Chapter 430 Opportunity

Most people in the world have never heard of Mekelle, nor do they know what it is. It is a marginal place, a place where no matter what happens, it will not attract attention.

Gao Guang did a lot of homework before coming here, but only after he really arrived in Mekelle did he find that the homework he had done before was really useless.

For example, Gao Guang thought that Mekelle was a territory that the Tigrayans could absolutely control, but now he found that it seemed not to be the case.

The Tigrayan Front has its own armed forces, but the number is currently a mystery. The total population of the Tigrayans is about three million. According to estimates, at least more than 100,000 troops can be pulled out, but now, there are at most 20,000 people in Mekelle, and the rest of the soldiers are scattered throughout Tigray State.

Outside Mekelle, there are three divisions of about 50,000 people loyal to the Ethiopian Federal Government. They have formed a semi-encirclement of Mekelle and controlled all the main traffic routes. As long as the Tigrayan Front has any unusual movements, these three divisions can immediately launch military operations.

Then, on the southern border of Tigray State, the Ethiopian National Defense Force deployed four divisions, and within 300 kilometers of Mekelle, there is a large military airport and two small front-line airports.

The Ethiopian Federal Armed Forces has a total of 13 divisions, 150,000 people, of which seven divisions are directly used to guard against the TPLF, and three of them are deployed in Mekelle, which is like a knife in the heart of the TPLF. In addition, the National Defense Force has airplanes, tanks and artillery, while the TPLF is short of even basic light weapons.

From the perspective of paper strength, the National Defense Force has an absolute advantage.

But the TPLF also has an advantage, that is, for at least 20 years before Ethiopia, the army was controlled by the TPLF, and more than half of the middle and senior officers were Tigrayans.

Now the TPLF has been squeezed out of the army, but the backbone of the Ethiopian National Defense Force has also been taken away by the Tigrayans. In less than a year, it is impossible for the new Ethiopian army to fill the gap left by the Tigrayans.

When the Tigrayans were forced to withdraw from the army, they could leave but could not take their weapons with them. Therefore, the biggest difficulty facing the Tigrayan Front is that they have basically no heavy equipment and the most basic light weapons are also in short supply. They have no way to quickly expand their forces.

They cannot be self-sufficient, cannot produce weapons and ammunition, and all external passages are blocked. If the Tigrayan Front is unwilling to pay a high price to purchase weapons and ammunition, then they are really stupid.

The top leaders of the Tigrayan Front know what they need most and what they lack most. When almost all external passages are blocked, they will welcome Leon's arrival like a long-awaited rain.

So this is a question of opportunity. Gao Guang just wants to sell the drones that are under pressure, but he has caught up with a business opportunity that arms dealers dream of. The opportunity to make a fortune is given, but whether he can seize the opportunity depends on his ability.

Gao Guang will go to negotiate today, but this time the negotiation cannot be in the city of Mekelle. Instead, he has to pretend to be a tourist and let the tour guide take him to the Tigray Cliff Church for fun.

The reason for the secret meeting was very simple. The agents of the Ethiopian Security Intelligence Agency were all over Mekelle. It was okay to meet Kachu privately, but to meet a high-level member of the Tiren Front, it had to be concealed.

So this kind of secretive preparation was a good thing, indicating that Gao Guang could meet the person who could really make the decision and give money.

The car was a Toyota van that could seat more than a dozen people. Now, in addition to a driver and a tour guide, the rest were Gao Guang and his three companions.

John, Patrick, and Carlos did not come with them because they had no guns. If they did not have guns, there would be no difference between three people and six people. If they all went, they would be easily killed. So they might as well stay in the hotel. In case of any problems, there would be someone to report.

The atmosphere was a little solemn, not because of fear, but because they had to do big business. Gao Guang and Leon could not be relaxed, so there was no pressure on the expedition. He just wanted to show the performance of the drone and finally take $100,000 home, so this trip was really a trip for him.

Yuanzheng was very excited. He was admiring the scenery outside the window and taking a few photos with his mobile phone from time to time. He was still a little surprised when the van suddenly left the highway and turned onto an almost invisible dirt road.

. x-on:·No mistakes~~

"Hey, why did you change the route?"

Yuanzheng was just curious at first, but he soon realized something was wrong, so he approached Gao Guang and said carefully: "Boss, didn't we run into a black tour guide? Aren't we going to be taken to a deserted place to be robbed?"

Gao Guang waved at Yuanzheng and whispered: "Go trade."

The word "go trade" made Yuanzheng suddenly wake up. He was stunned for a moment and sat back in his seat quietly.

Geniuses are always lonely. People who are too smart and always show off their intelligence are easily rejected. Gao Guang doesn't like to chat with Yuanzheng now, because it feels bad to have their IQ suppressed.

Especially after knowing how difficult the situation of the personnel formation was, Yuanzheng's role has declined a lot. Since the performance of the drone is no longer so important, Gao Guang doesn't want to chat with Yuanzheng even more.

Fortunately, Yuanzheng is not an EQ black hole. As long as he is not particularly bored, Yuanzheng prefers to immerse himself in his own spiritual world, so his current behavior is not very annoying.

After walking along the path that was not a road for more than 20 minutes, the van drove into a small valley and stopped in a dense bush.

There were already three vehicles waiting in the bushes. When Gao Guang's van stopped, two men in civilian clothes but carrying long guns came out.

This feels like a secret deal.

Kachu, whom I met yesterday, was present, and there were two more people. One was wearing a suit and black-rimmed glasses, and the other was wearing casual clothes, but he looked like an old man who had been in the army all year round. Although he didn’t know his identity, he was Looking at today's formation, these two people must be the big names in the formation. Update without errorx-on:

"This is Mr. Russell, and this is his partner."

Kachu introduced Leon and Gao Guang. Obviously he regarded Gao Guang as a secondary person. As for the expedition, he was not even interested in introducing them.

Kachu pointed to the man wearing glasses and said, "This is Jilawotu."

Without mentioning his position or identity, he simply introduced his name. Kachu turned to the old man who looked somewhat military and said, "This is Tafa."

Jilawotu looked like he was in his fifties. He looked at Leon, then at Gao Guang, and finally stretched out his hand towards Gao Guang and said, "Hello, what do you call me?"

Kachu didn't introduce Gao Guang's name, he only gave Leon's pseudonym, which means that Leon is the main negotiating partner and Gao Guang can ignore it.

Jilawotu should have shaken hands with Leon first and then said hello to Gao Guang, but he went to Gao Guang first and asked for his name, which shows that he thinks Gao Guang is the one who can make the decision.

If Leon hadn't revealed Gao Guang's identity beforehand, it would have been Jilawotu who had a burning gaze.

Gao Guang was still a little surprised, but he still shook hands with Jilawotu, and then he said politely: "Hello, just call me Otto."

Jilawotu turned to shake hands with Leon. Finally, he found Yuanzheng. After shaking hands with Yuanzheng and greeting him with a smile, he immediately said: "I'm sorry to meet here. Our situation is a bit difficult and we have to be careful."

At this time, someone sent a few matzas, the kind with green canvas strips and wooden frames. No matter how high-gloss you look, they look familiar.

"Please take a seat."

After extending his hand to invite Gao Guang and the others to sit down, Jilawotu sat on the maza and said calmly: "We are in urgent need of supplies of weapons and ammunition, so we are willing to buy them at high prices. There is no need to hide these. You should also know the reason."

Jilawotu seemed to have no intention of talking to Leon. He directly regarded Gao Guang as the main target of negotiation, because he kept looking at Gao Guang's eyes while talking, but ignored Leon.

After looking into Gao Guang's eyes and finding that there was no change in Gao Guang's eyes, Jilawotu continued: "You brought drones, but drones are not suitable for us."

Gao Guang didn't want to speak because he hadn't understood Jilawotu's intention yet, so it was better to remain silent.

Leon said from the side: "Mr. Gilawotu, drones are combat power multipliers."

"UAVs are indeed combat power multipliers. I fully admit this, but if we don't even have basic combat power, what's the point of multiplication? If the base is zero, then no matter how much it is increased.

Times are still zero. "

Jilawotu's posture was very low. Gao Guang wanted to say that the weapons of the Tiren Formation were not zero combat power anyway. If it was not zero, the effect would be multiplied, but he held back. Let's see what Jilawotu wants to say.

Jilawotu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "We want to use money in key places and use good steel on the blade."

Good steel is used on the blade. Why do these words still sound so familiar?

Gao Guang couldn't help but look back at Jilawotu's eyes.

Jilawotu smiled and said, "Do you think this will work? If we increase the purchase price of bullets, we won't need the drones. Is that okay?"

Leon said without hesitation: "Okay, half of the deposit is paid in advance, and the minimum purchase price is US$200 million, which means a deposit of 100 million is paid in advance."

Knowing what Gaoguang's bottom line is, Leon's response is that if he doesn't want the drone, he can give him 100 million US dollars first. Anyway, he should give Gaoguang the money for the drone first.

Leon saw through the weakness of the Tiren Formation, so he dared to ask for an exorbitant price.

Jilawotu breathed out and said: "Arms dealers, you are not the only one."

Gao Guang and the others were not the only arms dealers, but other arms dealers did not cooperate with Kachu, so Kachu was the first to be unable to bear it.

Kachu whispered: "But Mr. Russell has cooperated with us before. He has mature routes. Other arms dealers may not be able to transport arms here."

Jilawotu shook his head and said nothing. He just stared at Gao Guang, as if he only wanted Gao Guang's answer.

There was no point in pretending anymore, so Gao Guang decided to respond.

He wanted to disrupt Jilawotu's rhythm, but he couldn't completely break up the conversation. After thinking for a moment, Gao Guang suddenly said: "Why don't you take a look at the effect of our drone first? Maybe after seeing it, you will want to use it."

It's not that Gao Guang thinks that the effect of the drone is good enough to make Jilawotu change his mind. He just wants to use the opportunity of demonstrating the drone to ease the situation and stabilize the deadlocked negotiations so that he can Time to think about negotiation strategies and discuss with Leon what to do next.

So after Gao Guang finished speaking, he immediately said to Yuan Zheng: "Fly our drone and let Mr. Jilawotu see the effect.

Yuan Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and began to take out the drone he carried with him.

The preparation time for military drones is shorter, and the expedition moves quickly enough. It finally played its due role at the critical moment.

Seeing that the expedition had taken out the drone, Jilawotu hesitated for a moment and finally said: "Okay, let's take a look."

Gao Guang said one after another: "Our drone has obvious advantages. It has a long range, long battery life, and strong anti-interference ability...please take a look."

For Yuanzheng, who was playing time-traveling aircraft, the principle of flying drones in open areas was useless to him. While Gao Guang was talking, the drone under his control had already flown out diagonally.

The drone took off with a buzzing sound and squeezed out from the gap between two trees. Update without errorx-on:

He dared to play a dangerous game at such a critical moment. How could he talk about blowing up the plane directly? Gao Guang, who was filled with hatred in his heart, couldn't help but glared at Yuan Zheng. If it wasn't inconvenient, he should have scolded him directly.

Yuan Zheng looked calm. He looked at the monitor and said confidently: "The height of the drone is now four hundred meters. Let's stay in the air for a moment. Please see the clarity of the field of view and the signal transmission... Hey, please look at this. A car, and these two sneaky people, if it weren’t for a drone, how would you have discovered that you were being watched?”

Gao Guang's eyes widened a bit. He looked at the monitor in front of Yuan Zheng and said in shock: "Surveillance?"

Yuanzheng said confidently: "I will fly closer to take a look, increase the altitude, reduce the probability of being discovered, and pull the camera...please take a look."

There was really a car on the display, but the car was parked in a mountain col. Then two people were lying on the top of a hill away from the car behind a bush, one on the left and one on the right holding telescopes. Look here.

Jilawotu looked confused, Kachu looked confused, but the old man named Tafa stood up directly.

"The person you arranged?"

Jilawotu was asking Kachu, but Kachu shook his head blankly and said, "Isn't he the one you arranged?"

Tafa started directly facing the guard next to him.

He said something sharply, but Gao Guang and the others couldn't understand him. _o_m

Yuanzheng said again: "In this era, if you still don't understand the role of drones, then you are really..."

Yuan Zheng showed mercy and did not continue, but Gao Guang desperately encouraged him to continue with his eyes.

Fortunately, Yuanzheng understood Gao Guang's eyes, so he immediately said: "Then you are stupid! Is the combat power multiplier fake? If you have a brain, you should know how useful drones are with just a little movement. Is it important? Does this example make you sober?"

Gao Guang was overjoyed, so he nodded heavily and said, "That's right!"

Yuanzheng said unceremoniously: "If this was an integrated surveillance and combat drone, with one blast, those two people would be dead, but without my drone, you wouldn't be able to notice that the enemy is watching you. "

Jilawotu's face was ugly, and he whispered: "Of course we know the use of drones, but..."

"I know you still don't buy it? You..."

Gao Guang quickly winked at Yuan Zheng, and Yuan Zheng resisted the urge to ridicule and said with regret: "Think about it carefully!"