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Above the clouds, a C-27J painted with the "GA" logo is flying in a northwesterly direction at a cruising speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour.

It is a commercial transport aircraft that belongs to a German aviation leasing company.

The transport plane is on autopilot, the two pilots are chatting, the electromechanical navigator is dozing, everything is so normal.

In the rear cabin, thirty mercenaries "Made in Germany" sat down.

Mercenaries have long been accustomed to such long-distance flights of several hours, and no one thinks that flying over a war zone is a very dangerous thing.

The cruising flight of the transport aircraft was at an altitude of more than eight thousand meters, above the clouds.

Besides, the anti-aircraft weapons possessed by those terrorists on the ground are only 4,000 meters high at most, and even if they find a transport plane, they will not be able to threaten it.

The only thing to worry about is the Iraqi Air Force, as well as the fighter jets of the coalition forces.

However, there is nothing to worry about, because the transport aircraft flies according to the declared fixed route, and as long as it does not deviate from the route, it will not be attacked.

Of the thirty mercenaries, only a few were dozing, the others were doing something boring.

Before leaving Riyadh, they had rested enough.

In addition, in two hours, they will arrive at the destination of the trip, Ankara, the capital of Turkey, and then go on a new mission.

It's a pity that they will never get to Ankara.

After being hit by the first missile, the two pilots reacted immediately, the captain quickly turned off the autopilot, and the co-pilot was a little at a loss.

Immediately after that, the second missile hit the transport plane.

Before and after, it's only a few seconds.

The attack came so suddenly that the two pilots didn't have time to do anything, and even if they did, it didn't make any sense.

That's two AIM-120A medium-range air-to-air missiles.

The missile was launched by a US Air Force F-15C fighter jet, and it was tens of kilometers away.

Prior to this, the fighter had already called the transport aircraft by radio, and the ground command center had also called the transport aircraft through international channels.

Since no reply was received from the transport aircraft, the ground command center concluded that the transport aircraft was in the service of a terrorist organization.

Well, of course, there is no need to say more.

When hit by the missile, the transport plane deviated from its intended course by about 100 kilometers and flew at an altitude of less than 5,000 kilometers.

Two missiles, knocked out two engines of the transport aircraft.

At the time of the fall, the wing of the transport aircraft snapped.

Because of the immediate stall, even if the mercenaries in the cabin reacted in time, they could not parachute to escape before the transport plane disintegrated and fell.

Falling from a height of more than 4,000 meters, no one survived.

At this time, in the south of Saudi Arabia, the Rub al-Khali desert.

About fifty kilometres north of the border, a convoy is galloping south.

In total, there were more than 30 vehicles, several armored off-road vehicles with heavy machine guns and automatic grenade launchers in the front and rear, and more than 20 trucks in the middle.

Although there are no roads in the desert, the speed of the convoy is not slow at all.

All of these vehicles, including the bulky trucks, have been modified, mainly with special tires that are not only bigger but also stronger.

Obviously, it's just to drive in the desert.

The trucks were loaded with guns and ammunition.

The convoy's destination was Dhofar province in southwestern Oman, and more than 10 kilometers south of the border line was a secret base of the Bald Eagle Legion.

Once there, a loading and unloading operation will be carried out, and the munitions will be transported by other vehicles to the next station.

Of course, it is a secret stronghold in Yemen's Mahra province, a few dozen kilometers away.

Then, local armed groups took over and sent the guns and ammunition, which could arm thousands of militants, to western Yemen.

As for who these guns and ammunition end up with, it is obviously not a matter of concern to the "bald eagle".

They are just mercenaries, and their task is only to deliver goods to the designated place.

In fact, for the "Bald Eagle" regiment, such a thing has long been familiar.

For more than a decade, the Bald Eagle Legion has been smuggling arms into Oman, much of which has fallen to the Houthis.

The detour passes through Saudi Arabia only because it is safer to unload cargo at ports on the Red Sea.

The key point is that in the Gulf of Aden, there are more than a dozen warships from all over the world escorting cargo ships at any time, and they are also closely monitoring passing ships.

Sending smuggling ships to Oman's ports is simply too risky.

In addition, Saudi Arabia has been propping up Yemeni government forces and has turned a blind eye to the activities of smuggling ships in Red Sea ports.

In fact, Saudi intelligence agencies have been organizing arms smuggling into Yemen, but only to provide them to Yemeni government forces.

Interestingly, the guns supplied by Saudi Arabia to the Yemeni government army are also mainly AK series rifles, many of which are second-hand goods bought from Eastern European countries.

Perhaps, simply because it is easier to obtain M43 cartridges in Yemen.

When the strange noise came, several mercenaries in the SUV looked up at the western sky.

In the air, dozens of white smoke trails appeared.

Smoke trails!?

No, that's the trail of missiles!

Dozens of air-to-surface missiles!

In the final seconds, all the off-road vehicles in front of the convoy made an emergency turn, and the off-road vehicles behind the convoy also braked urgently.

It's a pity that compared to missiles, the vehicle is very clumsy.

None of the trucks in the middle of the convoy were able to turn in time.

Of course, even if you turn, you can't avoid the missiles that are coming at a speed of nearly 300 meters per second.

The missiles had already locked onto the target, and the infrared radiation of the vehicle, which had been baking under the scorching sun for several hours, was so obvious that there was no way to hide.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Explosions occurred one after another, and not a single vehicle escaped.

Although some mercenaries jumped out of the car in time to escape, they couldn't run far at all with only two legs, and no mercenaries escaped.

At this time, the second blow has arrived.

Not missiles, but small-diameter precision-guided bombs.

Compared with missiles, the speed of the bomb is much slower, but there is no trail, and the sound when it falls is not very loud, so it is difficult to be detected by people on the ground.

In addition, the range of damage to an exposed person is much greater than that of a missile.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

When the explosion occurred again, the area where the convoy was located was immediately completely engulfed in smoke and flames, and the mercenaries who jumped out of the car to escape could no longer escape.

At this time, more than a thousand kilometers away was the military city of King Fahd.

When the smoke and dust in the image slowly dispersed, Saleh clapped his hands and asked the operators of the four "Wing Loong" 2s to turn off the control system.

According to the set, four drones will return to the base under the control of an automated pilot.

However, the four drones will not fly back and will crash in the northwestern region of Yemen about three hours later.

After letting the others out, Saleh took matters into his hands to erase all the information, the video footage sent back by the drone.