[The spear of God, love from heaven.] -- The slogan on the wreckage

October 15th. A suburb of the city of Laredo, on the Mexican border.

The darkness of the night was unsettling. In the foothills of the far suburbs, scattered tongues of fire were scattered on the ground, like the remains of a campfire that had been rudely swept away. Traffic lights flickered in the distance, and countless car marks stretched to the Ambassador's feet.

"Ahead is the crash site, Mr. Andrew." Mexico's undersecretary of foreign affairs accompanied the ambassador of country U to Mexico to get out of the car and pointed to the sparks in the distance, "the cabin exploded in the air, the nose of the plane crashed on the mountainside, and most of the wreckage was scattered on the plain." ”

Ambassador Andrew did not go to look at the smashed military plane, turned around and walked into the dark tent: "How many remains of the victims are there?" ”

In the tent, a row of silver-glossed stretcher beds lay horizontally, and the white shroud covered the corpses on the beds, the silhouette of which resembled the undulating foothills. The ambassador walked by sadly, gently unveiled it, and closed his eyes after a glance.

The body was unrecognizable.

The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs was prepared and carefully whispered: "There are thirteen remains, seven men and six women. DNA testing is underway, and results are available in eight hours. ”

Ambassador Andrew suddenly opened his eyes: "There are fourteen people in the crew. Is a flight attendant missing? ”

The Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs was speechless. I had to follow the ambassador to look at the remains one by one.

The ambassador suppressed his anger, pursed his lips like iron, walked past the two morgues, and then frowned: "What about the remains of General Houston?" ”

The face of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs twitched. He walked on thin ice, afraid that he would be caught up in the whirlpool of disaster if he didn't do anything well: "It should be the innermost one." ”

Andrew's old wrinkled hand stopped on the cloth and trembled for a second, and lifted it inch by inch.

Under the cloth covering the corpse, the right hand of the corpse was cut off at the wrist, and the incision was sharp, even if it was scorched, it was still sharp and angular.

There was silence in the tent, and the Mexican undersecretary for foreign affairs only felt a sudden pain in his chest and heart. He saw Ambassador Andrew slowly put down the body covering, turned his head to look at himself, under his pale and sparse eyebrows, the deep blue eyes were indifferent and ruthless: "Please send troops, block the airport, highways, and transportation hubs in Laredo, and be sure to find the stolen military portable equipment." I want to see Mr. Lucas. Right away. ”

Mexico's undersecretary of foreign affairs hesitated: "The foreign minister is stranded in Mexico City. Your Excellency, I have full authority over ......"

Ambassador Andrew turned quietly and faced the snorting deputy chief, like a Sven lion glaring at a trembling antelope: "That's good." Federal troops applied for entry in the hope of recovering the equipment and repatriating them with armed escorts. Let's sketch out the details. ”

The second chief almost sat on the ground. It seems that the eunuch was consulted by the emperor to establish an heir, and he was so frightened that he wanted to kneel and beg for mercy.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, immediately gave in, and said like a chick: "Minister Lucas will arrive at the airport in four hours, please wait." ”

Federal troops want to enter the country? It's enough for Minister Lucas to talk about. How dare I, a little deputy chief, overstep my bounds! And this kind of thing is simply impossible, right? It's impossible to agree!

Ambassador Andrew walked out slowly, sad but methodical, past the second minister.

October 15 is the second most important date in Alan Harper's life, after his wedding anniversary.

"Come on! Come here! You little devil, come and get your gifts! Ellen raised her hands and ran on her own lawn, constantly turning her head defiantly and laughing.

Jack Harper babbled, chased after him and blushed, and every time he almost reached the corner of his father's clothes, he always escaped cunningly. Erin, who was leaning on the door to eat bananas, smiled and looked at it for a while, and suddenly threw Alan with a banana peel.

"Ahh Alan shouted, and was hugged by his son and threw himself on the soft grass, Jack rode his father fiercely, trying to reach for the white box in his father's hand: "Got you!" Give it to me! ”

Alan couldn't breathe with a smile, turned over and sat up, handed the exquisite white box to his son, stared at him and smiled, "Happy birthday Jack." You're running faster than you were last year. ”

Jack sat in Alan's arms, anxiously tore open the white box packaging, saw the white handle printed on the box and the half-hidden letter "Will", hugged his father and shouted: "Thank you, Dad!" I love you! ”

Erin looked at the two of them tenderly and smiled, "I'm curious about what games are in there." Play tonight and check it out! ”

Jack couldn't wait, jumped up and shouted, "Dad, let's go online!" ”

But he saw the expression on his father's face disappear.

Alan patted his ass and stood up, rubbing Jack's head, but his eyes were fixed on a line of black suits outside the fence.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Deputy Secretary." The black suit in the lead didn't even take off his sunglasses, his hand held on to the fence, and he looked at Allen from afar, "The president wants to see you." ”

Erin's loving smile swept away, and she frowned and walked across the gravel road, refusing with a smile: "I'm sorry, today is my son's birthday party, and I don't seem to invite you." He glared at him coldly, which already meant not letting people go.

Alan walked over and gently pulled Erin's shoulder. Jack was a little scared, lost the game console, and hugged his father's leg like a kraft candy.

"I must fulfill the obligations entrusted to me by the state." Allen said.

"So you can ignore your obligations as a father?" Erin endured it for a long time, and retorted with tears: "Damn, how many days have you been with Jack?" Did you know that Jack is looking forward to spending three hours with you sitting on the living room floor? ”

"Irene." Alan hugged his wife tightly, pressed against her warm face, and seriously promised: "I will make it up to you, I will make it up to you." I'm sorry. ”

"You tell him." Erin wept and kissed him.

Alan crouched down and hugged the reluctant Jack, looked him in the eye and said, "I'm going to save the Federation." Will you wait for me at home? ”

Jack happily asked, "Daddy has another great mission!" Are you going to defeat the bad guys? ”

Allen scratched his face and bowed his head and said, "It may also be that the president's persecution paranoia has been committed again...... In short, yes, as Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, I'm going to defeat the bad guys. ”

Jack wisted, "I'll wait for you to come back and tell me." ”

The black suit was shocked, thinking to himself that you told your son all those things?

Alan kissed Jack: "I love you Jack." patted his son, urged him to go home, turned his head and asked the black suit: "Charlie, you are really inferior in these leather shoes." ”

Charlie didn't speak, turned around and walked to the car nobly, opening the car door for Alan.

When Alan got into the car, Charlie asked, "Are you sure an eight-year-old boy can handle your story?" ”

"Of course it's made up."

In the U-shaped corridor outside the president's office, a silver-haired female president walked at the front of the crowd and said softly: "There is only one way to determine the authenticity of a portable device: to open it with presidential authority." You must lead the best vanguard into Mexico, reclaim the hand-held device, check its authenticity, and bring the original back safe and sound. During the operation, the Pentagon will provide you with intelligence support. ”

The presidential secretary opened the door of the Oval Office, and the female president walked in without changing her face, put the suitcase in her hand on the table, rubbed it, and then turned her head to stare at Allen who was following behind: "Because of diplomatic relations, Mexico has only made a preliminary compromise, and the entry force is not allowed to exceed fifty people. ”

Alan frowned: "What's the problem?" Fifty men is enough to take out a heavily guarded stronghold. ”

Charlie stood behind him with his hands folded, and the staff officer next to him whispered: "If we can, we would like to send ten divisions over." That device is too important. ”

The female president frowned, but showed a soothing smile, like a kind grandmother: "The Mexican side is still struggling, but don't worry dear, they will give in, sooner or later." She turned to walk into the desk and sat down, checked her fingerprints, and looked at Allen as she busied, saying, "The Federation will send more reinforcements to support you, after the Secretary of State has taken care of Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of course." You won't have to wait too long, two days at most. ”

She looked at Alan tiredly: "Behind you is the entire Federation, she will support you unreservedly, and she will also be ruined by your failure." ”

"Mr. Deputy Secretary of State, this mission is extremely dangerous, and you will face the highest quality enemy in the world, and they are not comparable to those guerrillas with AKs," the staff officer warned. ”

The president tried to smile and try to boost morale, trying to reassure him, "Colonel Charlie Harper is the top agent of the Intelligence Agency. He will go with you and wish you all the best in your cooperation. ”

Charlie was expressionless behind his big sunglasses, he just moved slightly, got out of the way and said, "The Minister of Defense has arrived." ”