The Congo River has a wide water surface and fast currents. It is the deepest river in the world, with an average depth of 250 meters.
The Congo River is located in the famous Congo Basin on the equator of Africa. During its flow, it passes through steep slopes and cliffs, resulting in a large number of waterfalls, dangerous shoals and rapids. It is not possible to reach Mbandaka directly from Matilda.
Moreover, the railway between Matilda and Mbandaka has not yet been completed, which has brought great difficulties to the troops' advance.
Accompanying the reconnaissance brigade were more than a dozen local guides. Under the guidance of the guides, the reconnaissance brigade made difficult progress in the tropical rainforest with complex terrain.
The dangers in the tropical rainforest not only come from rebels, but also from the creatures and complex terrain in the rainforest, which also pose a huge threat to the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade.
Not long after the troops set off, one of the guides was bitten by a poisonous snake, and then another guide lost his footing and fell off a cliff. After the third guide was shot by a rebel sniper, no more guides were willing to walk with the troops.
The front.
The sniper hidden in the jungle was subsequently shot dead by the snipers of the reconnaissance brigade, but this did not give the guides much courage.
"The guides are all frightened. They are not real soldiers after all. We can't continue the mission. We are still 150 kilometers away from Ireb. If this continues, I doubt how many of us will be able to reach Ireb smoothly."
"Bu." Vice-captain George is a Gurkha from Port Elizabeth. He immigrated to Port Elizabeth ten years ago and is fluent in English and Chinese.
"No matter what, we have to complete the mission." Captain Liu Yi is determined and will not be intimidated by this setback.
George hesitated to speak. It is indeed the duty of soldiers to obey orders, but it is a bit wasteful to let the reconnaissance brigade fight guerrillas with rebel soldiers in the tropical jungle.
At this time, several rapid gunshots suddenly came from not far away. Before Liu Yi and George could react, the gunfire had stopped.
"We captured a few French people. They claimed to have been robbed by the rebels and lost their way in the rain forest." The soldiers brought over three French people. All three were in ragged clothes. One of them had a wound on his shoulder and was bandaged.
The technique is a bit amateurish.
"French?" Liu Yi learned some French during the World War, but he was not proficient in it.
"Yes, we were robbed by Africans in Mbandaka. They stole our goods and killed our people. We escaped while they were not paying attention and fled all the way here." The leading Frenchman
He was a short, fat man with a frightened face, scars on his face, and large blood stains on his white suit.
"What are you doing in Mbandaka?" Liu Yi remained calm. At this time, George and his men took the other two white men away for separate interrogation.
It cannot be said to be an interrogation. Liu Yi and George hope to get more information about Mbandaka.
As for why they separated, it was purely habit.
"Diamonds, we wanted to buy some diamonds, but we didn't expect those Africans to keep their promises at all. Those damn guys should go to hell." The short fat man looked angry, and the fat on his face was trembling.
"What's your name?" Liu Yi asked.
"Terry, Brian Terry -" the short fat man looked honest and unguarded: "-they robbed me of my money and killed my people, sir, if you help me
Get my money back and I will give you a large reward——"
Humpty Dumpty is not as honest as he seems. Anything can happen in the jungle. Humpty Dumpty must show enough value so that he will not be abandoned casually.
"Terry, we are not mercenaries -" Liu Yi was not angry, he put the gun sideways on his knees, took out a cigarette and handed it over.
At this time, George came to Liu Yi, looked at Terry suspiciously, and whispered a few words to Liu Yi.
"Oh oh oh, it turns out to be Mr. Parker, whose name I have admired for a long time -" Liu Yi sneered, this is the advantage of separate interrogations.
After the French colonial government in Equatorial Africa relented, it provided a list to the Kingdom of Congo. All the people on the list had done business with the rebels, and Parker's name was at the top of the list.
Parker's face was ugly, he sat on the ground without saying a word, and the hand holding the cigarette was trembling.
"Tell me, how many people are there in the rebel army now?" Liu Yi took out a small notebook and prepared to start recording.
Parker still said nothing, watching Liu Yi show his fierce look.
"Be honest, otherwise I will find ways to make you talk." Liu Yi sneered. This was also in Paris, and Liu Yi couldn't do anything to a Frenchman.
In the rainforest, Liu Yi would not have any impact even if he moved Parker first and then there.
The rainforest is a natural cemetery. No matter what kind of creature it is, it will disappear completely within a few hours without leaving any traces.
"I don't know either. The rebels won't tell me how many there are." Parker weighed the situation again and again and became dejected. At this time, there is no need to demand high moral standards from soldiers. The main value of a soldier's existence is to kill the enemy.
"Then what did you sell to them and where did you trade?" Liu Yi was indifferent, while George sneered beside Parker, playing with a delicate Gurkha scimitar in his hand.
No matter how sophisticated the machete is, it can kill people. Don't doubt the smelting technology of southern Africa.
Parker was also unlucky. He made another transaction with the rebels two days ago. This time Parker sent about a thousand rifles and 200,000 rounds of ammunition to the rebels.
In the last transaction between Parker and the rebels, some guns and ammunition were seized by the Marine Police. The rebels used this as an excuse to refuse to pay and tried to kidnap Parker to obtain more weapons.
Since Parker dared to trade with the rebels, he was naturally on guard. Although the people escaped, all the goods were lost.
"The person I was trading with is called Urdu. He is a bastard who does all kinds of evil and has no credibility at all. His camp is in a tribe less than 20 kilometers away from here. I also met Wane in that camp."
Parker handed over an important piece of information.
"Isn't Wane in Mbandaka?" Liu Yi was surprised.
"Are you going to stay in Mbandaka and wait for you to kill him?" Parker poured beans out of a bamboo tube, still harboring fantasies: "I can take you to find Wane, but after you kill Wane, you have to kill the person who belongs to him.
Give me my stuff back."
Parker is considered a talent, and he is still bargaining at this point.
"Yes, as long as you lead us to Wane, you can also get unimaginable rewards." Liu Yi promised without hesitation. As for diamonds, the Kingdom of Congo is plentiful, so you have to be able to take them away even if they are given to you.
"Hmph, I don't want things that shouldn't be mine. I know I made mistakes, but I can make up for it. I only want what should be mine." Parker also knows this truth. Greedy people generally don't live long.
The 20 kilometers was still an easy journey for these elite soldiers. Although the soldiers carried more than 40 kilograms of combat supplies with them, they still arrived at the temporary camp Parker mentioned before dark.
The camp was built in a ravine with a creek next to it. Wane was very cautious and placed sentries on the mountain ridges on both sides. The reconnaissance brigade was small in number and it was difficult to completely surround the camp.
"We should wait for reinforcements and kill the rebels in one fell swoop." George suggested that if the camp was not completely surrounded, it would be difficult to kill Vanet. As long as the gunfire sounded, Vanet could escape at any time.
"We don't have time to wait. Vane is very cunning and will never stay in one place for more than three days." Parker hopes to atone for his sins. Just two days ago, the Southern African Union offered a reward of 10,000 rand for Vane. Regardless of
You can get the money whether you kill Varney or provide true and valid specific information.
Ten thousand rand is still very tempting to ordinary people. Many ordinary people will not be able to earn so much money in their lifetime.
Liu Yi raised her wrist to look at her watch, it was half past five in the afternoon.
"Prepare to attack in two hours -" Liu Yi decided to launch an attack directly. The longer the delay, the more unexpected factors there would be.
"Yes, Captain -" George took the order and left. He could make suggestions, but he could not make decisions on Liu Yi's behalf.
Of course, a direct attack was not a grand and fierce attack. Liu Yi divided the reconnaissance brigade into three parts, two parts launched a pincer attack, and the other part went around behind the rebels to attack in a roundabout way.
It will be dark after two hours. The darkness will certainly create some difficulties for the reconnaissance brigade. For the rebels, being suddenly attacked in the dark will create even more difficulties.
"There are some women and children in the camp. These rebels are so crazy that they even train children to kill. Some children are not as tall as a rifle-" Parker collapsed on a rock next to Liu Yi. Twenty kilometers away for the officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade.
Saying it wasn't a problem would have cost Parker his life.
Liu Yi did not give Parker special care because of his identity.
"The rifles used by those children may have been provided by you. It seems that you are quite crazy——" Liu Yi is not polite, some people are just being polite and upright at the same time.
"I'm a businessman, and the transaction with the rebels is just a normal business practice -" Parker quibbled. It involved his own interests, and it was indeed a double standard.
"Then don't say those pitiful words. You don't have the qualifications to say those words." Liu Yi despised that the white people had committed enough sins on the land of Africa, and they still didn't want to repent even after hundreds of years.
It means that Liu Yi doesn't know what another time and space is like, otherwise Liu Yi would say "You deserve it"!
You really deserve it!
Plans always fail to keep up with changes. When gunshots were heard from the direction of the valley, it was not yet seven o'clock, and the rebel guards discovered the outflanking troops.
"Attack, attack, attack immediately -" Liu Yi did not hesitate, the sound of the gun was the order.
Tom-tom-tom——
The grenade launcher carried by the reconnaissance brigade fires instantly. At a distance of less than 500 meters, the grenade launcher can exert its greatest effect.
Groups of orange-red flames bloomed in the dark night, and violent explosions occurred in the rebel temporary camp.
The grenade launcher alone could not have such an effect. It should have detonated the ammunition piled in the rebel temporary camp.
