Battlefield Contractor

"It depends on whether I am interested. I don't take everything." Lin Rui slowly turned around.

"I'm sure you are interested." Linda replied, "Actually, this matter has something to do with you. We have information from the British side that a group of terrorists plan to engage in trouble during the flintlock exercise.

The information they got and the sporadic information we got basically matched. This shows that the terrorists are indeed ready to take action during the flintlock exercise.

Moreover, based on our intelligence judgment, they are likely not to be a slapstick like before, but plan to target the senior military officers participating in the exercise. "

Lin Rui sneered at Linda's statement, "It's just nonsense. I know African terrorists better than you. They attack foreigners in Africa and engage in kidnapping explosions. These are all possible.

They even have the courage to attack the US and government forces. But if they say that they will attack troops participating in large-scale military exercises, I would never believe it.

Because this is not their style at all. Don't imagine these terrorists as omnipotent. All terrorists are cowards.

Terrorists are called terrorists because they usually attack civilians. The reason for attacking civilians is that they have no guts and strength to challenge regular armed forces.

The flintlock exercise is the largest military exercise in Africa, involving dozens of countries and the scale of the exercise involving thousands of people.

Unless these terrorists were kicked in the head by a donkey, they would attack the officers participating in the exercise. This is tantamount to challenging more than 30 countries, including the United States, on their own.

Terrorists create terrorist incidents, usually only to expand their influence and create public opinion, rather than to become a target of extermination.

Therefore, their behavior style is regular. It's not that it's frantic and desperate. "

Linda looked at him silently, and finally shook her head, "Unfortunately, the style will change. Take the United States as an example.

After the end of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union's influence in Africa declined, the importance of Africa's geopolitical and economic interests declined, and the importance of Africa to the United States began to decline.

The U.S. military strategy for Africa emphasizes that it can only play a limited role, and that it can only rely on Africa to resolve security issues in Africa.

However, after the 9/11 incident, the United States began to re-examine its strategy in Africa due to the needs of the global war on terrorism.

In response to anti-terrorism needs, the United States has continuously expanded its military cooperation with African countries. It has successively deployed military resources to the global counter-terrorism front lines including Africa through the Bush Jr. administration’s water lily plan and the *** government’s light-footprint strategy.

At present, the United States has a large-scale military presence in Africa, flexible and diverse means, with more than 60 military bases spread across 34 countries in Africa.

The African Command’s direct counter-terrorism operations in Africa are mainly special operations and drone attacks.

In terms of special operations, after becoming an independent command in October 2008, the African Command added the African Special Operations Command, which is responsible for training and commanding special forces in Africa against terrorism.

In addition to the 2,000-strong Horn of Africa Joint Operational Command and Control Force reorganized by the Horn of Africa Joint Task Force, the command headquarters also governs the 1,300-person Trans-Sahara Joint Special Force and the 3,500-person combat detachment stationed in 35 African countries. .

US special forces have carried out military operations in Niger, Djibouti, Somalia and other countries.

Teach the locals to fight against terrorists and let them have more combat effectiveness.

All this has touched the core interests of some African terrorist organizations. Moreover, the current African terrorist organization is not like it used to be.

They have become larger in scale and are moving towards full-scale armed development, which is more difficult to deal with than before. Their operational strategies are also changing. In recent years, incidents of attacks on the US military and even US military bases have occurred from time to time. "

Lin Rui was silent for a while, "I admit that what you said makes sense, but I still don't believe that these terrorists will be stupid enough to attack officers participating in the exercise.

I think at most they can only target logistics personnel or military contractors related to the US military. "

"But we got the intelligence, and that's not what we said. We have caught several terrorists, and they unanimously explained that they did plan similar operations during the flintlock exercise.

And their target is influential military officers of various countries and their families. "Linda responded.

"Do you have direct evidence?" Lin Rui asked rhetorically.

Linda explained, "Just a few days ago, terrorists launched an attack on the Simba base in northern Kenya, killing one American soldier, two American contractors, and injuring two U.S. Department of Defense personnel.

We killed several terrorists and tracked down their lair. It was discovered that they were collecting information about the flintlock exercise.

And their goal is General Bruce Steele. A U.S. brigadier general participating in the exercise. And he is one of the main persons in charge of this flintlock exercise.

As everyone knows, the general has a tough attitude towards terrorists. This makes him very likely to be a target of terrorists. "

"Then what do I need to do? I have not signed any contract with the US military. I am not the contractor of this military exercise.

Because Mr. K had an accident at my base, I am currently not even qualified to be a contractor for this exercise.

Because it involved the death of a CIA agent, we had to go through at least a three-month investigation period. Only if it proves that the attack has nothing to do with me, my company is eligible to participate in the open bidding. Lin Rui spread his hands.

"Help us solve this problem first, and leave the rest to us. Don't say three months, we can put you on the list of bidding units within a week." Linda looked at him.

"Tell me what you want me to do?" Lin Rui nodded.

"After our investigation, it has now been determined that the perpetrators behind this attack were members of the Jihadist League.

I know that you and your people have beaten them in the Western Sahara region and let them keep a low profile for a while.

But recently this organization has revived and is currently planning multiple terrorist attacks. It was one of their bosses who was going to make trouble during the flintlock drill this time.

The name is Abram, have you heard of this man? "Linda asked.

"It's a bit familiar, but I can't remember it." Lin Rui shook his head.

"It's normal not to think of it. This person is one of the leaders of the Jihad League that has only recently emerged. He is cruel and aggressive. He is an extremist among the extremists." Linda sighed.