635: Chapter 628: Syria, Aleppo.
635: Chapter 628: Syria, Aleppo.
Uriyangko looked furious, and Gao Yang couldn’t help but ask, “What happened?
What’s the matter?”
Uriyangko, with a constipated expression, replied irritably, “F**k, my goods were hijacked!”
“What?
Your goods were hijacked?
What do you mean?
What’s the situation?”
“To put it simply, Polovich and I had our own batch of goods.
When the goods were delivered to the buyer, the buyer killed our men and stole all the goods.
That’s what happened.”
Gao Yang was immediately shocked.
Gao Yang was truly shocked.
In the underworld, there was a consensus: arms dealers and mercenaries’ money should not be messed with, as one always had guns and the other never lacked cannon fodder.
They engaged in lawless acts, disregarding consequences, and were most adept at solving problems through violence.
If one thought of crossing arms dealers and mercenaries, especially the major arms dealers and elite mercenaries, they’d better be able to annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, it would be wise not to entertain any crooked ideas, or else the consequences would be very severe.
“What!
A double-cross?
No, they stole your goods and killed your men?
Shit, who would dare to do such a thing?”
Uriyangko gestured with his hand, looking frustrated, and said, “My men aren’t dead.
Recently, Polovich and I partnered in business.
It wasn’t Grand Ivan’s goods we were selling but stuff I acquired from Libya.
I supplied the goods; Polovich provided the channels and the personnel.
Everything was going well until this mess happened.
Let Polovich explain it to you; he knows best.”
Polovich, holding a satellite phone, stormed over furiously and huffed at Gao Yang, “Uri, have you made things clear with Ram?”
Uriyangko shook his head, “I’m getting there.”
Unable to contain his anger, Polovich waved his hand fiercely, then said to Gao Yang, “Here is the situation, Ram.
I need your help to teach some foolish people a lesson.
This is a tricky situation, and I have to find the best, and you guys are the best I can find.
Help me out.
Of course, I know the rules; you name your price, and I won’t bargain.”
Gao Yang held out his hand, urgently saying, “Wait, wait, hold on a minute.
At least you need to tell me where to go first, right?
And who are the enemies?”
Polovich took a breath then said, “Sorry, my bad.
It’s been many years since anything like this has happened, and I got too angry.
Alright, let me start from the beginning.”
After pausing for a moment, Polovich cleared his throat lightly.
He was used to seeing large-scale operations and was somewhat impatient upon receiving the bad news.
However, after calming down a bit, he quickly regained his composure, or at least his face looked much calmer.
With a grave expression, Polovich hastily continued, “My men delivered two truckloads of goods to Aleppo, Syria.
The buyer was an organization known as the Free Syrian.
I just received a call that yesterday, my men already delivered the goods, but this morning, my person in charge in Syria found that all his men who went to deliver the goods were dead, their bodies found at the receiving site.
When my person inquired with the Free Syrians, the response was that the Free Syrians didn’t want to pay and they couldn’t afford to pay, so they stole my goods and killed my men.”
After finishing his statement with a grim face, Polovich said sternly, “The issue now is very simple.
The Free Syrian Organization has over a thousand members; it’s impossible for me to kill them all.
However, all the leaders of the Free Syrian must die, not one can be spared.”
The situation was straightforward, but the task was not.
Eliminating all the leaders of an armed organization was no easy job.
The chaos in Syria provided many job opportunities for mercenaries.
However, once they moved beyond the basic mercenary circle, the Syrian battlefield, not lucrative for high-end mercenary groups, held no interest for Gao Yang, and thus the Satan Mercenary Corps had never considered going to Syria to make money.
Now the situation was different.
Although the location was Syria, the nature of the mission was not regular combat but a rapid decapitation operation.
Moreover, Polovich mentioned that Gao Yang could name his price—a quick, high-paying job perfectly aligned with Gao Yang’s standards for accepting missions.
Although Polovich’s mission met Gao Yang’s criteria, there were still many details Gao Yang needed to clarify.
After pondering for a moment, Gao Yang nodded and said, “I understand.
This mission requires going to Aleppo.
The location is not a problem, but how many leaders does this Free Syrian Organization have?”
Polovich thought for a moment and said, “I need to ask for specifics, this is a retaliation operation, so the targets need not be very precise; however, the top person must die.
That’s the key to the mission, and for the rest, as many as you can kill, so much the better.”
Gao Yang shook his head and said, “I need a specific mission.
If the leaders of the Free Syrian Organization aren’t usually together, I can’t carry out a prolonged hunting operation in Aleppo.
So, it would be better if you could keep the scope of the retaliation confined to a smaller range.”
Polovich nodded and said, “I understand.
The Free Syrian Organization has about two thousand people.
There are roughly a hundred people around their top commander, of which fifteen to twenty are in the leadership.
My requirement is to kill the brains; the rest, as many people as are killed, so much the better.
I’ll give you a list, and if possible, I’ll try to provide photos.”
Gao Yang smiled and said, “Looking at it now, this task is feasible.
We’re friends, and we’ve cooperated well in the recently concluded battle.
So, as long as we don’t have too big of a disagreement over the price, then we will take on this mission.”
Polovich waved his hand and said, “Good, now you can give me a quotation.
I’ve said before, I won’t bargain.”
Polovich’s manner was generous, but based on past interactions, he was undoubtedly an arms dealer, and Gao Yang had no personal relationship with him, so it was just business between them.
Uriyangko briefly introduced him and then didn’t speak again.
Gao Yang knew that although Uriyangko was partnering with Polovich in business, he wanted to stay out of this particularly with regard to negotiating the price.
Given the relationship between Gao Yang and Uriyangko, even if it meant helping Uriyangko for free, it didn’t matter.
If payment was involved, it would certainly be at a low rate, so Uriyangko simply kept silent, clearly indicating that he wanted Gao Yang to deal with it however he saw fit.
Gao Yang was still unclear about how much to charge, without much consideration, as soon as Polovich asked him to set a price and Uriyangko remained silent, he immediately said, “You can discuss the price with my manager.
Here’s a number, you can contact him right now.”
Polovich shrugged and said, “Alright.
Give me the number, I’ll talk prices with your manager.”
After Gao Yang provided the phone number to Polovich, he suddenly said, “Before you discuss the price with my manager, I’d like to know something.
How effective is the Free Syrian’s combat prowess?”
Polovich thought for a moment and said, “I’m not very sure.
I have never met them personally.
It’s always my representative in Syria who contacts them.
I think, they can’t be that strong.
You know, whether it’s Libya or Syria, they are all the same, and there’s only one word to describe them—terrible!
Absolutely terrible.”
Uriyangko shrugged and said, “That’s too general.
The war in Syria has been going on for a while.
The combat strength of the Rebel Army varies, and many organizations have been directly trained by America or Turkey, some even have direct involvement.
So, don’t be too careless.”
Polovich smiled and said, “That’s true.
But think about it, they need to buy junk from us for Libya, how strong can such organizations be?
So, I judge that the Free Syrian is a newly emerged cannon fodder organization that certainly doesn’t have American support behind them.
Otherwise, they’d likely all be equipped with American gear by now.
But for now, all this is just speculation.
My representative will keep me informed of the details, don’t worry, I won’t hide anything.”
Gao Yang nodded and said, “Alright, please gather the information as soon as possible, the more detailed the better.
Also, how about the timing?
I still have some matters to attend to here, how soon do you want us to get there?”
Polovich waved his hand and said, “The sooner, the better!
If you have urgent matters to deal with, then go handle them quickly.
This has all happened so suddenly, I can’t demand that you leave immediately, but please, as soon as possible.”
Gao Yang thought for a moment, having nothing urgent to confirm, he said firmly, “Alright, we’ll talk about the rest once we have more detailed information.
Right now, I’m curious.
How much money’s worth of goods did you lose?”
Polovich said gravely, “Goods worth five hundred thousand dollars retail price.
It’s not a lot of money, but I lost seven men, seven!”
Polovich had only lost five hundred thousand dollars, but hiring the Satan Mercenary Corps for retaliation would require at least between one and a half million to three million dollars, Gao Yang estimated.
Relatively speaking, Polovich’s retaliation would make him suffer even greater losses.
However, for arms dealers, their bottom line must not be challenged.
If Polovich failed to strike back strongly, more people would target him.
Therefore, no matter how much money he lost, Polovich had to initiate the retaliation promptly and decisively.
Satisfying his curiosity, Gao Yang nodded and said, “I don’t have anything else to ask for now.
It’s time for you to discuss the price with my manager.
I need to rush and handle my affairs to start your retaliation operation as soon as possible.
Rest assured, our commission might be high, but with the Satan Mercenary Corps, you’re guaranteed satisfaction!” (To be continued.
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