"… The rescue was successful?"
When Jiang Chen brought up the holographic screen of the watch and threw the window in front of Natasha, Natasha was taken aback.
"Didn't you give me a list last night?" Jiang Chen reminded her with a smile.
Natasha's green eyes widened as she stared at Jiang Chen in disbelief. "This … this fast?"
Ayesha's mouth curved up proudly and she didn't speak.
However, the eyes that could speak vividly portrayed the pride she wanted to express.
"We are a private company. We pay more attention to efficiency than tactics." Jiang Chen smiled, removed the holographic screen, and put away the watch. "Now you can rest assured that the most critical person has been saved. Our people will transfer him to a safe place. Whether to withdraw from the country or move to other places to continue the work, the rest of the troublesome matters will be left to your people. "
If Mario was caught, all the Russian spies and informants in Kiev wouldn't be able to sleep. Even if he was a man, he wouldn't confess a single word under torture. Those informants who didn't know if they would be exposed or not had a high chance of becoming informants and betraying the Kane government.
Once this happened, it would be a heavy loss for the Russian Security Service. At the same time, Russia's national image would be shrouded in a shadow of disgrace due to the spy scandal.
Speaking of which, these Ghost Agents were originally sent by Jiang Chen to Kane to find her. However, they didn't have time to be useful in finding people. Skanov, who escaped from the Willie Society, told Jiang Chen the location of the meeting.
"The Russian Security Service owes you a favor." Natasha looked into Jiang Chen's eyes and said sincerely.
"What about you?" Jiang Chen half-joked.
"Me?" Natasha's mouth curved up as she looked at Jiang Chen with a smile. "I already gave you my entire person. What else do you want?"
They successfully crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. When they passed the Russian checkpoint, Ayesha showed her identification to the guard at the checkpoint and was quickly allowed to pass. The group stopped in a small Russian town next to the border. Jiang Chen found a local restaurant and ordered a table full of dishes.
No one seemed to know his face in this remote part of Moscow, and the fact that he was an Oriental was more of a surprise to them than to his identity. Usually, most of the people who came here were Russians who fled from Ukraine. There were no tourist attractions here, and there were no foreigners at all.
There were very few customers in the shop, and a sumptuous lunch was quickly served on the table.
The rice in the basket was harder and more salty than what he ate in Moscow. The borscht in the bowl was also fresher. Finally, the stew soup that was served was incomparably fragrant. Just looking at it was enough to make one's appetite rise.
After the three of them finished their lunch, Jiang Chen left the cash on the table and didn't bother to wait for the boss to get change. The extra money was a tip for him. He turned around and returned to the car before they continued on their journey.
After crossing the border, Jiang Chen felt his entire body relax. Although they were in a hurry, because they were now on the Russian side, the three no longer had to worry about being caught by the Ukrainian army. Ayesha could naturally slow down her driving speed.
If everything went smoothly, the three should be able to reach Voronezh, the capital of Lipetsk, before dark. There was an international airport there, and Jiang Chen's private jet had already flown there from Moscow.
Because there was always a bad feeling lingering in his heart, Jiang Chen didn't want to stay here for a moment longer. He planned to get on the plane back home tomorrow morning. Even the original plan to visit the military base established by the First and Second Orbital Airborne Brigade was canceled.
As for Natasha, she had to go back to Moscow first.
When she repeatedly swore that she would never do something stupid like putting herself in danger again, Jiang Chen decided to believe her.
While in the car, Jiang Chen received a long-distance call from Ivan.
After the news that Celestial Trade deployed two orbital airborne brigades in Ukraine spread, it caused an uproar in the international community. The European Union and the UA expressed shock and doubt about the space elevator being used for military purposes, but they didn't react much to Celestial Trade's cooperation with Russia in the civil war in Ukraine.
After all, the latter was only a strategic interest, and the former was related to national security.
The UA immediately sent an additional airborne brigade and two B2 bombers to the military base in Guam on the grounds of strategic balance. However, this move didn't cause dissatisfaction in Xin, but it stimulated Hua, which was also in the Asia-Pacific region.
"Let them deploy, don't pay attention to them. If they don't show off their muscles, they can't explain to their own people. As for the strategic threat? When we can turn the Capitol and the Statue of Liberty into ruins in ten minutes, even if they send an armored division to Guam, it won't pose a threat to us. If you overreact now, it will make them nervous. Ignore them, they will deploy their forces. As long as they don't cross the line, we'll pretend we didn't see anything. "After listening to Ivan's report, Jiang Chen laughed.
"Then should I withdraw the Guardian-class frigates cruising between Pannu Islands and Guam?" Ivan asked.
"How about this … send four Guardian-class frigates to conduct live-fire military exercises in the waters near Ange Island to demonstrate the high-precision long-range strike capability of our Type-50 electromagnetic pulse cannon. We can't completely ignore them. We also have to show off our muscles to at least reassure the people. But don't provoke them. As for landing drills, there's no need. "
"Roger!"
Ivan's answer was crisp.
He had always strictly executed Jiang Chen's orders and never made decisions that he wasn't sure about. These strengths were what made Jiang Chen feel the most reassured about him. As a commander, he should have his own opinions, but he also had to distinguish the primary and secondary relationship between his opinions and orders.
What Jiang Chen needed wasn't a general who could fight well, but a general who could execute his orders without hesitation. As for the combat effectiveness of the army, it could be made up for with high-tech equipment. Did civilized people need Sun Tzu's Art of War to fight the aborigines?
As long as they didn't provoke a full-scale war with the superpowers that no one could afford, Jiang Chen never considered the possibility of losing.
When the sun was about to set, the group finally arrived at the city of Voronezh. After finding a hotel to stay in, Jiang Chen wanted to call General Nikolaev to tell him that his daughter was safe, but the phone rang for a long time and didn't get through, so he had to give up. Then Jiang Chen called the head of the Russian Security Service and told him that he was now in Voronezh, then he hung up the phone.
After checking into the hotel, Natasha immediately rushed into the bathroom. She hadn't taken a shower for three days, so she naturally couldn't hold it in. Ayesha called the front desk for Jiang Chen and called a dining car upstairs. Then she skillfully checked whether there were any listening devices in the room.
Jiang Chen, who had nothing to do, sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.
The TV happened to be showing the international news channel.
And the content was exactly yesterday morning, what happened more than 300 kilometers away in Ukraine.
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