627: Chapter 620 This is a Conspiracy 627: Chapter 620 This is a Conspiracy Destin landed with his men, and although all the Israelis who landed were dressed in black combat suits with black hoods over their faces, Gao Yang instantly recognized Destin.
With the loss of an eye and wearing an eyepatch, Destin was very easy to identify.
The people Destin brought with him were all Israelis, and many were not employees of the Maritime Security Company but his old comrades called directly from Israel, whose combat abilities were beyond doubt.
Destin lifted his mask in front of Gao Yang, gearing up for battle, looking not nervous at all, but in fact, quite excited.
“Do you have any plan?”
Upon hearing Destin’s question, Gao Yang immediately shook his head and said, “Let’s keep it short.
The British have escalated the war again, they’ve gotten their hands on a Tank Landing Ship, brought tanks and cannons, and of course, the helicopters that were expected.”
Destin’s face fell at once, then he frowned and said, “The British are a coalition, they have a lot more financial resources than us, we don’t have the money to keep up with them, nor do we have the time.”
Gao Yang nodded, then pointed at Uriyangko and Polovich beside him and said, “You know Uriyangko, and this is Polovich, Uriyangko’s my friend, and they’ve made a suggestion that I think you should hear.”
Destin knew Uri, but not Polovich.
After shaking hands with Polovich, he said, “I would be glad to hear any good ideas you have.”
Uriyangko gestured with his hand and said with a smile, “Here’s the thing, the British reinforcements are a significant nuisance.
If we let them land and get set up smoothly, it’s easy to predict the outcome, so what I hope you guys can do is hit them right back as they land.”
Destin asked with a frown, “How do we hit them?”
Uriyangko smiled slightly and said, “Ambush.
There’s still time, set up an ambush for the British, strike right when they land and are delivering their equipment but haven’t managed to deploy yet.”
Destin frowned and said, “It’s a good idea if it can be done, but how do we know where they will land?
To set up an ambush, we need a significant force advantage.
Are you saying we should just move our troops there after we find their landing spot?
That’s impossible!”
Gao Yang smiled and said, “What if we could know their landing point?”
Destin looked extremely surprised and said, “How could that be possible?
That Justin, is his intelligence that good?”
Gao Yang shook his head and said, “I can’t tell you that, at least not now.
You only need to know that we know all we need to know.”
After learning of the significant increase in the enemy’s reinforcements, Gao Yang had to communicate with everyone, inform them of this news so that everyone was prepared, ready for the possibility of defeat.
But after he shared the news with Uriyangko, he received an answer he could never have dreamed of.
Uriyangko directly suggested setting up an ambush to attack the reinforcements and not just to repel the enemy, but to wait until the enemy had landed their equipment but hadn’t managed to set up.
This way, after the battle, they could capture all the British equipment.
Gao Yang’s reaction was the same as Destin’s, considering the idea utterly impractical because how could they set up an ambush if they didn’t know where the enemy would land?
But the final outcome showed that Gao Yang had greatly overestimated the integrity of the arms dealers; beyond making money, they didn’t consider much else.
In front of Gao Yang, Uriyangko made a phone call to Djo Malthael, and after hanging up, Gao Yang learned a lot.
For instance, the Tank Landing Ship that arrived belonged to Djo Malthael.
It was an American-produced Newport class, and the British brought over weapons including three M60A3 tanks, six D30122 mm towed howitzers, and four AH-1 armed helicopters.
Additionally, Gao Yang found out that all of these weapons were leased by the British, with a total rent of two million two hundred thousand US dollars for a one-month period, long enough for them to fight many battles.
However, the British would assume the risks.
If any of the equipment was damaged, captured, then the loss was on the British.
They only needed to pay one and a half million US dollars for the helicopters’ rent, six hundred thousand US dollars for the three tanks, and one hundred thousand US dollars for the six cannons, to use them all for a month carefree.
But if a helicopter was destroyed, they would have to pay five million dollars; for a damaged tank, three million dollars; and for the cannons, which were cheaper, they only needed to pay five hundred thousand US dollars each.
The compensation prices Djo Malthael charged the British were much higher than the selling price, because the British only wanted to lease, not buy, and also didn’t want to pay high rent to bear the risks themselves.
The weapons on the landing ship were Djo Malthael’s property, and any incidents would have to be borne by him.
But once the weapons landed, they were the British’s responsibility.
Whether they were damaged, lost, or captured, didn’t matter, as the British would just pay a hefty compensation fee.
For arms dealers, is it even a question whether they prefer to sell some of their stockpiled old goods at a high price to make a big profit, or rent them out to make a little money?
When someone has to pay him a high amount in damages, and the compensation is much higher than what he would earn by selling at high prices, Djo Malthael had no issues with teaming up with his competitors to set a trap for his customers, provided that the trap couldn’t be detected by them.
Djo Malthael and Grand Ivan were just competitors, not mortal enemies.
When there was a possibility of collaboration, they would happily undertake it.
For instance, this time, setting a trap for the British so they would have to pay a large sum in damages for some outdated equipment.
Uriyangko could snatch what belonged to Djo Malthael for himself, while Djo Malthael could clear his inventory and then receive a large sum in compensation.
Therefore, Gao Yang knew where the British reinforcements would land, knew their strength, and knew that their tanks and especially the armed helicopters didn’t have any weapons mounted.
If Djo Malthael wanted to clear his stock smoothly, he had to give up something.
Thankfully, the captain of the landing ship was his man.
The current situation was that even if the British changed the landing spot at the last minute, Gao Yang would know immediately.
Even if the British wanted to mount ammunition on the helicopters aboard the ship, he would know, and moreover, Djo Malthael’s subordinate would do his utmost to prevent this from happening.
All for the sake of the British’s equipment being easily seized.
Thirty-five million US dollars in compensation wasn’t a small amount, and it was worth it for Djo Malthael to betray his customer this time.
But after all, they were just customers.
A betrayal was just a betrayal.
Apart from the betrayed British, who cared?
Of course, the only precondition, and the most important one, was that the British must not realize what was happening.
They could suspect, but there shouldn’t be any evidence, and that’s all.
Indeed, this was a conspiracy, one masterminded by two arms dealers, specifically aimed at the British.
The conspiracy could only succeed if the British maritime coalition had enough money to pay the compensation to Djo Malthael.
(To be continued.
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