Game within game: chess player

The next day, President Khafali requested to meet Zhang Xiuying, but was refused.

On the afternoon of the next day, the UAE air defense department discovered three aircraft approaching the airspace, one of which was a military transport aircraft and the other two were fighter jets. Due to prior orders from the Presidential Palace, the three aircraft entered the UAE airspace after air defense identification.

The huge military transport plane slowly landed at the only military airport in Abu Dhabi. Zayed accompanied Ye Fang and Zhang Xiuying on the apron, watching the transport plane with the huge red five-point logo printed on it slowly land. As the huge cargo passage at the rear slowly opened, two columns of fully armed soldiers ran out of it. Some of the soldiers were on duty around the aircraft, while others stood in formation on both sides of the passage.

The sudden appearance of Chinese soldiers on the land of the United Arab Emirates immediately attracted the attention of all the staff at the airport. They were also soldiers. The aura displayed by the Chinese soldiers made everyone tremble.

At this time, two military jeeps pulled out of the transport plane and drove straight to Ye Fang and the group. A lieutenant colonel got out of the car, came to Ye Fang and saluted proactively, saying, "Chief, I have been ordered by my superiors to take you home!"

Ye Fang returned the gift, nodded and said, "Thank you."

Then the lieutenant colonel took the initiative to open the car door and make way for a passage. Zhang Xiuying looked at the huge transport plane and said with emotion, "My own plane is more comfortable to look at and comfortable to sit on. Let's go, Yanyan, let's go home!"

"Go home! Go home!" Zhang Xiuying hugged Yanyan and got into the jeep. Xiang Rong and Tie Wei carried their luggage to the car, and then the jeep started and headed straight for the transport plane.

All the Iron Guards and missile technicians also headed towards the jeep.

"Brother, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect things to turn out like this." Zayed said apologetically.

"I can't blame you for this. Let it cool down after a while. When you become the crown prince, come to China with sincerity. Then I will treat you to some authentic snacks in the capital." Ye Fang patted Zayed on the shoulder and said.

"I'm afraid this will be difficult. Now that some of my brothers have gotten the news, they are already ready to take action. My father is still hesitant." Zayed does not seem to be optimistic about his own path to inheriting the throne. Although Maktoum has The incident ruined the reserve position, but it does not mean that Zayed can surely win.

"One fact your father must know is that if the future crown prince is not you, the diplomatic relations with China, Russia and South Korea will never ease. I believe your father will make the right choice. Let's go, brother! See you next year !" Ye Fang stepped forward and hugged Zayed heavily. At this time, the jeep stopped steadily behind Ye Fang.

"Brother, thank you, take care!" Zayed said sincerely with tears in his eyes. At this moment, another motorcade drove into the tarmac. After the motorcade stopped, he saw Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan and Sharjah Crown Prince Karsi together. Get off the car and come to Ye Fang.

"Knowing that you were leaving, I rushed to Abu Dhabi early in the morning and met Karsi on the way." After Hamdan finished speaking, he took a step forward and said softly, "I heard that Maktoum is finished." Then Hamdan used He nudged Zayed with his elbow and said with a smile, "You have to seize the opportunity!"

"You don't have to say it!" Zayed rolled his eyes at Hamdan.

This Kalsi took a step forward and said to Ye Fang, "If possible, I would like to go to China. Can I go to you?"

"Of course! The enthusiastic Chinese people welcome the three crown princes!" Ye Fang took the initiative to give Karsi and Hamdan a hug respectively, then went straight to the jeep and shouted to the three of them, "There is a long journey ahead, so we need to cherish each other." !”

Then the jeep roared towards the transport plane. The three of them looked at the transport plane's passage that was gradually closing, knowing that it would be who knows when Ye Fang would come to the United Arab Emirates again. After the transport plane flew into the clouds, the two fighter jets hovering in the sky immediately returned to escort the transport plane home.

Hamdan looked at the three planes disappearing into the sky and sighed, "Flying from China to the United Arab Emirates requires two fighter jets to escort tens of thousands of kilometers back and forth. The countries passing through need to coordinate airspace clearance. Lao Ye's mother is in their country." What kind of status does it have to be?"

"If it hadn't been for the explosion that happened yesterday, we wouldn't have seen such a big scene." Kalsi said with a hint of meaning.

"Lao Qa, what do you mean by this?" Zayed was obviously dissatisfied with Karsi's remarks.

"Karsi, he has no other intentions. Yesterday's explosion is both a crisis and an opportunity for the UAE and for you. As long as you maintain a long-term relationship with Lao Ye, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi will definitely be yours. Karsi and I have already We have reached an agreement, and I will fully support you! From now on, the three of us will be the iron triangle in the UAE, and it will be unbreakable!" Hamdan said solemnly.

"Okay, we will be brothers from now on!" Zayed said excitedly, and the hands of the three people were folded together, symbolizing the initial formation of the core of power in the UAE.

At this time, a meeting of the Federal Supreme Council of the UAE Presidential Palace was being held. The kings of the seven emirates of the UAE were participating in the meeting, and President Khafali was presiding over the meeting. There are only two topics on the agenda of this impromptu Federal Supreme Council. One is the report on the explosion at Abu Dhabi Airport last night, and the other is the agreement on the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

Both of these issues involve Ye Fang and the three big countries behind Ye Fang. It can be said that a slight mishandling will cause diplomatic disputes and affect the international status of the UAE. In particular, it will offend China and Russia, two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. So today, the Federal Supreme Council meeting was held under the special chairmanship of Khafali. This meeting was a closed-door meeting, classified as top secret.

During the meeting, the commander of the air defense force reported to Khafali that the three planes that escorted Ye Fang and Zhang Xiuying back to China had safely left the country. Khafali nodded and signaled the meeting to continue. The entire meeting lasted for two hours. The meeting reported the casualties and property losses caused by the airport explosion, and special funds were allocated from the national fiscal funds for compensation. The announced cause of the explosion was a fuel explosion caused by a fire caused by a short circuit in the aircraft wiring.

For the former Crown Prince Maktoum involved in the case, he abdicated on the grounds of health and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the UAE national prison. These results will be reported to China, Russia and South Africa in the form of unofficial documents. At the same time, the Chinese government will attach a A letter of apology written by UAE President Al Khafali expressed his apology for the airport bombing.

The last topic was the agreement on the crown prince of Abu Dhabi. During the vote, there was almost one-sided support for Zayed to succeed the crown prince of Abu Dhabi. This agreement seems to be an internal matter of the Governor of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and it is also an agreement for the next president of the UAE.

President Al-Hafali originally preferred Zayed to succeed the crown prince, but he did not expect that the opinions of other emirates were also highly consistent. Only then did Al-Hafali know that Zayed had done a lot of work behind the scenes.

It was decided that Zayed would take over as crown prince, and it was scheduled to be announced on January 2001, 1, during the New Year. Zayed originally did not expect that the crown prince's matter would be settled so smoothly. It would take at least two to three years according to the plan, and he was even prepared to use major foreign visits to put pressure. However, he did not expect that due to Maktoum's own actions, Death accelerates this process.

Although the meeting was confidential, the news about Crown Prince Zayed spread. For a while, people who wanted to visit Zayed's mansion lined up for several kilometers, but all Zayed disappeared. You must keep a low profile before you ascend the throne of the president. This is what Ye Fang told Zayed before returning to China. Zayed strictly abides by Ye Fang's warning.

At this time, a convoy was heading from Abu Dhabi to the Wasibah National Prison in the United Arab Emirates. The Wasibah National Prison is located at the junction of Abu Dhabi and Dubai and is the only national prison in the United Arab Emirates. The Wasba National Prison in the United Arab Emirates is not a prison in the ordinary sense, and is even different from most prisons in the world. The construction standards here should be the best among prisons in the world, roughly equivalent to a three-star rating in China. hotel level.

Compared with prisons in other countries, the living conditions of prisoners in prisons are paradise-like, but their freedom is restricted. Maktoum will soon be imprisoned in this prison, and this motorcade is the one that sent the former crown prince to serve his sentence. Even though the conditions in Wasba Prison are good, it is a hell-like existence for Maktoum, who has been pampered since childhood.

"Your Excellency, the best room has been prepared for you by Wasibah. Although the living conditions are not as good as the Abu Dhabi residence, they are already the best conditions provided by Wasibah." Together with the police escort The assistant said to Maktoum almost flatteringly.

"Father can't do this to me! I am the crown prince and the future president of the United Arab Emirates! Zayed, you bastard! Allah will punish you!" Maktoum roared loudly in the police car.

"Your Majesty the Prince, you will have to live in Wasba for a while. After the news has passed, you will be sent to live in a secret manor in the suburbs." The assistant said in a low voice.

"Really?!" Maktoum couldn't believe his ears, because he had already inquired about this matter and it was too big to be resolved.

"It's true. I heard that your mother's family has come forward and the president has agreed to release you from Wasba in six months at most..."

Before the assistant could finish saying this, an accident happened when the convoy passed a building under construction. Hundreds of tons of steel bars suddenly fell from mid-air, blocking the entire convoy in the middle of the road.

The accident happened so hastily that the police, who were not injured, immediately went to search for Maktoum. When everyone came to Maktoum's car, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. They saw tons of steel bars hitting the car, which had been flattened. The people in the car were already dead. The police immediately launched an investigation and eventually determined that this was an accident. The special steel cables binding the steel bars suddenly broke, causing the steel bars to fall from mid-air.

The police were curious as to why they were taking this road. Later they learned that the main road from Abu Dhabi to Wasiba was under maintenance, so the convoy had to detour to a small town next to the main road, which led to the accident.

Although Maktoum is no longer the crown prince, he is still the prince of Abu Dhabi after all. The police station formed a report on this accident as quickly as possible and placed it on Zayed's desk.

Zayed opened the report and read it carefully, then nodded slightly and said to his assistant, "The president is old, so don't tell him about this yet."

"Yes! Your Excellency the Crown Prince." The assistant bowed and replied.

Al-Udeid Military Base in Qatar is one of the air force bases being built by the United States in the Middle East. It is scheduled to be put into use in 2003. Currently, the entire base includes less than a thousand troops and construction teams, and the entire base is 60.00% complete. Currently, only four F15 fighter jets are parked at the entire base to test runway performance, as well as two B-series bombers.

There is a temporary command center at Al Udeid Base. The person in charge of the command center is named Morey, a three-star general. Since the Al Udeid military base has not yet been put into use, Morey led an engineering battalion to test various equipment at the base.

Soon the signal troopers received a call from the U.S. Pentagon on an encrypted channel, requesting to speak to Morey immediately.

Morey is 43 years old this year and is on the rise of his military career. He has a strong physique and looks very handsome in an American military uniform and toad glasses. Morey answered the call from the Pentagon. After a few words, Morey looked hesitant and said, "There are only four F15 fighter jets in the base for testing, and there are no live ammunition!"

"We won't let you go to the battlefield and observe up close. We suspect that this is the latest fighter jet developed by China. It's a rare opportunity to take more photos." The official at the Pentagon said loudly.

"Is the CIA's intelligence correct? How come Chinese fighter jets are here? Two fighter jets are escorting them. This means they are accompanied by high-level Chinese leaders. It is very easy for a gun to go off if you observe closely like this! I ask you to think carefully!" Morey said solemnly.

"The other party is a military transport plane and two fighter jets. There will definitely not be senior Chinese leaders inside. The plane took off from the United Arab Emirates. Our intelligence analysis should be what materials China transported to the UAE, or whether the UAE handed over important materials to China. , otherwise it would be impossible to dispatch military transport aircraft and fighter jets for escort."

"Okay, I'll let the two F15s take off right away! Get closer and take a closer look!" Morey said loudly.

"Don't worry, Chinese fighter jets don't dare to fire! You can just approach and conduct reconnaissance!" the Pentagon official confirmed.

"I don't dare to make this bet. I don't want to exchange fire with Chinese soldiers!" Morey emphasized.

"Hurry up and take off. You won't be able to catch up even if you drive a rocket." The official at the Pentagon was so angry that he yelled at Morey and then hung up the phone.

Morey sincerely despises the Pentagon officials who only talk, but who knows that he works for the US military. Following Morey's order, two F15 fighter jets ignited and soared into the sky...