What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 501 Deployment
“Seton fired, I can’t be mistaken, he was tricked into paying twice the price for that revolver… Torres? Sorry, the gunshots were too mixed up later and I couldn’t tell, but he shouldn’t have been in my direction.”

Lying in his hospital bed, Ryan recounted everything that had happened the night before, coughing occasionally.

Due to the suddenness of the situation, Ryan was only focused on evading the pursuers and had no time to confirm the direction. He just ran desperately and then found a small river. After drifting along the water for about an hour, he used a satellite phone to call for help.

Then, with the help of a signal gun, it was picked up by a helicopter and sent back to Karakara.

Rolling in the swamp and inhaling foul-smelling water caused him to develop a fever on the plane, but he recovered without serious injury thanks to timely intervention.

Hunter: "Could you describe the fortress you saw again?"

"What I saw was only a corner; the edges were sharp right angles, and the top had a protruding gun emplacement... about twenty stories high, and the surface was pitted and not very smooth."

However, there's one thing I'm not sure about..."

Ryan recounted the scene of seeing Hans Superman fall directly into the water from a great height in a small boat, leaving the others gathered around the bed in disbelief.

After a moment, Marx asked:

"Try to recall the height from which the small boat fell. Think about whether there were any landmarks around you at the time, such as tree trunks, to compare it to."

Ryan: "It's too dark, I can't be sure."

"Then I think it's more likely that you misjudged. You were already very tired after trekking for several hours, and the dim light when you came out of the water caused a visual error."

When Mark voiced his guess, everyone else nodded in agreement. Besides, it wasn't a particularly important detail. After Ryan calmed down, he also began to doubt whether he had misread it.

But Hunter asked:
"It's unbelievable that Hans has a fortress in such a terrible place as No. 76. Can the Air Force go and bomb it?"

……

The discovery of the No. 2 air raid tower shocked the entire Prism Building. The employees of the nearby pizza shop, who were enjoying their night shift and slacking off, suddenly had a surge in orders in the early hours of the morning when they were feeling sleepy. Employees from one office after another came in and asked for large sums of money, making the pizza chefs' hands rubbed raw.

The entire building was brightly lit. Wynne, who had been hit by the chicken, was the fastest to rush in. By the time Johnson arrived, he was already starting to formulate a battle plan.

"Fortresses? Those Hans ideas are fifty years outdated!"

Wayne appeared extremely excited at this moment, and said to Rams, who had just arrived:

“We have GBU-28, 4700-pound (about 2.1 tons) super bunker buster! Give me 14 hours, and the Air Force can blow that place to smithereens!”
This time, even if Hans sends out more fighters, it won't make a difference. The Imperial Air Force won't hold back anymore. I've already recalled a batch of F-117s to the mainland!

"Developing a bombing plan is necessary, but we must first determine if it's worthwhile..."

Rams, now full of energy, pointed at the map and tapped it:
"The fortress's location on the front line was extremely difficult to construct, and it appears to be a closed building. Not only did many people live inside, but there must have been even more secrets inside."

Destroying a fortress is easy, but the information inside is far more valuable… Could we send Marines to infiltrate the fortress and, ideally, capture it intact?

"It's hard."

The speaker was General Charles Krullack, who had come with Johnson and was also the highest-ranking officer in the Marine Corps.

Marin was under the command of the Navy, while Charles reported directly to Johnson.

In response to Rams's question, he explained:

"Special forces are not omnipotent. To destroy the fortress... we first have to get through the outer defenses. Ground troops can't use any heavy weapons in the rainforest. Hans must have set up heavy defenses around us, and he's definitely trying to buy time to move important data and equipment."

If absolutely necessary, my suggestion is to deploy half a helicopter brigade to assist, and send ground troops to the surrounding area to form an encirclement, ensuring that no one can escape.

"Even if the air force can provide support, we don't know the fortress's air defense capabilities, so we need to probe it first." "You've considered everything very thoroughly."

Rams took Charles's opinion seriously and immediately said:

“Charles, I want you to go to Bassin immediately to take command, find out the troop deployment and air defense capabilities of the fortress and its surroundings as soon as possible, and launch a probing attack based on the current scale.”

……

Varee Island

General Charles boarded an Air Force reconnaissance plane and flew to South Mei at the crack of dawn, while night was just beginning to fall in the Eastern Hemisphere.

"Boss, here's the person you requested."

Wang Hu brought over three people: an old man and two young men. One of the young men was a literary master with dreams of writing novels, while the other two were Chinese who specialized in the antique trade.

However, their antiques are not excavated but crafted by artisans. Most of the time, they are supplied to a broker specifically for money laundering through high-priced auctions, but the craftsmanship is undeniable.

Tang Wen first led the little conman to the room, where Lütjens had already arrived, and the room was filled with a pile of Hans books:
Those are all works by the master Konrad Paul Kujau.

In the 70s and 80s, a Han Chinese named Kujau discovered that many of the remnants of the Laoshi and collectors were buying up cultural artifacts from the former empire at high prices. He then started writing a lot of diaries and historical materials for the Laoshi and selling them off, which almost convinced the authorities that it was true.

Although this guy was exposed as a fraud, many people still believe that it was just the authorities spreading rumors, and there are still a lot of inferior works available on the market, which can be used as references.

There are also a whole bunch of science fiction and horror novels.

Tang Wen directly assigned tasks to the two of them:
"Lütjens, you are responsible for compiling the references and translating the summary, and then writing it down in the form of instructions and records."

"And you, you're just making up stories."

"Making up a story?"

"It can also be called writing a script. You only need a general outline of the plot, with a complete beginning and end. A few thousand words are enough. The main storyline is..."

After assigning the tasks, Tang Wencai found the master and apprentice antique forgers and asked them directly:

"To what extent can you forge documents to appear to be from 5 to 40 years ago?"

The antique master answered without hesitation:
"If we disregard the text content and focus solely on the paper itself, it's almost impossible to detect."

Tang Wen frowned slightly:

"So sure?"

"Yes! It's only been a few decades, during the Republic of China era. My apprentice can do it, but we can't handle the written content. We need to make that clear beforehand."

Tang Wen: "What if it's disguised as a piece damaged by fire or water?"

"That makes it even easier; I dare say it's foolproof."

"very good."

Tang Wen nodded:
“From now on, you will live here. You will be paid two thousand dollars a day and will be able to leave in two months at most.”

The two young men's eyes lit up when they heard the number, but the antique master was taken aback, his heart skipping a beat.

(End of this chapter)