Not far from the foot of the mountain, Song Heping looked at his watch. It had been twenty minutes since they started, including the ti it took to ascend the slope.
The result was quite acceptable.
"Principal, it's done."
"I've also finished on my end."
"Control, be vigilant."
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Song Heping turned to Willi and Dax and asked, "Where is the bomber now?"
"It has just arrived over Wardak Province."
Willi pointed at the screen of his laptop.
"The targeting has been set."
"Let's go set an ambush on the hillside and start waiting."
After Willi and Dax packed up their gear, Song Heping led the mobile unit out towards the top of the northern slope.
Now, what they needed to do was wait for the explosion.
Everyone stretched their necks in anticipation to evaluate the Aricans' accuracy in the night bombing and see if it was precise.
anwhile, two drones had already taken position in the sky, circling, ready to provide ground fire support at any mont.
Suddenly, Song Heping rembered sothing important and hastily asked Willi: "Right, which type of bomber did you send this ti? What kind of bombs are you planning to use?"
"I don't know." Willi shrugged. "We are only responsible for reporting the situation and proposing the ti and location; the rest is for the Air Force to consider, not us. Before the bombers enter the attack range, we will communicate with the flight crew, inform them of the latest developnts, make suggestions and requirents, and then provide guidance."
"How do you plan to guide them?" Song Heping thought of those cave entrances, so many of them. Logically, they should collapse the revealed exits, leaving only one untouched.
"Drones, we can use drones for targeting."
Willi pointed to his laptop.
Song Heping couldn't help but marvel at the military platform, detailed data, and clear night vision imagery on that laptop—damn good gear.
"Shit, no idea when we'll get to toy with drones," Jiang Feng cursed under his breath, practically drooling.
"They're too expensive."
Though Song Heping was quite wealthy now, this kind of equipnt wasn't sothing he could afford just by having money.
"Moreover, we don't have the technical talent in this field, nor the necessary support personnel..."
He turned to Willi: "This drone, is it being operated by your technicians at the Air Force base in Florida?"
Willi just smiled and kept quiet.
Song Heping understood that this was a secret he wouldn't divulge.
Suddenly, a green light flashed on the laptop.
Dax whispered, "It's here."
Willi's gaze imdiately beca cautious, the smile quickly vanished, and he refocused on the screen.
"Groundhog calling White Eagle, Groundhog calling White Eagle."
"This is White Eagle, go ahead."
"Uploaded the latest data five minutes ago, do you confirm update?"
"Updated, target locked, code: Delta 1-3-9-4, request for code verification."
"Alpha 4-9-3-4, request for verification."
"Verified, prepare for bomb drop, please take protective asures."
"Received."
Willi conducted various technical dialogues with the B-2 crew, verifying codes and paraters, rendering Song Heping and Jiang Feng completely bewildered.
"What are they talking about?"
"Though I'm not too clear either, but..."
Song Heping furrowed his brows, as if deep in thought.
This thod of code verification...
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, astonishnt spread across his face, and he promptly asked Willi, "The codes you just used, were they for a major destruction mission verification?"
Jiang Feng, hearing this, was taken aback: "What's a major mission verification code?"
Song Heping didn't answer him, instead staring intently at Willi.
Willi was busy working on his laptop, silent.
It was obvious that he didn't want to answer the question.
Or rather...
He didn't hear it.
"Is it the verification code for weapons of mass destruction!?"
Song Heping's voice beca shrill, with doubt and rage in his eyes.
Willie still pretended not to hear.
Song Heping lost his temper, grabbed Willie's collar, and yanked him backward.
Even with Willie's rigorous military training, he couldn't resist the pull and toppled to the ground.
Just as he was about to get up, a gun barrel was pressed against his forehead.
It was Song Heping.
He had drawn his pistol and now pressed it against Willie's forehead.
Dax wanted to stand up, but Jiang Feng and other team mbers pointed their guns at him.
"Don't move if you don't want to die."
Jiang Feng was not joking.
He and his n would truly shoot.
Willie knew this, and so did Dax.
Song Heping warned Willie, "Tell the truth, or I won't mind killing you."
"Song, you're seriously insane..."
Willie responded with a laugh instead of anger.
"Do you know what you're doing? We are the ones who hired you for the mission. We are the client; you are the PMC, you should know the rules."
Song Heping also started to laugh, coldly as ice: "Correct, I am a PMC, but the problem is I haven't received any paynt for this mission from any party. Your so-called client doesn't exist, so, I really will kill you."
"Do you know what it ans if you kill ?" Willie threatened Song Heping with the simplest yet most ruthless words.
"I know."
Song Heping kept smiling.
"Too well. You think I'm scared?"
Willie observed Song Heping and saw calmness, seriousness, and ferocity in his eyes.
As an old guy who had participated in real combat many tis, Willie understood that the young man in front of him was not joking; he truly dared to fire the gun.
"The bombers are coming, we need to maintain control of the drone to guide them. If you don't let work, you will ruin the operation."
"I don't care."
Song Heping was not intimidated.
Because threats, if you don't take them as a threat, then they are really not a threat.
Willie's eyes constantly shifted between Song Heping and the laptop screen. Finally, he began to speak.
"The incoming bomber is a B-2 Ghost carrying GBU-57A bombs."
"WTF!?"
Song Heping was truly shocked this ti.
"Are you freaking kidding ? You actually requested a B-2 for the bombing?! Since when do you Aricans take orders from ?!"
Willie remained silent, only looking at Song Heping.
Song Heping pointed in the direction of Main God Mountain: "Do you know how powerful that thing is?!"
"I know, it can penetrate about sixty ters into the mountain and then collapse part of the peak."
Willie seed not to be describing a sub-nuclear weapon, but discussing whether to make steak or spaghetti bolognese for dinner.
Seeing his composure, Song Heping seed to understand sothing.
"You've planned to do this all along, not because of , and you guys really don't care about the hostages' lives!"
"Inside that cave are mbers of a ruthless extremist group; they deserve to die." Willie said, "Using any weapon against them will not incur moral condemnation."
"Go to hell!" Song Heping said, "There are your people inside there too!"
Willie calmly said, "Even if we don't bomb, they would be beheaded just like Dickey, and even before they die, they'd be humiliated, forced to read confessions, compelled to curse our country. Once they're dead, they beco martyrs, entitled to rest in the national cetery – that's the best ending for a soldier..."
Song Heping exclaid, "Damn, it's my first ti seeing soone glorifying the betrayal of comrades such majestically."
"Ten minutes left." Willie said, "Song, you need to make a choice now – either let go to guide the bombing or kill here and be hunted down to the ends of the earth by our people after the mission fails?!"
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