terms of security and security.

The once beautiful side of Baghdad has been well preserved in this area.

All the foreign institutions living in Iraq are basically in this place, and all those foreigners live here.

In this area, there are few traces of war, and only a few areas where the civilization of Baghdad remains.

A little further away is the commercial street of Baghdad, where the people who live here and the only place where they can go shopping.

Commercial Street, the last time he came to Baghdad, Cai Ruichen went there once, so he is not a stranger.

But the Tigris, the beautiful river that runs through Baghdad and once gave birth to several ancient civilizations and empires, is now less beautiful and more slaughtering.

Mainly because on the river in the distance, several gunboats of the Iraqi Navy broke the beautiful scene here.

Seeing those Iraqi security forces holding weapons on routine patrols will completely destroy the beauty that is not much in the first place.

However, Cai Ruichen, who has not left the base for several months, still has a good feeling about such a scene.

At least, here it is true that it is far from the war.

Of course, if you hadn't heard the explosion in the distance, this feeling would have been even better.

Cai Ruichen still has a little memory of this place, when he first saw this steel bridge.

When the British and American forces invaded Baghdad, three American reporters took pictures of American troops crossing the bridge.

But at that time, there was a smoke of gunfire all around, and even the British and American forces, which had not resisted, were highly nervous after entering Baghdad.

In the eyes of the whole world, it should have been a bloody battle, and Saddam's hundreds of thousands of National Guards were the most elite armed forces in Iraq back then.

However, without the slightest resistance, the British and French forces captured Baghdad.

I am afraid that at that time, even every British and American soldier could not believe that it was going so well.

So, when they had just entered the city and did not find resistance, they were all nervous about whether it was a conspiracy of the National Guard.

All kinds of wasted bullets opened the way, and it turned out later that it was really a waste of ammunition, because the hundreds of thousands of National Guards were reduced to zero, and they really completely abandoned Baghdad.

Otherwise, Baghdad would be even more dilapidated, after all, if more than 100,000 troops fought here with the Anglo-American coalition army, the city of 6 million people would no longer exist. (To be continued.) )