Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 359 Falling out
Tame area, jungle.

It's already two o'clock in the morning.

At this time, the search area has been reduced to only about 300 square kilometers.

All the troops are concentrated in this small place.

Colonel James looked at the troop strength diagram on his laptop, then at his watch.

"Give orders to each team to speed up the search. I want to see the results before dawn!"

"Okay, sir."

The sergeant in charge of the communication platform quickly picked up the radio and began calling various teams, preparing to issue orders.

Suddenly the lights in the tent flickered, sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

James couldn't help but look up at the hanging lights on top of the tent.

Soon, the lights returned to normal.

The communications sergeant then turned his attention back to his work and was about to give an order when the light flashed again.

"what happened?"

James shouted to another of his men in the tent, "Go and take a look. What's wrong with the power supply? The voltage seems unstable!"

For the command post, power supply is one of the keys to logistical support.

Without power supply, except for laptops and radios that can barely operate for a while, many other equipment will not work, which will greatly affect command efficiency.

Before James's men walked out of the tent, the entire command post suddenly went dark.

"power failure?!"

James stormed out of the tent.

"Freddy! Freddy! Where are you?!"

"I'm here."

Lieutenant Colonel Freddy soon appeared in front of James.

"What's going on? What's wrong with the field generator?!"

"I do not know either……"

Freddy pretended to be surprised and spread his hands.

"Don't worry, Colonel. I'll go check it out myself."

After saying that, he called two of his men to go check the generator set.

As soon as the power went out, the entire command center was plunged into darkness. Only the laptop was still powered by batteries and the screen was still on.

"Why are you still standing there?!"

James was cursing in his heart.

Such an accident happening at a critical moment doesn't seem to be a good sign.

"Hurry up and send the order out. Tell the search team to speed up the search. What a bunch of lazy guys! I see many teams moving slowly. Are they dozing off?!"

The communications sergeant quickly opened the communication channel, repeated the order, and notified each team to intensify the search.

A staff officer came over and whispered beside Colonel James: "Sir, we have received an urgent intelligence."

"What information?" James asked, tilting his head.

"The CCOPE's top commander is missing," the staff officer said.

"What?!" Colonel James was shocked this time. He turned around and looked at his subordinates: "When did this happen?"

"Half an hour ago, according to intelligence, he was supposed to come to the Tame area to personally take charge, but his plane disappeared from radar screens more than ten minutes after leaving the airport. To this day, no one knows his whereabouts. Our intelligence department analyzed that he might have been kidnapped by ELN personnel."

"Kidnapped by the ELN?!" James was stunned for a moment, then cursed: "What the hell! How could he be kidnapped on a plane?! He wasn't riding in a car! When did the ELN even have pilots?"

The staff officer said, "This information is indeed reliable. Before this, Director González of the General Intelligence Agency was also kidnapped. Since last night, a large number of Colombian government officials and their families have been kidnapped. Furthermore, attacks have occurred at military camps, police stations, and administrative buildings across the country. It's all due to the ELN exerting pressure. They've probably learned that Morins is alive."

"Damn idiot!"

James's anger flared up again.

"If Freddy's men hadn't brought in cell phones, we would have at least three days left!"

He took two anxious steps on the spot, then stopped and said, "It seems that things are getting worse much faster than I expected..."

James's eyes turned to the troop distribution map on the computer screen.

"No, it seems I have to go to the jungle myself."

The staff officer advised: "Colonel, although we are military advisors and have been authorized to command this operation, we are outsiders after all. If we personally take part in the battle..."

He saw James's face full of anger in the moonlight and didn't dare to continue.

So he reminded her with some embarrassment: "I'm not saying we're overstepping our authority, but is it worth it?"

"Humph! What do you think the Pentagon sent us here for? The ELN and FARC are both left-wing armed groups that must be eliminated, otherwise they will pose a huge threat to this government. This concerns the cooperation between our two countries, understand? This is our mission! Otherwise, why do you think we train their special forces?"

After a pause, he continued, "Immediately arrange for a helicopter to take me to Mars's group. I want to reunite with them."

Mars is currently the commander of the forward search team. He is one of four jungle warfare experts leading an AGLAN team.

"Okay, I'll go over there right away."

The staff officer was about to turn around after he finished speaking when he saw Lieutenant Colonel Freddy rushing towards him.

"Colonel! I have an urgent order." "What urgent order?!"

James smelled something unusual.

Lieutenant Colonel Freddy said: "The Joint Staff just called and ordered us to terminate the search operation immediately."

"what?!"

James was like an old dog whose tail was stepped on, and he almost started barking on the spot.

"Stop the operation?! Impossible! The operation is just a little bit away from capturing Morins. Didn't you tell your superiors?! Didn't you tell the people in the Joint Staff?!"

"We all know," Freddy said. "The Joint Staff Department knows too. They're very grateful for your assistance and cooperation, Colonel. We'll submit a report to your superiors explaining everything and recommending that you be awarded a medal..."

"Shit!"

James was furious: "Who wants a bullshit medal?! I'm a professional soldier! I'm only responsible for military operations. Since I was asked to take over, we must see it through to the end. The word 'giving up' doesn't exist in my vocabulary!"

Suddenly, he noticed the look on Freddy's face.

It was an expression of relief.

James was very confused and frowned as he asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, you look very relaxed..."

"I?"

Freddy suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Am I relieved? Not at all... I just feel sad that the action has reached this point..."

"Fuck you, you're sad?! Do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

James pointed at Freddy's nose, practically poking the bridge of his nose.

"You seem happy that the operation has stopped. Tell me, Lieutenant Colonel, have you been bribed too?!"

Freddy quickly defended himself, "No! This is a decision made by our superiors. I'm sorry, Colonel, but I really can't change it. A soldier's duty is to obey orders."

"No! I don't agree!"

James persisted, and then the staff officer returned to his side.

"Colonel, the plane is ready."

Freddy was horrified when he heard this: "Colonel, what are you going to do?!"

James took the individual equipment handed over by the staff officer, put it on, and sneered, "I want to go into the jungle myself. Can you stop me?"

Freddy's face turned pale in an instant.

James is a colonel in the U.S. Special Forces and a military adviser sent here by the U.S. DOD, representing the United States.

There's really nothing I can do about him.

Seeing Freddy frozen in place, James said disdainfully, "I finally understand why you've been unable to wipe out the rebels and drug cartels over the years. It's not a problem of your ability, it's a problem of your attitude."

This sentence completely infuriated Freddy.

The clay figurine also has three points of fire.

He could not tolerate this humiliation of the Colombian military.

"Colonel, you can humiliate me, but you can't humiliate our country and our army. Why have the anti-government armed forces and drug trafficking gangs been so difficult to annihilate despite repeated rounds of crackdowns over the years? Who is supplying them with equipment? Do you think our intelligence agencies don't know?"

This statement completely broke off the relationship.

When the relationship between the United States and the former Colombian government was bad, it did secretly support those anti-government armed forces through the CIA, selling them arms and even supporting them to oppose the government.

These things are open secrets.

No one mentioned it before, but now at this point, Freddy no longer hides it and starts fighting directly.

"I'm a soldier and don't ask about these things."

James knew he was in the wrong and didn't want to continue to argue here.

He turned and walked towards the tarmac.

"Colonel, I'll order the plane not to take off!"

Freddy's voice came from behind him.

James turned his head, his face full of anger, and finally sneered: "It's good..."

He gave Freddy a thumbs-up.

"Finally, you're showing some ambition. You're completely different from before, Freddy... But don't forget, my men and I can fly helicopters. Do you dare to stop me? Do you dare to shoot at me?"

After saying that, he walked towards the helicopter with his two staff officers.

"Damn it!"

Freddy stamped his feet behind him and shouted through gritted teeth, "Colonel, I will order all my men to withdraw. You won't get any support, so stop!"

James ignored him and boarded the Black Hawk helicopter with two staff officers.

"Order our team to immediately establish a tactical channel and command system, cut off the communication connection with AGLAN, and set up a field command post without electricity. If they fail, we'll do it ourselves! It's just two of us. Determine their final position, notify Mars and the others, and regroup. Including the three of us, we'll form a seven-man combat team, commanded personally by me!"

"Okay, sir!"

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

　　
　
(End of this chapter)