Middle Eastern tyrants

Chapter 5 Nighttime Attack (Part 1)

Lu Lin sat in the back seat, with an eagle standing beside him that was half his height.

The desert night wind was quite cold, and he casually asked the soldier driving the car:

"What's your name?"

“Uh, my name is Fahd Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi, you can just call me Fahd, sir,” the soldier replied.

Fahd is a common Arabic name meaning "cheetah". The middle name, Abdulrahman, is his father's name, while the last name, Al-Otaibi, comes from the Otaiba tribe of the Arabian Peninsula and is his family name.

“Fahd, I have a question for you,” Lu Lin said. He had been a high-ranking military officer and had an imposing presence that made Fahd's body tense up instinctively.

“You must answer me truthfully,” Lu Lin said, “how do the other people in the army view me?”

“Huh?” Fahad was stunned. “Everyone says you’re rather timid, and that it’s common knowledge in aristocratic circles. But I don’t know the specifics; I only heard it from others.”

The young man seemed quite honest. Lu Lin noticed that he looked younger than himself, so he casually asked, "Have you been to school?"

“When I was in the village, I learned to read from the nomads and memorized the Quran and Islamic teachings. Later, my family hoped that I would become an oil worker, so they borrowed money from the villagers to send me to the city to learn to be a technician. However, the oil company only hired those with connections, and I was not selected in the end.”

These days, even dual-channel systems have a background.

"So how did you become a soldier?" Lu Lin asked curiously.

Fahd scratched his head: "Oh, I was selling dates at the train station that day. An officer looked out the window and said he wanted to buy my dates. He told me to hold the basket higher, so I raised my hands above my head. Then two soldiers grabbed my wrists and dragged me up. Later I found out they were recruiting."

This young man, who had Bedouin ancestry, was clearly very talkative and continued to recount his experiences in a long, rambling manner:
"However, I was much better than the others. When the instructor found out that I could also drive a tractor, he sent me directly to the armored unit to learn how to drive a tank. Maybe he thought driving a tractor and driving a tank were similar."

I earn more now than I did as a farmer, and I can send some money home every month. Last month I bought my dad a radio made in Japan, and now he brags to everyone that being a soldier is more respectable than being an oil worker.

Lu Lin recalled that Shuangzhi only began military reform in the 1970s. Before that, the army was in chaos, and the regular army system was still in its infancy. The armed forces that made up the army included the royal guard, tribal armed forces, religious armed forces, and Bedouin guerrillas.

Ordinary soldiers are often exploited by their superiors, and sometimes they are even the private soldiers of some big shot, so they don't have a good life.

However, the armored forces were directly under the royal family's command, and their treatment was comparable to that of national civil servants.

“Your father is right.” At this moment, Lu Lin suddenly remembered a line from “Band of Brothers” and blurted it out: “Because we are the iron fist of Allah.”

Allah is the creator and ruler of the universe in Islam, and is all-knowing and all-powerful.

Equivalent to God in Christianity.

Lu Lin modified the original sentence here; he just felt that saying it was catchy and appropriate for the occasion.

But he felt a little awkward as soon as he finished speaking.

But the young soldier didn't think so at all. He was at the age of adolescent delusions, and his mouth was twitching from ear to ear, showing that he was quite pleased.

Lu Lin stroked Enzidu's feathers, and Fahad, seeing this in the rearview mirror, said with envy, "It's so beautiful, sir."

The Shuangzhi people's love for falcons is ingrained in their very bones. Some families even have falcons engraved on their family crests. They regard this bird of prey as a totem and a symbol of courage and strength. Even Lu Lin's rank of major carries an eagle insignia.

Lu Lin smiled, then released the falcon, leaned back in the seat, and pretended to "rest with his eyes closed".

Fahd wisely kept his mouth shut.

Lu Lin switched to the perspective of a hawk, and a few seconds later, he was soaring high in the sky, looking down at the earth. The car on the road had become a small black dot.

Even so, he could still clearly perceive his exact location.

"If it really is the 'Eye of Icarus,' shouldn't it have some kind of marking feature?"

The moment the thought crossed his mind, he saw a green inverted triangle appear above his head on the ground, framed with gold.

Anyone who has played military games knows that the green inverted triangle represents a friendly unit, while the gold frame indicates that it is an elite unit, and the red one is generally an enemy target.

Lu Lin was greatly surprised. At this moment, Enqi seemed to be in sync with him, understanding his thoughts immediately with just one thought, and turned to fly towards the outpost.

He quickly flew over the Nukoshir outpost, and from this vantage point, he could see green triangular symbols representing soldier units lighting up, densely distributed everywhere.

Then he shifted his gaze to the artillery position, and immediately a double ring resembling the muzzle of a cannon appeared before his eyes.

Meanwhile, at the refugee camp, only a few soldiers marked in green were guarding the exit.

"That's amazing!"

Lu Lin quickly realized just how incredible this ability would be if it could be applied to the battlefield.

Just as he was pondering where else the cheat could be used, a dazzling red double rhombus appeared in the airspace in front of him.

Lu Lin immediately sensed something was terribly wrong. Was that an enemy plane?
He quickly exited the eagle-like view and shouted to Fahad, who was driving, "Turn around immediately and return to camp!"

Fahd was also startled, but he still completed Lu Lin's instructions immediately, making a beautiful drift and turning the car around, almost slamming the officer in the back seat against the car door.

"Give me the radio!"

Faced with the threat, Lu Lin didn't bother to hide anymore. He steadied himself and then moved to the passenger seat.

He then switched the channel to the outpost's private channel and shouted into the microphone: "Emergency air situation report: One unknown aircraft detected, bearing 095, visual size approximately half a thumb's width, paint scheme unknown! Aircraft type unknown! Over!"

He repeated the call, and a familiar voice came from the other end of the radio—it was Ahmed:

"Report your patrol number."

Lu Lin shouted again, "I am the commander of the outpost, Major Amir bin Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud! Over!"

The radio crackled with noise. Ahmed temporarily ignored the questions that were difficult to understand at the moment, such as "why his own command was on patrol" and "how the enemy aircraft was discovered." Instead, he immediately sought permission to fire: "Requesting approval to use ground artillery for interception if necessary."

"I approve!"

"Stay connected at all times."

Lu Lin then switched the radio channel to an internationally recognized frequency, and sure enough, the outpost was issuing a warning:
"Attention unidentified military aircraft. This is the Shuangzhinukoshir outpost. You have approached Shuangzhi airspace. Current coordinates: 31.6755° N, 38.6572° E. Identify yourself immediately and turn away. If you do not comply, necessary measures will be taken. Over."

The warning was repeated twice, and Fahd, with the accelerator welded shut, asked curiously.

How did you know that enemy planes were coming?

Lu Lin didn't know how to explain to the soldier that he had a cheat, so he just said casually, "Allah told me."

People in the Middle East believe in this anyway, so it's easy to explain.

He switched back to the perspective of a falcon. The falcon's vision is excellent, able to see the outline of a mouse on the ground a kilometer away, and he can now see the outline of an enemy plane.

"Ahmed, can you see the enemy planes now?"

He asked over the radio.

At this time, the Nukoshir outpost was not yet equipped with radar, but the military base behind it did. The outpost was now using military binoculars, which could detect aircraft within a range of about 20-30 kilometers.

“It’s too dark. I can only make out the slender fuselage, the medium aspect ratio wings, and the perfectly round air intake at the nose,” Ahmed replied.

Lu Lin gave the order: "Fire the signal flare and issue the first warning."

As the red flare rose, another warning was issued on the general communication channel, and the outline of the aircraft became clearer.

In fact, Lu Lin had already figured out the aircraft model, but he couldn't say it. Through the Falcon's perspective, he saw that the soldiers in the camp had already started moving, and the artillery positions were carrying out preparations in an orderly manner.

"It's a Hashim F.Mk.6, with the golden eagle flag painted on its fuselage," the radio said.

(Hawk Sidley Hunter - F.Mk.6)

"But it could also be fighter jets captured by Zion; they have already taken over the air force base on the West Coast."

The car was driving very fast, and the road was not very smooth. Lu Lin felt like he had bumped his head several times.

Meanwhile, a response was also received within the channel:

"I am an ally of Hashim, please do not fire."

"Tell him to return to base," Lu Lin said without hesitation.

Ahmed repeated, and the pilot said in standard Arabic over the channel, "My plane is out of fuel and requests a landing."

At this moment, the F.Mk.6 had come into view. Just as Lu Lin hesitated, flares were thrown from both sides of the plane, and the pitch-black night was instantly illuminated as if it were daytime.

Lu Lin's pupils suddenly contracted.

Through Nzidu's perspective, he could clearly see that inside the cockpit, the pilot's epaulets bore the Zion flag.

Just as everyone was confused, Lu Lin immediately realized what was going on and shouted into the walkie-talkie:

"Fire! That's a Zion reconnaissance plane!"

"They're looking for the outpost's location. Shoot them down!!"

(End of this chapter)