Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 343 It’s hard to escape even if you have wings

The Black Hawk helicopter flew over the jungle like a big bird, at a very low altitude, only a few dozen meters above the ground.

This height is used to allow the machine gunner on the helicopter to see the situation on the ground more clearly.

This is a jungle. The dense trees provide good cover for ground personnel, but also make aerial searches more difficult.

In the past two days, helicopters have been circling over here almost without interruption.

At present, all members of the AGLAN force have been deployed, and all five companies have been deployed in the Tame area of ​​Arauca Province. They are deployed in small groups in the endless jungle, trying their best to control all the passages and passes leading to the Andes Mountains.

According to Freddy's combat intention, they wanted to form an iron bucket formation and trap the two important targets who escaped from the ELN camp in the mountains until they surrendered.

Only two days had passed, and apart from the helicopter consuming a large amount of aviation fuel, Lieutenant Colonel Freddy had not gained anything.

All teams reported finding no trace of the target.

In the command post on the outskirts of Tame, Lieutenant Colonel Freddy looked at the military map nailed to the wooden board in the tent. He carefully searched from east to west and from south to north, making sure that there were no omissions in the iron bucket formation he had arranged. Only then did he feel a little relieved and sat back at the table, lit a cigar, and let the smoke cover himself.

"Sir!"

A combat staff officer walked into the tent and saluted Freddy.

"The helicopter squadron called to inquire about today's night patrol plan."

"Have you guys finalized it?" Freddy asked.

The staff officer nodded. "This is the plan we have drawn up. Sir, please take a look. If it's all right, I will send it to the pilots right away."

Freddy took the schedule and glanced at its contents.

This is a six-page form.

It is densely written with the patrol times, routes and areas of responsibility of the 10 helicopters tonight.

Every day, AGLAN's staff department would draw up a schedule based on the day's situation, which would then be reviewed by Freddy and finalized before being distributed to each combat unit.

The problem is that there has been no feedback from the various combat teams deployed into the jungle in the past two days, which has resulted in no changes to the air patrol plan. Just like yesterday, today's content has not changed at all.

"That's it, just send it out."

Freddy looked a little bored and handed the form back.

The staff officer picked up the plan and wanted to turn around and leave, but hesitated for a moment, then turned back to Freddy and said, "Sir, why don't we start closing in?"

Freddy looked up at his men and shook his head: "Wait first, we need to wait for someone."

"American?"

The staff officer seemed to understand something.

Freddy didn't answer, but waved him away: "Go and issue the patrol plan. Don't delay tonight's patrol."

"Yes!"

The staff officer saluted and turned to leave.

After walking out of the tent, the doubts in his mind were still not resolved.

From the first day, various combat teams have arrived, and the members of these teams are masters of jungle warfare.

It is entirely possible to adopt a closing search mode and squeeze towards the center from all directions, continuously compressing the opponent's range of activities, and forcing the two people hiding in the jungle out.

As long as the two dared to show up, or any group captured the weapons, the members of the air team would quickly fly to the scene of the firefight by helicopter and quickly rappel.

In this way, the other party will have no way to escape.

It’s like catching fish. You surround the water area with a net and slowly pull it together, and no fish can escape.

But in the past two days, his superiors have not taken any action.

Now the media seems to have smelled some news. There have been reports on TV saying that a military operation in the Tame area was obstructed. At present, the special forces have mobilized an entire battalion to cooperate with a regiment of the army to spread a dragnet in the jungle, and seem to be hunting down and encircling some important targets.

At the edge of the operation area, roads were already sealed off, prohibiting entry and exit. According to reports from the monitoring troops, reporters had appeared outside the operation area and attempted to enter. As a military unit, the staff officers actually disliked those media reporters.

All they care about is news and ratings, nothing else.

The presence of journalists always makes a good military operation go wrong. Their cameras often shoot some shots that cannot be disclosed to the outside world without distinguishing between the importance of the shots, and then broadcast them on TV under the pretext of freedom of the press, which puts the military in a passive position.

If this continues, the truth will be revealed.

Based on the analysis over the past two days, it seems that the ELN armed forces are unaware that Morins is still alive.

This is based on the deployment of their armed forces in the northeastern border areas.

Morins has been in the jungle for two days. If the ELN armed forces knew that he was not dead, they would definitely launch attacks in other areas, and even kidnap some officials to threaten them, so that the military would not dare to kill Morins. They would even negotiate to exchange hostages after capturing him.

In the past few days, the ELN armed forces have been quiet and there is no sign of mobilization.

Later, according to the confessions of the prisoners in the camp and the communication tools seized at the scene, it seemed that Morins did not carry any communication tools when he escaped. In other words, the ELN armed forces had no idea that Morins was still alive!
This is a great opportunity to capture Morins.

But his superior Freddy seemed to be in no hurry to close the net and was still waiting for the American ODA team to come and help.

An ODA team only has 12 people, although the staff thinks those people are really awesome.

But no matter how awesome they are, how much impact can a team of 12 people have?
If the time difference of ELN armed information is missed, if reporters sniff out some information and publish it in newspapers or appear on TV, the situation will deteriorate sharply. It is almost foreseeable that in order to save Morins, ELN will not only organize armed forces to go to the jungle in the Tame area for rescue, but will also launch crazy attacks in various places to create pressure and force the military to stop.

This situation has been common in dealing with anti-government armed forces over the years and is almost a rule of conduct for those militants.

A Mi-17 helicopter suddenly appeared above the front-line command post.

The staff officer looked up at the sky, but the airflow from the propeller made it impossible for him to open his eyes.

He quickly ran to the side and stood under a tree, staring at the helicopter.

Lieutenant Colonel Freddy also came out of the tent not far away.

The helicopter landed, the hatch opened, and a team of special forces soldiers in American military uniforms walked off the plane. The rank of the leader was actually colonel.

The staff officer knew these people.

These were the very Americans that his immediate superior, Lieutenant Colonel Freddy, was willing to waste 48 hours of precious encirclement time waiting for.

He is also an American who previously conducted joint training with the Colombian military's special forces and was responsible for the professional training of the AGLAN troops in mountain and jungle warfare.

They can be considered the instructors and teachers who form the backbone of the AGLAN troops.

"Colonel! You're finally here!"

Freddy's face lit up with a glow of salvation, as if he had seen a relative.

Colonel James, however, was filled with anger, cursing, "Those bureaucrats at the Pentagon are always so inefficient! I wanted to fly here on the first day, but I've been waiting two whole days for the paperwork!"

The two men shook hands, and then Lieutenant Colonel Freddy led his men into the big tent.

As they walked, James said with an undisguised arrogance on his face, "Lieutenant Colonel, I hope the emergency you invited me to handle this time is worthy of my special request to the Pentagon! I've read the information you provided. That Morins is a rookie in combat. The other Chinese man is probably quite capable, but do we really need to come here in person?!"

"Colonel, they were able to kill five key members of our unit, two of whom were AGLAN core members you brought in and won the Outstanding Graduate Award. Our helicopters haven't stopped for two days, but we haven't even seen the shadow of these two people."

Freddy said: "I felt a very strange pressure - this Chinese person is not to be messed with!"

James' expression became a little contemptuous. He even thought that Freddy was a waste and was scared.

I thought that the Colombian special forces' annual joint training has been going on for three years, but it is still a mess.

"Lieutenant Colonel, you look like a rookie! Don't worry! I can force them out within 48 hours. Send your staff team to the command post and see how my people handle this kind of jungle roundup. It's like giving you a free lesson. Ah, for God's sake, and for the sake of our alliance!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　I was on the road all day today. I just got home and started typing without even having time to take a shower.

　　I hope you can support me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)