At the Secret Society's headquarters, the communications staff hurriedly put down the communicator and turned to Marklovsky and the others, "Sir, there is new information???.

"What information?" said Maklovsky, frowning.

"There seems to be movement in the communication channel you asked us to listen to. The technician replied.

Maklovsky's face changed, "What the hell is going on?"

"Just now, we took some audio recordings. The technician replied.

"They didn't encrypt the communication?" Maklovsky immediately doubted.

"Their messages were encrypted, and judging by the communications, they were using code words with specific meanings. The technician whispered.

Maklovsky frowned, "So, you don't understand what they're talking about? ”

"Because we heard the background sound of this voice communication, there seemed to be a very special noise. The technician turned on the audio on the computer, and the conversation seemed to be concise and to the point, using code language. But the voice of one of them was accompanied by a noticeable noise.

Marklovsky listened intently for a moment, and immediately waved his hand, "I can't hear clearly, can you layer the voice?" Their conversations are all pre-agreed secret words, so it is of no use to us, I just need the background sound of their speech." ”

"Okay, sir, our guys are doing something similar. A few minutes is fine. The communications technician nodded.

A few minutes later, Maklovsky listened to the background of the audio several times and slapped the communicator on the table in some frustration.

"What's wrong?" Conan frowned.

"They may have air support. Marklovsky whispered.

"Air support, how is that possible?" Conan said in surprise. "Helicopter?"

"Quite possibly. Our people had just intercepted the audio of their communications, and the roar of the helicopter engines could be clearly felt in the background. And this audio came and went suddenly. It is highly likely that the helicopter entered our listening area and left very quickly, so it was accidentally intercepted a few words. Maklovsky whispered, "Things are in trouble." ”

"What? Do they really have helicopter gunships?" Conan said, stunned.

"If it's a purely armed attack helicopter, it's fine. I'm afraid they're using attack and transport multi-purpose helicopters like Hind helicopters. In that case, our encirclement would be meaningless. They can land short distances, through our encirclement, and beyond our encirclement. Marklovsky paced back and forth.

"If it's true, this will undoubtedly be the worst outcome. Conan was also shocked. "Our encirclement strategy will not work at all. And they, with the high maneuverability of helicopters, have the potential to appear anywhere. ”

"Well, we may have made some mistakes in our previous strategy, but it's still too late to start adjusting. Marklovsky paced anxiously. "Let me think about it, there must be something wrong. Why was this recording so coincidentally intercepted by us? Moreover, neither of our previous checkpoints was attacked, and there were no reports of helicopter support from the other side. Could this news be fake, perhaps in order to spread the confusion and confuse the public. ”

"I know a little bit about this better than you, most military companies prefer to choose helicopters with a strong carrying capacity. Because they are basically based on ground combat, heavily armed helicopters are not very practical for them. Therefore, they generally dismantle most of the armament, keep only the on-board machine guns, or simply dismantle all the on-board weapons.

They wanted helicopters to provide the ability to transport quickly over long distances, and they wanted to be able to drop a small number of troops in a short period of time. And instead of helicopters being hung with missiles to go anti-tank. So most of their helicopters, which are not aggressive, are purely of a transport nature. In this way, it is quite normal that the helicopter did not participate in the battle. Can a non-combat-capable helicopter fly over and get shots?" explained Conan.

"Is that so?" said Maklovsky with a frown.

"Also, mercenaries like them are not regular troops, and the helicopters they buy are not through serious channels. Because many of them were second-hand goods from arms dealers, most of them were disarmed themselves. To be honest, the price is also low. You can't expect to spend the price of a second-hand item and get a helicopter full of missiles and a premium radar and fire control system. So they basically started with empty shell helicopters with weapons removed. Conan nodded. "Moreover, with a private military company of the size of the Black Isle, it is not at all surprising that they have helicopters. We even had small and medium-sized transport planes before. ”

"Damn it. Marklovsky shook his head and said, "I'm underestimating them." ”

"And what now?" Conan said as he looked at Maklovsky, "Do you want our men to abandon their original encirclement plan and return to their respective checkpoints?"

"No! It's not certain that they have helicopters, and they can use helicopters to carry out airborne operations. The original siege plan had to be continued. Maklovsky said loudly. "I don't believe everything could be so coincidental. I don't believe my luck would be so bad. ”

"Maklovsky, it's not a matter of bad luck, it's that once they do have the ability to paralyze and fight, they will effortlessly break through the encirclement and attack our other checkpoints directly, while our men are still thinking about encircling them. Unaware of the fact that the enemy had already circled behind us and was attacking our other unguarded checkpoints. The helicopters are able to land in short distances, ensuring that their maneuverability is always above us. Conan shook his head, "That's what worries me the most." ”

Marklovsky still frowned and shook his head, "If that's the case, there's an obvious flaw in this. That is, after the attack on Base 2, they arrived at Base 1 for more than an hour. If it was a helicopter landing operation, they could not have been so slow. There's no way to explain that.

Of course, these people are cunning, maybe they are trying to confuse us. It is precisely through this that we can create the illusion that they do not have the ability to fight in short-distance airborne operations. This led us to abandon our other checkpoints and work together to besiege them, and they took the opportunity to use their high mobility to attack our other checkpoints. ”