The lightning team, this is the new code name given by Shepard to the flight squadron, its composition includes four Skyraider attack aircraft, four pilots, and a professional ground support team, a total of forty-six people, although there are not many people, but the cost is comparable to two combat detachments, which can be called a gold-swallowing monster.

With Shepard's current savings, he will have to go bankrupt in about twenty-two years, but fortunately, the old man knows Shepard's situation and doesn't dare to really sell him planes, so these attack planes are also leased, and the ownership is still in the hands of the Marine Corps, which is equivalent to the reserve aircraft of the Marine Corps, and then handed over to a civilian company for maintenance.

In the short term, the Blitz team can't bring Shepard any output, after all, these planes can't be used as sparring partners for the Air Force masters, but Shepard doesn't care, after all, for him, it's good to have planes.

After all, the current work of the Shadow Company is really difficult to carry out without planes!

Since the bomb attack, Washington officials have ordered that the Medellín group must be strangled in all directions, and now Vice President George H.W. Bush is leading a special operations team to chase Medellín's planes and transport ships in an effort to cut off Medellín's money bag, and Shadow Company also has a mission, that is, to cut off the source of drugs in Medellín.

This task is naturally not an easy job, and it can even be said to be a thankless job, because it is only those group members who offend by cutting the money bag, but cutting off the source means that the Shadow Company has to make enemies of tens of thousands of civilians.

The Medellín Group has many sources of drugs, Venezuela, Peru, and many Latin American countries are potential suppliers, but the number of supplies within Colombia is also a large number.

And these sources are the many farmers who make a living from the cultivation of drugs or coca crops.

Their land was originally used to grow all kinds of crops, although the land is rich, but because of backward planting technology, low purchase prices of agricultural products, single planting structure, land annexation and other reasons, the peasants are busy working in the land all year round The harvest is not even enough for themselves to eat, and there is one of the most important reasons for this, that is, the dumping of agricultural products in the United States.

Therefore, the road to planting crops was strangled, but the government could not take care of the livelihood of many farmers, and the relief money was a drop in the bucket, and the corruption was serious, so the farmers had to survive on their own.

As a result, there is a steady stream of soldiers in many *** armed forces, but there are also some people who are unwilling to pick up arms, so they don't have many options left.

In those days, working for the government is not even as stable as working for a drug cartel, which provides far more abundant and even more stable income security.

As a result, the farmers have uprooted their crops from their land and planted all kinds of raw materials, and the drug cartels have even taken on the work of banks and the government during this period, providing farmers with low-interest or even interest-free loans to buy agricultural materials, including machinery and other items, and will also send experts to guide planting techniques, and even repair water infrastructure and other tasks that should be the responsibility of the government.

This is to some extent the food and clothing of millions of workers, and a large number of farmers depend on drug cartels to live, and if they are forced to eradicate their crops, it means that they will be the enemy of these people.

For others, it may be a heavy choice, but for Shepard, from the moment he chose to become a military contractor, he sold his soul to Satan, so it doesn't matter to him the good guys or bad guys, he can do whatever he wants!

After a month and a half of adaptation and recovery training, the Blitz team was officially put to work.

And the first task they are responsible for is the removal of drug crops in Antioquia.

The name of the province may sound unfamiliar, but its capital is so famous that it is called Medellín, and yes, Antioquia is Pablo's hometown and territory.

Although government forces have deployed thousands of soldiers from the defence and security forces since the beginning of the war, their control over the entire area remains minimal, and even in other provinces, police attacks have stopped.

It's like throwing a pinch of sparks in a bucket full of dry wood and gasoline, and as a result, there are fierce but modest casualties here on an almost daily basis.

In fact, the work of cleaning up drug crops should have been the responsibility of the government army, but the government army's air force is insufficient, and both fighter and attack aircraft must be used to deal with the more serious guerrilla problem, and the number of these planes is not much, and the number of attack planes is not even twenty, that is, Shepard has mastered nearly one-eighth of the Colombian government's air power in one day.

In the past, in the era of propeller aircraft, we may be able to maintain a large-scale fleet, but after entering the jet age, it has become difficult for ordinary small countries to maintain a large-scale air force, and many small countries in Europe maintained large-scale armed forces during the Cold War, that is because they have to face the threat of the Soviet Union, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the huge armament was naturally quickly reduced, Not to mention the small Latin American countries whose economies are not very good.

In the morning 0830

Wiseman, who had already had breakfast, left the duty room and walked to his plane after a brief meeting with his wingman, where the ground crew had checked the plane's methods and loaded the napalm needed for the mission.

After signing and then completing the final inspection, Wiseman started the plane and slowly taxied onto the runway.

"Call the tower, Inazuma One, request to slide out!"

"The tower has received it, Inazuma One, you can slide out!"

After sliding into the runway, Wiseman couldn't help but smile as he felt the excitement of cheering for the blue sky again.

"Call the tower!"

"This is the tower, please speak!"

"Inazuma One, please take off!"

"Roger, Inazuma One, this is CP, I wish you a smooth mission and you can take off!"

Hannibal also arrived on the scene during the first mission, after all, this was also his mission.

"Inazuma One received!"

Wiseman pushed the throttle valve a little bit, and then, he felt the body light, and then, he reacted.

I've already flown up.