Chapter 254: Until Zhou Ming is caught

Two medium-sized private helicopters were flying rapidly across the vast desert. Under the light of the starry sky, they looked like ghosts shuttling through the air, quickly passing through the sky but leaving no trace.

Zhou Ming and his desert squad were on these two helicopters, and their destination was Bahrain International Airport.

This was Zhou Ming's original plan. After receiving the military funding from the Saudi royal family, he immediately set off for Iraq without stopping. In addition, according to the news from the embassy, his original flight was intercepted by the US Air Force, so things have obviously taken a turn for the worst: the US government, intelligence agencies and military have all taken notice of him.

Now that the Gulf War is imminent, the entire Middle East is covered by the US military and intelligence network. If they are really determined to investigate, they will definitely be able to deduce their movements from the passengers on that flight who are impersonating themselves, so they must leave for Iraq before the Americans take action.

Of course, there was also the possibility that the Americans would not find out, but Zhou Ming did not dare to gamble with his luck, so even though time was tight, Zhou Ming still took a detour to depart from Bahrain depart, which not only minimised the chances of detection by the US military, but also, more importantly, bypassed the Saudi and Iraqi armies that were facing off at the border. Only to speed up his departure, Zhou Ming borrowed two private helicopters from the Saudis through the embassy.

In this way, an hour later, Zhou Ming finally arrived at the Bahrain International Airport. The embassy had already prepared everything here, so Zhou Ming immediately boarded another plane as soon as he got off the helicopter, without even having a few words with the local ambassador.

Since it was a private jet, once Zhou Ming got on board, the plane was quickly given permission to take off, and it took off ten minutes later.

Zhou Ming remained sitting by the bed, feeling the plane slowly lift off, watching the time now reach almost half past eleven, two and a half hours having passed since he had left for Saudi Arabia, and more than three hours having passed since the US military plane had intercepted the wrong flight.

This made Zhou Ming's heart pound uncontrollably: with such a long time elapsed, the Americans would have noticed by now, wouldn't they? After all, that was the intelligence system of a superpower, and especially now that the Gulf War was about to break out, the US intelligence department would not dare to give the leader a bad report at a time like this, no matter how negligent they were. He just hoped that he could finally reach Iraq without any problems!

Zhou Ming's anxiety was not without reason. The fact was that half an hour earlier, the president's secret order had already been sent to Normandy. The commander-in-chief of the Gulf front was also very puzzled in the face of the president's order.

Intercept and investigate every Saudi and Bahraini aircraft flying to Iraq!

Faced with the president's secret order, Normandy was stunned for a while before muttering to himself, 'Is this to arrest any political figures? But who else would dare go to Iraq at this time?'

In the end, Normandy shook his head, dismissed these frivolous thoughts, faithfully carried out the President's order, and called the Al-Riyah base, requesting that the base air force immediately mobilise in full force to intercept all aircraft taking off from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for Iraq.

Like the previous order from the Al-Zahran Air Base, the pilots at the Liya Base were also very surprised by this order. But no matter what they were thinking, as soldiers they had to strictly strictly execute orders. So dozens of F15 and F16 fighters took off from the airfield at the Liya base one after the other, cruising along all the necessary flight paths from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to Iraq.

The news also reached Yan Jing in the far east at the first opportunity. Lin Zekang quickly got into the car and came to Yang Dingguo's quarters. He woke Yang Dingguo up and told him everything about the US military's actions.

Yang Dingguo, who had been woken up at 5am, was still a little dazed, but as soon as he heard Lin Zekang's report, he immediately opened his eyes and looked at Lin Zekang and asked, 'Comrade Zekang, you say that the Americans in the Gulf region, you said that the air force has been flying more than 200 sorties for half an hour, intercepting all aircraft on the Saudi and Bahraini routes to Iraq. What's going on? Are they determined to arrest Zhou Ming? Do they know something?'

Lin Zekang shook his head and said, 'I'm sorry, Yang Lao, but the intelligence department has not yet analysed the results. However, according to the limited intelligence, this is an order personally given by President Walsh.'

Yang Dingguo said in a rather surprised tone, 'It seems that our comrade Zhou Ming is much more important than we thought!'

At this point, Chairman Du Zhongyuan walked in. He asked what had happened, and Yang Dingguo said very seriously, 'Comrade Zhongyuan, just now, we received intelligence that President Walsh personally ordered Zhou Ming to be arrested.'

Following Yang Dingguo's words, Lin Zekang reported to Du Zhongyuan again the situation he had just reported. After listening, Du Zhongyuan immediately frowned his brow, Yang Dingguo asked him what he thought, and Du Zhongyuan shook his head, then let out a sigh and said, 'It seems that Zhou Mingyuan is much more important than we thought.'

Yang Dingguo and Lin Zekang both nodded in agreement with Du Zhongyuan's words. After all, judging from the American's deployment of so many aircraft, it was feared that even if the Iraqi president fled, that would be it. You have to understand that the deployment of high-tech fighter jets is not as simple as just driving out for a drive. From the preparation of fuel to the possible wear and tear, etc., the cost of an F16 taking off for an hour and a half is tens of thousands of dollars.

So now, with the Americans mobilising more than 200 aircraft, the cost is in the millions of dollars, and this is just the cost of intercepting the aircraft, not including the costs incurred by the intermediary intelligence agencies.

It is undoubtedly very incredible that the Americans spent such a huge price just to have the possibility of capturing Zhou Ming. This also proves from another perspective Zhou Ming's own value and potential influence. In other words, in the eyes of the Americans, is it really possible for Zhou Ming to help Iraq hold off the US military's offensive? This idea is unreasonable no matter how it is analysed, but it is being validated by the US from presidential orders to military redeployments in the Gulf region.

In the end Yang Dingguo definitely did not want to think about this unanswered question. He asked Du Zhongyuan, 'Is there any way we can provide Comrade Zhou Ming with the help he needs?'

Du Zhongyuan shook his head and replied, 'I'm sorry, Mr Yang, because Zhou Ming has already boarded the plane to Iraq. Unless we formally intervene in this war, we will be unable to provide him with any form of assistance.'

At this moment, Yang Dinggu really wanted to bang the table and say, 'To hell with it, we're intervening!' After all, China is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and has a say in regional affairs and even UN wars.

However in the end, Yang still gave up: 'If the country were stronger, or if the Big Brother were still here, perhaps we would have the courage to mention it. The United States would give us some face in order to check the Big Brother. face. But now, in the face of the world's only superpower, we are just a weak country that still needs a long time to develop. For the future of this country, we can only hope that Comrade Zhou Ming will be spared!'

Listening to Yang's words left Du Zhongyuan and Lin Zekang looking embarrassed. After all, as national leaders, they were really frustrated that they could not even protect their own citizens.

Yang Ding country finally said, 'Contact the embassies of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United States. If Zhou Ming's plane is intercepted, we can safely bring him back to the country from the Gulf as soon as possible, so that he doesn't suffer any more at the hands of the Americans.'

Du Zhong Yuan and Lin Zekang both nodded in support of Yang Lao's decision, because due to the limitations of national power, they were unable to provide Zhou Ming with any help after his plane took off help. However, they could do their best to safely bring Zhou Ming back to the country from the Gulf when he finally fell into American hands, which would make up for their guilt towards Zhou Ming.

However, at that moment, Du Zhongyuan's secretary suddenly walked in and brought them news that they had never expected: a large-scale sandstorm had suddenly occurred in Saudi Arabia.

Yang Ding Guo Zhongyuan and Lin Zekang were shocked when they heard the news: was heaven trying to help Zhou Ming avoid this disaster?

At the same time meanwhile, President Walsh also received this message. He was annoyed and slammed his hand on the table. He looked up and asked his national security assistant across the table, 'Why wasn't this weather observed in advance?'

Brent responded, 'I'm sorry, Mr President, but this sandstorm was caused by sudden changes in air pressure, so the meteorological department was unable to predict it accurately.'

'Then it seems to be God's will!'

Walsh Walsh let out a heavy sigh. Just as he was about to give up on intercepting Zhou Ming, his secretary suddenly walked in from outside and brought him a mobile phone. Walsh took it and connected it. It was a call from the head of the Adams family, Christo.

Christo Christo said: 'President Walsh, first of all, I'm very sorry to disturb you, but something must be done. I'm sure you know that I'm very concerned about the Chinese Zhou Ming and I'm even willing to pay more for military expenses. So when I learned that you had intercepted his plane, I was very happy, because that was getting rid of a troublesome opponent for us...'

Wohl interrupted Cristo, 'Mr. Cristo, I'm sorry to interrupt you, but although we have dispatched fighter jets to intercept the plane Zhou Ming may be on, we been able to locate the target. Later, our intelligence department analysed that the other party had cleverly avoided our interception by temporarily changing their itinerary. We then began intercepting all flights from Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to Iraq.'

'Mr Walsh is truly our great president, and your judgment and decisiveness are truly admirable!' Christo praised.

However, Walsh's next words came as a shock: 'But I'm going to have to give up now, because there's been a sandstorm that we didn't expect.'

'Damn! That's really upsetting news!' exclaimed in exasperation, but then asked, 'But if I remember correctly, our aircraft and highly skilled pilots can take off in bad weather conditions such as a sandstorm, can't they?'

Walsh furrowed his brow: 'I think that's true, but I don't think it's a good idea to force our pilots to take off in such bad conditions.'

'Mr. Mr. President, in fact, whether or not it is a good idea depends on the final result. Sometimes it becomes necessary in order to get the result you want,' said Cristo. 'I know that the military must have spent a lot of money on this operation, right? If the President agrees, I promise that the Addams family will bear the military costs. On the contrary, if the President does not agree, then I will have a hard time.'

After saying that Christo hung up the phone, and Walsh angrily slammed the receiver down on the table and cursed, 'These damned businessmen!'

Then Walsh looked up at his assistant for national security affairs and saw that he was looking at him awkwardly. Walsh said to him, 'Get me General Normandy . I need him to select the most experienced pilot and continue taking off in the sandstorm until he finds the Chinese man named Zhou Ming!'