Chapter 19: The Ant Army's Striker
In the lead car of a fleet of Humvees and pickup trucks, Clayderman, deputy director of the security department of the Constantine Hydraulic Engineering Company, sat in the passenger seat and did not stop for a moment to receive reconnaissance images from the air combat detachment.
The moving images and photos clearly show that the unidentified yellow armed team showed no signs of trying to flee at all, and after discovering their own air combat detachment, they directly deployed in place, as if they were preparing to fight hard.
In particular, enough smoke grenades were fired in the defensive zone, and a wide enough smoke barrier was formed in the defensive zone, which further proves that they really formulated defensive tactics?
Touching his shaved chin, Clayderman muttered to himself, "Are these yellows really stupid enough to think ...... Will the firepower of the enemy, who is actively pursuing them, be weaker than them? ”
Listening to Claydeman's self-talk, Muter, a subordinate driving the Humvee, hissed and laughed: "Isn't that just right? The prize money doesn't have to be shared with Hyde's idiots, and the cost of the two high-end mercenary teams saved is enough for us to hold a carnival party...... Do you remember that Brazilian's bar? The three dancers in there have waists that are softer than water snakes, and any posture you like will satisfy you! It's time to call them to the event again! ”
Ignoring Mutter's teasing, Clayderman flipped the communication button on the bridge: "Call the old bird, call the old bird: confirm that the hostages are still alive?" Complete. ”
The Messerschmitt Me109 multi-role fighter was modified with a full set of electronic reconnaissance equipment, mainly used as a reconnaissance aircraft, and the pilot immediately sent over the reconnaissance photos: "Thermal detection shows that there are 22 human bodies in the truck, and 50 percent of them can move freely and 50 percent of them cannot move freely, and it can be confirmed that all of them are alive!" Complete! ”
Clayderman: "What about the enemy fighters? ”
Pilot: "Unable to detect the heat source of the five enemies, they should be wearing anti-infrared combat suits!" Complete! ”
Clayderman: "Call the swarm, call the swarm: can you see the enemy movement with direct eyes?" Complete. ”
The three helicopters relied on the advantage of low altitude and low speed to approach and reconnoitre: "They fired a large number of smoke bombs, and the entire area was shrouded in thick smoke, and even the river was filled with smoke, so it was impossible to observe directly!" Complete! ”
Turning off the communication button with a little annoyance, Clayderman lit a cigarette and gulped: "Five kilometers away, right?" ”
Mutt, the subordinate driver next to him, replied, "Yes, deputy director." The prize money of $1.5 million is ...... away from us It's only four kilometers! ”
Looking in the rearview mirror at the long earth dragon behind the rear of the car, Clayderman reached out the window and flicked off the cigarette ash: "Let's call those ants to take the lead...... Anyway, their lives are worthless, and it just so happens that we have already paid for it! ”
After the order was given, Clayderman's lead car slowed down rapidly. Behind Clayderman's car, more than two dozen pickup trucks or open-top jeeps of various kinds, in very different condition, quickly rushed forward. The soldiers on board the cart are dressed and equipped in a variety of clothes, not so much a team of mercenaries as a refugee camp on the run.
A few young soldiers, who were as thin as matchsticks, held up a gun in one hand and a wine bottle in the other, and poured liquor into their mouths, even though their front teeth were bleeding from the mouth of the wine bottle because of the rough dirt road and the extremely poor condition of the car, they still stared at their bloodshot eyes and shouted wildly.
Witnessing this jaw-dropping scene, Mutter, who was driving the Humvee, asked disdainfully, "What are these guys doing?" ”
As if disturbed by the cacophony of gunfire, Clayderman blocked an ear hole with one finger and frowned in disgust: "Waste their own bullets, merge and waste the enemy's bullets." ”
Skillfully swinging the steering wheel, Mutt looked at the small mountain bag in front of him, which was already visible to the naked eye, and said: "Here, Mr. Deputy Director, that hill can observe and monitor the enemy's movements and directly command the battle situation!" ”
Shaking his head, Clayderman responded, "Do we still need to be on a high ground to observe the battle situation?" Let alone...... The swarm of ants has already rushed up, and I'm worried that there is nowhere to park...... And I bet you know that it is more convenient to observe the battle on the high ground, then the enemy also knows ......"
Almost the voice was still in his ears, as if the other party was extremely old in order to confirm Clayderman's battlefield judgment, two explosion clouds suddenly rose from the mountain bag dozens of meters high, and the shattered car parts and stumps and broken arms at the top of the cloud flew to the highest point of the parabola in a disorderly manner, and then fell together with the blasted gravel and dirt blocks, and smashed into the heads of the dense army of soldiers and mercenaries around them!
Because the convoy of soldier ants rushed up the mountain bag like a swarm, and suddenly suffered from a mine or an artillery bombardment, it scattered like a swarm of headless flies, and a few cars that were lucky not to be blown up were actually knocked over by their own people's cars, and rolled down the hillside, and every time they rolled a bucket, they could almost see the plasma that was squeezed and scattered on the ground of the hillside!
As if he could hear the screams of the soldier ants who were crushed and crippled along the way with the tumbling vehicles on the mountain, Clayderman threw away his cigarette and covered his ears with his hands, almost groaning, and snorted: "I really hate the noise these guys make endlessly, can't they take care of me, a patient with neurological tinnitus!" ”
Looking at the four South African-made military jeeps and two converted small trucks that were all parked at the foot of the hill by the Constantine security forces behind him, Mutter said, "Mr. Deputy Director, we can start the attack. ”
Clayderman: "What's the hurry, isn't this already doing a good job?" ”
Mutter: "Good? ”
Clayderman: "This group of ants is doing a good job, they are draining the enemy's limited weaponry and combat energy. Don't forget, Mr. Schulenburg's message back at the beginning was a very clear report on the situation of these guys. Let these ants consume it, they are consumables anyway. ”
Muter: "So the second ground detachment ......"
Clayderman lit another cigarette: "It's already in place." The air, ground, and mobile forces were all in place, and the encirclement was successful. Right now...... It's just a matter of time! ”
Guessing that the best position on the top of the mountain must have been fully mined, under the order of the commander, the convoy of soldiers and ants on the mountain pack divided into two roads and detoured from the mountainside. Before the lead cars of the two convoys had completely turned the cols on both sides to adjust their direction of travel, the M60 machine guns mounted on the jeep cars had already erupted a barrage of bullets, slashing and indiscriminately firing at the riverbed covered in a large amount of smoke.
Seeing the chaos in all its forms, Mutt exclaimed anxiously, "These fools! They've already been told not to shoot indiscriminately! It will hurt our people! ”
Grabbing Mutter's hand to grab the communicator, Clayderman leisurely puffed out green smoke and pointed at the on-board display, which showed the silhouettes of three dark red vehicles of different sizes from the infrared heat source detection image transmitted by the Messerschmitt Me109.
Even if the enemy's three cars were scorched by the scorching sun, even if they did not start their engines, their huge heat sources could not be concealed, and they could even see clearly how they were parked. Slowly exhaling the green smoke in his mouth, Clayderman said in a human voice: "The other party is not stupid enough to hurt the hostages, so they use a heavy truck to block in front of the hostage truck...... All we need now is to know how the other side has arranged defensive tactics, so let this group of ants test it, this is the best fire reconnaissance! ”
In the course of the conversation, the two convoys of soldiers and ants had already circled in front of the mountain bag, and all the weapons that could be shot on the car were fired wildly, and the young soldiers who were addicted to drugs or drunk screamed and raised their weapons to fight, and bullets of various calibers were whistling and shooting in all directions, as if they could tear through the thick smoke on the riverbed and cut straight spaces, but they still had no effect on the thick smoke barrier.
The enemy was clearly hiding in this smoke but did not make any return fire, even a veteran addict who was stunned by drugs had a dangerous instinct, and the convoy of soldiers and ants that stopped directly opposite the river finally stopped shooting after consuming a lot of ammunition. After a brief exchange of words between the soldier ant commander and a few subordinates who were still awake for the time being, the soldier ant members on several pickup trucks immediately shouldered the RPG and assumed a pre-shooting preparation posture.
Having lost no time in turning on the frequency of the walkie-talkie, Clayderman raised his voice and said to the receiver: "I would like to remind you, Mr. Commander, that we will only pay you the remaining seventy percent of the final payment only if we have safely rescued our eleven engineers!" ”
Obviously a little dissatisfied with Klayderman's interference with his orders, the words of the soldier commander sounded a little rude and anxious: "The other party does not return fire, obviously wants to continue to hide their tracks, not to reveal the location of their firepower, and I can't see where the other party is at all, so rushing to the side of the truck with hostages, our side will suffer a lot of unknown losses!" ”
Clayderman: "Maybe you're going to suffer some losses, but if you don't have money, you don't have guns, you don't have drugs. So...... Are there still soldier ants? ”
Listening to a few heavy breaths coming from the walkie-talkie, and then a rough sound that seemed to smash the walkie-talkie, Mutter couldn't help but chuckle in a low voice: "If you're lucky, the part of the fee that should be paid to this group of ants will add a lot of fun to our carnival?" ”
Shrugging his shoulders, Clayderman noncommittally turned on his own communication frequency: "Call the old bird, the old bird; call bee colony, bee colony; Note to all: without reconnaissance data, the enemy will not open fire rashly, do not attack the enemy's unmanned reconnaissance aircraft for the time being, guide them to fire! And the attack of the soldier ants will force the opponent to fight back, and they can no longer hide their defensive firepower! Anyway, there are only five people on the other side, and the combat capability of the other eleven unarmed personnel is negligible, so we must go through this process to closely detect the opponent's firepower deployment! Complete! ”