What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 682 Fire Dragon Burns the Machine
Besides food, Miler Savage also faces considerable external pressure, with the most troublesome being the UN's aircraft.

Currently, their main air defense equipment is still the SAM-3/6 series, which is not bad in performance, but there are too few of them and too many vulnerabilities.

Polar Bear's equipment generally doesn't have a good reputation internationally, mainly because it was originally designed as part of an air defense system, which ordinary countries simply cannot afford to maintain. Picking one or two parts of it naturally makes it difficult to shoulder a major responsibility.

Besides, Millersavich didn't have many professional sergeants at his disposal, so after much deliberation, Tang Wen finally chose to provide AIM-7 "Sparrow" and AIM-9 "Sidewinder".

Launching air-to-air missiles from land is not difficult, but the advantages are that they are easy to operate, small in size, and can be modified to be towed by trucks. South Union has this kind of modification capability.

What's even better is that shipyards can easily mass-produce these two types of small missiles; 2000 is just a trial run, and 20000 is not out of the question.

As for the subsequent 5 tons of flour and 1 tons of fuel oil, they will be used as "departure expenses," but it doesn't matter whether Millersavitch accepts them or not.

Once accepted, even if Millersavich breached the agreement, it would be impossible to hide, and would inevitably provoke a strong reaction from the Atlantic Treaty.
If they didn't accept it, he would find a way to expose the matter of the first batch of 5000 tons of flour, and the effect would be about the same.

Of course, Tang Wen didn't necessarily want to screw over Millersavich; after all, there was also a happy ending:

After receiving reinforcements, Miller Savage launched a fierce attack. Europe, having suffered a blow in the Christmas battle, hesitated and acquiesced to his actions, refusing to interfere and reaching an agreement.

However, while he still held some expectations for Miler Savage Tangwen, hoping that the other party could truly resolve the chaos like a shrewd leader, he remained indifferent towards the Persians.

His assessment of Persia was that it was somewhat unable to recognize its own position.

From a future perspective, Persia is a typical example of wavering and indecisiveness, outwardly strong but inwardly weak, solid as a windowpane, with some decent industry but just not enough to make it work.

The reason is simple: Persia always considered itself part of Europe, and that's the root of everything.

Therefore, he had no psychological burden about tricking the Persians, and it was even necessary—to patch up the information leaked by the "big fish".

The Empire has not yet questioned the origin of the F-14, but it would be bad if the other side discovered that the Persian F-14 had caused quite a stir.

However, the Persians considered the F-14 a prized possession, and it was impossible to borrow two of them. Their sieve-like intelligence network could not be trusted either, so they had to find other ways to solve the problem.

Due to frequent spare parts shortages, Persia's F-14s are generally not deployed easily. They spend most of their time in the hangar for careful maintenance to avoid wasting flight hours, and the location is not a secret.

通过T4和T6无人机的接力大赛，很容易就渗透了进去，并且2架T6无人机直接找机会溜进了存放F14的机库中躲在弹药箱里面。

As night fell, after the drone control team around the airport confirmed that no one was around, Tang Wen suddenly appeared under the T6 drone in the hangar and decisively reached out to the F14A next to him.

[Recycled: 7831 kg of steel, 3110 kg of aluminum, 4400 kg of titanium, 0.4 tons of petroleum (recovery rate: 84%)]

After recovering one aircraft, he used another T6 to transfer to another hangar and used the same trick to take away five F-14As in one go.

Another reason for this smooth operation was that the five aircraft were unflyable and stored as spare parts, but it was still a significant loss for the Persian authorities.

At the same time, a pilot who should have been present beneath the T6 drone materialized and immediately gathered the surrounding ammunition and fuel together, detonating them directly after Tang Wen withdrew.

The successive explosions of five hangars woke everyone up, but by the time they arrived, the hangars had already been burned down, and all they could see was flames filling the sky.

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Army base in Tennessee
"Ready!"

"Light breeze, direction 265"

"boom!"

"Hit! Hit!"

The observer cheered and raised his binoculars, then immediately used his walkie-talkie to call someone to bring the target over.

The sniper who had just fired stood up, squinting at the target ahead, a serious expression on his face. Soon, a pickup truck brought the target back and carried it to Rams.

"Human-shaped half-body target, shot in the chest, distance 3150 meters!"

Rams glanced at the bullet holes on the target, confirming his identity as the shooter that day.

The Imperial Army was eager to know the difficulty of sniping at 3400 meters, so they simply brought in their best elite marksmen to try it out. Initially, they used the SVD and Mosin-Nagant that assassins might use, but this resulted in a great deal of complaints.

Later, the requirement was lowered to "just hit the target," each shooter was equipped with two observers, and there were high-tech electro-optical sights to assist in calibration. Even each bullet was manually loaded and further processed to ensure ballistic stability.

For half a month, they were unable to break the record from more than 30 years ago. Until today, when a shooter was making a routine attempt, he finally completed a 3-kilometer sniping shot just as Rams came to visit.

Rams noticed that the shooter was also using a modified sniper rifle, the prototype of which should be the M24 SWS, but the barrel was significantly different.

"Give this good soldier a medal; it's his honor... What's your name?"

“My name is Adam, sir.”

"Very well, Adam, tell me what you think enabled you to complete this extremely long-range shot?"

"Report, it's God."

"God?"

"Yes, before I shot, I had a feeling that I would hit the target, like God's guidance."

Adam looked serious, and the observer next to him quickly explained:

“He wasn’t lying. Snipers like us have an inexplicable feeling before we encounter danger or something special, and it’s often very accurate.”

The other archers and officers around them nodded in agreement; soldiers generally trusted their instincts.

Rams said nothing, but immediately after leaving the crowd, he spoke to his attendant:
"So that son of a bitch God blessed Hans five times in ten minutes, but only blessed us once in half a month?"

Servant: “…”

Although he cursed through gritted teeth, Rams still couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine after he finished speaking.

Adam only managed to hit the half-body target with almost full assistance, prior reconnaissance, dedicated weapon maintenance, and a near-windless environment. Meanwhile, the assassin had just been racing for two hours, and the wind speed was also quite high that day, yet he hit all five targets.

If we think about the worst-case scenario, assassinating the president would be a piece of cake.

而且对方在3.4公里就能5中5，如果也是半身靶，岂不是5公里、5.5公里也能做到？

Assassination has been completely abandoned in modern times. Like secret diplomacy, it is considered to do more harm than good. Even if a power really intends to do so, it will weigh the pros and cons repeatedly and choose the most worthwhile target.

But given the situation of the Lost Empire, it seems... that even if attacks are launched indiscriminately regardless of level, there won't be any serious consequences?
As Rams was thinking this, he was walking normally when he suddenly squatted down as if he was going to tie his shoelaces. Before the servant could stop, he turned to the side and stood up. When he reached the car, he suddenly stopped again as if he had a neck problem and moved around a few times. Then, with lightning speed, he slipped into the back seat and closed the car door.

This series of actions left the attendant dumbfounded, and he remained stunned for several seconds before getting into the passenger seat, still puzzled.

But just then, his phone rang. After saying a few words, he quickly turned to the person in the back row and said:
"Sir, there has been a munitions explosion at Shiraz airport in Persia. It is said that five F-14As have been destroyed!"

Ramston immediately sat up straight:

"Damage? What a coincidence that the IAA investigators' ammunition exploded right at the start of their operation?"

"Investigate! Find every single piece of wreckage!"

(End of this chapter)