"Sir, something is wrong!"

"What's wrong?"

"The high ground on the north side has been lost!"

“？？？”

François' first reaction was impossible, and he felt a chill spread from his back to his entire neck, and then gradually consumed his entire brain.

"What's going on?"

"Our palace personnel were sniped by the high ground on the north side, and we found out after three brothers died, and I don't know when the high ground will be recaptured on the other side!"

"I'm asking them where they're outflanking, and we're surrounded on three sides......"

François reacted instantly, the previous gunshot, it was not United Mining attacking the Shadow Company, but the Shadow Company attacking the United Mining Company, he hurriedly pushed away the soldiers around him, came to the edge of the factory, and then saw four trucks burning on the road, and dozens of mercenaries who were approaching him with their hands raised, they were wearing woodland camouflage uniforms, and they were not from the Shadow Company.

And when these people came, François understood what was going on, and the most numbing thing for his scalp was that the Shadow Company took the initiative to let these guys go!

"What a means!"

François was dizzy for a moment, no wonder when they attacked, the other party did not take the prisoners they had captured earlier, and those mercenaries under Eck were locked up in the building and waited for them, now he understood.

"That guy is trying to trap us!"

Because the logistics were all handed over to the black mercenaries, the soldiers under François basically did not carry much food at the moment, let alone drinking water, and everyone carried the most bullets and grenades, but obviously the latter could not be eaten.

"Let the first and second squadrons fight back and retake the high ground!"

Although François had given the most urgent order in the fastest time, it was still a luxury to let the light infantry without heavy firepower retake the high ground, and Hannibal even sent half of Charlie's squad to the high ground on the north side, where there were now nearly sixty PMCs defending, which was already half of the men on his hands, plus two armored reconnaissance vehicles and three jeeps loaded with light machine guns, and recoilless artillery support from the high ground on the south side, the mercenary's counterattack lasted less than ten minutes, It was forced to end because of the excessive casualties.

Because the way to attack the high ground from the camp was so long, the hundreds of meters of flat land and the valley without the slightest shelter cost the mercenaries more than forty people killed, and they did not even cross the riverbed.

The attack on the southern high ground is also impossible, the direct fire from the recoilless gun is more accurate and deadly, and as a last resort, François can only put his hope on Ek, who is also besieging the southern high ground, and the latter, after perceiving Francois's predicament, also tried his best to solve the problems of the friendly forces, but then, they were surrounded by the heavy forces of the Shadow Company.

Under the cover of the armored car, almost forty PMCs from the Apple detachment and the butter detachment who were drawn from the defensive positions launched an attack on Ek's position, and Ek, who had nothing to do about the armored vehicles, could only watch his men being repeatedly killed by crossfire and falling grenades, and he had no choice but to grit his teeth and choose to surrender.

In the same way, when they chose to surrender, Hannibal did not embarrass them, but drove everyone back to the factory in the valley with the wounded, so that they could be reunited with François.

Even the commissioner of United Mining was no exception, this guy tearfully said that he could pay the ransom, but Hannibal was still unmoved and sent him back, after all, this tonnage guy knew that he had eaten a lot at a glance, so he should be put back to eat François's already small rations.

Now, François' 200 or so mercenaries, as well as other miscellaneous men, were all encircled in the mines, like sparrows encircled by a mesh, and there was nowhere to escape.

François never dreamed that his ambitious and painstaking battle plan would become like this, but he really fell into endless self-blame and regret at the moment, the terrain of the factory area is actually not complicated, that is, the middle of the open space is high ground on the north and south sides, and the east and west sides are endless plains, so it is very simple to defend here, and it is even easier to block here.

Because there is no cover in the east-west direction, the north and south sides can tilt their firepower downward, and the plains for several kilometers are natural hunting grounds, and condescending snipers can kill anyone who moves in this place as easily as a pheasant, so it is impossible to expect to break through from the east and west.

François, who was sitting in the room and had nothing to do, could only order his subordinates to collect all the available materials and distribute them centrally, but when they were concentrated, he was dumbfounded, because more than 200 people could collect them, that is, dozens of packets of compressed biscuits and a few cans, no matter how much food was distributed, it was enough for everyone to eat for a day, and the drinking water was also pitiful, although the stream in the riverbed had not dried up, but no one dared to take water under the guns of snipers, and it was completely impossible to hold on!

And the breakthrough, I have tried it just now, but the dozens of corpses have not yet cooled down, and now, there is only one last way left in front of François.

Looking at the mourning wounded, François could only send a messenger to try to negotiate with the Shadow Company under a white flag, and Hannibal thought that the other party was here to surrender, so he received the other party, but who knows, as soon as the messenger opened his mouth, if the Shadow Company did not surrender, they would destroy all the facilities in the camp.

Hearing this, Hannibal was about to draw his gun in anger, but he couldn't help but laugh in the end.

"Okay, then you can dismantle it casually, smash it casually, the things inside are broken, I want the lives of ten of you to pay for it, and in addition, I hope your supplies can last a little longer!"

After saying that, Hannibal asked his men to drive the messenger back, and Francois, who received the reply, was furious, and immediately wanted to have people blast a building, but after the explosives were settled, he calmed down again, and then called the messenger to tell him to convey his conditions again.

This time, François's condition was that as long as the Shadow Company let them leave safely, the mercenaries would no longer hold the Shadow Company responsible, and the two sides would cease fighting and divide the business market equally.

Then, the messenger was kicked out by Hannibal.

"If you really think we're so good-natured, I don't mind digging two hundred more graves in this valley, telling that dog bastard what I said, and letting him weigh it himself!"