After six hours of trekking, twelve minibuses, under the escort of a group of soldiers, traversed more than 300 kilometers, passing through three cities, a plain, and a river. Finally, they arrived at the border city of Onoko.
Onoko was a small city with only tens of thousands of people.
It was only three kilometers away from another country in the west, Nigeria. Perhaps the two countries were poor. In this place, there was no prosperity of border cities, and commercial exchanges were limited to agricultural products.
What separated the two countries was a river.
This was a river branched from Lake Tchad, the fourth largest freshwater lake in the interior of Africa. The river was hundreds of meters wide, with Nigeria on the left and Antiman on the right.
The soldiers who escorted more than 300 Hua Xia employees quickly evacuated most of the soldiers after arriving at Onoko, leaving only two pickup trucks to escort them to the river.
It was not until this moment that the hearts of more than 300 Hua Xia employees calmed down.
After more than ten minutes, the team finally arrived at the river.
On the river that crossed the two countries, there was only one steel bridge built in the early stages of World War II. The bridge was built by the colonists, the French, and had a history of 86 years. The bridge was very narrow and could only accommodate a single truck. Since the outbreak of the war in Antiman, the bridge had been blocked by the two countries, and no one would let the people set foot on the bridge.
On the other side of Antiman, there were twenty blue-helmeted soldiers with machine guns stationed in the fortress. These fortresses also had a long history. Two mushroom-like defensive fortresses were erected on the bridge, one on the left and one on the right. Seeing the twelve minibuses, several soldiers immediately ran out of the fortress and stopped the minibuses with guns, shouting something in their mouths.
Seeing this scene, on the other side of the bridge. Another wave of people belonging to the territory of Nigeria, one by one, showed a fierce look.
On the other side of the steel bridge, there were twenty minibuses and five off-road vehicles to meet the team. These minibuses were marked with Chinese banners, such as "Welcome home.", "Colleagues have worked hard.", "Hua Xia Construction Seventh Bureau takes you home.", "Monster Industries wishes everyone a safe journey.", and other blessings.
The bridge was straight and only a few hundred meters long. The people who were anxiously waiting for the Hua Xia workers to cross the bridge could clearly see the humiliation that the three hundred plus Hua Xia compatriots were suffering.
Among these people, there were staff members of the embassy in Nigeria, special agents who flew in from China, senior leaders of the Seven Bureaus of Construction to which more than 300 employees belonged, Ye Qing, and General Maups's right-hand man, Buzz. Wasn't everyone gathered here to pick up these three hundred employees and send them home?
"Lawless, truly lawless." Liu Dongde, the deputy director of the Seventh Department of Construction, was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out. "That's the Blue Helmets organization, right? Do you believe that when my employees come back, I'll get two excavators from here to dig this bridge?"
"Calm down. Let's wait for our comrades to return." Zhang Huaidong, Ambassador to Nigeria, gritted his teeth. "These people can't do anything. Don't look at how happy they are now. In the future, they will understand that arrogance comes with a price. "
"Leaders, don't be angry." Buzz, who was on the side, smiled in fluent Chinese and said, "General Maups is responsible for the contact to pick up your people and send them home. Now, seeing that the Blue Helmets are going back on their word, detaining and demanding ransom, our General Maups is also very angry. "
"This kind of trivial matter doesn't need to be done by the leaders. Wait until tomorrow night, General Maups will send a team directly over and shoot Rocket bombs at them across the river, destroying the bridge and the fortress."
Buzz and General Maups are now with Ye Qing. They naturally have to give face to the leaders of Hua Xia.
"How can this be? Can't we solve the problem in a civilized way?" Zhang Huaidong, Ambassador to Nigeria, waved his hand again and again. "Rocket bombs from the Nigerian side are easy to cause misunderstanding between the two countries and diplomatic disputes."
"Then I'll let them take a boat downstream at night and shoot directly on the land of Antiman?" Buzz laughed. "The other party must think it was done by the government forces."
Ambassador Zhang Huaidong said that it was best to solve the problem in a civilized way, but his face was a bad encouragement of "you shoot a few more bombs."
In the angry waiting, the twelve minibuses on the other side were still not released.
The people in the two escorting pickup trucks and the soldiers at the assistant bridge whispered to each other for a while. From time to time, they looked at the other side of the river. Just as Ye Qing was about to ask Buzz to bring his men over to ask, two soldiers came from the opposite side.
They did not carry guns and came over hesitantly. They asked in unskilled English, "Are you the team that came to pick up this group of Hua Xia employees?"
"In order to escort you, we sent ten military vehicles. And this bridge has been closed to traffic for a long time. Please pay the escort fee of 20,000 US dollars. "
"You … f * cking …" Buzz directly flipped out in Chinese, and then quickly switched to the local language. He gritted his teeth and said, "Very good, 20,000 US dollars, right? I will give you this money, and you will let them go immediately. "
After that, Buzz turned back to his Toyota off-road vehicle and stuffed two stacks of US dollars into the hands of the two soldiers.
The two soldiers ran at the speed of sprinting, with some unbelievable ecstasy on their faces.
The roadblock was removed, and the twelve minibuses finally set foot on the steel bridge.
At this moment, everyone's heart was pounding. An indescribable emotion suddenly replaced the previous anger.
Finally, they were safe.
When the first minibus passed through the bridge and came to the other side, it came to dozens of Hua Xia compatriots who greeted them. In the minibus, dozens of Hua Xia employees, who had not said a word, with deep fatigue and vigilance on their faces, suddenly covered their mouths and cried bitterly without any warning.
In the midst of crying, their eyes were rejuvenated. They quickly and orderly rushed down from the minibus. After seeing familiar faces and hearing familiar language, they immediately rushed to the crowd and hugged together. The crowd who greeted them also involuntarily shed tears.
This group of men with an average age of more than thirty-five hugged together, patted each other's back, and choked with blessings.
The second one …
The third one …
One after another, the minibuses drove from the other side. On the wide river, hundreds of people soon gathered. Most of them were Hua Xia faces. In the team, Ye Qing also saw Zhang Huaidong, the ambassador in Nigeria, hugged Mr. Yu Yong, the ambassador in Antiman, like lovers who had not seen each other for several years, affectionately hugged each other.
It was he who bore most of the threats and pressures alone. It was he who always kept himself from falling into a panic. He had been dealing with the Blue Helmet organization and trying to protect the safety of everyone in the team.
"I'm back!" Ambassador Yu Yong hugged Zhang Huaidong and shouted loudly, his voice full of pride. "Old Zhang, I came back safely."
"What do you want to eat for lunch? You tell me." Zhang Huaidong also shouted, "I have moved all the Maotai in the embassy to the car. We will not leave until we drink it all today."
Ambassador Yu Yong laughed out loud, then released the hug and quickly walked in front of Ye Qing.
Ye Qing and his hands were tightly held together, and then they hugged each other.
"Mr. Ye, I can't thank you enough for your kindness."
"You're welcome. This is what I should do." Ye Qing's eyes were also filled with tears. In such a scene, under the cheers and celebrations of so many compatriots, he had a kind of pride and luck as a descendant of Yan Huang.
"Everyone listen to me."
After a long time, Ambassador Zhang Huaidong in Nigeria shouted, "Compatriots, across the street from our embassy, there is the best French hotel in Nigeria. Now the whole hotel has been booked by us. More than a dozen chefs are on standby. Two hundred pounds of seafood, more than a dozen boxes of Maotai and red wine are on the table. Let's destroy them together! "
There was a sudden cheer in the crowd.
It was not suitable to stay here for a long time, and no one wanted to stay for a long time.
Everyone wiped their tears and cheered into dozens of minibuses.
Just as everyone got into the car and the team started. Suddenly, the minibus at the end of the line turned around.
This minibus was a little different. All its windows were opaque black glass, and there were no signs on the body. The minibus did not open the door from beginning to end.
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