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Chapter 1202: Chapter 1059 Please Stop Infringing on Our Company’s Property Immediately (Subscribe!)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
It was a routine operational project for the mining area Security Command Center every day.
Every six hours,
one would take flight,
conducting an active security reconnaissance of the mining area.
For this purpose, there were always ten reconnaissance drones on standby on the top of the building; they were not equipped with offensive capabilities. The ones with offensive capabilities were deployed over thirty kilometers away in a deep mountainous area.
In addition to this,
there were two helipads on the top floor of the Security Building.
Parked on them were two helicopters, one a smaller civilian helicopter that could only seat two people, and the other a larger rescue helicopter that could hold a dozen or more.
Mainly used for deterrence and support.
Neither were capable of attack.
Close to the mining area, a small airport had nearly been completed. By that time, the hangars there could accommodate a few more additional aircraft, totaling about eight that Tang Qing planned to keep in the area.
After all,
he was a legitimate businessman.
Here,
he would definitely not deploy "offensive" flying weapons openly.
...
The UAV was fast,
travelling in a straight line.
Within less than five minutes,
it had arrived over the African Tribe.
At a certain angle,
the UAV began to ascend.
Its belly-mounted high-definition camera continuously took photographs, knowing that video is what? It is produced by playing a continuous sequence of photographs; there is theoretically no difference between shooting a video and taking photos.
On the large screen,
in the middle of the tribe,
all moving targets were marked in red. In the upper left corner of the screen, the number of ’unidentified factions’ in red was skyrocketing; these were headcounts, with the numbers increasing by dozens every second.
It finally stopped at three hundred and forty-six.
And on the distant hilltop,
Shi Yong and his group were marked in green.
The UAV made a round.
Through facial recognition,
the fighting factions within the tribe were quickly divided into two.
One was a locally recorded tribe, the other consisted of a group of individuals not found in the database, and it seemed that this group had the upper hand, as the number of casualties in the tribe was on the rise.
"Unidentified individuals, seventy-one, with nineteen vehicles, nine pickups, five all-terrain vehicles, and the rest passenger cars. Each individual is armed... and currently gaining a combat advantage."
The Fighter remained unflustered.
Although the Security Department’s data was insufficient,
in Little Two’s database, there was information about these people. They were a roaming force in the countries around Congo Gold, of semi-mercenary nature, also controlling a small gold mine about sixty kilometers away, belonging to the less influential sort.
The leader was named Jerry.
It was unknown why this fight had started.
However,
this was none of their concern.
"The emergency team deploys immediately, let’s get Shi Yong and his men back safely," the Fighter ordered.
"Yes."
At the rooftop,
the ten-person emergency team received the order and immediately boarded the aircraft.
In the roar of the propellers,
the helicopter took off.
The people in the mining area were not surprised to see this; the site’s helicopters took off at least once every day, and they were used to it. Other than admiring Tang Qing’s financial muscle, they felt nothing else.
...
On the mountain,
next to the base station,
seeing Shi Yong put down the walkie-talkie,
Xia Yuxing asked in a hurry, "Brother Shi, what’s the situation?"
"There’s an unexplained fight going on there. Our guys are on their way back, and we’re seeing if we can coordinate something," Shi Yong briefly explained.
"Coordinate something like this?" Xia Yuxing was stunned.
"It’s not really coordination, the Company has rules against getting involved in tribal conflicts, to avoid giving people a handle. We’re just asking them to pause for a bit, and after we leave, they can continue their fight as they please."
Shi Yong said plainly.
Xia Yuxing: "..."
Sha Li: "..."
"..."
The others were also somewhat stunned.
Is that even possible?
How significant is your influence?
At this time.
The battle below suddenly stopped.
"Is it over?" Xia Yuxing asked anxiously.
Shi Yong took out the telescope.
"I guess so, and, they’ve spotted us." Through the telescope, an African man was also looking at him with a telescope, and by the looks of it, his group had won.
The situation had changed.
"What should we do then?"
Xia Yuxing was somewhat at a loss.
"Don’t worry, we are not their enemies," Shi Yong said, feigning ease. At such a time, spreading negative thoughts did no one any good. As long as one wasn’t brain-dead, there wouldn’t be people starting trouble with them without a reason.
"That’s good."
Xia Yuxing breathed a sigh of relief.
...
In the tribe.
Prompted by his subordinates.
Looking at the three vehicles through the telescope, the leader was also taken aback; they hadn’t noticed when they arrived but now realized there were people in the distance. However, they seemed to be not enemies.
Gang member number two, Tuoyin, said, "I’ll go capture them now."
"Wait," Jerry stopped him.
"What’s wrong?" Tuoyin asked.
Jerry shook his head and said, "They’re not that simple. That black passenger car looks like it’s from the mine area."
"That Chinese mine area?"
Tuoyin was aware of a nearby Chinese mine area—a large one with weapons, not to be trifled with.
Jerry took out his mobile phone to check.
"Yes, it seems they are fixing that base station. Look, there’s a signal now." When they arrived earlier, there had been no signal at all, which he remembered clearly.
"Should we take them hostage, ask for a ransom? I’ve heard that mine has plenty of money. With a large sum of cash, we could leave the country directly. As long as we don’t kill anyone, we shouldn’t face retaliation."
A look of eagerness appeared on Tuoyin’s face.
Jerry pondered and then concluded.
It seemed very promising.
Chinese people in Africa had always been easy to bully. On the main roads, he certainly wouldn’t dare touch those Hummers, but it was different in the deep mountains. This was an opportunity.
"Bring them here."
"Right away."
So.
Five pickup trucks. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
Carrying more than twenty people headed toward Shi Yong and his group.
And at that moment.
A red alert sounded in the command center.
These people were marked deep red, indicating they were enemies.
Shi Yong also received messages.
"Get them into your vehicle, support will arrive soon," the fighter said.
"Yes."
"Quick, get into the back of our vehicle, squeeze in a bit," Shi Yong shouted.
Xia Yuxing hurriedly called others; the military pickup truck was naturally robust, the back seat especially spacious. Fitting the seven of them was not a problem at all. Shi Yong closed the door and rolled up the glass.
"What do we do?" Sha Li was scared.
"Our people will arrive soon," Shi Yong comforted.
But in just over four minutes.
They were surrounded.
"Get out, get out..."
"Come out..."
"Bang..."
A bunch of people were yelling outside, sometimes firing at the vehicle, leaving hot marks that only turned into white prints.
Inside the vehicle.
Shi Yong looked calmly outside.
He was very confident in the vehicle’s capabilities—these little things were no threat at all, at most a mere annoyance. However, upon returning, even after repainting, bullet marks would remain.
"What do we do, our weapons are useless."
"Didn’t expect this thing to be real, not just for show. It’d be great if we had one too."
"When they won’t come out, what use is it?"
"Don’t we have explosives?"
"You think that’ll work?"
"...Not sure."
While Tuoyin and his men were in a dilemma.
On the horizon.
The sound of propellers whirred in the distance.
Tuoyin’s face changed.
"Helicopter," his subordinate exclaimed in surprise.
One could deduce with their backside.
Support from the mine area had arrived. At that moment, the helicopter was already within view, and the loudspeaker boomed, "Please immediately cease infringing on our company’s property, please stop immediately..."
