486: Chapter 483 We Have an Anti-Aircraft Gun Now 486: Chapter 483 We Have an Anti-Aircraft Gun Now Getting off the vehicle and initiating an assault at a distance of two hundred ters would definitely lose the elent of surprise, but there was no other choice, given the traffic congestion on the road, they could only proceed with this plan.
When the convoy stopped by the side of the road, it had already caught the attention of the soldiers at the checkpoint, but as dozens of people jumped out of the vehicles and charged toward the checkpoint, there wasn’t much to say about the ensuing fight.
As soon as the marksn fired, the assaulters surged forward.
The thirty-so soldiers at the checkpoint only managed to hastily fire a couple of shots before scattering, leaving behind a few bodies.
The checkpoint had set up movable roadblocks, allowing only one vehicle to pass after inspection.
After dispersing the checkpoint’s soldiers and pushing the roadblocks aside, the convoy continued on its way.
Gao Yang and his team had ultimately failed to leave Bogota before the blockade was enforced.
Although the fight had been easy, their actions had undoubtedly exposed them.
Even though they were exposed, getting out of the city was what counted, and Grand Ivan had played a crucial role in this regard.
While the feint strategy hadn’t worked perfectly, it could still be considered quite successful.
If it hadn’t been for FAEC’s declaration, the number of soldiers at the checkpoint would certainly not have been a re thirty or so, nor would they have been a ragtag defense force.
The checkpoint was located at a key intersection.
Once they had cleared the checkpoint, they left the main urban area of Bogota.
Gao Yang and the others drove along No.
40 Motorway, heading southeast.
Bogota is situated on the Sumapaz Plateau in the valley west of the Eastern Cordillera, at an altitude of 2,640 ters.
Heading southeast out of Bogota, one must cross the Eastern Cordillera, and then the terrain slopes down.
After completely leaving the Eastern Cordillera, one enters the Amazon rainforest.
Gao Yang and his team did not need to reach the Amazon rainforest to find rainforests suitable for hiding.
Not far south of Bogota city, there were vast stretches of rainforest.
The conditions on No.
40 Motorway were excellent, and there were no obstacles along the way.
After half an hour of smooth driving, continuous forests appeared by the side of the road.
Gao had been trying to reach the number Grand Ivan had given him, but the call would not go through.
When he finally got through, Gao hadn’t even had the chance to feel relieved before a stream of Spanish ca through the phone.
Unable to understand Spanish, Gao held the phone aside and said to Nate with a wry smile, “Do you speak Spanish?”
Nate reached out his hand directly, took the phone, and started jabbering away in Spanish with the person on the other end.
Then, Nate imdiately called a code over the walkie-talkie.
After Chloe relayed the information back to Nate through the walkie-talkie, Nate spoke a few more sentences to the person on the phone, then hung up.
After Nate received the switched phone, Gao asked anxiously, “What did they say?”
Nate looked relaxed and said, “They’re friends of yours, sent to pick us up.
They are waiting for us sowhere.
We just need to call them when we’re close.
Now, we’re thirty kiloters away from the rendezvous spot, not too far.
We’ll be there soon.”
Gao let out a sigh of relief and said, “It looks like we’re really out of trouble this ti.
Do you have any food?
I’m starving, and I think I’ve lost a bit too much blood, making feel a bit dizzy.”
Nate took out two chocolate bars from his pocket, tossed one to Gao, and said with a laugh, “I was about to enjoy a delicious steak on my table, followed by a coffee and a rare mont of leisure in the afternoon.
But because of you, I missed out on all that.”
Gao took a bite of the chocolate and said, “Enough with your complaints.
You’ve pocketed twenty-four million US dollars, a huge business deal, super huge, and you’ll get even more money.
You missed out on just one al, but ?
I won’t get a di, and I have two people seriously injured.”
Nate pointed to Gao’s left shoulder and said, “You’re counting wrong.
You’re injured too.”
Gao was startled and said, “Oh, right.
I’m injured too.
F**k, it hurts!”
Nate shrugged and said, “In my experience, you don’t feel pain when you’re tense.
Once you relax, it hurts like hell.
Seems like you’re starting to relax now.
However, I think you’re relaxing a bit early.
Who knows what we might encounter next.”
Gao also felt he was relaxing too soon.
The situation had only slightly improved and was far from being safe, yet once the tension eased, it beca hard to get it back up.
Gao sighed and said, “I’m new to this, alright?
Just understand that.
Don’t treat like you would an old hand.
Though I’ve been injured before, I’m still not used to it.”
Gao’s words seed to strike a chord with Nate, who fell silent for a mont before saying gravely, “If you don’t quit this line of work, you’ll get used to these things.
You’ll get accustod to yourself and those around you getting injured and even seeing comrades die.
Of course, you might not get used to being injured because you might die soon.”
Gao quickly said, “Tsk, tsk, crow’s mouth.
I’m telling you, neither I nor my n are going to die.”
Nate cracked a slight smile and said, “That’s not up to you.”
The atmosphere grew heavy for a mont, and to break the silence, Gao said with a laugh, “The first ti we t in Bosaso, you told it was easy to make money in South Arica.
There are drug lords everywhere here with loads of cash.
Now, I’ve found your words to be quite true.
The tasks here seem to all start with tens of millions of US dollars.”
Nate nodded and said, “That’s right.
It’s tough to earn such high fees outside of South Arica.
In Africa, a two million US dollar job would be worth at least ten million here.
However, few foreign rcenaries co to South Arica to make money because the terrain here is really awful.
rcenary groups not accustod to jungle warfare co here to et their demise.”
Gao Yang laughed, “I know you’re very familiar with jungle warfare, but how do you train for it?
By the way, you seem to have a grudge against the Jaguar Corps.
Have you fought against them before?”
Nate nodded and said, “Jungle warfare, well, you can only really train for it in the jungle itself.
Angel wasn’t very good at it before.
A few years ago, I specifically took Angel to Colombia for two years of specialized training.
We lived here for those two years.”
“Two years, just for training?
I have to say, you’re crazy.”
Nate smiled and said, “Our training thod was actual combat, fighting drug traffickers, fighting guerilla troops, and in the end, just joining a guerilla group to fight against the governnt forces.
In one battle, the Jaguar Corps killed three of our people and wounded eleven, so even now, we kill anyone from Jaguar Corps we see.
It’s a campaign of revenge that is far from over.”
Gao Yang exclaid in shock, “Three died?
Just for training in jungle warfare?
What were you thinking?”
Nate said very seriously, “Without shedding blood, there can be no improvent.
Now I can declare that Angel is one of the best teams in the world at jungle warfare.”
Gao Yang had a hard ti accepting Nate’s way of thinking, and he said with the sa seriousness, “If I were you, I would never do such a thing.
To lose three n just to enhance your jungle warfare capabilities is not worth it.
If your ability in jungle warfare isn’t strong, then just stay out of the jungle.
I’d rather never be able to fight in the jungle than let my people die.”
Nate barely curled his lips and said, “I didn’t ask for your opinion, and you’re in no position to comnt on our actions.”
Gao Yang had no reply and could only keep silent.
anwhile, Chloe said over the radio, “Report, five kiloters to the rendezvous point.”
Nate waved to Gao Yang and said, “You can make the call now.”
After Gao Yang had placed the call and passed the phone to Nate—who notified the welcoming party—about ten minutes passed, and the leading vehicle stopped.
At an intersection on a narrow road, a car with its windows fully rolled down sat with two people inside coldly watching the convoy that had stopped in front of them.
No one from the whole convoy got out of their cars, and at this mont, Nate said to Gao Yang, “This is the place.
Go on down.
If you need a translator, I can go with you.”
Gao Yang waved his hand and then opened the door and got out.
Because the car stopped quite a way back, he needed to walk a few steps forward.
As he was moving toward the front, the person driving the car shouted sothing at him.
Gao Yang looked at Nate, who shrugged and said, “He’s asking who we are.”
Gao Yang said helplessly, “Language barriers really are a problem.
Tell him I am Ram.”
After Nate stated Gao Yang’s identity, the person sitting in the car nodded, gestured to Gao Yang, shouted a few words, and then started up their beat-up car, turning around and driving down the narrow road.
“Follow them and let and Ram lead.”
First speaking into the radio, Nate then said to Gao Yang, “He wants us to follow.”
Standing still, waiting for the car to pull up beside them and getting in, Gao Yang’s vehicle took the lead with the convoy entering a muddy track.
After driving for two or three kiloters, Gao Yang saw the beat-up car that had co to et them again.
But this ti, they were not greeted by just one car, but a convoy.
The welcoming convoy had a total of seven vehicles, including three small trucks and two pickups.
The anti-aircraft machine guns on the pickups were visibly placed in the beds, and behind one of the smaller trucks was a noticeable towed anti-aircraft gun.
Once Gao Yang got out of the car and walked up to the convoy stopped on the road, two people who had co to et him pointed at him, speaking to soone sitting on one of the pickup trucks.
After seeing Gao Yang, the person on the pickup waved his hand, got out of the truck, and walked toward Gao Yang.
When they were still a few ters apart, the man who had co down from the pickup asked in a threatening tone of English, “Are you Ram?”
“I am Ram.”
“Good.
I don’t know who sent you to pick up these goods, but now you can give him a call and tell him we’ve received you.
Then have him call my boss.”
After speaking in an unfriendly manner, the man pointed to the few vehicles behind him and said loudly, “All this stuff is yours now.
Go check it.” (To be continued.
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