Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 349 Hiding

Chapter 349 Hiding
There is a mountain four kilometers upstream along the river from the previous exchange point. Compared with the surrounding terrain, this is the highest commanding point nearby.

What Song Heping meant by "taking a gamble" was to go to the top of the mountain, turn on his mobile phone and look for a signal.

In the dense primeval rainforest, the mobile phone signal will be blocked by the terrain and trees, resulting in "network disconnection".

This mountain is only about 30 kilometers away from Tame. Song Heping doesn't know what the mobile network signal is like in Colombia, so he can only take a gamble.

But he also knew what the consequences would be once connected to the Internet.

That is, the signal will be captured and tracked.

All mobile phones have network access codes. As long as they are turned on, their locations can be tracked through technical means.

The military certainly has this kind of means, so turning on the machine would be a big risk. If there happened to be a search team near the mountain, they would probably be caught in the crossfire and unable to escape.

I have previously slaughtered an entire special forces unit of the Colombian government army. They have already increased their troop deployment in the surrounding area, and the danger of doing so has obviously increased greatly.

If they didn't do this, the two of them would have no other way to escape.

The heavy rain is still pouring down.

This made Song Heping feel slightly relieved.

The heavy rain will increase the difficulty of the Colombian government forces' search. The rain will wash away footprints, making it difficult for the other side to track them based on these traces.

But the heavy rain brings about the loss of body temperature.

Although this is South America, the temperature in the rainforest is not high, especially in the rainy season. Once there is heavy rain, the temperature will drop below 10 degrees. In particular, if the body cannot stay dry for a long time, it will continue to cause body temperature loss.

It is broad daylight now, and Song Heping decides not to rush to the mountains to look for a signal. He decides to find a place to hide first.

After the previous round of firefight, the jungle must be full of search teams. If you accidentally run into one, you will be in big trouble.

But hiding in the jungle is not safe either...

The tree hole where they had been hiding before would definitely be discovered, so they would definitely conduct a careful inspection of all the tree holes during the search.

If you still try to hide in a tree hole, you will definitely be caught.

"Do you know of any place nearby where we could hide?"

Song Heping had to seek help from a local named Morins.

Unexpectedly, this guy always lived up to his expectations and disappointed him. Morins shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with this place."

"Fuck, are you from here?! How dare you call yourself the leader of an armed group? How come you don't have any skills at all? I thought you knew this jungle like the back of your hand, like you were at home."

Song Heping couldn't help but slander the leader of the ELN armed forces.

"I used to be active in the north and seldom came here," Molins explained. "Before I became the leader, I led several armed forces in the north. Then our leader was killed in a government airstrike, and I was elected leader."

"Then why do you live in the camp here?" Song Heping asked.

Molins said, "I'm the boss now, and the government is putting a bounty on me. They've intensified their crackdown on the northern region, and for my safety, they've asked me to live here. It was originally a secret, and even the government didn't expect me to be hiding so close to Tame. I never expected that kid Lachi to sell me out."

This explanation can explain it.

Song Heping could only accept reality.

"We can't stay here anymore."

He looked around. He was somewhere in the rainforest, in a large bush.

These places may seem secretive, but in fact the search team will definitely focus on checking these places when they pass by.

It's really not safe.

"Let's go to the river."

"riverside?"

"Right." Song Heping said, "I just looked at your river. There should be a place to hide by the river. It's not safe to hide in the rainforest. They all have night vision equipment. Even if we hide in the bushes, we will be easily exposed."

He was talking about the infrared radiation of the human body.

It is raining heavily and cloudy now, and the scene in the jungle is similar to that at four or five in the morning. The light is very dim. If I were the search team, I would also use night vision goggles.

As long as you use the infrared heat source mode, hiding in the jungle is not very useful, you can only dig a hole.

Which hole is safest to drill?

Of course not on land, but by the water.

There are often concave stone caves along the rivers in the mountains, and the plants along the rivers are also very lush. As long as you find a suitable place, it will definitely be very safe.

The other party certainly would not have thought that he and Morins would choose to hide in the water cave.

The two of them just did it.

Before the government army's large net was closed in, they walked upstream along the river and actually found a natural stone cave by the river.

It is called a stone cave, but in fact it is just a groove that is concave about three meters. The plants on the shore block the entrance of the cave. It is a rock structure and an L-shaped structure. Once people go in, they hide deep inside and cannot be seen from the outside.

When the two men entered the cave, Song Heping suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

The water is too cold!
"So... so cold..."

It wasn't long before Molins' teeth began to chatter.

He looked at his watch and it was just past nine o'clock.

It would take at least ten more hours until dark.

I'm going to freeze to death here...

"Come sit here."

Song Heping pointed to the innermost part of the cave, where there was a stone pillar.

Morins climbed up tremblingly, grinning as he moved his butt onto the stone pier.

The stone pier was high, so only half of the calves were submerged in the water, but it was quite comfortable. Song Heping remained in the water, up to his chest.

Seeing how Song Heping took care of him, even if Morins was a stone, he would feel warmed at this moment.

If it weren't for the person in front of me, I would have died long ago.

"I say...Boss Song..."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Have you ever served in the military?"

"Ah."

"Why are you selling arms?"

"make money."

Song Heping was very frugal with his words and seemed uninterested in Morins' questions.

"Boss Song, don't worry. If I, Morins, can get out alive, you will be responsible for all the ELN's weapons in the future..."

Molins spoke from the heart.

This caught Song Heping's attention. He turned to look at the leader of the armed group and asked with a smile, "Really?!"

"Really!" Molins said. "Not only will I have my organization buy arms from you, I'll also have the FARC buy arms from you. They're a large group, and they spend a lot of money on arms every year."

Song Heping became interested when Morins mentioned the arms issue, so he asked, "By the way, I heard that the arms market in South America is all being sold by CIA people?"

"That's right. At least only those certified by them are eligible to buy it," said Molins.

Song Heping asked: "If it wasn't one of their people, what would happen?"

"Do you even need to ask me that?" Morins said with a sly smile. "Haven't you experienced it yourself? Being robbed is a small matter. In recent years, the Russians have been trying to regain control of the arms market here, but every one they come to is killed. The CIA has a lot of influence here. Isn't there a saying? South America is the American backyard. It's not an exaggeration."

Song Heping asked, "I don't understand one thing. According to you, you used to buy your weapons from arms dealers controlled by the CIA?"

"Yeah," Molins said, "The guy who used to supply us was called Wilder. We all called him Viper. He was the one who supplied us."

Song Heping laughed and said, "You are a left-wing organization. I remember that the Americans have listed you as a terrorist organization, right? Why would they still provide you with arms?"

"Hmph!" Morins said, "You don't understand. It's not as simple as it seems. Boss Song, how do you think we, the anti-government armed forces, and so many drug cartels survive, or even exist? The relationship between the drug cartels and armed forces in South America and the Americans is not constant. We are not always enemies. When they need us, we are friends. When they have a good relationship with the government, we are enemies. Whether it's the drug cartels or the anti-government armed forces, they are just tools, geopolitical tools used by the Americans to control South America."

At the end of his incessant talk, Morins suddenly fell silent.

Song Heping could see sadness crossing the guy's face.

"Organizations and groups that don't listen to the Americans are destroyed. Whoever obeys gets special permission, even drug trafficking can be ignored, but whoever doesn't obey is a terrorist organization. In the past, when relations between the government and the Americans were bad, we were the Justice League. But in recent years, after a new president came to power, we exchanged visits with the Americans and reached an agreement, and then the Americans turned around and called us a terrorist organization again. Are we really that?"

Molins himself couldn't help laughing.

"Do you really believe that list from the Americans?"

Song Heping thought of all the inside stories about Yilige and couldn't help but nodded: "You are right."

Molins said, "The world isn't black and white. In the eyes of many people, I'm a devil, but in the eyes of those mountain farmers, do you believe I'm an angel? If you can get out, I'll take you to the mountain villages one day and you'll understand."

Song Heping was about to answer when he suddenly heard some noise outside.

He immediately raised his index finger to his lips, signaling Morins to be quiet.

rustle--

It was clearly the sound of footsteps.

Song Heping slowly raised his gun. Now he couldn't let the gun touch the water again.

Snaston-structured guns are all blown air-type, and if they are soaked in water for too long and then suddenly fired, it will easily cause the barrel to explode.

rustle--

The footsteps are getting closer.

Soon, he heard someone talking above.

But it was Spanish.

Song Heping didn't understand.

However, looking at Morins's expression he knew that the situation was dire.

The guy's face was as white as paper, and I couldn't tell if he was cold or scared.

Morins pointed in the direction of the cave entrance and made a sign.

Song Heping didn't understand, that was not military sign language.

“Government forces…”

Morins wanted to speak but didn't dare, so he could only mouth English.

Song Heping finally understood. He leaned against the stone wall and slowly moved towards the cave entrance.