Chapter 369 Village
Eastern Chin State.
As the Jieke Group mobilized troops, a large number of troops entered the mountains and forests to the north. An army of 80,000 people began to engage in battle with six warlords.
Bang!
In the mountain forest, Jia Sashan calmly pulled the trigger of his rifle, and a warlord soldier who was hiding in the bushes and waiting for an opportunity to attack was shot through the head.
Bang! Bang!
Another shot was fired, and the two warlord soldiers who were ambushing in the tree fell down.
The next moment, Jhasa Mountain rolled rapidly, and several bullets hit the position where he was standing.
Jhasa Shan fought back, firing bullets accurately, accompanied by screams, and a grenade flying past. Finally, the smoke filled the air and everything returned to calm.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Jasashan changed the magazine, picked up the walkie-talkie and reported: "Thirteen soldiers who were cleared of warlords, please report the rest of the enemy's movements."
After a few seconds, a voice came from the intercom.
"Jassa Mountain, eight kilometers away to your right, if there are other battles breaking out, support them."
"Understood."
Jia Sashan collected a few magazines from the ground, swallowed a strengthening pill, then got up and ran quickly towards the direction mentioned on the walkie-talkie.
As a second-class super soldier, he had been on a mopping up mission in the Northern Mountains for three days.
At first, six warlords from the north broke into the mountains and forests of East Chin State. However, after the Jieko Group made the decision to send troops to fight, in just two days, not only did the invading enemies drive out of East Chin State, they also took advantage of the situation and invaded. They invaded the Keqin, Guogan and Wabang areas in the north and pushed back the front line.
He quickly rushed to the target area, and as soon as he got close, Jassa Mountain heard a fierce exchange of fire.
I saw a first-class super soldier wearing an alloy armor and holding a Gatling gun striding forward. The warlord soldiers who stood in front of him had their limbs broken and their internal organs flying everywhere.
Behind this first-class super soldier, there are several second-class and third-class super soldier assistants, and an infantry platoon participating in the battle.
More than a hundred warlord soldiers on the opposite side have been completely defeated. They who want to engage in guerrilla warfare are simply a joke in the face of the five senses and precise marksmanship of the super soldiers.
Not to mention the existence of a first-class super soldier. This level of combat power used to be the ace of the Steel Battalion.
"Escape, you can't fight, you can't fight at all."
"It's a first-class super soldier. How could such a being appear here?"
"My leg is broken, drag me along quickly, don't leave me! Don't kill me, please don't kill me, I am willing to surrender."
The warlord soldiers fled in panic. They were used to fighting guerrillas in the mountains and forests, and they carried few heavy weapons, mainly light weapons.
Who would have thought that they would encounter a first-class super soldier. The iron bumps on the alloy armor were completely beyond the ability of ordinary rifles to break through.
A small number of rocket launchers and heavy machine guns were also shot down by several super soldiers immediately, leaving them in a desperate situation where they could not break through the defenses.
They didn't have a strong will to fight. After killing and wounding more than a dozen people, the remaining warlord soldiers either surrendered on the spot or turned around and ran away.
Seeing this, Jasashan also joined the team chasing the deserters.
Half an hour later, in the forest, Jasa Shan came back with a rifle and a few prisoners with their hands tied. As many as sixty people had been captured here.
These warlord soldiers had little fighting will and surrendered and were defeated as soon as the casualties reached one-tenth.
After all, it is an army trained through various illegal crimes, and it is okay to fight low-intensity wars such as guerrilla warfare.
When encountering super soldiers, the casualty rate skyrocketed, and they were unable to fight a tough battle at all.
Similar situations occurred from time to time throughout the northern border. Eighty thousand soldiers of the Jieko Group, plus the addition of super soldiers, carried out guerrilla warfare around the mountains and forests.
The warlord soldiers who were originally very confident in guerrilla warfare were severely punished. Hilltops and territories were lost one after another. Outposts were uprooted and brought under the rule of the Jieko Group.
The advancement of the Jieko Group can be said to be very smooth, fighting in the vast mountains, fighting in the rapid inland rivers, and fighting near villages.
With only 80,000 Jieko security guards, not to mention the existence of super soldiers, the level of ordinary soldiers alone, whether in terms of personal qualities or equipment, can exceed that of many warlord soldiers.
Those warlord soldiers said that breaking the sky was just the warlords using various illegal and illegal means to make money, mainly relying on military expenses earned from opium.
The money earned must first satisfy the personal life and material enjoyment of those warlords.
The army is at the next level. If you can equip yourself with a rifle and military uniform, you are considered a qualified soldier.
After all, the Zen government troops they dealt with were about the same level. Even though they had more heavy weapons, they couldn't be used in guerrilla warfare in the mountains and forests.
The soldiers trained by the Jieco Group are all retired military instructors who are highly paid to train them. The Jieco Group has a revenue of hundreds of billions of dollars a year, so how much money can be spent on armed infantry.
For example, in a mechanized infantry squad under the Jieko Group, not to mention the bulletproof vests and tactical helmets equipped by each soldier, each soldier has an individual communication system.
An infantry squad of ten people has an infantry fighting vehicle, eight assault rifles, a light machine gun, and a precision marksman rifle.
In addition, there will be two people carrying gun-mounted grenade launchers, as many as three individual multi-purpose rocket launchers and one individual cloud burst rocket launcher. The rocket launchers are disposable and will be thrown away after use. The team will also be assigned corresponding of drones.
The heavy weapons of mountain infantry will be reduced accordingly, but the proportion of super soldiers in the team will be greatly increased.
As for the heavy-duty synthetic brigades, Jieke Group currently only has two, all of which are heavy weapons, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, field anti-aircraft missile vehicles, rocket launchers, anti-tank missile launchers, self-propelled howitzers, self-propelled mortars, and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. There are hundreds of these armored and firepower units.
Counting all kinds of logistics transport vehicles and support vehicles, the price of such a heavy-duty synthetic brigade would cost billions of dollars. Not to mention those miserable warlords who couldn't afford that much money, they would not be willing to configure it.
The wealthy Jieko Group will not treat its soldiers badly, and the money is not in vain.
This is reflected in the battle with the warlord. Even with the same strength of troops, not counting the existence of super soldiers, the soldiers of the Jieko Group can also suppress the warlord and beat them severely.
In a short period of time, Jieke Security continued to expand and occupy the territory, and the six warlords they fought were running away.
Xikou Town!
This is a village under the territory of the Kagan Alliance Army.
The village is not big. In the densely forested environment of the northern border, layers of terraces have been cultivated here. It is like a paradise hidden in the mountains and forests.
But in this paradise, what is grown are not ordinary food and cash crops, but swaying poppies.
Jhasa Shan walked out of the dense forest and came here with two infantry squads. They were following a group of deserters from the warlord's defeated army. The other party should be hiding in this village.
When a few young cowherds saw Mount Jhasa, they immediately ran back to the village and informed the adults inside.
"No, no, no, bad guys are coming."
Hearing the child's cry, Jia Sashan touched his face and asked the soldier next to him: "Do I look fierce?"
The soldiers on the side saw that Jia Sashan was covered in blood, his hair was in clumps, and his wounds were bandaged in some places. He looked full of evil spirits. If a soldier like him saw it, he would tremble, let alone a child. He laughed twice and said: "Brother Jia, those kids are talking nonsense."
Jia Sashan smiled. He knew his image. The outside world called them super soldiers walking demons. Not to mention seeing many enemies, many people would feel weak when they heard the name of super soldiers. "This place, Opium Village."
Turning his head to look at the poppies growing in the fields, Jia Sa Shan was a local from Zen Country and was no stranger to this stuff.
Part of the famous Golden Triangle is located in the Zen Kingdom, and people in the Zen Kingdom can recognize this flower at a glance.
In the Zen Kingdom, especially those areas in the north where warlords were common, opium was the mainstay industry of many warlords.
Warlords asked local farmers to plant these opiums. Because of the chaos in the local political situation, the barren mountains were not as suitable for crop cultivation as the plains.
In addition, those warlords will also deliberately lower prices, making it unprofitable for farmers to grow food. If they want to make money, they can only choose to grow opium.
The warlord will provide seeds, fertilizers, irrigation and sprinkler facilities, and provide loan support. After the planting is completed, the warlord will be responsible for the overall purchase, and there will be no risk of unsalable goods. The price is often twice the income from growing grain.
The continuous ban on opium in the Zen Kingdom can actually be attributed to economic problems in many cases.
It cannot be solved by destroying warlords. If a warlord is killed and there is no stable local economy and no alternative sources of income, farmers will still choose opium cultivation because they have no choice.
While Jia Sa Shan was observing, many young and old ran out of the village. Some of them still held old-fashioned shotguns in their hands and looked at Jia Sa Shan and other heavily armed soldiers with wary expressions.
"What do you mean by these military masters? I am Sanka, the head of Xikou Village."
A middle-aged man with dark skin, thin body and calluses on his hands walked over.
"Hello fellow fellow, my name is Jia Sashan, I belong to the security department of the Jieke Group and the reconnaissance force of the 14th Mountain Brigade. I am here to pursue a group of warlord soldiers."
Jia Sashan glanced at the villagers holding several old-fashioned shotguns, then took the initiative to step forward and shook hands with the village chief named Sanka.
"Chief Jia, what warlord soldiers are you talking about? Our village has always been inhabited by our own people, and no warlord soldiers have ever come in."
Sanka shook his head and rejected Jhasa Shan without even thinking about it.
For Sanka, those warlord soldiers happened to be the soldiers of the Kagan Alliance Army who ruled this area. If he betrayed them, what would he do if no one would buy the opium he grew in the future?
"We'll go in and search ourselves."
A soldier had a bad temper. Hearing this, he wanted to find out directly by himself.
"No, outsiders are not welcome in our village."
Sanka stood in front, and the villagers suddenly became angry, holding hoes, sickles and old-fashioned shotguns, shouting that they were not allowed to enter.
"Stop, put the gun down."
Seeing that further conflicts were about to occur between the two sides, Jia Sashan waved his hand and told Jieke's security soldiers not to point their guns at these villagers.
"Sangcunzi, do you know what our Jieke Group does, right?"
Standing in front of Sanka, Jia Sashan thought of the training he had received in the army and showed a friendly smile. However, he was covered in blood and could not be considered very friendly.
"I have heard about your Jieco Group, and we have also seen it on TV and radio."
Sanka nodded, indicating that he knew the Jieko Group.
"That's easy. Let me ask you, Chief Sang, what's your per capita income per year from growing opium?"
Jia Sashan followed the instructions and took the initiative to ask.
"Our annual income is about 1.5 million Zen coins."
The Zen Kingdom itself is an extremely poor and backward country among Southeast Asian countries, and the northern border is the poorest in the Zen Kingdom because of its mountainous and forested environment.
This 1.5 million Zen coins sounds like a lot, but in actual conversion, it is only worth about 1,000 US dollars, and the money earned in a year is about 6,000 to 7,000 Chinese dollars.
This is the income that can only be obtained from growing opium. If you grow food crops, this value will be reduced by half.
One can imagine the poverty of these farmers. Although they are the ones who grow opium, in fact, they only earn the most insignificant profits in the entire opium sales chain.
"Village Chief Sang, my family used to farm in the village, and our income was similar to this, but do you know how much our family's per capita income has increased since the Jieke Group came?"
"How much?"
Sanka's curiosity was aroused by Jhasa Shan's words, not only him, but also the villagers.
"This number."
Miao Lun opened the five fingers of his right hand.
"Five million Zen coins? That much?"
Sanka's mouth opened wide in shock.
"It's not five million Zen coins, it's about five thousand US dollars."
Jia SaShan corrected Sanka's misconception and revealed the numbers that shocked the entire Xikou Village.
"Five thousand dollars, my God, how can I spend all this money!"
"I have never seen so much money at once since I was a child. They must be bragging."
"I heard that Jieke Group is super rich. They sell a lot of medicines and make money from gringos."
The villagers were talking a lot and were half-convinced about what Jia Sashan said.
"Our insect breeding industry in Jieke Group is extremely developed, just like you grow opium. As long as people are responsible for raising insects, Jieke Group will purchase them uniformly.
How about it, fellow villagers, let’s raise insects together. This is more profitable than growing opium. ”
Jia Sa Mountain followed the temptation. Since the warlords tied up these farmers with economic interests, the Jieke Group used stronger economic interests to destroy them.
When it comes to money, those warlords compete with the Jieko Group.
Not to mention these small warlords, the entire Zen Kingdom has a GDP of only more than 50 billion US dollars a year, which is not high enough for the annual net profit of the Jieke Group.
To put it bluntly, Jieke Group has no problem supporting Zen Kingdom.
Village Chief Sanka's lips trembled slightly, and he spoke after a while: "Seriously, is raising insects really that profitable?"
As he spoke, his heart was already beating fast.
(End of chapter)