Chapter 86 Action and Accident

Yulin Mercenary Military Contracting Company is a military organization established by Meihua Company to carry out the Yemen mission. On the surface, it seems to be independent of Meihua Company. After all, Meihua Company is a regular commercial company and has nothing to do with fighting.

The Meihua Company still needs to conduct normal trade around the world, so it is necessary to make a certain cut with warmongers. If Yulin's hiring of military contracting companies harms anyone's interests, it has nothing to do with the Meihua Company.

Even though everyone knows their relationship, it has a different meaning in diplomacy. As long as you are thick-skinned and refuse to admit it, you can fight a war if you have the guts.

According to the previous plan, if an agreement could be reached with Yemen as soon as possible and Saudi Arabia could be driven out before Britain intervened, the US-China Company would only need to send less than 2 people.

However, they still have to deal with the threat from the British Empire and gradually recover the southern Yemen region, so the final number of troops and firepower will be much higher than the number agreed upon in the first negotiation.

It was impossible for the Meihua Company to dispatch all its regular troops, so they began to recruit personnel from the civilian population.

On June 1934, 6, the first batch of soldiers from the Yulin Mercenary Military Contracting Company arrived at the port of Mocha in Yemen. At this time, the port of Hodeidah had been occupied by the Saudi army, so it was impossible to land here.

This time, a total of 5000 soldiers, 20 medium tanks, 5 fighter jets and 5 bombers came. After the mercenaries arrived, they rested for only one day and then began to move northward without stopping, preparing to be attacked by Saudi Arabia.

Because in the past few days, Saudi Arabia has intensified its offensive towards Sanaa. If Sanaa cannot be rescued in time, Yahya may not be able to withstand the increasing pressure.

If we don't see any action from the Meihua Company for a long time, it won't be long before we lose trust in the company and choose to surrender, and all previous plans will be in vain.

Therefore, even though the personnel of the military contracting company hired by Yulin were not yet complete, they still chose to take the initiative at the first opportunity to give the King of Yemen a reassurance.

After two days of marching, the Yulin mercenaries arrived at As Sarafiya and urgently built a simple airstrip. Then a reconnaissance plane took off from here and headed towards Mainah all the way to the capital Sana'a for reconnaissance.

Soon after, it was learned that the Saudi army had captured Bani Matar and was attacking Sanaa. Li Yalong, the highest commander of this mercenary group, could already imagine the fear the Yemeni king was feeling at the moment.

So he immediately gave the order, with five fighters escorting five bombers to attack Saudi Arabia first, to announce his arrival and reassure the people, and he himself led the soldiers to follow closely.

He also sent someone to convey a message to White that if the Saudi army retreated, the army of the Kingdom of Yemen would need to cooperate in the counterattack.

"The Air Force will go to Bani Matar to carry out bombing, the main force will rush to Sanaa to meet up with the Yemeni army to rescue the king first, and the special forces will go to the area around Minah to harass the Saudi supply lines. Follow the orders." At the combat meeting, Li Yalong announced his combat plan.

In fact, he wanted to deal a heavy blow to Saudi Arabia directly from the rear, but if he went deep into the enemy's territory alone, he would suffer heavy losses even if he won. What's more, the friendly forces he cooperated with were not his own people. If no one supported him, he would easily be surrounded.

Their mission is to drive Saudi Arabia out of Yemen, not to annihilate the Saudi army. After all, they are fighting in someone else's country, and all the expenses will be paid by the Kingdom of Yemen, so there is no need for a quick victory. What they need to do is to win in a stable manner.

In the distant sky, the rumbling sound of airplane engines could be heard. Ten planes were flying in the sky, led by one of them that had performed reconnaissance missions.

"Everyone! Pay attention to the surrounding situation! We are about to enter the attack position!" said the pilot of the reconnaissance plane as he looked at the Saudi offensive force not far ahead.

In fact, they should have attacked the cities and villages not far away, because the Saudi military supplies were stored there, but time was urgent and there was no intelligence information in Yemen, so the Yulin mercenaries could not know the specific storage location of the Saudi military supplies.

Currently, the number of mercenary bombers in Yemen is still small, and it is impossible to carry out indiscriminate bombing of the entire city. The most important thing is that most of the people here are Yemenis, who are not suitable for such inhumane attacks.

This is to avoid arousing hostility from the Yemenis. After all, the Meihua Company will continue to do business here for a long time. If the Yemeni people boycott the products of the Meihua Company, all the efforts will be in vain.

So the Air Force had no choice but to bomb and strafe the marching Saudi troops.

"We have entered the attack range, each of us look for targets to attack." The captain of the flight team ordered via the radio.

"Understood, Plane No. 1! I see several armored vehicles ahead!" The plane behind replied.

"Okay, No. 1, No. 2! Descend to the altitude and drop two bombs each! Destroy them." After hearing this, the captain ordered
令道
"Number One received!"

"Number Two received!"

The two bombers opened their bomb bays and began to descend.

"The bombs have been dropped!" The captain's voice came through his headset.

Immediately afterwards, the other three bombers also found their targets and dropped the first wave of bombs.

Two Saudi army armored vehicles on the ground exploded into a brilliant spark, obviously hit by the bomb on the ammunition room and fuel tank.

On the fighter squadron's side, the fuselages of 5 fighter jets trembled slightly, and the cannons and machine guns on the noses sprayed out flames. Bullets poured down onto the Saudi soldiers, and a row of soldiers fell in just a few seconds. Several planes raised their noses and flew away. After circling, they turned around and fired at the soldiers on the other side.

The bombing did not give the enemy a chance to fire anti-aircraft shells and machine gun bullets at them. Their planes once again dropped all their bombs on the ground and flew back in the direction they came from without looking back.

The fighter jets performing the escort mission did not stay for too long. They circled the battlefield, fired most of the machine gun bullets in stock, and after killing dozens of Saudi soldiers, they left.

The battle came suddenly and ended quickly. Although the air force was small and the damage caused to the Saudi army was not great, this sudden and undefended attack made Saudi officers feel that something was wrong.

So the Saudi general reported the air force attack to the kingdom, and ordered the army to speed up its march and move into the mountain jungles to avoid aircraft attacks.

Li Yalong sat on the auxiliary hatch cover on the turret, feeling the bumps of the tank body and his body swaying with the shaking of the body.

On the side of the dirt road, several trucks were moving forward at a faster speed, and soldiers on the trucks were laughing and talking from time to time.

As they passed by the tanks, they waved and saluted Li Yalong.

Because there are many vehicles on this road, there is a smell of dust in the air.

Li Yalong led a large force on the road to Sana'a. He sat on one of the tanks and the other on the car.
They were loaded with fuel, food and other supplies, and some of them also carried technical soldiers, while the lightly armed infantry could only carry their rifles and walk on the dusty road.

They moved unsteadily, and many of them had to drag artillery or supplies that could not fit on the trucks. They were surrounded by mercenary soldiers who helped push the carts. Some soldiers were even wearing only white vests, with their military uniforms padded between their shoulders and rifles.

Half a day later, several tanks were moving forward in the slightly fading fog, followed by several armored vehicles and dozens of mercenary soldiers who had jumped off the armored vehicles. Even with half of his body exposed, Li Yalong could still feel the huge roar of the engine inside the tank.

The houses of the small village in the distance could be vaguely seen. The mercenary soldiers set up their machine guns on a low wall on the side of the road, followed by the sound of bolts being pulled.

Li Yalong knew that they were very close to the Saudi army's defense line, so he had to get into the turret of his tank and close the hatch.

"Search for the target right in front! If you find anything, open fire immediately." He ordered while closing the hatch.

"Boom!" As soon as Li Yalong gave the order, he felt his tank shake slightly. He knew that a tank had opened fire, but it was not his tank that fired.

"Fire!...Fire!" A voice shouted on the radio. Li Yalong felt that his tank had stopped, so he pushed open the hatch again and got out.

He picked up the telescope hanging on his chest and took a close look at the small village in front of him. He found that there were more than a dozen Saudi soldiers inside, and next to those Saudi soldiers, there were several tanks and armored vehicles with slowly moving gun barrels.

"Aim and fire!" Li Yalong got into the tank again and ordered.

"Boom!" A shell flew out, but did not hit any target.

"Boom!" Another shot, this shell finally hit an enemy tank, but it only hit the side armor and did not lose its ability to move.

At this time, the tanks and soldiers behind also rushed up, and a skirmish began.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the Saudi defenders abandoned their positions. Li Yalong did not pursue them, but ordered the construction of defensive fortifications here and held the place.

This is a village south of Sana'a. Logically, the Saudi army should attack the west of Sana'a. It seems that they are planning to encircle Sana'a from both sides.

At the same time, Li Yalong also asked the intelligence personnel of the Public Opinion Survey Office to enter the city to inform White of their current position and communicate with the defenders of Sana'a to jointly take action and form a pincer attack.

In addition, the Yemeni king was asked to build a simple airport in Sanaa to stop the mercenary air force. In the future, they will use Sanaa as a base to bomb Saudi Arabia.

In the next half month, the mercenaries did not launch a counterattack against the Saudi army, but only cooperated with the Yemeni army in defense and provided support.

The Saudi side also learned about the reinforcements from Yemen, and the second batch of Yulin mercenaries also arrived.

Ye Qian got off the ship and stepped onto the hard soil of Muha, only then did he feel a sense of stability. The days of drifting on the ship made him very uncomfortable. He sometimes thought that it was a good thing that he was not a navy.

He originally had good military qualities in all aspects, although he had learned them in the club. After another week of systematic training, he was basically a qualified soldier if he could withstand another round of battle.

By the time the third batch of soldiers arrived, the number of Yulin mercenaries in Yemen had reached 2.2, with a total of 56 tanks and armored vehicles, 30 bombers and fighter jets, and 300 artillery pieces. This was already a considerable force.

At this moment, bad news came. The British had learned that someone was aiding Yemen, so they blockaded the Red Sea. Seeing that things were not going well, the fourth batch of soldiers and supply fleet had to return to Madagascar.

But two material transport ships are still detained by the British Royal Navy. Currently, the Meihua Company is trying to negotiate with the British, but this is not the worst news.

The most troublesome thing is that future ammunition supplies may only be transported in through smuggling, but in this case, the quantity is difficult to guarantee and the cost will be very high, so from now on, they need to use tactics to save ammunition.
As the saying goes, if you are rich, you can use firepower to cover the area, and if you are poor, you can use precision strikes.

America, Los Angeles, Monchi Manor.

Zhang Feng was very upset after learning that his personnel and supplies were detained by the British. He felt that the smooth sailing before had made him forget about the rules and become a little too proud of himself.

He was not worried about the financial losses of the two ships, nor was he afraid of the British Empire. Instead, he was worried that the British would know what the China-America Company had done in Madagascar, and then he would have to face both Britain and France at the same time.

He may also face diplomatic difficulties. On the surface, everything he is doing does not harm British interests, but Zhang Feng's Meihua Company has actually invaded French colonies.

If the French put pressure on America, they would become famous internationally. Fortunately, they had already made a nominal cut with the Meihua Company.

As long as he did not admit his relationship with the Meihua Company, he might be able to get away successfully. The rest was to resist the French attack and not let anyone discover the existence of the Germans.

What comforted Zhang Feng a little was that only two material transport ships were seized. The crew members on them were all people who sailed on the sea route from the East to Madagascar all year round and were not very clear about the affairs of the Meihua Company on the island of Madagascar.

Zhang Feng had strict confidentiality requirements for everything concerning the Germans and took strict protection measures. Only a few people knew the real situation, and they were generally not allowed to leave the island.

Even the soldiers in training only knew that these were instructors invited from Germany. The Germans who trained in the Wolf's Lair were employees of the American Chinese Company just like other ordinary European immigrants.

What happened next could only be left to fate. Zhang Feng had never dealt with such a thing before. Although he was not at a loss, he did have no experience.

After eight years of development, he has many industries and a lot of talents that can be called up and used first.

"It seems like it's time to form a think tank." Zhang Feng thought secretly.

He then called Guan Mao and butler John, saying that he needed some talents in various fields, and asked Guan Mao to collect some people's information in America for his selection, mainly talents in the fields of law, diplomacy, and news media.

Then Butler John will be responsible for recruiting them. As long as they are talented, salary will naturally not be a problem.

The most important thing right now is to solve a series of subsequent problems caused by this incident.

For Britain, as long as it can maintain its advantage in the war with Saudi Arabia, it will not act rashly. The current British Empire is unlikely to take the initiative to intervene.

Moreover, we still have to find a way to get the people on the two ships back, and the supplies may not be able to be preserved.

As for France, it depends on how Britain decides. It is better to send people to negotiate with Britain first, hoping to delay the outbreak of the incident.

PS: I will post one chapter first, and ask for your support. I have other things to do in the afternoon, so I don’t know how many words I can write. The update time is uncertain. Thank you again.
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