1970 Yara

Although three years have passed since the revolution and even the former head of state Castillo was liquidated after the war, the army loyal to the former president is still making a final struggle.

When the U.S. Navy blockaded the entire sea area and did not allow any ships to enter, these former government forces, who were about to be strangled to death, finally got a respite.

Because the blockade is only against the current government, for fear that the United States will sweep and spread, the United States is determined to strangle everything, and these former government forces have become their allies!

John Shepard sat on the deck of the freighter and watched as several dinghys docked next to the Black Mermaid, and then the ragged Yarra soldiers carried boxes of ammunition and supplies from the freighter to the dinghy on their shoulders.

"These guys are amazing, they can last in this place for three years!"

An old man in his fifties, with some gray hair, holding a rather small flask, walked up to Shepard as he poured wine into his mouth.

"This is just the beginning, they can hold on for the first three years, not necessarily the next three years!"

"How is it possible, we have sent so many things, they will definitely be able to hold it, I have fought for so many years, I will definitely not be mistaken!"

"Are you sure?"

Shepard turned, his expression teasing.

"Starting from North Korea and going to Vietnam, how many good results can be achieved with US aid?"

Then, the veteran, who had participated in both wars, rolled his eyes in an instant.

"If you are in the army, a guy like you will be punished by me to wash the toilet!"

"And yet your army kicked you out!"

"You kid!"

The old man almost jumped up as if he had been poked in the lung tube, in fact, it was about the same, he had been in the army for 30 years, and he had made countless contributions, but he was swept away in Vietnam because he kicked the little brother of the idiot superior.

"Accept it, old fellow!"

Shepard patted the other man on the shoulder, then shouted at the busy crowd below.

"David, how's it going?"

A melancholy man with a ponytail turned around and raised three fingers, then said.

"There are still three ships to unload!"

"Hurry up!"

Shepard looked at his watch, the visibility at dawn was not high, but it was still enough for the cannon to smash the Black Mermaid from the shore, although the former commander of the government army swore that his men had taken control of the coastline, but Shepard did not believe too much in this guarantee, if these guys could really fight as they said, they would not even lose their country!

As the minutes ticked by, the sun had risen above the sea level, and the sea reflected a reddish glow on the deck.

Finally, before the sun fully rose, all the weapons and ammunition on board the Black Mermaid were removed, and a bag of Spanish gold coins for payment was handed over to Shepard, and just when Shepard thought that all this was settled, the sailors' lookout on deck sounded the alarm.

"Patrol boat!"

Shepard grabbed the binoculars and ran to the other side, and saw an old gunboat approaching, and behind the gunboat, a flag of the Republic of Yarra was flying.

The gunboat also noticed the Black Mermaid, and through the binoculars in his hand, Shepard saw that the old 37 guns on the gunboat's foredeck were turning in his direction under the manipulation of several soldiers.

"Damn, don't you mean it's safe here?"

Shepard wanted to capture the commander who had already left and beat him up, but the other party was also fleeing to the shore at the moment.

"Full speed ahead, old fellow, go get the bazooka ready!"

As the nominal head of this so-called humanitarian rescue operation, Shepard was really at a loss at the moment, but he quickly suppressed the horror.

The freighter alarm bell sounded, and the sailors rushed to their operating posts, and it was the security personnel who went against them.

"When I joined the company, that old guy didn't tell me I was going to fight the gunboats!"

The bad old man, who had been drinking a little wine on the deck before, was still scolding, but the work in his hands did not stop for a moment, he rushed into the cabin, grabbed two M72 anti-tank rocket launchers from the arsenal behind the bridge and went to the deck.

Not only the old man, but more than a dozen armed men with long guns and short guns rushed up in unison, and soon an M60 general-purpose machine gun, a Stoner 63 light machine gun, and several other light weapons were set up on the deck.

Shepard himself carried a Colt 607 carbine equipped with a triple handle sight from Colt, which was generally used by special units such as SOG on the battlefield in Vietnam, because the body of the gun was shortened and it was very flexible to use.

With these fully automatic firepower and two 66mm M72 rocket launchers, it is possible to touch a company of infantry in the forest or in the mountains, but now the problem is that they are at sea!

And they may face not an infantry company, but a gunboat with three 37mm small-caliber guns, an unknown number of heavy machine guns, and armor protection!

The Blackfish was moving at full speed after anchoring, and the Yarra gunboat was still approaching unhurriedly, and the soldiers on the gunboat were ready to open fire, and the soldiers on board were also radioing the Blackfish, ordering it to stop and surrender.

"Did you get in touch with the boss?"

Shepard looked at the ever-shrinking distance, even though the Yarra gunboats may have been older than his father's age, but the caliber was there, and the 37 guns could fire at a distance of two to three thousand meters, which was simply crushing the Black Mermaid without any armor protection.

"We're already calling, but Smith probably won't be able to help us much!"

"And where's that old thing?"

Shepard was referring to their employer, a mysterious wealthy man with a hand and eye that could even mobilize naval patrol ships.

"Mr. Morgan didn't answer either!"

The radioman replied honestly.

"Fake, these guys!"

Shepard couldn't help but scold his mother, why is it smooth sailing after others are reborn, and the beautiful Xiangche pretends to be forced to slap her face endlessly, what can't she do after she is reborn?

"Could it be that this is going to be arrested and sent to labor camp?"

Shepard couldn't help but feel a little sad to himself, he knew that it was good to open a bank party in college, why did he listen to the old guy's words and come to work as a contractor?

"By the way, old man!"

"What?"

The veteran who was debugging the machine gun looked up and saw Shepard looking embarrassed.

"How do you say surrender in Spanish?"