"What's going on?" said the Red Baron, turning his head and looking at him. [Full text reading.]

"We have met with stubborn resistance, and the other side is most likely not an ordinary escort, but a professional mercenary. Conan whispered.

"So, the private military companies have intervened? They're moving so fast. The Red Baron paced slowly and sat down on the sand. "Have you found out which private military company it is?"

Conan whispered, "Our people are investigating." But according to the reports from the front, there are at least more than 200 people armed there, so it should be a very powerful company. In Africa, private military companies are ubiquitous, but not many are truly large. The results of the investigation should be forthcoming. ”

"With all due respect, your intelligence is more than a beat slower. Maklovski, a strategist, walked in from the outside and tossed the tablet in his hand to Conan. "You'd better see for yourself. ”

Conan raised his hand to catch the tablet, clicked on the video on it with his fingers, and was suddenly stunned, "This ...... What is this, the battle video? It looks like the inside of an oil base...... What's going on?Where did you get this video?!"

"It's all over the internet, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, social media and video sites, and it's going to be all over the world in no time. Later there were news channels and newspaper headlines. Marklovsky said coldly, "The iron-blooded mercenaries fought the oil extraction base - the Anmore War Live." Or something like that. We've got someone in the middle of nowhere, and they're trying to escalate the situation. Limiting our actions with the enormous pressure of public opinion. ”

"This ...... Are you deliberately spreading this?" Conan said in surprise, "Why are they doing this?"

"Attract international attention through a lot of exposure. This puts us on the back foot. If we step up our offensive further, we will have exposed our previous method of accidentally injuring and bombing, and will turn it into a blatant attack on personnel and facilities in other countries. China, the United Kingdom and the United States all have oil production bases north of Ammore. This is a matter of common concern to several major powers, and they will not remain silent if there are a lot of casualties or damage to facilities in such a situation. This is the opposite of what we want. The Red Baron leaned against the sand and said calmly.

"That is, they use this way to control the intensity of our attacks. We are warned that once we have gone overboard, we cannot afford the consequences. Conan frowned, "But our forward team can't successfully take the oil base, and is asking us for reinforcements." What do we do now?"

The Red Baron looked at Maklovsky and said, "What do you see?"

"There must be no more troops to attack. In this way, we will fall into the trap of the other side, and even if we take this oil production base or even the entire oil extraction area, we will spit it out again under pressure. This is the worst possible outcome for us. Maklovski shook his head, "We also have to keep a low profile for now." So, I propose to besiege but not attack. ”

"Siege but not attack, how can this work?" Conan frowned, "What we need now is to put enough pressure on them to feel that they are in danger so that we can force these damn oil companies to fuck off." But just surrounding them and not attacking, is that enough pressure on them?"

"Deterrence, a lot of the time, is psychological. Why are even the most vicious people afraid of being confined and confined to them? Is a quiet room more uncomfortable than torture? The answer is psychology!

In the Golden Triangle region of Asia, there is a punishment for digging a deep pit in the ground, then placing a person in the pit and covering the hole. The environment in which the person is subjected to this punishment should be not much different from the confinement cell, in which people can easily fall into irritability, followed by various sensory hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, until the sensory system is completely disordered, and eventually most of these people will choose to commit suicide, and those who do not commit suicide are estimated to go crazy first and then starve to death. In this environment, people will go through a process of tearing apart their own sensory world, and then their own value system may also collapse.

Therefore, psychological stress does not come entirely from fear, but also from isolation. What's more, once we close that base, they will fall into a complete disconnection from the outside world. Lack of supplies, living in fear, and all will want to leave. Moreover, the staff in the oil production base are only civilians, and their ability to withstand pressure is not as good as that of those veteran oilers. Once the employer collapses and asks for evacuation, what else can these mercenaries do?" Marklovsky laughed.

"That's right, and we have a very valid reason to restrict their free access to the oil production sites because of the fact that we are at war and to protect these oil companies from accidents. No electricity, no water, no contact, see how long they can last?" the Red Baron nodded, "Marklovsky, I'll leave this matter to you." ”

"Of course, Baron. I'm going to set it up. Marklovsky turned to leave.

Conan turned to the Red Baron and said, "Baron, do you really think this is possible?"

"Yes, Maklovsky had a personal purpose, but his suggestion was exactly what I was considering. The Red Baron said slowly, "And judging from our current situation, we really can't go too far." Although we secretly control the Orumi Federation, most of these people are from African warlords, and they can become one of the warlords in Africa without the support of other powers, so they are inextricably linked with other powers. Even if we ordered, they did not dare to overdo it. ”

"That's just as well. These local warlords in Africa have always been unreliable. Conan nodded.

"So at the moment, with the help of regional conflicts, besieging these oil extraction areas, this is the only thing we can do. And there's another reason. The Red Baron whispered, "If we intensify our offensive, it will indeed make them despair. But in the midst of such despair, people often also have feelings of hatred and hatred. Thus burst out with the greatest strength, and then trapped the beast and fought. Because at such times, there is no time for infighting. On the contrary, when they see that they can relax, their internal contradictions will gradually emerge. As soon as the tensions calm down a little, then various opinions will arise and they will disagree. ”

"I see. "Conan understood," the baron meant to create a conflict between these mercenaries and their employers. The longer we besiege them, the more this contradiction will intensify. ”