Mercenary's War

Chapter 2450: Chapter 2426: Truly Boring

A simple ’go with the flow’ encapsulates the entire process of Satan’s operations in Yemen.

No complicated tactics, no intense battles of wits, just a calm approach of repelling the enemy whenever they come.

It’s all very mundane, back and forth, although on a small scale, there are battles every day. Small victories accumulate into a great victory, and after a dozen days of combat results, Satan has actually destroyed five tanks and eleven armored vehicles, achieving impressive feats.

The main battlefield in Yemen is in the south, starting with Aden. Shah, along with the Allied Forces from the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, launched a fierce attack, while the Houthis Armed Forces’ stronghold is in northern Yemen. Although the war with Shah’s Coalition Forces is on their homeland’s territory, it’s no different from being in an enemy country.

The Houthis Armed Forces are unable to gain substantial support in southern Yemen, so they cannot replenish logistics locally. As the supply lines extend, the Houthis appear very weak in the face of Shah’s attacks. Their controlled territory has significantly retreated, leaving, besides some areas around Aden, most of the territory already recaptured by Shah.

Shah’s forward troops are now only seventy kilometers from Sana’a. The Houthis operations in the south are at an impasse, but after retracting back to their traditional stronghold in northern Yemen, the supply lines shortened significantly, and crucially, they finally gained strong support from the population, stabilizing their hold.

The battles are not going well in the south, but the north is performing well. Shah’s efforts to break through from northern Yemen faced a firm resistance, reducing their willingness to place the main battlefield in northern Yemen significantly. While small-scale battles are frequent, major decisive battles are unlikely to be launched.

Gao Yang now doesn’t dare claim to fully understand Shah’s decisions, but he can grasp any major military decisions made by Shah in real-time. This is because, with the intelligence network continuously provided by Abdul, the Black Demon, and Justin, it’s hard for him not to know Shah’s intelligence.

Whatever significant decision Shah makes, Gao Yang will certainly know. However, if there’s any spontaneous action from Shah’s frontline officers, Gao Yang might not be aware, as his intelligence network cannot infiltrate deep into Shah’s military ranks.

The result of having a powerful intelligence network is that Gao Yang will know in advance whatever Shah does. For a commander controlling the overall situation, this is an extremely favorable condition, but for Gao Yang, who only leads a special operations team, such battles are indeed dull.

Shah is reluctant to launch large-scale offensives at the northern Yemen border, and in southern Yemen, Shah’s army has a strong advantage. Since they can rely on their national troops to control the situation with minimal casualties, there’s no need for Shah to spend hefty sums employing mercenaries for combat.

According to Gao Yang’s judgment, the combat capability of Shah’s army is among the poorest, yet even the poor Shah’s Army can push the Houthis back repeatedly, so it’s impossible for him to secure the large business he desires.

Recently, Gao Yang has been troubled by the dilemma he faces, so much so that he’s considering leaving northern Yemen and moving south to engage in guerrilla warfare with Shah.

Only by seriously hurting Shah is it possible to secure a big business deal, and making Shah suffer doesn’t seem too difficult. It merely requires Satan to enter the battle personally. However, leaving northern Yemen and switching to the south means Satan has to relinquish the advantageous situation they established on the northern Yemeni border.

Currently, Satan has prestige, achievements, and influence that the Houthis Armed Forces willingly cooperate with in northern Yemen. Once leaving, these intangible assets are lost, and if Shah attacks from the north again, losing the hard-won advantage is too regrettable.

There are too many things to consider, and Gao Yang cannot make a decision in a short time. Meanwhile, the ongoing battles must continue and be won.

Gao Yang placed his command post at the very front. He is someone who can’t sit still, often personally participating in battles. The real unit he needs to command is Satan, making it ridiculous to position the command post at the rear, but Gao Yang’s command post is now also a frontline command hub. Many in the Houthis Armed Forces, consciously or not, like to inform him of any issues.

The radio crackled again, and Tarta, sitting on a chair, reached out and grabbed the microphone, weakly saying, "This is the Sheepfold, over."

"Our position is under enemy shelling. Can we ask you to retaliate against those damn Shah people?"

"Okay, which position are you?"

"According to the numbers you gave us, we are at B2 position. The enemy just fired over a hundred shells at us. We have two wounded; we are very angry. Please definitely teach the Shah people a lesson."

"Received, just hold on."

Tarta lazily ended the call and said to Gao Yang, "The B2 position was shelled, only two were wounded, and they’re asking to retaliate against Shah; you heard it all."

Gao Yang listened to the radio call, glanced at the map, and sighed, saying, "Where is the enemy’s artillery position? How do we hit what we don’t know?"

Tarta picked up the radio again, continuing to speak lazily, "Sheepfold calling observation post, Sheepfold calling observation post. The enemy just shelled us; do you know where the enemy’s position is? Over."

A moment later, someone responded over the radio, "Observation post received. The enemy artillery position is in the X32Y14 Coordinate Zone, repeating, X32Y14 Coordinate Zone. Observations show the enemy’s artillery unit has a self-propelled howitzer battalion, with the command vehicle and ammunition vehicles present. Over."

Tarta sighed and said, "You heard it. Ha, they place self-propelled artillery on fixed artillery positions and don’t bother moving them. What can I say, let’s teach them a good lesson."

Gao Yang picked up his walkie-talkie and said in a deep voice, "Head Sheep calling Wild Duck, there’s an enemy self-propelled howitzer battalion at the X332Y14 Coordinate Zone, engage them."

"Wild Duck received, over."

Gao Yang put down the walkie-talkie, awkwardly saying, "Indeed, very dull."

Five minutes later, Rebrov’s voice came over the walkie-talkie, "Wild Duck calling Sheepfold, shelling completed. Please tell me the impact, thanks buddy."

Tarta lazily picked up the microphone again, slowly saying, "Sheepfold calling observation post, please report the damage result of the shelling, over."

"Destroyed two ammunition vehicles and one PLZ45 self-propelled howitzer, that’s it. The enemy has retreated, good results."

After reporting the damage results to Rebrov, Tarta weakly said to Gao Yang, "You’re right; it’s indeed very dull."