Chapter 495 Beheading Operation
Paris, France.

Most of the shareholders attended the emergency meeting held by the Suez Consortium.

This French consortium has a long history, dating back to World War II.

In recent years, due to certain policy majeure factors, it has become a state-owned enterprise.

Simply put, the Suez Consortium appears to be a privately controlled financial consortium, but in fact it has become a state-owned enterprise controlled by the French government.

This is also the reason why the Suez Consortium has such a great influence in Africa.

“I think everyone knows that our agent in North Africa was killed and the business that was originally negotiated was also snatched away.”

“Now the whole of Africa is saying that Suez is a thing of the past and the future belongs to the emperor.”

“According to the sales department’s statistics, a total of thirteen orders have been affected and put on hold since the incident, with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business affected and put on hold.”

“Now the eyes of the whole of Africa are on us. What do you think we should do?”

Arthur is the host of this meeting. He is less than 60 years old and wears a brown suit with a fresh rose in his pocket. His bald head is kept shiny and bright, as shiny as a high-wattage light bulb. He has a sinister look and looks like Voldemort.

This name is very common in France and is the name of the leader of the Knights of the Round Table in Celtic mythology.

“Of course it’s revenge! And it must be swift and brutal!”

“We want to let the whole of Africa and the whole world know that the Suez Consortium is an opponent that cannot be provoked!”

“That’s right! The so-called Emperor Lin Zehao is nothing but a brainless fool. He even dared to kill our agent. He simply doesn’t take us seriously!”

“I heard that there are officers from the Polar Bear standing with him. We might as well kill them as well. We need to let them see what happens when you offend the Suez Consortium!”

Arthur did not comment or express his opinion, but turned to look at Lucas, “Luca, what do you think?”

Lucas holds an important position in the Suez Consortium and has many supporters behind him, making him a very strong force.

“After something like this happened, the only thing we can do is retaliate, otherwise our business in Africa will not be able to continue in the future.”

“As for the targets of retaliation, in addition to Lin Zehao, there are also his main employees, such as agents and other positions. The officers of Polar Bear are not included in our retaliation for the time being.”

“After all, business is just business. Don’t expand it into politics. Otherwise, if the Elysee Palace blames us, we can’t afford it.”

Lucas is very fat and looks very honest, but he is actually a very delicate person, which is seriously inconsistent with his appearance.

With just a few simple words, the core of the whole matter is analyzed.

“Yes, that’s how it should be.”

“Yes, let’s do this. I support this plan.”

Arthur looked around and found that no one had any objections, so he finally decided: “In that case, let’s follow Lucas’ plan.”

“From now on, Hutchison is on our blacklist. Any member of the Suez consortium is not allowed to do business with it. Once discovered, the consortium will be disqualified and will become the target of joint crackdowns.”

“That’s all for today’s discussion. Let’s adjourn the meeting.”

The huge national institution began to operate, and the pattern on the African continent also underwent new changes.

In just ten days, three of Hutchison’s agents in Africa died.

Of course, more agents of the Suez Consortium died, seven in ten days, which directly led to the paralysis of the consortium’s network of relationships in Africa.

This is almost equivalent to both sides putting their struggle out in the open, tearing their faces apart and engaging in a head-on confrontation.

Kiev, Ukraine.

In a manor near the air force base.

At this moment, the manor is heavily guarded. Not to mention irrelevant people, even if a fly flies in, it will be detected by infrared rays and have nowhere to hide.

Lin Zehao looked at the document handed over by Yang Chengrong, frowned slightly, and said, “Are you sure the news is true?”

Yang Chengrong knew the importance of this matter, so he organized his words and said, “Brother Hao, we bought this news from the Pentagon, so its authenticity should be guaranteed.”

What is the most important thing in the arms business?
In addition to military support, the most important thing is intelligence.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t even know how you died.

“These French guys are really willing to spend money. They even sent out the newly established National Gendarmerie Special Forces.”

“This unit is a treasure of the Ministry of National Defense. The transfer requires the signature of the Minister of Defense.”

“Isn’t it just taking out a few agents? You’re so eager to play your trump card.”

Facing Hao Ge’s ridicule, Yang Chengrong was secretly shocked: This is not just a matter of killing a few agents, it is simply shitting on the neck of the Suez Consortium.

Not only did it cause substantial business losses, but it also caused the Suez Consortium’s reputation to plummet, causing many people to decide not to continue cooperating with it.

The arms business is like this, if you want to make money, reputation plays a big factor.

Sufficient fame often means sufficient strength.

“Brother Hao, this is the general information I asked my subordinates to collect about the French National Gendarmerie Special Service Team.”

“All the information that can be obtained is here.”

Yang Chengrong respectfully handed a thick stack of documents to Lin Zehao.

This kind of national-level special forces information is extremely difficult to collect.

Lin Zehao placed it on the table and began to read it carefully.

Since the 1970s, international terrorist organizations have committed many major crimes around the world, including a series of horrific attacks, explosions, kidnappings and other terrorist incidents in France. In particular, the Saudi Arabian Embassy in France was suddenly attacked by terrorists, which made the French government lose face.

Thus, the French Gendarmerie Special Forces was established on November 3, 1973.

Its operational purpose is: to act at lightning speed with the most advanced technology and the greatest patience.

GIGN is divided into 1 operational command organization, 1 management organization, 4 combat units with 20 combat members, combat support unit, and other departments including negotiation, communication, sabotage, intelligence, shooting, police dogs, and special equipment. GIGN is the world’s smallest special forces unit with the smallest number of personnel. Its members are selected from the French gendarmerie, and most of them are well-trained Corsicans.

The selection process is quite strict and the acceptance rate is reportedly less than 7%.

The players who are selected for the first time must pass about 3 weeks of intelligence, physical and psychological tests before they can participate in a 10-month training course. Finally, the final selected players will be determined through elimination.

The devilish training in hell forges all-round elites. Although GIGN is nominally a military police special forces unit, the tasks it performs are no different from those of special forces in other countries and it also has to carry out various special operations missions.

GIGN’s training is extremely arduous and rigorous, even more so than the special forces training of other countries.

Because without extraordinary physique, skills, intelligence and will, it is difficult to complete various tasks.

Those selected must undergo rigorous shooting, swimming, endurance, hand-to-hand combat, and wilderness survival training.

The physical training is very intense, for example, carrying a 130kg weight and walking on sand or mud and completing a 9.6km distance within a specified time.

During the wilderness survival training, the team members were airdropped into the sparsely populated forest swamps of Guyana in South America, and even into the habitats of poisonous snakes and giant pythons. This left them trapped, lonely, hungry, cold, sleepless day and night, and made them feel the extreme hardship of survival in the wild.

They have to endure attacks from poisonous snakes and blood-sucking leeches, hide, have picnics and look for food, and overcome difficulties that ordinary people can hardly imagine in order to survive.

Team members must not only be proficient in the weapons they are equipped with, but also any other weapons that terrorists may use are included in their training.

在射击训练中，要求队员在5秒内用自动手枪击中25m远的6个目标；用狙击步枪对200m以外的目标射击须达到93%的命中率。

Each team member has to fire 1.2 rounds of bullets during one year of shooting training.

The most dangerous part of the training is the 20m distance pistol live ammunition shooting called “duel”. Both sides of the shooting only wear a bulletproof vest, which requires the team members to have very high shooting skills, otherwise they will either be injured or killed.

In terms of airborne assault training, in addition to training at the French Parachute School, GIGN members are also required to take air force or gendarmerie transport planes or helicopters every year to conduct at least five high-altitude skydiving jumps and at least one sea skydiving training with a full set of diving equipment.

Only after completing all training items and meeting the training requirements can the team members obtain the black belt that symbolizes their identity and become a true GIGN member, ready to go to any part of the world to perform missions when needed.

After reading it in one breath, Lin Zehao put it aside and asked, “There is no key information such as the specific number of people and firepower.”

“It is worthy of being a national-level special forces unit, as can be seen from the level of confidentiality.”

“The French Ministry of Defense sent this force this time, which means they want to carry out a decapitation operation.”

Hearing this, Yang Chengrong said with some concern: “Brother Hao, how about we secretly escort you back to Hong Kong Island? It’s not safe here anymore.”

“Back in Hong Kong Island, at least it is our base camp. If there is any disturbance, we can receive the news immediately.”

“It’s too chaotic here right now. It’s difficult for us to gather intelligence. It’s inevitable that there will be mistakes, which will give those people an opportunity to take advantage of us.”

If it comes to killing people, Yang Chengrong won’t even frown!
But now, they are competing against the most elite and sharpest special forces in the world.

To be honest, under such circumstances, Yang Chengrong had no confidence that he could protect Brother Hao.

He could only guarantee that if the situation really reached its worst, he would definitely die before Brother Hao.

In this way, he has fulfilled his duty as a younger brother and a brother, and has been loyal and righteous.

“Arong, you don’t have to feel so much psychological pressure. Whatever special forces they are, aren’t they still made up of people?”

“Since we are human beings, we will die if we are killed. What is there to be afraid of?”

“A special forces unit of this nature, carrying out a decapitation operation, will not have too many people. Maybe they will all be defeated before they even see me, the real boss.”

Lin Zehao patted Yang Chengrong on the shoulder, his bright eyes had already seen through what he was thinking.

Yang Chengrong moved his mouth and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lin Zehao’s eyes, “Besides, at this time, I don’t know how many eyes are staring at me. Let alone returning to Hong Kong Island, even if I stay in Mozorov’s base, it’s still a step behind.”

“Sometimes you can use your brain to solve problems, but sometimes you can only use your real strength to overcome them!”

“In this way, everyone will be convinced and someone will recognize your status.”

“If you try to be opportunistic, you will lose your momentum in the end.”

Lin Zehao always thinks ten steps ahead before taking one step. It is very easy for him to return to Hong Kong Island at this time, and he does not have to worry about the decapitation operation.

However, in this case, Hutchison, which had originally taken absolute initiative in the African market through a series of operations, would have to face a fierce counterattack from the Suez Consortium.

Those onlookers would also come to a conclusion, that is, Lin Zehao was afraid of the Suez Consortium and did not even have the courage to confront it head-on.

Therefore, Lin Zehao must not take even a single step back!

“Brother Hao, do we need to mobilize some of the troops back from Africa?”

As his absolute confidant, Yang Chengrong knew very well that Brother Hao seemed to be just trying to make money in recent years and completely clean up the entire Hutchison.

In fact, this is just a covert move.

In faraway Africa and those not-so-peaceful countries, Brother Hao has a lot of troops.

It’s just that because the disguise was too good and the distance was too far, few people knew the inside story of this matter.

For example, in Africa, Lin Zehao has dozens of mines of various sizes. If there is not enough firepower, how can he ensure safety?

Once these teams of varying sizes are brought together, they will definitely be a force that cannot be underestimated.

Don’t forget that Lin Zehao has no shortage of weapons and equipment. As long as he is willing, he can fully equip his troops, including the army, navy and air force!
With such military power, it is fully qualified to control the national regimes in the third world.

It’s just that Lin Zehao doesn’t like politics and knows how complicated it is, so he has never developed in this direction.

Otherwise, he might have to add the title of president to his many identity labels.

“No, Africa’s strength is our trump card, and it’s best not to expose it unless it’s absolutely necessary.”

“Besides, the polar bears are not completely paralyzed yet. If you dare to mobilize the army, you are simply seeking death. The KGB will knock on your door and check the water meter the next day.”

Lin Zehao lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and then said, “We have more than 300 people in total this time. This information should not be a secret if anyone is willing to collect it.”

(End of this chapter)