Fortunately, Captain Milos Chuatoco did not say much. After all, in his opinion, he was a lion and did not need to care about the hateful looks of the antelopes on the roadside.
As we go deeper, this scene appears from time to time.
When he arrived at the town government, three battalion commanders were already waiting for his arrival with their men.
Seeing the Brazilian flag rising outside the town government, Captain Milos Chuatoco finally smiled with satisfaction.
When several subordinates saw the smile on the captain's face, they hurried forward and saluted:
"Report, Your Excellency, the regiment has followed the battle plan and successfully recaptured Bitengote Town at 10 o'clock this morning. A total of 86 rebels were wiped out, and no one of our troops was killed or injured."
Upon hearing this, Captain Milos Chuatoko nodded with satisfaction and said:
“Well done, brothers, you’ve worked hard.
Although we have occupied Bittenkot, the enemy's main force has not been found yet, so we cannot let our guard down.
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Have your soldiers take turns patrolling the streets to make sure there are no remaining rebel forces causing trouble in the town."
"Yes, sir!"
Then, Captain Milosh Chuatoko turned to the chief of staff beside him and said:
"Send a telegram to the Ministry of National Defense and tell them that our army has successfully completed the mission of retaking Bittenkot Town and the enemy has been defeated by our army."
Upon hearing this, the Chief of Staff stood at attention and saluted:
"Yes, sir!"
After saying this, he turned and left, arranging to send a telegram to the Ministry of National Defense.
And Milosh Chuatoko, the regiment commander, accompanied by three battalion commanders, walked into the town government of Bitenkot! A two-story brick and stone building, it was also the best building in the whole town.
The first battalion commander, Bassam, walked up to the head of the regiment, Milos Chuatoko, with an eager look on his face, and introduced him:
"Captain, we have seized a lot of good things from the town government. Would you like to take a look?"
Upon hearing this, Captain Milos Chuatoko's brows jumped unconsciously and said:
"Oh! What good things can there be in such a remote place?"
Bassam smiled at Milosh Chuatoko and said:
"Hey, hey...have you forgotten what Brother Eddie's team does?"
Captain Milosh Chuatoko frowned and said in a deep voice:
"It can't be DP!"
Seeing his leader's expression, Bassam quickly stopped smiling. He was originally feeling somewhat complacent, but then he realized that although his leader loved money, he was very disgusted with DP.
I wanted to slap myself in the face. It seemed that I got too proud of myself after looting the town.
He immediately straightened his face and changed his tone quickly, from a smiling tone to a gnashing tone:
"Yes, Captain. These damn bastards actually used the town government's warehouse to store red soil. This is an unforgivable crime.
Fortunately, we arrived in time and seized all these harmful things.
As for how to deal with it, it's up to you, the leader, to decide!"
Captain Milos Chuatoco could sense the change in Bassam's tone, but he also knew the character of his subordinate. As long as it could be exchanged for money, he would never refuse anything.
After hearing his words, he looked at the other person calmly, then slowly said:
"Seal the things up, and after we kill the Eddie brothers, hand them over to the Ministry of National Defense as evidence!"
Bassam's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and a feeling of heartache surged in his heart. The amount of this batch of red soil is not small! It can be sold for a lot of money! I didn't expect that Captain Milosh Chuatoko would actually hand these things over to the Ministry of Defense as evidence of his crime.
The other two battalion commanders behind him also felt a pang of pain.
However, they couldn't resist the orders of their superiors.
I could only nod my head quickly in agreement.
How could Captain Milos Chuatoko not understand the little thoughts of the few people? He looked at them sternly and said in a grim tone:
“You must always remember your identity: we are the Brazilian Border Guard, a regular force of the country.
I can turn a blind eye to some of your actions when you are hunting down the rebels, but DP must not touch them.
Do you understand? "
Although Bassam didn't take it seriously, he could only stand at attention and salute when his superior spoke.
"Yes, sir."
The other two battalion commanders also quickly stood at attention and received orders, looking as if they were learning.
"Apart from these, is there nothing else of value? Have you found any clues to the enemy's whereabouts?"
Upon hearing this, the three of them looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
When Captain Milos Chuatoco saw this scene, he immediately felt dissatisfied. The people under his command were too incompetent to take on the heavy responsibility. He heard that Brazil would soon establish a regular military academy, so it seemed that he had to send these people there to study hard.
At this moment, the chief of staff came back quickly, came to Milosh Chuatoko and said:
"Captain, the telegram has been sent. But we just received a plain text message when we turned on the radio. You'd better take a look at it."
Upon hearing this, Colonel Milos Chuatoko looked at his chief of staff with some confusion.
He was not familiar with the other party now. As the chief officer of this force, when the Ministry of National Defense ordered their regiment to be responsible for the encirclement and suppression of Eddie brothers' armed forces, he was also sent the new chief of staff.
In his opinion, the chief of staff was simply a member of the Ministry of Defense who was meant to supervise him or divide his control over the troops. After all, according to the Brazilian military system, the chief of staff had considerable power in the army and could be said to be the second-in-command in the regiment.
Therefore, he did not give the new chief of staff the rights he deserved or treat him well.
Instead, he has been ordering the other party around, but the other party doesn't seem to mind. He pretends not to know about his estrangement and keeps doing the work he has assigned to him seriously.
I had already developed a slight liking for him.
But now the other party's evasive way of speaking made him a little unhappy.
However, in front of the other three subordinates, he decided to give the chief of staff some face and did not scold him. Instead, he took the telegram handed over by the other party.
The telegram was in a folder. When Captain Milos Chuatoko opened the folder and saw the contents inside, his face changed drastically and he looked at his chief of staff in disbelief.
“When did this happen?”
"Just now, after we reported to the Ministry of National Defense, I was about to come back to report to you, and the people in the telecommunications room were able to prove it."
The Chief of Staff had to clarify the backward order of the two telegrams and inform the other party that someone could provide him with proof.
Otherwise, your superiors might think that you are deliberately concealing information, which will arouse your superiors' suspicion.
Upon hearing this, Captain Milos Chuatoko looked at the other party deeply.
Since the other party said that the people in the telecommunications room could prove it, he believed that the other party was not deceiving him. After all, he had not been there for long.
It is impossible for the people in the telecommunications room to join the other party so quickly. Moreover, this kind of thing is easy to investigate, and the other party should not dare to lie.
But if that were the case, he would be embarrassed.
Because this plain text telegram was exactly the purpose of their trip, the Eddie brothers sent it out.
The content of the telegram was very simple, announcing that they had successfully occupied another small town, Manguari, in the lower reaches of the Yapura River.
Bitenkot and Manguari are the two towns closest to the Colombian border in the upper reaches of the Yapra River, a tributary of the Amazon River. They are also the only two human settlements within a radius of about 500 kilometers.
This time when they set out for Bittenkot, they placed their logistics base in Manguli, which was also the retreat route for the border guards.
If they fail to recapture Manguari in time, they will be in a dangerous situation of running out of ammunition and food.
Because the town of Bittenkote is a border town at the border with Colombia, continuing upstream along the Yapra River will enter Colombia.
As Brazilian border guards, if they cross the border into Colombia, it would be an invasion of another country's territory, so this direction is absolutely not feasible.
Except for this direction, all other directions are dense Amazon jungle. As Brazilian border guards, they are very aware of the horror of the tropical rainforest.
What's more, the depth of this rainforest is more than 500 kilometers. It is basically wishful thinking to want to cross such a place alive.
Therefore, they now have only one way to go, which is to move downstream along the Yapura River, eliminate the rebels who have occupied their logistics base, retake the town of Manguari, and open up their own life channel.
But now the biggest problem for Captain Milos Chuatoko is that he has just sent a telegram to the Ministry of National Defense requesting credit, informing that he has successfully captured the enemy's lair, but when he turns around, he finds that his retreat has been cut off by the enemy.
This is simply a huge joke. I guess the senior officials in the Ministry of Defense are now greeting the female members of their families warmly!
Brother Eddie did not play by the rules, which put Milos Chuatoko in a very passive position.
If this telegram had not been sent, it would be fine. But in this situation, the officials in the Ministry of Defense might start to suspect that he was lying about military intelligence.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Captain Milos Chuatoko closed the telegram in his hand and walked angrily into the town government.
The three battalion commanders looked at each other, not quite understanding what was going on, and turned their eyes to the new chief of staff.
But the chief of staff himself had a sullen face and said nothing. He just followed the regiment commander and walked quickly into the town government.
Milosh Chuatoko entered the regiment headquarters set up by his subordinates in the town government, looked at the map hanging on the wall, and began to think about what to do next.
Sending a telegram to the Ministry of Defense to explain was secondary. The most important issue now was how to eliminate the anti-government armed forces of the Eddie brothers.
Needless to say, the enemy's strength would definitely be enhanced after occupying Manguari and obtaining the supplies that I left there.
If he led his troops directly to Manguali without caring about the consequences, he might suffer a great loss.
After all, they had not rested all night last night, and now everyone had dark circles under their eyes. In addition, in order to quickly deal with the Eddie brothers, they rushed to Bittenkot Town without stopping after receiving the order.
The whole team did not have time to rest, and occupied the town again this morning. Although there was no resistance and fierce fighting, the team had to rest, otherwise the soldiers might have complaints.
Fortunately, the consumption of today's battle was not great, and when we turn back to retake Manguari, we still have enough weapons and ammunition.
But the biggest problem with this matter now may be the blow to morale. He is very clear about the character of the troops he leads, so he is very worried that once this news spreads, the troops will be in chaos.
But it is obviously impossible to conceal such important news.
So, Captain Milos Chuatoko is now very conflicted.
The chief of staff naturally knew that the current situation was very embarrassing, otherwise he would not have just handed the telegram to the regiment commander for his own review instead of announcing it in public.
Entering the room, he saw the team leader staring at the map without saying a word. He walked slowly to the team leader and said:
"Captain, I think we should not panic now, nor should we turn around and rush back to Manguali immediately.
Brother Eddie was able to seize the opportunity so accurately and launch an attack on Manguari. Obviously, he was very clear about our movements.
We must be cautious and not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage! "
Colonel Milos Chuatoko looked at his new chief of staff with some surprise. It seemed that the other party was not a useless person, which made him very satisfied.
He clasped his hands in front of him, calmed himself down, and then slowly spoke:
"Yes! I think so too. Although our retreat has been cut off, we have occupied Bittenkot Town, so it is not a complete loss.
At least the enemy lost their base camp. We can also give an explanation to the outside world.
Moreover, if we stay here, we will not allow the enemy to escape to Colombia.
The question now is whether the Defense Department officials will force us to launch an attack on Manguari as soon as possible."
The chief of staff understood what the commander meant. Although they had come up empty-handed and failed to eliminate any enemies of the Eddie family, regaining the lost territory was still a real achievement.
But the escape of the Eddie brothers has caused the Attorney General to resign, and the other party has openly declared anti-government opposition. The political impact of this incident is really too bad.
Politicians absolutely do not want to see these two brothers continue to exist. It is conceivable that the Ministry of Defense will urge them to seize the time to eliminate this rebel force.
So, their idea of taking things slow is almost impossible to achieve.
The Chief of Staff sighed helplessly after hearing what the regiment commander said:
"Yes! It seems we should prepare early. The rainy season in the Amazon is coming soon.
If we want to eliminate the Eddie brothers, we must wipe them out before the rainy season arrives.
Otherwise, when the rainy season comes, it will be exponentially more difficult to eliminate them.”
Upon hearing this, Colonel Milos Chuatoko nodded and said to his chief of staff:
"So what do you think we should do?"
The chief of staff glanced at Milos Chuatoko in surprise, he did not expect the regimental commander to ask for his opinion, this was the first time since he joined his unit.
Hearing this, he did not hesitate and spoke directly:
“I think we should first ask our superiors for forgiveness, so that no one can take the blame for the enemy slipping away from us and attacking other places.
Then, see if we can ask the higher-ups to send a force from downstream along the Yapura River to join us in attacking the armed forces of the Eddie brothers in Manguari."
Captain Milosh Chuatoko remained calm as he continued to look at the map and asked:
“Do you think that now that we can leave the town of Bittenkot to us, we will do it again in Manguali?”
These words left the chief of staff stunned, and he didn't know how to respond for a moment.
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