Babylonian Empire

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But Mansouri is the boss, so what he says, so be it.

Little did they know, Mansouri was all about preparing for today.

Yesterday was the last day of 1986. Everywhere was on holiday, even the capital of Hormzgan Province. As the head of the economy here, you can get in touch with the financial situation that is already independent.Zade decided to carry out an operation he had planned for a long time on this night, and absconded with the money!

Chapter 937 Inspection

In Holmzgan Province, what else can we do?Now, the north has complied with the zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ, but the south is still resisting. Their army, in front of the Iraqi army, is basically like a cart. Zade is very clear about this. Here, there is no future in sight. Waiting for someone, can only end up in pieces.

However, the governor is a diehard, absolutely unwilling to follow the trend, and the governor has a firm grip on the army, and Zade doesn't know if he will be liquidated if he is willing to surrender to the zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ, he He is also very clear about his past.

Therefore, after countless times of inner suffering, Zade finally made a choice of his own: go!Get out of here, go to Europe, go to France!

He had already sent his relatives abroad through various excuses ahead of time, while he himself was waiting for the present opportunity.

Recently, the governor obtained a batch of weapons through international arms dealers. The transaction volume of this batch of weapons is very large, worth several million dollars. Money is still difficult.Another reason is that the dollar is now depreciating sharply, so the other party requires direct settlement in gold.

Only then did Zade know that there were actually five tons of gold in the financial vault in Bandar Abbas, the capital of the province!This was transported from the zhèngfǔ's treasury before the former zhèngfǔ fell.After this treasure fell into the hands of the governor, he has been preparing to sell it internationally at a critical time, and then exchange it for funds to buy weapons.

Relying on the province's means, at most they can buy back some guns and ammunition, at most a few mortars and other weapons, they can't buy tanks, they can't buy fighter planes, and they can't compete with Iraq at all.

This time, [-] kilograms of gold was needed, and one of the people in charge of the transaction this time was Zade, who finally found an opportunity.

The gold has already been shipped out from a secret location, and it was dumped in another warehouse before it was ready for trading. Therefore, last night, Zade successfully removed the 80 kilograms of gold bars from the vault under the pretext of conducting a transaction. , Then, I drove to Lunger Harbor, which is only more than [-] nautical miles away from the drilling platform.

Then, he rented a helicopter from a foreign airline here to transport his large boxes to the offshore drilling platform, which is an urgently needed part on the platform.

Since offshore drilling platforms are usually transported by boats and helicopters at critical moments, and because of the lack of helicopters, the authorities often rent civil aviation helicopters. Therefore, the pilots do not know that those heavy boxes are actually filled with bullion!

After being transported to the drilling platform, temporarily put the box in the warehouse prepared by Mansouri, and then, there will be a tanker they trust the most, after loading crude oil from here, they will embark on the road to Europe. At that time, he You can settle in France.

After entering the 80s, the price of gold soared. The market value of their batch of gold has reached more than 700 million US dollars. This batch of funds, plus the funds already deposited in his account, Zade is already very satisfied.

However, just after arriving on the drilling platform, the situation changed drastically before the oil tanker arrived.

Zade took aim at this excellent opportunity and planned his own actions. His actions would not be discovered until the day after tomorrow when the staff of the treasury changed shifts. However, he did not expect that there was a person who was more accurate than him. Taking this opportunity, Qusay-Abdullah launched this attack at such a time!

When the first shell was fired on the island, and when the fighter planes roared past in the sky, Zade knew that the Iraqis had launched an attack.

Zad has known for a long time that these islands are strategically important. With Qusay's eyes, he will never fail to see that this is the throat of the Strait of Hormuz. However, Qusay has never moved, which makes them Gradually lost vigilance, perhaps, Qu Sai really forgot about this place.

Who knows, Qusay is just choosing the most suitable time!

Now, with the return of the north, the hearts of the south have actually begun to move. At this time, Qusay chose to strike, and he attacked with absolute advantage, as can be seen from the transport planes flying by in the sky. They projected a lot of force, and he knew in his heart that as long as the paratroopers on one plane jumped off, the islands below could be taken over. Now, there are more than 20 transport planes alone.

Zade didn't care who those islands ultimately belonged to, but now that he was trapped here, he was very anxious.

At this time, he absolutely must not make any changes, otherwise, it would be easy to get burned, just stay like this, avoiding the most dangerous time during the day, and wait until night before leaving on the tanker.

Although he has made such a determination, Zade is still worried. What he is most worried about is that these Iraqis will attack these drilling platforms after recovering those islands.

You know, Qusay is definitely looking for money. These oil platforms will bring huge profits. The next step, he must attack these oil platforms. Otherwise, why did he send so many troops this time?

"Ahead is the largest oil platform here, Hazaran No. [-], and there is a helicopter platform there." In the helicopter, Hades listened to the voice of the pilot in the front cabin through the microphone inside the aircraft.

"Two helicopters are covering here. Let's go down and step up there to check." Hades said.

"Captain, they don't belong to us yet, so I'm afraid we can't forcibly inspect them, right? Besides, this is very dangerous. If there are armed personnel there, if we exchange fire, it may cause a fire." The captain of the first team Said.

what is thereThere is an oil drilling platform in the sea, where the most taboo thing is fire.

Because, any small spark may ignite the combustible gas that appears during the oil extraction process. There have been cases where an oil platform caught fire due to aging circuits, and most of the employees working on it were burned to death by the fire. Half of the people who jumped into the sea were drowned, and there were only less than five people who were rescued.

Therefore, the captain was very careful to advise Hades, but he also knew that Hades would never listen.

"What are we? We are members of the Marine Corps. We are iron fighters. True gold is not afraid of fire. How can we be afraid of fires here! The big deal is that when there is a fire, we jump into the sea. Don't you all know how to swim? ?”

Jump into the sea?The Mi-24 helicopter is not a search and rescue helicopter. There is no winch on it. If they jumped into the sea, they would have to swim back. You know, they sat on the helicopter for 10 minutes, but if they were in sea water, they would definitely not be able to swim for an hour. Going back, when the time comes, it will be very dangerous if you are exhausted, and you will be eaten by sharks at any time.

However, the captain did not speak.

"Oops, three helicopters are coming." Mansouri's face changed, and he turned his head to see that the old government's flag was still on their drilling platform.

Looking at the missiles and rocket pods under the rotors on both sides of the helicopter, he was a little scared. As long as the other side fired a missile, or a few rockets, they would probably all be buried in flames.

However, the other party should not be so cruel. The purpose of their coming here is probably to occupy the oil platform here.

what to do?Thinking of those golden bars, is it going to be cheaper for them?

"Or we'll kill it," Mansouri said, terrified but willing to die if he lost the gold bars.

For the sake of safety at sea, Mansouri has already carried several automatic rifles and put them in the gold warehouse to deal with possible situations. Now, he wants to take the risk.

"No, we can't beat the helicopters, they can destroy us at will." Zad said.

"They won't. If so, there will be a serious oil spill here. Qusay is so concerned about his international image that he will never allow this to happen." Mansouri said.

"Aim at the flag in front and break the flagpole for me," Hades said.

When the helicopter circled the oil platform, Hades saw the flag flying on the oil platform, and suddenly became angry.

These helicopters are assigned to the Marine Corps. In terms of legal affiliation, they need to be under the command of Hades. However, the pilots hesitated thinking about the possible consequences of firing.

"That zhèngfǔ fell a long time ago, and they are still flying that flag, so they are terrorists! Think about how many brothers we have fallen under the guns of the enemy under this flag because of this war , This flag is contempt for us, destroy this flag, this is my order!" Hades said.

There is an order from the superior officer. In battle, disobedience is a very serious crime and can be shot at any time. Hearing the roar of Hades from the earphones, it is Hades who happened anyway. Commander, thinking of this, the pilot of the Mi-24 finally stopped hesitating.

Under the nose, the 12.7mm four-barreled "Catlin" machine gun was constantly adjusting the pitch and azimuth angles under the control of the pilot. At the same time, the helicopter also began to hover and hit the flagpole with the machine gun. It was the first time.

The pilot stabilized the fuselage, and at the same time, used the sight to pull out the thin flagpole.

Both heavy anti-tank missiles and rocket pods are operated by the pilots in the rear cabin, and the machine gun is a weapon that the pilots in the front cabin can operate.

Hold on, hold on, and then, the pilot's thumb pressed the launch button.

The four-barreled machine gun spit out flames immediately, and in just a few seconds, the flag fell from the highest point of the drilling platform.

When he heard the voice, Mansouri subconsciously put his head in his hands, and only then did he realize how timid and scared he was.

"We are the Iraqi Marine Corps, and we have come to this oil platform for inspection." After firing the bullets, the Mi-24 began to descend to the flying platform. said the man.

Chapter 938 That's a gold bar!

Hades and his team members are very brave. On a drilling platform, there are about 50 staff members. On one of their helicopters, the standard is eight fighters. Now Hades is added, that is, nine. They The plane landed on the platform without the slightest fear.

This is a civilian facility, so from various aspects, they cannot attack recklessly. However, the flag is too obtrusive, so Hades must destroy it. This can be regarded as a way to establish prestige , Shocked the people on the platform, and besides, with Hades' character, even if he was alone, he would definitely dare to walk around here in a big way. Who would dare to resist these people?

Mansouri and Zade looked at the people falling from the sky and knew that they were in big trouble. Now, the only way is to pretend to be confused and fool these people.