Chapter 3070： Downed small plane

The Tigray State Government and the top Orthodox Church have kept their promises.

By about 7 o'clock in the evening, all the fanatical Orthodox believers and monks who had gathered around the hotel had been evacuated, and there was no one left.

The entrance of the hotel, which was originally impenetrable, and several nearby streets suddenly became empty, with only a few police officers on duty and heavily armed soldiers.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the tripartite joint exploration team took a sigh of relief and finally relaxed.

At the same time, everyone has truly felt how huge and amazing the influence of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Aksum is.

If they want to, they can encourage those fanatical Orthodox believers and monks to occupy the city and completely submerge the tripartite joint exploration team.

Thinking of this, everyone feels a little heavy.

Ye Tian stood on the side of the suite window, scanned the situation outside the hotel, then left the window and walked into the living room.

In the living room, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent, as well as David and others, are sitting on the sofa, discussing the upcoming joint exploratory operation.

After entering the living room, Ye Tian also sat down on the sofa, and said solemnly:

"Everyone has seen the situation outside? I think the Tigray State Government and those high-level Orthodox figures are a bit demonstrating, and they have indeed achieved their goals.

In Axum, their influence is too great. It can be said that the entire city is under their control. Only by cooperating with them can we start exploring operations."

"It is true. Although Aksum is a major commercial town and cargo distribution center in northern Ethiopia, it is also a religious sacred site and is basically under the control of the church.

Even the Tigray State Government and the Tiren Front have far less influence in this city than the church. Because of this, we must cooperate with the Orthodox Church."

Joshua nodded and said.

"There is no problem with cooperation, but if we really find Solomon's treasure and the ark of the covenant here, the problem will probably come, and it will be very troublesome!"

Hearing Ye Tian's words, everyone at the scene nodded.

Everyone is aware of this, but can't think of a good way to crack it.

After a few more conversations, Ye Tian changed the subject.

"Joshua, there are several places we are going to explore tomorrow. Many of them are exposed in the wilderness. The surroundings are unobstructed, and some are still on the top of the mountain. You must do your security work."

"Understood, Steven, I will tell Seaman when I look back and ask them to rush to those exploration locations in advance tomorrow. Only after it is safe, you can take people out of the car and start exploring."

Joshua continued.

"The key point is the ruined castle on the top of the mountain and the Obelisk Square. The topography of these two places is the most complicated. We should stay there for a long time. We need to check it carefully."

"Understood, I will let Seaman and the others focus on these two places"

After chatting for a few more words, the bishop of Kent suddenly asked curiously:

"Steven, when you visited the Church of Saint Mary of Zion and the Chapel of the Sanctuary, did you find anything? Are there any major secrets hidden in and around those two ancient religious buildings?"

Ye Tian shook his head and said with a smile:

"It's a pity that I didn't find anything around those two famous religious buildings. They were very tightly protected. We couldn't get close or enter at all.

In this case, it is impossible to find something. The ark of the covenant stored in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit is true or false, and we naturally have no way of knowing it! "

Hearing this, both Joshua and the Bishop of Kent nodded, a look of disappointment flashed in their eyes at the same time.

Then they discussed for a while, and made some preparations for tomorrow's exploration action, Joshua and the others left.

Later, David and others also left one after another.

When he was alone in the suite, Ye Tian immediately took out the satellite phone and started talking to Matisse.

The call was connected in a blink of an eye, and he asked directly:

"Matis, talk about the small seaplane you shot down just now, but we couldn't find out. Who is the one who rented the small seaplane?"

Just five or six minutes ago, Ye Tian was discussing with Joshua and the others about the exploratory operation to be launched tomorrow.

Matisse suddenly notified via wireless invisible headphones that they had just shot down a small seaplane with a needle-stabbed shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft missile over Lake Tana, and the people in the plane were killed and two seriously injured.

When the voice fell, Matisse immediately began to introduce the situation.

"That's it, Steven. Just in the evening, a small seaplane flew from the direction of Vorotta, through the mist on the lake, and flew straight to the working waters of the joint expedition fleet.

After spotting this small seaplane, we immediately warned it to leave this area, otherwise it would launch an attack, but the other party pretended not to hear it and continued flying regardless.

Just when this small seaplane broke into the waters where the sunken treasure was salvaged, we first notified Mustafa and the Ethiopian military, and then shot it down with a needle-pierced anti-aircraft missile.

After the small seaplane was hit, it crashed onto the lake. I immediately sent a speedboat to check the situation. It turned out that there were three people in the small seaplane, one dead and two seriously injured.

The man who died was a guy from Europe. It is said that he was a professional treasure hunter. The small plane pilot and another European man survived by chance, but they have lost their ability to move.

Just now we investigated. These two guys and some others followed the three-party joint exploration team from Israel to Gondar in Ethiopia, and they died here! "

Hearing the announcement, Ye Tian couldn't help sneering a few times.

"This is their own dead end. They can't blame anyone else, but this matter may cause some trouble. I will contact Mustafa later and let the Ethiopian government handle this matter.

When you told me the news just now, I thought it was the **** Cook or his men who were shot down. If it were those bastards, it would be great, but unfortunately let them escape! "

"Hahaha, at first I thought it was Cook's bastards, but it wasn't them. It's really a pity! After this incident, the rest of the guys who were hiding from the surroundings immediately fled!"

Matisse said with a laugh.

Next, Ye Tian asked about some other things before ending the call.

Later, he dialed the satellite phone in Mustafa's hands.

On the phone, he told this old friend to let the Ethiopian government take over the matter and deal with some troubles that might arise.

While he was talking to Mustafa, in a fishing boat on Lake Tana, the guy Cook was cursing hysterically.

"Fak! The bastard's men are **** lunatics and butchers. How dare they shoot down flying seaplanes with their shoulder-mounted missiles!"

Fortunately, Lao Tzu didn't fly to that water area by seaplane, otherwise it would be Lao Tzu who was shot down by the missile, and it was so **** worth it to be killed by someone like this! "

While cursing loudly, Cook's face was full of fear, and even his legs trembled slightly.

Just a few hours ago, because he could not find a suitable boat, he had thought about renting a small seaplane and flying to the center of the lake to check the situation.

Fortunately, just when they were about to rent a small seaplane, they happened to see a fishing boat returning to the port.

They immediately rented the fishing boat at a high price, filled it with fuel, carried a lot of supplies and exploration equipment, and then sailed towards the center of Lake Tana to investigate the situation.

Not long after arriving here, they saw a small seaplane being shot down by a shoulder-mounted anti-aircraft missile and crashing onto the lake.

Seeing this scene, Cook and their blood are cold, everyone is scared enough.

They immediately turned the bow of the ship and drove away quickly.

It wasn't until they were far away from the waters where the joint exploratory fleet was operating and disappeared into the mist on the lake that they gradually slowed down and moored on the lake.

After a frantic vent, Cook calmed down a bit.

Immediately afterwards, he asked his fellow explorers and security personnel.

"Guys, the gang of **** under Steven's are too cruel, and it's almost impossible to get close to the waters where they salvaged the treasures left over from World War II from the air and on the lake.

Can we go under the water? Put on a diving suit, use a diving thruster, and under the cover of night, advance to that piece of working waters and dive into the bottom of the lake to discover the treasure? "

Before they could say anything, several divers shook their heads firmly.

"This is absolutely impossible, boss, there is no hope at all, and it is very dangerous. We will never take this risk and approach that piece of working water from underwater!"

"In this water area, there are many very cruel Nile crocodiles cruising. If we rush into the water, we will only become a snack for those Nile crocodiles!"

"As far as I know, the lake in this area of ​​Lake Tana is very deep, and the depth is most likely to exceed 70 meters, and the visibility of the lake bottom is very poor, and the topography of the lake bottom is not familiar to everyone.

In this case, if there are no ships to provide support on the lake, if there is no deep diving decompression station at the middle depth of the lake, then diving into deep dives is tantamount to finding a dead end! "

Hearing this, Cook was immediately dumbfounded.

After a while, he woke up, and then yelled unwillingly:

"What do you do then? Do we just watch and watch this amazing treasure be swept away by Steven and that bastard? The treasure is so close at hand, I really can't be reconciled to go back empty-handed!"

Everyone at the scene looked at each other, everyone was unwilling, but very helpless.

After a moment of silence, one of his subordinates suddenly said:

"Boss, we want to **** this amazing treasure on the surface of Lake Tana and deep in the bottom of the lake. There is basically no possibility. That will not succeed, but will take everyone's lives.

In that case, there is no need to take this risk, it is simply not cost-effective! We are keeping an eye on this joint exploratory fleet. After salvaging the treasure, they will eventually land.

After they have brought the gold and silver treasures from this sunken ship to land, it will not be too late for us to find a chance to do it again. That may be our only opportunity, and also the best opportunity! "

Cook's eyes lit up suddenly, shining straight.

Immediately afterwards, the guy nodded vigorously and said:

"That's right, these **** under Steven are going to land after all. After they land, we will start grabbing this amazing treasure. I will never be willing to go back empty-handed!"

The others also nodded, and everyone rekindled hope.

The same scene, in many boats on Lake Tana, and in many places around Lake Tana, is happening simultaneously, and the content is similar!

...

This was the second day after the tripartite joint exploratory team arrived in Axum, and the weather was fine.

With the departure of many Orthodox monks and believers who were protesting and demonstrating, a large number of media reporters rushed over and stood by the door of the hotel where the tripartite joint exploratory team stayed, waiting for interview opportunities.

Approaching nine o'clock in the morning, many vehicles from the United Exploration Convoy suddenly drove to the entrance of the hotel.

Seeing this scene, those media reporters suddenly understood.

The tripartite joint exploratory team is going to set off and launch an exploratory operation in Axum.

After confirming this, these media reporters immediately became excited.

They set up long guns and short cannons, aiming at the front entrance of the hotel, preparing for filming and interviews.

About five minutes later, accompanied by the deputy mayor of Axum, representatives of the People's Front, and representatives of the Orthodox Church, Ye Tian and Joshua walked out of the hotel gate and prepared to get in the car and leave.

Seeing them come out, the media reporters guarding the door of the hotel immediately started asking questions loudly.

"Good morning, Mr. Steven, I'm a reporter from The New York Times. May I ask, are you going to start an exploratory operation? Can you tell me exactly where you are going to explore?"

"Good morning, Minister Joshua, I am a reporter from the National Israel Television. Excuse me, where do you think the treasure of Solomon and the Ark of the Covenant are hidden in Axum? Will it be in the Church of St. Mary on Mount Zion?"

Hearing the questions raised by these media reporters, Ye Tian, ​​Joshua and the Bishop of Kent smiled at each other and stopped.

Aksum is different from Gondar and also different from other places.

Here, they must make use of all available forces to contain the Tigray State Government and the Tiren Front, as well as the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, so that the Ethiopians have more scruples.

The attention of the world’s major news media and the Ethiopian media is a force that can be used, and the power of these media is not small and should not be ignored.

Especially for Tigray State and the Tiren Front, when they are at war with the Ethiopian government, they pay more attention to their international image so that they can win more sympathy and support.

Ye Tian glanced at these media reporters, then smiled and said loudly:

"Good morning, friends from the media and reporters, thank you for your attention to this tripartite joint exploration operation. The purpose of our trip to Axum is clear to everyone, and I will not introduce it again.

Today is the second day after the tripartite joint exploratory team arrived in Axum. We will officially launch the exploratory operation. Due to the need for confidentiality, it is not convenient to disclose the specific exploratory location for the time being.

What I can tell you is that if the tripartite joint exploratory team makes a major discovery in Axum, we will announce it in time and broadcast it live. Please pay attention! "

Before the speech was over, several media reporters started asking questions loudly.

But Ye Tian did not respond. Instead, he raised his hands and gestured to Joshua, the Bishop of Kent, and the deputy mayor of Axum, indicating that they could interview them.

Following his action , many media reporters immediately shifted their targets and began to ask questions of those few.

Next, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent stood up and answered some questions that the media reporters were concerned about.

Regarding the tripartite joint exploration team's actions in Axum, they all expressed their optimism, hoping to create miracles again and discover the remaining part of Solomon's treasure.

In order to avoid irritating the believers and monks of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, they did not mention the ark of the covenant.

Many media reporters also understand this point, so they did not ask too much.

After they finished the interview, the deputy mayor of Axum in charge of culture and tourism also stood up and accepted a joint interview with media reporters.

What he said is just some official rhetoric, which has no nutrition or value.

Later, Ye Tian and the others boarded the joint exploration team and left here by car!

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