Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 438 Molins's Pressure
"Boss, I found what you wanted."

There was a hint of mystery in Henry's voice.

"Things seem a little complicated. ELN might be in big trouble."

"What's going on?"

Song Heping frowned.

Henry said, "All the intelligence and clues we've gathered have been sent to your private mailbox. I can't explain it clearly over the phone, so go and take a look yourself."

"Ok."

Song Heping hung up the phone, asked Jiang Feng to keep an eye on it, and then he trotted back to the boarding house area, entered his room, sat at the table, took out his laptop and turned it on.

Soon, he went online and downloaded the information sent by Henry from his mailbox.

Inside was a report and some pictures.

The pictures show the troop movements of the AUC armed forces, which are not surprising.

After all, Song Heping had already guessed that the other party might take action in the near future.

But the following pictures made Song Heping more and more surprised.

Those were some pictures secretly taken when the Colombian army was mobilized, and even some American military advisers were in them.

Judging from the mobilized personnel and equipment, the scale is quite large, involving two Army combat regiments and the CCOPE special operations command.

"Fuck, how did they get involved with the government forces again..."

He recalled the previous battle with the Colombian AGLAN special forces in the jungle. Although he did not care much about the combat effectiveness of these people, things would become much more complicated once the government forces intervened.

The AUC itself has a huge military advantage, and if the government forces also secretly help, things will become complicated.

The relationship between the AUC armed forces and government forces is said to be informal, and both sides have always denied this rumor.

However, in reality, it is an indisputable fact that the government forces secretly funded the AUC armed forces.

From the perspective of struggle, the government forces used the AUC to attack the ELN and FARC armed groups and curb their growth, which was also a form of political manipulation.

Generally speaking, the funding for armed groups within Colombia comes from three levels of income.

The most important dimension arises from participation in the drug trade, including drug trafficking and taxation of drug production.

The second tier is just as violent as the drug trade and involves corporate extortion or taxing landowners.

The third level is kidnapping and ransom, especially for wealthy people and companies that are disobedient and refuse to pay taxes.

Because the AUC armed forces are a right-wing organization, they are more tolerant of large companies and wealthy people, so their most important source of funding is drug trafficking.

The ELN is different. Because they are left-wing, they are ruthless to the rich and big companies, but rarely engage in drug trafficking.

In comparison, the AUC weapons are even less than impressive.

If the government forces that control the regime have anything to do with them, their own image will be seriously damaged.

The report also mentioned that the AUC armed forces had recently occupied a lot of ELN armed forces' territories due to their sieges and recruited more personnel, and their strength had now reached more than 20,000.

This number is much larger than the ELN armed forces with thousands of troops, and has reached an advantage of several times.

Now the government forces want to intervene.

It seems that they want to wipe out the ELN armed forces in one go and then concentrate their forces to deal with the largest anti-government armed group, FARC.

Song Heping quickly found a map of Colombia and nailed it to the wall. Then, based on the troop movements mentioned in the report, he continued to mark the approximate troop movements and deployment positions of the government forces and AUC on the map.

Half an hour later, he finally completed the calibration.

Taking a few steps back, Song Heping's eyes fell on the map.

From his current position, he could clearly see the deployment of AUC and government forces. It was obvious that they had formed an encirclement.

From Ocaña in the north to the areas of Porre and Tame in the center, and then to San Jose in the south, there were large-scale troop mobilizations and deployments at three points.

The north and south are mainly composed of AUC troops, while the troops in the center near Tame are mobilized by government forces.

Song Heping began to visualize the battle on the map, putting himself in the perspective of the government forces and AUC to look at the entire offensive.

Finally he concluded that

The AUC and government forces are indeed coordinating, because the ELN armed forces' territory is a narrow and long area close to the Venezuelan border, like a long snake winding from north to south.

How to kill a snake?
Of course, hit the weak spot.

If the AUC armed forces launched an attack on the ELN from the north and south at the same time, after the ELN forces were mobilized to the direction of Ocaña and San Jose, as long as the government forces launched a breakthrough from the direction of Tame, they would directly cut the ELN armed forces' territory in two. This would cause the entire ELN armed forces' militia to be unable to take care of both ends. If the government forces then divided their forces and advanced to the north and south at this time, Morins would face a fatal problem - should he return to resist the government forces, or stay where he is and resist the AUC?

Maybe both options are dead ends.

"This is a serious problem..."

Song Heping sat back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the laptop screen. He pulled up the picture with the American military advisers and looked at it again and again.

"Fuck, are the Americans acting as military advisors?"

He had no doubt that this tactic was directed by American military advisers.

After all, this battle plan was incredibly well-planned and executed at a high level. As long as they followed this tactical setup, the ELN would suffer a complete defeat, or even disappear from the Colombian scene. He turned around, sat in his chair, and stared at the map for a long time, pondering how to fight this battle if he wanted to help Morins.

I originally wanted to help Morins eliminate the AUC armed forces, and I would take action sooner or later.

I just didn't expect AUC to have this idea, and it happened earlier than I expected.

Judging from the map, it would take the other side less than half a month to mobilize their troops.

When it is completed, it is time to start the war.

Song Heping didn't feel any pressure just with an AUC armed force.

But with the addition of two Colombian Army regiments and the CCOPE Special Forces Command, the situation becomes tricky.

The AGLAN special forces are just a subordinate branch of CCOPE. CCOPE has multiple battalions of special operations units under it. Even if only two battalions of special forces are deployed to intervene in the middle when the AUC armed forces attack the territories in the north and south ends of Molins, the ELN armed forces will not be able to resist.

If planes were used to bomb these government forces, things would become a real disaster.

Bombing the AUC armed forces is a fight between anti-government armed forces. If you bomb the government forces, it is tantamount to declaring war, which will stir up a hornet's nest. At that time, it is estimated that the government forces will come out in full force to pursue the ELN, which will give them a legitimate reason.

Song Heping thought about it until noon, but still couldn't come up with any good ideas.

He decided to tell Molins about this first so that he could be prepared.

If it is really impossible, give up part of the territory in advance, withdraw the troops, or choose the south or the north, stabilize yourself first, and do not leave the vital point of Tame to the government forces.

Unexpectedly, when Morins heard that he was asked to give up his territory voluntarily, he immediately became unhappy.

"Song! I paid you so much money to help me fight this battle, not for you to convince me to give up my current territory! Do you know how much territory I have to lose according to your statement? Half! At least half! This is unacceptable!"

He used to obey Song Heping's orders and always respected him very much.

This time he spoke in an obviously excited tone, as if he had eaten gunpowder.

"Retracting your fist is to better swing the fist to hit the enemy. Don't you understand this principle?" Song Heping was still trying hard to convince the other party to accept his suggestion.

However, before he could finish, Morins immediately denied it: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

His decibel level rose a few degrees.

"Are you crazy? Song! You don't understand the situation here at all! Do you think I, the leader of the ELN, can make arbitrary decisions on this matter? This territory was conquered by successive ELN leaders over the years. It's not my personal property! If I held a meeting as you suggested and told everyone to give up either the south or the north, retreating to one of these areas, like you said, 'Retreating to better strike the enemy,' do you think my guerrilla fighters, who come from the mountain jungles and can't even read a few words, would understand?"

"No! They don't understand! They only know that I gave up the achievements of the entire armed group over the years. They will think I'm a traitor! A coward! They may even mutiny on the spot, fire me, drag me to a ravine, and shoot me in the back of the head! Don't think I'm kidding, Song! This is not a joke! You're asking me to get killed! If you have the guts, come and talk to them? Do you dare?!"

Morins' passionate outburst silenced the usually eloquent Song Heping.

indeed.

What they say is the truth.

For a guerrilla force composed of peasants and mountain people, explaining these military theories to them is like playing the lute to a cow.

Maybe it will be just like what Morins said, they will just mutinied and be dragged out and shot.

"Don't get excited, listen to me first."

"Are you coming?"

Morins still insisted on that sentence and asked Song Heping again.

Song Heping said helplessly: "What's the point of me coming here? If I can solve the problem, I will definitely go. If I can't solve the problem, I will be buried with you!?"

Molins said, "Song, you're the boss of a defense company. I spent tens of millions of dollars on you to solve my problems, not to create more problems! If you can't solve them, we need to discuss the contract between friends. The $3 million in arms, the $2 million in training, and the $5 million in consulting fees you promised me are all gone! Gone!"

Song Heping felt his scalp tingling when he heard this.

Damn it, if I were in the past, I would have wanted to kill this kid Morins.

But think about it carefully.

People are just telling the truth.

He's dying, so what money can I give you?
If you want to get the money, you have to help him destroy AUC, otherwise ELN will no longer exist, and Party A will be screwed. Should he ask the King of Hell to collect the debt?
He took a deep breath, suppressed his boiling anger, and said in a voice as calm as possible, "Alright, since this proposal won't work, I'll find another way. But I've already informed you of the intelligence, and you must also prepare yourself. The government forces and the AUC are currently mobilizing troops. I estimate they will be ready within two weeks, and they will definitely launch an attack at that time. You must be prepared in advance."

"Have you thought of a solution?!" Morins asked.

Song Heping said, "Why don't you go find the FARC and talk to them about joint operations? After all, you are all left-wing militias, aren't you comrades in the same trench?"

Morins chuckled a few times on the other end of the phone and said, "Of course I can ask for help, but the problem is, do you think those FARC guys are kind and sincere, like-minded partners? They will definitely ask me for a price, and it will be no less than what the AUC offered to annex my territory. Screw the like-mindedness! Song, armed groups only talk about interests! If the ELN collapses, do you think those FARC guys will be sad? No, they will only pounce on me and bite me when I am at my weakest!"

Song Heping roughly understood the relationship between these guys.

To put it bluntly, the relationship between FARC, AUC, ELN and government forces is actually similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

There are no absolute enemies, nor eternal friends.

"Okay, I roughly understand what you've said. As I said before, you should take precautions first. Give me some time, and I'll find a way to resolve this crisis."

Hearing Song Heping say this, Morins' tone softened.

"Song, you are someone I admire very much. I know you will definitely find a way, but we don't have much time left. I'm waiting for your good news in Colombia. Don't let me down. That's a $10 million deal."

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

　　
　
(End of this chapter)