.Two days later, Mu Haoyang and twenty-four special forces soldiers and two spies left the Shark, floated in the sea under the night sky, and boarded the fishing boat that came to pick him up.

"If everything goes well, we will arrive in Hainan at this time tomorrow." Li Xiaoming took out his cigarette without even taking off his diving suit. "At that time, we will send you a plane to the 'Bengbu' number, and the arrangements have been made there. In a week, you can take your girlfriend to Guilin."

"I hope so."

"Do I want to send a few people to stare at you?"

"What are you doing?" Mu Haoyang glanced at Li Xiaoming.

"Protect your safety and prevent it before it happens."

"Come on, I thank you for your kindness, I don't need anyone to protect you."

"I know, you are a special forces soldier and very outstanding. Five agents like me can't deal with them." Li Xiaoming smiled and said, "If Cia wants to deal with you, she will definitely not come out openly. For example, if I want to deal with you, she will not play with you, and will not fight with you in close combat. She will attack when you relax your vigilance. Of course, people like you will always keep their eyes open when they sleep. If they can't deal with you, I will attack the people around you, make you lose your mind and make you submit."

"You dare..."

"I'm just making an analogy, not really." Li Xiaoming rolled his eyes and said, "To be honest, keep a low profile after you go back and don't attract attention. Cia will definitely not let the murderer who sank the North Carolina. Although this matter has nothing to do with us, Zhou Yu gave birth to them, but we attacked the Trident and caught Lynch. Cia will not let us have a good life."

"If you are unlucky, you are ahead of me."

"That's certainly, but Cia will definitely be easier to find you, right?"

Mu Haoyang was stunned for a moment, thinking that this was really a problem.

Li Xiaoming smiled and said, "Seeing your nervous look, I thought you were not afraid of heaven or earth."

"Of course I'm not afraid, but..."

"I understand, you are worried about your family and your girlfriend." Li Xiaoming smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry, it should be fine in the past few months. Even if Cia finds us quickly, she will not take action when the wind is tight. She will wait until we relax our vigilance before taking action against you."

"It's me again?"

"Let go, go to Guilin happily and have a few days of fun." Li Xiaoming patted Mu Haoyang on the shoulder, "Remember Lao Zhou's words, cook the raw rice as soon as possible. There are not many girls like you who are in the army, and it is rare to live with you for the rest of your life. Don't let it go when you meet the right one."

"Am I bad?"

Li Xiaoming looked at Mu Haoyang and said, "It's not too bad, but it's not much attractive. For those born in the 1990s, a black-faced strong man like you is long gone."

Mu Haoyang rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not looking for a post-90s."

"Whether you believe it or not, you're right to listen to me anyway."

"Are you a person who has experienced it?"

Li Xiaoming yawned and said, "I won't say anything, I'll go to have a sleep, and call me when the boat is docking."

"What should I do with that guy?"

"who?"

"The guy you want to kill."

"Let him stay in the bottom cabin. Once he gets ashore, he will not belong to me."

After saying that, Li Xiaoming slipped into the cabin.

Mu Haoyang stayed on the deck for a while before finding the captain of the fishing boat: a military intelligence agent with dark skin and a Pakistani face.

The fishing boat is outside the Pakistani territorial waters, about thirty nautical miles from the port of Gwadar.

Before dawn, the fishing boat will reach the near-shore waters, and a speedboat will be there to pick up Mu Haoyang and others. As for the next arrangement, the captain is not sure.

After walking around the boat, Pang Yuelong arranged for personnel to take turns to the deck to guard, and Mu Haoyang entered the cabin and fell asleep on a bed covered in sweat and oil.

Mu Haoyang had a beautiful dream, dreaming that he and his girlfriend lived in Guilin.

At this time, the United States is experiencing a nightmare.

About forty hours after the Trident was attacked and sunk, three P-3Cs returned to the vicinity of the Troy seabed peaks and found the wreckage of the submarine distributed on the seabed. Several hours later, a destroyer from the USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group arrived and salvaged some items floating on the sea, proving that the sinking was the USS North Carolina.

A nuclear attack submarine sank, such a major thing will definitely not be concealed.

The US authorities immediately launched emergency response measures. The Pentagon announced that a Virginia-class attack nuclear submarine lost contact with the base while performing a combat readiness patrol mission in the Arabian Sea. The USS Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group operating in the sea has launched a search and rescue operation.

As with similar incidents in the past, U.S. authorities did not immediately release details.

It takes some patience to deal with such problems.

Most American public are willing to believe in news reports, rather than official news. In no time, good news reporters will follow the map and dig out some earth-shaking news. At that time, the public will be able to make the public believe in the news media and make the federal government avoid the public's direct complaints. As for the public's trust in the federal government, there is no need to worry about it. In a few years, the White House will change its master and another party will come to power, and the public will forget everything that happened before. Just like when Bush Jr. launched the Afghan War, most of the public forgot the Vietnam War.

It is easy to deceive the public, but the president and MPs do not take this trick.

After confirming that the North Carolina sinks, the Pentagon has to explain to the president. Because the sinking of the North Carolina is not an isolated incident, there is an inevitable causal relationship with the attack on the Trident. The Trident is also a non-staff intelligence ship of Cia, so the pressure is transferred to Cia.

It was definitely a nightmare for Chandler.

As the first CIA director in military uniform in the past two decades, Chandler is well-known in the United States. In the public's mind, his image is not CIA director, but the former commander-in-chief of the Afghan coalition, commander of the Central War Zone, and the protagonist of the "Prison Abuse" incident.

Before the "Prison Abuse" incident broke out, Chandler could be said to be proud.

Back then, under his command, the US military defeated the Taliban army in just a few dozen days, and then led its troops to Iraq and overthrew the Saddam regime in a devastating manner. Before he left office, the US special forces also found Saddam hidden in the cellar and finally sent the dictator who was enemies with the two Presidents Bush to the gallows.

Without the "prisoner abuse scandal", Chandler is likely to become the chairman of the Joint Conference and even become the Minister of Defense.

Unfortunately, a scandal similar to a farce forced him to leave the army, and once took off his military uniform and became an unprivileged civilian.

It was not until the "Prison Abuse" storm that Chandler put on his military uniform again.

Although the US commander-in-chief of the military at this time was no longer Bush, as an experienced soldier, Chandler was still appreciated and valued by the Democratic president.

Becoming the director of CIA has ushered in the second spring.

Because intelligence agencies belong to special departments, US law did not restrict military personnel from serving as CIA directors like other federal agencies. During the war, soldiers could more effectively coordinate the relationship between the intelligence agencies and the military, so that the intelligence agencies could serve the military. For example, during the Vietnam War, three generals served as CIA directors, all of whom made outstanding contributions, and two of them also received the Medal of Honor of Congress.

The president withstood the pressure of public opinion and allowed Chandler to take over Cia, mainly hoping to use his influence in the army to complete the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan as soon as possible.

For more than two years, Chandler has focused on Iraq and Afghanistan.

It's okay for Iraq to say that the withdrawal operation has already begun. When Chandler took office, all the regular US troops had been withdrawn. All that remains is to assist in maintaining public order and train the paramilitary forces of the Iraqi National Army. In another two years, these paramilitary personnel will also leave Iraq.

The key is Afghanistan. The key is not how to withdraw more than 100,000 US troops, but how to ensure that after the US military leaves, the corrupt Afghan government will not be overthrown by the Taliban armed forces entrenched in the mountains. If the Taliban makes a comeback, the trillions of dollars of war spent over the past decade will be wasted, and thousands of US military officers and soldiers who fell into the Hindu Kush mountain area will die in vain. The United States will fight another meaningless war.

Because Afghanistan is located in a strategic location in Central Asia, close to the CIS countries to the north, it is Russia's traditional sphere of influence, China to the east, Pakistan, which is closely related to China to the south, and Iran, which is incompatible with the United States to the west, withdrawing troops from Afghanistan is by no means a simple military action.

Chandler knew that the president asked him to be the director of CIA to solve this problem.

We must not only throw away this heavy burden, but also not let Afghanistan fall into the hands of other countries, especially those major countries that have the strong strength to challenge the United States and pose a potential threat to the United States. If it cannot be used by the United States, a worthless Afghanistan is the most valuable Afghanistan.

It is not easy to accomplish this. Chandler has put a lot of effort into it and it also involves the overall strategy of the United States.

Decades of military career have made Chandler deeply realize that if the ending is not properly completed, Afghanistan will become Vietnam in the 21st century.

Any sensitive incident at this time will have an unpredictable impact on the overall strategy of the United States.

The "Trident" was attacked and sunk. Although it was flying the American flag, the public would not doubt it. However, the North Carolina was sunk by a submarine of unknown origin in the Arabian Sea. It was not only a sensitive incident, but also a very sensitive incident.

Chandler knew very well what was going on, but the president was not aware of it, at least he didn't know the specific reason.

After receiving the news, Chandler immediately called the White House and made an appointment to meet with the president at dinner time, and then rushed to Washington with a senior adviser.

Before letting the public know what's going on, the president must know what's going on.
Chapter completed!