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Chapter 444 Self-Directed and Self-Acted! (Third Update!)

"Huh?" Lin Yi's sudden words were a bit abrupt. Mao Xiaofei, looking completely bewildered, took the document.

a copy?
What use is a photocopy?
With questions lingering in his mind, Mao Xiaofei slowly opened the document, glancing at it out of the corner of his eye, but his attention was focused on Lin Yi beside him, since he seemed to have overheard something strange.

Out of the corner of my eye, I looked down and vaguely saw a few strange characters.

Weapons and ammunition?

His gaze swept quickly across the text, but just as he was about to move on to the next paragraph, his expression suddenly froze. He withdrew his attention from the distance and stared intently at the words on the document.

He noticed a few words between the lines.

Weapons and ammunition!

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that this was merely an appendix document: an approval letter for Xiaomi Heavy Industry to build a dual-use military and civilian shipyard, which, in order to ensure the overall coordination of the constructed ships, included a restrictive approval for the manufacture of weapons and ammunition.

He suppressed the pounding in his heart, quickly glanced around, and seeing that everyone was busy and no one was paying attention to the three of them, he closed the file and asked Lin Yi:

"Brother, is this true?"

"Really!" Lin Yi didn't answer, but just gave Gao Hai a look. Gao Hai then answered the question for Lin Yi: "Excited, aren't you! You're practically the only ones in the whole country!"

Upon receiving confirmation, Mao Xiaofei turned around, his expression extremely excited. He tentatively said to Lin Yi, "Senior brother, I want to..."

"No! You don't want to!" Lin Yi knew exactly what Mao Xiaofei was about to say, and before he could finish, he raised his hand to interrupt him: "How many drones are being shipped this time?"

When it comes to work, Mao Xiaofei immediately snaps out of his reverie and gets into work mode.

He folded the photocopy in his hand, stuffed it into his pocket, turned around and walked quickly back to his office. Less than two minutes later, he reappeared in front of Lin Yi, this time with another document in his hand.

After handing the document to Lin Yi, he quickly spoke:

"This time, the cargo mainly consists of goods from Saudi Arabia and America."

"According to Mr. Sall's reply, they will send four aircraft: two C130Hs and two Boeing 747-400Fs."

"Two C130Hs were used to transport America's drones, and the Boeing 747 was used to transport Saudi goods."

"The maximum carrying capacity of the C130H is 20 tons, so two aircraft would carry 40 tons. However, according to our spatial calculations, a single C130H can only carry a maximum of 100 drones. Therefore, this time we delivered 200 drones to America."

"As for the Saudi shipment, it consists of 1300 gas cylinders, 120 tons of battery raw materials, 2000 fuses, and individual communication equipment for 500 soldiers."

"According to the data they sent, the main cargo hold and lower cargo hold of the Boeing 747-400F, when used to their fullest extent, can hold 1300 118-liter gas cylinders. Other supplies can also be packed into the gaps between these gas cylinders."

"Two planes are just enough to load all this stuff."

"The current situation is that the workshop has already packed the items into flight cases and packaged them as needed."

"We'll send it to the airport, wait for their plane to arrive, and then deliver the goods."

The goods were delivered smoothly, and Lin Yi nodded in satisfaction, waving the documents in his hand: "Okay! You continue with your work. I'll go to the special metals company next door and tell Cao Bin and the others this good news."

"Then you go ahead and get busy, senior brother!"

After exchanging greetings, Mao Xiaofei returned to his office to work, while Lin Yi led Gao Hai towards the elevator.

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"General, Prince Sall of Saudi Arabia just sent word that the drones we commissioned from a Japanese company to be customized in China have been loaded onto a Saudi transport plane and took off six hours ago."

"Based on the speed of the C130H, it would take about 18 hours to fly from China to Qatar. That means we would be able to see the drones in about 12 hours."

"According to the original plan, this batch of drones will be unloaded in Qatar, then loaded onto our transport plane and headed to Naples. The whole process will take about 18 to 30 hours."

"This timeframe far exceeds the timeframe General Brian instructed."

"Therefore, I personally suggest that Saudi aircraft transport these drones directly to Naples and deploy them on the Eisenhower aircraft carrier or a guided-missile destroyer."

"The drones will be transported by missile destroyers or aircraft carriers to the waters off Libya and launched from there."

"Of course, this is just my suggestion!"

After adding the last sentence, Eisent placed the documents he was holding on the table, then took a step back and stepped aside, ready to listen to Benjamin's instructions.

Benjamin did not pick up the document on the table, but instead picked up another document—a situation report from the Africa Command regarding Libya.

[On the Eastern Front, ground forces, with the assistance of eastern anti-government forces, successfully captured Tubrug and established a support post there. After resting, the army is now advancing towards Benghazi.]

[Regarding the situation on the central front: According to the original plan, the landing force was to land on the coast between Misrata and Sirte. However, during the execution of the plan, the landing force encountered fierce attacks from the Libyan government forces and chose to temporarily retreat.]

After comprehensive discussion, the command decided to launch a large-scale bombing campaign against Sirte and Misrata to strike at the Libyan government forces.

[Western Front Situation: The coalition forces landed on the Bengaldan coast of Tunisia, and after regrouping, together with the Tunisian government forces, crossed the Tunisian-Libyan border and entered Libya.]

Libya's western region is densely populated with concentrated towns, and street fighting is extremely fierce. Frontline commanders have requested the deployment of bombers and heavy artillery to bomb all buildings along the way to the ground.

After comprehensive discussions, the command did not reject the plan, but neither did it agree to its use, thus the advance on the western front was very slow.

After reading the report, Benjamin first looked at Eisent:
"I will contact Prince Sall to borrow their plane a little longer, so that it can stop in Qatar before heading to Tunisia."

"In the name of the Central Theater Command, send a coordination order to the Africa Theater Command, instructing them to coordinate the landing of Saudi aircraft in Tunisia!"

“Tell Edwin…”

"You must remind General Edwin that Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are not on good terms. After the Saudi plane lands, the cargo needs to be unloaded as soon as possible, the plane needs to be refueled, and then it needs to return to its origin as quickly as possible."

"Compared to Tunisia, Saudi Arabia is our more important ally!"

Having received Benjamin's instructions, Eisent nodded, turned and quickly left for the communications room, where he issued coordination instructions to the Africa Theater Command in the name of the Central Theater Command.

Meanwhile, Benjamin, after closing the door in his office, picked up the phone on his desk and dialed Salle, who was far away in Riyadh.

…………

Riyadh, Sal hurried through the palace corridors, and finally found Sayyid sunbathing by the swimming pool in the back garden. He casually handed Sayyid the record of his call with Benjamin from a dozen minutes earlier:

"Benjamin called, requesting that we fly the plane directly to Djerba Island in Tunisia."

“Djerba Island?” Said frowned in the swimming pool, slowly closing his eyes, his face wrinkling from the movement.

After his expression shifted for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded.
“You can reply to him that we can fly the plane directly to Tunisia, to Djerba Island.”

“But tell him that Tunisia supports those Brotherhood guys, this flight is very dangerous, and I don’t want any problems.” “If problems arise, Benjamin is dead!”

As he said these words, Said was gritting his teeth, as if at that very moment he was already at war with the Tunisians and the Brotherhood in Tunisia.

After hearing his request, Saller was about to turn and leave to reply to Benjamin when, before he could even straighten up, Sayyid called him back:

"Find a way to get a bomb and deliver it to the pilot of that plane. Have them load the bomb onto the plane after it lands in Tunisia, then go outside and find an opportunity to detonate it."

"Blow up the plane!"

"Then shift the blame to Tunisia!"

After reviewing his brother's plan in his mind for a moment, Saleh nodded: "Understood!"

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Djerba-Gergis International Airport, Djerba Island, eastern Tunisia.

A C130H transport plane carrying America's customized drones took off from China and slowly landed.

Seeing the plane come to a complete stop, Major Jonas Phillips, a staff officer from the Africa Command, raised his right hand high and waved it gently forward.

As he moved, a dozen soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward and, with the help of the pilot, began unloading the cargo.

After the cargo was unloaded, the Saudi pilot walked up to the major and handed him the documents with both hands: "Major Jonas, this is your cargo receipt list."

“I need you to sign your name on this. I need to hand these things over to our Prince Sale in person.”

"In addition, I need your help to coordinate a hotel room and a batch of fuel supplies."

"After a long flight, our personnel and fuel levels do not allow us to return to Saudi Arabia. We ask for your understanding!"

Jonas took the document but did not sign it immediately. Instead, he looked past the pilot and focused his gaze on the soldier America who was walking towards them from behind the pilot.

He blinked, and the soldier America, who was walking towards them, immediately understood, raised her right hand, and made an OK sign.

Seeing this, Jonas picked up his pen, wrote his name on the document, and calmly said as he handed it over:
"I'll help you arrange rooms now. As for fuel, this is a civilian airport, temporarily requisitioned, and we don't have the JP8 fuel that the C130H uses, but Malta next door does."

"I'll contact them now and have them send over a batch of fuel."

"It will take about ten hours. Please get some rest during these ten hours. I will contact you before we refuel!"

The Saudi pilot stood at attention, raised his right hand, and gave a firm salute: "Thank you!"

"Go and rest!" Jonas waved to the soldier next to him, who came over and led several Saudi pilots to rest.

He himself walked to the packaged drone not far away, tore open the outer packaging, looked at it for a while, and then snapped his fingers:
"Load the trucks and let's go!"

"Then contact the frontline camp and have them prepare explosives!"

The straight-line distance from Djerba Island to Tripoli is over 200 kilometers.

The straight-line distance from Djerba Island to the border between Libya and Tunisia is less than 100 kilometers.

The joint frontline camp of NATO forces and Tunisia is located in the eastern part of Bengaldan, a small town less than 20 kilometers from the border.

After loading explosives onto 20 of the drones, Jonas immediately contacted the combat troops stuck in a stalemate in Zeltan through the command system.

Zellertan.

Located on the Mediterranean coast, about 10 kilometers from the shore, it is the westernmost city in Libya closest to Tunisia and is also an important oil city in western Libya.

The oil city looks somewhat desolate due to years of blockade.

The people who live here are all thoughtful individuals who have ideas about the city of Zeltan.

These people with good intentions include Tunisians, people from other tribes, and local tribes.

These people who have gathered together have only two things in common.

The first similarity is that they both want to monopolize the city. Although the oil industry here has declined, it can still produce 30,000 to 40,000 barrels of oil every day, which is all green dollars. Owning it is a sure way to make money.

The second similarity is that all of these people have guns.

Nobody would submit.

America's goal in Libya is oil and money.

A group of people with the same goal collided at this moment.

The fight was incredibly intense.

When Jacob, the commander of the frontline troops, received the call from Jonas at the rear, he was completely dumbfounded.

My orders were to ensure the integrity of these oil extraction facilities, but now I'm being told that bombing is about to begin, and the frontline troops are to prepare signal markers for guidance.

Who the hell should we listen to?

and also……

If we don't even see any planes, what are we going to bomb?
Although he was cursing in his heart, Jacob kept giving instructions.

They encountered an unprecedented counterattack and suffered heavy casualties when they attacked these oil extraction areas.

He had long wanted to call in heavy artillery to smash all of these things.

But his orders were to ensure the integrity of the mining equipment, and Jonas's instructions were like a pillow being stuffed into his mouth.

First, blow this place up to ensure the survival of his team members. Then, when the higher-ups hold him accountable, he can shift the blame to Jonas.

With Jonas sharing the responsibility, the punishment that falls on me will be reduced. Maybe I'll be transferred to a department, or maybe I'll be forced to retire, but I definitely won't die.

He quickly gave his team several orders, confirmed that they had evacuated to a safe area, and then began making calls:
"Chief of Staff Jonas, I have marked the areas where the diehards are gathered and sent them back to command center."

Please take note!

"Before the bombing begins, we will drop smoke flares at the enemy. Please be aware of them!"

(End of this chapter)