Don't talk about martial arts, I'm a war contractor

Chapter 555: Unraveling the Mystery, Locking Down

"At its peak, BLA had more than 6000 members and was supported by more than a dozen tribes. After years of crackdowns by us, only three tribes remain, with a total of less than 1000 people."

"Because of the successive attacks, the remaining hundreds of people chose to hide in Afuhan, taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the area so that we could not completely wipe them out."

Intelligence personnel from Palestine introduced this Baathist armed force to everyone at the meeting.

The smaller the temple, the more evil spirits there are; the shallower the pond, the more turtles there are. The Biru people have more than a dozen armed forces of various sizes. The reason why BLA is so famous is not only because of its glorious past, but also because they like to be in the limelight.

Among the major crimes they committed in recent years, more than half were committed by themselves, but many of them took the initiative to take on the crimes of others.

"So we are not just going to attack the BLA. We will not bring back any of the 150 500-pound bombs shipped from Afika."

Xia Yu announced to everyone.

Among these armed forces of the Batrachi, the BLA must be eliminated. As for other organizations that are suspected of committing major crimes, the Concentrated Fire Defense will not send ground troops, but it can still afford a dozen aerial bombs for each of them.

As for the removal of BLA, this is inseparable from air-ground coordination.

"Mr. Sherlock, there is one thing I must emphasize. The remaining members of BLA are veterans who have fought for more than ten years. They may not be very good at teamwork, but their individual combat capabilities are very strong."

The intelligence officer emphasized again.

You have to know where the Biruchi live. It's in the mountainous area, the poorest and most remote place. These veterans who have fought many battles are all top mountain special forces.

Not to mention that Afghanistan's underground arms black market has been extremely prosperous in recent years. With financial support from India, they can get a full set of American equipment.

Night vision goggles, thermal imaging scopes, rocket launchers, bulletproof vests...

Except for the lack of some heavy equipment, they had everything they needed. Even the strictly controlled portable air defense missiles could be provided by their backers.

"The concentrated fire defense is aimed at the elite. It doesn't matter if our company's tanks and infantry fighting vehicles can't go up there. All combat employees have received mountain warfare training. They can deal with those stragglers who survived the airstrikes."

Xia Yu said with confidence.

All members of the Digital Group 4 were from the Austrian mountain troops. When there was nothing to do in the early stages of the Black Swan incident, he asked Lucas to lead all the digital teams and instructor teams to the Guoshan area and the Japanese Alps to receive multi-scenario mountain training.

The mountainous area of ​​Afuhan is a little special. It is severely lacking in vegetation coverage. However, the air units are still responsible for the main output, and the task of the ground forces is to not let anyone escape and to completely surround BLA's retreat.

After the meeting, they will need to give their all.

“Buzz~buzz~buzz~~”

In addition to the company's two Sparrowhawk Bs, Xia Yu also invested in a ground station and eight ScanEagles.

A total of 10 reconnaissance drones, combined with satellite data, conducted further reconnaissance of all the Batu tribes in the mountains.

Taking the number of guns in ordinary villages as an indicator, those with a number less than or equal to this number can be judged as self-protection, but those who seriously exceed the standard will have problems.

"It would be great if we had AI. It's too troublesome to check every village manually."

Looking at the rows of village protection soldiers sitting behind the computer, Xia Yu couldn't help but speak.

The drone crew members were only responsible for filming. The materials taken in each village at different time periods were distributed to the black soldiers with good eyesight for analysis. The total number of people and the number of people with guns photographed were recorded and summarized.

This is the only solution that he, a famous detective, could come up with. After all, the police mainly rely on surveillance to solve cases.

There are no cameras in the wild mountains here, so they can only use drones to take pictures themselves.

If AI is introduced, the workload can definitely be greatly reduced, but what concentrated fire defense lacks the least is second-line personnel, so the village protection team that has no work to do temporarily is asked to watch the surveillance, which led to the scene before us.

As for the use of AI in the military, to be honest, it is quite promising.

Drone swarm tactics, for example, cannot be separated from the support of AI. It is impossible for each person to control a cruise missile. Flight control, target selection, and the final stage of the attack all require algorithms.

Compared to drones that require remote control by humans, this is a real drone.

Xia Yu mobilized 300 soldiers from the village protection team to work in three shifts, and finally visited all the Biruchi villages in Afuhan.

There were a total of 21 villages with excessive gun populations. The company's 10 drones conducted in-depth reconnaissance of them, eliminating 12 misjudgments, and the remaining 9 were definitely problematic.

"Very good. What we need to do next is to find the village where the BLA is hiding out of these nine and destroy it. Then we will beat up the remaining eight."

Xia Yu gave the order.

His method is simple and effective. After all, these armed forces are either trying to split or carry out terrorist attacks. They are all damnable.

"Yes, boss!"

The employees responded in unison.

However, although they are called 9 villages, they are actually 9 village clusters.

There are few large villages with thousands of people in remote mountainous areas, because the places suitable for building houses and living in the mountains are very scattered. It is very easy to have a dozen houses on the mountainside, and another dozen houses on the other side of the mountainside over the top of the mountain.

The villagers in such a village live scattered on several mountains.

There is not much paper information in Afghanistan, but fortunately there are plenty of human files. After making inquiries from many sources, we found out which tribes these villages belong to and which "relatives" they have in Pakistan.

As long as we can get some information related to the three tribes of Marri, Bugti and Mangal, it will be clear which village the BLA is hiding in.

"Mr. Sherlock, you are so amazing!"

The intelligence personnel from Pakistan were shocked when they saw the locked village on the screen.

Sherlock the Weasel—he truly deserves the title of a famous detective.

"For many things, there are limitations when starting from the national level, and only third-party companies can let go."

Xia Yu said calmly.

Outsourcing is not just for dirty work, it can also play a huge role in situations like this.

For example, it is not convenient for Pakistan to intervene in Afghanistan, not to mention its hometown. Only PMC is the best solution.

"Then what shall we do next..."

"The next step is of course to wipe out this village. It's just that this BLA is a bit despicable. There are a lot of women and children at point A in front of the mountain, but only the part at point B behind the mountain is full of armed personnel."

Xia Yu pressed the remote control, and more than a dozen pictures of point A and point B appeared on the display screen.

The unarmed targets above are marked with green icons. Point A is half red and half green, and only point B is all red.

These women and children are most likely the families of BLA members. After all, after fighting for more than ten years, they have to get married and have children. When the children grow up, they can join the BLA. Several generations have contributed to the "independence" of the Balochistan.

He really wants to follow his heart and solve this problem completely, but in modern society, except for a certain seafood nation, other countries and major PMC companies cannot do this.

"So our fighter jets can only bomb point B, first write off the bachelors recruited by the BLA, and then the armed helicopters will cooperate with the ground forces to attack point A in front of the mountain and eliminate the husbands of these women and the fathers of their children, who are also the real terrorists."

Xia Yu told his battle plan.

In fact, the pre-war preparations have already begun. The Concentrated Fire Defense established an outpost camp in a valley less than 50 kilometers away from the target village. The drone planned an air passage that avoided all the Batu tribes. The helicopters transported all the personnel, equipment and supplies to the camp along this route, leaving only two fighter crews in Kandahar.

"Then I would like to wish Mr. Xia immediate success."

The intelligence officer spoke in accented Chinese.

He agreed with Xia Yu's opinion that they could only attack BLA but could not eradicate their roots. Fortunately, Jihuo Defense helped them do this job.

"Lend your auspicious words."

After coming out of the base building, Xia Yu went to the hangar, because the GPS showed that the three small anti-lost cursors representing his son and daughter were all there.

The three little guys were watching the ground crew loading ammunition into two red fighting falcons.

The F-16XL, which has not been seen in public for the time being, has 27 attachment points and is known as a bomb truck.

The F-16C/D has only 11 hardpoints, and the older F-16A/B has only 9.

Although the two red Fighting Falcons were modified from F-16AM/BM, the number of hardpoints was expanded to 11. However, for ground missions, both wingtip pylons are not used, so there are still 9 pylons that can carry bombs.

"Dad, why don't we put three bombs in each position?"

Seeing his father coming, little Youzi immediately asked.

He saw that there were only three missiles in three locations on this fighter jet, and only one missile in other locations.

"Because the triple-mounted composite rack can only be hung on the heavy-hanging point, the outer one can only hang missiles at most."

Xia Yu explained to his son.

这次对BLA的作战，能挂炸弹的挂架被光电瞄准吊舱占掉一个，剩下的一共是3×3＋5＝14枚GBU-12。

Twenty-eight 28-pound laser-guided bombs from two planes would bury more than half of the single elite members of the BLA.

"Then Dad, take me on that one."

Little Youzi pointed at the two-seat red Fighting Falcon with shining eyes.

After observing for so long, he had already figured it out. He would remove the child seat that he had installed on the armored vehicle and install it on this plane so that he could also fly into the sky and drop bombs.

Charles and Charlotte were also very anxious. They wanted to fly a plane and drop bombs like their brother.

But dad said don't be in a hurry.

"We won't take it. That's Uncle Tube-Nosed Bat's job. The fighter planes fly too high. We can't see anything without looking at the screen. Let's just take dad's old Deer Tiger!"

He said this with a mixture of truth and lies.

Lao Luhu has no place to sit either, so just stay in Kandahar and sleep!
There is only one company of Tata stationed here, and it is much quieter than before.

"Well, there are two seats for Old Luhu as well. Oh no, there's room in the back. We can bring Ciel, Charlotte, and Mom."

Little Youzi finally remembered his younger brothers and sisters, but with their mother, wouldn’t the family be complete?

It's okay at normal times, but it's too dangerous when you're doing serious work, even with the [Never Fall] buff.

"Let's go have dinner and let the uncles get to work."

He lifted his eldest son onto his shoulders, followed by Charles and Charlotte, each holding one in their arms, and the four of them headed straight for the restaurant.

After retiring from the army, Old Wu worked in a kindergarten cafeteria. He was personally responsible for the three meals a day for the three little ones, and the variety of meals he prepared was much greater than what their mother prepared.

As for dad, it seems he can only cook instant noodles and hot pot?

Xia Yu said that he could also heat up individual soldier rations and canned food!

"Wow~Wow~~"

When the four people, one adult and three children, had filled their stomachs, the sound of a helicopter was heard in the distance.

Liv is back. One of the couple always leaves at the outpost camp to keep an eye on the scene, while the other stays in Kandahar to look after the children. The division of labor between the couple is very clear.

"Mom~~"

Watching the Chinook land on the tarmac, little Yuzu and her younger siblings ran over to greet Liv.

That is to say, it is a helicopter without a tail rotor like the CH-47. No matter whether it is a Black Hawk, Super Hornet, Fennec Fox or Old Doe, Xia Yu requires them to keep their eyes on the tail rotor when approaching.

This thing can be easily damaged in the sky and can easily decapitate people on the ground. It is very dangerous if you do not follow the safety manual, so you must educate your children from a young age.

"Did you listen to your father during the day?"

After walking out of the cabin, Liv squatted down and kissed her son and daughter before asking them.

"We are so obedient, Dad even said he would take us to fight in the battle on the old deer and tiger!"

Little Youzi showed off to her mother.

But as soon as Liv heard it, she knew that her husband was fooling the children again. If a fight really broke out, this guy wouldn't even take care of his wife, so how could he take care of his son and daughter!

But she didn't expose Xia Yu. The couple were on the same front in this matter.

After dinner, they took the children back to the Sherlock and gave them a bath. The three little ones began to doze off before ten o'clock. After they waited for them to fall asleep, the couple finally had time to lie on the bed and talk for a while.

Tomorrow is Xia Yu's shift. Liv will stay in Kandahar to take care of the children, while he will come to the outpost camp.

Old Deer Tiger, Longbow Crossbow, and 4 Black Hawks were lined up in a row.

The most important thing in mountain warfare is not elite infantry, but armed helicopters, general-purpose helicopters, and heavy transport helicopters. These are the most important.

The most direct firepower output and the transportation and delivery of personnel and equipment all depend on helicopters.

Xia Yu has accumulated a lot of experience until today and has officially acquired the ability to fight in the mountains. No matter whether it is the desert mountains of Afuhan or the mountains of the Jamali Plateau suitable for growing tea and coffee beans, he can easily handle concentrated fire defense.

However, the size of BLA is only a fraction of that of the Jumeriah Youth Team, and beating them involves more punishment and actual combat drills.

Here it can be done in one night, but there it is a short-term deployment of several months, so the difference is huge.

"Boss, you're here!"

The helicopter pilot Lao Hu came over and greeted Xia Yu.

Only people from the North American branch of Fire Defense can fly Black Hawks, so before coming to Afuhan, Xia Yu made arrangements in advance and got a temporary Black Hawk squadron consisting of four crews.

There are a total of 8 people including the captain and co-pilot, and the most experienced one, Lao Hu, is the squadron leader.

During the previous large-scale evacuation, they were responsible for the testing and flying of the old Black Hawk until they received the combat mission today.

(End of this chapter)