In the operational command room of the Beijing Military Region.

"Haven't communications been restored?" said Zheng Delan, commander of the 114th Division of the People's Armed Police.

"Division commander, we have already asked the communication group, and they said that the old forest in the Taihang Mountains may be partially affected by the changes in the earth's magnetic field, so all communication equipment will fail when it arrives there. A major in the operations command room reported.

"How is the battle situation at the front now?" asked Wang Xinliang, the political commissar of the 114th Division.

According to the latest news, Company Commander Zhang Guiyuan led three platoons of their company to pursue, and there was no exchange of fire. There were no casualties either, the latest news came thirty-six hours ago. ”

"The latest news from thirty-six hours!? Which is the latest news from one of them!" Division Commander Zheng Delan scolded, "The battle situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and thirty-six minutes may decide the outcome of a battle, but if you tell me the news from thirty-six hours ago, they may all be killed now, can any of you tell me that they are still alive?"

Division Commander Zheng's angry roar made the people in the war room dare not breathe, Zheng Delan calmed down and said, "Can't the helicopter be sent in?"

The Army Aviation Brigade replied that if communications were not restored, they would not dare to let helicopters enter the area, for fear that the communication equipment would fail and cause the plane to be destroyed and people would die. ”

With a "bang", Master Zheng Delan slapped the table and scolded: "A group of cowards!"

"Lao Zheng, stop being angry!" political commissar Wang Xinliang persuaded on the side.

The door of the "boom" operation command room was pushed open, and a major hurriedly ran in and reported breathlessly: "Report to the division commander, the latest news from Zhang Guiyuan, the commander of the special operations company at the front. ”

"Say, what's the news!" said Master Zheng Delan angrily.

"According to the latest news from the front, the second and third platoons of the vanguard under Company Commander Zhang had an exchange of fire with a large number of bandits in the early hours of this morning, and now all 31 officers and men of the second platoon have been killed, and the third platoon has also sacrificed 23 people. ”

"What are you talking about? All 51 officers and men of the second platoon were killed! The third platoon also lost 23 people!" Division Commander Zheng Delan was stunned by this news all of a sudden, sat on his chair, and muttered repeatedly: "How can this be!? How can this be?!"

"All stand up!" a sentry shouted from the door, and then the group walked in under the head of two lieutenant generals.

Division Commander Zheng saw that it was Fang Huifeng, commander of the military region, and Liu Lianfu, political commissar, who walked in, followed by the chief of staff of the military region and other combat personnel, including Wu Zihou, director of the Third Intelligence Division of the General Staff Headquarters, and his deputy, Lieutenant Colonel Li Zitong, at the meeting a few days ago.

Division Commander Zheng Delan and Political Commissar Wang Xinliang hurriedly saluted, Commander Fang Huifeng sat in the front of the combat command room with a black face, and after Political Commissar Liu Lianfu also sat down, other personnel also sat in their positions one after another, and then irrelevant personnel retreated from the war room one after another.

"Zheng Delan!" Commander Fang Huifeng said the name of Commander Zheng of the 114th Division of the Armed Police.

"Here!" Zheng Delan quickly stood up.

"You have disappointed me! You have sacrificed so many soldiers! You have not dealt a fatal blow to the other side, and now I order, withdraw your troops to rest!"

"Commander!" At this time, Wang Xinliang, the political commissar of the 114th Division, stood up and said: "Commander, as the political commissar, I am also responsible for the defeat of this operation. But I would like to say that the sudden interruption of communications at the front was the main reason for this defeat, and we underestimated the fighting strength of the other side. As a political commissar, I also bear the responsibility for the defeat in this operation. ”

"The interruption of communications is an excuse for defeating the war! In the past, we had to fight a war without communication equipment, so couldn't we send a few more companies to serve as a few intelligence transfer stations, and wait in the war room for the information sent from the front, and the latest battle report from 36 hours ago, I blushed when I heard it, and you, the political commissar, are indeed responsible, and I will talk about this later. Now let's withdraw the fallen soldiers first, and replace them with a group of soldiers, and there are people coming from the front, and now I would like to ask Director Wu of the General Staff to tell me about the latest situation. You two sit down!Go back and clean you up!" Commander Fang Huifeng turned his head and nodded to Wu Zihou from the Third Intelligence Department of the General Staff.

Wu Zihou cleared his throat and said: "According to the news from the local public security department of Ji Province, they have five police officers and ten armed police officers who went into the mountains on September 8 to pursue the robbers who robbed the bank, and now they have been missing for three days. According to our investigation, on September 8, our sentry who was on duty did intercept such a local public security team that entered the mountain to pursue the robbers, but they bypassed the guard set up by the military and had already entered the mountain and lost contact. Before we arrived, we also received the latest news from the local area, saying that they had also been attacked by unknown bandits, which had killed 10 police officers and armed police. ”

"Wow", "What kind of mess is there in the place at this time!" Commander Fang Huifeng roared.

"Commander Fang, don't be angry, the news from the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department said that on September 8, a China Merchants Bank in BD City was robbed by six robbers, and killed eight people including the security guard of the cash transport truck and the manager of the bank lobby with a shotgun on the spot, seriously injured two people, and robbed 60 million yuan in cash. Director of Intelligence Wu Zihou paused at this point.

Hearing that such a vicious case had occurred in the local area, the mood of these lieutenant generals, major generals, colonels and others in the war room finally calmed down a lot, just now they were still wondering why the local personnel would trespass into the military restricted area they set up without permission, and now it seems that the local situation is also very urgent, which can be regarded as excusable!

"In addition, we have just received the latest information, and another mercenary has actually entered the Taihang Mountains and hid as early as September 1, and the specific situation will be explained by Lieutenant Colonel Li Zitong, the deputy director of our department. Wu Zihou said this and glanced at Li Zitong next to him.

"There is still an unknown team in the mountains!" said Major General Fang Shaobing, commander of the 27th Group Army under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Military Region.

"Yes, chiefs, according to the latest news we have received from overseas, the world's largest underground trading network, Shadow, publicly posted a reward notice on the homepage of its website as early as August 28th... ”

"What does this have to do with us?" Zheng Delan, the commander of the 114th Division, was an anxious man, and he had sacrificed so many soldiers, so he asked anxiously.

"This bounty announcement has a lot to do with us, because he is a bounty announcement for Zheng Xudong, and the bounty amount is 10 million US dollars. ”

"Wow... The generals and officers in the conference room all let out an exclamation, but they knew that the terror tycoon in the past had only offered a reward of $20 million for pulling the lantern and the US military, and the lives of many leaders of terrorist organizations active on the front line today were not worth $10 million, and the life of this little star Zheng Xudong was worth $10 million.

Li Zitong didn't know why he was secretly happy when he saw everyone's surprised expressions, maybe he felt that the man he liked should be worthy of her with such a global attention, "On the day this bounty order was announced, it was contracted by a French mercenary group called Angel, and promised to complete this task before September 15, Beijing time. ”

"I heard that the French mercenaries are famous all over the world, but I didn't expect them to dare to go deep into the interior of the continent to fight, this time I have to give their proud French a little color. Fang Bing, the commander of the 27th Army, said.

"Yes, I've always heard that French mercenaries are brave, fearless of death, and well-armed. Zheng Delan, commander of the 114th Division of the Armed Police, asked rhetorically: "By the way, Lieutenant Colonel Li, how did they bring in so many foreigners and weapons?" ”

Li Zitong saw that everyone had such a question on their faces, so he replied: "Chiefs, I didn't say that the French mercenary group uses the French, according to our intelligence, the French mercenary group is usually willing to hire soldiers with excellent military skills to fight for them wherever they fight... ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Li, do you mean that the French in Taihang Mountain are our own retired and sacrificed soldiers?"

"Commander Fang, you misunderstood, what I said about hiring local special forces is a large area, according to the information we have obtained, last month a group of Vietnamese crossed the border into the country and disappeared into the field of vision of our intelligence officers, according to the number of people we tracked down as many as fifteen, do not rule out the possibility of more people... ”

"Damn, Vietnamese monkeys, they've only been cleaning them up for a few years, and they dare to go deep into our country to fight, Commander. Fang Bing, the commander of the 27th Group Army, stood up, "I ask for orders to take my troops into the mountains to fight." ”

"Sit down, I know that you participated in the war against Vietnam back then, and you have a deep relationship with them. Fang Huifeng was still very satisfied with the following mood of taking the initiative to request combat, "Xiao Li, you continue, and then talk about the information they have in terms of weapons and equipment." ”

"Yes, Commander Fang, according to the information we have received, this group of Vietnamese crossed the border empty, that is, they did not carry weapons and equipment when they came in, but on August 25 last month, the weapons depot of a company under a certain military region in Hunan Province was stolen, and the company commander did not report it because he was afraid of taking responsibility, and it was not reported through the military region step by step until September 4. According to the theft report provided by the Hunan Provincial Military Region, a total of 20 Type 95 automatic rifles, more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, and a number of military uniforms and equipment were lost. ”

"Bah!", Commander Fang Huifeng slapped the table angrily again, "Damn! If such a company commander is in my jurisdiction, I have to personally collapse him, and if such a big accident occurs, I dare to conceal it for more than eight days, and I will not be angry if I collapse!"

Although Commander Fang said angry words, he thought among everyone that if he was the leader of this company commander, he would definitely do the same as Commander Fang.