What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 473 Two-pronged approach
"The shield of October 3rd?"

Tang Wen muttered the strange-sounding name, and then a mysterious organization approached U-boat to discuss cooperation.

If that were all, it wouldn't be anything special. The IAA played a lot of tricks in the past few months, even coming up with the bizarre idea of ​​impersonating Eva's nephew and saying that he wanted to rebuild the great cause with his uncle.

But what's strange is that this time it still happened in Nanmei, and based on the perspective of the U-boat captain and the other party's accent, his own Pan-American captain said that he should also be a Pakistani.

What's even more bizarre is that the "Thirteen Shields" also conveyed the Imperial Marines' action plan right from the start, which is practically a carbon copy of the "Brothers of Justice".

When asked about their identities, they initially hesitated. Tang Wen used the submarine retreat as a pretext to lure them into explaining that they were composed of a group of warriors who did not want to see the Empire interfere with Nanmei. They claimed to include not only Baxi, but also members from places like Glassway and Agenting. He also implied that the leader held a very high position and controlled the army.

After struggling for a while, he gave the other party his coordinates, preparing to send out another model ship to see what kind of people they were.

……

Port Santa Ana, Appalma

Compared to the Old World, with its magnificent history spanning thousands of years, the voice of the New World seems rather lackluster.

People are most concerned about football, beef, and the Amazon rainforest, the "lungs of the planet" touted by environmental organizations. Only the Falkland Islands were briefly involved in war a few years ago.

Now, two roll-on/roll-off ships belonging to Ford are docked at the major northern port of Santa Ana, but what disembarks is not Ford's exported cars, but 4000 soldiers, along with a large number of armored vehicles and helicopters.

Enrique and Kazimirz stood on a raised platform erected at the port, the latter explaining the organization:

“第一批登陆力量由第2师第8加强陆战团2800人和第365中型直升机中队、269攻击直升机中队的1300人组成，人员总共超4200名。

陆地装备加强到了近60辆装甲车，航空中队采用混编策略，包含12架CH46E运输直升机、12架AH1W直升机，10架先进的RQ2无人机……”

As Enrique listened and watched the equipment transport trucks rolling out of the roll-on/roll-off ship, he couldn't help but compare it to the Falklands War.

The performance of the British who traveled thousands of miles can only be described as timid and hesitant. However, the Empire was able to easily deploy a huge force in a short period of time, without needing local assistance, and could do all the preparatory work and immediately move to the war zone.

He glanced at Itamar beside him, who was also staring at the convoy expressionlessly.

Soon, Colonel William, the interim supreme commander of the 8th Regiment and ground operations, approached the group, first saluting Kazimirz, then Enrique and Itamar:
“I am William Wood. General Hunter still has some matters to attend to on the home front, so I will be in charge of ground operations until then.”

Itamar returned William's greeting with mixed feelings. The Empire had chosen to form a joint command with Brazil, with Itamar as the supreme commander and William as the number three.

他虽然调动了第1丛林师2个旅、以及1个特种营、以及3个航空中队超1万人，但可不认为战斗力能和威廉指挥的4000人相比，简直是天上地下之分。

Even with the title of supreme commander, William simply couldn't command anyone unless they went too far.

The group quickly arrived at the temporary command room, where the main senior officers of the joint command gathered to discuss the strategy for advancing.

William had discussed the matter with the mainland countless times while on the ship, and now he was directly gesturing to the map:

"Based on the direction of the enemy aircraft that attacked the two carrier strike groups at the time and their maximum range, the target can be locked in the area at the junction of eastern Amazonas and western Pará states, with a maximum diameter of no more than 500 kilometers, or 20 square kilometers."

The state of Pará, covering almost half of the area and located in a region with well-developed waterways and convenient transportation, will be the primary area for subsequent investigation. Our plan is to move upstream along the river and establish forward bases in Orihimina and Santarém!

Itamar glanced at the two locations; the straight-line distance was between 700 and 1000 kilometers. Driving along the highway... it was impossible to reach them. The only option was to go up the Amazon River, which wasn't much different from the original plan. He nodded.
“We can coordinate enough boats to get all of you safely ashore within five days.”

"Can you do it in three days?"

Itamar was somewhat surprised by William's assertiveness and questioned it slightly:
“Colonel, I hope you know that half of Ryan’s special forces team, which arrived ahead of schedule, is no longer combat-ready. Your men would be better off spending a few more days acclimatizing at the port before venturing deeper into the jungle.” William chuckled and shook his head.

"General, the 8th Regiment has participated in the Haiti peacekeeping operation, and they are not afraid of harsh environments."

……

The Justice Brothers' Nth Small Meeting of Five.

Of the seven main core members, besides Itamar, four were his subordinates who were always with him, while only two were responsible for other types of work, more like allies, and he was just betting on them.

Although they hold high positions, internal meetings are often attended by only 5 people, and the results are then communicated to the other two.

The five are currently considering whether to reveal the plan to the Second Fleet and identify themselves to establish stable contact.

"I don't think we should reveal our real names easily."

Itamar set the tone first:
"Hans is not absolutely reliable, nor does he necessarily want to be an equal ally with us. If he turns around and uses our position to blackmail us, it will lead to a very passive situation and put everyone in danger."

"I agree."

Paral immediately echoed this, and said what Itamar hadn't said:

"The risk of confrontation and cooperation with the Empire is already enormous; we cannot afford to take any more."

"But what if they don't want to continue contact?"

Aveiro raised a question.

This brings us to the plan of the Brothers of Justice. Their stated reason for uniting was to oppose Enrique's bottomless concessions and letting the wolf into the house, but they found that they could not defeat the wolf.

Eliminating Enrique directly wouldn't be a problem, but what if the Empire were to openly say they'd be willing to replace him, but only if the Brothers of Justice were eliminated? This isn't without precedent!

Itamar's plan was to use an inside agent to cause the Empire to suffer repeated defeats in the war, thereby damaging Enrique's prestige. Then, at a certain point, he would push Enrique, who was already universally hated, off the throne. Itamar would have no choice but to step in to clean up the mess and take charge of the overall situation.

Judging from this plan, the Justice Brothers do not need to have strong interests with the Second Fleet at least in the early stages. They have the initiative in their own hands, and the other side should be trying their best to retain them in hopes of obtaining intelligence.

However, to their surprise, they had tried exchanging empires again under the moonlight these past few days, but each time they got stuck on the issue of revealing their identities. The other party was really stubborn!

This problem had been giving them quite a headache, but fortunately, the third brother, Carlos, suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
"Wait, they only asked for identification, but they didn't say it was their real identification!"

Paral realized what was happening: "You mean..."

"Yes, we can say that we are Enrique's men, that letting the Empire in was a last resort, and that we hope to drive the Empire out through the Second Fleet!"

After he finished speaking, the others also became interested. After discussing it amongst themselves, they thought it was highly feasible and finally looked at the first brother.

"That's a good suggestion."

Itamar stroked his beard: "Let's do it this way!"

(End of this chapter)