Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 483: Meeting Confirmed
Kelly, the director of the Covert Operations Division, encountered something strange in her office today.

She received a phone call.

It was Song Heping calling.

This was beyond my expectation.

The "Watchmen" team's operation in Venezuela failed and all members were eventually captured.

When the results came, the top brass in Langley's operations department were in an uproar.

William, the head of the South American branch who was responsible for the planning and command of this operation, has voluntarily applied for suspension after the failure.

In fact, it is just taking the blame.

In the past two days, the department has been discussing how to rescue these people.

Because the nature of the "Watchmen" action unit is very different, although Langley will not acknowledge their identity and existence on the surface.

However, they will be rescued secretly through other channels.

If we abandon the "Watchmen" who failed in their operations, no one will work for the Operations Department in the future.

Rescue efforts must penetrate deep into Venezuela.

Over the years, there has been no successful precedent for military infiltration operations into Venezuela.

Faced with this situation, Kelly was in a dilemma.

Rescue operations also involve huge risks.

If we fail again, it will be even worse.

All the hidden agents in Venezuela were mobilized.

Even if the rescue method has not been determined yet, the information must be obtained in advance.

News soon came that several members of the "Watchmen" team were captured and imprisoned in a camp of the Venezuelan Army Special Forces in Calaboso. There was also a Venezuelan mechanized infantry division less than five kilometers away from this camp, and the success rate of the raiding army to rescue people was zero.

Especially the place of Calaboso, which is not close to the coast and is located in central Venezuela, is a strategic town.

According to reliable sources, Song Heping's "Falcon" Special Forces School sent a small team to personally take charge of the custody.

Considering all aspects of the situation, the possibility of armed rescue is not as easy as directly sending a B2 stealth bomber to drop a bomb there.

If rescue by force doesn't work, the only option left is negotiation.

So Kelly asked people to contact Venezuela's intelligence agencies to see if a bridge for negotiations could be established.

Intelligence agencies around the world maintain certain communication channels in the secret war, and everyone has their own rules.

For example, there are also Venezuelan spies who have been captured and imprisoned in the United States. These people are bargaining chips that can be used in negotiations and transactions.

Therefore, agents are often not killed after being captured, but are generally imprisoned for a long time in order to prevent situations where things change unexpectedly.

After just a few emergency contacts, the intelligence agencies in Venezuela were completely unaware of the existence of this matter.

In other words, this was an internal operation within the Venezuelan military and their intelligence agencies were not informed at all.

Moreover, judging by the way the military handled the matter alone, they did not want intelligence agencies to intervene.

Kelly sent someone to contact the Venezuelan intelligence agency and asked them to contact the military for coordination, and then the two sides could start negotiations and put forward the conditions.

But they were soon disappointed.

The reply was that the military would not accept any conditions because the military was just a supporting role and the protagonist was the "Falcon" Special Forces School.

Because it was Song Heping who was attacked, and it was also Song Heping who caught the person.

This Chinese man surnamed Song not only has a huge network of influence in Venezuela, but was also said to have been received by their president recently.

Regarding Langley's repeated harassment and even attempts to kidnap their principal, the Falcon Special Forces School has no intention of compromising and there is nothing to talk about.

Finally, someone suggested that Kelly contact the military chief at the Department of Defense. The reason was simple: Song Heping and his "Musician" defense company were still receiving large transportation orders from the US military in Iraq.

If this order is used as a threat, he will definitely release the person.

Kelly flew into a rage when she heard this. "We didn't inform the DOD before this operation, much less consult the US military command in Iraq. We were acting secretly, and now we've screwed up. And I'm going to tell the old guys at DOD that we planned a covert operation against their military contractors?"

The person who made the proposal was Kelly's right-hand man, Stryker.

After hearing his boss's words, which were faintly like thunder and lightning, he didn't dare to say a word.

Although both the CIA and the DOD are supported by the U.S. government, their respective interests are not completely consistent. Over the years, mutual distrust has always existed between the two sides.

The military even set up its own intelligence department to avoid cooperation with the CIA whenever possible. On the contrary, many CIA operations require the cooperation of the military. Therefore, the military has always been dominant in the relationship between the two sides.

Now that things have come to this, should we talk to DOD again?
Not to mention that Kelly doesn't have the qualifications to do so, even if her immediate superior, the director or deputy director of the CIA, personally stepped in, she would probably be scolded and scolded by the military leaders.

Just when he was at his wit's end, Song Heping called him.

Seeing the vibrating phone on the table, Kelly's expression changed slightly.

This phone is a dedicated one that only the "Watchmen" team will call when they encounter an emergency after completing a mission.

She picked up the phone and pressed the call button.

The voice of his subordinate William came from the other side.

"Sir, Song Heping wants to speak to you."

"What!?"

At first Kelly thought she had misheard.

"Who do you want to talk to me?"

"Song Heping is just our target." William slowed down his speech a lot because he was afraid that Kelly would not believe him.

"How did you get in touch with him?"

"He was the one who found me, using the emergency number and code," William said. "It was Wilson who informed him of this channel and asked him to contact us."

"What does he want to do?" Kelly suddenly had a premonition that this was not a bad thing.

"He wants to talk to you and asks if you agree," William said. "He even said that the communication channel is up to you to arrange and our technology can handle it."

"Okay," Kelly said. "Contact the communications department and have them set up a communication channel on the K12 secure line. Then, transfer his call to me."

After that, he hung up the phone.

Stryker in front of him asked, "Is it Song Heping?"

Kelly nodded: "You go out first."

A moment later, Kelly's confidential cell phone rang again.

"Is that Director Kelly of the Covert Operations Division?"

"It's me, Mr. Song. You're amazing. You actually got this number." Kelly said, "Tell me, what do you want?"

"I believe you're well aware of the current situation. I'm calling to inform you that this matter isn't a fight to the bitter end yet. The misunderstanding between us can be resolved through communication. If you're willing, Commander Kelly, we can meet."

"Meet?" Kelly asked provocatively, "Where?"

"At sea." Song Heping laughed from the other end of the line. "Don't you have a spy ship on the high seas near Margarita Island? It's quite safe there, and it's your territory. You don't have to worry about me recording or eavesdropping."

"When?"

"The sooner rather than later, tonight at eight o'clock, I will come to visit you in person. I hope to see you there then."

　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)