"Sir, something happened!"
"What's wrong?"
"The high ground on the north side has been lost!"
"???"
Francois's first reaction was that it was impossible. Then, he felt a chill instantly spread from his back to his entire neck, and then gradually engulfed his entire brain.
"what happened?"
"Our rear guard was sniped by the high ground on the north side. After three brothers were killed, we discovered that the other side had taken back the high ground at some point!"
"I asked where they came from to surround us. We surrounded them on three sides..."
Francois reacted instantly. The gunshots he heard before were not from United Mining attacking Shadow Company, but from Shadow Company attacking United Mining. He hurriedly pushed away the soldiers around him and came to the edge of the factory. Then he saw what was happening on the road. There were four burning trucks and dozens of mercenaries approaching him with their hands raised. They were wearing woodland camouflage uniforms and were not from the Shadow Company.
And when these people came over, Francois understood what happened. What made his scalp numb the most was that Shadow Company took the initiative to let these guys come over!
"What a trick!"
Francois was suddenly dizzy. No wonder when they attacked, the other party did not take away the prisoners they had captured before. Those mercenaries under Eck were locked in the building waiting for them. Now he understood.
"That guy wants to trap us to death!"
Because all logistical support is handed over to black mercenaries, Francois's soldiers basically don't carry much food at this moment, let alone drinking water. What everyone carries most is bullets and grenades, but obviously the latter It is inedible.
"Let the 1st and 2nd Squadrons counterattack and retake the high ground!"
Although Francois had issued the most urgent order as quickly as possible, it still became a luxury for the light infantry without heavy firepower to retake the high ground. Hannibal even sent half of Charlie's team to the north. On the side of the high ground, there are now nearly sixty PMCs defending there. This is already half of the people he has on hand, plus two armored reconnaissance vehicles and three jeeps loaded with light machine guns, as well as soldiers from the southern highland. Supported by recoilless guns, the mercenary counterattack lasted less than ten minutes and was forced to end due to excessive casualties.
Because the road to attack the high ground from the camp was too far, and the hundreds of meters of flat ground and river valley without any cover cost the mercenaries a heavy price of more than forty deaths, and they could not even cross the river bed. .
It is also impossible to attack the southern highlands. The direct firepower from the recoilless rifles is more accurate and deadly. As a last resort, Francois can only place his hope on Eck, who is also besieging the southern highlands, and the latter is noticing. After seeing Francois's predicament, they tried their best to solve the problems for the friendly forces, but then they were heavily surrounded and annihilated by the Shadow Company.
Under the cover of the armored vehicle, almost forty PMCs from the Apple detachment and the Butter detachment were pulled out of the defensive position and launched an attack on Eck's position. Eck, who was helpless against the armored vehicle, could only watch his men being killed. Crossfire and falling grenades repeatedly killed him, and he had no choice but to grit his teeth and surrender.
And similarly, when they chose to surrender, Hannibal did not make things difficult for them. Instead, he drove everyone back to the factory in the river valley together with the wounded, allowing them to reunite with Francois.
Even the special correspondent of United Mining was no exception. This guy cried out that he could pay the ransom, but Hannibal still sent him back unmoved. After all, a guy with this tonnage could tell at a glance that he would not be able to eat well. If there is less, then it is even more appropriate to put him back to eat Francois's meager rations.
Now, Francois's two hundred mercenaries, as well as other miscellaneous people, are all surrounded in the mining area, like sparrows caught in a mesh, with nowhere to escape.
Francois never dreamed that his ambitious and painstaking battle plan would turn out like this, but at this moment he really fell into endless self-blame and regret. The terrain of the factory area was actually not complicated, it was just a patch in the middle. There are highlands on the north and south sides of the open space, and endless plains on the east and west sides. Therefore, it is easy to defend this place, and it is even easier to block it.
Because there is no cover in the east-west direction, the north and south sides can tilt their firepower downwards as much as they want. The several kilometers of plains are natural hunting grounds. A sniper from a high position can kill anyone who moves here as easily as hunting a pheasant. , so it is simply impossible to expect a breakout from the east and west sides.
Francois, who was sitting in the room with nothing to do, could only first order his men to collect all available materials and distribute them centrally. But after they were collected, he was dumbfounded, because what more than two hundred people could collect was only dozens of packages. It’s just compressed biscuits and a few cans. No matter how much the food is distributed, it will only be enough for everyone to eat for a day, and the drinking water is also pitiful. Although the stream on the river bed has not dried up, no one dares to get water under the muzzle of a sniper. , it is completely impossible to stick to it!
As for the breakout, they had just tried it, but the dozens of corpses had not yet cooled down. Now, the only way left in front of Francois was.
Seeing the wounded everywhere, Francois could only send a messenger with a white flag to try to negotiate with the Shadow Company. Hannibal thought that the other party was coming to surrender, so he received the other party. But who knows, the messenger opened his mouth and said that if the Shadow Company If the company did not surrender, they would destroy everything in the camp.
When Hannibal heard this, he was angry and ready to draw his gun, but in the end he couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, then you can tear it apart and smash it as you like. If anything inside breaks, I will demand the lives of ten of you to pay for it. Also, I hope your supplies can last a little longer!"
After saying that, Hannibal asked his men to drive the messenger back. After receiving the reply, Francois was furious and immediately wanted to let someone blow up a building to try, but after the explosives were installed, he calmed down again. came down, and then called the messenger to convey his conditions again.
This time, Francois's condition was that as long as Shadow Company allowed them to leave safely, the mercenaries would no longer hold Shadow Company responsible, and the two sides ceased fighting and divided the business market equally.
Then, the messenger was kicked out by Hannibal.
"If you really think we are so good-tempered, I don't mind digging two hundred more graves in this valley, telling that bastard my true words and letting him decide what to do!"
