Chapter 9 Chapter 8 "Tripoli, here I come!"

"Let's go! We finally have hope!" Ni Yongcao, deputy general manager and chief engineer of Ningbo Huafeng Construction (Libya) Co., Ltd., burst into tears after receiving the order to evacuate them.When he told the news to the 936 employees lying in the desert, all the people burst into tears, it was the sound of tears of joy.Among the cries, there was also a particularly crisp cry of a baby.He is the young son of Zhou Kai, a young employee of Huafeng, born less than 20 days ago. The little boy was born in the local Ajdabiya hospital on February 6, and within a few days there was turmoil here.The company of his father Zhou Kai was robbed by thugs, and Zhou Kai fled to the desert with the company. Fortunately, the baby and his mother were taken to his home by a kind-hearted driver to hide and were taken care of carefully.

Now, the smallest Chinese expatriate has joined the evacuees.His cries made all Chinese compatriots feel a different kind of vitality and hope. "Let's go!" Huafeng's "Desert Escape Team" composed of nine large trucks finally walked out of the desert and marched towards the port of Benghazi with hope of life.Along the way, the Huafeng people were eye-opening. A string of dragon-like machine gun bullets flew over their heads, and a variety of armed vehicles roared back and forth from them. The local people accused Gaddafi of crimes. The parade of tens of thousands of people stopped in front of them several times and shouted "Kill, kill, kill"...

"This is a real war!" Xing Yinsheng, the normally bold project manager, was at the front of the team, but this time he was also sweating wet. Arrived!Benghazi is here! Arrived!The port is here! Where is the boat that can pick us up? The Huafeng people who got out of the car looked at the seaside, but they didn't see any Chinese ships they were familiar with. There was only a foreign luxury cruise ship several stories high docked at the pier, so they became nervous and talked a lot. "My compatriots, we are sent by the Chinese government to pick you up. Please line up and board the ship now!" Suddenly, a Chinese on the big cruise ship shouted with a loudspeaker.

"Ah, it's our ship!" "It is the ship sent by our country to pick us up!" The Huafeng people immediately cheered. I don't know how Huafeng's team leader Ni Yongcao pulled out a ball of silk cloth from his bag as if by magic, and saw him flicking it with the wind, and the four characters "Long Live the Motherland" on the cloth excited all the Chinese present , Everyone shouted in unison: "Long live the motherland!" "Long live China!" Its emotion and scene make people excited. "Thank you, thank you for the motherland!" Ni Yongcao said repeatedly when he saw the Chinese who was shouting with a loudspeaker and walked towards him after getting off the boat.

"You are Mr. Ni from Huafeng, right? I am sent by the embassy in Malta to pick you up. Please get on board!" It was Liu Mei, the commercial counselor of my embassy in Malta who spoke. To Ni Yongcao's surprise, the person who came to pick them up turned out to be an old comrade with gray temples. Later, he found out that Counselor Liu suffered from high blood pressure, and he came here to fight on his own initiative.From Rome to Benghazi, after more than 30 hours, Lao Liu, who was not the first to take a sea boat, was tossed to death several times by the wind and waves. The Huafeng people were moved to tears again.

"I am more than happy that you can go home safely! Get on the boat!" Exhausted, Lao Liu held the side of the boat with one hand and waved his compatriots to board the boat with the other.The moment he saw his compatriots boarding the cruise ship in an orderly manner, the old diplomat showed a smile for the first time in several days.What made him most happy was that the little boy lying in his mother's arms giggled straight at the "grandpa" he met for the first time... The Huafeng people who suffered the most and endured hunger for the longest time in Benghazi are now the happiest people. They did not expect that the super international luxury cruise ship sent by the motherland to pick them up turned out to be.Most of the people in Huafeng are migrant workers, and none of them has ever sat on such a beautiful and comfortable cruise ship.As soon as they boarded the boat, Counselor Liu and the others had delivered pots of fragrant spaghetti to them.Zhou Kai's young son enjoys better treatment. He lives with his parents in the most spacious single room. "Grandpa" Counselor Liu Mei even prepared a lot of milk powder and diapers for him!

Two days later, this little compatriot named "Zhou Yixuan" obtained a temporary birth certificate stamped with the national emblem of the People's Republic of China personally made for him by Zhang Keyuan, our ambassador to Malta, and his wife.With this "special passport", our little citizens also have the right of passage to disembark in Malta and return to their homeland.This is something. There are really too many people on the shore, besides the Huafeng people, there are also Chinese personnel from other units. "Get on! Get on!" After a while, the rated capacity of the "Rome" has exceeded.The captain opened his arms, stared wide-eyed, and said to Liu Mei: "I can't go on board. If these people are allowed to go on board again, I will be prosecuted! This is stipulated by our Italian law."

Liu Mei was stunned for a moment. He saw that more than 100 people led by Zheng Guozhen and Yuan Haizhong from China Hydropower Company behind Huafeng were blocked on the shore. "They belong to the same company, let them go!" Liu Mei pleaded with the captain. The captain shook his head, very resolutely. "Lend me your satellite phone." Liu Mei asked Ambassador Zhang Keyuan, "What should the captain do if he doesn't allow more than 100 people who are overloaded to board the ship?" "The law? He is only facing legal prosecution. If our people stay, they will face death and injury at any time!"

Liu Mei relayed Ambassador Zhang's words to the captain. "I only enforce the laws of my country!" The captain still clearly told Liu Mei. "Okay. You wait first..." After hearing Liu Mei's report, Zhang Keyuan immediately contacted the Italian embassy in Malta, hoping that their government would let another 100 people aboard out of humanitarian considerations. Europeans are more rigid in their handling of affairs, but the friendship that Chinese diplomats have usually established with them played a role at this time. "Okay, I'll contact the government right away..."

"The next few hours were the hardest for us. Most of the people had already boarded the ship, but more than a hundred people were unable to board the ship due to overload, so the ship had to stay in Benghazi port. On the ship, you can clearly hear There were gunshots in the city, and you could see continuous artillery fire. It was raining and the wind was strong, and it was really scary and cold. It was not bad. The captain temporarily agreed to take shelter from the rain for more than a hundred people, but he did not agree to set sail. I can only wait. Until the next morning, Ambassador Zhang called and said that the Italian government had agreed to the overloading of the "Roma" to sail to Malta. If there was an accident, the Chinese side would be responsible. I hurriedly told the captain, but the captain said he didn't I received an order from my own government. I was really anxious at the time. At this moment, the captain suddenly said to me with a smile that the ship could sail. It turned out that he had just received an order from China, allowing him to handle the number of passengers according to the situation on the spot. It’s really Amitabha, we can finally leave Benghazi!” Liu Mei later recalled.

God is too bad, the war situation in Libya is chaotic, and God is also making chaos again and again these days.The hurricane brought heavy rain and turned the Mediterranean Sea upside down. The large cruise ship with a height of five or six floors was actually tilted seven or eight meters in the sea by the wind and waves! Just after sailing out of Benghazi, the captain of the "Roma" said "No" to Liu Mei, who was shaken and fell to the bilge, that his ship did not dare to go to Malta in such bad weather. "You want to go back? You let more than 2,000 of us go to the guns and shells? Is it the guns and shells or the wind and waves?" Liu Mei asked the captain with a pair of small oriental eyes. "Then let's move on." The captain said softly. The "Rome" continued to move forward in the wind and waves, and the Chinese compatriots who thought they could enjoy themselves on a luxury cruise ship had another "special treatment" this time: falling off the bed again and again, standing up again and again Falling down; I just vomited once, then vomited again, until clear water and yellow bile came out, and I couldn’t help but vomit... There is another problem: the "Roma" was temporarily rented for the evacuation of overseas Chinese. The crew and supplies are limited. Now thousands of people are on board, and every meal is a big problem.Liu Mei and her assistant Li Hao were very busy.In order to ensure that everyone has food to eat, they not only have to cook continuously with the Italian crew at full power for more than ten hours, but also organize the compatriots on board to take turns eating.The first group had finished their breakfast and it was time for lunch, but the last group hadn't even had breakfast yet. The terrible thing is that just after a group of people entered the dining room and served the tableware, there was a sudden violent jolt, and all the dishes and trays of all the people were scattered on the deck, making a mess.Among the extremely hungry compatriots, some simply lay down on the deck and stuffed food and vegetables into their mouths with their hands.Seeing it, Liu Mei felt distressed and funny. Suddenly, an idea flashed into Liu Mei's mind.He thought, if he squats down, can he lower the center of gravity and not fall easily?He shouted: "Everyone, everyone is paying attention, everyone listen to my password and squat down!" In the restaurant, hundreds of people really moved in unison, and all squatted down. After squatting down, the diners found that despite the bumping of the boat, the food plates they were holding were still in their hands, so everyone ate deliciously again, letting the big boat rock from side to side. "Liu, you are Chinese! We Italians can't do it!" This scene surprised and sighed the Italian captain and his crew. Liu Mei smiled happily. He really felt that our Chinese compatriots are so cute!He is proud of his compatriots. After more than 20 hours of long and violent turbulence, the "Roma" appeared in the port of the island country of Malta.At this moment, for my embassy in Malta led by Ambassador Zhang Keyuan, it is like a grand celebration that I have been looking forward to for so many years. "All go! Anyone who can go!" Ambassador Zhang arrived at the pier with his wife Zhang Shufeng and everyone except those left behind.In this team welcoming the successful evacuation of compatriots from the flames of war in Libya, there is a girl with pigtails who is particularly eye-catching. She is Nana, the baby daughter of Jin Songbao, a young diplomat from the embassy. Jin Songbao was originally scheduled to leave his post and return to China in early March. When the task of evacuating overseas Chinese from Libya arrived at the embassy, ​​he had already bought his return ticket.After receiving the instructions from China, Ambassador Zhang felt that the embassy was too short-staffed, so he hoped that Jin Songbao would stay for a few more days before leaving. "Listen to the organization's arrangement." Jin Songbao stayed like this. When the embassy sent the cruise ship ahead to Benghazi to pick up people, my embassy in Malta was already very busy.A "miniature embassy" with only a dozen or so people has to receive and welcome more than 5,000 compatriots at once, and needs to go through various procedures and certificates. Jin Songbao and his wife have not closed their eyes for several days.Hearing that the first ship of compatriots from Benghazi was about to enter the port, the couple were very happy: "Nana, you are going too, and our whole family is going to pick up uncles and aunts!" The daughter heard what her parents said. , I was so happy that I raised my hands and ran out... "Good day! What a beautiful day!" On the port pier, before the "Roma" appeared on the sea level, Ambassador Zhang Keyuan had brought the embassy staff and many local overseas Chinese to the pier early.A specially made giant five-star red flag was pulled by four corners by five people, and it was raised high above the shore - among the five people was Jin Songbao's daughter Nana.Little Nana held the corner of the big red flag tightly with one hand, and held up a small national flag with the other hand. Her big bright eyes kept staring at the sea, and she suddenly shouted: "Ship, the boat is coming! Ship, boat!" Come!" "Ha, Nana has sharp eyes, the cruise ship to pick up the compatriots is really coming!" "Coming!" Cheers erupted on the pier. Zhang Keyuan, his wife, Jin Songbao's family... They were all cheering and crying. The excitement was like seeing a long-lost relative.In the welcoming team, there are also Malta's foreign minister and other important officials from the Maltese side. The "Rome" was getting closer and closer to the port, and the bright five-star red flag on the shore had been clearly seen. "National flag!" "Our national flag!" I don't know who shouted first, so the whole "Rome" boiled!The compatriots all rushed from the cabin to the deck, and they scrambled to see the national flag flying on the shore at a glance... 500 meters... 300 meters... The distance from the shore is getting closer and closer, and the huge and extraordinarily bright five-star red flag has clearly jumped into everyone's pupils.There was still a commotion on the deck, but now many people stopped talking, and gradually heard someone sobbing, and then suddenly someone burst into tears.It doesn't matter this cry, it's like opening a floodgate, and there are wailing sounds one after another on the deck, just like the rising and falling of the sea tide... Ah, that's the cry of seeing hope in despair, it's the resurgence from the road of death Weeping tears, that is the happy tears of returning home after a long absence from relatives.Let the tears flow in front of your loved ones!Flow enough! "Come on, brothers and sisters, don't just cry, raise our national flag!" It was Ni Yongcao from Huafeng Company who spoke, and he once again raised a big side from behind as if by magic. Big five-star red flag. "Flag!" "Flag!" At this moment, on the shore and on the sea, two national flags of the People's Republic of China are reflected in the blue sky and sea, echoing each other.Suddenly, in the Mediterranean Sea, cheers of "Long live the motherland" and "Long live China" resounded through the sky, and flew against the wind on the sea surface. It excited all the Chinese present and the local Maltese. "Amazing! What an amazing nation!" Malta's foreign minister kept giving thumbs up in front of Ambassador Zhang Keyuan.He also expressed his gratitude to Counselor Liu Mei, because the "Roma" brought back dozens of Maltese nationals who needed to be evacuated from Libya. In fact, such an exciting scene was performed dozens of hours earlier on the Greek island of Crete.When Chen Xiaxing and his two large cruise ships "Olympic Champion" and "Greek Spirit" were fully loaded with the first batch of 4,370 compatriots evacuated from the sea and appeared in Crete, the scene was naturally more exciting. And the world is watching China's evacuation operations. On the same day, the British Prime Minister regretfully explained to the domestic people on TV that their country was unable to organize the evacuation of British citizens from Libya, and hoped that they would leave the war-torn zone on their own. In the eyes of Westerners at that time, it was impossible for China to complete the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in a short period of time. Therefore, when the first batch of more than 4,000 people were successfully evacuated from Libya to the Greek territory, Western countries that always looked at China differently Most of them were dumbfounded. On February 24, the website of the Council on Foreign Relations of the United States published an article titled "Who Is the Superpower?" by Eliot Abrams, an expert on Middle East issues."Lessons from Libya", the article wrote: "The Chinese don't talk too much, but use their strength to make it clear to the Gaddafi regime that they will not tolerate putting any Chinese citizens in danger. We should learn from China's practice, Using ships and aircraft, taking clear and visible measures to show our strength. The United States needs to learn from Beijing how to be a superpower, which is really frustrating." The boat rescued people. Although the boat arrived at the local area and picked up 285 people, due to high winds and rough waves, these people were stranded in the port for two days and still failed to set off. At around 2:00 p.m. local time on the 24th, the "Olympic Champion" and "Greek Spirit" appeared in Crete. Ambassador Luo Linquan led all the front staff of the embassy to wait there.In addition to Chinese journalists, there were also many foreign media present.The most welcoming crowd was the local Greeks, and there was a heavyweight among them, Mr. Anavutakis, the Governor of Crete. Mr. Governor seems to be more excited than Ambassador Luo Linquan on this day.Prior to this, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou called him specifically to inquire carefully about the relevant preparations for welcoming Chinese friends, and asked him and the local government of Crete to go all out and make careful arrangements to ensure that the Greek people have a good relationship with the Chinese people. The sincere friendship conveyed to every Chinese who landed on Crete. "I must bring you Mr. Prime Minister and our country's friendship with the Chinese people." Mr. Anavutakis repeatedly said to Ambassador Luo Linquan.He personally shook hands with the Chinese evacuees who came ashore on the pier, and murmured the word "welcome" in non-standard Chinese.Ambulances were parked on the pier, and Greek doctors and nurses rushed to meet the wounded and sick who were struggling to disembark.There are also several beautiful Greek girls at the port of the gangway. They are volunteers, holding bread and mineral water in their hands, and distributing a copy to every Chinese who disembarks, and giving them the smile of Crete. "The scene at that time was also rare in my decades of diplomatic career. From that morning until noon, the weather was still very bad. There was a heavy rain, and the temperature on the island seemed relatively low. At the beginning we I was a little worried that my compatriots would freeze when they got off the ship, but just before the cruise ship arrived at the port, the weather suddenly became sunny. We are more happy. Maybe this is called God's help for China's evacuation operation!" Ambassador Luo Linquan said afterwards. "Ambassador Luo? The situation ahead is getting more and more tense. I hope that after you settle the compatriots who have arrived, you will immediately order the 'Spirit of Greece' and the 'Olympic Champion' to return to Benghazi. Thousands of people are still waiting there." Evacuate, the sooner the better." The welcoming ceremony was still in progress, and domestic orders were issued to Ambassador Luo Linquan. "Understood. The two cruise ships that have arrived will set off in the evening after completing their supplies, and their destination is Benghazi!" Luo Linquan replied. "Xiyuan, there are really too few people here. Especially now that so many compatriots have come, and two or three thousand people will arrive tomorrow, there is a mountain of things that need to be contacted with the local departments of Crete. I want to send Comrade Shen Jian, who is proficient in Greek, stayed, and Comrade Chen Xiaxing said that he could go to Benghazi once, so you have to arrange another comrade to go with the boat. Is there anyone there?" Ambassador Luo Linquan was very busy Discuss with Zheng Xiyuan, the second-in-command and political affairs counselor who is guarding the stall in Athens. "Listen to you. I will immediately send Liu Wei, the director of the Political Department, and Dou Aidong, the Economic and Commercial Counselor, to the front. However, after they left, my side is basically playing empty tricks. Ambassador, I really can't spare any more time." People. You don’t know, our embassy has allocated all the sea, land and air permits for coming and going in the country. We are also directly responsible for all the evacuation tasks of the three large ships at sea. The entry permit of the action team has not yet been processed, and the Ministry has given us the coordination task. Lao Liang, who is in charge of liaison, has suffered from a herniated lumbar disc in the past few days and cannot stand up. He is squatting on the head of the bed, one on each side. On the phone, one end was called to the Greek side, and the other end received instructions from the country, saying that there was no time to pee in the ground.” Zheng Xiyuan said a lot of reasons that made Ambassador Luo Linquan worry, “Why don’t you do this? I’ll see where you are. There is one person, let her replace Shen Jian..." "Who?" Luo Linquan couldn't think of anyone beside him who was suitable to go to the more dangerous Benghazi with the boat. "Let Li Fanghui go." Zheng Xiyuan said this person was very plain, but Luo Linquan yelled: "No, she is a woman! Thanks to your thinking, you put your own wife on it!" Li Fanghui is the wife of Zheng Xiyuan. When Beijing hosted the Olympics, she was seconded from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as the director of the News and Propaganda Department. She was awarded the "March 8 Red Flag Medal" by Beijing for her outstanding performance. She was able to withstand the critical moment.But letting lesbians into a war zone carries certain risks.Ambassador Luo pondered.Zheng Xiyuan said: "She is the Chinese consul, she should go forward." Hearing this, Ambassador Luo agreed.He asked Zheng Xiyuan: "Have you figured it out?" "I figured it out! You tell her that it was the embassy and the organization that decided to let her go to Benghazi." Zheng Xiyuan said in an official tone. Luo Linquan smiled: "I don't want to do this offending thing. After a while, I will go to Xiao Li and say: 'It's your husband's opinion.' Is that okay?" "It's all right. Let's just say it." In this way, the task of the cruise ship to go to Benghazi for the second time fell on Chen Xiaxing and Li Fanghui. When Li Fanghui received the order from Ambassador Luo, she saluted the ambassador and said, "I promise to complete the task." Four hours earlier, she, Ambassador Luo's wife, Qiao Li, and other comrades in the embassy had just transferred more than 2,000 ships from the "Spirit of Greece". A group of Chinese citizens went ashore to check their names and pass customs.She has never had a more intuitive understanding of the number "2000" than at this time. 2,000 people, each in a group of 50 people, came out of the cabin like a legion, and it took four hours just to get out.This spectacular sight aroused great interest of the Greek media, they finally had the opportunity to witness what is the world's most populous country. Li Fanghui joined the second special operations team that just arrived. This team is led by Li Chunlin, deputy director of the Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A "Sister-in-law Ah Qing" was added to the "Eight King Kong", and two reporters from CCTV were accompanying them. After all, this mission is extraordinary. Since Libya is in a state of war, it is actually very inappropriate for women to go there. "There are no women in war", Zheng Xiyuan used this sentence to explain his decision.After his wife, who was participating in the front reception mission in Crete, accepted the mission to Benghazi, Zheng Xiyuan specifically told her on the phone that if there were domestic journalists on board, she would not show up and leave the camera to those who were doing the work for the evacuation of overseas Chinese. The frontline cadres and masses who have made contributions may be left to the captain and the others.As the commander-in-chief of the whole ship, her mission must be completed well! "The task has been completed. Let me tell Ambassador Luo that the embassy will congratulate you!" Zheng Xiyuan said. "Come on less! I just ask you one thing. If I am 'glorious', you can find another beautiful girl while you are young; if you don't have 'glory', you can accompany me for half a year to have a beauty treatment after you come back. I have to blow the Mediterranean wind The dark skin is corrected!" said the wife. "That's no problem! Even if Ambassador Luo doesn't give you leave, I will secretly accompany you there!" Husband said generously. This is how the couple said goodbye on the phone. Just as Li Fanghui boarded the "Olympic Champion" cruise ship and returned to Benghazi with Chen Xiaxing's "Greek Spirit", the "Venizelos" full of 2,898 compatriots met them in the Mediterranean. The "Venizelos" was a slow ship with a large carrying capacity, so it traveled relatively slowly.Because of the long journey by sea, Li Peng, the third secretary of my embassy in Greece, suffered the most along the way.Ambassador Luo told me that he was very moved by Li Peng's performance. The young man did not say a word of "hardship" from the beginning to the end, and he completed the task brilliantly and brought 2,898 compatriots out of Benghazi safely. When the "Venizelos" arrived at the port of Heraklion, Crete, Ambassador Luo Linquan, the front staff of the embassy, ​​and the deputy governor of Crete Kukiadakis greeted him on the pier as usual.Before the ship stopped, deafening cheers of "Long live the motherland" and "Thank you to the government" came from the deck. When a middle-aged worker walked out of the cabin with a simple homemade crutch, Ambassador Luo Linquan hurried forward to support and express his condolences.The middle-aged man suddenly burst into tears, saying that after he was injured by gangsters in Libya, his motherland saved his life, and now he is placed in a safe place.He said while weeping: "I will never forget the kindness of the country in my life!" The Chinese worker never imagined that not only could he escape from the dead, but as soon as he landed, he would find that his relatives in the motherland had placed him and the more than 10,000 "fugitives" who had arrived successively in a paradise-like paradise. place.The trees here are bright green, as if dripping oil; the houses and streets here are red and white, which is very distinct. "This seaside town is so beautiful, it looks like a painting. Why is it so familiar to me? I seem to have seen it somewhere!" The worker took a few photos with his mobile phone and sent them to his daughter who is studying at Shanghai International Studies University. "Dad, you are so happy! That is Crete, a famous European and world-famous tourist destination! Many landscape wallpapers in our home are where you are now, and it is the place where I want to go in my dreams. !” The daughter’s surprise reply made the Chinese worker giggle aloud: “No wonder I feel like I’m home!” Yes, this is a temporary transit station specially arranged by the motherland for him and those compatriots who escaped from the war - the picturesque Greek island of Crete. What time is it now?It was just after midnight on the 24th local time. Who is most anxious at the moment? The Central Construction of the Eastern Libyan Temporary Headquarters is the most anxious. There are at least five or six thousand people on the shore of Benghazi who are still missing. They are waiting for several cruise ships to come to the sea... Heavy rain and bullets at the same time In attacking them, life hangs every moment.They can't be in a hurry. To the east, my embassy in Egypt is also in a hurry. More than 800 compatriots who have passed the Libyan border are now waiting for a domestic civil aviation plane to pick them up at Alexandria Airport, but the travel permits of several countries they have passed along the way have not yet been obtained.The Egyptian government has given a lot of face. It originally agreed that the Chinese evacuees would go directly to the Chinese plane and return home after being received at the airport from the border without staying in Egypt.If things go on like this, China's own plane will arrive late, which means that the Chinese evacuees will have to stay in Egypt for a long time, and the problem will change. This is a "diplomatic incident", how to deal with it? "Every part of Egypt is not peaceful during the day, and there is a curfew at night. We have nearly a thousand people on other people's land. It is difficult!" My embassy in Egypt had to complain. In the west, my embassy in Tunisia is also in a hurry. Nearly a thousand people have already transited through Libya, and the plane to return home has not yet landed.It is estimated that in another day, the number of compatriots who will cross the border from Ras Jedir, a border port in Libya, to Tunisia will reach 3,000 to 4,000. "The small border airport in Tunisia usually only flies two to three hundred passengers on one or two flights, and we are stranded with three to four thousand people, or even more. If the domestic plane arrives a day late, we will be under too much pressure!" I am stationed in Tunisia The embassy reported. The temporary headquarters in southern Libya is even more urgent. So far, the only way for the five or six thousand people to evacuate them is the sky.If there were no planes in the sky, they could only be trapped in the final decisive battle between Gaddafi's army and the opposition forces, in an unimaginable situation... However, the most anxious one is the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which is in the most serious crisis. Ambassador Wang Wangsheng of our embassy in Libya. "We need to discuss the situation with all Chinese-funded institutions and Chinese staff in Libya, and we must also mobilize them to evacuate in time, gather at nearby evacuation sites, arrange when to leave, how many people to leave at a time, etc. Now we are only stuck at Tripoli Airport There are hundreds of men, women, young and old, and they have been there for three days and three nights, without food or drink, and if they don’t leave, something serious will happen!" "When will the chartered flight arrive?" Ambassador Wang Wangsheng asked his staff dozens of times in China, and he himself urged him dozens of times. "Soon! Soon!" Domestic Guo Shaochun and the others answered them this way again and again. The front is scolding the domestic consular protection center. "Who should I scold?" Huang Ping frowned, and said to Guo Shaochun helplessly. Everything that is needed ahead is something that is being organized and dealt with domestically.The Civil Aviation Administration, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Ministry of Commerce are all coordinating and handling it.However, for Huang Ping and the others, what they need most now is to get the commanding initiative ahead.Hundreds of evacuation units and tens of thousands of evacuees are scattered over hundreds of square kilometers. They have never had close contact and coordination with each other. Communications are completely paralyzed. The situation is becoming more and more tense every day. The country is pressing harder and harder, and it wants to play a "lore" game with Gaddafi... Under such a situation, the Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for the country's evacuation task, is imminent! "It doesn't matter if the eyebrows are burned, buddies and sisters will be burnt!" said the three deputy directors Tang Li, Zhang Yang and Zhu Jiayao. "Whether the battle can be won or not depends on the commander's understanding and grasp of the entire battle situation in his heart. Only by knowing it well can he command correctly and win the battle." Huang Ping was more anxious than anyone else at the moment. Yes, the situation in Libya he has is very limited! Poor communication is the main problem.Intermittent and piecemeal reports need to be analyzed and filtered, and the information is repeated, multi-sourced, with huge discrepancies, all of which directly affect the overall command and arrangement of the domestic consular protection center.Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Huang Ping, and Guo Shaochun considered it particularly important to send a working group to the front—in fact, this was also the most critical step in the entire evacuation campaign. However, the two chartered planes and three special operations teams flying to Libya are still in the air... "Captain Ji, are you arriving soon?" It was around 6:00 a.m. Beijing time on the 24th, and Guo Shaochun once again spoke directly with Ji Xueyong, the captain of CCA060 flight. "There are still two hours to arrive." Ji Xueyong replied. Air China's CCA060 special plane is now over the Mediterranean Sea.More than an hour later, it began to dive down from an altitude of 10,000 meters... The southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea has been shown in the aircraft's chart. "Report, the temperature outside the plane is minus 23 degrees Celsius, and the wind speed at Tripoli's ground airport is 70 kilometers per hour, with heavy rain..." The wind speed of 70 kilometers is equal to a strong wind of force 8, which is usually a dangerous wind speed that cannot land. Ji Xueyong looked at the instrument, then glanced out of the cabin, and then tightened the grip in his hand again. "The landing time given to us by the ground is limited, and now we are ready for an emergency landing..." He calmly issued instructions to the crew. The CCA060 special plane aimed at the airport runway and began to dive into the wind... "Not good! There is a huge moving object on the runway in front!" Ji Xueyong screamed, and the crew members cast their eyes on the runway in unison.Isn't that right, I saw a square object rolling with the wind, moving towards the runway where the special plane descended, moving...Ji Xueyong grasped the steering stick, and the sliding fuselage turned slightly, carefully avoiding that movement holding objects. "It's a container." How dangerous!Ji Xueyong wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced out. Is this Tripoli?It was dark outside, there were no ground personnel to respond, and there was no communication signal.Ji Xueyong took out the Libyan mobile phone prepared for him in China to contact the Chinese embassy, ​​but he couldn't get through at all. "Let's go down!" Fei Mingxing and the others took action! The flight attendant Zhang Qifeng helped them open the cabin door, and a sudden gust of wind blew Fei Mingxing and others upside down. Tripoli gave the boys of the Chinese special operations team a blow.Fortunately, it was not machine gun bullets, but hurricanes and rain. Fei Mingxing straightened up and stood at the cabin door again.Why is no one to take care of them?he thought.According to international practice, as soon as the plane lands at the airport and the cabin door is opened, the ground staff will go forward to pick up the plane on the gangway, and staff will come to check the number of people and other procedures. Tripoli Airport in Libya does not go through these procedures if it is special? "Bang! Bang, bang!" Suddenly, not far away, several thin flames flickered in the dark rainy night. "Is it gunshots?" someone asked.Everyone on board pricked up their ears. Someone replied: "Probably so." This is Tripoli.Ah, Tripoli, here we come - the Chinese government's evacuation team is here! Fei Mingxing and the other young men's hearts suddenly became firm. "No one cares about us, we will play by ourselves!" Fei Mingxing couldn't wait to fulfill his duties as a frontline commander. "I'll go down with Liu Xiang first!" Li Yue begged.He is the deputy director of the Authentication Division of the Consular Department, so he is naturally the right-hand man in Fei Mingxing's team. "Okay, first go to the terminal to check the situation and find our people as soon as possible." Fei Mingxing agreed and asked them to bring a satellite phone. "Report to the director, we have arrived at the destination." Fei Mingxing watched Li Yue and Liu Xiang go down, but was extremely worried.He turned back and turned on another satellite phone, and made a domestic call at the cabin door.Beijing time at this time is exactly 8:00 am on the 24th, and Tripoli time should be around 2:00 am. "Great! Your tasks, one is to get in touch with the embassy ambassador Wang Wangsheng immediately, and the other is to send more than 200 compatriots stranded at the airport to the plane..." Huang Ping, who was in a state of anxiety for two days, received a call from Fei Mingxing When the call came, I immediately cheered up.Now, the country can finally keep abreast of the situation ahead and direct the evacuation of overseas Chinese. Li Yue and Liu Xiang went straight to the terminal building with their heavy satellite phones, and were dumbfounded when they saw the situation.The crowded scene was extremely chaotic, all kinds of people were waiting to board the plane, but the airport staff had disappeared, and only armed military police were there to maintain order.The foreign nationals who want to flee here don't seem to care about the obstruction of the military and police, and they keep rushing into the airport. Such actions, in exchange for waves of frightening cursing and "bang bang" warning gunshots. The two dared not stay in the terminal building, so they wanted to go out to try their luck, to see if they could rent a car to the embassy.When departing from China, Li Yue and the others learned that our embassy in Libya is only a 10 to 20-minute drive from Tripoli Airport. “你们是国内来的工作组吗？”正在李玥、刘翔四处张望时，一个急匆匆的中国人过来问。 “是，你是……” “我是使馆的政务参赞王旭宏。” “哎呀，是你啊，老王！我们都急死了，半天也联系不上你们呀！”李玥一把搂住王旭宏说，“我们一起来的人还没下飞机呢！” 王旭宏一听便说：“那我先进去把他们接出来。”王旭宏哪能想到平时几分钟的事，这回他用了一个多小时才办成。这让费明星他们整整在飞机上待了近两个小时。 “我们的人在哪儿？我去看看。”费明星一到候机楼，第一件事就是想看看自己的同胞——他知道他们已经在机场待了三天三夜。“这个鬼地方，待一天烦死，待两天臭死，待三天想吊死都找不着地方！”接应的王旭宏指着挤得里三层外三层的候机大厅，对费明星一行说。大使馆于21日开始就在这儿准备送一批同胞出去，可就是出不去。现在在机场有两三百人，多数是妇女和儿童。 “你带我去跟机场的人说说，我要带我们的同胞马上离开这儿。”费明星提出。 “只能试试看。”王旭宏说他这几天几乎天天来跟机场的人说，希望他们安排中国人离开，但没一次是成功的。 费明星不懂阿拉伯语，见王旭宏叽里咕噜跟机场管理人员说了半天没什么效果，便把王旭宏拉到一边说：“你当翻译，我去试试。” 于是费明星走到一位官员模样的利比亚人面前，说：“我是中国政府派到这儿来接人的，希望你们帮个忙。”利比亚人只管摇头，并不答应。费明星又说：“我们接人是为了他们的生命安全，这是因为你们国内发生了状况，所以我们才这样做的。” 费明星为了赢得对方的好感，便编了一个故事，说他家乡四川的人一讲起非洲，就会说非洲是中国的朋友。“既然我们中国与你们是朋友，朋友帮朋友，你们让我们的人上我们派来的飞机吧。”“朋友”似乎友好了一些，但坚持认为机场已经管制，所有飞机都不能飞行了。 “那我们不是刚刚才飞进来的嘛！”费明星说。 “你们是进来，他们要出去就不行。” Hell!费明星心里骂了一句，脸上却仍然笑眯眯地说：“问题是我们的人已经在机场几天了，他们都是妇女和儿童，再不走，他们会有安全问题。” “这个……这个我们也管不了。” 利比亚确实乱极了，乱到他们对自己国家的事都不知如何处置。 “能让我去看看我们的同胞吗？”费明星提出。 利比亚人答应了。他看到费明星还带了两个人，便伸手阻止：“只能去一个。”利比亚人态度很坚决，看到费明星肩上挎着照相机，便使劲摆手，一把抢了过去说：“这个不行！” 无奈，费明星只好空手随一个利比亚人向机场候机楼的一侧走去。在一个较偏的角落里，费明星看到横七竖八躺了一地的中国妇女和儿童，以及一些年岁显大的中国男子。 费明星的出现，令他们一阵骚动。“各位同胞，你们辛苦了！”不想费明星的一句开场白，顿时让现场哭哭啼啼起来，许多妇女甚至有些情绪失控。 “大家听我说，听我说，我是国内派来的工作组组长，我给你们带来了党、政府和全国人民的问候！你们的亲人也在家里等待着你们。我们还带来一架包机，是专门来接你们回去的！” 现场的哭声即刻变成了掌声和欢呼声。 “是不是现在就走？” “走啦！” “别急！大家别急！”费明星嘴里说着，额上却一下淌出了汗珠，“飞机到底什么时候走，我们使馆正在和机场协调，请大家相信，你们很快就能回家了！” 又是雷鸣一样的欢呼。 “走！你必须走了！”几个利比亚人对费明星生气了，他们又扯又拉地将他赶到了刚才的候机大厅。在这里，费明星见到了王旭宏和李玥、刘翔等同机的六名队员。 “把机场的事交给我们！你们上使馆去吧。”王旭宏见费明星不放心，便这样说。 到使馆的路并不算远，但费明星一行看了看王旭宏的小车，便知道这趟路绝对不好走。王旭宏车子后窗玻璃已被子弹打碎，两边的车门显然被硬器敲砸过。再看看机场外的道路上，一队队利比亚军人个个荷枪实弹，眼睛警惕地盯着每一个来来去去的人。“他们怕反对派的人混进的黎波里来，也害怕外国派间谍和特种兵到这儿，所以我们行动必须小心点，尽量表现出很光明正大的样子。”王旭宏说。 “我们本来就是光明正大来接自己的同胞。”工作组的队员们又生气又无奈地挤进王参赞和华为公司派来的小车里。一路上，与他们迎面而过的是一队队卡扎菲的军队。费明星和队员们真正强烈地感受到了战争的恐怖气氛。 “到使馆时，已经天亮。王旺生大使和使馆同志为我们备了热汤热饭，他们尽量表现出一副轻松的样子，可我心里有些痛，他们一个个脸色阴沉，难看极了！”费明星在接受我采访时说。 费明星虽然能够想象王旺生大使和驻利使馆的工作人员这一个星期来是怎么度过的，但如果不是亲身经历，感受不会如此强烈。在西方力量的支持下，反对派势力迅速崛起，这时候中国坚持的尊重国家主权和领土完整的外交方针，受到了最严峻的考验。这是王旺生大使最苦恼与无奈的时刻：当利比亚整个局势日益动荡，当局政府岌岌可危时，你还必须与之打交道和表态。 利比亚局势动荡的背后，有一只巨大的无形之手，那就是以美法为代表的西方世界。南斯拉夫事件中的中国使馆被美国强盗式地袭击，至今清晰地留在我们记忆中，王旺生和他的使馆同事不会想不起中国外交史上这少有的惨烈一幕。 “没有，我们真的没有感到特别惊慌和紧张，一直按照国内的指示，始终坚守在使馆。”王旺生只差十几个月就要退休了，就要永远离开他工作了一辈子的外交岗位。在采访他之前，我想象着这位大使一定有许许多多苦水向我倒，可是我竟然没有听到他的一句牢骚话。 在利比亚撤侨前后，国内有不少对他和大使馆的非议，比如说，他们事先对利比亚局势缺乏准确把握和预测，对在利中资企业和中方人员的情况了解太少等等。王旺生听后十分淡定地笑笑说，从突尼斯动荡开始，他们就已经警惕和动员起来。当时他们就向国内报告了针对这一地区的看法：执政者长期以来搞独裁，下层民众诉求得不到合理解决，早晚将引发国家动荡。这些意见对我国日后处理中东、北非地区的外交事务起了积极作用。 对于在利中资企业和中方人员，大使馆了解的情况与实际确实有很大出入，这也是后来加大撤离工作难度的一个突出问题。 “中国对外开放后，尤其是近几年，国内企业和普通公民在'走出去'方面的动作比过去大大加大，渠道也多种多样。比如，在利中资企业，有的是直接投标进去的，有的是通过搭乘外国公司进去的，有的甚至是转承包第三国、第四方才进去的。这导致了我们官方估算的在利人数与实际人数有很大出入。利比亚时局一乱，中资企业、中方人员都来找我们使馆，都希望使馆帮助他们解决困难，使馆工作人员全力以赴，扶危济困。我们问心无愧，认真履行了国家赋予的职责。”王旺生大使说。 在王旺生大使身上，有一种可贵的精神和心态：任何时候，听不出他的急躁，听不出他的埋怨，听不出他的情绪，听不出他的夸张，实实在在，平静始终，机智大度……这不就是一个职业外交家的素质和国家大使的典型形象吗？ 我听到许多关于王旺生大使和使馆工作人员在大撤离前后的感人故事。 当国家决定撤离后，使馆通知到某中资企业时，对方拒绝接受撤离命令，理由是他们公司在利的承包工程有十几个亿的金额，且项目已近收尾阶段。“如果现在走了，我们损失太大！”公司负责人这么说。 “撤离是国家的命令，你的手下有上千人，他们的生命更重要。”王旺生说。 “人的生命固然重要，但国家利益我必须捍卫！”公司负责人态度坚定，仿佛只有他是国家利益的守护者。 “你要相信，只要利比亚主权在，只要我们使馆在，我们就不会放弃中国在利比亚的利益。”王旺生回答。 “那我服从你的指令，我们同意撤！”这位公司负责人终于答应。第二天，公司派人来到使馆，找到王旺生大使，说光有口头的承诺不行，大使馆还得给他们公司做后盾。他们的项目工地人一走，所有设备和东西都没有人管了，请使馆出面帮助他们跟当地武装或长老联系联系，争取请对方保护好公司的项目工地，以便利比亚日后稳定时再回来完成项目。 “这没问题，你们放心撤就是了。”王旺生痛快答应。 后来王旺生大使派武官和参赞数次冒死穿越炮火连连的战乱区，跟当地长老商谈，请他们看护中国公司施工工地，并签订相关协议。这类事王旺生大使和大使馆做了不计其数。试想一下，当一个个中资公司的撤离人员大举离开施工现场，甩下追赶他们的暴徒和躲避子弹炮火之时，王旺生大使和使馆工作人员却与撤离人员逆向而行，去那些最危险的工地找武装力量或长老们谈判，求取对方出面保护中方公司利益。这是何等的精神？这样的事，王旺生大使自己说不清做过多少件，使馆也没有记录过，他们只告诉我一句话：“这都是使馆的义务。” 我知道这义务是要用生命去履行的。 那批滞留在的黎波里的人员以妇女、儿童为主，其中有十几名年轻妇女是前面提到过的女留学生。在她们遭受暴徒围攻的紧急时刻，使馆人员挺身相救；她们决定撤离时，校方坚持“要走就放弃学籍”的态度，为此，王旺生大使多次出面与校方交涉，直到校方最后同意我留学生撤离，同意保留她们的学籍。 在的黎波里，除中资企业外有一批以私人名义来投资的中方人员，他们大多是开饭馆或办旅行社的。撤离的指令下来后，这些人不愿离开，他们担心自己的小本经营泡汤，也有人怀着看看再说的侥幸心理，消极对待撤离。 王旺生大使只得派人去做工作，去一次不行，就去两次，实在动员不了，王旺生大使还得亲自出面。“都在打仗，你生意何来？”王旺生对中国小老板说。 “赚不了钱，也不能血本无归。”小老板回道。 “命要紧还是钱要紧？” “两者都要紧，眼看投资就要泡汤了，人想办法毕竟还能活着。” “人能不能活下来，今天说了不算，明天、后天你能保证就活得下来？” “怕啥，你王大使不也在这儿待着吗？” 王旺生大使只能苦笑：“我是代表国家，只要政府没有撤使馆的命令，我就得做到人在使馆在。你不一样，你的钱和你的命是你自己的。” 小老板开始对大使肃然起敬：“那……我们跟你一起走！” 王旺生又笑：“我是大使，即使利比亚口岸海关全关了，他们还得放我出去。你不一样，到那时你就出不去了。” 小老板一想，说：“对，还是听你的，我们撤！” 王大使和大使馆在利比亚撤侨过程中，除了指挥成千上万人的国企大队伍，还要做一些分散的不知从哪个地方突然冒出来的个体户和自由散居中国公民工作。 首批准备从的黎波里撤离的人员，原计划在21日、22日就要走的，但一直联系不上飞机，后来国内决定直接派包机来接应。可利比亚航空当局处在混乱之中，连人都找不到，办中国飞机出入港的许可证难住了王旺生大使他们。好不容易拐弯抹角找到利比亚官方人员，人家说：“你们中国跟我们友好，干吗要撤？”王大使他们说：“你们这儿乱了，不安全。”人家满不在乎地说：“不会乱，子弹飞不到你们中国朋友的头上。”那人刚说完，就被不知哪儿来的子弹打掉了他的下巴，血流如注。王旺生他们拿到的中国飞机在的黎波里机场的出入港许可证能闻到血腥味…… 战乱时的大使是最难当的。 23日，在听说国内派出的飞机已经从北京起飞后，王旺生大使就和使馆人员清点滞留机场的第一批准备回家的中方人员，以便飞机上能坐多少人就走多少人。就在这一天的凌晨时分，王大使还没有起床，使馆工作人员在迷雾中看到一个蓬头垢面的中国人摇摇晃晃地向使馆走来。他身上只穿着一件短袖衫，手里拿着一个塑料袋。他说他在一个日本企业工作，老板不放他走，所以连回国的工资都不给他，他的相机也被收走了，只给了他一瓶矿泉水和一个面包。“我走了四天四夜，我想回家，我想只有找到我们中国的使馆我才能回家……”这位黄先生到利比亚才十几天时间，人生地不熟，他说他能走到大使馆，要归功于他平时爱好摄影。“那天我从使馆办证后，在去那个日本公司的一路上，沿途拍了不少照片。我这次亡命逃难，就凭这些照片上的路标和街景。”黄先生哆嗦着从塑料袋里拿出几张照片，这是他的救命稻草。 “你们是我的救命恩人！”为照顾受尽苦难的黄先生，使馆破例在第一架，也是唯一一架直接到利比亚接侨的包机起飞时，安排他与其他222名中国妇女和儿童一起离开的黎波里。 “再见了，的黎波里！” “别了，战乱的利比亚！” 北京时间24日13时30分（当地时间24日上午7时30分左右），的黎波里机场突然响起“请中国乘客马上登机”的广播，已在候机楼等待三昼夜的二百多名中国妇女和孩子及部分老年男子，激动得热泪盈眶。他们纷纷拎起随身行李，走向出境口。 “中国人走了！” “中国人多幸运！” 几万人拥成一团的大厅内，又是一阵不小的骚动，各国侨民用无比羡慕的目光看着中国人从死亡线上离开…… 25分钟后，CCA060航班迎来瞬间露出的一片晴空，腾空而起，朝着东方古国飞去。 “各位同胞，大家好！欢迎乘坐中国国际航空公司的包机。我是机长吉学勇，现在我和机组全体人员，向你们表示祝贺，祝贺你们胜利回家！希望国航的这次飞行能将祖国的温暖传递给你们，祝大家旅途愉快！” 机长吉学勇通过机舱内的广播刚说完这番话，机舱内便爆起一片欢呼声。 “我们回家啦！” “感谢国航！” “祖国万岁！” 此刻，地面上的王旺生大使对费明星说：“向国内报告吧，CCA060包机已载223名同胞从的黎波里起飞……” “黄司！我是费明星，现在向你报告……”