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Chapter 354: The hostages are finally released

When the world's eyes gathered on the battlefield between Iraq and Iraq again, many military strategists discovered that the operation of the Northern Military Region in Iraq was a bit rash, and it was like walking on thin ice, and it was dangerous at any time.

At the beginning, the Iraqis advanced straight into the Iranian plateau, obtained the Western Islamic Abad advance base, and advanced to Bakhtaran, which was very smooth.

Suddenly, the Iranian Air Force broke the dream of Iraq's rapid attack. They blew up the bridge of logistics supplies, bombed the Iraqi army, and fought with the Iraqi air force for air supremacy over Bakhtaran. Everything seemed to be the Iranians who were interested in letting the other side in and eating all the tens of thousands of Iraqi troops.

Especially among these tens of thousands of troops, there is also the pride of Iraq and the Republic Guard!

In contrast, the previous hijacking incident that was very popular has paid less attention to it.

News loses its value over time.

However, the United States is still working hard.

Although the weapon was wrong, they were their only choice at present. Although this evil result had already emerged, the Iraqi army suffered losses.

Without weapons being sent to Iran, Iran would not have had such a big impact on Iraq's offensive.

The United States is not a savior, they have no guilt at all. They are now just paying attention to the direction of the Iran-Iraq War and, according to the interests of the United States, do this situation.

"It seems that Iraq's attack is a bit rash," said Weinberg.

Others despise them a little, you should know. It was a few days ago that Weinberg was still begging President Saddam for having the courage to send troops to capture the Iranian plateau and obtain a base for advance.

"Indeed, Iraq is in trouble this time." Bush also said: "If Iraq's tens of thousands of troops were destroyed by Iran, Khomeini would be even more arrogant. That guy might take advantage of the victory and fight to Baghdad! This is not in our interest."

"Yes, we should send the Iranian intelligence we obtained to Baghdad through secret channels. They need our help," said Weinberg.

"Yes, we must extend a hand of friendship to help Iraq. This time, we are going to discuss whether to agree to the request of the little Kusai guy in Iraq and sell these things to Iraq." President Reagan said, bringing out the report handed over by Northrop.

This Kusai is really good at finding people! Now, Northrop has become the spokesperson for Iraq's arms sales.

Others also read it, and the things they wanted were really complete.

Originally, in order to help Iraq deal with Iran, the advanced sparrow missiles had been provided to the other party, but the other party was still not satisfied and put forward so many conditions.

That gem road bomb, Maverick ground missile, is already quite a lot, but the other party even needs the F-20 engine and radar production line!

"In fact, providing this kind of ground attack weapon is beyond our imagination. As for the production lines of engines and radars, it is even more impossible." James said. "An Iraq that can produce fighter jets completely independently will become a major power in the Middle East. They are not fully following our footsteps at the moment, and we cannot do this."

Reagan nodded: "Then let Northrop discuss it, and sell it to him at most. However, the number must be controlled within thirty." The missiles were gone after they were used up, so even the advanced point was not very terrible.

They have no idea that in Iraq, there is currently a country's experts busy, and the biggest feature of this country is that they can copy everything!

"The other thing is that our remaining hostages must be found this time!" Reagan said.

"His Excellency President, I have a very diplomatic person under my command. Why not let him go to Tehran in person to negotiate with Khomeini," said Poindexter.

"Who?" Reagan asked.

"It's McFarlane, the President has seen this man," said Poindexter.

In later generations, McFarlane, one of the protagonists of the Iranian Gate, finally stepped onto the stage of history. Although history has changed and he has not yet become a new assistant for national security affairs, he still began to run around in this matter.

Reagan has a very good impression of this person. He is a good diplomatic talent. More importantly, he has not entered the core of the government now, and even if something happens in the future, he can be pushed out.

The hostage issue cannot be delayed anymore.

"Okay, let him go to negotiate." Reagan agreed: "Even if we export more to Iran, we must completely resolve this incident."

That arms dealer, this matter was not done well, and I hope McFarlane can completely solve the problem.

Tehran Airport, inside the 832nd Boeing 707 flight of TWA.

It was the 28th day since the hijacking incident. During this period, every hostage in the plane was suffering.

At the beginning, they still had hope. When they watched the hostages walk out of the cabin, they were also very excited. They hoped that it would be their turn next time, and the second time, a large number of women left. They thought, it was their turn, right?

However, they did not surprise them, and they were still in the cabin. These people who were originally dressed and had a decent job have now become embarrassed.

They didn't take a bath for a month, and they were covered in stinky smell. Every day they only had a small piece of bread and a small saliva. They were all weak and could not resist the two hijackers at all.

At this time, the hijacker was gnawing a roast lamb leg, which was sent by the Iranians who confronted them below. They were very surprised that the hijackers are so relaxed now that the Iranians below can rescue them. Unlike now, they still give so much food to the hijackers, which is as good as a family.

They smelled the fragrance but did not dare to say anything. The day before yesterday, a hungry hostage begged the hijacker for more food, but was beaten up by the other party, as if they had a grudge against them.

The crew members in front were treated better, each person could eat two pieces of bread a day. This was also because in case of emergencies, they could take off urgently, so that the crew members were given special care.

The stench filled the body, but the two hijackers were eating and drinking without hesitation. They were very satisfied with their achievements.

The armed personnel in the airport are not so confronting the hijackers, but rather protecting them and preventing them from being attacked by American special forces. This can also be seen from their defensive formation that the personnel on the inside are scattered and without any security, while outside are tightly arranged, with several m60 tanks and gun barrels facing outwards.

Suddenly, the radio inside the plane sounded again.

The captain handed the headset to the hijacker. The tall hijacker picked up the hijacker and communicated for a long time in Persian that they couldn't understand. The language was very intense. The captain looked at him and guessed his unknown fate.

Finally, the hijacker put down the phone and said unwillingly: "Your government has agreed to our request. Now, you can leave."

Really free? After experiencing the process of hope, disappointment, hope, and disappointment, everyone is a little reluctant to believe that this is true.

They looked out of the porthole and there were already several passenger cars waiting for them.

The previous few times, this kind of bus picked up the released person.

Really free?

Many of them cried with joy. This freedom came too hard. However, compared with the last hostage incident at the Iranian embassy, ​​they were lucky. The last time the hostages were detained for more than a year.

The cabin door opened, and the hostage walked off the plane carefully one after another. Several people, because they were too weak and had a frivolous step, stayed in the cabin for nearly a month, and finally breathed the fresh air outside again!

When they got on the bus, they saw an American of the same nationality as them, looked at them with a smile and said, "My brothers, you have suffered. Now, I will take you home with you."

This person is McFarlane.

As an American, McFarlane is proud of his country and is willing to go through fire and water for his country.

Therefore, after receiving this task, McFarlane, regardless of his personal safety, came to Tehran in person under the recommendation of the Israelis to negotiate with Khomeini.

After agreeing to many conditions of Khomeini, the hostage incident finally came to an end. The United States will provide Iran with three ships of arms, including spare parts for various fighter jets, various air-to-air missiles, and various army weapons and ammunition, with a total value of over 100 million US dollars.

McFarlane agreed to these conditions and did not belong to him to collect these weapons, but he had to ensure that he would get all the hostages out and not leave them for the hijackers to blackmail the US government again.

So, no matter how many weapons there were, McFarlane agreed, but the condition he proposed was to release the hostage first and then deliver the goods!

The cargo ship is around the Port of Abbas outside the Persian Gulf. Iranians can first pedal the cargo ship to check whether these weapons are true, and then release the hostages so that the cargo ship can dock and hand over the weapons to the Iranians.

Otherwise, even if the cargo ship explodes and sinks on its own, it will not be cheaper for the Iranians.

Coveted these arms, and what they wanted far exceeded expectations, Khomeini agreed to these requests, but did not agree to leave by plane, but to take the same car to the Turkish border.

Both sides have a hand. Taking a car is much longer than taking a plane. When passing through Iranian land, although there are friendly "escorts" from Iranian soldiers, "problems" are more likely to arise in the middle. The ships are on the sea, even if they are on the shore, as long as the arms are not fully landed, there will be various "accidents". (To be continued)

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