Firepower is king

Most people in the world have never heard of Mekele, and they don't know what it is. It is a marginal place, a place where no matter what happens, it will not attract attention.

Gao Guang did a lot of homework before arriving, but after arriving at Mekele, he realized that the homework he had done before was really useless.

For example, Gao Guang previously thought that Mekele was a territory that the Tigrayans had absolute control over, but now, he realized that that didn't seem to be the case.

The Tigrayan Front has its own armed forces, but the number is currently a mystery. The total population of the Tigray people is about three million. According to estimates, it can pull out at least an army of more than 100,000 people. But now, the largest number in Mekele City There were 20,000, and the remaining soldiers were scattered across Tigray.

Outside the city of Mekele, there are three divisions of about 50,000 people loyal to the Ethiopian Federation. They have formed a semi-surrounding situation on Mekele and control all the transportation arteries. As long as the formation is raised If there is any abnormal movement, these three divisions can immediately launch military operations.

Then, on the southern border of Tigray, the Ethiopian Defense Force deployed four divisions, and then there was a large military airport and two small front-line airports within 300 kilometers of Mekele.

The Ethiopian Federal Defense Forces have a total of 13 divisions and 150,000 people. Seven of them are directly used to defend against the Tiren, and three of them are deployed in Mekelle, which is considered to be at the heart of the Tiren. A knife was inserted. In addition, the National Defense Forces had aircraft, tanks and artillery, but the People's Liberation Army lacked even basic light weapons.

In terms of paper strength, the National Defense Forces have an absolute advantage.

But the TPLF also has an advantage, that is, for at least two decades before Ethiopia, the army was controlled by the TPLF, and more than half of the middle and senior officers were Tigrayans.

Now the TPLF has been squeezed out of the army, but the backbone of the Ethiopian National Defense Force has also been taken away by the Tigrayans. In less than a year, the Ethiopian People's Liberation Army wants to fill the gap left by the Tigrayans. The next blank space is simply impossible.

When the Tigray people were forced to withdraw from the army, they could leave but their weapons could not be taken away. Therefore, the biggest difficulty for the Tigray people is that there is basically no heavy equipment and the most basic light weapons are also in short supply. There is no way. Rapidly expand your troops.

Unable to be self-sufficient, unable to produce weapons and ammunition, and all external passages blocked, the Tirenzhen would be really stupid if they refused to pay high prices for weapons and ammunition.

The top management of the Tiren Formation knew what they needed and what they lacked the most. When almost all external access routes were blocked, they welcomed Leon's arrival like a sudden burst of rain after a long drought.

So this is a question of opportunity. Gao Guang just wanted to sell the drone that was on his hands, but he caught up with a business opportunity that the arms dealer dreamed of. The opportunity to make a fortune was given, but whether he could seize the opportunity depends on himself. It's up to you.

Today Gao Guang is going to negotiate, but this time the negotiation cannot be in the city of Mekele. Instead, he has to pretend to be a tourist and let the tour guide take him to the Tigray Cliff Church.

The reason for meeting secretly is also very simple. Agents of the Ethiopian Security Intelligence Service are all over Mekele. It is okay to meet Kachu in private, but if you want to meet high-level officials of the TPLF, you must be more concealed.

So this kind of secretive preparation is a good thing, and it means that Gao Guang will meet someone who can really make the decision and give money.

The car is a large Toyota van that can seat more than a dozen people. Now, apart from a driver and a tour guide, the only other people in the car are Gao Guang and the three of them.

John, Patrick, and Carlos didn't come with them because they didn't have guns. Without guns, there would be no difference between three people and six people. If they all went there, it would be easy for someone to take over them, so they might as well stay in the shop, just in case. There are also personal reports if something happens.

The atmosphere was a little solemn, not because of fear, but because they were about to do big business. Gao Guang and Leon couldn't relax, so there was no pressure on the expedition. He just wanted to show off the performance of the drone and finally got it. One hundred thousand dollars to go home, so this trip is really a trip to him.

He was very excited about the expedition. He kept admiring the scenery outside the window and taking pictures with his mobile phone from time to time. He was still a little surprised when the van suddenly drove off the road and turned onto an almost invisible dirt road.

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"Hey, why did we change the route?"

At the beginning of the expedition, he was just out of curiosity, but he soon realized something was wrong, so he approached Gao Guang and said very carefully: "Boss, didn't we meet a black tour guide? Are we going to be dragged to a deserted place to rob him? Bar?"

Gao Guang waved his hand towards Yuan Zheng and whispered: "Go and trade."

The sound of going to trade suddenly made Yuan Zheng wake up. He was stunned for a moment and sat back quietly in his seat.

Geniuses are always lonely, too smart, and people who always show off their intelligence are easily ostracized. Gao Guang doesn't like chatting with Yuan Yuan now because it feels bad to have his IQ suppressed.

Especially after knowing how difficult the situation of the Tiren Formation was, Yuanzheng's role dropped a lot. Since the performance of the drone was no longer so important, Gao Guang didn't want to chat with Yuanzheng anymore.

Fortunately, Yuan Zheng is not a black hole of emotional intelligence. As long as he is not particularly boring, Yuan Zheng prefers to immerse himself in his own spiritual world, so his current behavior is not very annoying.

After walking along the path that was not a road for more than 20 minutes, the van drove into a small valley and stopped in a dense bush.

There were already three vehicles waiting in the bushes. When Gao Guang's van stopped, two men wearing casual clothes but carrying long guns came out.

This feels like a secret deal.

Kachu, whom I met yesterday, was present, and there were two more people. One was wearing a suit and black-rimmed glasses, and the other was wearing casual clothes, but he looked like an old man who had been in the army all year round. Although he didn't know his identity, he was Looking at today's formation, these two people must be the big names in the formation. Error-free updates @

"This is Mr. Russell, and this is his partner."

Kachu introduced Leon and Gao Guang. Obviously he regarded Gao Guang as a secondary person. As for the expedition, he was not even interested in introducing them.

Kachu pointed to the man wearing glasses and said, "This is Jilawotu."

Without mentioning his position or identity, he simply introduced his name. Kachu turned to the old man who looked somewhat military and said, "This is Tafa."

Jilawotu looked like he was in his fifties. He looked at Leon, then at Gao Guang, and finally stretched out his hand towards Gao Guang and said, "Hello, what do you call me?"

Kachu didn't introduce Gao Guang's name. He only gave Leon's pseudonym, which means that Leon is the main negotiating partner and Gao Guang can ignore it.

Jilawotu should have shaken hands with Leon first and then said hello to Gao Guang, but he went to Gao Guang first and asked for his name, which shows that he thinks Gao Guang is the one who can make the decision.

If Leon hadn't revealed Gao Guang's identity beforehand, it would have been Jilawotu who had a burning gaze.

Gao Guang was still a little surprised, but he still shook hands with Jilawotu, and then he said politely: "Hello, just call me Otto."

Jilawotu turned to shake hands with Leon. Finally, he found Yuanzheng. After shaking hands with Yuanzheng and greeting him with a smile, he immediately said: "I'm sorry to meet here. Our situation is a bit difficult and we have to be careful."

At this time, someone sent a few matzas, the kind with green canvas strips and wooden frames. No matter how high-gloss they looked, they looked familiar.

"Please take a seat."

After extending his hand to invite Gao Guang and the others to sit down, Jilawotu sat on the maza and said with a calm face: "We are in urgent need of supplies of weapons and ammunition, so we are willing to buy them at high prices. There is no need to hide these. You should also know the reason."

Jilawotu seemed to have no intention of talking to Leon. He directly regarded Gao Guang as the main target of negotiation, because he kept looking at Gao Guang's eyes while talking, but ignored Leon.

After looking into Gao Guang's eyes and finding that there was no change in Gao Guang's eyes, Jilawotu continued: "You brought drones, but drones are not suitable for us."

Gao Guang didn't want to speak because he hadn't understood Jilawotu's intention yet, so it was better to remain silent.

Leon said from the side: "Mr. Gilawotu, drones are combat power multipliers."

"UAVs are indeed combat power multipliers. I fully admit this, but if we don't even have basic combat power, what's the point of multiplication? If the base is zero, then no matter how much it is increased.

Times are still zero. "

Jilawotu's posture was very low. Gao Guang wanted to say that the weapons of the Tiren Formation were not zero combat power anyway. If it was not zero, the effect would be multiplied, but he held back. Let's see what Jilawotu wants to say.

Jilawotu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "We want to use money in key places and use good steel on the blade."

Good steel is used on the blade. Why do these words still sound so familiar?

Gao Guang couldn't help but look back at Jilawotu's eyes.

Jilawotu smiled and said, "Do you think this will work? If we increase the purchase price of bullets, we won't need the drones. Is that okay?"

Leon said without hesitation: "Okay, half of the deposit is paid in advance, and the minimum purchase price is US$200 million, which means a deposit of 100 million is paid in advance."

Knowing what Gaoguang's bottom line is, Leon's response is that if he doesn't want the drone, he can give him 100 million US dollars first. Anyway, he should give Gaoguang the money for the drone first.

Leon saw through the weakness of the Tiren Formation, so he dared to ask for an exorbitant price.

Jilawotu breathed out and said: "Arms dealers, you are not the only one."

Gao Guang and the others were not the only arms dealers, but the other arms dealers did not cooperate with Kachu, so Kachu was the first to bear it.

Kachu whispered: "But Mr. Russell has cooperated with us before. He has mature routes. Other arms dealers may not be able to transport arms here."

Jilawotu shook his head and said nothing. He just stared at Gao Guang, as if he only wanted Gao Guang's answer.

There was no point in pretending anymore, so Gao Guang decided to respond.

He wanted to disrupt Jilawotu's rhythm, but he couldn't completely break up the conversation. After thinking for a moment, Gao Guang suddenly said: "Why don't you take a look at the effect of our drone first? Maybe after seeing it, you will want to use it."

It's not that Gao Guang thinks that the effect of the drone is good enough to make Jilawotu change his mind. He just wants to use the opportunity of demonstrating the drone to ease the situation and stabilize the deadlocked negotiations so that he can Time to think about negotiation strategies and discuss with Leon what to do next.

So after Gao Guang finished speaking, he immediately said to Yuan Zheng: "Fly our drone and let Mr. Jilawotu see the effect.

Yuan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and began to take out the drone he carried with him.

The preparation time for military drones is shorter, and the expedition moves quickly enough. It finally played its due role at the critical moment.

Seeing that the expedition had taken out the drone, Jilawotu hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Okay, let's take a look."

Gao Guang said one after another: "Our drone has obvious advantages. It has a long range, long battery life, and strong anti-interference ability...please take a look."

For Yuanzheng, who was playing time-traveling aircraft, the principle of flying drones in open areas was useless to him. While Gao Guang was talking, the drone under his control had already flown out diagonally.

The drone took off with a buzzing sound and squeezed out from the gap between two trees. Error-free updates @

He dared to play a dangerous game at such a critical moment. How could he talk about blowing up the plane directly? Gao Guang, who was filled with hatred in his heart, couldn't help but glared at Yuan Zheng. If it wasn't inconvenient, he should have scolded him directly.

Yuan Zheng looked calm. He looked at the monitor and said confidently: "The height of the drone is now four hundred meters. Let's stay in the air for a moment. Please see the clarity of the field of view and the signal transmission... Hey, please look at this. A car, and these two sneaky people, if it weren’t for a drone, how would you have discovered that you were being watched?”

Gao Guang's eyes widened a bit. He looked at the monitor in front of Yuan Zheng and said in shock: "Surveillance?"

Yuanzheng said confidently: "I will fly closer to take a look, increase the altitude, reduce the probability of being discovered, and pull the camera...please take a look."

There was really a car on the display, but the car was parked in a mountain col. Then two people were lying on the top of a hill away from the car behind a bush, one on the left and the other on the right holding telescopes and looking towards Look here.

Jilawotu looked confused, Kachu looked confused, but the old man named Tafa stood up directly.

"The person you arranged?"

Jilawotu was asking Kachu, but Kachu shook his head blankly and said, "Isn't he the one you arranged?"

Tafa started directly facing the guard next to him.

He said something sharply, but Gao Guang and the others couldn't understand him. _o_m

Yuanzheng said again: "In this era, if you still don't understand the role of drones, then you are really..."

Yuan Zheng showed mercy and did not continue, but Gao Guang desperately encouraged him to continue with his eyes.

Fortunately, Yuanzheng understood Gao Guang's eyes, so he immediately said: "Then you are stupid! Is the combat power multiplier fake? If you have a brain, you should know how useful drones are with just a little movement. Is it important? Does this example make you sober?"

Gao Guang was overjoyed, so he nodded heavily and said, "That's right!"

Yuanzheng said unceremoniously: "If this was an integrated surveillance and combat drone, with one blast, those two people would be dead, but without my drone, you wouldn't be able to notice that the enemy is watching you. "

Jilawotu's face was ugly, and he whispered: "Of course we know the use of drones, but..."

"I know you still don't buy it? You..."

Gao Guang quickly winked at Yuan Zheng, and Yuan Zheng resisted the urge to ridicule and said with regret: "Think about it carefully!"