1057: One Thousand and Forty Chapter Joint Operation 1057: One Thousand and Forty Chapter Joint Operation “At one o’clock tonight, an attack operation will be launched.
Our main task is to provide support and serve as the reserve team.”
“The location is a village in the southeast of Damascus.
The terrain is relatively complex.
Our targets may be concentrated in a residential house or dispersed in multiple buildings.
The latter is more likely, but the good news is that the number of enemy armed personnel is not large, estimated to be around forty, so the risk will not be very high.”
“We can receive artillery support from the Syrian Army, but given the proficiency of Syrian artillery, I would never request artillery support from them, and I presume none of you would either.”
“Our main fire support still comes from our two armed helicopters.
However, this time we will have heavy equipment involved.
Postman, you’re responsible for laser targeting.
If the situation turns unfavorable, call in for laser-guided bombs.
We have two Su-24s carrying four laser-guided bombs on standby, but this operation is akin to an exercise, so unless absolutely necessary, do not call for air strikes.
Syria is not America; we have only twelve bombs available.”
“Lastly, the main force of this operation will be the Intelligence Agency Action Team, commanded by Major Dani.
Shadow will serve as the military advisor accompanying the team.
Officially, that is, but you all know who the real commander is.
So, unless something unexpected happens, we just need to watch from behind.
We might need to provide fire cover for the Action Team and isolate enemy reinforcements.
These will be determined based on the situation at the time.
All right, that’s all.
Any questions?”
After Gao Yang finished speaking to the assembled crowd, Ludwig raised his hand and asked, “Boss, aren’t the people from the Third Infantry Brigade participating?”
Gao Yang shook his head and replied, “No, they aren’t participating.
This is a carefully chosen target by the Military Intelligence Directorate, with substantial importance yet low difficulty.
Of course, they wouldn’t want others to get involved.
Any more questions?”
Everyone shook their heads, then Blue Shield raised his hand and joked, “Boss, since we are not the main attacking force this time, can I bring my shield along?”
Gao Yang shrugged, “Of course, you can.”
Then Aimer asked Gao Yang, “Boss, will you be an assaulter or a marksman tonight?”
Gao Yang thought for a bit and replied, “I probably won’t get a chance to be an assaulter, so I’ll be a marksman.”
Aimer waved his hand and said, “No problem then, I just wanted to know.”
At that moment, Eileen raised her hand and asked, “Boss, one question.
The helicopters we use, what about the Action Team’s helicopters?
How many will they use?
Do their helicopters have night-fighting capabilities?”
Gao Yang smiled, “The Action Team will deploy two helicopters capable of night flight.”
Eileen shrugged, “No problem then.”
Gao Yang looked around, waited a moment as no one raised further questions, checked his watch, and said, “We eat at five in the afternoon, have a snack at eleven, board at twelve fifty, and depart at one.
Now, everyone go prepare, rest well, good luck to you all.”
Everyone replied in unison, “Good luck!”
For Gao Yang and his team, what’s most needed in fighting against the Rebel Army is good luck.
The battle plan was announced at noon, followed by rest and sleep in the afternoon, and after dinner, they exercised a bit to keep their bodies in optimal condition, then had a snack with high-calorie food items.
As the departure time approached, they arrived at the helipad.
Dani seemed overly excited, dressed in a full black combat suit similar to Farouk before; a camera mounted on his shoulder and his helmet, holding a rifle.
Yake, dressed similarly, stood next to Dani, in front of the formation lined up in three columns.
Gao Yang and his team were more casual.
About twenty people came to the helipad talking and laughing.
Dani quickly walked over to Gao Yang, his tone excited, “Ready?
Can we depart now?”
Gao Yang pointed at his gun and replied, “Are you planning to fight personally?
I remember you’ve always been a civilian?”
Dani, patting his rifle passionately, responded, “So what if I am a civilian?
I’m well-trained too and can kill enemies.
I feel like my blood is boiling, and tonight, I’m going to slaughter!”
Gao Yang checked his watch and said, “It’s time, let’s board.”
Dani turned to his team confidently, waved his hand and shouted, “Depart!”
Gao Yang straightened his helmet, fastened its strap, waved his hand to his team and loudly said, “Let’s go.”
The helicopters took off one after another and flew out towards the same direction.
About twenty minutes later, Gao Yang received a report.
“Night Demon One, has reached above the target area, the buildings in the village look pretty much the same, unable to visually distinguish the target building, please provide accurate guidance, over.”
“Night Demon Two, unable to accurately distinguish the target building, please provide accurate guidance, over.”
Gao Yang looked out of the porthole.
Too high up, beyond the range his night vision device could search.
The helicopter pilot could use the onboard large night vision device to observe the ground, but he could basically see nothing.
Gao Yang pressed the transmit button on the radio and said in a deep voice, “This is Night Demon, calling Falcon, please accurately guide the target building, otherwise we cannot accurately provide fire support, over.”
Dani’s voice came back quickly, he urgently said, “Our pilots have identified it, we can distinguish the house to attack, Night Demon, requesting direct landing to launch an attack, over.”
Gao Yang was the overall commander, but he was unable to accurately identify which house was the main target, the house that was a front headquarters of the Free Syrian Army, and while Dani was the commander of the Intelligence Agency Action Team, he also couldn’t distinguish from the village that was not big but had uniformly high buildings, which house was the target.
Before the operation, Gao Yang and Dani must have spent a long time studying maps and photos.
Although they were prepared beforehand, it was still too difficult to accurately distinguish one from a pile of not very distinct buildings at night.
Gao Yang decided to bypass Dani, war was no child’s play, and now was not the time to care about Dani’s face, so he went straight to saying, “Shadow, report the situation, over.”
“This is Shadow, the target has been confirmed, direct attack can proceed, requesting to perform direct attack, over.”
Yake was reliable after all, studying intelligence was his forte, recognizing a house he had seen from the photos at night wasn’t a big problem.
Gao Yang didn’t immediately give the order, he said to Taylor, “Call Sea Eagle, confirm their position.”
Taylor picked up the radio specially used for communicating with fighter bombers, and said in a deep tone, “Night Demon calling Sea Eagle, Night Demon calling Sea Eagle, please report your position, over.”
“Sea Eagle One, arrived at target area, over.”
“Sea Eagle Two, arrived at target area, over.”
Taylor nodded to Gao Yang, saying solemnly, “Sea Eagle is in position.”
Gao Yang pressed the call button again, speaking solemnly, “Shadow, Sea Eagle is in position, Night Demon is in position, allow Falcon to directly initiate attack, repeat, Sea Eagle is in position, Night Demon is in position, allow Falcon to initiate attack, over.”
Yake responded in a solemn voice, “Falcon understands, over.”
After finishing talking with Yake, Gao Yang immediately said, “Falcon has initiated the attack, Night Demon Four, provide close fire support, Night Demon One, Night Demon Two, free action, Night Demon Three, lower altitude, be ready to land at any time, over.”
The helicopter quickly started descending, then through Gao Yang’s night vision device, the situation on the ground became visible.
The village area was quite narrow, with no space for helicopters to land directly on the ground.
Two helicopters carrying the Intelligence Agency Action Team hovered over two seemingly ordinary residential buildings, then the members of the action team quickly rappelled down from three ropes.
Gao Yang’s helicopter did not land but maintained an altitude of two hundred meters, from which he could very clearly see everything happening on the ground.
The Intelligence Agency Action Team consisted of thirty-two people, including Yake and Dani, with Yake’s position especially obvious because only he was equipped with Satan’s unique IR light to distinguish identity.
The target was a bungalow, part of the action team entered two adjacent residential houses, while the rest rappelled to the ground and quickly established a perimeter around the houses.
The part that entered the residential houses were two teams of ten, with Yake and Dani in one of the squads.
After the action team landed, gunshots were almost immediately heard, Gao Yang saw very clearly, the action team’s attack went very smoothly, practically as soon as they reached the ground, they entered the interiors of the houses.
“Falcon Team One, search completed, seven killed, over.”
“Falcon Team Two, assault obstructed, we have encountered strong resistance, many people in the house.”
The speaker immediately became chaotic, but soon, Gao Yang saw continuous flashes of light in one of the houses among the two residential buildings, followed by someone shouting loudly, “Attack, attack!”
Soon, Gao Yang heard Yake’s solemn voice, “This is Shadow, Falcon Team Two has found the main target, this is the headquarters, but the identities of the personnel cannot be identified, we are searching for survivors, two of our own are injured, over.”
After hearing Yake’s report, Ludwig laughed and said, “F**k, it’s going too smoothly, I was hoping for a chance to really get into action, these days have been stifling me.”
Gao Yang also laughed, but before he could speak, he heard Glolov’s urgent voice in his ear.
“Target building due north!
Danger!”
As Glolov spoke, the machine gun started firing, and one Mi-24 started launching rockets, two helicopters providing volunteer fire support, poured their firepower onto the same bungalow.
At that moment, Gao Yang noticed something wrong, in Falcon Team Three outside the house, four people almost instantly fell down.
There were no tracer bullets, no automatic gunfire, four people being hit, only indicated there was a formidable marksman.
(To be continued.
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