From a distance, a series of airdrop cabins with flames trailing behind them fell on the plains behind the hills. It was like the hellfire in a fantasy movie, and the soldiers who rose from the steel ruins were like the cavalry passing through the gates of hell. In the dancing sparks, they harvested fresh lives one by one.
The cold wind at night blew, and the wind under the propellers was particularly fierce. Only roars could be heard.
Standing at the door of the Mi-8 helicopter, Jiang Chen allowed the wind to rub his hair into a chicken nest. He held a military telescope and looked at the tragedy of the 11th Artillery Brigade a few kilometers away.
That night, in General Nikolaev's mansion, Jiang Chen represented Celestial Trade and reached a secret agreement with Putin. At the cost of 100 billion rubles and a military base with a 50-year lifespan, Celestial Trade intervened in the Ukrainian civil war.
After that day, he went to the Russian-Ukrainian border accompanied by Natasha and lived at the military base on the border. First, he met with the provisional government of the Republic of Donetsk and shook hands with his nominal employer, the chocolate tycoon.
This week was very enjoyable. Jiang Chen carried an SVD almost every day and took a helicopter to the nearby mountains to hunt.
As Jiang Chen's security consultant, Natasha naturally had to follow him everywhere. Just when she wondered if he was here for a vacation, Jiang Chen suddenly made a rather outrageous request.
This time, he didn't go hunting in the mountains. Instead, he went to the border to relax.
Natasha was naturally opposed to being so close to the Ukrainian government forces. Only two Russians knew about Celestial Trade's combat plan, and she was obviously not one of them. Although her task was to fully cooperate with Jiang Chen, in her opinion, this did not include accompanying him.
However, Jiang Chen was not the type of person to listen to advice. With the authority granted by the Russian President, he did not need Natasha's consent at all and directly applied for this flight mission from the military base. The person in charge of the military base also reported his request and quickly received a reply of approval. Then a helicopter and two pilots were in position on the tarmac, accompanied by four Alpha Special Forces.
Natasha had no choice but to follow Jiang Chen to board the Mi-8 helicopter.
At the risk of being shot down, they crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border. The Mi-8 followed the edge of the forest and the foothills to avoid radar and arrived at its current position.
Of course, this was as far as the helicopter could go. The pilot refused to go any further.
This kind of artillery brigade was often equipped with anti-aircraft guns and radar vehicles. His experience told him that he was already quite close to the radar's scanning radius. If he went any further, even a blind man would be able to spot a helicopter. Jiang Chen could only make do with binoculars and could not observe the first battle of Celestial Trade's orbital airborne troops up close.
However, experience clearly didn't tell the Russian pilot that the 11th Artillery Brigade didn't even have a chance to turn on their radar.
It had only been ten minutes, but the entire brigade had been defeated by this unexpected attack. Bullets flew in the air, and explosions flashed one after another. The Ukrainian government soldiers hastily fought back with the AKs in their hands, but they still couldn't turn the tide of the battle. One by one, they died under the muzzle of the airborne soldiers.
The only two armored vehicles were penetrated by the rocket launcher without any suspense, and the truck carrying the rocket launcher was blown into pieces by the sticky bomb. The ammunition racks piled up on the ground exploded one after another, blooming orange-red broccoli on the plain.
The end of the 11th Artillery Brigade was already determined, and there was nothing to see anymore. Back in the helicopter, Jiang Chen threw the military binoculars in his hand to Natasha, who was staring into the distance, and joked.
"Isn't it spectacular?"
Natasha hurriedly caught the binoculars thrown by Jiang Chen. She woke up from her daze and raised the binoculars to look at the battlefield in the distance.
She had never seen such a strange war.
The battle there was basically over, and only sporadic resistance and light finishing blows were left.
Before the establishment of the military base, Celestial Trade did not have the conditions to accept captives, nor did it intend to accept surrender. As for the Geneva Convention, that thing could only restrain the regular army, and it had no meaning for them at all.
"That's … airborne troops?"
"That's right." Jiang Chen casually answered Natasha's question and patted the back of the pilot's seat. "Today's flight mission is over, and we can return. Let's go, the plane from Kane should be here soon. "
Without Jiang Chen saying it, the pilot knew.
With such a big movement, the entire Kane was going to be lively. The hatch was pulled up, and the helicopter began to turn around.
Natasha gulped, put down the binoculars, and retracted her sight that was glued outside the cabin.
"They … where did they come from? The Crimea military base? Or … "
"Neither." Jiang Chen shook his head, raised his eyebrows proudly, then raised his hand and pointed up. "They belong to the Celestial Trade Space Defense Force, the Orbital Airborne Brigade."
The faces of the Alpha Special Forces next to him were painted with green and black camouflage. Jiang Chen couldn't see their expressions, but it was not difficult to guess the shock in their hearts at the moment.
After hearing Jiang Chen's reply, Natasha was slightly taken aback, and then anxiously whispered, "Idiot! Don't say this kind of thing — "
"It doesn't matter, anyway, the whole world will know tomorrow." Jiang Chen raised his arm and looked at his watch. "In about five hours, we will carry out the second round of airdrops. In this way, we have two brigades in Kane. Although there is still a gap in the number of mercenaries compared to Arrow, we never win with numbers. "
In addition, he didn't expect this war to end in a short period of time.
There was a fundamental gap between the Kane government army and Country F, which determined that this war could not replicate the victory of City M landing. This gap was not only reflected in weapons and equipment, but also in tactical thinking, organization, geopolitics, and other factors.
On the other hand, Celestial Trade's supply line would be lengthened. Although the Russians would help with transportation, some sensitive weapons would not be handed over to them. They could only be transported by air to the frontline military base or directly airdropped from outer space.
If Arrow's mercenaries continued to replenish the frontline from the Ukrainian border, this war was destined to become a tug-of-war.
But the only thing Jiang Chen was not worried about was the outcome of this war.
After listening to Jiang Chen's words, she gasped and repeated the details of his words in a tone of disbelief.
"Two brigades? That is to say, you just … "
"Yes." Jiang Chen smiled. "Are you surprised that an entire brigade was airdropped?"
"I shouldn't be surprised. I should have known that the person sitting across from me is a madman. "Natasha rolled her eyes.
Looking at Natasha rolling her eyes, Jiang Chen grinned.
Over the past few days, he had noticed that she wasn't in a good mood. It seemed that it had been like this since the night she took time off to avoid the cocktail party. The main reason why he pulled her out tonight was really to relieve her boredom.
In the next hour of flight, the two didn't say a word. Jiang Chen leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes. Natasha was digesting all the shock she saw and felt tonight. Because it was too shocking, she even began to worry about the report she was about to write.
Airdropping directly from outer space and deploying an entire airborne brigade anywhere in the world within a few hours, if this tactic could be popularized, it would undoubtedly completely change the pattern of future wars.
Whether voluntary or not, for all people involved in this vortex, tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
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