Hundreds of corpses of Santa Ita's militants were abandoned in the valley, where they would become food for crows and wolves. The convoy passed through the canyon and continued on. In this battle, several armed personnel from the White Rock Tribe died, and two agents from the 101st Bureau also died. This is inevitable. As long as there is a war, people will die. This is actually the best ending. If it weren't for Xia Lei and the sniper rifle he personally modified, everyone would die here and no one would be able to leave this valley alive.
Brad and his men abandoned a pickup truck, one leading the way and one behind. This is the advantage of paying. Although more than half of them have been killed or injured, they still have to play the dual role of protectors and guides. However, this is not because of their credibility, but because they still have half a million dollars yet to arrive.
Tang Yuyan drove behind the armed pickup truck at the front. In addition to looking at the road, she would occasionally glance at Xia Lei sitting in the passenger seat. She didn't know why, but every time she looked at Xia Lei, she would think of Xia Lei's butt and what she saw between his legs. Therefore, she always blushed, embarrassed and shy for no reason.
Xia Lei didn't notice this. He held a map and looked at it, looking for the destination. The map is Tang Yuyan's map, with a circle drawn on it with a red marker. The location is deep in the Bamiyan Canyon, about 150 kilometers away from the world-famous Bamiyan Giant Buddha. The place marked by the circle is the destination of this rescue operation. At the current speed, if nothing happens, we can arrive by dark.
"There are fewer and fewer people. If we can't go back the way we came, how will we go back?" Xia Lei broke the silence in the car.
Tang Yuyan said: "You don't need to worry about this kind of thing. Didn't I tell you? There are several plans for every action, and this time is no exception. If we can't return from the original route, we can start from Wakhan Corridor to return home. Afghanistan borders our land and the Wakhan Corridor is also the ancient Silk Road. We can go back from there."
"Oh." Xia Lei just responded lightly. His eyes fell on the map again, scanning the place names one by one, and he was secretly thinking, "My dad must know that I came to Afghanistan. He may even know that I have come to Afghanistan." Knowing that I participated in the battle, would he take the initiative to show up to meet me? If he didn't show up, where would he be... "
These questions troubled him.
"You seem to be worried. What are you thinking about?" Tang Yuyan asked tentatively.
Xia Lei put away the map and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I'm thinking about how to waste Brad's half a million US dollars."
Tang Yuyan shook her head, "We can't lose credibility, otherwise who will work for us in the future? Even if we don't return from the original route, I will pay the remaining five hundred thousand US dollars. We are not short of money, we are only short of friends." Then, she rolled her eyes at Xia Lei and said, "Are you really a miser? Are all businessmen like this?"
Xia Lei just smiled. His purpose was just to divert Tang Yuyan's attention, and he obviously did it.
Just then, the machine gunner on the pickup truck in front suddenly shouted, looking panicked. Xia Lei couldn't understand what he said, but Tang Yuyan exclaimed, "UAV of the US military!"
Xia Lei was immediately startled. He stuck his head out of the car window and looked up. Sure enough, a flying object appeared in the sky, with a height of about three thousand meters. The machine gunner who discovered him could only see a vague shape, but Xia Lei saw everything about it clearly. It was a US military Predator carrying two Hellfire air-to-surface missiles. He even saw clearly the stars and stripes on the Predator's body, as well as the number and number of the army unit to which it belonged.
What is coming will always come. This is a battlefield dominated by the US military. After the failure of last night's operation, some people will definitely not give up.
"Down with it!" Tang Yuyan gave the order decisively.
An agent from the 101st Bureau climbed out of a Ford Raptor behind him, carrying a Crossbow shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile on his shoulder.
The predator in the sky suddenly increased in height and flew sideways.
"It's gone." The voice of the 101st Bureau agent came over the communicator, "I haven't had time to lock it."
Tang Yuyan said: "Stay in the carriage and stay alert to prevent it from coming back again."
UAVs do not fly very fast, and once locked, it is difficult to escape the fate of being shot down. The person controlling the Predator must have noticed the situation on the ground and then avoided it.
Xia Lei frowned, "Its purpose does not seem to be to attack us. It actually had a chance to launch missiles, but it didn't. It might be spying on us."
"Those guys are really lingering. They attacked us blatantly last night. Do they really think we are easy to bully? If it dares to show up again, I will shoot it down." Tang Yuyan's brows had a trace of evil spirit.
Xia Lei didn't say anything. He looked at the sky, looking worried.
When things developed to this point, he became increasingly certain that he had been targeted by the American CIA. The mysterious armed men last night and the predator just now were all aimed at him. The Predator just now didn't fire the Hellfire missiles on the bomb rack. That was definitely not a sign of mercy from the CIA, but they didn't want a burnt corpse, but wanted to capture someone alive!
Thinking of this, a familiar face suddenly appeared in Xia Lei's mind, and he sighed in his heart, "Cia wants to arrest me, I wonder if she is involved?"
She, Liang Siyao, was a woman he was destined to never forget in his life.
If Liang Siyao also participated in this operation and met on the battlefield, would she shoot him
The Predator did not appear again. The Flying Crossbow shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile was not a slingshot. If it dared to appear again, it would definitely become a pile of scrap metal. However, Xia Lei believed that even if the Predator didn't come for reconnaissance, CIA would definitely have his whereabouts at this moment through the US military satellite system.
The rest of the journey was much calmer, and no unusual conditions were encountered until dark.
"Ahead is the ruins of the Bamiyan Buddha." Brad's voice came from the communicator, "Let's take a rest there. Our car needs some gas and we need to eat something."
Tang Yuyan responded to him, "Okay, let's rest in front for half an hour."
The convoy stopped in a clearing on the side of the road. Xia Lei got out of the car with his sniper rifle. He never left the gun without it, and he always carried a large box of ammunition in his backpack. Only in this way can he feel a sense of security in this land.
The Bamiyan Buddha is right in front of you, but it is no longer a majestic and sacred huge Buddha statue, but a pile of broken stones. Only from the mountain can you still see the grotto housing the Buddha statue, which is very spectacular.
The armed men of the Baishi Tribe began to get busy. They refueled their vehicles, added water to the water tanks, and some took out food to distribute food. The agents of Bureau 101 were not idle either. Some were checking the condition of vehicles and weapons and equipment, while others were taking out dry food and distributing it to others.
Xia Lei also received a portion, which was a bag of high-calorie beef jerky and a bottle of mineral water. After taking the food, he walked towards the ruins of the Bamiyan Buddhas. The injury on his butt had not healed, and his walking posture seemed a bit awkward.
"What are you going to do?" Tang Yuyan looked at Xia Lei curiously.
Xia Lei looked back at her and said, "That's convenient. Do you have any questions?"
Tang Yuyan smiled and said, "No problem, just be careful and don't get bitten by a snake or something, and then you won't be able to do anything convenient."
Xia Lei, "..."
The two of them became more and more familiar, and the scale of their jokes became larger and larger.
Xia Lei solved the problem behind a rock and continued towards the ruins of the Bamiyan Buddhas. He was not a devout Buddhist, but the ancient and vicissitudes of the Bamiyan Buddha ruins aroused his curiosity. This is a miracle with a history of more than 1,500 years. Since he passed by here, he had to go and see it.
The two giant Buddhas are 400 meters apart, one in the east and one in the west. The one in the east was completely destroyed by the bombing, and the one in the west was also riddled with holes. However, the trunk is still left, and the Buddha's body can be seen in front of it.
Xia Lei walked towards the big Buddha in the west. Arriving at the foot of the Buddha, he looked up at the body of the Buddha without its head, and his heart was filled with awe. People 1,500 years ago created this miracle with their hands and hammers, but the armed men of Santa Ita destroyed it with explosives. Why can't one belief accommodate other beliefs
After watching quietly for a while, Xia Lei withdrew his gaze and prepared to return to the convoy. But just as he was about to leave, a white thing stuck to the sole of the Buddha's foot came into his sight.
It was a piece of chewed gum.
Who is so wicked as to do such an unqualified thing
However, it was the piece of chewing gum stuck to the feet of the Buddha that made Xia Lei excited. While in Peshawar, the Russian woman delivered a message from her father to him using chewing gum. Suddenly I saw chewed gum again in this deserted place. What this meant was already obvious!
Xia Lei followed and pulled off the chewing gum stuck to the Buddha's feet. He squeezed it gently, and there was indeed a hard roll hidden inside. He followed the chewing gum and found the note hidden inside.
After unfolding the note, a familiar handwriting suddenly came into Xia Lei's sight: Why didn't you listen to my advice and insist on coming to Afghanistan? You have been targeted by the CIA, and they will not let you go. Your destination is the tribe of the White Huns, the Fire Worshiping Tribe. I know that I can no longer stop you from going to that place. When you get there, leave your friends behind and I will let Elena meet you.
The handwriting on this note is that of his father Xia Changhe.
Xia Lei looked around, and the ability of his left eye was instantly activated. The darkness had no impact on his vision at all. At this moment, he could even see the scorpion crawling on the gravel a thousand meters away. However, he only didn't see his father Xia Changhe and the blond Russian girl Yelena.
"Hey! Are you done?" Tang Yuyan's voice came, "It's time for us to set off!"
"Come right away!" Xia Lei responded, turned around and walked towards the motorcade.
This time he ate the note, but didn't eat the piece of gum. He just threw it into the crevice of the rock.
The tribe of the White Huns, what kind of place is that