479: Chapter 476: The Fall of the Black Hawk 479: Chapter 476: The Fall of the Black Hawk “Are you prepared?
Are you really prepared?
Haha, fantastic, I knew you must be ready.”
Having learned that Nate had made preparations, Gao Yang was naturally elated.
After excitedly shouting out loud, he pressed urgently, “Tell me, what did you prepare?
It can’t be anti-air missiles, can it?”
Nate shrugged and replied, “Of course, portable anti-air missiles, two Stingers, two SAM-18s, SAM-18 is the Strela-S, the latest model.
Plus, a few rocket launchers.”
Gao Yang slapped Nate’s thigh vigorously with his right hand, then gave a big thumbs-up, exclaiming loudly, “Impressive!
You even got anti-air missiles ready, I couldn’t disagree even if I wanted to.
Now that you’re prepared, shall we take down the helicopter?”
Nate said indifferently, “Well, before we take down the helicopter, we need to talk about the price.
Rest assured, the helicopter won’t open fire over residential areas, so we still have time.”
Gao Yang was extremely astonished, raising his voice, “Are you kidding me?
In my memory, you’re not the type to be so greedy for money.”
Nate chuckled lightly, “Money, for me, isn’t really that important.
However, why wouldn’t I make more if I can?
I’ve got to think about my brothers; they have a lot of uses for money.”
Gao Yang frowned and said, “Alright, name your terms.”
Nate slowly replied, “Four anti-air missiles, a million US dollars each.
Please note, this is not included in the cost of getting you to the designated location.
This is just an additional fee.
Also, a million dollars is the price of the missile, not the result of the action, which means, whether the missile hits the target or not, you have to pay a million dollars.”
Gao Yang exclaimed angrily, “A million dollars?
Why don’t you just rob me?”
“Okay, that price is indeed not low.
So, I’ll change the deal.
For the missiles, ten thousand dollars each, and for the labor of firing them, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand dollars.
Does that make it a bit easier for you to accept?”
Gao Yang sneered, “Humph, anyway, we’re in the same boat now.
Whether you want to take out the helicopter in the sky or not, it’s not just us who’ll get shot—bullets don’t have eyes.
If the helicopter opens fire, we’ll all be in trouble together.”
Nate shook his head and clarified, “No, you don’t understand the situation.
From the moment we rescued you from the police siege, our mission was actually complete.
What we’re doing now is the second part.
In other words, if we can’t agree on terms, then leaving you behind wouldn’t be a breach of contract.
So, if you insist on disagreeing, I can only regretfully announce the mission is over.
You pay me twenty million dollars, and then we go our separate ways.”
Gao Yang gritted his teeth and said, “Buddy, I haven’t paid you that twenty million yet.”
Nate smiled, “Buddy, don’t even think about stiffing me.”
Gao Yang was completely out of moves, replying, “Mr.
Schumacher, you’re even more shameless than I imagined.”
Nate laughed heartily, “The feeling is mutual, buddy.
In a situation like this, where your life is hardly assured, if I don’t take advantage of the opportunity to extort you, how can I live up to this rare chance?
Buddy, remember, if you want to make money, you have to seize the chance to make big money.”
Gao Yang retorted bitterly, “One million dollars per anti-air missile is okay, but it only counts if you hit the target; pay up if it hits, don’t pay if it misses.”
Nate extended his hand to Gao Yang with a smile, saying, “Deal.”
After shaking hands with Gao Yang, Nate immediately said into the walkie-talkie, “Power up the anti-air missiles now, find a suitable place, and get ready to launch.
Guys, be careful, each missile is worth a million dollars—if it doesn’t hit, there’s no money.”
After saying it with a smile, Nate addressed Gao Yang again, “Now that there’s nothing to do, how about we talk about how much you should pay for the next part of the mission?
I think fifty million dollars is a fair price, don’t you?”
Gao Yang responded with a wry smile, “Please, don’t ask for the moon.
You know I really can’t come up with that much money.
Also, I don’t think this is a good time to talk about money.
How about we wait until we’re safe to discuss it?”
Nate shook his head, “No, this is when you’re in the most trouble, and I need to seize this opportunity.
If you wait until it’s safe to talk, I won’t get the price I want.
So, let’s discuss it now.”
Gao Yang sighed, “Okay then, fifty million is impossible, even if you kill me, I can’t produce that much.
Ten million, maybe I can scrape it together.
Buddy, I’m not the kind of person who values money over my life.
That money needs to be collected by everyone, and who knows when we could manage that.”
Nate said with a smile, “It’s okay if you can’t pay it all now.
You can pay a part first and pay back the rest slowly.
Just add some interest.
I trust you.
Given Satan’s current situation, I believe you’ll have plenty of tasks to take on.”
Gao Yang shook his head like a rattle drum, saying, “Stop joking.
I’m not doing this.”
Pointing at Gao Yang with his finger, Nate said, “Buddy, you’re cunning.
That Russian you guys saved, he is a big arms dealer, and everything you’ve done was to save him.
Do you think he’ll pay this money for you when the time comes?
Obviously, that’s not possible.
You won’t be the one paying, and besides, we wiped out two SWAT teams and are about to shoot down at least four helicopters.
Do you know how many helicopters Colombia has in total?
Buddy, because of saving you guys, I won’t be able to take jobs in Colombia anymore.
I’m giving up a big market here, so don’t pretend to be poor and refuse my offer.”
Nate was right; the money owed to Angel Mercenary Corps, by all means, should not be paid by Gao Yang.
Moreover, Gao Yang believed that as long as Ivan didn’t die, he would certainly pay that money.
Gao Yang’s little scheme was seen through, but he still said righteously, “Buddy, you’re right, but you’ve overlooked one problem.
What if the Russian dies?
Haven’t you seen what condition he’s in?
How about this, I’ll agree to fifty million US dollars on behalf of that Russian, but if he dies, you can’t come to me for the debt.”
Nate’s brow furrowed at once since Ivan’s condition was indeed very bad, and it was really hard to say if he could survive.
Nate fell silent and while he was deep in thought, the voice from the walkie-talkie interrupted his musings.
“Major, the missile is powered up, the seeker is working normally, there are no tall buildings up ahead.
It’s suitable to launch the anti-air missiles.”
It was time for action, and Gao Yang perked up.
Nate also immediately said, “Launch the missile, pay attention to the choice of shooting position, get as close to pedestrians as possible to deter the helicopter from shooting.”
Upon receiving Nate’s order, the convoy slowed down, and after pondering for a moment, Nate then said, “All vehicles stop, spread out when parking to avoid enemy helicopters opening fire on clustered targets.”
For shooting down helicopters with portable anti-air missiles, attacking head-on offers the highest chance of success.
If only the vehicles preparing to fire at the helicopters were to stop, the helicopters might choose to chase the convoy instead of the few vehicles that stopped.
With the speed of the helicopters, by the time those preparing to fire the anti-air missiles got out and were ready to launch, the helicopters might be too far away already.
The entire convoy swiftly came to a stop, and after the vehicles halted, the people inside quickly disembarked and started scattering in all directions.
Seeing the commotion of the convoy, although the helicopters did not stop, they also began to slow down.
As the people from the convoy spread out, the five helicopters also started to hover in the sky.
The helicopters were at different altitudes and positioned on both sides of the convoy, which facilitated the use of the side-mounted machine guns on the helicopters.
If the helicopters opened fire at that moment, the vehicles parked on the road would be just like targets; it would be almost impossible to miss.
Even if the personnel from the vehicles started scattering, once the machine guns on the helicopters opened fire, it would surely cause significant casualties.
However, they were in the bustling city center of Bogota.
Nate could treat the bustling center of Bogota as a battlefield, but the Jaguar Corps could not.
Gao Yang ran out of the car, glanced at the helicopters above, and rushed towards the buildings along the street.
While inside the car, even with people on the street, nothing would seem amiss.
But as a bunch of fully armed individuals burst out from the vehicles, it immediately caused pedestrians to flee in panic or to drop to the ground to avoid being hit.
In an instant, the street descended into chaos.
Several people holding portable anti-air missiles crawled out from the cars.
As soon as they got out, they immediately shouldered the missiles, ready to launch.
The anti-air missiles were ready; they were powered up, and the seekers had started working.
However, after aiming the missiles at the helicopters, the seekers on the missiles needed some time to lock on to the targets.
A Stinger portable missile system was the first to lock onto a target.
Hearing a beep, the missile operator immediately pulled the trigger, and a missile, trailing white smoke, raced towards a Black Hawk Helicopter.
Almost simultaneously, another Stinger missile was also launched.
The people on the helicopter reacted too slowly; the machine guns never fired.
If they had noticed the people below holding anti-air missiles sooner, the gunners would have definitely fired.
But by the time they saw the missiles trailing smoke into the sky, it was already too late to react.
The Black Hawk Helicopters were flying low, and the missiles hit almost immediately after being launched—one helicopter was struck at the nose, and the other at the left side of the cockpit.
Following two loud explosions, one Black Hawk immediately lost control and began spiraling downward, while the other helicopter also started to wobble, unable to maintain its flying posture and inevitably doomed to fall.
The Angel Mercenary Group’s Stingray missiles were an older model and took slightly longer to lock on to a target than the Stinger missiles—just two to three seconds longer.
But as two Stingray missiles were launched, the two Stinger missiles had already brought down two Black Hawks.
(To be continued.
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