.Chapter 1 Key Person

In the eastern Gulf of Aden, about 170 kilometers west of Socotra Island.

The sunset slowly sets, the sea is calm, and the amphibious dock landing ship "Kunlun Mountain" with the hull number "998" cuts through the waves and sails from west to east at a cruising speed of 12 knots. On the flight deck at the tail of the battleship, a z-8 is parked at the take-off point and is ready for take-off. The air service personnel are deploying a rotor for another z-8. In the hangar, two z-8s are undergoing a comprehensive inspection before take-off.

On the sea not far away, the frigate "Yuxi" with the hull number "569" was heading along with the "Kunlun Mountain".

A ka-29 anti-submarine helicopter with a coaxial inverted twin rotor had just taken off the air. After turning behind the frigate, it flew more than ten kilometers westward, hovered at an altitude of about twenty meters, and lowered its releasing sonar. Two aerial anti-submarine torpedoes were hung under the cabin doors on both sides of the helicopter. It was not a training cargo, but a 50-kilogram battle thunder head was installed, which could sink any large submarine's actual combat torpedo!

Hovered at the first listening point for five minutes, the helicopter put away his sonar and flew towards the next listening point ten kilometers away.

Watching the helicopter turn into a small black dot in the afterglow of the sunset, Mu Haoyang put down his telescope.

As the captain and squadron leader of the First Squadron of the First Battalion of the Marine Amphibious Special Forces, this is Mu Haoyang's fifth time in the Gulf of Aden to carry out an escort mission.

Five days ago, Mu Haoyang was still completing the escort mission. He was returning to his motherland's frigate, calling his girlfriend he met half a year ago and made an appointment to go to Guilin for vacation next month. What he did not expect was that when the fleet was still sailing towards the Malacca Strait in the Andaman Sea, the superiors issued an order to lead the first squadron to take over the "Kunlun Mountain" that replaced the "Haikou" and "Bengbu" to carry out the escort mission.

Things came very suddenly. Fifteen minutes after receiving the order, Mu Haoyang and more than 20 special forces soldiers boarded the helicopter.

When he arrived on the Kunlun Mountain, Mu Haoyang wanted to call his girlfriend and cancel the vacation arrangement, but this small request was rejected.

Mu Haoyang knew that this time it was carrying out a secret mission, not an escort mission.

Hearing the footsteps, Mu Haoyang turned around.

"Why, are you still thinking about vacation?" The soldier who came here was Pang Yuelong. He was the deputy commander of the squadron and Mu Haoyang's only partner in the amphibious special forces for five years.

Mu Haoyang smiled and threw his girlfriend's affairs behind his mind.

Since graduating from the Naval Academy eight years ago and becoming a professional soldier, Mu Haoyang has been determined to give up everything and fulfill his oath made in front of the national flag.

"I asked Lao Cao that the 'Haikou' and 'Bengbu' will participate in 'Navy Day' in Singapore. If everything goes well, we will be able to return to 'Bengbu' in a few days, and your vacation arrangements will not be affected."

"What did Lao Cao say in person?" Mu Haoyang was a little surprised.

"Old Cao" is the captain of the brigade Major Cao Anguo, the immediate boss of Mu Haoyang and Pang Yuelong, and the instructor when they first entered the amphibious special forces.

"Why am I lying to you?" Pang Yuelong smiled and said, "Let's go, Lao Cao let us go to the combat center."

"There is an action tonight?" Mu Haoyang followed his partner and walked towards the landing combat center in front of the dock.

"Maybe, why are you asking us to do?"

"What action?"

"I don't know either, please ask him."

Mu Haoyang didn't ask any more questions. Since it was a secret operation, Lao Cao would not disclose the news to anyone in advance.

When the two arrived at the combat center, the three squadron leaders of the first squadron, as well as Captain Wang Xianxun, who was following Cao Anguo on the escort mission on the Kunlun Mountains, Captain Luo Jinyong and the three squadron leaders arrived. They greeted the comrades of the second squadron, Mu Haoyang and Pang Yuelong sat on the chair in front of the three squadrons.

Pushing the hatch door open, Cao Anguo walked in with great strides.

"Stand up and salute!"

With a swish, the ten officers stood up neatly and saluted a standard military salute to the captain.

"Sit down, don't be too polite." Cao Anguo waved his hand and asked the guards standing at the door to pull up the hatch.

Like Mu Haoyang and others, Cao Anguo is a typical professional soldier. The difference is that he is an experienced professional soldier.

His past has always been the hottest topic of intermediate officers such as Mu Haoyang. It is rumored that before joining the amphibious special forces, Cao Anguo was a senior officer of a special forces in the Army, only one step away from General Xing. Due to some special reasons, he joined the Marine Corps twelve years ago, making great contributions to the establishment and construction of the amphibious special forces, and thus became the most prestigious captain.

"Let me introduce it. This is Comrade Li Xiaoming from the Second Department."

At this time, Mu Haoyang and others noticed that there was a person standing at the door.

When Cao Anguo introduced several squadron leaders to the visitor, he came over. Judging from his appearance, Li Xiaoming was only 30 years old at most. Because he came from the Second Intelligence Department of the General Staff, commonly known as the "Military Intelligence Bureau", his actual age should be older than he looked. Apart from being a little thin in front of a group of special forces, Li Xiaoming had nothing special about him, and he was the kind of person who could not be noticed at first glance in the crowd.

"Okay, now let's talk about what we are going to do." Cao Anguo glanced at Li Xiaoming, "Director Li, are you talking about it, or me?"

This guy is actually a director? Mu Haoyang couldn't help but look at Li Xiaoming again. He was really not good-looking.

Li Xiaoming smiled and made a gesture to Cao Anguo.

"Okay, let me say it." Cao Anguo glanced at the ten officers and said, "Maybe you have guessed that this mission is not to attack pirates and escort the fleet. Fighting those mobs, you can't get the special forces from two squadrons. Leaving the first squadron is for a very important secret mission."

Wang Xianxun raised his hand and Cao Anguo nodded at him.

"What mission requires two squadrons?"

"This mission is very critical. Not only can we not fail, but we cannot leak news." Cao Anguo turned his attention to Li Xiaoming again, "What is the mission? Please ask Director Li to say."

After saying that, Cao Anguo took a step back, and Li Xiaoming took a step forward.

"The two squadrons are left mainly for keeping confidentiality, not for two squadrons to complete the task." Li Xiaoming first answered Wang Xianxun's question before saying, "Your mission is to board a cargo ship, find a person, and then send him to the destination."

Mu Haoyang raised his hand and received permission from Cao Anguo, and said, "Who is so important?"

"A spyman who is Cia." Li Xiaoming answered very neatly. After taking out a few photos from his pocket and handing them to Mu Haoyang, he said: "Last month, we obtained a very reliable piece of intelligence. Cia is planning a spy operation against us. If Cia succeeds, the consequences will be unimaginable. Unfortunately, so far, we are not clear about the specific situation. This person is called Roy Lynch, a senior spyman of Cia. He participated in the planning of this spy operation throughout the process and was also one of the main executors. When you catch this key person, you can know what Cia wants to do and take timely preventive measures."

Pang Yuelong raised his hand and asked, "Since this person is so important, why is he on a freighter?"

"This is also a problem we must figure out, but your first priority is to catch him, and you must catch the living, and then send him to your destination."

Mu Haoyang hesitated for a moment and raised his hand and asked, "Since he is so important, will he not suspicious of sudden disappearance?"

"So it must be absolutely confidential and we must not let Cia know that it was ours."

"But……"

Cao Anguo took a step forward and said: "The operation is divided into two parts. First, the first squadron boards the ship and finds people, and then the second squadron recovers. After boarding the freighter, in addition to finding this guy as soon as possible, the first squadron also needs to trigger the alarm system on the freighter and issue an attack alarm. The US Navy's fleet patrols the south of the Mande Strait. Even if the carrier-based helicopter is dispatched immediately, it can only arrive in one hour. During this period, the first squadron has to create a pirate attack site and then leave the freighter. I will send the second squadron after receiving the alarm, but will not board the freighter before the US military."

"If necessary, you have to blow up the freighter after the arrival of the US military." Li Xiaoming glanced at the officer sitting and said, "I will board the freighter with the First Squadron and assist you in finding your target."

"What does it mean to be necessary?" Pang Yuelong asked.

"If we encounter tenacious resistance, we cannot fake the scene of the pirate attack, or someone recognizes us."

"Destroy the corpse and traces!"

Li Xiaoming smiled and said that this is what he meant.

Pang Yuelong smiled and shook his head, as if he felt that the director of the Military Intelligence Bureau was a little incomprehensible.

"Is there any problem?" Cao Anguo did not let the atmosphere cool down.

Mu Haoyang glanced at the captain, turned his gaze to Li Xiaoming, and asked, "How to evacuate after completing the operation?"

"Go back whatever you want." Cao Anguo replied for Li Xiaoming, "You will take a submarine and wait for the freighter on the route. After completing the mission, you will take a submarine again and go to the designated sea area to meet with the submarines. After returning to the South China Sea, you will board the frigate "Bengbu" again and return with the fleet."

"Submarine!" Mu Haoyang widened his eyes.

Pang Yuelong also seemed a little surprised. That was not a joke.

"Five days ago, one of our attack nuclear submarines entered the Indian Ocean from the Sunda Strait and have now arrived in the northwest waters of Socotra Island." Li Xiaoming saw the doubts of Mu Haoyang and others and gave a special explanation. "This is the latest attack nuclear submarine in our army. In order to perform this mission, he carried an external wet watertight transition compartment, which can be used for special forces to enter and exit underwater."

"Is there any problem?" Cao Anguo glanced at his ten subordinates, and saw no one asked a question, saying, "This is the specific situation of the operation. Now we are discussing detailed tactics. The old rules, I provide rear support on the 'Kunlun Mountain', and the forward action is commanded by Mu Haoyang and Wang Xianxun. The specific tactics are..."

Speaking of specific tactics, it is not that complicated.

Mu Haoyang and others are experienced special forces soldiers. The ten officers have a service age of more than five years, and their service years in amphibious special forces are also more than three years.

Performing such secret missions is their specialty.
Chapter completed!