Chapter 331

On the deck, steam filled the air, a male cat fighter jet kicked in afterburner and took off, lunging straight at the Indian cargo ship opposite.

"Damn it, quick, hard to starboard, hard to starboard!" the captain of the Indian cargo ship shouted in terror.

When he saw that the cargo ship was together with the U. S. Navy carrier group, he sensed something; hearing the call from the opposite side made him realize they had confidence, but as an Indian's dignity, he couldn't help but harden his stance.

Then… it pissed off the Americans.

These U. S. Navy ships are probably escorting this cargo ship, right? If I'd known earlier, I should have just given way!

Opposite, the Yangyang cargo ship.

"The U. S. Navy is actually venting our anger?" Liu Zhigang was stunned.

Qin Miao smiled: "Nothing much, just borrowing the tiger's might. Now our upcoming voyage will be safe!"

Even if the U. S. Navy fled at full throttle that night, every other cargo ship encountered along the way gave way, none daring to challenge the Oriental cargo ship; after passing India, the old Brazilian Navy was conducting military exercises at sea.

The situation in the Persian Gulf is not optimistic, after all two countries are at war; although they haven't started attacking ships yet, we still need to be on guard, and the cargo ship headed west all the way into the Red Sea.

Looking at Somalia to port, Qin Miao thought of later-day pirates appearing there; now that place has already begun to fall into turmoil—should we make preparations in advance?

Although Qin Miao was still a student at Ha Gong Da, his horizons had already reached the globe; now, in the 1980s, with close ties to the West, many things became easier to do!

Without the U. S. tripping us up, doing things is very satisfying!

Jeddah Port.

The cargo ship slowly entered port; Qin Miao glanced at the harbor: "Dock right next to the American cargo ship!"

In the harbor, there happened to be an American cargo ship unloading; so as long as we stay alongside it, if any frogmen come to cause trouble, we'd risk offending the Americans.

"Yeah, I'll follow you!" Liu Zhigang now placed absolute trust in Qin Miao.

The cargo ship steadied, the harbor crane began lifting containers; a line of civilian trucks waited on shore, and after loading the containers they drove off steadily.

Everything was perfectly normal!

Watching the container trucks leave, Liu Zhigang finally breathed a sigh of relief; their mission was over!

Qin Miao's mission wasn't over yet!

That night, Qin Miao wandered the port, got into an ordinary taxi, went to a hotel, exited through the back door, and then got into a car waiting there.

"Qin, welcome to the land of the Saudis!"

"Your Highness Sultan? You actually came to pick me up in person?" Qin Miao was also stunned.

Since we've come all this way, we definitely need to visit the Saudi missile base—this was arranged beforehand; Qin Miao just didn't expect that the Sultan himself would come to fetch him!

Chu Miaomiao sat beside him, beaming, acting as Qin Miao's translator; obviously she, too, had been personally received by the Sultan.

"Yes, we can obtain the M-18 missile; you deserve the chief credit. Now that the equipment is about to be transported to the base, I naturally had to come pick you up—let's go together to the Sulei Yile base!"

"Okay."

While missiles were being produced domestically, this side was simultaneously carrying out construction; thus, once the missiles were produced and transported here, the entire base had already been built!

"The base is built in the desert; positioning was originally a big problem, but with BeiDou navigation it became easy—we've constructed over twenty launch sites here, and if the situation gets urgent we can set them up to launch at any time; your Ha Gong Da technology is truly divine!"

The Sultan's face was full of excitement.

This batch of equipment has, of course, been upgraded with a BeiDou navigation positioning system, making missile launches much simpler!

The Sultan said, fiddling with a bulky handheld navigation positioning terminal.

"This device is truly advanced; it can be handheld—we thought we'd have to carry it on our backs..."

"Ahem, Your Highness Sultan, this is only a first‑generation terminal; next, Ha Gong Da will continue developing more advanced chips, and the terminal's size will shrink dramatically—perhaps eventually to the size of a notebook..."

The Sultan nodded: "Exactly, Ha Gong Da's chips are number one in the world; I've heard Western computer makers are all starting to use Loongson, and by the way, Nintendo game consoles have already entered our Saudi market—big folks love them..."

Saudi Arabia is a wondrous country; many entertainment programs can't be done here, so their excess energy has nowhere to go—liking luxury cars and speeding is one example.

Now there's another one: they like playing video games!

"Ahem, that thing, you can't play too much, or you'll get addicted..."

"Yeah, I know. We've arrived!"

"Arrived? Impossible—the missile base is deep in the desert!"

Qin Miao looked out the window and realized: we've reached the helicopter airfield!

Upon reaching the Sulei Yile base, it was already midnight, but for Saudis, because the weather is hot, they don't come out much during the day, so this still counts as regular activity time.

"Come on, Qin, let me first take you to the base lodging; by tomorrow morning we should have the first missile ready, and then we'll witness the miracle together..."

The Sultan led Qin Miao toward the base guesthouse; passing a bungalow, they heard sobbing from inside.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to—I was just..."

"Just what? Just calling family? We've repeatedly stressed that this base is top secret, absolutely cannot be leaked; otherwise it would bring disaster to the whole base and the whole country! Hasan, how can you not understand this?"

"I..."

The Sultan's face also darkened—missiles had just been delivered, and already there's a leak?

Qin Miao followed them inside and saw a young man crying.

"Ahem, Your Highness Sultan, I think it might not be a big deal; Hasan, just how did you leak it?"

"I..." Hasan's face was full of grievance: "My father called me, asking where I was; I refused to say, he grew suspicious, so I..."

Sure enough, that's exactly what happened!

Qin Miao looked at the Sultan: "Your Highness Sultan, I think this young man is brave and shouldn't be blamed; as for his leak, if we bring his father here and persuade him to work at this base, that would solve it!"

The Sultan nodded, looking at the nearby officer: "Handle this overnight—go to Hasan's home and bring his father over; since they now know of this place's existence, they can't leave again! I hope he... will voluntarily stay."

"He definitely will." Qin Miao spoke.