Xia Yu, busy providing fire support to the frogman squad, couldn't see him, but the scanning eagle monitoring the entire battlefield could still detect a humanoid heat source fleeing out of the village.
"Call the boss, someone is fleeing towards the hill behind the village."
The crew members immediately called Xia Yu.
How many people?
"one!"
Hearing the employee's reply, Xia Yu couldn't help but wonder, was it a small fry or a big fish that got away?
"Keep an eye on this guy, and immediately launch the second drone."
After a few seconds of contemplation, he gave the order directly.
"Yes, boss!"
The drone's electro-optical head then tracked Amirudin until it reached the beach behind the mountain. From a perspective unseen by the helicopter, it watched as the other party uncovered the sand and tarpaulin, revealing the speedboat underneath.
"Looks like a big fish, we must stick with it."
After hearing the follow-up report, Xia Yu excitedly gave the order.
Just as the sounds of gunfire faded into the distance, Amirudin thought he had escaped safely, unaware that the abyss was watching him from the sky.
"Knock knock knock..."
With the last burst of fire, Xia Yu emptied the RH202 cannon's ammunition, leaving only one low-flying unit in this state.
The pirates, who had been under heavy attack, suddenly realized that the helicopters had stopped firing and were quiet, and they knew that their chance to escape had arrived.
"Quickly, let's get out of here."
Unable to reach Amirudin, the small-time leaders, who knew that the other party had fled first, didn't care about being angry at the moment and hurriedly ordered their men to evacuate.
They don't need to take care of their wives and children; regular troops don't kill the old, weak, sick, or disabled, but if they stay behind and get caught, they'll be in big trouble.
These men discarded the heavy machine guns they couldn't carry, taking only AKs, PKMs, and RPGs. One group provided suppressive fire, while the other group found all the old sampans in the village, carried them over the mountains, and arrived at the beach that was unsuitable as a harbor.
Xia Yu was out of bullets, but the sniper in the back had plenty, carrying 10 rounds in a 10-round magazine.
"Bang"
After emptying the last bullet in the first magazine, he took down six machine gunners, the gunner and his assistant.
Snipers are the type of soldier who need the most real combat experience. They used to practice target shooting every day, but after joining the concentrated fire defense, they directly took down double-digit kills.
After completing this two-and-a-half-year contract, he wondered if he could break the triple-digit record.
Paul said there was no doubt that the famous American sniper, who had served for 10 years and been deployed many times, had only taken 255 kills. However, in their company, all snipers were like Chris Kyle.
After all, as employees of PMC companies, their deployment frequency and intensity are much higher than those of the US military. It's just that the achievements of private military contractors cannot be publicized.
However, before they had even finished firing the second magazine, these guys rushed to the beach and rowed their boats out into the sea.
"They used only eight sampans, with fewer than 100 people. I don't know what they were thinking, going out to sea like that. Isn't that just suicide?"
Xia Yu said with emotion.
Staying on shore, aside from a sniper in the air and a frogman squad on the ground, they would be facing direct fire from 12.7mm and below.
But once they reach the sea, even if they avoid the harbor directly opposite the village, they are like lambs to the slaughter, completely surrendering their fate, like this:
"Knock knock knock knock"
Before the roar of machine guns could reach their ears, a flash of light lit up the sea fog, and then many people lost consciousness.
The unmanned combat boat's fully loaded 30mm cannons were firing in rapid succession, cleaning up every sampan locked by the thermal imaging channel.
Faced with overwhelming firepower, the pirates couldn't even raise their hands to surrender before being wiped out by a single cannon shot.
Perhaps this is what modern warfare is all about: 99% of the time it's vehicles crushing individual soldiers, not sneak attacks and infiltration. Even the best special forces soldiers are just a minor problem that can be solved with a single guided artillery shell.
Of course, some of these pirates were lucky enough to jump into the sea in time.
They were pulled out one by one after the Mustang hovercraft approached, but only a handful of the dozens of people survived.
The group of people, soaked to the bone, were bound hand and foot and then stared in disbelief as the two BTR-80 tankers on the boat started up and plunged into the sea.
A dock landing ship is definitely meant for amphibious operations, but the BTR-82S is too directional, so Xia Yu prepared two original BTR-80s equipped with 14.5mm machine guns.
Because it looked very similar to its predecessors, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, the BTR-80 became one of the most common Soviet-made eight-wheeled vehicles, making it ideal for this kind of work.
The two vehicles that had been ferried onto the beach sped up the hillside and soon arrived at an open space behind the village.
Then the head chef, who was sitting in the car, also got out of the car with a gun raised and shouted for everyone to come out and assemble.
It looks a bit like the Japanese invaders entering a village, but these men, women, and children are all the pirates' close friends and relatives!
The concentrated fire defense will not harm them, but it will not let a single pirate escape, and all weapons and ammunition in the village will be confiscated.
As for the valuables, Xia Yu chose to focus on the big picture and only confiscated the leader's belongings as spoils of war.
The process in the fishing village was progressing smoothly, and Amirudin, tracked by the scanning eagle, finally arrived at a deserted island.
"Let's go take a look."
Xia Yu, who was hovering at low altitude, pulled the control stick and flew rapidly towards the deserted island.
The helicopter was out of machine gun ammunition and rockets, but his sniper still had bullets, and his AK-105 hadn't fired a single shot since arriving in Southeast Asia.
It's time to have some fun tonight. We'll park the helicopter downwind, far from where we're supposed to land.
Xia Yu grabbed the rifle from the passenger seat, pulled the bolt, and chambered a bullet.
The sniper left the T-5000 behind, removed the bolt and magazine, and took them with him. He then switched to a submachine gun and followed his boss.
Inside the cave, Amirudin was munching on a can of luncheon meat. The hours-long escape had left him parched and hungry, but thankfully he had left food and water here.
However, due to the soundproofing of the cave and the fact that Xia Yu and the others landed downwind, he did not hear the helicopter.
So Amirudin calmed his nerves and filled his stomach, then squatted down and opened the wooden box on the ground, revealing the wealth he had accumulated over the years.
The village only had three to five million US dollars in cash, but this uninhabited island was where his real assets were hidden.
The entire box contained gold bars of varying sizes, weighing over 500 kilograms in total, along with over 10 million US dollars in cash.
However, Amirudin valued the two passports in the plastic bag more, one red and one brown, which were from Malaya and Thailand respectively.
But when you open the page with photos, it's all just him, Amirudin.
Like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, even if his piracy is exposed and he can't stay in India, he can still retire and use his years of savings to live out his retirement in one of those two countries.
However, 2019 was an exceptionally unlucky year for him; he ran right into the crossfire of the defense forces. With a deep sigh, Amirudin, like Naw Kah in the movie "Operation Mekong," picked up his bag, filled it with dozens of gold bars and over ten thousand US dollars, and planned to take the money and gold bars with him after settling down in Malaya.
Unfortunately, he hadn't walked more than 100 meters out of the cave.
"Bang"
Xia Yu shot Amirudin in the left ankle. After screaming, the bag and gun in his hand flew off.
Sure enough, this dark place was where the laser sight was needed.
He pushed up the night vision goggles on his helmet.
Thermal imaging sights are fine for precision marksman rifles, but they're too cumbersome for assault rifles and short-barreled assault rifles.
"Follow me!"
Xia Yu led the sniper forward, kicking the AK on the ground far away. The sniper also skillfully reached for the pistol tucked behind Amirudin's waist and tied his hands behind his back.
"I'll give you money, I'll give you money, a large sum of..."
The guy first spouted a few words of bird language that the two of them couldn't understand, then quickly realized what was happening and started speaking human language.
But he clearly misunderstood one thing: this money was already spoils of war for the concentrated fire defense, even without his intervention.
After confirming that no one was around, Xia Yu bent down and opened the heavy-looking handbag.
"So many US dollars and gold bars, and let me see which country's care they're from. Oh, it's a getaway kit. You've prepared quite a lot."
Xia Yu was now certain that the other party was the old pirate leader who had dominated Malacca for many years.
He had to hand the man over to the county alive, but they happily accepted the spoils of war, and they probably didn't know any of this!
When the two searched the cave, they shone their flashlights on the loose soil with signs of digging. Xia Yu looked around and found the entrenching tool hidden in the crevice of the rock.
The sniper immediately took over and started digging. Soon a box was revealed, but when he opened it, he found it contained canned food and bottled water.
"Boss, this..."
"Keep digging down half a meter, that old guy looks cunning."
Sure enough, after sniper Lao Lu dug for a while, the tip of his shovel pierced directly into the wooden box.
"Calling for focused fire. This is Weasel. You guys come over now. Have Wild Horse come over after he's done."
After confirming that there had been a harvest, Xia Yu immediately called for help.
Amirudin couldn't move all this wealth by himself, and it would be troublesome for the two of them to move it back and forth. It would be better to bring over the dozens of people on the ship to help with the work.
"Yes, boss!"
Old Zhao immediately drove the Resilient class towards the deserted island where they were.
Only after everyone worked together to dig out all the boxes containing gold and US dollars did they realize what a fortune it was.
"Today's international gold price is $1298.4 per ounce. There are $20 million worth of gold here alone. Add cash, and it's over $30 million in total. Piracy is quite a lucrative business!"
Xia Yu couldn't help but say.
That much money could buy a frigate, but Amirudin really doesn't dare to expand any further, otherwise the county will really send air force to wipe him out.
But who exactly are these Chinese-speaking people?
Are they Chinese from Koh County or Malaya?
Xia Yu said, "Are you getting hung up on this because you want revenge?" He was happy to hear this, but the other party probably wouldn't even get past the client.
"The operation was a great success. We wiped out this pirate gang that had been entrenched in the waters of Malacca for many years, and according to the rules of the trade, the stolen money will be our spoils of war."
After the Mustang hovercraft entered the wet compartment through the dock door and all personnel were present, Xia Yu addressed the group.
The military stays away from business, but PMC is open for business, so rewards are essential.
"Including the $3.28 million seized by the landing cleanup team in the fishing village, the total value of this spoils is $35 million. The company will receive 50%, and the remaining 50% will be divided equally among everyone."
Those who were witnessing such a scene for the first time were breathing rapidly, after all, their treatment was already quite good.
Onshore, they can receive a minimum of $5,000 per month, and during offshore deployments, they receive an additional $200 per day. Currently, the 17.5 million yuan is distributed among 80 people, meaning each person can receive $200,000.
If you work for 16 years and then don't need to work anymore, that's basically it!
In other words, when the Asian branch had just opened, everyone was unaware of the situation at headquarters. It was truly a place where millionaires were everywhere, and many had made enough money to retire to the sidelines.
Their first share of spoils was hardly any money at all!
Indeed, to be a soldier, you have to be an elite soldier; without the drive to be number one, you wouldn't have made it this far.
Xia Yu didn't distribute the money to everyone individually this time. He only made a phone call back home after dawn. While everyone was having breakfast, their phones started vibrating.
It's text messages. After their SIM cards are set to international roaming, they can receive text messages from China, but they basically only have a signal when the Jihuo ship docks in port.
They've returned to Puxian County.
Without thinking much, I unlocked the screen and opened the message bar. It was from BOC, notifying them that 1.48 million had been deposited into their bank account.
Is the boss really that efficient?
They had assumed that this huge bonus from the spoils would be paid out along with their wages, but to their surprise, it arrived in their accounts in less than 24 hours.
Today is a workday, so there's still time to call and ask the family member to go to the bank to deposit money for a fixed term.
After they finished making all their calls, the Fire Chaser returned to the Da Shi base. The first to be taken off the gangway were the surviving pirates led by Amirudin.
Including those captured from the village, there were a total of 18 people.
Then there are the less complete bodies, which are put into body bags. The more fragmented ones can't be retrieved and end up as fish and shrimp in the sea. But the ones that can be pieced together are all here.
Finally, there were the captured light weapons, more than half of which were damaged beyond repair, but the bullets were still usable.
The client was naturally very satisfied with the thorough service provided by Jihuo Defense. As for the money, they didn't seem like they were short of cash!
Don't be fooled by the fact that the investment immigration threshold is only 2.5 million Singapore dollars now; it might increase tenfold in a few years.
"That's the situation. We'll be resting for about a week. After that, we'll resupply and redeploy. Then we'll leave the Strait of Malacca and head north to Natuna Sea for combat patrols."
After giving a brief report, Xia Yu discussed the upcoming plans with the client.
Natuna Sea connects the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea, and is also an area of activity for many pirate gangs. In other words, many pirate attacks in the Strait of Malacca are committed by these gangs.
Combating piracy in this region can effectively prevent them from heading south to commit crimes. Of course, Xia Yu can also salvage more warships and shipwrecks, making it a win-win solution.
"So your company's target is Absayev?"
General Wang asked.
"The situation in the Philippines has made them abandon their political demands and now they're focusing on making money at sea. If we run into them this time, we'll teach them a lesson they'll never forget."
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