Chapter 2014: The Long Night

"Michelle the Silver Wolf again?" Conan frowned. net

"At least eighty percent of the likelihood. Maklovsky whispered, "But I do think this is an opportunity for us to hit the Black Island Military Company hard." ”

"Hit the Black Isle Military Company hard?" Conan frowned.

"This is a map of the north of Ammore, where there are at least six oil production areas belonging to several major oil companies," Maklovski said, pointing to the map. For the Order to protect them, it would have to invest considerable strength. ”

Conan nodded in agreement. "That's true. ”

"If we can make their escort operation fail, it will be a great damage to the reputation of the Black Isle Company. Don't forget, they're businesses. It has been said that if God wants to destroy a man, he must first make him mad. And I think that in order to destroy the Black Island Company, you must first make them infamous. Marklovsky said slowly.

"It's useless to kill them, Africa Big 6 is full of mercenaries, cheap soldiers everywhere, even if you kill thousands of them, with their financial resources, they will soon be able to replenish them. But once credibility is lost, it's hard to get it back. When everyone thinks that the Black Island Military Company is unreliable, they have only one way, and that is to close their doors. Conan's eyes moved, "If we can let this mercenary company, which has dominated Africa in recent years, suffer successive fiascos, then they won't be able to mess with it themselves." ”

That's what it means. They were warriors, but at the same time, they were also merchants who provided military services. To defeat them, you have to think like a businessman. Maklovsky nodded.

"But how can they completely fail this operation in Ammor?" Conan hesitated.

"To cut off the snake, the head of the snake must be cut off. With so many people deployed in Anmor this time, it is impossible to fight alone, and there must be a command center responsible for coordinating the escort actions of the various oil production areas. If we find out this command center of theirs and eliminate it. It is equivalent to cutting off the head of this snake. Then all that is left is a torso that is not threatening enough, but can only struggle. Maklovsky said slowly, "The blockade I have arranged is to restrain those oil companies and increase pressure on them, and on the other hand, I want to force the Black Island Company's command center in Amor to surface. ”

"I see. Conan nodded.

"If you look at the location of these oil production areas, I originally thought that the most likely location of their command base was very likely to be here. But judging by their attack on our second checkpoint, I'm a little uncertain. Because theoretically, this is the least likely position to be attacked. Maklovsky frowned, "There's no need for them to make a detour to attack this checkpoint No. 2. ”

"Could it be that they're suspicious?" Conan mused.

"I'm not sure about this yet, but I can't rule it out. Regardless of who their commander is, this operation was indeed somewhat unexpected to me. Although I set up ambushes at every checkpoint location, it was clear that my plan had fallen through. The attackers were clearly a very capable force. Maklovsky nodded.

The two of them were discussing carefully when someone from outside came in, "Report!"

"What's the matter?" said Conan, turning.

"Our checkpoint was attacked. The armed members of the Order who came in whispered.

Conan frowned, "Checkpoint Two was attacked more than an hour ago, and we've already received the news from the radio. Your intelligence is too slow, why are you reporting it now?!"

"Report sir, it's not Checkpoint 2, this time it's Checkpoint 1. The Secret Order soldier could only whisper.

"What?Checkpoint 1?" Maklovsky slammed into the face, rushed up and grabbed the militant, "Tell me, when the hell happened?"

"Just a few minutes ago. I came back and reported it as soon as I got the news. The Secret Society militants were a little nervous.

"Checkpoint 1 is near ExxonMobil's oil production area, what's going on there?" said Mark Loveski immediately.

The militants of the Secret Society whispered, "There is no movement at the oil company's mining base, and the mercenaries there have not moved, and they have not come out at all. ”

Maklovsky loosened the collar of the militant, strode back, turned his head to look at the map on the wall, and shook his head again and again, "This is impossible and unreasonable!"

"What's wrong?" Conan whispered.

"If the people stationed inside the oil company don't move, then there is only one possibility, and that is what other mercenaries do. And, most likely, it was done more than an hour ago by the same group that attacked Checkpoint 2. Maklovsky paced back and forth, "But there's something weird about it." Because there are two other checkpoints, No. 4 and No. 5, between Checkpoints 1 and 2, why should they let go of the closer ones and go around the farthest ones if they just want to attack them?"

Conan was also a little confused, "yes, what's going on? The closest to Checkpoint 2 is Checkpoint 5, which is only half an hour's drive. If they wanted to make trouble, they should have targeted there, so how could they have jumped over there and driven straight into Checkpoint 1?

"They were very ferocious and our casualties were enormous. Moreover, the mobile units deployed in the vicinity were ambushed and suffered heavy losses when they tried to return to Checkpoint 1 for reinforcements. The Secret Order member whispered.

"How is that possible? We have ambush troops all around us, and a mobile force that is ready to reinforce at any time. How could such a thing happen? How many of them are there?" Conan asked as he grabbed the Order militant and shouted loudly.

"I, I don't know. "The Secret Society's militant turned pale.

"Let him go. "It seems that we are underestimating these attackers." Their tactics are quite treacherous, and they often act by surprise. The reason why they do this is to make us confused about their actions. It is not possible to determine the exact location of their headquarters. ”

Marklovsky stared at the map and said, "Tell the other checkpoints to be on full alert, and alert them as soon as something happens." ”

"What? ......" Conan's face changed dramatically.

"Mr. Conan, it's been a long night, and anything can happen. Maklovsky said with a heavy face.