Laura is dead.

When Li Mu received the report, it was already dawn.

Laura was suicidal and shot a bullet through her temple, neatly.

When Li Mu saw Laura, Laura's body had been packed up and ready to be transported back to China. Tang Ming accompanied him, and in a room, Raymond played a video that lasted more than five minutes. Raymond's face was very ugly and gloomy.

After watching the video, Li Mu understood the reason.

Laura was insulted. After being held for three full days, she was humiliated by more than a dozen Crescent Brigade soldiers, according to her self-prosecution. This is a devastating blow for a woman. It is already a miracle that she was able to survive the rescue.

When Laura was rescued at that time, Li Mu and others did not have time to check her body, and they were immediately taken away by French medical personnel as soon as they got off the plane. Li Mu led the people back to his station. Therefore, what is behind it, he is not clear.

The video was filmed by Laura herself, and she spent more than five minutes in front of the camera telling the process from being kidnapped to being rescued in a narration-like manner. Talking about one's own humiliation and pain in a tone that makes people feel like they are talking about what happened to others is even more shocking.

After watching the video, Li Mu realized that Laura had already had the will to die and held on until the last moment, her purpose was to show the true face of the Crescent Brigade to everyone. The price was her beautiful life.

Li Mu sighed, this female reporter who was saved by her three times, from an ordinary war correspondent to a well-known reporter of the national news agency, every time she encounters a setback, she will grow a little bit, but she didn't think about it, and the last time became an unbearable one for her.

Beatings, insults, **** abuse, and all kinds of unbelievable means were all used on her. Li Mu even admired her for holding out until the rescue arrived. In just three days, in just three days she was subjected to inhuman torture.

Li Mu sighed deeply, "For her, this is a relief. ”

Raymond said coldly, "But she pushed me to the edge of the cliff." ”

Li Mu frowned in confusion, and Tang Ming also looked at Lei Meng suspiciously.

Raymond almost burst out of his mouth with a sentence: "This video has been uploaded all over the Internet." ”

All of a sudden, Li Mu and Tang Ming's eyes widened.

Totally understand why Raymond said that.

Until her death, Laura did not forget that she was a journalist, not a politician!

Let the whole world know what kind of extremist armed group the Crescent Brigade is, and at the same time push the Gallic chicken authorities to the edge of the cliff!

You see, this is your citizen, who has been tortured so inhumanely!

If the Gallic chicken authorities do not react, the media around the world will criticize them from beginning to end and dig up all sorts of scandals. It is not impossible to lead to a change in the cabinet!

Raymond quickly took a tablet, connected it to the network, and handed it to Tang Ming.

Tang Ming and Li Mu got together, clicked on "There is a substitute", and immediately saw that the headline on the homepage was Laura's selfie video, which has more than 30 million views. Take a look at several other famous video websites, the most terrifying one is inferior, and the number of views has exceeded 100 million!

The whole world spread it.

The commentary is even more one-sided condemnation of the Crescent Brigades, all of which strongly demand that the United Nations send troops to exterminate the Crescent Brigades, and then slowly turn to the Gallic chicken authorities - the Gallic chicken authorities are useless!

You know, immediately after rescuing Laura, the Gallic chicken authorities held a press conference to inform them of the situation - the hostages have been safely freed, and the Gallic chicken authorities will not compromise with any terrorist forces......

Unexpectedly, in less than twenty-four hours, he was slapped in the face, and he was slapped in the face by the hostages in a tragic way.

Raymond's emotions are completely understandable.

Laura used her death to set off the general trend of public opinion around the world to crusade against the Crescent Brigade, and at the same time pushed the Gallic chicken authorities to the edge of the cliff, and had to make a suitable response as soon as possible!

Li Mu and Tang Ming glanced at each other, and both of them closed their mouths in tacit agreement and did not speak. Not stupid, they guessed what Raymond was up to.

It's one thing to hate the Crescent Brigade, it's another thing to do it, not to mention working for the French.

Sure enough, Raymond calmed down and said in a pleading tone, "Don, I'm authorized, I think, we can work together a second time." ”

"Sorry, I didn't get the authorization. And, frankly, it's hard. Tang Ming was also very simple.

The first time I cooperated, I helped you rescue the hostages, and there was a quid pro quo, which was under pressure. The crux of the matter is that the first collaboration was in a relatively closed state, and the outside world did not yet know that Laura had been kidnapped. Now the world knows that AFP's name has been kidnapped and rescued from inhumane abuse, and then he has committed suicide in a state of exhaustion.

In such a situation, the chances of cooperation are extremely slim.

Raymond will not give up easily, he said, "This time it is a reciprocal cooperation." We will also send personnel, your commandos are excellent and familiar with the situation. Don, resource sharing, in the coming year, East Africa's intelligence resources, are shared with you. ”

Without waiting for Tang Ming to speak, Li Mu interjected and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Raymond said, "Decapitation." ”

"Then you can send drones or warplanes to carry out precision strikes in the air. Li Mudao.

Raymond's expression froze, and he didn't know how to speak.

Tang Ming said, "Mr. Raymond, what you said is beyond our authority. You should contact our relevant personnel through the prescribed channels. I'm sorry about Miss Laura's thing. ”

Li Mu nodded slightly, "I'm sorry." ”

Sighing deeply, Raymond could only say helplessly, "Okay, I'll send the two." ”

The two left Raymond's station.

In the car, Li Mu asked Tang Ming, "The leader of the Crescent Brigade, do we have relevant information?"

Tang Ming shook his head, "Very limited." ”

Li Mu nodded slowly, "Looking at what Raymond means, they have a relatively comprehensive grasp. ”

"Not surprising. They can get relevant intelligence from the Americans. Moreover, East Africa has always been the traditional sphere of influence of the French, who have painstakingly operated for so many years, and their ability to obtain intelligence is one of the best. Even, I suspect that there are their inside lines in the Crescent Brigade. Tang Ming said.

Li Mu pondered.

Glancing at him, Tang Ming said, "Don't think about those useless ones. The above will not agree to such a cooperative action at all. ”

Li Mu nodded slightly, this matter has far exceeded their level, and it is fearless to think about it. Taking a step back, the French don't necessarily need the help of a third party. Even if the native army is not used, the foreign mercenary group is a strong force.

The important thing is that the French do not need to rush this time, they have enough time to go through all the processes.

Raymond wanted the Tactical Saber Commando to participate, and the most likely thing might be that it was really what he said he was - having fought and being more familiar with the situation.

However, Li Mu never underestimated the eyes of the French, he was worried that he would be used as a gun by the Frenchmen and become a victim. Therefore, Tang Ming misunderstood Li Mu, and he didn't think about cooperating with the French at all. Li Mu asked this out of precautions.

He was almost certain that as long as he was in South Sudan for a day, he would have to run into the Crescent Brigade sooner or later. It is a common thing to have as much information as possible about the adversary.

Li Mu is actually very aware of his tasks, and the first important task is to protect the safety of the oilfield facilities and construction sites of his own enterprises. Although the oil field acquired by the oil company is not a good oil field, it is one of the few oil fields in the country, and it is of great significance, even if it is a loss, it must be maintained.

During the previous war in South Sudan, the oil field facilities were damaged, and that is at that time, the United Nations asked me to send a peacekeeping infantry battalion to protect the facilities of enterprises in various countries. It's actually up to you to send troops to protect your own estate.

The South Sudanese authorities mean the same thing.

The weak government forces almost couldn't even keep the presidential palace, let alone protect the oil field facilities.

Secondly, to protect the safety of our citizens in South Sudan, there must never be another such thing as the kidnapping of an engineer. Once it happens, it is necessary to organize forces to rescue with all its might.

Li Mu waited for his troops to arrive, and calculated the time, it would take at least ten days for a new batch of peacekeepers carrying a battalion of lightly armored infantry, as well as an engineer battalion and a medical team, to arrive at the port of Djibouti.

The speed of shipping was so slow that Li Mu was a little anxious.

He began to look forward to the day when the strategic transport planes of our large air force carrying the main battle tanks could fly all over the world. With only 50 strategic transport planes, supplemented by 200 heavy transport planes, the Chinese Air Force will be able to project a fully armed brigade-sized combat unit to any area more than 7,000 kilometers away with a single take-off and landing effort.

With the strength of the Chinese Army's full-fledged brigade-level combat units, it is enough to stabilize the situation in most parts of the world. And in the event of war, such a force will appear in the enemy's belly and become an important force that can determine victory or defeat.

It's just that such a vision is still far away.

Now that the Fat Five has just been equipped and put into service, there is no way to estimate the emergence of strategic transport aircraft. Fat Five is actually not even a heavy transport aircraft, at best it is a transport aircraft of the Il-76 level, which is worse than the C-17, both in terms of endurance and load capacity. Naturally, it is not of the same order of magnitude as the C-5 "Galaxy" strategic transport aircraft.

The Yankees have been in operation for so many years, and there are only more than 200 transport aircraft in active service. Moreover, when the Yankees continued to improve the C-17, the C-17 had gradually replaced the aging C-5.

The Chinese Air Force still has a long way to go if it wants to have similar air force projection capabilities.

China's air force capacity shortage has plagued the top brass for many years, and in the absence of overseas military, adequate air delivery capabilities are increasingly important. Because you can't get enough logistical supplies everywhere you go, like the United States.

With the prominence of overseas interests, the Chinese army's desire for overseas military bases has become very strong, and under the condition of so many restrictions, it has finally built a port on the Djibouti side to provide logistical supplies for the escort group, and the cost is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Li Mu continued to make his preparations with peace of mind, learning about the situation of UNMISS, the peacekeeping area, and the peacekeeping forces of other countries, meeting with relevant officials of the South Sudanese authorities, studying the topography of the camp and the area of responsibility, grasping the situation of protection targets, and sorting out the logistics and supply system......

He has a lot to do, but fortunately, with the help of his predecessor, the handover work was completed quickly, just waiting for Li Mu's troops to arrive, and then the previous group of brother troops who have been in South Sudan for a year will return to China by plane, and the heavy equipment will be returned by sea.

It's just that Li Mu didn't expect that the frenzy of public opinion caused by Laura's death not only did not fade over time, but became more and more enthusiastic.

Five days before the arrival of the dockyard landing ship, a mass march broke out in the capital of Gaul, with people shouting slogans criticizing the inaction of the authorities, and the scale of the march reached more than 10,000 people. Immediately, solidarity demonstrations took place in various Western countries, and tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the United Nations building, shouting slogans against the Crescent Brigade.

The Gallic authorities, under the pressure of public opinion, sent a team of foreign mercenaries to carry out the beheading plan on the third day. But until the fourth day, there was no follow-up news.

However, officials of the peacekeeping forces in South Sudan knew that the operation ended in a fiasco, with none of the 20 foreign mercenaries returning.

The Gallic chicken authorities were shocked and had to reassess the combat effectiveness of the Crescent Brigade.

At this time, there were only two days before the arrival of Chinese peacekeepers in Hong Kong.

The day before the arrival of the Chinese peacekeepers, according to the plan, Li Mu would lead a team to set off at 3 a.m. to meet the large number of troops at the port of Djibouti.

At nine o'clock that night, Raymond found Tang Ming again.

He got straight to the point and said, "Don, I need your help. The scope of sharing of the intelligence line of defense can be discussed later. ”

Raymond was smart enough not to contact the Chinese side through formal channels, but to go to the Chinese intelligence chief in South Sudan again. Because he knows very well that Tang Ming's level is not high, but in a special unit like the intelligence department, Tang Ming can influence many things, especially some things that will not be put on the table.

In fact, Tang Ming had already received clear instructions from his superiors that no matter what conditions the French offered, he would not consider the possibility of cooperation.

Therefore, Tang Ming simply refused: "Forgive me for not being able to do anything. ”

Raymond said in a deep voice, "The Crescent Brigade is our common enemy. Don't forget, they have kidnapped your people at one time. You should not refuse the opportunity to take down their command in a joint operation. ”

Shaking his head, Tang Ming spread his hands and said, "This is an order, I really can't do anything about it." ”

After a long silence, Raymond asked again, "Don, are you really unwilling to help?"

"I'm sorry. Tang Ming said.

Raymond stood up and reluctantly shook hands with Tang Ming to say goodbye.

Tang Ming sent Raymond out, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

However, after Raymond got into the car, he immediately took out the satellite phone and said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Implement Plan B, the Chinese are not willing to join forces, so let them take the initiative to seek cooperation." ”

The other end of the phone said yes and hung up.