Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 338 Gunshot
There is a deep meaning in the conversation between the two.

Molins also conducted a background check on Song Heping.

He also had some understanding of Song Heping's rise in Yiligo, but of course he didn't know it too deeply.

He knew that Song Heping had a bad relationship with the CIA, but he didn't know that Song Heping had actually dealt with Simon, the station chief of the CIA's Irigo station.

Song Heping also conducted a detailed investigation on Morins, focusing on whether there was any connection between these armed groups in Colombia and the CIA.

Previously, most of the South American arms market was controlled by the CIA, and the means of control was to cultivate some obedient arms dealers through the agent model and allow them to sell arms in South America.

Doing so can prevent Russian arms dealers from getting involved in this market. After all, if you don't do it, others will. It's just like the drug trafficking business. Even if a big drug lord like Pablo is eliminated, other drug lords will still rise.

The CIA later realized that it was better to control than to suppress.

The advantage of this control mode is like a water supply system. The control of where the water flows is in the hands of the person holding the valve, and the effect of weakening or supporting can be achieved through adjustment.

On the surface, the United States generally holds a strong aversion to left-wing armed groups, as their ideologies fundamentally conflict with its stance. Consequently, Colombia's two main armed groups, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), are not favored by the United States. In reality, both armed groups also harbor hostility towards the United States.

Given this situation, the US government decided to provide funding to the Colombian government to help them fight drug cartels and eliminate the ELN and FARC armed groups in the country. These armed groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by the US, making their situation more difficult. However, things are not that simple.

While the United States ostensibly cracked down on drug crime, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly operated in South America to control the drug market. This practice resulted in the drug cartels in South America being unable to be completely eradicated, instead presenting a situation where they could "spring up like a wildfire." Whenever the drug cartels re-emerged, they often colluded with local armed groups, as this was the only way to gain a foothold in the region.

For example, the FARC armed group and local drug cartels in Colombia have close ties, each leveraging the other for its own needs and growing stronger together. The drug cartels receive protection and security from the armed groups, while the armed groups receive funds and weapons. This interdependent relationship allows both sides to grow stronger.

Although the CIA has consistently tried to control drug markets in South America, their efforts have often failed.

The obedient drug cartels they foster often become less compliant as they grow stronger, just like Al-Qaeda did in the past.

After all, no one wants to be someone else's pawn for a long time.

According to common sense, the CIA should have gone all out to assist the military or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and other departments, and cooperate with the governments of South American countries to solve the drug problem once and for all. This is the long-term solution.

However, the CIA seems unable to give up the drug business, as if it is also addicted to drugs.

Through drug trafficking, the CIA is able to obtain a large amount of operational funds that are not subject to congressional supervision to carry out some covert operations and even subvert the regimes of other countries.

For example, in 1979, a revolution broke out in Nicaragua in Central America, and the pro-American regime was overthrown.

The Americans could not tolerate the emergence of a regime that opposed them in their own backyard, so the CIA decided to support the pro-American Nicaraguan rebels and provide them with a steady stream of funds and arms support.

However, war was a huge expense and required continuous financial support. The Nixon administration had originally planned to ask Congress for funds, but was rejected.

After all, although the United States is wealthy, it has many financial needs, and even landlords don't have surplus food. Moreover, once these expenditures are made public, the United States will be criticized by the international community.

Therefore, the CIA had to find its own way to raise funds. They soon found a clever way: drug trafficking. The CIA used special flights to Nicaragua to send weapons and intelligence personnel there, while also transporting tons of drugs from this chaotic country back to the United States.

Then, they sell it through various covert channels and finally use the money they earn to support pro-American forces.

Since then, the drug war between South America and the United States has fallen into a strange cycle - the more drugs are banned, the more they become.

For this reason, the ELN and FARC have long engaged in clandestine transactions with arms dealers who are, in fact, CIA agents, or through drug cartels, purchasing weapons from these agents and then transferring them to them. Over time, these armed groups have used the weapons they obtained to capture cities, seize weapons from government forces, and even collude with corrupt elements within the military to obtain some of the weapons provided by the United States to Colombia to fight drug lords.

However, things have recently changed. With the release of a major drug lord, Gilberto, whom the US government desperately wants extradited, negotiations have resumed with the Colombian government to extradite him. As a gesture of goodwill, the US has not only provided funding but also sent special forces to train the Colombian military to help them suppress the growing ELN and FARC armed groups. Through the CIA, the US has also begun to cut off the flow of arms to these two groups.

It is also for this reason that Morins's life has become difficult recently, so he wants to cooperate with Lamas and purchase arms from him.

However, unexpectedly, their first deal was ruined by the United Union Self-Defense Forces (AUC).

Song Heping guessed that Morins must be looking for a new arms dealer to buy arms, otherwise without replenishment, his team would find it difficult to survive the encirclement of the Colombian government forces and AUC, and would be finished sooner or later.

Therefore, Song Heping was actually quite calm in his heart. The leader of the armed organization in front of him, whose face had turned dark, actually did not dare to do anything to him, nor did he want to do anything to him.

Sure enough, after a long time, Morins, who was sitting opposite, sighed and said leisurely, "Okay... I can try to make another deal with Lamas, but I have to do it as you said, cash on delivery."

"Deal." Song Heping said, "So, Colonel, your first business deal..."

"Wait, I have another request." Morins interrupted Song Heping: "If we establish a long-term cooperative relationship in the future, you must provide military training for my people. Money is not a problem!"

"Provide military training!?" Song Heping pointed outside the door. "You don't want me to send people here to train you, do you? No, that's too risky. If I do that, my identity will be exposed. Colonel, it's not that I don't want to make money from you, but you don't think about the fact that ELN is already on the US government's list of terrorist organizations. Although I know that list is nonsense, I'm still making a living on American soil. Aren't you just asking for trouble? Our cooperation must be secret. Even after the trading channel is established, I will no longer come here in person. You and General Lamas will communicate directly."

After hearing this, Morins's expression changed again.

He had rarely been rejected so bluntly.

However, he had to admit that what Song Heping said was true.

You can't ask people to risk their lives and property to earn this money.

You have to be alive to spend the money you make.

Before Morins could make a new response, he heard a burst of dense gunfire coming from outside.

Da da da da da——

Then I heard someone yelling in Spanish—

"Enemy attack!"

Song Heping was suddenly startled, and a terrible thought flashed through his mind - the camp was attacked!

Morins, who was sitting opposite him, stood up in a flash, his face livid as he pulled out his pistol and pointed it at Song Heping: "Are you from the government army?!"

Song Heping wanted to say no, but then he thought it was really too much of a coincidence.

Now there is yellow mud falling into my crotch, it’s shit if not shit!
　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)