Chapter 626 - 568: Give Him an Illiguo Combo Meal

Song Heping looked at the hand-drawn topographic map Gabri had just handed to him, realizing it was extremely familiar.

This was straight out of the PLA playbook.

He understood it at a glance.

He found a pencil and began to draw the operation route on the paper.

A few minutes later, Gabri returned.

"Principal, I've ordered them to be ready to move out immediately. They will arrive at a forest area 200 meters west of this building in about half an hour. They will stay in the vehicles, awaiting your orders."

"Okay, here's your topographic map. According to the attack starting points and routes I've set up, place two ambush points here...and here... With the lake area at their back, I suspect they also have a backup evacuation plan via water. But since they've refueled, it indicates that unless there's an unexpected situation, they will exit through the main gate and move via the highway. Therefore, position your two points about 500 meters on both the left and right sides of the highway in front of the gate where the roads are narrowest..."

After explaining for ten minutes, Song Heping had thoroughly briefed the plan and precautions.

"Gabri, remember to be cautious, enter with lights off. Even though there's a 500-meter distance, beware of the enemy having long-range observation posts and do not send several vehicles at once."

He glanced at his watch.

"You have about two hours before the operation starts, giving you enough time to drive the vehicles to the ambush points. Find good hiding spots nearby to stop the cars, and don't all park on one side. In case of an emergency and they try to escape swiftly, vehicles on both sides should simultaneously drive towards the center to set up a double roadblock."

"Understood, I've got it all, principal. Rest assured, I won't let you down!"

Gabri took the hand-drawn map, saluted, and turned to leave.

Song Heping was momentarily stunned.

It was rare for Mercenary Corps members to salute.

However, Gabri and his team were trained in a formal PLA military academy style, hence these details seemed to have stuck with them.

Arthur now took over Gabri's position and continued surveillance, as Song Heping lay on the folding bed, turning his head to Arthur and said: "Keep a close watch, wake me up if there's anything, I'm going to take a nap."

He was quite tired.

He had been busy for most of the day and needed to be fully alert for the final decision with Lascano.

After setting his watch alarm, Song Heping closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.

At some point, he was awakened by his phone vibrating.

Checking the time, he had slept for an hour and a half.

Upon seeing the caller ID, it was Hunter.

"Hunter, is it all done?"

"We've arrived."

"Where are you?"

"Right downstairs."

"I'll come down in a moment."

After speaking, Song Heping got up and went downstairs, finding Hunter and the others in the parking lot.

"These two vehicles, they are fully loaded with explosives as you requested."

Hunter pointed to two Nissan SUVs, commonly seen in Mexico.

Song Heping went over and opened the car door.

Inside indeed were piles of explosives and items like RPGs and hand grenades.

"Reposition these to make a roadside IED, with the blast orientation towards the center of the road."

"OK."

Hunter called Disaster Star and White Bear to start working together.

Soon, all the explosives in the car were rearranged to one side, including the shaped charges of the RPG rockets facing the same side.

Once detonated, these rockets would be propelled outward.

Their fuses were in ready-to-fire mode; they would explode upon hitting anything.

As Song Heping overlooked the installation and adjustments,

Sweat broke on the foreheads of those at the scene despite the weather not being hot.

After all, this kind of thing was no joke.

While the creation of IEDs often led to accidents, they were commonplace in Illiguo - often made by connecting all sorts of shells and explosives to achieve maximum power.

If correctly assembled as per tonight's packing, even a tank could be toppled.

And if an explosion occurred accidentally, not even a medical examiner could piece the bodies together.

After working for another dozen minutes, the job was done.

"It's ready, boss, does this look good?" Hunter wiped sweat off his brow, pointing to the now properly arranged pile of explosives connected to the TNT detonation device, letting out a sigh of relief.

Song Heping checked the connections and was very satisfied.

"Good, very good."

He estimated mentally that with the explosive's power, conservatively, no living thing within fifty meters would remain.

"Let's drive the vehicles to the spots where they should be."

Everyone got into the vehicles, and Song Heping instructed everyone to turn on their tactical radio channels.

The radio was now at the surveillance point, guarded by Arthur.

"Test, test."

"Received, received."

Everyone heard Song Heping's voice through their earpieces.

"Gabri, are your two assault squads in position?"

"Principal, Team 1 and Team 2 have entered the positions you designated."

"There will be four vehicles passing by, two of which are IEDs, to be placed one hundred meters away from you on the roadside. As soon as the explosions occur, you immediately launch the attack."

Song Heping chuckled, "In school, your instructors have taught you how to conduct highway raids, right?"

"Taught us, I know what to do."

After receiving Gabri's affirmative response, Song Heping ended the communication with the raid team.

Sitting in the front vehicle's passenger seat, at each explosion point, he ordered an IED-laden vehicle to stop near the roadside through the radio.

Then the following vehicle would pick up the driver.

Meanwhile, a car would also be left nearby with two individuals responsible for detonating the IEDs.

It was already two in the morning, and the streets around were pitch dark, devoid of pedestrians.

After placing the second IED vehicle, Song Heping and Jiang Feng drove their vehicle to a street corner more than a hundred meters away and stopped.

After checking the remote detonator had no issues, Jiang Feng asked Song Heping, "Should we fire some shots to force them out?"

"Force what out? Just firing shots, do you believe that inside, Lascano will leave a small part of his men to exchange fire with us while he himself escapes through the backwater route with others? Then our forces won't be able to completely encircle them, and they might slip away."

Having said that, Song Heping took out his cell phone and flashed it in front of Jiang Feng.

"We need someone to lure them out."

"Who?!" Jiang Feng asked curiously.

Song Heping dialed a number, then sneered coldly, "CIA, Kelly."

"Her?!"

Jiang Feng looked at Song Heping in astonishment, thinking he had misheard.

Song Heping put his index finger to his lips signaling him to be quiet, then the call connected.

"Song, waking me up in the middle of the night, I hope you have a good reason."

Listening to Kelly's sleepy voice yawning, Song Heping secretly chuckled.

The position of CIA's Director of Secret Action Department really isn't for everyone.

Wonder who her husband is, what sins he committed in his past life to end up with such a woman for a wife.

"Of course, there's an emergency situation."

Song Heping calmly said, "I've eliminated three competitors from the Gulf Group's Sanchez Family and confirmed to support Spencer's ascent."

On the other end of the phone, Kelly yawned, "I see... What?"

She suddenly woke up.

"When did this happen?"

"Last evening, around eight o'clock," Song Heping said.

Kelly paused for a moment on the other end, then asked, "You don't need to report this to me."

"This isn't the urgent matter. The urgent matter is that I plan to take out Lascano now."

"Now?"

Kelly became much more alert.

Song Heping continued, "I've found that he's a threat to me."

"A threat? What kind of threat?" Kelly asked.

Song Heping replied, "Didn't I go to reconcile with Rubio and Omar a few days ago? My helicopter was shot down by a surface-to-air missile near Carillo in the suburbs."

Hearing Song mention that incident, Kelly's heart twitched slightly.

Then she said calmly, "Just for that?"

"Of course, if I help Spencer ascend, the Gulf Group will join hands with me in the future. Together with the previously allied Templar Knights and Sita Group, not counting the Leva Group, I've essentially completed the matters agreed upon between you and me. I estimate that in at most a month, the Leva Group will also bow down."

"So I think Lascano, this mad dog, can't be left alive. Might as well finish him off tonight."

"You know his location?" Kelly frowned.

Song Heping said, "Of course, I just received intelligence that he's in a deserted industrial area in Hoziyaka City, and I am currently heading there."

Kelly was silent on the other end.

After a moment, she asked, "Do you need any assistance from me?"

"Of course, my operation tonight might be very fierce, I hope you can communicate with the Mexican government tomorrow after seeing the news, downplay this incident's press coverage. I do not want to make headlines, nor misunderstandings with the Mexican government. Tell them, I am eliminating a major troublemaker for them. After all, Lascano bites everyone, they've also lost quite a number of police officers and judges to this mad dog, haven't they?"

"I see..." Kelly's tone was slightly hesitant, but she finally agreed, "Alright, we are after all partners, I will provide that help, don't worry."

"With this assurance from you I'm relieved. Now I am 50 kilometers away from Hoziyaka, and this time Lascano is done for. I brought a lot of people over, he won't have a chance to escape!"

"Then I wish you success."

The call finally ended.

Kelly sat in the armchair of her home office, staring blankly for about a minute.

In the end, she picked up her phone and dialed a number.