Crossing through time 04, I blew up the American aircraft carrier.

Sana.

The bright moonlight shone through the window and onto the bedside.

Saleh lay in bed, tossing and turning.

According to the agreement with Sha, that batch of equipment should have been delivered long ago. Why haven't we received a reply yet?

He closed his eyes, opened them... He didn't know how many times he did this, but he finally sat up with a thud.

"Someone come here!"

"Sir Saleh, what are your demands?"

"Any news from Suguinan?"

"Not yet. Would you like to wait a little longer?"

"Wait? How can I wait? This batch of supplies is extremely important. Call me!"

"No one has been able to pick up the goods over there. Could it be... that they've already received the goods and are entertaining Mr. Sha at the hotel? I heard that Mr. Sha's prince is also in charge of escorting them this time."

"All right."

Saleh returned to bed but still couldn't fall asleep. He only managed to drift off to sleep when the eastern sky began to lighten. He had only been asleep for a few minutes when he heard hurried footsteps outside.

"Big brother, big brother, something terrible has happened!"

Hearing Mohammed-Ahmair's panicked voice, Saleh sat up and rubbed his eyes: "What is it?"

"All the equipment that Sha gave us was stolen!"

"What?"

It's true what they say, what you fear most is what happens!

If such a large amount of supplies falls into the hands of the Houthi rebels... the consequences would be unpredictable!

"What exactly happened?"

"Just as the goods were about to be delivered, Mr. Sha suddenly changed the transportation route, and then..."

"So, this shipment was never even delivered to us?"

"Yes."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's confront that man, Shah! Send Ahmed to his capital immediately!"

After saying this, Saleh put on his clothes and walked out: "Get me a private jet ready as soon as possible; I need to go there myself!"

Riyadh, the Royal Palace.

"Your Majesty, everyone in charge of the transport saw that it was the Yemeni government forces coming to receive the equipment!" Prince Elias said calmly, but inwardly he was panicking.

"That's right, we can all testify!" Basler quickly nodded as well.

"So... could it be that the Yemeni government forces failed to protect their equipment properly, and it was stolen by the Houthis along the way? Now they're blaming us and want us to send another batch?" Prince Elias concluded.

Ahmed gritted his teeth; he had never seen such a shameless person!

"The original plan was to conduct the transaction along the border between Najran and Sughyinam. Why did you change the route at the last minute without informing us?"

"Of course, it's because we discovered the Houthis were lurking nearby beforehand. To avoid having our equipment stolen by the Houthis, we changed our route without giving them advance notice... We suspected there was a mole on your side who leaked the information, but we didn't expect you to be so incompetent; you still got robbed!"

"That's not how it works at all! You're the ones who lost the equipment, yet you called us and asked us to intercept it!"

"Really? When did you make the call?"

Since satellite phones of this era didn't have recording capabilities, Prince Elias kept denying it, and the other side couldn't do much about it!

"Alright, stop arguing!" King Fahd, sitting in the main seat, had a headache.

The equipment is all lost; now is not the time to assign blame, but rather...

"We need to locate the equipment as soon as possible, and either recapture it or destroy it!" Prince Sultan chimed in.

Taking it back is very difficult; destroying it is more likely!

Prince Elias breathed a sigh of relief. This matter was considered settled. Whether he had done anything to deserve credit or not didn't matter; he just hoped he wouldn't be blamed!

I'll never dare to cause trouble again! I get nothing out of it and just end up with a lot of trouble!

Ahmed's face darkened. "Not going to pursue it? It's clearly your fault, and now you're protecting your own? Is that...?"

Sultan turned to Ilias: "Ilias, how do you know it was stolen by the Houthis?"

Elias's expression changed.

How do I know? Even a fool would know it was the Houthis!

Thump thump thump... Just then, someone ran in.

"Report! The Houthis have just released a video!"

The television screen lit up, revealing a valley. At the most open part of the valley floor, various pieces of equipment were laid out.

Pickup trucks were the most numerous, densely packed, filling the entire valley and giving the impression of unloading imported vehicles at a port.

In the center of the frame are fifty AMX-30 tanks, covered with armed personnel dressed in robes and slippers, holding brand-new M4 carbines and shouting excitedly.

Those damn guys!

Inside the palace, everyone glared angrily.

A few seconds later, a chubby young man who looked a bit smug walked in front of the camera.

"God is great! Death to America! Death to David!..."

Behind them, countless people shouted in unison, creating a deafening roar.

"Brothers and friends, I am Abdul-Houthi. Our goal as the Houthis is to drive the Westerners out of our world!"

"Over the years, the West has committed numerous crimes in our world. Just last year, they even invaded our Yitu friends without authorization from the United Nations!"

……

Inside the palace, everyone looked grim.

We, the Sha family, are rich, but we lack military strength. If we want to protect our family's wealth, we can only hire bodyguards from outside. Is that wrong?

As for the war in 03... wasn't the cause of the events of 91?

Wait, that's not what we want to hear!

"Welcome all brothers who want to resist the Western world to join our Houthi armed forces! Don't worry about equipment; what's behind me are the weapons and equipment we've received!"

It was indeed the Houthis who stole it! This is the worst-case scenario!

Next...

Just as everyone was pondering how to clean up the mess, Abdul-Housse suddenly flashed a mysterious smile in the camera's view.

"Everyone, I solemnly declare that all the equipment behind me was found in the desert, and has nothing to do with anyone else, especially not with this person named Sha!"

hum!

Ahmed's mind was about to explode.

What's going on?

Found in the desert? Has nothing to do with this person? This is clearly a cover-up!

"Thumbs up!" Ahmed's face turned bright red, and he opened his mouth wide and roared.

"Your Majesty, how could you be so foolish as to continue supporting the Houthis under these circumstances!"

Ahmed pointed at the television screen: "You all just heard it, the Houthis and the Western world are locked in a life-or-death struggle, and they consider any country that supports the West to be a traitor! Including you, Shah!"

Back then, you supported the royalists and fought against us republicans, and that's fine, but the past is the past. How can you not recognize the situation now?

The expressions on everyone's faces changed instantly. This Abdul-Houthi was truly cunning!

All that has been build-up has been foreshadowing; this last sentence is the real killer move!

Not only did Sha lose his equipment, but he was also wrongly accused! They were truly heartbroken!