Yu Chao first pulled her into his arms and coaxed her, inhaling her scent...
Ahead lay the war zone. The road was rugged and uneven. The off-road vehicle jolted, and the slender figure disappeared from sight. Yu Chaoxian slowly withdrew his gaze from behind and looked towards the war zone.
As they approached the combat zone, Yu Chaoxian suddenly frowned; the message he sent hadn't gone through even after a minute. He took out his satellite phone, but sure enough, there was no signal.
"parking.".
Yu Chaoxian's voice came from the back seat, and Mickey quickly stopped the car.
Yu Chaoxian got out of the car and looked ahead at the source of the black smoke. Mickey quickly followed, and as soon as Yu Chaoxian reached out, he immediately handed him a pair of military binoculars.
The signal processing station, GMS mobile phone base, and microwave communication facilities were all destroyed and reduced to ruins.
"So it turns out they're fighting over an oil pipeline, and this place has become a war zone." He casually tossed the binoculars to Mickey. "Communications are cut off, information can't be received or transmitted, they're using this black box warfare tactic."
Upon hearing "black box war," Mickey understood. A key characteristic of black box war is signal jamming. It involves destroying the opponent's communication network system, and both sides using data falsification and deepfake techniques to create battlefield misjudgments, thus preventing the transmission of genuine intelligence through a "black box."
After all, all communication equipment was destroyed, making it easier for the controllers here to exercise intelligence control, and no one knew the true data and situation on the battlefield.
While Yu Chaoxian was observing the distance with his telescope, his and Mickey's every move was also captured by the telescope on the high observation deck.
"...Two men, armed, an off-road vehicle, and two heavy trucks, consistent with the information." A border guard in a green combat uniform reported to his superior over the communicator.
Soon, Yu Chaoxian and Mickey were surrounded by the border guards.
Yu Chaoxian remained composed, a faint smile playing on his lips. Behind him, Mickey held a gun, his face expressionless.
“Mr. Yu, we’ve finally waited for you. It’s our first time meeting. I didn’t expect you to be so young.” A deep male voice came from behind the soldiers, carrying a deliberately feigned warmth. He pretended to be annoyed and scolded his subordinates, “Get out of the way. He’s not an enemy.”
The soldiers quickly made way for them.
Yu Chaoxian looked at the colonel opposite him. Not an enemy, but not a friend either. He briefly shook the outstretched hand of the other, "Nice to meet you, Colonel Akbas."
The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder. Akbas led Yu Chaoxian to a house that had been bombarded and was now reduced to just one wall.
Behind the wall was a table that was still relatively intact. Apart from a few bullets embedded in the corners, it at least had four legs.
In short, the order worth 2 billion green coins was completed on this chair.
Yu Chaoxian looked up at the sky and thought, "How interesting! Once the Stinger missiles are launched, we'll soon see helicopters being swatted one by one like mosquitoes."
With the order completed, Yu Chaoxian showed no intention of lingering. When he arrived, Yu Tang had proactively asked him when he would be returning, saying she would wait for him. Since he had promised to be back before seven o'clock, he didn't want to break his promise.
Akbas, however, kept Yu Chaoxian waiting and poured him some fresh tea. "Wait a moment, Mr. Yu. I'd like to discuss the additional order."
Yu Chaoxian didn't drink the tea. He tapped his fingertips lightly on the table twice and suddenly asked, "I remember that it was Lieutenant Colonel Shah who initially discussed the acquisition order with me?"
“After all, it’s a battlefield,” Akbas sighed helplessly, glancing meaningfully at the dilapidated communications tower outside the window. “It’s a common occurrence. As soon as the war starts, those officials grab their briefcases and run away.”
Yu Chaoxian remained noncommittal, turning the satellite phone in his hand as he asked, "When did this situation begin?"
Akbas immediately understood what Yu Chaoxian meant by the destruction of the signal station: "Ten hours ago."
Seeing that Yu Chaoxian hadn't asked him what the additional order was, he spoke first: "Our radar equipment was destroyed in the war, and we urgently need replacement field radar. As long as Mr. Yu can send it to us as soon as possible, money is not a problem."
Field radar can be considered the "eyes of the battlefield" for modern field forces. Its most prominent operational advantage is that it is very suitable for complex terrain and electronic warfare environments, and can monitor enemy infantry, vehicles, low-altitude drones and other moving targets.
It is very suitable for the current combat situation in Fuzhou.
Just as the two sides were talking, the roar of propellers suddenly came from the sky. Two Mi-24 "Hind" attack helicopters hovered over the mountains.
Yu Chaoxian raised his hand, and Mickey handed him the binoculars.
"Are your guerrillas lurking somewhere?" Yu Chaoxian asked casually, but Akbas's pupils contracted sharply.
This was a top-secret operation, known only to him among the guerrillas lurking in the mountains. He cautiously remained silent, waiting for Yu Chaoxian to continue.
Yu Chaoxian observed through his binoculars for a while and said, "I suggest you arrange for them to withdraw from the female deer's firing range as soon as possible."
Akbas feigned composure: "Mr. Yu, where did you get this idea?"
"These two helicopters are equipped with infrared temperature sensors, so the people hiding in those mountains are practically invisible to them. If the general wants them to die, then that's another story."
Sure enough, no sooner had Yu Chaoxian finished speaking than the missiles dropped from the helicopter swooped down, their infrared seekers precisely locking onto a heat source on the mountainside, where a concealed firing point was located.
In the instant of the explosion, shattered rocks tumbled down, instantly engulfing several figures who had no time to dodge.
Akbas's face turned ashen. The guerrillas' heart-wrenching screams came through the communicator: "Colonel, our position has been discovered! Repeat, we have been—" The voice abruptly stopped.
Realizing that Yu Chaoxian was not lying, Akbas could no longer maintain his composure and immediately ordered the guerrillas in the mountains to retreat!
At this moment, Yu Chaoxian had already stood up, with no intention of lingering. "This war will end soon, Colonel, you should focus your energy on the main battlefield."
Yu Chaoxian understood that Akbas was ambitious but lacked combat experience and might not even have the money to pay for radar; the Sus Alliance had combat power and experience, but was bogged down on multiple fronts and unable to concentrate its forces.
So in the end, no one gets the oil pipeline, and the war here will soon end because the main war zone needs troops.
Akbas looked at the man opposite him who always had a smile on his lips and felt a chill run down his spine. Such combat skills and mental fortitude were not what an arms dealer should have.
He had heard some rumors about Yu Chaoxian. Those who dared to oppose him always met a terrible end. It was one thing for one person to die, but the key was that their family members would also suffer crazy retaliation, and their deaths would be cruel and horrific.
Akbas vaguely sensed that Yu Chaoxian's identity was more than just a weapons dealer, and the wise thing to do was not to provoke him. At the moment, he had no time to think about these things, as the current battlefield situation required him to focus all his energy on this.
Because the road was destroyed, it took a while to get back. After the SUV had driven a distance, Mickey looked in the rearview mirror.
Yu Chaoxian didn't open his eyes: "Say what you want to say."
Mickey didn't understand why his boss would give up a multi-million dollar deal. "Boss, why not sell them field radar? Even if the war ends soon, as long as we sell radar to the other side, the war here can be sustained for a while longer, and we'll definitely get more orders in the future."
Actually, selling it to Akbas isn't a big deal, but war will definitely break out immediately after it's sold to him, and Yu Tang will definitely be scared alone in a strange house.
Most importantly, he definitely won't be able to get back before 7 PM. Even if the radar is transported by air, it won't arrive until the next day.
Building trust and reliance is still very important, whether in business or in relation to Yu Tang.
Yu Tang holds grudges, and now that he has finally managed to get her to rely on him, he doesn't want to go back on his word and shatter Yu Tang's trust in him.
Just like a pet that has just been brought home, in an unfamiliar environment, the pet will definitely stay in its little nest and not want to come out. It will only peek out with its eyes and observe little by little. Then it will stretch out its little paws to probe whether there is any danger nearby. Only after it is sure that the place is safe and reliable will it come out with its belly exposed and let its owner pet it.
Yu Chaoxian twirled his phone in his hand and said meaningfully, "You've never had a pet, you wouldn't understand."
Mickey fell silent; Yu Chaoxian had never owned a pet before.
As the sun slowly set, Yu Tang stared at her phone's chat page; not a single message she had sent had received a reply.
Wearing his combat uniform, A-Jin looked even taller and more imposing than in his civilian clothes. Yu Tang had never seen A-Jin dressed like this before, and found it novel rather than frightening. A-Jin briefly distracted her from Yu Chaoxian's failure to reply to her messages.
Yu Tang remembered her brother saying that Yu Chaoxian had run away for five years and joined the special forces. At that time, Yu Chaoxian should have been about the same age as A Jin now. Did he also wear this kind of combat uniform back then?
"Ah Jin..." Before Yu Tang could finish her sentence, she heard muffled bombing sounds coming from the distant mountains, one after another.
That's the direction Yu Chaoxian and Mickey went. There hadn't been any sounds of fighting all afternoon; even the gunshots were from elsewhere. How could there suddenly be bombing?
A-Jin looked towards the mountains and frowned. The explosion could still be heard from so far away; it must have been a widespread bombing.
Yu Tang kept dialing the phone but the line was busy. She looked at A Jin and asked, "Could I borrow your satellite phone for a moment?"
A-Jin handed the encrypted satellite phone to Yu-Tang.
She thought, "If I can't get through on a regular phone, I can at least use a satellite phone."
Normally, she was most afraid of Yu Chaoxian calling her. Hearing Yu Chaoxian's voice would make her shudder. Now, as she stared at the black smoke in the distance, unable to make a call, she was so clear for the first time that although she had always wanted to leave Yu Chaoxian and live somewhere where he was not in control, she had never thought of letting Yu Chaoxian die.
"Ah Jin, Yu Chaoxian...were they killed in the explosion...?"
Seeing that she looked disoriented and about to fall, A-Jin reached out and helped her up.
Yu Tang's eyes reddened and welled up with tears. She had no family left; where would she go from now on?
Ah Jin was always taciturn and didn't know how to comfort the crying Yu Tang. Suddenly, he raised his eyelids and saw two figures, one in front and one behind, three meters in front of him.
He coughed, gesturing for Yu Tang, who was immersed in grief, to look back.
She grabbed Ah Jin's arm to steady herself, thinking that she had to go collect their bodies. She definitely couldn't go now; she might get blown up too. The safest way was to wait and go later.
Yu Tang cried so hard her neck stiffened. Although collecting the bodies was important, her own life and A Jin's life were also very important.
"Yu Tang," a familiar, languid voice sounded behind her, "what's the meaning of crying again?"
Yu Tang turned around instantly, her face still wet with tears, and tears still clinging to her eyelashes.
The man was already in front of her. Yu Tang wiped away her tears with the back of her hand: "You're late."
Yu Chaoxian glanced at the time: "6:59." The agreed time was 7:00.
Yu Tang couldn't be bothered to argue with Yu Chaoxian, who was scouting the location, for even a minute; being alive was more important than anything else. Seeing that Yu Chaoxian didn't seem injured, she glanced at Mickey behind him, wondering if Mickey was hurt.
Mickey, who was behind him, seemed to suddenly understand why the boss didn't sell radar, and rushed back.
"Your eyes are wandering again," Yu Chaoxian said, turning her chin towards him. "Why aren't you looking at what you should be looking at? Hurry up and get in the car."
Before Yu Tang was his magnified face. When did she ever look at him like that? Honestly, he scolded her as soon as she got back.
Before leaving, Yu Tang made sure to say goodbye to the clan chief's wife and thank her for her hospitality.
The car ride was silent. After crying, Yu Tang felt sleepy and deliberately tried to sleep on the side away from Yu Chaoxian, but he kept holding her hand and she couldn't pull it away. At first, she was pretending to sleep, but later she really fell asleep.
When Yu Tang woke up, she found herself in Yu Chaoxian's arms again. She quickly sat up and pushed his arm away.
Upon arriving at the airport, Mickey and Ajin went to check in.
In the waiting room, Yu Chaoxian noticed that Yu Tang's eyes were still a little red from crying. He leaned down and gently stroked the corner of her eye with his fingertips: "Why are you crying? Tell me."
Yu Tang lowered her head and pursed her lips, remaining silent.
"You look beautiful even when you cry, and you look even more beautiful when you cry in bed." The man gently kissed the corner of her eye. What else could she cry about but showing concern for him?
"Can't you speak properly?" Yu Tang's ears turned red from his breath, and she glared at him. It seemed he was indeed alright, still the same old scoundrel. She had worried so much about his life or death; now she realized it was all unnecessary. How could someone like Yu Chaoxian die so easily?
Evil deeds can last for a thousand years.
Without her saying anything, Yu Chaoxian knew why she was crying. Ajin told him that Yu Tang had been worried about his safety and had tried to contact him.
"My signal is cut off, I can't receive messages," Yu Chaoxian comforted her, pulling her into his arms and inhaling her pleasant scent. "What message did they send me? Let me see?"
But when he asked her question, she became even more uncomfortable.
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The author's note: In Yu Chaoxian's view, Yu Tang was looking at anything but him, as long as she wasn't looking at him.
(Seeing that only a few readers said they found it sweet, that's good, because every piece of candy now is a knife [sprinkling flowers])
Thank you to my friends who are still willing to walk this path with me; otherwise, I really wouldn't have been able to go on. Thank you! [heart emoji]
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