NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1145: Braveheart
Inside the compartment of a large truck, Joe Ga sat on an ice block, occasionally opening a small hatch on his back to let the dry hot wind blow into the stuffy compartment...
Dorian wiped the HK417 in his hands with a clean cloth...
Ayu was meditating with his eyes closed...
The medic Niao Ju was chewing on a hard-to-swallow energy bar...
Ronnie was listening to black music with headphones on...
Old freak 'Rhino', shoved into the boss's team by Karman, wore a hideous-looking respirator on his face, constantly twisting his thick neck, muttering some kind of local Africa dialect...
Menon and Kuba, both fully mature anteaters, each led five partners to form two six-person squads, fighting alongside the boss.
Compared to Dorian and the others, each with their own personalities, these anteaters were particularly calm, as if they were molded from the same cast.
Strong physique, similar behavior, determined eyes, and the fact they were equipped with advanced gear and well-trained...
These soldiers were specially handpicked by Karman from various Anteater Training Camps over the years, a group of super elites!
They completed literacy training, able to understand and speak basic English, French, and Arabic, and with training from instructors worldwide, could proficiently use various military technology equipment.
Most critically, they hadn't stopped fighting since finishing the initial phase of their training!
Africa's jungles, waterways, swamps, mountains, even the deserts of North Africa were their battlefields!
Drug dealers, water bandits, poachers, guerrillas, anti-government forces, foreign mercenaries were their enemies!
They were the first batch of native Africa soldiers equipped with the Talus system, and Joe Ga could emphatically say they were the pinnacle of Africa soldiers.
Initially, the staunchest opponent of Joe's risky move was old Karman, who said nothing this time, simply inserting Rhino into his team, then letting Menon and Kuba take them along.
The old guy's actions fully reflected his confidence in these soldiers...
According to Karman, perhaps they still couldn't match the major T1 nations in terms of techniques and systemic habits, but in individual combat power, they were second to none!
These young individuals, who emerged from the anteater community, accustomed to riding various aircraft and using advanced equipment for night operations, were called 'Chirom' by other anteaters, meaning 'Bat Squad'.
Karman has trained only five such squads in four years.
Aside from the two departing with Joe, one was in Sangha Town, and the remaining two surrounded Igor.
With this elite team, Joe spent four hours traveling from over a thousand kilometers away in Tubruq, reaching Medina's outskirts with unbelievable speed.
During this, they experienced a dangerous parachute jump over the Red Sea, then, with assistance, used a speedboat to land in Yanbu, a western city of Shah.
Although Yanbu was a coastal city, due to the absence of a suitable deep-water port, nearby ships were very few.
When Joe and the others landed on a desolate beach nearby, the Shah side didn't notice anything unusual.
Soon after, they boarded a waiting truck, heading along the highway towards Medina, taking just over two hours en route.
Perhaps the most concerned person in the world about Princess Amina is her brother, the Prince of Qatar, Al Sani!
It was he who spent a fortune hiring Joe to snatch Amina out of America.
Joe Ga, before deciding to act, didn't even notify Shah's Dvali, simply because he believed Al Sani would be more motivated than Dvali.
Moreover, considering the historical grievances between Qatar and Shah, as the deputy director of Qatar's security bureau, Al Sani could surely mobilize Qatar's intelligence network in Shah.
Equally anxious, Al Sani didn't let Joe down, coordinating with Joe for an extreme action from intelligence agents hidden in the port city of Jeddah, despite the great risk it involved.
Via fishing boats, speedboats, trucks, drivers, checkpoints, a Qatari agent named Saidi successfully delivered Joe and his team to the outskirts of Medina...
It was just 2 PM at this point, the hottest time of the day.
The Shah National Guard and the Defense Army's confrontation was quite restrained; the Defense Army blocked the main roads, while the National Guard used armored vehicles to hold key intersections in the city center.
The city was still operational, though there was congestion at certain traffic nodes, and a small area in the city center was cordoned off.
If not for the relatively distant stance and tense atmosphere between the two sides, most people wouldn't realize Shah's military showed signs of a split and civil war.
The situation was peculiar, with ISIS terrorists occupying several streets, using malls as cover for regional defense, while surrounding the luxury hotel where Princess Amina was located...
The National Guard, using armored vehicles and manpower, blocked the main avenues to the city center, confronting the Defense Army on the outskirts, while simultaneously subtly obstructing ISIS terrorists' retreat.
The Defense Army blocked several major traffic routes in Medina, attempted several rescues into the city center, but after being repelled, they went dormant, awaiting orders from the rear...