Chapter 17: The Hostage Crisis
Located deep in the vast forests of country B in Southeast Asia, there stands a three-story building covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters. In the hall, a thin, lean man in his 40s holds a satellite phone in his hand, "What, Mona is dead?" More than 20 members of the group did not survive! Who did this to you? Check, give me a fucking check," he said, throwing the phone onto the couch.
This person was none other than Yufu, the leader of the Flying Fox mercenary group, and he sat on the sofa after answering the phone. The indifferent eyes closed slightly, silently pondering.
More than 10 years ago, Mona served with him in the Royal Marine Commando Brigade Green Berets, both of whom were snipers, and in years of special operations, the two have accumulated rich combat skills and combat experience, saved each other many times, and formed a lifelong friendship. After retiring, the two and more than a dozen retired special forces officers jointly formed the "Flying Fox Mercenary Group". He didn't understand how the people brought by Mona this time were all veterans of the special forces of various countries that had been war-torn for a long time, and how it was possible that the whole army could be wiped out without warning.
He picked up the phone, typed in a series of numbers, and connected to the army's internal line: "You quickly find out for me who attacked the drug production base?" The focus is on the army's investigation, the police do not have such ability", hung up the phone, he rushed out of the door and shouted, "Someone, call the 'poisonous snake'".
After a while, a tall, thin man in his 30s with slender eyes and a peaked cap walked in, and he asked in a high-pitched voice, "Head, look for me"? Yuf pointed to the sofa: "Sit, Mona is gone!" ”
The "Viper", who had just sat down with his head down, raised his head sharply and looked at Yufu with a look of surprise in his eyes. "You know Mona's skills, the only one who can kill him is the sniper, otherwise he won't be able to escape," Yuf said.
A trace of confusion appeared in the cold eyes of the "Viper", and he whispered to Yuf, "I have not heard of such an excellent sniper on the mainland", "Yes, I am investigating this matter." Now there's a task, you take a few people to do it," Yufu said, pulling out a photo and a piece of paper, "this person, you bring him, the details are on paper".
Dongjiang City is an important aerospace R&D base in China. The city is home to the largest aerospace technology research institute in the country. Tian Lixin, deputy chief engineer of the institute, is the person in charge of China's aerospace engine project, and the progress of this project directly affects China's development in the aerospace field.
On this day, Mr. Tian came home from work on time from the research institute, but he didn't arrive home late at night. The family called friends and relatives all over the phone, but there was no news, and finally the institute was notified. The security department of the institute sensed that something was wrong and quickly reported it to the National Security Service. The State Security Bureau worked closely with the public security department and quickly found out what happened to Mr. Tian after work.
At five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Tian left the office after saving the design number in front of the office computer. On the way home, he got into a slight scrape with a car and got out of the car to check on the damage. At this moment, two people got out of the other party's car and reasoned with him for a few words, and then suddenly covered his mouth and dragged him into the car and left quickly.
This is clearly a kidnapping. In view of Mr. Tian's background in being involved in cutting-edge secrecy, the NSA quickly contacted foreign intelligence agencies to learn about the situation of hostile forces that had been closely concerned about the Institute. Based on a variety of information sources, the NSA quickly determined that the kidnapping was carried out by the Flying Fox mercenary group commissioned by the intelligence agency of country M.
A large net was quickly spread out in Dong'an City and the whole country, and checkpoints were set up at various ports, railways, and land routes, but Mr. Tian was like evaporating from the world, and there was no news.
More than 10 days later, information came from abroad that traces of Tian Lixin, the vice president of the research institute, had been found in country B.
In Beijing, in the small conference hall of the State Security Administration, Wang Molin, deputy director of the State Security Administration, walked in with several people in military uniforms.
He glanced at the chief of the intelligence department and several responsible persons of the Dong'an City State Security Bureau, who were attending the meeting, and said: "Today I have invited several leaders of the General Staff of the Central Military Commission to come here because the abduction incident is directly related to the development of China's aerospace industry. ”
"From the analysis of a large amount of intelligence transmitted back from the domestic public security, armed police, border defense and abroad, there is no doubt that Mr. Tian was abducted by the Flying Fox mercenary group. By all indications, the destination of the hijacking was the headquarters of the Flying Fox mercenary group. Mr. Tian has a large amount of top-secret aerospace technology information, and if it is leaked, it will cause immeasurable losses to China's aerospace industry. Rescue is inevitable, but the Flying Fox headquarters is located in the depths of the jungle, and neither the national security nor the public security and armed police personnel have this kind of jungle combat requirements. I think the only way to do this is to ask for help from the army," he said, turning his face to a few soldiers.
Lieutenant General Tang Rui of the General Staff Department took over the speech: "We have read the briefing, and from the perspective of operational requirements, we have analyzed the special operations units of various military regions; because they are fighting in jungles abroad, we must consider international influence, so we can only send capable personnel out of the country, and at present the unit that best meets the requirements of this kind of operation is the 10-man 'Leopard Commando' of the K Military Region, and they have just recently smashed a drug base guarded by the 'Flying Fox Mercenary Group.'"
Wang Molin, deputy director of the National Security Bureau, slapped the table and said, "Okay, it's decided." Our intelligence agents abroad will provide them with intelligence support."
At the base of the special brigade of the K Military Region, the members of the "Leopard Commando" who were sleeping soundly were startled by a rapid whistle, and the "first-class combat readiness" shouted out to someone else.
The team members quickly ran to the front of the base building to assemble in full gear. Li Dongsheng ran to the front of the team, briefly issued a combat order, and then hurriedly said, "Go to the arsenal and replace all foreign equipment according to the division of labor according to individual operations."
The group soon came to the arsenal, Wan Lin and Cheng Ru respectively selected a British L115A3 long-range sniper rifle, Wang Dalin carried an American-made M134 rotary tube machine gun, Zhang Wa kept stuffing different models of explosives into the backpack, and the rest of the team members also selected different foreign firearms according to their own preferences.
Soon, the assault team all changed their equipment, got on the helicopter that had been waiting for a long time, and came to a military airfield more than 100 kilometers away from the base. After flying for more than four hours, the small transport plane that took off dropped them on an open field more than 20 kilometers from the border.
After the assembly, Li Dongsheng ordered, "In order not to alarm the border guards of country M, we must secretly cross the border." Advance covertly and do not fire until you reach the combat area. Departure".
Soon, the assault team came to the border, and Li Dongsheng waved his hand to let the team hide in the grass. Li Dongsheng and Wan Lin took Xiaohua to lie in the front.
After a while, a team of border patrols of country M walked over, and Li Dongsheng was about to wave his hand, but Wan Lin raised his hand to stop him. He pointed to Xiaohua and whispered, "There are still people in the back, you forgot that Xiaohua can detect creatures within 5 kilometers."
Sure enough, two more patrolmen with cigarettes in their mouths appeared after a while. After waiting for a while, Xiaohua jumped over, Li Dongsheng waved his hand, and everyone quickly crossed the border and disappeared into the jungle opposite.
After about 30 kilometers, the assault team came to the side of a road.
At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and I saw a medium-sized van parked on the side of the road, and the driver was standing next to the car, holding a cigarette in his hand. After waiting for a while, Li Dongsheng saw that the other party was holding a cigarette and did not smoke it, which was in line with their prior agreement, and it was determined that he was the intelligence officer of the National Security Bureau who responded.
Li Dongsheng walked quickly to the side of the car and gave a code, and then waved his hand, and the team members ran down the hill quickly and got into the car.
They were met by Lin Mu, an intelligence officer of the National Security Bureau, whose public identity in Country M was the owner of a trading firm.
Lin Mu introduced the situation of the Flying Fox mercenary group while driving.
The headquarters of Flying Fox is located in the jungle more than 600 kilometers from the border, surrounded by mountains and dense forests, and there is only one dirt road out of the mountain. Because the Flying Fox gang has participated in many terrorist incidents in country M, the military of country M has carried out many encirclement and suppression. However, due to the high mountains and dense forests, it was not suitable for large-scale operations, and the other side had sophisticated weapons and equipment and rich experience in jungle warfare.
Lin Mu said, "According to the information obtained from the military of country M, there is a minefield within 30 kilometers of the Flying Fox headquarters, and the guardian members are all retired soldiers of special forces of various countries, with strong experience in mountain and jungle operations, and the number of personnel is about 80 people. ”
Lin Mu glanced back, "There are just a few of you", and Li Dongsheng nodded at him. Lin Mu continued, "According to the current intelligence analysis, Tian has always been abducted in China by the backbone of the Flying Fox Regiment Leader Yufu's 'Viper', this person is a sniper and has a resounding reputation in the international mercenary community, you should pay attention to this person." I can only send you to a place 500 kilometers away from the Flying Fox base, and the rest is the mountain jungle, so let me know if you need anything."
The road in the mountains was quiet, and the car stopped on the side of a mountain. Li Dongsheng woke up the resting team members, waved to Lin Mu, and led the team into the forest.
Wan Lin ran in front with Xiaohua, and the team members crossed quickly. The woods are very quiet, and the appearance of Xiaohua, the "beast king", makes them less poisonous snakes and beasts on their way, and invisibly accelerates their speed.
Seven days later, they reached within 50 kilometers of the base of the Flying Fox. Li Dongsheng ordered in a low voice, "Demoman Zhang Wa and Wan Lin are in front with Xiaohua, pay attention to the minefield." The rest of the team members fought in formation behind and advanced covertly."