"Major, I was just following orders, I don't know anything else." Mario said helplessly: "I also feel very sudden about this matter..."
"I want to speak to your superiors! Immediately!" Michelle said: "Now I still have a team member in the jungle, and he was attacked. I don't care who your command authority is, but I want a helicopter. You
Send me two helicopters immediately, I want to start a search immediately!"
"Major, I don't have the final say..."
"I don't care if you have the final say. You have a lot of helicopters here. I want two!" Michelle refused to give in. "Do you want me to use force on your people?!"
Having said this, Michelle waved her hand.
All MI17 operation members immediately pushed aside the members of the National Police Anti-Terrorism Team and began to surround the helicopter parked on the landing site.
Of course, the members of the anti-terrorism team would not just watch the plane being snatched away. Everyone raised their guns and pointed them at the MI17 action team members.
The atmosphere immediately became tense.
"Major Michel!"
A tall and thin American, about fifty years old, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, appeared next to the two of them.
"I advise you not to be impulsive. This is Colombia, not your British Empire."
Next to the tall and thin man was a middle-aged man in military uniform. When Lieutenant Colonel Mario saw him, he immediately saluted: "General!"
Then Michelle introduced: "Major, this is the director of our Counter-Terrorism Bureau, Major General Arnold."
"Major Michel, I regret to tell you that due to a new situation, we have decided that all operations here will be taken over by the US CIA department. If you are willing to cooperate, you can act together. If you are not willing, you can
Exit the operation." Major General Arnold pointed to the tall and thin man next to him and said: "This is Jamie Cook, the deputy director of the CIA. Everything here is now under his command."
Michelle couldn't believe her ears, glanced at Cook, turned to Arnold and said: "General, our superiors have communicated with you that this is our operation, and our people have been deployed and working here.
I have been working for nearly a month, and there was nothing unpleasant about my cooperation with you before. Now you are handing over operational command to the CIA, which is completely disrespectful and in line with the rules."
"There are no rules." Major General Arnold looked very tough: "Things have changed, Major Michel. I don't know why your British intelligence department uses mercenaries here. You know, these mercenaries often do things in very different ways.
It’s easy to cause controversy.”
Michelle immediately realized that the mercenaries Major General Arnold was referring to were Qin Fei's X mercenary group.
It seems that he plans to use this to make a fuss.
"General, regarding the issue of using mercenaries, we have already discussed it before and you agree." Michelle argued.
Arnold sneered and said: "Yes, we agreed before, but now we see that things are developing in a bad direction, so we need to stop it all. I think the reason for all this is Deputy Cook.
The director will explain it to you."
Cook pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his aquiline nose and turned his head to signal an agent beside him.
The agent stepped forward and held a PAD in front of Major Mitchell.
A video clip is playing inside.
This is a piece of video material captured by a miniature camera installed on the body. In the sight, the photographer pointed his gun at Garcia and Morris and ordered them to squat down with their heads in their hands.
Suddenly, the clear sound of gunshots came from the video.
Then, the photographer fell to the ground, and the shooting angle immediately changed to the surrounding grass.
Soon after, a person came to the corpse and took away the corpse's communication earphones and other equipment. It can be seen from the camera that this person was Qin Fei.
Michelle's pupils shrank slightly.
"Is this one of yours? Major?" Cook became a little unreasonable: "The man who was shot was called Angelil. He is an agent of our Secret Operations Division and has been undercover in the Garcia Group for a long time.
Years have passed and tonight's arrest operation, he was ordered to capture Garcia and the CIA wanted criminal Maurice, but he was killed by your mercenaries. We will not let this matter go. Your British intelligence agencies must do it for you.
This is responsible!”
After a pause, he added: "So, we decided to take over everything here and hunt down the mercenary named Qin Fei."
"We have not received your notification. Since you know that you have an undercover agent in the Garcia Group and are going to take action tonight, your CIA has an obligation to inform us about the undercover agent. Your people are wearing FACR guerrilla uniforms.
Clothing, no one knows who he is!"
Michelle looked away from the PAD. She knew very well that Cook would never give up, and she also vaguely guessed that Deputy Director Cook seemed to have a deep connection with the Cornerstone Project.
It seems that the identity of the mysterious operation team that appeared near Camp Garcia tonight and shot down Qin Fei's helicopter no longer needs to be guessed. Qin Fei was right. They are CIA operators and are affiliated with the cornerstone project of the secret organization.
In other words, the entire operation was actually operated by the "Eagle Project" behind the scenes.
Judging from Cook's performance, it is highly likely that he is a member of the "Flying Eagle Project".
"This is not an excuse for you to kill my people. Since you have killed our people, then I have the right to ask you to withdraw from the operation here. I can't let your people mess up my plan. As for our sacrificed agents
, I will make representations to your superiors, Major, you'd better go back and think about how to write your action report, I think you may not be able to protect yourself now."
"Fuck you!" Crosshair couldn't help it at first and yelled: "Fuck you CIA, our boss is in the jungle now, we are going to save him now, you try to stop us!"
As soon as he lost his temper, all members of the X mercenary group, including the detachment and the ghost team, immediately dispersed and surrounded Cook.
The agents beside Cook and Major General Arnold's men immediately raised their guns and faced each other.
"Major Michel, these mercenaries have no discipline at all. If something happens here, you will have to bear heavy responsibility. If anything goes wrong, this is a diplomatic incident. This is our land, not your territory.
!" Major General Arnold's face looked a little ugly. He knew that if there was a commotion here, blood might really splatter on the spot.
The atmosphere became extremely tense, so people had their fingers on the trigger. As long as someone accidentally opened fire due to nervousness, the consequences would be disastrous.
Michelle obviously realized that the consequences were very serious.
She raised her hands and said to everyone: "Put down your guns, everyone, put down your guns, don't make things worse."
After shouting a few times, Cook first signaled to his men, and the agent beside him lowered his gun.
He knows that the situation is now in his own hands. Colombia relies on the support of the CIA in all aspects, including special forces training and anti-narcotics. It receives a large amount of funding from the United States every year. Citigroup's influence here is greater than that of Japan.
The empire is much deeper.
He is not afraid of diplomacy. Now that his subordinate is dead and the moral high ground is on his side, it would be the stupidest choice to go head-on.
"Major Michel, I have given enough sincerity."
Cook is indeed an old fox. He immediately put down his attitude of taking advantage of the situation and put away some of his arrogance. He has been immersed in the intelligence community for many years, assessing the situation and analyzing the situation is his specialty.
It is not easy to intensify conflicts now, but it needs to be delayed.
Dragging is definitely beneficial to the cornerstone project. According to intelligence, Qin Fei was the only one to escape with Garcia and Morris, and the helicopter was shot down.
There are seven elite members in that action team. As long as Qin Fei is tracked, Cook believes they can kill him.
"Everyone put down their guns!"
Michelle issued orders to his team members.
However, the people and units of the X mercenary group and the ghost team still did not put down their guns.
"Brothers, let's put down our guns first."
Lei Ming suddenly spoke.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then the people in the detachment put down their guns first.
He walked to Lao Yu and whispered: "We will find another way later. Don't intensify the conflict here. It will be detrimental to everyone."
Old Yu nodded slightly and said to the others: "Put down the gun."
Everyone lowered their guns, and Cook secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Deputy Director Cook, I don't care if you want to control the situation here, or if you want to take command, but I must call two helicopters to pick up my people!"
"No, I can send people to find Qin Fei and bring him back, but he must be handed over to our CIA." Cook refused to give in.
"Impossible! Qin Fei is mine! I asked him to participate in the operation. All his actions are with my permission. If you have any opinions, please come to us MI17. Don't think you can do it without our permission.
Deal with Qin Fei!"
Cook didn't seem to take Michelle seriously at all, and said coldly: "Major, first review the tone in which you talk to me. You are just an operations commander with the rank of major. You are not worthy of talking to me.
Negotiate terms! If you feel you have any objections to the handling here, you can contact your superior and ask him to contact our director, but you are not qualified to give orders to me here."
He looked around at Michel and all his men.
"Now, you must return to the anti-terrorism base and wait for the outcome of our negotiations with the British side. The command here will be temporarily taken over by our CIA."
The old fish was about to go crazy when Lei Ming gently grabbed him and winked.
"I agree with the deputy director, but since you can't trust us mercenaries, we have no interest in participating in this operation. We request to withdraw from the operation, go back to the hotel, pack our things and leave."
"You guys..." Michelle didn't expect Lei Ming to make such a decision, she couldn't believe her ears.
"Major, thank you for your kindness. We have our own plan." Lei Ming walked up to Cook. Although he was very short and looked like a half-short child in front of the tall Cook, he still had that military aura.
Press on Cook.
Cook seemed to be very uncomfortable being stared at by Thunder's sharp eyes, which were as sharp as a blade, and he couldn't help but move his feet.
"Deputy Director, I know what you are trying to do, but let me tell you, mercenaries are not easy to mess with. If you think you can kill Qin Fei, then I can tell you that the people in your cornerstone project will pay ten times or even more.
The price of much, mark my words.”
After that, he walked to Michelle and whispered: "You go back to the base, and we will go back to the hotel we originally booked. You try to let your superiors communicate with the CIA. We have other arrangements here."
Michelle nodded, knowing that the people around Qin Fei were not fuel efficient.
Since Lei Ming said he had his own way, he should cooperate.
"Okay, then we will go to the anti-terrorist base first." She waved her hand and led the people onto the plane. (To be continued)