Mercenary's War

Chapter 2440: Chapter 2416: Eyes Everywhere

In fact, Gao Yang couldn’t be sure that the little old man was a spy. After all, in a small village, the likelihood of a very common little old Yemeni man being a spy is not very high.

However, Gao Yang was always very cautious, and he had very good eyesight, so he saw that when the old man was fetching water, he was holding something that flashed for a moment, and Gao Yang thought it looked like a phone with only half exposed.

If it was in a big city, or even in a village in Huaxia, someone taking out a phone to snap a photo wouldn’t be a big deal, but this was Yemen, where there is hardly any mobile signal in most places. Even in Sana’a, the phone signal is very poor and intermittent.

Even though this village is close to Kamar City, there is no mobile signal even in Kamar City itself, so what’s the use of carrying a phone in a place with no signal.

Joseph pinned the old man to the ground, and the old man kept yelling loudly, while the surrounding villagers looked unfriendly one by one.

Yemen is one of the most xenophobic countries in the world. When they see foreigners bullying a local, it’s hard to say what these villagers might do, especially in Yemen, which has one of the highest civilian gun ownership rates in the world.

"Have your men take control of him, warn the villagers to leave, and search that guy, he has something."

As Gao Yang was urgently instructing Salim, Joseph had already pulled a mobile phone out of the old man’s robe and shouted, "A phone! It’s turned on!"

Salim shouted twice, and immediately his two guards went to control the old man, while the local head of the Houthis Armed Forces was also yelling at his men to drive away the noisy and unfriendly villagers.

Gao Yang walked over and took the phone, flipped through it a few times, and pulled out a picture, saying to Salim, "Look, what did he take a photo of."

There were only two photos in total, one of which was very clear, showing a self-propelled artillery on a truck.

Salim was both shocked and furious, yelling at the old man, "Who are you! Why are you taking these pictures? Speak!"

Gao Yang was dismissive of Salim’s pointless talk but still said calmly, "There’s definitely no mobile signal here, right?"

"Yes, there’s no mobile signal here. It hasn’t been for a long time."

"Without a signal, he can’t transmit messages. He took the photos just as evidence. There’s definitely a real spy here who will contact him and report the military situation here to Saudi Arabia. Interrogate him to find out who his contact is."

Based on common sense and experience, Gao Yang quickly gave his advice.

Salim violently grabbed the now extremely frightened old man and yelled, "Who’s your superior, speak! Where’s your contact, tell me, or I’ll shoot you immediately!"

The old man was initially very panicked, but now he had become resolute, muttering under his breath, and Gao Yang could understand a few phrases, where the old man was cursing Salim as a heretic.

Gao Yang shook his head, walked over to Salim, and whispered, "Don’t talk here, take him somewhere without people for a proper interrogation. We absolutely cannot let the news of our arrival here be spread; the consequences would be severe. We must uncover his superior or the person in charge of communication. This guy is clearly just the one collecting information, the lowest level, he doesn’t mean anything."

Salim said with a grim face, "Take him away! Take him away! Interrogate him immediately!"

Gao Yang quickly said, "Also, have your men surround the entire village; no one is allowed to leave before we reach the destination. This village is small; it can be easily locked down completely. If you see anyone approaching, control them and interrogate them; there might be spies coming."

Salim nodded and said, "I know, I know what to do. Rest assured, I’ll definitely bring the person out!"

Salim held a very high position within the Houthis Armed Forces, and he could easily command the head of Kamar. After speaking a few words with Gao Yang, he gathered two leaders together, quickly gave them orders, and the two leaders promptly commanded the troops to surround the entire village.

Gao Yang waved to Joseph, and when Joseph came over, he handed Joseph the phone and whispered, "There are photos of us on the phone, handle it technically."

Houthis Armed Forces certainly didn’t need any proof to punish spies, so Gao Yang didn’t plan to hand the phone to Salim, and Salim didn’t intend to ask for it either.

After instructing Joseph, Gao Yang said over the radio, "Guys, we’ve just found a spy. Turtle, divide the Dagger Assault Team into several parts to take turns on guard. No one is allowed to approach our equipment. If someone is spotted spying, control them immediately, and if they resist, shoot them on the spot."

By this time, Salim had finished his orders. He walked over to Gao Yang and whispered, "You all go and rest; I have to keep an eye on handling this matter, and I’ll let you know of any new developments."

Gao Yang didn’t want to meddle in the interrogation business; he had no time or interest in it, so he and the members of Satan’s main team went to rest. After a night of rushing, he was indeed somewhat tired.

He gathered Satan’s people together, informed them of the latest espionage incident, and told everyone they were in a hostile place, urging them to remain vigilant. Afterward, the members of Satan ate a little and then started taking turns sleeping.

Rest began in the morning, but Liang Dong didn’t have much chance to rest. He started preparing lunch in the morning, and after the Satan members had lunch, while others went back to resting, Liang Dong still had to clean up. As a cook soldier, he was indeed very hardworking.

Gao Yang was also quite busy. He had to study the route, make calls with Yake, who stayed in Sana’a, to see if there were any movements on the Saudi side, especially keeping a close eye on several Saudi airports. His work didn’t consume much physical energy but was mentally exhausting.

At around two o’clock, Salim finally returned.

"We caught a few people, all of whom were traitors providing intelligence to the Saudis! They’re Yemenis, but they betrayed Yemen, those damn bastards."

Though cursing, Salim seemed very pleased, so Gao Yang smiled and said, "That’s great; it looks like they couldn’t send out our information, right?"

Salim nodded, "Yes, we pried open that old man’s mouth. He’s just an ordinary villager, couldn’t withstand torture at all. After capturing his superior in Kamar City, we dug out three more people! They were using satellite phones to contact the Saudis, telling the Shah people any valuable findings."

Gao Yang sighed with some concern, whispering, "From the looks of it, we can’t enter any cities anymore, huh."