Mercenary’s War
Chapter 1390 - 1372: No Way Out

Chapter 1390: Chapter 1372: No Way Out

Urgency is not to be delayed, Gao Yang immediately picked up the phone, and waited for Selin to connect. Once connected, Gao Yang spoke with tension and slight anticipation in his voice, "Selin, regarding those planes, what route will we use to move them?"

"We can guarantee there won’t be any issues within Ukraine’s airspace, but once outside of Ukraine, it’s up to you to figure that out."

Selin seemed to not be in a convenient place to talk, his voice was lowered, and hearing Selin’s response, Gao Yang’s heart sunk.

"You won’t handle the flight route once we leave Ukraine?"

Though he already knew there was no hope, Gao Yang couldn’t help but ask what was essentially a redundant question.

"Yes, we can only ensure safety within Ukraine’s airspace. Beyond that, we can’t manage it. Mr. Yang, we don’t even know where you’re planning to send the planes."

Gao Yang replied helplessly, "Then can you help with the flight route once we leave Ukraine?"

"I’m sorry, we can’t assist with that."

Gao Yang sighed and then gave a bitter smile, saying, "Alright, I made a mistake. I should have sorted out the flight path issue with you in advance, but I forgot. So now, we can’t fly the planes where we want. Does that mean the five planes have to stay with you a few more days, is that alright?"

Selin pondered for a moment before quietly saying, "As long as it isn’t too long, it’s no problem. Definitely no more than a week."

Gao Yang took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I’ll notify you when there’s any new development on my side. Let’s keep in touch."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Yang slapped his hand and said with a wry mouth, "As expected, what we fear most has happened. Selin truly can’t help us solve the flight route issue. Now, we’re on our own. Let me look at the map."

Gao Yang set the phone aside and gestured on the map with his hand, immediately furrowing his brow and saying, "Our path is not easy. To get to Somalia, we have to cross many countries’ airspaces, and the direct distance is over four thousand kilometers. The plane’s range isn’t sufficient, so we must refuel. Oh, it’s trouble.

Looking at the map, everyone wore bitter expressions. If flying straight to Berbera for the shortest route, you’d first reach the Black Sea from Syria, then you’d need to pass through the airspaces of Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Not to mention the others, you absolutely can’t pass through Turkey’s airspace. Attempting that, you’d inevitably be shot down.

If not taking the shortest direct line and avoiding Turkey’s airspace, there are two possible routes. You could fly southward from Kiev to the Black Sea, then head eastward with a big turn to Georgia, followed by Azerbaijan and then Iran. If you then fly directly southwards, you’d still need to pass through Iraq and then through Saudi airspace to reach Somalia. If choosing to avoid Saudi airspace, you’d have to transverse Iran entirely, take a long detour, and only after reaching the Arabian Sea, turn westward to Somalia.

Both directions on the eastern route pass through some of the world’s hottest focal points and require three refuelings to complete, since the detour increases the range to over seven thousand kilometers.

Another route bypassing Turkey involves first reaching the Black Sea and then flying west, but flying west requires passing through Bulgaria’s airspace, followed by crossing Greek airspace. After Greek airspace, the plane needs to refuel.

If refueling is necessary, you can only land in coastal Mediterranean countries like Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Egypt. If unable to refuel in these countries, the AN-32 can’t reach Somalia.

Just glancing at the map made Gao Yang speechless. After a while, he wryly smiled, "None of these countries are easygoing. My plan isn’t too risky, it’s practically impossible to achieve, plus it seems our planes can only be left in Ukraine."

The countries that need to be dealt with aren’t just one, it’s countries from the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa that need to be solved. Moreover, these countries are generally hostile to each other, meaning there’s no chance of sneaking through airspace. Iran, Turkey, Greece - these three countries have extremely strict airspace security and cannot be bypassed no matter what.

Several members of the Satan Mercenary Corps, like Taylor, Glolov, Eileen, and Albert, used to be frequent fliers. They are familiar with flying, so after staring at the map for a while, those who knew the difficulty shook their heads and sighed.

"There’s no chance of secretly crossing airspace, none at all."

"Moreover, at least one refuel is necessary. The chances of flying over are too small."

"No need to think further, this is a dead-end flight route."

Glolov murmured to himself, "Forget it, we should consider other transportation methods."

Gao Yang was still unwilling to give up so easily. Finding some planes cheaply only to leave them behind was too much of a pity. After glancing at the phone a few times, he suddenly said, "Perhaps there’s a way. Let me call Polovich. We might be able to use the Asia route, maybe it could work."

Gao Yang picked up the phone and started dialing. He hadn’t contacted Polovich for a long time, but he believed that with Polovich’s long-standing presence in Asia, he must have a safe airborne channel for transporting arms. Even if he no longer worked for Grand Ivan, helping to arrange a flight route should be no problem.

Waiting for Polovich to pick up, Gao Yang spoke urgently, "Buddy, I have an urgent matter and need your help. Five AN-32 planes fully loaded with arms and personnel are departing from Ukraine, through Georgia and then either Armenia or Azerbaijan’s airspace, entering Iran’s airspace, with the destination being Somalia. Is there a way through?"

Polovich didn’t ask what Gao Yang was doing. He thought for a moment and then replied solemnly, "It’s very difficult. You need to refuel twice mid-route. I don’t have connections in Georgia. Iran might be possible, but it’s very challenging. You must refuel in Iran. If it were one or two Il-76 planes that needed to pass without landing for refueling, the Iranian side would be easier to deal with. But if you need to refuel, this will be very hard."

Gao Yang replied helplessly, "But I can only use AN-32 because they’re our planes. Oh, shit, buddy, is there no other way? We could even spend more money, or maybe you could suggest a feasible route?"

Polovich said solemnly, "I need to think it over carefully, but please don’t hold too much hope. If you didn’t need to land for refueling, the problem would be much simpler. I have a way to handle it, but since refueling is necessary, this, well, I’ll just have to say that I’ll try my best to help you." (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)