From arms dealer to king of war

The arms transport convoy has a total of 40 trucks, with 4 soldiers on each vehicle.

Qiao Jia and the others led a large-scale detour with 100 soldiers and established five loose encirclement points along the way.

There are ten people at each point, and their task is very simple, that is, to follow Antar's command. When she finds traces of terrorists, the soldiers at these encirclement points use machine guns to stop them.

Antar will decide whether to call for artillery support based on the situation!

The first wave of air strikes had basically disabled the terrorists' mobility, and the subsequent shelling caused heavy casualties to the terrorists, who had almost never experienced such a scene.

These people still have some military literacy. After suffering the first wave of shelling, they knew that when they heard the whistling of shells again, they had to lie down like the people in the movie.

As they lay there, they realized something was wrong.

Those shells will not land at all, but will detonate at a height of about 20 meters. Within the scope of the shrapnel sweep, unless the goddess of luck is standing next to you, no one within the explosion range will survive.

Airburst bombs equipped with proximity fuzes have little effect on solid bunkers and buildings, but they are absolutely lethal against crowds in open spaces.

With the help of the line of sight provided by Antal's drone, Choga saw with his own eyes a shell falling on the head of a team of about 30 people.

There was no brilliant fire like in the movie, just a flash of fire, and then a large cloud of gray-black gunpowder smoke appeared in the air.

After the smoke dissipated, there were no living people on the ground. The 30 people in the team fell to the ground with their bodies riddled with holes. A dozen people in the center were pressed to the ground and beaten to death under the impact of the explosion and fragments. Broken pieces.

It is indeed too cruel!

50 rounds of artillery fire, 300 rounds of artillery shells were thrown down, and basically nothing was missed. You must know that the opponent only has a total of six to seven hundred people...

The large army of terrorists had been completely disabled. The remaining dozens of lucky stragglers began to flee in all directions under the afterglow of the setting sun. They soon ran into the encirclement and were eliminated one by one.

At the artillery position at the airport, the black lieutenant colonel looked at the picture on the screen with red eyes, as if he had taken too many drugs, and his whole body was shaking with excitement.

When he saw the "artillery" announcing that the bombardment was over, the lieutenant colonel grabbed his arm and shouted: "Why, small town, there are terrorists in the small town, the effect just now was very good, bomb them, bomb them... "

‘Artillery’ clicked on his radio headset, spread his hands to the lieutenant colonel and said: “The boss ordered the bombardment to stop, I guess the boss’s wallet can’t bear it anymore.

Are you really not considering buying them? You are using national defense funds, which is different from our boss. "

The lieutenant colonel saw the correct use of the howitzer for the first time. He said excitedly: "We want it, we want it, let's fight two more rounds. Look, there are still a few deserters here..."

'Artillery' glanced at the screen and saw a few unlucky terrorists running wildly on the desert. He shook his head and said: "They are about to crash into the encirclement established by your soldiers. Don't waste the shells, our boss will Crazy.

But if you can convince your boss to give the money, then I don’t care how you want to use it. "

The lieutenant colonel quickly calculated the previous price quoted for the 'artillery'...

The howitzer costs 1 million each, a total of 6 million, and the shells cost 5,000, with 300 rounds left, for a total of only 7.5 million US dollars.

The 300 rounds of artillery shells just now killed at least 500 terrorists without any casualties on our side.

This kind of achievement does not exist in Niger's war history!

In the past, the arms they spent 10 million to buy can be used for a long time, but after all the money is burned, they will not be able to eliminate so many terrorists, and many soldiers will be sacrificed in the tug-of-war, and more civilians will suffer.

Compared to spending a lot of money on RPGs, machine guns, and bullets, the lieutenant colonel feels that buying cannons is worth it!

Seeing the 'artillery', it seemed that he wanted to call the artillerymen to put away one or two howitzers. The lieutenant colonel became anxious and shouted loudly: "You want it, we want it. I will call our minister right now. Don't move." I want it, I want it all..."

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Qiao Jia sat on the Polaris off-road vehicle, enduring the bumps while listening to the 'bad news' brought by Sanderson.

It wasn't until 'Artillery' sent him a message that he felt a little better.

Six howitzers and 300 rounds of old stock air-explosive bombs were sold for a total of 7.5 million US dollars, and the profits basically offset P.B.'s investment in war funds in Niger this time.

But thinking about the situation in the town, his mood turned bad again...

There are not only local civilians in that town, but also students kidnapped by terrorists and an American film crew.

Now not only the US military stationed in Niger has intervened, but also the outlaw army.

Not long after the large-scale bombardment started, two French Rafale fighter jets took off, forcing the 'Cobra' and 'Archer' to land at the airport and wait for the next order.

Lionel repeatedly hinted that Joga could bomb the town, and then pretended to be deaf and dumb for more than an hour. In the end, he failed to withstand the pressure from the two superpowers.

Use formal communications to inform Joga not to bombard the town and to make every effort to rescue the hostages in the town.

Of course, Joga would not obey Lionel's order. He would not bombard the town, because air burst bombs had no effect on the enemies hiding in the house, and he could not do it as a waste of money.

Bombing is even more impossible. P·B now has an excellent reputation because they have done things around Central Africa that even the local government forces have not done.

Once the bombing results in friendly fire and is caught by the two superpowers, P.B.'s actions in West Africa will be severely restricted in the future.

What's worse is that there is a bullshit camera crew in the town...

European and American media have a very special situation, that is, they are somewhat similar to the police. Once any reporter or media worker dies abnormally, they will attack the suspects.

Regardless of the outcome, this group of media has indeed implemented the rule of 'if I don't speak out today, if I encounter a problem tomorrow, no one will speak up for me.'

This group of media reporters is very difficult to deal with, and Qiao Jia feels that he cannot afford to offend him!

Before I knew the news, if someone was killed in an explosion, he would be killed in an explosion. The worst he could do was apologize and say, "I'm sorry."

If you still explode after knowing it, it will cut off the future development path of P·B.

Military contracting companies are viewed by most media as wild dogs of war, and they have no psychological barriers to attack.

This is the difficulty of the path Qiao Jia has chosen, but nothing in this world is perfect. If you want to gain something, you will inevitably lose something.

If he wants to gain legal support, Qiao Jia cannot take the initiative to break it.

Compared with arms dealers like Aaron, Qiao Jia earns a little less and has less freedom, but in terms of influence, security, and most importantly, he is upright and confident, then Qiao Jia is more than one level higher. .

There are gains and losses in this game. If you want to maintain the situation, you have to act according to the rules of the game.

By the time Qiao Jia arrived at the outskirts of the town, it was completely dark.

The previous round of shelling not only caused a bloody massacre in the open space in the middle of the town, but also cut off the town's power supply.

The town Qiao Jia saw in the drone footage was not too big, but when he got closer, he discovered that it was an Arab-style town.

The buildings in the town are all masonry structures, which are very solid, and many people have cars parked in their yards. It seems that the people here are quite wealthy.

The main thoroughfare inside the town is a four-lane main road that runs from east to west. The north side should be where relatively wealthy people live. Their houses are generally better built, and the internal roads are relatively neatly planned.

It's not so good in the south. A large number of messy houses are crowded together, and various simple houses are crowding out the roads, making the road conditions in the south like a maze.

And the terrorists happen to be hiding inside!

Antar's drone has a thermal mode. Based on the movement trajectories of people in the town, Qiao Jia quickly figured out part of the situation.

But unfortunately, Antar did not discover the location of the students who were taken as hostages. The thermal system of the small drone did not have much to do against targets hidden in buildings.

A small town controlled by terrorists does not kill everyone or imprison them as people imagine.

The so-called 'control' means that terrorists have mastered the access to the town, and then take whatever they want from the residents of the town, while trying to develop more of the same kind.

The lives of people in the small town have basically come to a standstill. They can only huddle at home and pray for better luck.

It is very difficult to escape. Without knowing the attitude of the terrorists, if you try to escape with your whole family and are caught, the consequences are needless to say.

The Boko Haram people had not controlled this place for long, which gave Joga a chance to not only try to rescue the student hostages, but also to find a group of white mercenaries hiding inside.

They must be related to the 'Ndrangheta, and Choga needs to ask them some questions.

But before that, Qiao Jia needs to deal with the US Army Rangers and the outlaw legions who don't know where they are.

Just when Qiao Jia signaled Antar to take back the drone, she suddenly pointed to the north and said: "Boss, someone is approaching, it should be Sanderson and the others..."

Qiao Jia waved for everyone to get out of the car and be alert. He put the SVD on the Polaris engine, then pressed the communicator and said: "Call, Pioneer, where are you?"

Sanderson quickly replied: "Boss, we are approaching you from the north. A group of rangers are with us. Don't get me wrong."

When Qiao Jia heard this, he said unhappily: "How did you discover us?"

As soon as Qiao Jia finished speaking, the 'Iceman' of Team E said on the radio in a cold tone: "Boss, there are U.S. and French drones above us. I just talked to an extrajudicial sniper." It touched and almost opened fire. The horns tried to catch him but failed. There was a French special team nearby."

Qiao Jia pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache after hearing this, and then said: "Don't hide it when it's exposed. Team E is also approaching me. Damn it, what the hell is this?"

Sanderson probably felt a little guilty, so he said consolingly: "Boss, in our line of work in Afika, it is only a matter of time before we encounter the US and French armies...

This opportunity is good, at least the advantage is on our side. "