Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 286
2022 3 Month 15 Day.

It was a sunny day, but just as Zhong Cheng woke up, he was spoiled by a piece of news that had just been broadcast.

Just an hour ago, a hostage-taking incident that shocked the world occurred in a small country in the Middle East bordering on the Mediterranean Sea.

At 1 a.m. local time, an unknown group of armed members of extremist organizations hijacked thousands of foreign tourists, including more than 300 Chinese tourists, in the tourist area of ​​the ancient city of the capital of the country.

The gangsters shouted to the outside world and put forward a lot of political and economic demands. They only gave 12 hours for the governments of various countries to consider, otherwise they would execute 100 hostages every day until the governments of various countries agreed.

This blatant act of terrorism immediately caused an uproar all over the world. Governments, major international organizations, and major news media have severely condemned and demanded that the gangsters release the hostages immediately.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible for the gangsters to lay down their weapons by themselves. For the governments of all countries, they must either compromise or rescue them by force.

But only half a day is left for the international community to consider.

In subsequent news interviews, a large number of family members of the hostages began to call for a peaceful resolution of the incident to ensure the safety of the hostages.

The news media is also divided, some support the use of force to solve the problem, and some agree to agree to the conditions of the gangsters to solve the problem peacefully.

On the major social networking platforms, it is even more chaotic.

Celebrities from all walks of life expressed their views on this incident one after another, and the majority of netizens expressed solidarity on various websites, but none of these helped the development of the situation in any substantial way.

According to past history, some media have claimed that this is the largest hostage-taking incident in human history, and it is also the most serious hostage-taking incident.

The number of people and the number of countries involved are unprecedented.

This incident set a precedent for indiscriminate abductions regardless of nationality, race, men, women and children, and it caused a huge psychological blow to human society.

At 07:30 in the morning, Zhong Cheng received a special line call just after breakfast, and the superior department informed him to rush to the capital to attend an emergency meeting as quickly as possible.

At 8:20, when he hurried to the venue on the Bifang No. [-], more than [-] participants had already arrived.

As Zhong Cheng expected, it was indeed an emergency meeting held for the hostage-taking incident in the early morning of this morning to discuss countermeasures.

I wanted him to attend the meeting to consult about weapons and equipment. After all, Red Star Company now provides the most advanced weapons and equipment for the Chinese military, and he is the authority on these weapons and equipment.

Military personnel first reported the details of the incident.

According to the reconnaissance results of the reconnaissance satellite and the analysis of the observations of the on-site personnel, the number of this group of militants is about 1500, and they are well-trained, strictly disciplined, and determined.

Equipped with a large number of automatic rifles, grenades, machine guns, mortars, recoilless guns, rockets for anti-tank and armored vehicles and other weapons.

But this is not a problem. The most troublesome thing is that there are as many as 2478 hostages from various countries in their hands.

These hostages came from dozens of countries, including nearly 800 children, who were gathered after being kidnapped by bandits in more than a dozen hotels in the tourist area of ​​the country's ancient city that night.

During the hostage kidnapping process, the local police voluntarily evacuated the tourist area in order to avoid hostage casualties, and there have been no casualties yet.

There is also a special situation in which the place where the hostages are held is in an ancient temple in the ancient city.

Both the ancient city and its temples are endangered world heritage sites. It is very serious to use knives and guns inside, let alone use heavy weapons such as cannons and planes.

The bandits centered on the ancient temple and built three lines of defense. It is almost an impossible task to quickly disarm the bandits and prevent them from killing the hostages.

After the incident, the governments of major countries have communicated, but the tone is obviously not as tough as it has shown to the outside world.

The meaning revealed by them is obvious, isn't China the largest country in the world now, this kind of matter should be resolved by China, and all consequences will be borne by China.

The latest situation is that the government forces of the country where the incident occurred have blocked the tourist area of ​​the ancient city and are communicating with the gangsters, and there is no next step to deal with it.

After a brief exchange, the participants agreed that no matter what other countries think about this matter, we must take our due responsibilities.

Not for anything else, but for the safety of hundreds of compatriots.

But on whether to use force, the participants were divided.

The reason for opposing the use of force is that we are too far away from the incident site, nearly [-] kilometers away.

Our most advanced fighter planes and transport planes have a cruising radius of about 1 kilometers, which means that they cannot fly back after flying.

Of course, the main objection is that the hostages cannot be rescued safely. If huge casualties are caused, the consequences will be very serious.

There was silence in the conference room. Everyone knew that it would be unacceptable to choose a compromise, which would certainly fuel the arrogance of terrorism.

Afterwards, Huaxia, as the protagonist in resolving the incident, will surely bear enormous pressure from public opinion.

As the world's largest country, it is difficult to bear the responsibility, and everyone feels the deep malice behind the ambiguous attitude of those Western countries.

At this time, Zhong Cheng raised his hand to ask for instructions to speak.

"Leaders, I suggest using force to rescue the hostages!"

Time was urgent, Zhong Cheng expressed his opinion straight to the point.

"My suggestion is based on two points. First, although it is [-] kilometers from the capital to the incident site, we can make transfer preparations at the airport in the XJ area. The distance will be reduced to half, and our fighter planes can go back and forth."

"Secondly, our army has formed the first special mech division. After more than half a year of training, it has the ability to actually fight. I think the goal can be achieved by using the mecha division to rescue the hostages."

"Wow!"

Zhong Cheng's suggestion lifted the spirits of the participants, and everyone still remembers the wonderful performance of the White Tiger Mech and the Tiger Guardian Mech Warrior last year.

It's only half a year since the formation of the mech unit, can it complete such a difficult task?
This is China's new type of armed force that is strictly kept secret. It is the first public appearance under insufficient preparation. If there is any mistake, it will lose face!
Finally, the meeting voted, and the participants voted overwhelmingly to approve Zhong Cheng's proposal to rescue the hostages by force.

Compared with the safety of compatriots and the stability of human society, face is nothing!
It was already 10:6 am when the meeting ended, and there were still more than [-] hours before the culprit asked for a reply.

After Zhong Cheng left the venue, he worked out a detailed rescue plan with the military personnel. At the same time, the First Division of Huaxia Special Mecha deployed on the outskirts of the capital was already gathering urgently.

At 1:[-] p.m., Zhong Cheng took Bifang [-] to a large military airport in XJKS together with several military leaders.

This will be the starting point for the rescue operation.

The military intelligence personnel reported that because the governments of various countries did not express their views, the bandits who took the hostages made another public live broadcast speech, announcing that the first batch of hostages would be executed in three hours, that is, at 3:4 Beijing time.

According to the analysis of the intelligence agencies, they should not be alarmist.

A large number of countries headed by Western powers have publicly appealed not to use force to rescue the hostages, but to resolve this incident by peaceful means.

Because the Huaxia government did not make public its position, it became the focus of public opinion for a while!

(End of this chapter)