A suicide attacker drove a car packed with explosives and detonated it at the entrance of the Iranian Embassy in Iraq, just a few hundred meters away from the hotel. The strong explosion partially damaged the Iranian Embassy building, destroyed cars on the roadside, and caused pedestrians to flee in panic.
The explosion affected the Mansour Hotel. More than 10 rooms in the embassy were damaged to varying degrees. The balcony door glass with explosion-proof film was shattered by the shock wave, the balcony door frame fell off, and cracks appeared in the ceiling.
There was a hole in the center of the ceiling of Gu Mengmeng's house. She happened to be squatting by the window and was not harmed. In the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, all the window glass was shattered, and some windows of the Chinese restaurant on the side of the courtyard where the embassy chef cooked were damaged.
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Seconds after the explosion, the Chinese armed police responsible for the security of the embassy rushed into her room and searched for her in the dusty and smoke-filled room.
"I'm here, I'm not injured." Gu Mengmeng calmly got up from the ground and raised her hand to the nervous-looking armed policeman to report that she was safe.
"Reporter Gu, the ambassador ordered all librarians to gather in the foyer in the middle of the floor."
"Okay, I'll be there right away." Gu Mengmeng closed the laptop, neatly packed up the important documents on the table, turned and walked out of the house. When she reached the door, she suddenly felt a sharp sensation in her stomach.
She was in pain, and something hot was flowing out of her lower body. She stopped while holding on to the wall, carefully pressed her bulging abdomen, and took a deep breath.
They went from room to room to notify the assembled armed police officers, and one of them found Gu Mengmeng leaning in the corridor.
Seeing that she didn't move, the armed policeman ran back anxiously and asked: "Reporter Gu?"
Gu Mengmeng said with a pale face: "I'm just a little dizzy. It's okay. Go and notify the librarian. Go quickly!"
While talking, several loud explosions were heard outside. Along with the loud noises, the Mansour Hotel was shaking.
Gu Mengmeng pushed away the armed police, held on to the wall to avoid the fallen wall covering from the ceiling, and moved slowly towards the foyer.
The sharp pain in her abdomen seemed to be a little lighter, and she could no longer feel the heat in her lower body. Gu Mengmeng breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that the sound of the explosion might have stimulated the baby, causing him to react in a stressful manner.
When we arrived at the foyer, most of the librarians gathered together, and Ambassador Kong was among them to personally count the number of people. In the end, two chefs from the Chinese restaurant were slightly injured, but everyone else was unharmed.
Because the hotel was very close to the explosion site, the Iraqi military quickly dispatched security forces to protect the embassy area.
In other words, from now until the alarm is lifted, she and any staff of the embassy are not allowed to enter or leave the hotel at will.
Everyone was sighing, but they quickly got back to work and restored normal order. Gu Mengmeng took the opportunity to go to the bathroom and changed out of her bloody underwear. She no longer felt any pain in her abdomen, but
She still found the temporary doctor at the embassy and did a simple examination. The doctor said that she needed to rest and rest, otherwise it would be harmful to the fetus.
She walked out of the infirmary holding her belly, and on her way back to the front hall, she suddenly heard an exclamation from Ambassador Kong from the next room.
"Found it? Major Kang found it?! He's still alive!"
Gu Mengmeng's head felt dizzy. Standing in the dusty corridor, she paused for a moment to breathe and think.
Conway found it!
He is still alive!
She held the wall with one hand and pressed her lips with the other. She leaned against the door of the ambassador's room with tears in her eyes and almost fainted.
Dozens of days and nights of torment, thousands of hours of lovesickness torture, brought her to the brink of collapse. Now that she suddenly heard about him, she felt like she was in another world, and she couldn't believe that it was actually him.
real!
Just as she was about to go in and ask what was going on, the ambassador's urgent voice came from inside the room again.
"He was seriously injured? Is it life-threatening?"
"How could this happen? He is still in the hands of a hostile armed organization? He cannot be rescued normally. Why?"
Ambassador Kong's voice sounded unusually heavy, while Gu Mengmeng pressed her lips tightly to prevent herself from falling in front of the gradually becoming clear truth.
When Military Attaché Chen and Harry arrived at Suly, Harry connected with Jihad's insider. This time the insider brought exciting news, that is, he overheard other members of the organization talking about being raped by the leader's only daughter.
The prisoner Inna hid was a seriously injured Chinese man. He was unconscious in Suly's base. It is said that Saina admired him very much and spent a lot of money to invite European medical experts to save his life.
Rumor has it that he was extremely handsome and often made the maids who served him stop and linger.
The bad news is that the Chinese man's injuries were too severe, and doctors have recently issued frequent notifications of critical illness.
His status was special and different from ordinary prisoners of war, so he was ignored the last time Harry investigated.
Harry gave the insider a photo of Conway and asked for verification. After the insider returned, he found an opportunity to approach a maid serving Saina. After seeing the photo, the maid exclaimed, it was him!
After Harry got the exact information, he passed it to Military Attaché Chen, who then reported it to Ambassador Kong and asked for further instructions.
The Jihad is a maverick organization that completely contradicts the government. They moved their base camp to Suly in order to open up their second battlefield and open the Kurdish channel to Baghdad. According to the practice of government forces fighting with them, there is almost no chance of rescuing Conway.
Any chance of winning.
"Ambassador, please don't tell Reporter Gu that she can't come yet!" Attaché Chen said.
"I know, you must pay attention to safety in Suly!"
"Yes, Ambassador. Then our next step..."
"Everyone is on standby! Don't act impulsively." Ambassador Kong carefully explained and then hung up the phone.
Immediately afterwards, the ambassador dialed the domestic hotline and began to ask for instructions from his superiors.
"Secretary Su, I must report to you Conway's latest..."
Because he was too nervous, he didn't notice Gu Mengmeng standing outside the door for a long time.
Gu Mengmeng used all her strength to slowly walk out of Ambassador Kong's office.
Instead of returning to the relative safety of the front lobby, she returned to her hotel room.
She prepared to leave the Mansour Hotel with only a small camera and ID. She went down to the first floor through the hotel staff passage. In the restaurant on the first floor, she found the Iraqi aunt she had just met and changed into the traditional clothing of local women.
The purchased vehicle easily passed the security inspection and successfully left the hotel and arrived at the airport.
Gu Mengmeng, who looked determined in the porthole, whispered secretly toward the direction of the plane's takeoff.