Chapter 3015 Warm Hospitality
As soon as the tripartite joint exploration team entered Ethiopia, they were warmly received by the Ethiopians and felt overwhelming malice.
Less than ten minutes after leaving the border, the convoy entered a border town.
As soon as they entered this small town, the joint exploration convoy encountered a rain of stones.
A dozen or so fist-sized stones suddenly flew out from the roofs of the buildings on both sides of the street, flying down into the air, and rained down on the tops and sides of the many vehicles of the United Exploration Convoy.
"bang bang bang"
Suddenly there was a series of loud noises in the street.
This sudden rain of stones startled everyone in the tripartite joint exploration team.
Fortunately, everyone was riding in an Israeli military vehicle, equipped with protective armor, and the protection ability is very good.
The rain of rocks from the sky did no harm and no one was injured.
Not only stones, but even one or two grenades are not a big threat to this joint exploration convoy.
Only RPG rockets can truly threaten everyone's safety.
The three-party joint exploration convoy stopped, and many security personnel raised their vigilance, staring at the buildings next to the street, as well as many people watching the excitement!
The Ethiopian military police responsible for protecting the joint exploration convoy also reacted quickly!
They acted immediately, jumped out of the military vehicles one after another, and rushed directly into the buildings on both sides of the street.
At the same time, Ye Tian and the others saw through the car window.
On the roofs of those buildings along the street, there were figures of young people running fast on the roofs, trying to escape the arrest of the Ethiopian police.
The people gathered on both sides of the street were staring at the joint exploration convoy.
It can be seen that almost everyone's eyes are full of anger, even hatred.
Some of them were even yelling curses and making insulting hand gestures, such as the world-wide raised middle finger, to provoke the United Exploration Convoy.
If it weren't for the protection of a large number of Ethiopian military and police, and if every car in the convoy was not very strong,
These angry Ethiopians may have rushed up and besieged the convoy!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the tripartite joint exploration team looked very solemn.
Everyone is very worried about the exploration operations that will be launched next.
If all Ethiopians have this attitude, can the joint exploration operation proceed smoothly? It is estimated that the difficulty is not small.
David, who was sitting in the car, was amazed at the situation outside.
"Steven, I completely believe what you said before. Ethiopians may be the least welcome group of tripartite joint exploration teams in the world, and they are also the people who least want us to find the Ark of the Covenant.
Look at these Ethiopians on both sides of the street, everyone has anger and hatred in their eyes, if we weren’t sitting in the car and protected by a large number of security personnel, we would have been besieged.”
Ye Tian looked at the situation on the street outside, then nodded and said:
"This kind of situation is expected. As early as when the tripartite joint exploration team left Tel Aviv, I thought that if I entered Ethiopia, I would probably encounter this kind of situation.
If we could find the Treasure of Solomon and the Ark of the Covenant in the previous countries, we would not have to go to Ethiopia. Unfortunately, we have not found the Treasure of Solomon.
This is northern Ethiopia, very close to several famous religious holy places in Ethiopia. People living here believe that the Ark of the Covenant is in the Church of St. Mary.
That's why they behave like this! Relatively speaking, the situation in other parts of Ethiopia should be better, but it is a pity that the tripartite joint exploration team does not go to those places.”
While they were chatting, the Ethiopian military police who had just rushed into the buildings on both sides of the street came out one after another.
They didn't catch anyone, and everyone was talking and laughing, not taking the attack just now seriously.
Seeing this scene, everyone still doesn't understand that this is being tricked by the Ethiopians!
Ye Tian could only smile and shake his head, quite helplessly.
After the Ethiopian military and police boarded their respective vehicles, the joint exploration convoy started again and continued to drive forward.
On the way, the convoy continued to be attacked.
Fortunately, only stones and bricks attacked the convoy, which did not cause any harm to the convoy, and no one was injured.
As for the crazy cursing of people on both sides of the street, it was even more so, and there were countless raised middle fingers.
For these, Ye Tian could only choose to turn a blind eye.
But he didn't forget to remind Matisse and the others to be more vigilant.
"Matisse, from what happened just now, we can see that the Ethiopian military and police cannot be trusted at all, and we cannot expect them to protect the tripartite joint exploration team, we have to rely on ourselves.
Let the guys be alert and ready to fight at any time, and don't forget to remind the Israelis and the guys who entered Ethiopia early"
After the words fell, Matisse's voice came from the walkie-talkie immediately.
"Got it, Steven, we'll be ready!"
While speaking, the joint exploration convoy has left this border town, along the highway, heading for the hinterland of Ethiopia.
As the convoy drove into the wilderness, the attacks and malicious gazes from around disappeared.
Until then, everyone was able to enjoy the natural scenery outside the car window and get to know this country on the roof of Africa up close.
Ethiopia, located in northeastern Africa, is an ancient country with a history of more than 3,000 years.
Of all the African countries, only Ethiopia and Egypt can trace their history back to ancient times.
But while Egypt has become increasingly isolated from its ancient culture through successive conquests, Ethiopia has retained its uniqueness well into the twentieth century.
It can be seen in some of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that have been discovered that there was civilization in the Ethiopian plateau as early as the second millennium BC.
The pharaohs of ancient Egypt once sent fleets and caravans to come here to buy precious items such as spices and medicines.
Some pharaohs even believed that ancient Egypt had received divinity from Ethiopia, which Egypt called punt, or the land of God.
The ancient Greeks believed that Ethiopia was the first place to plant wheat and olive trees.
Some of these Ethiopian legends have been proven to be true.
After ancient times, Ethiopia has experienced the rule of many different dynasties and a short history of being colonized, but it has always maintained its own unique civilization until modern times.
The fertile soil and temperate climate of the Ethiopian plateau, bordered to the east by the ship-frequented sea, served as a fortress guard against hostile peoples in the surrounding desert.
Therefore, it is relatively safe, so that Ethiopia can completely preserve the unique culture left by two equally gifted peoples who met in ancient times and slowly integrated into one.
These two peoples were the Kushites, possibly natives, and the Semites, who may have migrated from the Arabian peninsula.
The Israelites happen to be a branch of the Semites. They moved from Jerusalem and lived here for more than two thousand years, forming the Beta Israelites!
And this is exactly the reason why the tripartite joint exploration team came here.
Ethiopia is located on a plateau with an average altitude between 2,500 and 3,000 meters.
There are also many volcanic peaks with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters standing on the plateau, which look very magnificent!
Many famous rivers in Africa originate here, such as the Blue Nile, Atbara River, Juba River and so on.
These turbulent rivers are like scalpels, cutting the area they flow into pieces of table-shaped terraces with flat tops and steep edges.
In the middle of the Ethiopian plateau, there is a huge rift valley with a width of 40 to 60 kilometers. It is the northern part of the east branch of the famous East African Rift Valley. There are many lake basins at the bottom of the rift valley.
Although the Ethiopian plateau is close to the equator, due to the high altitude, the climate here is not too hot, which is quite pleasant.
The dry and wet seasons here are obvious, the rainy season is from June to September, and the dry season is from October to May of the following year.
When the tripartite joint exploration team entered Ethiopia, it happened to be the end of the rainy season. In addition, it is located in the northern part of the plateau and there is relatively little rainfall, which is a good season.
If you don't take into account, or selectively ignore, the attitude of the Ethiopians towards the tripartite joint exploration team, it can be regarded as a good exploration trip.
At least the scenery is so!
After entering Ethiopia, there is a lot of green in everyone's vision.
Although there are deserts here, they are not as barren as the Sahara Desert and Arabian Desert that you have passed through before. At least you can feel the breath of life!
As the convoy gradually penetrated into Ethiopia, the greenery on both sides of the road became more and more beautiful, and the scenery became more and more beautiful!
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The joint exploration convoy has been climbing uphill, and coupled with the bad road conditions, the speed naturally cannot be increased.
After driving forward for about ten kilometers, the convoy entered the next town.
Like the previous treatment, the United Exploration Convoy once again received warm hospitality from the Ethiopians.
However, what was used to treat the joint exploration convoy was not food and wine, but stones and bricks, one after another of abuse, and countless raised middle fingers.
Not only that, the Ethiopians also threw a few tattered ox carts in the middle of the road, completely blocking the narrow road.
The joint exploration convoy had to stop and wait for the Ethiopian military and police to remove the bullock carts blocking the road before they could pass!
But those Ethiopian military and police were passive and sabotaged, only sending a few people to work, while others stood aside to watch the excitement, laughing and joking.
The Ethiopian military police who were working were also doing foreign work, and it took more than ten minutes to remove the broken bullock carts.
During this period, the Joint Exploration Convoy endured an unknown number of stone and brick attacks, smashing the Israeli military vehicles in the convoy with ping-pong noises!
That is to say, the protective capabilities of these Israeli military vehicles are very good, so there was no loss and no one was injured.
As for the swearing and various insulting gestures, they kept coming and going and never stopped!
Seeing this situation, everyone in the joint exploration convoy felt as if they were in the Gaza Strip.
In the past, you have only seen this kind of scene on TV, that is, when the Israeli army enters the Palestinian-controlled area, it will be greeted by the Palestinians with this kind of stone rain.
However, this is not the Gaza Strip, but Ethiopia.
In the Gaza Strip, the Israelis have an overwhelming advantage. They can quickly dispatch a large number of heavily armed military police to suppress and control the situation as much as possible.
If the situation deteriorates and is on the verge of getting out of control, the Israeli military and police will use force without hesitation to quickly restore the situation and regain control of the situation.
But in Ethiopia, when there is no fatal attack, everyone, including many Israeli military and police, can only endure!
However, the Ethiopian military and police responsible for protecting the tripartite joint exploration team took money and did nothing.
Most of the time, they were just watching the excitement, looking like they were gloating!
At this time, they just controlled the people on both sides of the street, preventing them from attacking the tripartite joint exploration convoy.
They turned a blind eye to the stones, bricks, etc. flying from all directions, as well as the constant abuse and insulting gestures.
The Ethiopian officials following the joint exploration convoy, as well as several religious figures, also turned a blind eye to this situation and did not intervene in any way.
More importantly, they did not encounter any attacks at all, and the journey was safe and sound.
It can be seen that the Ethiopians gathered on both sides of the street have very clear targets.
That is the tripartite joint exploration convoy, the Israeli military vehicles that everyone is riding in, and the target is also very conspicuous.
Seeing this situation on the street outside, everyone's faces became more and more ugly, and a trace of anger gradually appeared in their eyes.
Ye Tian's face was even more gloomy, but he endured it all the time.
It wasn't until the tripartite joint exploration convoy passed through the small town and drove into the wilderness again that he called Joshua. Well, he said in a deep voice:
"Joshua, you have to do something, such as put pressure on the Ethiopian government to change this situation, just now this situation must not happen again and again.
If this situation is allowed to continue, it will quickly get out of hand! Seeing that there is no restraint, the behavior of Ethiopians will become more and more excessive and unscrupulous.
If it continues to develop, the Ethiopians will try to attack the tripartite joint exploration convoy, and even loot our convoy. By then, this joint exploration operation will have to be terminated.
In the conflict between Israel and Parisstein, you should have encountered this situation countless times, and you should also know that you must not let it go, otherwise the situation will quickly become out of hand.
Another point is that everyone's patience is limited, and no one can endure endless abuse and humiliation. We are here to explore Solomon's treasure, not to accept abuse and humiliation.
If this situation does not change, for the sake of my own safety and the safety of my staff, I am afraid I have to consider terminating this exploration operation and leading my men to withdraw from Ethiopia! "
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Joshua didn't respond immediately, but fell into thinking.
After a while, he said:
"Steven, we didn't expect that the Ethiopians would react so violently. Judging from their actions, it is very likely that someone is planning and promoting these things behind the scenes, trying to prevent this joint exploration operation.
Who is behind these things? In fact, it is not difficult to guess! We will put pressure on the Ethiopian government and military to try to change this situation, but it will take time, please be patient!
After all, this is not Israel, and we cannot use many methods! I hope everyone can understand that the tripartite joint exploration operation has been carried out here, and it would be a pity if it is interrupted at this time! "
"Okay! Joshua, we will try to be as patient as possible, but only for today! If this is the case tomorrow, no matter where you go, you will still be attacked, abused and humiliated endlessly.
In that case, I will have to suspend this joint exploration operation, and the exploration operation will not continue until you communicate with the Ethiopian government to really change this situation! "
Ye Tian said in a deep voice, still leaving a little room.
Then, the two of them chatted for a few more words before ending the call.
Subsequently, Joshua and the bishop of Kent joined forces to protest and put pressure on the Ethiopian government.
The Israeli government, the Israeli embassy in Ethiopia, and the Vatican also came forward one after another, strongly urging the Ethiopian government to change the situation faced by the tripartite joint exploration team.
The joint exploration convoy was still galloping on the road, and the sky gradually darkened.
Driving forward for about ten kilometers, when the darkness fell, the joint exploration convoy drove into a relatively large Ethiopian town.
Like the previous two towns, the Ethiopians living in this town have received the news and rushed to the streets, ready to entertain the tripartite joint exploration convoy.
At the same time, a security guard who rushed here ahead of time to hit the front station was reporting the situation here to Ye Tian.
"Steven, the news that the tripartite joint exploration team will spend the night in this town has already been leaked by the hotel, and now everyone in the town knows about it.
The streets were already in chaos, especially the street where the hotel was located. Almost everyone flocked here. Fortunately, there were no militants here.
The scene at the meeting will definitely be very ugly. Everyone must be mentally prepared. After staying in the hotel, be careful of the Ethiopians playing some dirty tricks! "
Hearing the notification, Ye Tian's face suddenly became more gloomy.
After pondering for a while, he said:
"I've already anticipated this situation. Everyone just needs to be patient for another night, and it will depend on the communication effect between the Israelis and the Ethiopian government. If it is still like this tomorrow, then there is no need to be patient!
How is the drinking water and food prepared by you? In order to avoid being calculated, tonight everyone can only eat the food and drink the drinking water they brought, and use sleeping bags to rest.”
"No problem, Steven, we have prepared a lot of food and drinking water, enough for the tripartite joint exploration team to consume for three or four days, and the supplies are sufficient!"
The security guard replied.
While speaking, the joint exploration convoy has entered the street where the hotel is located.