At 10:30 a.m. on the starry night, all personnel and vehicles arrived at Jinling Railway Station, followed by loading. Starting from the camp, we arrived at the No. 1 Middle School of Jianshe City to meet with the transport troops, and rushed to the Jinling Railway Station non-stop.

It wasn't until he saw that all the troops were loaded and set off for shipment, and Li Mu was relieved to take the advance team to the airport by car. There, a transport plane was waiting for them, taking off for South Sudan in the starry night.

Tang Ming deliberately went to bed early tonight. The domestic advance team would arrive at Juba airport at about 12 a.m., and he would have to get up early to finish the day's work before preparing to meet the advance team.

He lives in a village in Juba, a property left by a wealthy local businessman who fled South Sudan, bought by a Chinese entrepreneur and rented to a start-up company as a base in South Sudan.

That is, Tang Ming's department and several other departments are stationed in South Sudan in the common public station, of course, in the name of the company.

There are a lot of Chinese-funded enterprises in South Sudan, which are almost national at the beginning, and slowly more and more private enterprises have entered, which has greatly promoted the economic development of South Sudan.

South Sudan, which is listed by the United Nations as one of the least developed regions in the world, needs to be built everywhere, and almost everything is in its infancy, because of the war, for many years. The influx of energetic and well-pocketed Chinese businessmen has given the people of South Sudan hope for a better life.

For now, the Crescent Brigades have been transformed from an opposition force into a terrorist force, and have become a sword of Damocles hanging over the people of South Sudan and the enterprises of various countries committed to helping South Sudan develop its economy.

Tang Ming's group, which was responsible for intelligence gathering, felt more and more the pressure was enormous.

At five o'clock in the morning local time, when the sky was slightly bright, Tang Ming was woken up by the sound of a hurried phone. He picked up the microphone and listened for a while, then immediately turned over and got up, got dressed, got up, and told the gate guard to open.

A Mercedes G-Class drove in, drove along the courtyard road past the edge of the outdoor pool, and stopped in front of the building in the center.

Two European men got out of the car, with serious expressions, and hurriedly walked in.

Tang Ming greeted them at the position of the living room.

"Mr. Raymond. Tang Ming shook hands with the bearded middle-aged man who was headed.

Raymond held Tang Ming's hand and said apologetically, "Tang, I think I disturbed your dreams, and something happened that made me have to turn to you for help. ”

Said inside. ”

Tang Ming led Raymond and the others into the reception room and sat down, while another man stood at the door and did not go in.

Raymond came to visit suddenly at this time, and something big must have happened. East Africa has always been the traditional sphere of influence of the French, Djibouti was their original client state, and until now, France still maintains a military base in Djibouti, with five or six thousand troops stationed and fighter jets deployed.

South Sudan is a part of the country where they will not forget to exert their influence.

Like Tang Ming, Raymond is the head of the French intelligence service in South Sudan, and the two usually deal with each other, but they have their own rules of conduct, which is not harmonious, but they are not rivals.

Asking the Chinese for help, for so many years, is the first time.

"Don, my journalist has been hijacked by the Crescent Brigade, and I need your help. Raymond went straight in.

Tang Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "Mr. Raymond, are you sure you're not joking with me?"

"Obviously. Foreign mercenary groups are not able to carry out rescue operations in a short period of time. You know, the bureaucrats in Paris are always going to make all the rescue operations into corpse collections. You've fought against the Crescent Brigade, but I've actually received word that you have a very strong commando team. ”

The rescue operation of the tactical saber commando in South Sudan has been hidden from many people, but it cannot be hidden from the intelligence agencies of other countries. After all, there was an encounter. As long as professionals understand the whole firefight, it is easy to make a judgment.

It's not a secret, it's tacit.

Tang Ming shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Raymond, I'm afraid I can't do anything. ”

Raymond frowned, was silent for a while, and said, "What if it is exchanged?"

"Huh?" Tang Ming said.

After thinking about it, Raymond suppressed his voice, "The bombing of the First Prison, I can provide inside information in exchange. ”

Tang Ming pondered for a while, still shaking his head, "You know, I don't have the authority to talk to you about this matter. Alternatively, you would be asked to contact the UNMIS Command, who would certainly provide humanitarian relief support if the authorities allow it. ”

Shaking his head slowly, Raymond said, "No, you're kidding me." You know even better than I do about the peacekeepers, they simply don't have that ability. Passing through the UNMIS command is even more of a not funny joke. ”

After a pause, Raymond said, "Don, be honest, what do you need?"

Tang Ming shook his head, but asked, "Can I know the situation of the whole thing?"

"Of course. "An hour ago, we received a call from the Crescent Brigade asking for a ransom of ten million dollars. The kidnapped was Laura, a well-known journalist for AFP. You may have heard of this person, who has been active in the war-torn places of Africa all year round. ”

"Laura, yes, has heard a lot about the scenes of armed conflict. Tang Ming immediately remembered the situation of the last encounter, and the direct trigger for the action at that time was that Laura's interview team was in danger.

"This is a girl with a lot of guts, she wants to cover the Crescent Brigade in depth, and she has made some important news about the Crescent Brigade recently. Perhaps Crescent Traveler has a grudge and takes a kidnapping operation against her. Raymond said.

"I think we have to get people out before the outside world knows about it. Raymond added.

Tang Ming also understood why Raymond was in such a hurry. As soon as the Crescent Brigade made the news public, the French would be pushed to the forefront of public opinion, and at that time, it would be difficult for the French to bear any consequences other than to rescue the people intact.

In other words, if the rescue is carried out before the outside world knows, regardless of gain or loss, the French will have plenty of leeway in public opinion.

At the end of the day, Laura's life doesn't matter in Raymond's eyes, what matters is her identity. Before the news is made public, it can bear the result of the death of the hostages, and after it is made public, the French government will face a lot of verbal criticism to bear this result.

This is the reason why Raymond is anxious, and it is even very likely that he is under pressure from his superiors.

"Mr. Raymond, how much do you know about the time of the bombing of the First Prison?" After a moment of silence, Tang Ming asked.

Raymond said, "You won't be disappointed." ”

There was silence again, and Tang Ming said, "You know, I can't be the master. But, please wait a moment. ”

"Don, please, I'll wait here. ”

Tang Ming got up and walked inside, Raymond breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Chinese are willing to help, things will be effectively controlled. In fact, Raymond didn't like the taste of begging. There was a time when France needed to ask the Chinese to help free the hostages.

Feng Shui rotates, and the east and west of the river are thirty years.

Note: First watch, second watch later, happy weekend, brothers!

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