Chapter 916 - 412: The Real Deal (Part 2)

Chapter 916: Chapter 412: The Real Deal (Part 2)

At this moment, the voice of Mr. Qu from the Foreign Affairs Office suddenly came through the tactical headset.

Gu Ji immediately pressed the communication button:

"This is the Xia Kingdom Special Police. We are besieged by extremists in Snatan Town. The entire Security Department intelligence team has been sacrificed. Request immediate deployment of the quick reaction unit for support!"

"The quick reaction unit has already been dispatched. The ’Fortros’ drone is on standby in the air."

"General, a satellite signal has been detected, which might be the enemy’s location..."

Gu Ji did not expect that it was Ghabari himself speaking to him.

One could hear from his icy tone.

Ghabari had been completely enraged by Shalam.

In the background sound of the headset, there was the sound of a subordinate reporting, and he continued to ask, "Do you have satellite communication equipment?"

"No."

"Immediately lock the target and launch the missile!"

"Yes!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s eyelids twitched.

They didn’t expect Ghabari’s methods to be so ruthless, no wonder Zhuang Feng had specially reminded Gu Ji and Gao Bo not to provoke him.

However, from another perspective.

He had his subordinates killed repeatedly, and it was right under their Xia Kingdom Special Police’s noses.

Even for the sake of saving face, Ghabari had to demonstrate his thunderous means.

A few seconds after the order was given.

Gu Ji saw a white drone in the southeastern sky, approaching them at a very high speed.

"Swoosh——!"

Accompanied by a piercing tearing sound, a blast of air erupted from the bottom of the drone, and a missile with a long white smoke trail was speeding towards the target.

"That’s the sniper’s position!"

Zhao Hua picked up the binoculars for a confirmation glance.

With a loud "boom", the top of the four-story white building collapsed instantly, and an intense flame spread from the center of the explosion, sending a large amount of smoke and debris into the air.

With such terrifying power, even if the sniper wasn’t dead, he would be crippled,

"Go!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gu Ji directly flipped over the wall.

Chen Zhiyu followed closely behind.

Sure enough, the enemy sniper’s gunfire never sounded again.

Everyone climbed out of the courtyard, launched an assault to the east, and rapidly evacuated the town, escaping into the southeastern desert scrub before the extremists could surround them.

"Damn it, someday I’ll wipe out all these terrorists!"

On the desert, Gao Bo ran a full two kilometers before he finally slowed down and stopped to rest.

Gong Qingyong turned to look at Chen Zhiyu next to Gu Ji, his expression grave.

"Comrades from Security, now seems like an appropriate moment to speak. Please explain the details of this mission to us. You don’t have to divulge anything that involves confidentiality agreements, but we need to know what exactly is happening—it is crucial for our hostage rescue!"

True to his experience as an old special police officer, he pinpointed the crux of the issue in one sentence.

For a moment, everyone’s eyes turned to Chen Zhiyu, all waiting for her to speak.

No one was singling her out.

But operating blindly like this was akin to queuing up for death.

The most important thing in counter-terrorism is intelligence.

They didn’t need to know why Kang Wenkun was captured, but at least they had to know who wanted him, and how important he was?

For instance, the earlier battle.

If they had known the importance of the hostage beforehand, they wouldn’t have swaggered around behind the contact person, exposing themselves to the enemy’s ambush, and even becoming mired in a quagmire.

"First of all, we in National Security had no intention of putting everyone in harm’s way because we didn’t know Professor Kang Wenkun’s true identity had been compromised."

Having undergone so much intelligence work, Chen Zhiyu had grown significantly. Even when facing everyone’s questioning, she showed no panic in her eyes and explained slowly, word by word.

"Originally, we internally thought this was just a simple extremist kidnapping case. Even our coming to Iran wasn’t just for him, but also for an important transaction."

"Transaction?"

Gao Bo raised an eyebrow and looked at Gu Ji.

"Yes."

Chen Zhiyu followed up on his query:

"This transaction concerns the shifts in the Middle East situation. Israel, Syria, and quite a number of extremist organizations are eyeing it. The turning point of the event happened half an hour ago when we received a piece of intelligence!"

This timing coincides perfectly with Savama’s review of Shalam’s leader.

However, the source of National Security’s intelligence definitely wasn’t Savama.

Neither Mossad nor other intelligence agencies.

Gu Ji recalled the scene when they first entered the town.

Although the forces all arrived at the scene immediately, clearly due to time constraints, they were not well-prepared, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been beaten by Shalam without any counter-attack.

So the conclusion can be drawn:

All intelligence agencies received this information almost simultaneously, with only Shalam and PM Company knowing it in advance.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have idly gone to kidnap Kang Wenkun, and then set up a snare in the town earlier.

Zhao Hua couldn’t help but ask.

"What was the intelligence content?"

"The seller of this critical transaction exchanged the transaction target from 1 billion US dollars to a person..."

"Kang Wenkun!"

As Chen Zhiyu paused, Liu Weijun and Gong Qingyong spoke in unison, answering directly.

Seeing her nod, Wu Kang finally saw the light.

"Ah, so that’s why these people are all suddenly competing for the hostage as if they’d taken gunpowder. Even the Yi side couldn’t help but send people to intervene. It was all to gain transaction priority."

Gong Qingyong immediately reported this matter to the command center.

In the vast office.

Li Ruilin, Lei Wanshan, and even Mr. Qu from the provincial government foreign affairs office, their eyes only held different colors, without a trace of surprise.

It seemed they had foreseen that this operation was not simple from the start.

"Mr. Lei, now the target hostage is tightly held by the extremists, while other countries’ intelligence agencies are also eager to pounce. Should we increase reinforcements?"

Faced with Gong Qingyong’s question.

Lei Wanshan did not answer directly but instead asked a question back.

"Gu Ji, is that your thought as well?"

"I also agree with Mr. Gong’s proposal."

Gu Ji first expressed affirmation but quickly shifted his focus:

"However, from Mr. Chen’s description, it seems the sellers have intentionally targeted our country, deliberately stirring up disputes. I think they will soon have another move, and dispatching reinforcements from the country now would waste too much time. I want to cooperate with the Yi side!"

"Cooperate with the Yi side?"

Zhou Yang questioned, "Did you forget that the Yi Security Department just tried to snatch the hostage from us?"

"Precisely because they were caught in the act, we can use that point to negotiate for more powerful support. Now that the Yi Security Department had a total wipeout in this operation, to get the latest on-site intelligence, they can only get it from our side!"

Gu Ji’s explanation suddenly enlightened everyone.

"This might be an opportunity for both sides to cooperate anew!"

Chen Zhiyu affirmed, her eyes flashing as she looked at him, seemingly surprised by how well Gu Ji understood intelligence operations.

In fact, although Gu Ji did not work in the intelligence department,

the 7472 Unit was, after all, an organization he built from scratch, inevitably dealing with various intelligence agencies, becoming familiar over time.

"Since the plan is feasible, the communication issues with the Yi side will be handled by National Security and the Foreign Affairs Office. The specific rescue operation will be executed by us!"

"Yes! Mr. Lei!"

Everyone responded in unison.

With the new plan settled, they prepared to return.

Watching the silent Zhou Yang, Gao Bo couldn’t help but ask: "So, you still don’t want to cooperate with the Yi side?"

"No, I’m thinking about some details we didn’t handle well during the confrontation with the enemy sniper, it dragged everyone down."

Zhou Yang, though always playful, was absolutely serious when executing tasks.

Gao Bo patted him on the shoulder.

"Don’t think too much, that sniper has long been blown to smithereens..."

"Ssshhh—..."