Chapter 315: The War of Public Opinion (II)
According to Johnny, the reason why the Syrian government army hired them was to let them transport a batch of ordinary supplies, and those who knew a little knew that all the materials that the government army transported to Alepao City were airdropped.
Because, the land transportation channel to Aleppo City has been cut off by the armed forces of the government anyway, and it cannot be sent.
As for Johnny's statement that he wanted to use their Westerner status to ship, and promised to pay twice the commission to hire them, it is also full of loopholes.
Does it take so much trouble for the Zhengfu army to transport ordinary supplies? Air transportation is not only fast, but the cost is not necessarily more expensive than this kind of transportation, and the Zhengfu army will do it when it is full.
And, faced with such a strange task? Wouldn't he Johnny be suspicious? Otherwise, how could the Blackwater Mercenary Group be ranked third.
Besides, even if the Zhengfu Army wants to act, it doesn't need to cost so much, using forty trucks.
Therefore, what Johnny said cannot withstand deep scrutiny at all.
However, people who don't know why don't think about it at all, coupled with the exaggeration of Western public opinion, the Blackwater Mercenary Group seems to be the victim.
There is no way, the strongest backstage of Syria's country is Oh country, and then Yilang, but anyway, on the side of the armed forces, it is a group of Western powers.
Military strength aside, people have a lot of advantages in the media and public opinion, first of all, they have a large number of well-known media, and there are so many countries, three people become tigers, if people unite in public opinion to engage in Syria, Syria's meaning is really a little indistinguishable.
So for Syria, the verbal battle is much more difficult than the real sword and gun battle.
In the end, Syria couldn't let those behind the scenes commit it, and I'm afraid the only gain was to cut off one of their plots.
Otherwise, if they succeed in implementing the plan, they don't know what the impact will be, which is a blessing in misfortune.
This time, the most depressed should be the Blackwater Mercenary Group, and there are also many Western Mercenary Groups operating in Syria, but this time the task of escorting supplies is not something that anyone is qualified to participate in, and they can get this task in their hands, which is also a reflection of their strength.
But I didn't expect that I lost so badly, not only did the mission fail completely, but also lost more than 100 people, and less than 20 people came back in the end, and all the others were reimbursed.
The sacrifice was so great that it didn't fall well, and forty truckloads of supplies were destroyed, especially the chemical weapons hidden inside, and they were also discovered.
Although the impact of this incident was forcibly reversed by public opinion in the Western world, the reputation of the Blackwater Mercenary Group was still taken in.
In the mercenary world, they are losers; In front of the world's followers of the war in Syria, they are the executioners of chemical weapons.
After two consecutive fiascos, Johnny was very unhappy and angry, and the two casualties combined had almost weakened half of the strength of the Blackwater Mercenary Group, and the Blackwater Mercenary Group had not suffered such a big defeat since its establishment.
These two things seem to be coincidental, but they also aroused Johnny's vigilance, he checked, there are many mercenary groups in Syria, but his Blackwater mercenary group has suffered the most losses during this time, and the interval between the two losses is not long.
Moreover, both times, they locked the whereabouts of their Blackwater mercenary group so accurately, and used the Syrian Air Force to bomb it.
Another detail is that at the last minute of the mission, as they desperately tried to prevent the Syrian personnel from collecting evidence, a team of about four or five people attacked them from the other direction.
Originally, they also thought that those people were the team of the Xuzheng Army, but their combat ability was stronger than that of the Zhengfu Army, and in a head-on confrontation, they could completely abuse the so-called elite special forces of the Zhengfu Army, but when they confronted that team of only a few people, they suffered a lot of losses.
Although there is the help of the Syrian Air Force fighters, it cannot erase their strength, if it is not for these people to stop them, they even feel that there is a great chance to stop the Zhengfu army who have collected evidence.
Moreover, the weapons used by these people are also different from those of the Xuzheng Army, which are the well-known Chinese-made concealed arrow sniper rifles.
Although the spread of dark arrows is very widespread, and the armies of many countries around the world use them, and there are also many battlefields in Syria, there are not many military weapons in Syria, because most of the weapons of the Syrian government army are the weapons of the Oh people.
This suddenly appeared a sniper team that used all dark arrows, which had to make people suspicious.
"Could it be that the Xuzheng Mansion Army specifically targeted the Blackwater Mercenary Group? That team is made up of Oh Chinese people? Johnny couldn't help but think so, because I am afraid that the only people who can make the Syrian Air Force cooperate so well are the Chinese people, and as for why the Chinese people take the Chinese weapons, there is nothing unusual.
However, Johnny thinks about it and feels wrong, not to mention the people, even if it is the army of the Syrian Army, no matter how it is an army composed of a sovereign country, the Blackwater Mercenary Group is also powerful, so it will not let them come to target the attack.
What's more, the Blackwater Mercenary Group didn't do anything angry in Syria, nor did they assassinate any very important person, so why was it targeted for no apparent reason?
In the face of this asymmetrical blow, no matter how powerful the Blackwater Mercenary Group was, Johnny decided to withdraw from Syria for the time being.
On the one hand, it is to avoid the limelight, on the other hand, the loss of the Blackwater Mercenary Group is relatively large, and it needs to replenish its strength as soon as possible, otherwise, not only will it not be able to keep the third position, but I am afraid it will be relegated.
Finally, there is another important reason, and he also wants to check the specific reason, after all, it was just his conjecture just now.
If this conjecture is true, then Syria, it is better not to go to the Blackwater mercenary group in the future, no matter how powerful a mercenary group is, it is impossible to confront a country.
If this conjecture is not correct, Johnny also has to find out what the truth behind it is, and he can't suffer such a big loss in vain.
Therefore, except for the team that was already on the mission, Johnny immediately ordered the rest of the team to leave Syria as soon as possible.
As for the two teams that are on the mission, Johnny also tells them to be as careful as possible, and at the same time is thinking of ways to see if they can end the mission early or abort the mission.
After all, the strength of the Blackwater Mercenary Group is still composed of these elites.
Before the strength is restored, if there is any further loss, the blow to the Blackwater Mercenary Group will be too great, which will not only affect morale, but also affect the addition of new members.
Although those who dare to be mercenaries are courageous, others who choose to be mercenaries will not be willing to choose a cannon fodder mercenary group.