Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 449 The show begins

Five days later, at night, Colombia-Venezuela border, north.

An off-road vehicle was driving towards Ocaña in the night.

Okanya is located at the northern end of the Tbilisi Mountains, which is the territory controlled by the ELN armed forces.

Soon, the off-road vehicle arrived at the foot of a mountain and stopped next to a forest.

Before the driver got out of the car, more than a dozen dark shadows suddenly appeared around him.

More than a dozen gun barrels were pointed at the off-road vehicle.

The driver got out of the car and shouted to the shadows, "It's me, Qiao Xi!"

Hearing the familiar voice, the shadows lowered their guns.

The leader walked out of the darkness, wearing a camouflage uniform in the moonlight, and a homemade camouflage straw hat woven with plant leaves and vines around his head.

"Where are the guests?"

The leader asked the driver.

The driver turned to his own car.

At this time, the back door opened and Song Heping appeared in front of everyone.

The leader stepped forward and greeted politely, "Mr. Song, the leader is waiting for you. Cars can no longer drive in from here. Please follow us. We are responsible for your safety now."

At this time, Song Heping was also fully armed in tactical gear, with a tactical vest with bulletproof plates, a chest full of magazines, an M4A1 assault rifle on his back, and a beanie on his head.

Song Heping likes to wear a boonie hat in the jungle, which is very practical.

"Okay, I'll go with you. Lead the way."

The leading captain called out to the surrounding soldiers, and more than a dozen people sandwiched Song Heping in the team, one in front and one behind, and walked towards the depths of the Tbilisi Mountains.

Mountain roads at night are full of dangers.

Walking in the dark, even though Song Heping was wearing night vision goggles, he still had to be careful with his steps.

Occasionally, strange animal calls could be heard from the depths of the jungle, which sounded very creepy in the dark night.

Morins' headquarters was set up in the mountains at the northern end, which was arranged by Song Heping.

Although there are many jungles in the south, the terrain is relatively flat. If the defense line really cannot hold out, there will be no place to retreat.

It's different here.

The Tbilisi Mountains run almost across western Colombia, providing ample places to hide.

Even if we are defeated in the end, we will not be completely wiped out.

What's more, this place is not too far from the border. In addition to hiding in the mountains, when necessary, we can retreat northward along the Tbilisi Mountains into Venezuela.

Morins' headquarters was in a cave on the mountainside, which was also Song Heping's request.

After all, American military advisers and government forces were involved in this operation, so Song Heping had to be lenient with the enemy and consider the situation to the worst extent.

That is, the other side used the air force to bomb ELN armed forces.

There must be caves in the Tbilisi Mountains. Song Heping asked Morins to find a cave with at least two exits to set up a command center.

Even if our military dispatched bombers and used bunker-buster bombs, it would be impossible to penetrate a large mountain.

Another aspect is to consider the communication signal problem.

Signal interference in the mountains is very serious, and in many places the signal is even interrupted due to the influence of the terrain.

Currently, ELN has its own tactical radio, but it is still very backward.

For an armed force, satellite communications are the most reliable for combat use.

However, the ELN armed forces do not have this condition at present. When training Anthony and others before, Song Heping learned from these trainees that the ELN grassroots combat units often use walkie-talkies and other devices with extremely poor confidentiality to communicate.

This time, Song Heping asked Morins to spend some money to equip all the commanders of battalion-level combat units with a satellite phone. This thing has good confidentiality and communication signals. As for other company-level units, they all use radio to communicate.

Even so, Song Heping still had a concern, that is, whether the Tamei area could hold out for a day.

Only one day.

As long as Colombian government forces, US military advisers or special forces appear there.

As long as he could get evidence that they were deployed in the Tame area and conducting military operations, Song Heping would immediately have someone transmit the evidence to Fair, who was far away in New York, and ask him to immediately use his media resources to make a big deal out of it.

In theory, fermentation only takes 2-3 days.

Song Heping calculated all the possibilities and also discussed with Fair how long it would take for a piece of news to ferment and explode.

After the news is broadcast or published in the newspaper, it is necessary to create public opinion at various press conferences. The entire process takes 2 to 3 days.

Tame must hold on for the next two or three days.

Otherwise, everything is over.

"my buddy!"

Three hours later, Song Heping appeared in front of the entrance of Morins' command post, sweating profusely. The latter came up to him with open arms and gave him a big hug.

"You came to my side and supported me during such a dangerous moment. Please accept my gratitude!"

He patted Song Heping's back hard.

Song Heping smiled and said, "Molins, you are my big customer. I am not only concerned about your safety, but also about my $5 million military consulting fee."

Morins laughed heartily, loosened his arms, and said, "Don't worry, after the battle, five million will definitely be transferred to your account within a day!" Song Heping pointed into the cave and said, "Go in, don't stay outside the cave for too long, it's a bad habit of yours."

He pointed to the sky above his head.

"If the Americans intervene, do you think there aren't spy satellites scanning your area? Or drones? Do you know how many people have died in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past two years at the hands of US military reconnaissance and strike drones?"

When the US military was mentioned, Morins's face turned ugly.

He was very angry about this.

"Damn those Americans! They just love to meddle in other people's business!"

Molins gritted his teeth but could do nothing.

South America is America's backyard. Since the United States became strong, it has never stopped intervening in South American affairs.

Before the collapse of the former Soviet Union, some countries in South America relied on the assistance of the Soviet big brother to counter the United States.

Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many countries have surrendered to the United States. Except for the two tough ones, Cuba and Venezuela, most countries have accepted their fate.

The two of them hurried into the cave.

Song Heping asked as they walked: "Have you done everything I asked you to do?"

"Yes. According to your request, I have specially transferred a key person who was trained by you to assist you in your command work."

What Morins described was indeed what Song Heping requested.

He needed someone with knowledge of topography and who understood map work to be responsible for marking the situation map and the movements of various troops on the map at any time in the command post.

Originally, a laptop could do it, but the ELN armed forces are, after all, a guerrilla armed group. Many people do not understand the map, and they rely on primitive methods to fight. Therefore, the use of electronic equipment to command the battle is out of the question.

But this is also good. Song Heping thinks that as long as he wins this time, he can talk to Morins about what the regularization and modernization of armed forces means. Haha, as long as he is interested in this, he can gain a lot of business.

There is a generator installed in the cave. After walking more than 20 meters inside and turning a corner, the front suddenly opens up to a huge cave space.

In the corner, the generator was roaring. On the other side, a simple table and chairs were placed. A large wooden board was propped up on the iron frame, and a defense zone map was nailed on the board. The current positions of the three forces participating in the battle were marked on it with small red flags, small blue flags, and green flags.

"Hello principal!"

Seeing Song Heping, the officer who was checking the map in front of the wooden board turned around and saluted Song Heping.

This is one of the students who went to Song Heping School for two months of military training. His name is Benson Titus.

Song Heping actually doesn't like the title of "Principal".

Because it reminded him of a transport captain.

It's a bad omen.

It's just that everyone is used to calling him that, and there's nothing he can do about it.

Just call him the principal, since his last name isn’t Jiang anyway.

"Good evening, Titus."

The two men shook hands, and Song Heping's eyes fell on the map.

"Have all combat units been marked?"

"It's calibrated." Titus was very sure, and then like a student who wanted to be praised by the teacher, he said, "Take a look at my homework. Is it up to standard?"

Song Heping walked closer and carefully looked at the various small flags on it. Various combat units, arms, etc. were marked out, and the defense lines, attack routes, etc. were all reflected.

"Not bad, I passed."

Song Heping returned to the table, put his tactical backpack on the ground, took out his military computer and opened it on the table. His computer stored a large amount of map information. Now he wanted to call up the map and input the deployment information of all parties on the laptop to facilitate subsequent combat command.

"How many kilometers are the government forces currently from the defense line in the direction of Tame?"

"We're still twenty kilometers away, but one of their vanguard companies has already reached within five kilometers of the defense line. They're currently deploying troops from the military camp in the Tame area. Our informants have reported that the types of troops and unit numbers are consistent with the intelligence you provided: two army regiments and a battalion-level special operations unit affiliated with CCOPE. Our informants also reported that numerous helicopters are circling over the Tame area, suggesting the Air Force may be involved as well."

“It’s so lively…”

Song Heping suddenly stopped typing on the keyboard and turned to ask Morins: "Who is responsible for the blocking mission in the Tame area?"

"Anthony."

Molins gave the commander's name.

"what……"

Song Heping nodded slightly and said, "He's not bad. I'll contact him later and have a good talk with him."

Anthony was one of the first students to train at Song Heping's special forces school, and he was also the one with the best performance among those dozens of people.

Letting him guard Tame is like using the best steel for the right purpose.

Song Heping contacted Anthony to give him some advice.

He had only one mission in the Tame direction - to delay the government forces.

The key is the word "drag".

If it lasts just 2-3 days, the situation will turn around.

But during this period, Anthony's troops will be the ones under the greatest pressure. If they don't fight well, they will be wiped out in minutes.

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

　　
　
(End of this chapter)