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From Prince Air Force Base, reach the western border of Saudi Arabia. Along the way is a large desert.

Most Saudi citizens gather in cities. Due to the increase in domestic oil income, few herders go out to grazle.

It was dark at night. I couldn't see the scenery outside clearly, and I could only see the continuous black shadows.

Xiao Qiang sat down and fell asleep unknowingly.

He is under too much psychological pressure. There are so many things to consider every day. Many things cannot be told to others. He can only think about them repeatedly in his heart. It is too tiring.

When he woke up, he took over Austin and asked him to rest.

Originally, the most convenient and fastest way to travel a long distance was to take a plane. However, in order to keep it confidential, Xiao Qiang could only use this time-consuming and labor-intensive method.

Fortunately, the quality of the roads in Saudi Arabia is very good. The car drives very smoothly.

There weren't many cars along the way, so he could increase the accelerator and drive crazy.

When he saw the city halfway through, he just filled the gas station and passed by the city again. Even if he was eating, he bought Arabic pancakes in a roadside restaurant to satisfy his hunger.

By the next night, they finally arrived at the western city of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.

As a desert country, except for the capital Riyadh, which is an oasis, the large desert areas in central Saudi Arabia are rarely popular. The population distribution is mainly in the Persian Gulf region to the east and the Red Sea edge areas in the west, which are all linearly distributed.

Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's largest port city on the Red Sea, an airport port, and the second largest city in the country, with a total of one million residents.

The reason why it has such a development scale is on the one hand because of its geographical location, and on the other hand, it is more importantly because it is seventy kilometers away, it is the famous Muslim holy land of Mecca!

Every year, there are millions of believers in the court, and there is still a rising trend year by year, which is likely to exceed tens of millions!

Jeddah is also the area where foreign embassies and foreigners are the most common. In the western Hezhi area, it is the only place where foreigners are allowed to live.

Xiao Qiang’s destination is not Jeddah.

At this increasingly sensitive moment, focusing on the Middle East, Saudi Arabia's eyes became more and more popular. Many territorial forces have magnified their eyes. Looking for abnormal traps, he dared not stay here for too long.

Arriving on a boat from Jeddah, crossing the Red Sea and continuing to head westward. This is where he is going - the Port of Said, Egypt.

Speaking of the four ancient civilizations, many people know Egypt.

But who knows that Egypt is now no longer the Egypt in history.

Since the establishment of the first unified slave empire in 3000 BC, Egypt has had a brilliant past. However, since the 10th century BC, Egypt has been repeatedly invaded by foreign races, and in the first century BC, it has become a province of the Roman Empire. It has begun to be eroded by ancient Roman culture. By more than 600 AD, Egypt was occupied by the Arabs. By the 9th century BC, Egypt's original culture was basically lost, and its residents had been assimilated by Arabs and became an orthodox Islamic country.

Therefore, now Egypt is actually an Arab country in Africa!

The official language in China is not Ancient Egypt, but Arabic. The vast majority of people in the country believe in Islam, and a few believe in Christianity.

Port Said is a harbor with many disasters.

As an important port on the verge of the Red Sea, it once became the largest coal-gathering port in the world due to the opening of the Suez Canal. However, in the 1950s, in the process of Egypt's struggle for independence, the Port of Said was bombarded by British and French fleets and bombarded by aircraft. By the time the British and French coalition forces landed, the Port of Said had been devastated.

In 607, the Arab countries led by Egypt launched the "Six-Day War" against Israel. They achieved major results in the early stage. However, with the support of the United States, Israel took advantage of the opportunity of the United Nations' ceasefire to recruit soldiers urgently, purchased a large number of weapons from the United States, and then adjusted its strategy to fight against small countries that are easy to deal with, such as Syria, and even occupied the Golan Heights, and held them to this day. Then it turned around. The armored brigade led by Sharon led the territory to raid the Egyptian rear supply, causing the Egyptian army to lose its armor.

After the Six-Day War, the Arab coalition not only did not defeat Israel, but instead occupied a large area of ​​territory by the other side.

Among them, Zhaide Port was also occupied by Israeli troops.

This was the last large-scale attack of the Arab army. After that, they finally realized that as long as Western countries continue to support Israel for one day, they would not be able to defeat each other. At the same time, from this time, they realized that the Soviet Union was not a reliable ally, betraying friends and conspiring to make the Arab countries completely lose trust in the Soviet Union.

Later, Israel withdrew from Port Said under international pressure. However, it continued to close the canal, and Port Said was in a slump.

It was not until 1976 that Egyptian President Sadat issued the "Open Door" policy, declaring that the Arab countries had a eased confrontation.

After more than ten years of development, the Port of Said has become an important cargo port in Egypt again.

Here, there are ships from Europe, America, Southeast Asia, and Japan. They refuel and water here and carry out ship repairs and maintenance. There are also a small number of cargo ships from here to ship Egyptian specialties such as Nile Delta blankets and other Egyptian products to other countries.

Xiao Qiang was at Port Said and transferred to a small port steamer and boarded a large oil tanker crowded in the middle of the fleet.

This is a 10,000-ton sea ship, with oil canopies on the flat surface.

But when you open the hatch, you can see that the bottom is not filled with oil, and the space is converted into huge rooms. The ventilation equipment is passed to the top, and the engine runs at high speed to transport fresh air into the cabin.

The cabin has a complete range of equipment, including a training ground, a personal lounge, a sauna, a billiard room, a chess and card room and other exercise and leisure facilities.

Xiao Qiang only took a look at the top of the boat and did not go down.

Under the leadership of the crew, he and Austin came to the main control room of the tanker.

Along the way, there were not many people on the ship, about thirty people. This is in line with the basic staffing configuration of an oil tanker. Modern oil tankers have a variety of automation equipment, and the cargo loaded on the ship is single, so there is no need for a large number of crew members.

Moreover, these crew members looked like Westerners. Seeing Austin with Xiao Qiang, they understood that this was their big boss, and they nodded politely to Xiao Qiang.

Xiao Qiang walked all the way and looked. He asked, "Are all these people reliable?"

Austin shrugged: "There are no absolutely reliable people in this world. They are all people I found from Europe and the United States. These people pursue fresh stimulation and are left-wing sympathizers. But people's thoughts will change. As for whether they are reliable in the future, no one can say."

"Yes!" Xiao Qiang sighed and ordered. "Then let it do this now. Just let them do this. Don't let them participate too much in our plan. If you find a suitable candidate in the future, you can use it separately."

"I understand, don't worry, whether this is done well or not. But it is related to our lives. I don't dare to be careless at all."

There were only a few people in the main control room. They were not dressed up by crew members. They looked like scholars or technicians.

There are many ground monitors here. From the surveillance screen, you can see and display the ground. It is the image of each corner in the cabin below.

It is very strange that all the bottom cabin personnel seen from the surveillance camera are Asians, and their temperament can be seen as Chinese!

Their dresses are different, some are wearing casual clothes, some are wearing shampooed old military uniforms without collars. The most unified part is that they all look tough and capable.

"How many people are there in total? Is the selection standard as I say?" Xiao Qiang looked over one shot at the other and looked very carefully.

These people are obviously veterans. Some people are wearing thick blue clothes of farmers, but their behavior and actions are still deeply imprinted with a uniform military mark.

Many of them are resting quietly in their rooms. Some people seem more bored and anxious, but they are very calm. Some people are looking at old newspapers and videotapes to pass the time.

Basically, there was no visit.

There are also many people on the training ground. They are doing physical recovery training, and the amount of training is not very large. After exercising for a while, they put on their clothes and came to the sauna room to do sauna bathing to recover their strength.

There were also more than ten people gathered in the billiard room to play billiards. They were the most active group of people, and they were talking and laughing at each other. They seemed to be very adaptable to this strange place.

Austin waited for him to see it before explaining: "It is handled according to your requirements. We recruit foreign labor personnel in the name of a Hong Kong company. In terms of personnel selection, we cannot ask the other party to have military experience, but we only require good health and strongness and competence in any job. This alone will eliminate most unqualified job seekers.

After that, we secretly asked some of the more outstanding candidates based on their resumes, whether they were willing to engage in international mercenaries, and hinted that this was a very dangerous profession and the possibility of death was very high. Most people hesitated, and only a very small number of people agreed. We sent those who retreated abroad and found jobs for them like normal labor companies.

We worked hard for a long time before we gathered this group of 400 candidates."

Xiao Qiang nodded with satisfaction.

He will also make the final selection of this group of people, and then serve as the backbone of Yangkovic and others.

Jankovic's ability and judgment should be relatively strong. If he stuffs some mediocre and inaction into his hands, he will definitely not be able to fight him! Not to mention mixing sand at that time, even the people who sent him to the land will also beat the dog with meat buns, and there will be no return.

He used various methods to make Yankovic and others go to Africa, not on a whim.

Although he himself did not plan to go to the place where malaria was everywhere, it was the center of his plan, second only to the rise of the mainland.

Looking at the Eastern European economy, Western countries that have struggled on the verge of collapse and have made good promises to them are all watching jokes. Anyway, for them, these fools deserve to believe that they will be really good to them!

A large number of local workers were unemployed, and a large number of local people were unable to survive. They flocked abroad.

In this way, it will be very convenient for Yankovic to replenish his personnel, and he will recover his energy within a year or two.

Therefore, if you want to control these people, you must send elite troops to make them the backbone of this small mercenary organization. Later, Xiao Qiang will use funds, supplies, weapons supply, and occupy a majority of Chinese personnel. As a means, he will overthrow Yankovic and become a simple administrative supervisor, and seize the absolute control of this mercenary group.

It is precisely because the matter is serious and directly related to the success of the African strategy in the future that he attached so much importance to it and tried his best to sneak into here alone and conduct the most important personnel selection.

Why do we need to find Westerners to do this? It is to hide Xiao Qiang's intentions.

Europe and the United States have a long history of mercenaries, and modern times also have many private armed forces under the guise of security companies. They will attract people and will not be too conspicuous.

Even if the person who fails, he will not be suspicious. Even if there are too many people, he will feel depressed and think that he will have less chance to make a lot of money.

"Then, the test will begin!" Xiao Qiang signaled to Austin.

Austin opened the sender button and said to the inner cabin in Chinese: "Everyone pays attention, everyone pays attention. Please gather in the conference room as fast as possible. Please gather in the conference room immediately!"

In the surveillance camera, with Austin's notification, it reached the various cabins. Those who were exercising and resting paused for a moment, then quickly rushed out of the cabin and rushed towards the conference room in the center.

This instruction, similar to an emergency assembly, clearly shows the military qualities of these personnel. After years of retirement, there are still some points left.

Xiao Qiang saw through the surveillance camera that the older he was, the slower he was. After all, they had left the army for too long. Many of their military skills had deteriorated. However, those young veterans had flexible movements and soon rushed to the conference room.

However, without further instructions, most of them stood in the open space and did not find a seat to sit down.

There were only thirty or forty people, and when they came in, they found a seat and sat down.

No further instructions were heard. Those who stood waiting for instructions gradually understood and found a chair and sat down.

"How is it?" Austin asked, turning off the sender.

Xiao Qiang pointed to the first people who sat down and said, "These people have all been recorded. They have strong ability to make decisions independently. If they are excluded from being free and casual elements, then they may become supervisors at all levels in this group."

Austin gave instructions to the staff, one of the staff members operated the video and went backwards, entered their name into the computer, and called out their past information.

There is a table on the computer, next to each name. There are many spaces used to rate their tests.

According to Xiao Qiang's instructions, the first group of people sitting down were marked in red as the key targets. Then, according to the order of sitting down and the directions they chose, the staff gave scores respectively according to a technical manual.

When everyone sat down, the lights in the conference room went out.

A beam of light is projected from behind and broadcasted to a large screen on the front of the conference room.
To be continued...