Chapter 60

Just after dawn, inside the Chinese Embassy in Sozali, a burst of urgent knocking came from outside the office.

"Ambassador Liu, we just received the latest news from the front..." A staff member ran in hurriedly. Only halfway through his sentence did he notice a strange young man sitting beside Ambassador Liu.

"Don't mind him, what's the matter, speak quickly!" Ambassador Liu said with a solemn expression.

The staff member looked anxious and continued:

"We just received a distress call from a staff member named Zhou Yutong at Camp 21. She said that the armed attack two days ago had already caused two team members to die, and now another team member is being detained in Kuba's military camp to rescue hostages, fate unknown!"

Hearing that someone had died, Qin Hao Bei's heart sank.

"What is the name of the victim?!"

"One is a nurse named Lin Xiaoman, 32 years old, and there is also a logistics employee named Zheng Guotao, 65 years old. And the girl currently detained in the military camp is named Shi Yi, only 23 years old."

"Is there anyone named Shen Xingyao?!"

The staff member frowned, thought for a while, and said:

"There is no such name, however, we cannot rule out the possibility of other trapped personnel... but..." The staff member turned to Ambassador Liu with a worried expression.

"Sir, the most important thing now is to rescue the girl named Shi Yi! Because according to the latest news obtained, the US military's AEG missile launch vehicle has entered Ngoro Province, and in a while, it will drive to the outside of the base camp where Kuba is located and implement a missile destruction of the base camp!"

"Missile destruction?!"

Ambassador Liu's expression changed abruptly.

"You mean, the Sozali government army is going to join forces with the US military to launch missiles and raze Kabango's base camp in one fell swoop!"

The staff member nodded with a solemn face: "The intelligence we have currently obtained is as such."

At this moment, Qin Hao Bei stood up from the sofa with a "thump" and scolded angrily:

"I knew these two robbers wouldn't do anything good by joining forces! There is still a Chinese hostage in the camp, Uncle Liu, what should we do? Are we just going to watch the life of a Chinese person be sacrificed in vain?!"

At this moment, Ambassador Liu's face was also clouded with gloom, his expression complex...

However, after a while, he suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and laughed lightly.

"Xiao Bei, don't forget, 'that card' you sent over last night..." He thought for a moment and said: "I think... now is the time to play it!"

Saying this, he turned his head and ordered the staff member with a stern expression:

"Call the US military command immediately."

Outside Kuba's camp.

The sky was gradually brightening, and a fiery red sun rose slowly from the horizon.

At the same time, at the end of the horizon, two behemoths drove over with a "rumbling" sound.

These were two missile carrier vehicles, with huge dark green bodies and heavy tracked chassis, like two moving steel hills. Loaded in the center of the vehicle was the US military's most advanced AEG missile; this type of missile was landing on the land of Sozali for the first time. It is said that one AEG missile was enough to raze a small city to the ground, let alone a small military camp.

The missile vehicles stopped in the dense forest not far from the military camp. Asante walked up quickly to meet them, and he saw two fully armed peacekeeping soldiers walking off the vehicle, looking like US officers.

Asante raised his hand and gave a solemn military salute to the two US officers.

"Our side is ready, please give instructions for the next action."

One officer looked down at his watch.

"According to Lieutenant Colonel Daniel's instructions, launch the missiles at 8:00 sharp."

The large stone in Asante's heart finally landed.

"Yes."

Tick, tick...

Time moved forward second by second. Zhou Yutong, Wang Yang, Kefei, and others stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the two "behemoths" parked at the foot of the mountain, feeling as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

"Sister Zhou, you called the Chinese Embassy yesterday, didn't the embassy say they would send someone, why hasn't anyone come?"

Zhou Yutong was also on the verge of collapse at this moment, but she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart—the Chinese Embassy wouldn't just ignore them like this!

"They should be on the way, they'll be here soon..."

Just then, a sound of heartbreaking sobbing came from beside her. Wang Yang was squatting on the ground, his hair already pulled into a mess like grass, his eyes crying like two peaches:

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't have let Xiao Yi take the risk... what kind of man am I..."

"These beasts of the Sozali government army! They are simply burning bridges! Now in Kuba's military camp, only Xiao Yi is left as a hostage, and she is Chinese; the Sozali government can't possibly care about her... Xiao Yi, what is going to happen to her..."

Zhou Yutong opened her mouth, wanting to comfort Wang Yang, but the words that reached her lips couldn't be spoken.

Finally, she just patted Wang Yang's shoulder and said earnestly, word for word:

"Don't cry, I believe in our motherland... even if it's the last person..."

"It will absolutely not be abandoned."

On the highway, Shi Heng had also learned through the embassy staff that Shi Yi was detained in Kuba's military camp because she went to rescue hostages.

"You Chinese Embassy people are simply a bunch of losers!"

Shi Heng couldn't care about his image at all at this moment and cursed hard:

"With so many people in the Sozali government army, why did you let my sister, a girl without the power to truss a chicken, go to rescue hostages?! The incident happened two days ago, why didn't your embassy arrive in time?!"

The embassy staff member riding with him was also very troubled.

"Mr. Shi, I can understand your mood, but the incident happened suddenly, and the embassy is in the capital, so we couldn't reach every place in Sozali immediately. The embassy just called to say that they have sent more people to rescue your sister."

"What's the use of sending more people?!"

Shi Heng's face turned pale with anger, his fingers trembling, "The US military's AEG missiles are about to be launched! My sister is in the military camp now, tell me how you can save her? How exactly do you plan to save her?!"

The young man sighed.

"Mr. Shi, the embassy didn't tell me how to rescue her. However, please believe..."

"We will absolutely not abandon the life of any Chinese citizen."

Ten, nine, eight, seven...

Outside Kuba's camp, Asante looked at the watch in his hand while staring out of the corner of his eye at the two huge missiles ready to be launched at any time.

Six, five, four, three, two, one...

Time's up!

Asante's heart jumped into his throat, and he raised his head suddenly, but the huge sound he expected didn't happen; the two missile carrier vehicles were parked quietly on the open ground at this moment.

The air was silent for a moment, and even the chirping of birds in the trees could be heard clearly.

Asante frowned in confusion.

What happened? Was the missile launch delayed?

He just wanted to walk up to ask, when he saw an officer slowly walk off one of the missile vehicles and come to Asante.

He was expressionless and handed the wireless phone in his hand to Asante.

"Minister, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel wants to talk to you on the phone."