Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 324 Emergency Information

North Africa, Tunisia.

Bal sat in his office, and even with the air conditioner on, he still felt as if fire was about to burst from his head.

At four o'clock this morning, he was woken up from his sleep by someone on the phone. It was the operations director Raymondo.

Raimondo tells Barr the sad news that JK is missing.

When DGSE agents arrived at JK's residence in Algiers, they found bullet holes everywhere and the house was in a mess. It was obvious that a gunfight had taken place. All the traces in the house showed that someone had raided the place.

Later, we learned through an insider in the local police station that a gunfight had occurred at JK's residence that night, but when the police arrived at the scene, they found nothing and no body was seen.

The only clue was some blood in a nearby alley. The police collected some samples and left.

No one in Algeria would take this unsolved case, where there is not even a body, seriously.

There was intelligence trading between JK and DGSE.

After failing to intercept Song Heping's arms transport, Bal wondered whether Song Heping would hunt down JK, so he sent Raymondo with several agents to Algiers.

Not that he cared about JK's life or death.

An intelligence broker, his life or death is not important to DGSE.

The important thing is that if Song Heping goes to Algiers for revenge, perhaps Raymondo will run into this mysterious arms dealer there.

Bal's order to Raymondo was to capture Song Heping alive.

He wanted to bring this guy back and interrogate him to find out what the whole thing was all about.

Because the agent Jimmy who was released by Song Heping brought back the news and conveyed Song Heping's words, telling Bal that he was not an enemy of DGSE.

This sentence gave Bal the illusion that Song Heping was not an American.

However, before six o'clock in the morning, he received another piece of bad news.

A large-scale attack broke out in Afines in northeastern Mali. About three battalions of Salafi armed forces attacked the government army barracks and extraterritorial forces deployed in this important town. The defenders are currently under great pressure and are besieged in the town and unable to break out. The French Air Force base in neighboring Niger is preparing to take off two Mirage 2000s to the area to provide fire support for the ground forces.

Generally speaking, military operations are not under the jurisdiction of Barr, that is the military's business. However, when the military is attacked by armed groups, they will contact the intelligence department to see if the DGSE can provide them with some useful intelligence, such as whether any armed groups have issued threats recently, or whether other armed groups nearby have been mobilized, and whether internal special intelligence personnel have provided any intelligence that can be used to make judgments on the war.

Barr is currently confused.

He didn't have any intelligence that could help the military.

Even this was a dereliction of duty on his part.

Just a week ago, when the military intelligence department held an online meeting with himself, when asked about the DGSE's views on the recent movements of armed groups in the Sahel region, Barr told everyone present with certainty that there would be no war within a month.

The reason is very simple. A month ago, also in Mali, an armed group launched a raid on Afines, but was severely damaged by a Mirage 2000 fighter jet taken off from Niger Airport by the French army.

When cleaning up the battlefield afterwards, it was found that this armed group had suffered heavy casualties of more than 300 men and more than 100 men were captured, which was a devastating loss.

Bar's insider information planted inside the armed groups reported that these armed groups have learned their lesson recently. Everyone knows that the French army has deployed Mirage 2000s in Niger, and if they cause trouble in Mali, they will suffer cross-border attacks.

Therefore, the current armed groups are planning not to launch large-scale attacks in the short term, and there are reports that they are planning to purchase air defense weapons.

This is also the reason why Bal seemed so nervous when he received the intelligence that Song Heping was transporting SA-9 missiles into the Sahel region, and even went so far as to hire a team of assassins to kill Song Heping in order to ruin the deal.

Now, after receiving the news that Afines had suffered a large-scale attack by Salafi armed forces, Bal vaguely felt that this matter was not simple.

SA-9 missiles...

Massive attack...

Affines as well...

Aren't they afraid of the Mirage 2000? So he picked up the phone and called Brigadier General Iani, commander of the French African Corps, to inform him that there might be hidden reasons behind the attack on Affines and that he needed to be cautious.

Iani was furious at the moment. He received the news early in the morning that Afines' troops were attacked and suffered heavy losses because they were caught off guard. He was about to mobilize attack aircraft from Niger to Mali to teach those ignorant militants a lesson, but he received Bal's advice to be cautious.

"Cautious? Cautious about what?! Bar, didn't you say in a video conference a few days ago that the armed groups in Mali wouldn't dare launch a serious attack for at least a month? I even asked you if the information was reliable, and you swore I knew it was from your most reliable insider! But just over a week later, Afines was attacked. Do you know how many people died in the military camp there while we were talking on the phone this morning?! Our extralegal unit alone has lost four people and injured six, and the Malian government forces have lost dozens!"

Iani was also furious.

Originally, after resolving the attack on Afines, he was about to take the initiative to cause trouble for Bal.

He didn't expect that Bal would dare to come to him on his own initiative.

Bar informed Brigadier General Iani that the SA-9 missiles might have entered the Sahel region and might have fallen into the hands of Salafi organizations, hoping to make him realize the seriousness of the situation.

"Baal, for God's sake..."

Brigadier General Iani scoffed impatiently, "If this is truly so serious, why didn't the higher-ups at your Military Intelligence Bureau contact the Ministry of National Defense directly? Do you have any solid evidence regarding the SA-9 missiles? For example, have you taken any photos of the SA-9 missiles in Africa? Or of them trading them?"

"No……"

Barr sighed weakly.

"We really don't have any evidence, but I believe the information is true..."

"That's enough! Baal!" Iani finally ran out of patience. "I don't have time to waste on you. While I'm talking nonsense with you, my people are dying!"

After saying that, he hung up the phone without saying anything else.

Bal sat in his chair holding the microphone for a long time.

Having been in DGSE for many years, I can be considered a veteran agent.

Even his superiors in the General Administration would not speak to him in such a bad tone. It seemed that Iani blamed himself for the attack.

Just when Bal was so angry that he had no way to vent, there was a hurried knock on the door.

Tuk-tuk-tuk——

"Come in!"

Bal slammed the microphone on the landline in annoyance.

The person who came in was Brownley, the head of the intelligence team.

"Stationmaster, we have intercepted a very important piece of intelligence."

Bal, who was originally full of anger and wanted to vent, saw the excitement in Brownley's eyes.

"What intelligence?!" Barr temporarily suppressed his anger and asked in a calm tone, "I hope it's as important as you say."

"We found the location of the SA-9 missile!"

Bronley placed the laptop in his hand on Bal's desk and pointed the screen at his stationmaster.

"Look! Three SA-9 systems, the coordinates and locations are clear! Everything is visible!"

Bal was shocked and his eyes immediately shifted to the screen.

It was a GPS tracking software, with three cursors clearly appearing on it.

As soon as he saw the location, Bal couldn't help but screamed: "Mari!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)