Mercenary's War

Actually, Gao Yang didn’t intend to knock out all the competitors; the Saudi Arabia market is too big, and the Solar System Company isn’t strong enough to monopolize it.

Of course, it’s not that there’s not the ability to monopolize, but rather there’s no desire to; however, reducing a few competitors to gain a larger market share for oneself is also beneficial, right?

That’s why Satan deployed its entire team, ambushing in the most likely places in the Three-leaf Jungle to see if they couldn’t catch a competitor off guard.

Saudi Arabia had once dispatched armored troops from Najran to attack Yemen, but the first battle only exposed Saudi Arabia’s weakness and had no other effects. The main reason for the Saudi armored troops’ first defeat was the large number of Houthis Armed Forces stationed in the mountains on both sides of the Najran river.

Relying on Saudi Arabian soldiers couldn’t drive away the Houthis Armed Forces, so this time, Saudi Arabia is very likely to send the team from the Three-leaf Jungle directly to the mountains on both sides of the Najran river.

But there’s still a problem; Three-leaf Jungle has a team of about eighty people, and typically these eighty people would act separately depending on whether Three-leaf Jungle plans to conduct special operations or maintain a larger, slower-moving formation to clear each mountain individually.

If the Three-leaf Jungle team doesn’t disperse, Satan won’t have much opportunity; the disparity in numbers is too great, and the other side is a seasoned elite, not easy to bully. Now that Satan lacks artillery support, facing a strong company like Three-leaf Jungle is difficult, and there’s no need to engage them to the death, is there?

If Three-leaf Jungle disperses its personnel into small teams while sweeping multiple mountain tops, then Satan has a chance; it would be feasible to strike unexpectedly and then retreat.

Since before dawn, Satan has been ambushed on the mountain, with every person hiding in well-camouflaged bunkers, unable to move, and maintaining communication silence without any electronic signals.

Satan chose a small hill with a good view but not the highest point to hide, on their left is the nearby high point, where a Houthis Armed Forces team originally stationed acts as bait, while part of the Dagger Assault Team hides in bunkers prepared overnight.

Similarly configured on the hill on Satan’s right, with the Houthis Armed Forces’ Sentinels continuing to patrol and part of the Dagger Assault Team concealed.

The time passed slowly, and the sun climbed higher; it was already 9 AM. If the intelligence was accurate, the people from the Three-leaf Jungle should have arrived, of course, not appearing in front of Gao Yang, but on the positions occupied by the Shah People.

Since the walkie-talkies weren’t turned on, speaking had to be done by shouting loudly, as everyone was more than thirty meters apart from each other, close enough that one shell could eliminate a squad, a situation that only occurs in movies.

"I think someone should be coming, but I don’t see any unusual signs. Crow, Rabbit, did you notice anything?"

Gao Yang shouted loudly; since they had to yell to hear each other, there was naturally no worry about being overheard by the enemy across the mountain.

"No unusual signs."

Phoenix wasn’t accustomed to shouting for communication; she had never experienced the situation where the enemy had absolute air superiority, as America had fought wars bullying others in recent years, so Phoenix naturally never encountered a situation where even the radio couldn’t be turned on.

Used to speaking in the walkie-talkie, Phoenix quickly realized her mistake and then shouted, "No unusual signs in my direction, over!"

Compared to Phoenix, Cui Bo was well accustomed to the current situation as he had essentially endured through similar circumstances.

"Nothing unusual here either; the Shah People show no signs of coordinating an attack with the sentinels on the opposite side. It’s likely the Three-leaf Jungle people may conduct an aerial assault; I think that might be their most advantageous option."

Gao Yang shouted, "The task given by Saudi Arabia was to search and clear this area inch by inch, not to have people use helicopters to penetrate enemy lines for a surprise attack and then withdraw. If that’s the case, why would they come by helicopter? I can’t believe the Three-leaf Jungle people are out of their minds, damn it!"

Before finishing his words, Gao Yang realized he was wrong, and Cui Bo was right.

Several transport helicopters appeared on the horizon, accompanied by four Longbow Apaches.

Gao Yang rubbed his eyes and after observing with binoculars again, said in great disappointment, "Damn it, Rabbit’s crow mouth strikes again; it’s really an air assault!"

Cui Bo angrily said, "It was my insight on the enemy’s movements; I judged correctly. How is it my crow mouth? Are you being reasonable? Are you being reasonable?"

Gao Yang was also angry, "Damn it, the enemy starts being unreasonable, so why should I talk reason with you? Damn it! More Apaches, if only I hadn’t sold those two Apaches back, they’re coming to hit us again."

Three transport helicopters flew straight over, passed over Gao Yang’s head, landed on a hill about two kilometers behind them to drop off infantry, then took off again while the armed helicopters swiftly flew back and forth in the sky.

Gao Yang said in desperation, "Intelligence channels blocked bring swift consequences; intelligence said Saudi Arabia wouldn’t dispatch armed helicopters and that helicopters wouldn’t appear at all. How come there are four Apaches now? We’ve definitely been exposed."

Apache Helicopters have advanced large thermal imaging cameras, so regardless of day or night, it’s impossible to deceive the helicopters’ eyes with visual camouflaging, and thus, a trap planned to ambush the enemy has now turned into a trap net to capture the turtle.

Worst of all, now Satan is one of the unfortunate turtles in the trap.

Glolov became tense and shouted, "The intelligence was incorrect, helicopters shouldn’t be here. We can’t cope. Should we evacuate or continue hiding?"

Gao Yang shouted, "We can’t evacuate; moving will definitely make us a target. The opponents on the two hills have more people than we do here, and if the enemy attacks, they’ll hit both sides first. Continue hiding until the enemy’s armed helicopters run low on ammunition, then we’ll consider our plan."

In special operations, intelligence comes first; now the intelligence is flawed, which is quite fatal.

Fortunately, Gao Yang has always been cautious; despite encountering unexpected circumstances, following Gao Yang’s habit of preparing for the worst-case scenario, he still has some means for a desperate last stand.