Chapter 0623: War
No one reassured me more than Artemis, not only because of her great strength, but also because she was more familiar with China, after all, her mother and sister were both in China, and she would definitely find the best cemetery for the Chinese brother who filled me with guilt.
"Assassin, it's too late, hurry up!" The monkey shouted at me from the side of the road.
"It's coming!" I put away the phone, took a deep breath, and a meteor streaked overhead, like a signal to charge, and the war was about to start again.
Armed with our arms on the plane, we flew overnight from Liberia to Malanje province, Angola, where the exchange of fire was concentrated, with Pandora and other comrades stationed in nearby mines.
The next morning, we arrived at the temporary station, received the signal to land on the stars, and we landed on a flat open field on the outskirts of the station.
As soon as I got off the plane, I heard gunshots from a few kilometers away, which made me nervous, and I jumped out of the plane and went into combat mode.
"Don't be nervous about the assassins, gunfire is often heard here, the conflict between the Angolan government and the UNITA armed forces has never stopped, just like Israel and Hamas, they are real fighting peoples, and war is the pillar of their survival." The young master came over from behind and saw my nervous appearance, put his arm around my shoulders and explained.
"Really? It's really exciting! "I spat and put away my gun, listening to the sound far away from us, but I still couldn't completely relax, God knows if a cannonball will fly to meet us, since it is a battlefield, then anything can happen.
"This is my favorite country, where you can talk with bullets! Free, dangerous, a place full of killings. The devil grinned with grin, and the smile was creepy.
We landed on the outskirts of a small town in the south of the province of Malanje, where there was a factory built by two jewellers, and when I arrived, I learned that in addition to the jewelers, there were more than 50 miners who had taken refuge here, and that our temporary residence was also located in the factory.
The Lions came out to bring the munitions they had brought into the factory, and we followed Pandora to a room that served as our makeshift meeting room.
"How's it going?" Walking into the conference room, the captain asked Pandora directly.
"The gunfire I heard just now is a clash between UNITA forces and Angolan government forces, and it has nothing to do with our mission, according to the intelligence of the forward reconnaissance, it is a small group of UNITA militants who have been caught by the tail by the government forces, and the fighting should end soon." Pandora explained the battle she had just heard.
"And what about our mission?" The captain asked again.
"There is a secret mine three kilometers southwest of the country, which the Angolan government does not know, and two jewelers contracted the mine at a high price and secretly mined it, and then built this factory here for polishing and processing, and the workers I just saw were working under them, and some of the miners were killed by the militants."
"Our enemy is a local armed group, part of the UNITA branch, but now largely independent, similar in nature to mercenaries, except that they only operate within their borders, and last month three of Europe's biggest jewellers took a fancy to the mines and wanted to work with our employers to mine diamonds, but the employers refused."
"So, they asked this group of armed men to cooperate, we don't know the exact way to cooperate, but the purpose was very simple, to seize the mine, they attacked the mine and killed dozens of miners, and the rest of these people escaped."
"And our task is to eliminate this local armed force and take back the mines, as well as the three European merchants, if they are still in the mines." Pandora explained the situation from beginning to end in one breath, and I didn't know the specific situation until now, it turned out that someone was competing with the Chinese for jobs, and I absolutely couldn't bear it.
"How many people are in this gang of militants?" The captain asked, tapping his fingers on the table.
"About 200 people, we killed dozens of them in the last raid, and now there should be about 150 people, but I heard that they have increased their troops again, but the UNITA forces have been dealing with the government army, there are no extra troops to reinforce them, and without the support of UNITA, even if the number of additional troops will not be too much." Pandora had been keeping an eye on the movements of the UNITA forces, after all, these people had been in a group, and it was hard to guarantee that they would not intervene to help.
"There are no casualties among our people, right?" The captain is still more concerned about his subordinates.
"No, but the enemy still has some combat effectiveness, and we can't take the opponent lightly." To make Pandora say this, it seems that the enemy made a deep impression on her that night.
"We don't take anyone lightly." The captain smiled faintly, stood up and clapped his hands, and said: "Okay guys, now go and rest, come out at eight o'clock in the evening, the task is to eliminate these militants, and the order is to end the battle before the sun rises." ”
“yessir!” Everyone shouted in unison, and then they came out of the conference room.
Outside the factory, there are still sporadic gunshots in the distance, but listening to the sound, the battle of the government army to encircle and suppress the small UNITA unit is basically over, this ghost place can break out at any time and anywhere, I really don't know how the civilians of Angola survive.
Follow the star shark to the temporary residence of the factory, which was previously a workers' dormitory, and there are several hardboard beds built out of wooden planks, but for those of us who often sleep in the wild, having a hardboard bed is already very satisfying.
I didn't get much sleep all night after flying here from Liberia, and I wanted to get a good night's sleep and prepare for the fierce battle at night, but I didn't feel sleepy at all when I listened to the gunshots that rang out from time to time outside.
"What's wrong? Can't sleep? The shark sat on the bed next to me and looked at me with a smile and asked.
"I'm excited when I hear the gunshots, there are wars in this place every day, can the civilians here sleep at night?" I put my hands behind my head and turned my head to look at the shark.
"Habit is it, since 1975, when Angola gained national independence from Portuguese colonial rule, it has been mired in a civil war that has killed nearly a million people and displaced 420,000 people from their homes."
"In 2oo2, UNITA leader Savimbi was killed by government forces, and the international community and all sectors of Angola are calling for a ceasefire between the two sides, but so far there has been no progress, the government forces have not been able to exterminate the UNITA armed forces, the two sides are still in constant conflict, and the last two years have improved a lot, only in this area UNITA armed activities are more rampant, and the sound of gunfire is basically not heard in other places."
Sharks, they know a lot about war-torn countries, and it's not the first time I've come to Angola, I've helped the government army and the UNITA armed forces before, but it's still a strange place for me, after all, it's the first time I've come to this country that has been devastated by war for decades and still stands.
In the past, I only heard that the Angolan civil war has been going on, and since the founding of the country, the war has not stopped, and the Angolan people are a fighting nation that has grown up from the flames of war.