On October 16, 2020, at 6 a.m. local time in Tanzania, 15 hours after the kidnapping, the 164th Land Brigade Assault Battalion and the Special Forces Brigade quietly landed in a military base in Tanzania in the morning light of Africa after a long-distance flight of more than ten hours.

The 164th Brigade Marines, who had already painted their bodies in yellowish brown, were out one after another. If you didn't carefully distinguish your eyes, you wouldn't be able to tell how different it was from the local Tanzanian blacks.

Liu Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the hostage rescue operation code-named "Iron Fist", stepped out of the cabin, squinted his eyes and adapted to the strong light outside the cabin, then shook his stiff neck a few times. He looked at the dusty field airport, rows of Tanzanian soldiers with guns and ammunition surrounded the entire field airport. Not far away, a group of Tanzanian soldiers surrounded an officer wearing the rank of colonel and was coming quickly.

When he saw the other party's style, Liu Cheng guessed that this officer should be Colonel Lazaro, the Supreme Military Chief of Tanzanian Military in Mpanda mentioned by the General Staff.

The visitor quickly walked to Liu Cheng. He glanced at Liu Cheng's epaulette and then gave Colonel Liu Cheng a very standard PLA military salute, "This must be Colonel Liu, welcome you to the beautiful Tanzania!" What surprised Liu Cheng was that this Tanzanian colonel could speak fluent Chinese, "I am Colonel Lazaro, the commander of the Mpanda garrison, and I am ordered to cooperate with your operation."

In addition to his different skin color, Colonel Liu Cheng felt that Lazaro had almost no difference from his colleagues in the People's Liberation Army. Due to the haste time, Liu Cheng knew very little about this Tanzanian officer who was about to fight with him. In fact, as Lazaro, who had been in the Chinese Army Academy for four years, was one of the backbone forces trained by China for the Tanzanian People's Defense Force.

Being able to meet such a foreign soldier like China and familiar military salute made Colonel Liu Cheng, who had been tense, suddenly feel a little intimate. He raised his hand and quickly returned the salute, then stretched out his hands and held tightly with the Tanzanian soldier, "Hello, Colonel Lazaro! I am Liu Cheng, deputy commander of the 164th Land War Brigade of the People's Liberation Army. This matter has caused you trouble!"

"No, no, Colonel Liu, it was because I had dereliction of duty that such a regrettable incident happened." Colonel Lazaro shook his head and said with some shame, "It is because we have limited abilities and have no responsibilities."

Seeing Colonel Lazaro in front of him feel ashamed as if a student had done something wrong, Colonel Liu Cheng couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart, and he added a little bit of favor to Lazaro. It is undoubtedly a very happy thing to meet a partner who has a good impression of China, especially in a foreign country where he is unfamiliar with his own place.

"Col. Lazaro, this is not your fault," said Liu Cheng. During the long flight, Liu Cheng took time to understand the Tanzanian military. As one of the least developed countries in the world, although Tanzania has a land area of ​​nearly one million square kilometers, the total strength of the Tanzanian People's Defense Force is only more than 30,000. The equipment and combat power of the entire Tanzanian People's Defense Force is not as good as that of a PLA aircraft and infantry brigade. The main combat power is about 100 Type 59 tanks and more than 40 J-6/J-7 fighter jets. The annual military expenditure is only more than 100 US dollars. It is very good to ensure that the country is not eroded by neighboring countries. To be honest, it is not enough to effectively protect its border security, and most border areas are almost unprepared.

Because of this, Tanzania seems so concerned about China's reorganization of two aircraft brigades based on its future mineral resource revenue and providing 30 new Foxconn fighter jets. They cannot support a huge army like the chaotic Congo, and can only provide the quality of the army to maintain a strong deterrent to neighboring countries.

"Now let's see how to solve this problem," Liu Cheng turned the topic to the point of being in a blazing situation. "According to our plan, this operation requires the Tanzanian People's Defense Force to cover up. I wonder if the guide who is in military uniforms and a tribal language in English and Congo is ready?"

This is the issue that Liu Cheng is most concerned about at present. In order not to alert the enemy in advance, the assault battalion and special brigade of the 164th Land War Brigade will disguise themselves as opportunities for the Tanzanian People's Defense Force to wait for action before the operation.

"Col. Liu, I'm ready all of these," said Colonel Lazaro. "1,000 sets of combat camouflage uniforms are in the barracks. In order to cooperate with the PLA's actions, we selected 50 outstanding soldiers who speak Chinese and Swahili as the PLA's guides and followed the PLA to operate together. In Tanganyika Province on the other side of our shores, most tribes mainly use Swahili as the communication language."

It seems that Colonel Lazaro is still relatively reliable in his work. After accepting the mission assigned by the People's Defense Forces Command, he prepared all this in just about ten hours. Compared with the casualness that Africans are used to, Colonel Lazaro obviously did not waste time in China's Army Academy. What is particularly rare is that he also found 50 Chinese-speaking soldiers. Although due to the decades of hard work in Tanzania, Chinese has also developed in Tanzania. With the introduction of China's African development strategy, the Chinese market has soared and become the first foreign language for Tanzania in addition to English, but as a remote area of ​​Mpanda, it is not easy to find such Chinese-speaking soldiers.

"Thank you so much! Colonel Lazaro, thank you!" Liu Cheng couldn't help but feel overjoyed when he heard Lazaro say this. On the way he came, what he was most worried about was language issues. Although the 164th Land War Brigade also organized officers and soldiers to study English in order to adapt to the needs of modern warfare, there were still few officers and soldiers who could communicate in English. When he heard that Tanzania was speaking a dialect in English, Liu Cheng felt even more upset, worried that he would become a blind man and deaf man after coming to Tanzania.

He never expected that not only did he meet a fluent Chinese Colonel Tanzania, they also prepared dozens of Chinese-speaking guides. It can be said that the biggest problem has been solved now. Although the number of tribal armed forces in the Congo was large, in Liu Cheng's eyes, with the Marines who have been tempered for thousands of times, these were just a group of native chickens and tiles. However, they were not clear about the hostage situation, and Liu Cheng was afraid to act without permission.

Once the hostages are found out, once the opponent's defense has a loophole and gives Liu Cheng a chance, Liu Cheng will take decisive action and thunder attack.

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