Chapter 370 Confrontation
Chen Chen led the team all the way, and after more than 3 hours, they finally arrived at La Bota.
Also arriving at the same time as them was a seaplane returning from the direction of Kendari. After confirming that Bashir was safe, Chen Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Zhang Yang who was greeted at the door, Argus beside him, and the man who was a little unfamiliar, but could tell at a glance from his uniform that he was a member of Task Force 88, the confusion on Chen Chen's face could be said to be direct. Overflowed.
"What's happening here?"
He jumped out of the old pickup truck and asked Argus.
Then, before Argus could answer, he continued to give orders to the team members behind him:
"All personnel replenish their equipment and ammunition and prepare for the impact!"
"Establish a firepower point, Yang Shu, and set up the remote-controlled machine gun!"
"Tear down the heavy machine guns on the plane! Don't go to the sky. The opponent has anti-aircraft guns, and the sky is a living target!"
"Pull out all the grenades, where are our cannons? Hurry up and fill them with high-explosive bombs!"
"Dakai, contact Xiaoyu and ask her to rush for support. Why hasn't it arrived yet?"
"Lin Chenming, take Bashir down and lock him up first. Be careful not to let him die!"
"clear!"
"clear!"
The faces of everyone who had just experienced a big battle were full of fatigue, but their movements did not slow down one bit.
The team members scattered and quickly assigned tasks and immediately went to carry out the tasks. After seeing this scene, the man Chen Chen didn't know, Buck, couldn't help but said with emotion:
"These are professional soldiers. They may be mercenaries, but they are definitely not ordinary mercenaries."
"The team that can defeat MPRI is really scary."
Hearing his words, Chen Chen turned his head in confusion and asked directly:
"Why are you here?"
Buck coughed and replied:
"We have reached a settlement with the police - it should be said that we have revolted."
".Insurrection is a poor word."
Chen Chen replied somewhat sarcastically, but he basically understood what Buck meant.
In fact, this was not beyond his expectation. Although Task Force 88 was a team with "impure blood", their junior officers were at least somewhat "ideal".
If Task Force 88 still insists on fighting them to the end when the military has already done such a crazy thing, then they are crazy.
But what did Task Force 88 know?
Thinking of this, Chen Chen asked:
"Have you received new information?"
Hearing his words, Buck nodded slightly and replied:
"It may be a little rougher than your first-hand information, but it's enough for us to make a decision."
"clear."
Chen Chen nodded slightly, and then asked:
"You want to fight directly with the military? What help can you provide?"
"Equipment and personnel. Our team has set off from Kendari and they will bring new equipment."
"What equipment?"
"Heavy machine guns, automatic grenades - we have MK19, and a series of individual weapons."
"Where's the heavy artillery?"
"No."
"Armored vehicle?"
"No."
"Opposite is the main force of the 17th Military Region, the 756th Raider Infantry Battalion. With these things, how do you plan to fight them?"
Chen Chen said with regret.
The manpower is already insufficient, and the current situation of backward equipment has not changed at all. Next, if the military really breaks out and launches an attack on Qingshan Park, our own side will have no power to resist!
After hearing his words, Buck shook his head slightly and replied:
"We're not going to fight them."
"All equipment is provided to you."
"We will confront them unarmed."
"???What's the meaning?"
Chen Chen asked in shock.
"This is the only solution."
"Under the current circumstances, any armed confrontation may be exploited by them. If they win, then it will not be them but us who will rebel."
"So, we just left everything behind."
"We can only use our lives to kidnap them and buy time for the president."
"If the president can solve Nurmandi, then all the problems will be solved."
"But what if, in their struggle, the president is at a disadvantage?"
"Then our resistance will be meaningless."
"So, protect yourselves."
"You have done what you should do. If possible, I hope you can evacuate with Bashir."
"We can't leave, we need to wait for formal support."
Chen Chen refused without hesitation.
It is not impossible for him to ask the seaplane to fly directly to a location on the high seas where no one can find it and hide, but in that case, the situation will further deteriorate and even bring consequences that are completely beyond his control.
Nonsense, no matter how correct your approach is, in the final analysis you are just an "outsider".
And there is no way for an outsider to deal with a character like Bashir.
The only correct choice is to wait for Indonesian official support.
But their actions are too slow!
It has been more than three hours since Chen Chen made his appeal, but there is still no sign of the support that should have arrived.
——
Think about it carefully.
The entire Sulawesi has been controlled by the military, and it is not that simple for the president to find available power in the cracks.
Looking around, they are all enemies.
There is no other way, and Xiaoyu cannot be omnipotent.
Now Chen Chen can only stay in Qingshan Park and within the sphere of influence in the north.
In this way, even if the situation does undergo uncontrollable changes, our side will at least have the opportunity and reason to fight to the death.
Taking into account the influence in the north, the Indonesian military has to restrain itself even if it is crazy.
Ridiculous.
A country's official institutions actually need to rely on the influence of another country to deter its own military.
Magic island country.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen continued:
"Stop talking nonsense and do what you should do!"
"I understand, then go get ready."
Buck nodded and silently took off his body armor.
He handed the body armor to Chen Chen's audience and said:
"Maybe you have better ones, but... these clothes can be worn by your ordinary workers."
".no problem."
"Wang Qi, arrange for the workers to wear bulletproof vests and enter the safe house."
"Don't evacuate the park just yet. I'm worried that if the military goes crazy, they may use them as bargaining chips."
After saying that, Chen Chen turned and left.
Just a few minutes later, the first batch of support from Kendari arrived.
40 members of Task Force 88, plus more than 200 police officers.
These people brought the automatic grenades that Chen Chen needed most, as well as the body armor that the workers needed.
They took off their equipment one by one and placed it on the square inside Qingshan Park.
The lined-up workers put on body armor under the command of Wang Qi, and then entered the safe rooms arranged in various factories, dormitories and office areas.
Compared with the number of workers, the equipment of the police officers is obviously "excess".
Therefore, even after everyone left, there was still a thick layer of body armor neatly stacked on the ground.
Next to the body armor, there are some police equipment that the Dongfeng Corps cannot use.
Rubber batons, stun guns, small-caliber revolvers, tear gas, handcuffs, and even police shields and riot forks.
Looking at the equipment here, Chen Chen felt inexplicably emotional.
Perhaps, even in this country, there is still a group of people working hard for their true "belief."
I have to say that I had prejudices against both the police and Task Force 88 before.
But now it seems that they are just "innocents" being pushed away.
This time, what they will face will be the most powerful enemy in their entire careers, even in their lives.
If they can get over it, their future may change significantly.
If they can't cross it, they will sleep here forever.
An hour later, the 756th Raider Infantry Battalion arrived near Qingshan Park.
——
In other words, it is not just the 756th Raider Infantry Battalion, but also an established artillery battalion and a field anti-aircraft artillery battalion.
Chen Chen finally understood why the opponent was able to fire such intensive artillery fire in Nuoha before. There were more teams involved in the attack than he thought.
Three battalion-level teams entered La Bota in a mighty manner, deployed at the private airport about 4 kilometers away from Qingshan Industrial Park, and controlled all external roads near La Bota.
The entire Qingshan Park was directly besieged. Under such circumstances, it was completely impossible for Chen Chen to evacuate.
Standing on the tower of the park, Chen Chen watched helplessly as the artillery on the opposite side "slowly" completed the deployment of 155 truck guns, 105 mountain howitzers, and 120 mortars.
All kinds of equipment were neatly arranged, all pointed in the direction of Qingshan Park.
Their original two light tanks had been destroyed by Chen Chen, but now, four more FV101s appeared on the airport. Chen Chen could no longer distinguish the types of armored vehicles.
All the infantry were in combat mode. The reconnaissance company moved forward and opened a direct path from the airport to the Qingshan Park. Then, only two hundred meters away from the Qingshan Park, they established a forward departure position and set up a firepower point. .
This is a confident provocation, but it is also really the prelude to an attack.
In fact, the remote-controlled machine gun deployed by Chen Chen was less than fifty meters above their heads. If they really planned to launch a desperate attack, how much could the reconnaissance company survive after a round of 12.7 mm caliber bullets? It’s really hard to tell people.
However, there is no point in killing them.
The real threat is the artillery in the rear, those four tanks ready to go and a large number of armored vehicles carrying weapons!
Chen Chen breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Shi Dakai, who was also observing:
"This is a real army pressing down on the situation."
"If we switch to another battlefield, at least we can still take advantage of the bunkers, but now... let alone bunkers, there are only a few open-pit mines."
"There is no way to hide. If there is a fight, we can only find a way to break out from the south."
"You can't escape from the south side either."
Shi Dakai shook his head, turned around and pointed into the distance and said:
"They have arranged in advance two armored vehicles and two companies to intercept, with more than a hundred people in total."
"Look at the equipment they have. There are six heavy machine guns. It feels like they have transferred weapons from other companies."
"We can't escape, but fortunately the factory area is very deep. If we let them in to fight guerrilla warfare, we might be able to sustain it for a while."
"But this can only be a temporary measure. The real way to solve the problem is not to fight, but to fight politically. What do the leaders say?"
When Chen Chen heard the word "leader", he was stunned subconsciously.
Then he realized that Shi Dakai should be referring to Xiaoyu.
So he opened his mouth and replied:
"We are communicating, that's for sure."
"But I really don't have the right to know the specific extent of communication and what plans have been proposed."
"Bashir still has leverage, which is the key to why communication is so poor."
"The holy sword of Allah is probably just an appetizer. Otherwise, the military would not be so crazy."
"It should be related to their specific coup plan, maybe a personnel list?"
"In short, we can only wait - of course, we can also fight."
After saying that, Chen Chen turned around and walked down the tower, and then gave the order to the radio.
"Everyone prepare for battle!"
"The other side may not really dare to take action, they are just demonstrating."
"Don't be afraid of them!"
"If they really dare to take action, I think the real Dongfeng will arrive before us."
Meanwhile, inside La Bota Airport.
Wiranto looked at the Qingshan Park in the distance solemnly, his eyes full of unwillingness.
He knew that he was still a step late after all.
If he could reach Rabota before the Dongfeng Corps came back, he would have probably led his team into the park, controlled everyone, and then used these people as bargaining chips to force "certain forces" to hand over Bashir. .
Unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world.
When I arrived, not only had the Dongfeng Corps completed their defenses, not only had Bashir landed safely, but even the damn Task Force 88 had turned back!
The situation is quite serious. It seems that he is still in control of the overall situation. It seems that Sulawesi is still in his hands. But in fact, he knows better than anyone else that he has completely lost the initiative and is in an isolated and helpless situation.
Now, he has been forced into a corner.
I don't dare to shoot.
Firing a cannon is even more unthinkable.
Therefore, for him, the only option available is probably to take people there and use absolute power to force the armed personnel in the park to surrender.
And if the other party wants to resist, they will not be able to cause too much trouble in the face of absolute numerical superiority.
If the other party moves a gun.
Then you can't blame yourself.
Thinking of this, Wiranto took a deep breath and called the waiting adjutant.
He was about to give the order to move forward, but at this moment, a group of "strange people" suddenly appeared on the road outside Qingshan Park.
The men were wearing uniforms, but they carried no equipment.
They walked forward in a crowd, ignoring the shouts from the soldiers in the forward reconnaissance position, and their steps did not stop at all.
All the guns were pointed at them, and the distance was getting closer step by step.
Someone had already walked to the front of the position and faced the soldiers with guns raised.
The soldiers of the Raider Infantry Battalion kept shouting at them to stay away, but they remained unmoved.
They really seemed to be trying to stop the bullets with their bodies.
The expressions on everyone's faces are very nervous - at this time, it is impossible to maintain the calmness of facing death. That is a scene that only appears in idealistic literary works.
They are really scared.
But this "fear" is not panic.
On the contrary, Wiranto, who was observing from a distance, showed obvious panic on his face after seeing this scene.