Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 148 Deadly Water Supply Station

"Boss, this deal is a losing business!"

Sitting in the SUV, Bai Xiong looked at the scene outside the window and kept repeating this sentence to Song Heping.

At this time, the convoy of the "Musician" Defense Company had passed Titlik and was heading towards Shergat.

From the moment we entered Titrick, the atmosphere became extremely tense.

The US military just captured Shadamu, who had been missing for several months, from a farm in Titrick the day before yesterday.

The attacks and resistance here became fierce today.

In order to prevent any major incidents, the coalition forces deployed heavy troops in this area.

There is a roadside checkpoint every four or five kilometers.

The soldiers parked their armored vehicles on the roadside and even deployed tanks on the roadside to form armored strongholds, ready to attack any militants that might appear at any time.

This time, Song Heping led a platoon of troops to the Shergat Water Supply Station construction site, including two infantry squads and a 120 mortar squad.

The road that goes south from the northern oil fields to Sherbut is marked as Highway 3 on the military map provided by the US military.

After driving about 3 kilometers along Highway 100, you will turn west at Titlik and enter Highway 2, which runs east-west through Irig. Then drive about 60 kilometers towards Mosul to reach Sherbut.

But along the way, the situation looked worse and worse.

The convoy had to stop and wait three times due to gunfire ahead.

It can be seen that the battle situation here is not optimistic.

At present, most areas in the east and south of Iriguto are completely controlled by the coalition forces. There are occasional sporadic armed attacks and IED roadside bomb attacks, but the situation in most cities in the north and west, such as Titlik, Mosul, and Erbil, is much worse.

Since this area is adjacent to the three countries of Syria, Turkey and Persia, there are a large number of armed organizations, plus the remnants of the former government army's suicide squad loyal to Shadamu. Even though the coalition forces have advanced weapons and superior numbers, they cannot completely control the situation.

White Bear's meaning is obvious.

Deploying an entire platoon of troops to guard a water station in an extremely dangerous remote town for a measly $50,000 a month is simply not worth it.

Song Heping was too lazy to explain the reason behind it to Bai Xiong.

White Bear is a good warrior, but his brain is not suitable for thinking about complicated issues, and it is too difficult to explain to him.

"White Bear, stop talking so much here and keep your eyes on the surroundings!"

He simply shut up White Bear with just one sentence.

It's dark now, seven o'clock in the evening.

Night begins to fall.

It's very unsafe here at night.

Song Heping had to remind Samir, who was driving, "Speed ​​up."

"Okay, boss."

Samir nodded and stepped on the accelerator harder.

The road here was not easy to travel on, but Song Heping still asked him to speed up, because he was worried about roadside bombs.

Roadside bombs are difficult to guard against. The only way to prevent them is to survey the road ahead. Otherwise, even if you drive an Abrams tank in front to lead the way, it will be useless. Those earth bombs made of several 155 grenades can directly turn main battle tanks into scrap metal.

The only thing to do now is to speed up.

At high speeds, the remote controller's timing will not be as accurate, which can reduce the chance of hitting the convoy.

Three trucks and an off-road vehicle drove towards Sherbut at lightning speed.

Song Heping is lucky today.

There were no attacks on the road east of Tikrit on the Ansharbut section.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the convoy arrived at its destination, a small hill about twenty kilometers outside Sherbut.

Less than 300 meters north of the hill is the Tigris River.

There are three villages to the south, and it is said that there are about a thousand people in each village.

"We're here, get off the bus!"

Song Heping, White Bear, Hunter and Disaster Star got off the car first.

After observing for a while and confirming that there was no danger, they let the truck enter the yard of the water supply station and started to get people off.

"Samir, have someone set up a sentry post nearby and send someone to that small building to see if there's electricity. If there is, restore it."

"Okay, boss."

Song Heping has a copy of the structural diagram of the water supply station.

On one side of the entire yard is a water supply facility, including a filtration tank, two pump houses, and four large water pipes connected to the Tigris River below. The water is pumped here, filtered, and then pumped to the villages to the south and a nearby town.

"Come on, let's go check out the pump room."

Song Heping took Bai Xiong and the others to the pump room.

When he passed the yard wall, he saw that it was covered with bullet holes and craters.

There had obviously been a fierce exchange of fire here.

But it's not surprising.

Previously, another defense company was stationed here, but they changed two groups of people and both failed.

All the workers who came here to work suffered.

It is said that all ten people from the previous defense company were tied up here, and no one escaped. Including twenty construction workers and one engineer, all died here.

"Fifty thousand dollars..."

Song Heping felt secretly emotional.

No wonder White Bear keeps complaining that this is a losing business.

When they approached the pump room, the scene that came into view made several people gasp.

One of the pump houses was riddled with bullet holes, and the other was even worse, with half of it collapsed by the explosion.

Looking at the equipment inside, it has also been destroyed. I don’t know if it can still be used.

White Bear couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what do you think happened to the people here? Wouldn't the water supply be good for them? Why did they attack here?"

Song Heping did his homework before coming here. He asked Ferrari to collect a lot of information about this place for him.

“It wasn’t an attack by locals.”

"Who attacked then?"

“Salafi militias.”

"Have not heard……"

White Bear shook his head and said disdainfully, "Where did Brother Yili get so many armed groups? I can't even remember them all."

Song Heping sighed, "When one fool is overthrown, hundreds of fools rise up. This is the price of war."

"Oh! FUCK!"

The hunter suddenly covered his nose and screamed.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the pump room, he saw a corpse lying inside.

I don't know when the body was left here. It was lying next to the water pump equipment. It was already rotting. Maggots were crawling everywhere on the ground, and there was yellow water all over the ground...

The door was closed before, and the only smell outside was the stench of corpses. Everyone thought that a battle had taken place here, so the stench of corpses was normal.

I didn’t expect there was such a big surprise hidden in the pump room.

Song Heping covered his mouth with a field scarf and turned on the tactical flashlight on his gun to scan the corpse.

Judging from their clothes, they are mercenaries.

They were probably local mercenaries. Not only were the salaries of Irigo's foreign mercenaries high, but they also usually took the bodies away with them instead of leaving them where they were.

Only the local mercenaries are worthless. It is estimated that the previous PMC company came to clean up the battlefield after the battle and did not pay attention. They hurriedly took away the bodies and evacuated, so they were abandoned here.

Song Heping closed the door and took several steps back before saying to Bai Xiong, "Go and ask Samir to bring some people to dig a hole outside the yard, and then bury the body..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud noise.

boom--

Several people quickly squatted down, pointed their guns at the surroundings and entered a state of combat readiness.

"what happened?"

Song Heping saw that the explosion came from the direction of the two-story building. Turning around, he saw smoke filling the middle corridor on the second floor of the building. The explosion seemed to have occurred there.

As soon as the explosion ended, Song Heping heard someone screaming.

His heart suddenly jumped.

It seems that there are not only corpses left in this yard, but also traps!

"Samir! Evacuate the wounded and return to the yard. There's a trap in the house!"

"Yes, boss!"

Before Samir could finish his answer and Song Heping had no time to inquire about the casualties, everyone suddenly heard gunshots outside.

blah blah-

Da da da--

The sent out sentries began to scream.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Song Heping immediately issued a combat order: "The mortar squad immediately set up the guns and prepare for battle, and the guard post reports the enemy's position!"

"About 300 meters, west!"

"There are also some to the north, about 300 meters away, and there seem to be dozens of them!"

The sentry began to report the enemy's position while firing.

These people must have been lying in ambush nearby for a long time. They were also the ones who installed the booby traps in the building. When they heard the explosion, they launched an attack.

"Damn! What a trick!"

Song Heping cursed coldly.

"It's too close! It's too late..."

The mortar squad leader was a little panicked.

They used 120 caliber mortars, which had a relatively long range, but precisely because of its long range, it was more troublesome when fighting at close range.

"White Bear, you guys go to the wall to provide support and organize their defense."

After Song Heping finished speaking, he turned and ran towards the mortar squad.

"let me!"

Song Heping picked up the gun barrel without saying a word.

He ran to the gate of the yard and looked to the west.

With the help of night vision goggles, he saw the militants.

The other side had about thirty or forty people, and their horizontal attack line was about 100 meters when they deployed.

Song Heping found the right position, carried the gun barrel back to the yard, and aimed it towards the west.

"Charge No. 0, high-explosive fragmentation bomb!"

The four gunners of the artillery crew quickly loaded the ammunition and brought it to Song Heping.

Song Heping rammed the gun barrel into the ground, and then began to roughly calculate the shooting angle. After some simple operations, he held the gun barrel with one hand, took the shell with the other hand, and put it directly into the muzzle.

Pass--

The shell slides into the end of the barrel, the primer is struck, and it is fired.

A few seconds later, a ball of fire exploded in the militants' attack formation in the distance.

The explosion directly knocked several militants to the ground.

After being bombarded, the militants' attack speed suddenly slowed down, and most of them lay on the ground and dared not move.

"Well done!"

Standing behind the wall, White Bear saw the explosion point in the distance and shouted with a smile.

"Boss, your mortar is really accurate!"

"Watch the explosion point for me. If it deviates, correct it for me."

"Okay!" White Bear said, "Move twenty meters to the right. The enemies there are denser!"

Song Heping immediately made corrections and took another mortar shell, still with No. 0 charge.

No. 0 charge has the lowest charge and the shortest range, making it most suitable for dealing with close-range attack clusters.

Pass--

Another mortar shell was fired.

Soon, a second explosion occurred in the enemy cluster in the distance.

This time, seven or eight people were killed directly.

After all, 120-caliber mortar shells are very powerful.

After exploding two missiles, Song Heping knew without even looking that the enemy's attack must have been blocked, so he had someone dig out the gun barrel and turn it to the north.

"Report enemy position and distance to the north."

The hunter took a look and turned back to tell Song Heping: "Your 2 o'clock position is about 250 meters away!"

too close!
Song Heping immediately made angle corrections.

Pass--

Another shell.

bang——

After the explosion, two or three militants in the group on the north side were directly hit by artillery shells, and their limbs were blown into the air.

"Ran!"

The hunter called out names with his M24 sniper rifle and shouted, "They're going to run away."

Hearing that the other party was going to run away, Song Heping decided not to waste any artillery shells.

He ran to the wall with his gun, climbed up the sandbags and looked outside.

The other party is really retreating.

"Don't leave once you're here!"

Song Heping had no intention of letting these militants go.

The other party actually wanted to intimidate me on the first day I arrived.

If he could let them slip away with only a dozen deaths, he really wouldn't know what to do with the word "fear" and would never come here to cause trouble again!
"Hunter! You're in charge of organizing Team One to provide remote support here. White Bear, Disaster Star, you two will lead Team Two to pursue the enemies to the west. Team Three, follow me, we'll take out those guys to the north!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)