Mercenary’s War

"Boss, the 105-caliber artillery has been delivered, along with the tow vehicles and ammunition. Rebrov and his men received the artillery twenty minutes ago."

"Alright, thank you."

"Boss, there’s one more thing."

"Go ahead."

"I’m your bodyguard, not your secretary. You can’t have me do these things for you. First, I’m not good at handling these things, but more importantly, doing these tasks seriously distracts me from focusing on protecting you. Ensuring your safety is my primary job. I should be at your door, not running errands for you."

Gao Yang raised his head and looked at Joseph. After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, "Understood. Go to the Missile Troopers and see the condition of the equipment they received. Don’t rely on written reports; listen to detailed reports from Niva and Dmitry, remember them, and tell me. I need to plan how to use the next batch of missiles. Go on, quickly and return fast."

Joseph sighed and said helplessly, "Boss, what I just told you..."

"I know, I’ll consider finding someone to handle these things, but for now, Joseph, as you can see, everyone is very busy."

Resigned, Joseph left, and Gao Yang sat behind the table, rubbing his forehead with force. The hot Yemen weather was very uncomfortable, and there was no air conditioning or fan here.

"Big Dog, Toad, please come over."

After speaking into the walkie-talkie, Gao Yang wiped his sweat with his hand and continued to focus on the map on the table.

Glolov and Li Jinfang arrived together, knocking on the doorless door frame before walking into the room directly.

"What’s up?"

After gesturing for Glolov to sit down, Gao Yang said with a helpless face, "I shouldn’t be sitting here, but there’s too much to handle. What is this? Am I just managing an office in Yemen?"

Glolov spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "There’s no way around it; you’re the boss."

Gao Yang said with an expectant face, "I think you should be able to help me share some of the workload."

Glolov immediately raised his hand and said loudly, "If you want to be an office worker, then I’m leaving."

Gao Yang sighed helplessly and then said to the two of them, "I just got a call from Andy He in Berbera. Hammer has completely passed the danger period, but his body is still very weak. Basically, Hammer is unable to participate in any strenuous activities anymore. He must retire regardless of whether he wants it or not."

Glolov spread his hands and said, "Compared to dying, this result isn’t bad."

Gao Yang weakly waved his hand and said, "Now I’m thinking about how to settle Hammer. Never mind, that’s not urgent. Let’s talk about the pressing issue at hand: Houthis Armed Forces hope we can launch a counterattack. Of course, it involves leading the Houthis Armed Forces in the counterattack. Abdullah and Said are both willing to cooperate with us, and I want to know your opinions."

Without hesitation, Glolov waved his hand and said, "We shouldn’t be involved in this because I don’t think it’s the right time for a counterattack. The Shah People clearly want revenge. Why would we counterattack now by butting heads with them? My opinion is, if the Houthis Armed Forces feel the situation is great, then let them fight on their own. Just don’t have us lead it."

Gao Yang tapped his fingers and said, "That’s what I was thinking, too. Let’s turn them down. However, we need to consider how to capture a larger market share here in Aden. Honestly, the profit pace is somewhat slower than I expected."

Glolov looked puzzled and said, "Isn’t our third batch of troops about to enter the Shah market? Plus, we’ve received large orders. I think the business is doing well."

Gao Yang waved his hand and said, "I want to monopolize the Shah military outsourcing business—all of it!"

Glolov took a deep breath and said, "Isn’t that too ambitious?"

Gao Yang shook his head while drawing on the paper with a pencil and said, "No, our current situation is favorable. It’s been six days since the Hammer’s rescue operation ended. Many things have happened during these six days. First, a company exited the market, leaving us with one less competitor. Now there are only two companies in Aden. If we can make these two companies withdraw as well, we can monopolize the market, renegotiate prices, and take over all small-scale operations. Abdul and I conservatively estimate that, just this year, we can secure contracts worth about 2.5 billion dollars."

Glolov swallowed and then loudly said, "How much?"

"2.5 billion dollars, at the very least. If we can monopolize the market; if not, then we could earn at most... 600 million dollars this year. Yes, 600 million dollars."

Gao Yang handed over the written list, and after Glolov glanced at it, he grimaced and said, "That’s a lot! So much! What will we do with it?"

Gao Yang spread his hands and said, "2.5 billion dollars, with a net profit of approximately 1.9 billion dollars after cost deductions. Following dividends, we will receive..."

Glolov hurriedly interrupted, "Wait, I was talking about the 600 million. Isn’t that a lot? What will we do with so much money?"

Gao Yang shrugged and said, "600 million is a lot? Not really. We can only earn less than 100 million after the dividends, which would be roughly around 50 million. This is... an issue of investment and return, so to speak. Currently, our cost is 500 million, but after monopolizing the market, we might only need to pay an additional 100 million, which is quite cost-effective, isn’t it?"

Glolov placed the list down and exclaimed, "Do it, mess with them!"

Gao Yang nodded and said, "That’s why I called you two over, to figure out a plan for driving out our competitors. Based on Jim’s report, we have a good opportunity."

Glolov asked quizzically, "Jim?"

Gao Yang helplessly said, "It’s Krulney, you’ve forgotten his name again."

Glolov chuckled awkwardly, and Gao Yang patted the table, whispering, "I think missiles alone will do."

Li Jinfang finally spoke, puzzled, "Just missiles?"

Gao Yang lowered his voice even further, as if guilty of something shady.

"Yes, we can earn a commission of one million US dollars per missile. A new batch has just been delivered, and I’m planning to launch a few at the competitor’s base. Either way, we profit. Additionally, some of the delivered missiles are... how do I put it, subpar. We can earn two million US dollars in commissions from such missiles. Here’s the plan: we’ll fire twenty missiles, with half to strike the enemy and the other half to deplete stock and make noise. Whether they hit or not doesn’t matter."

Li Jinfang shook his head, looking disapprovingly and said, "This... is this still considered warfare? Sigh..."

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