1058: Chapter One Thousand and Forty-One: Not That Difficult 1058: Chapter One Thousand and Forty-One: Not That Difficult The Rebel Army’s mainstream combat strength can only be described as pathetic, extremely pathetic.
Combat strength is inadequate, and naturally, the shooting skills of the Rebel Army soldiers are also poor.
If a rebel tries to aim and shoot from two hundred meters away, the best way to cope if you’re being targeted is to stand still and not move.
Because if you don’t move, you won’t get hit, but running might actually get you caught by stray bullets.
The shooting ability of the rebels has never been the main threat, so to fight the rebels, all you need is good luck, and that’s enough.
But now, people are being continuously shot down, clearly indicating multiple shooters firing at the same time, but the bursts of gunfire are very short, usually taking down a member of the action team with at most one burst, and so brief that Gao Yang couldn’t even tell where the bullets were coming from.
Gao Yang immediately shouted, “Golden Eagle Team Three under attack, the enemy’s shooting is too accurate, who sees where the firing is coming from?
Where is it?!”
Before anyone on the ground could respond, Gao Yang had already started yelling, and while he did, he roughly figured out where the bullets were coming from by observing the direction in which the members of Golden Eagle Team Three were hit.
He didn’t wait for an answer from the ground personnel and had already begun directing the armed helicopter to the target.
“Target building, position at ten o’clock from the entrance!”
“Night Demon One, understood.”
As Gao Yang’s yelling continued, Night Demon One began firing at a building less than thirty meters from Golden Eagle Team Three, launching several rockets and attacking with machine guns.
But still, another member of Golden Eagle Team Three was hit.
At this moment, Yake’s voice rose urgently, “The buildings have been fortified; aerial strikes are ineffective.”
Complete chaos erupted.
Gao Yang already saw figures emerging around the building where the God Eagle Group had landed.
After quickly switching to infrared vision, he saw red dots appearing on the ground, all converging toward the God Eagle Group.
“Night Demon Two, major enemy forces spotted.”
Gao Yang saw two red dots halt suddenly and, recognizing familiar movements, he shouted hoarsely, “Big Dog!
Rabbit!
Watch for anti-aircraft missiles!
Take them out, Tyrannosaurus, get out!”
Gao Yang raised his rifle but before he could shoot, the two figures attempting to launch anti-aircraft missiles had been taken down by Glolov’s machine gun fire, followed immediately by a rocket from Night Demon One at the position of the missile launcher.
Glolov and Cui Bo were the fastest to respond with fire, but at this moment Gao Yang could see tracer and regular bullets streaming toward the helicopter piloted by Eileen, the little Antelope.
Eileen quickly veered away with the helicopter, darting to the side to escape the battlefield.
The ground fire was too intense; the unprotected little Antelope could continue to provide cover fire, but it couldn’t stay in one spot, it had to provide cover while maneuvering quickly.
The number of people actually moving on the ground wasn’t large, but given the movements and routes of these people, Gao Yang knew they were up against skilled opponents.
Gao Yang urgently called out, “Night Demon Three, land!
Falcon, you’re surrounded, Golden Eagle Team Three enter the target building to hold out, wait for rescue!”
While calling for backup, Gao Yang aimed his rifle at a person who had been exposed for too long and took them down, then shouted again, “Enemy has night vision!
Repeat, the enemy has night vision!
F**k, are these really the Rebel Army?
Night Demon Three, land outside the village!”
Jacklan was already heading towards a position outside the village without needing Gao Yang’s reminder, directly hovering over the battlefield where bullets were flying was a death wish.
The enemy’s locations were extremely scattered and they were adept at using walls and buildings for cover to avoid the helicopters’ line of fire, with many not even leaving the houses and firing directly from within at the exposed God Eagle Group.
Although two Mi-24s continued to suppress with firepower, the enemy’s scattered positions and good cover meant that the effect of the suppression wasn’t particularly good; even if a rocket hit the target, it would at most kill only one person.
Ludwig was dumbfounded as he yelled, “Is this really the Rebel Army?
Haven’t we stumbled upon some elite force?”
Gao Yang yelled back at Ludwig, “Shut it, Crow mouth, let’s attack from the outside before the enemy has fully reacted.”
Gao Yang and his team landed about four hundred meters outside the village and quickly dispersed after exiting the helicopter.
Gao Yang didn’t rush to attack but lay on the ground and began shooting.
He quickly spotted enemy traces in his scope, and heavy machine gun fire was already aimed their way.
It seemed the enemy had precisely tracked the movements of Night Demon Three, and upon detecting Night Demon Three’s actions, they immediately began firing for suppression.
But the enemies in the village were caught by the surprise attack; their adjustment to firepower was too slow.
Gao Yang took down a machine gunner with one shot, then heard a shrill whistling sound followed by the explosion of a mortar shell less than ten meters in front of their skirmish line.
Gao Yang fired rapidly, cleaning up all the fire points he could see in just a few seconds, taking out four enemies.
After completing a quick series of kills, Gao Yang then shouted, “Mortar, take out the enemy’s mortar for me!”
Gao Yang deeply regretted not bringing Tommy along.
Indoor night combat rendered mortars utterly useless; Tommy tagging along would only pose a risk, with no real contribution.
But now, who could have imagined that they would need to assault a village from the outside in?
Regrets were pointless, and after all, they did have armed helicopters providing fire support.
Compared to the “surprise” the enemy had sprung on them, the sudden attack, especially one with heavy firepower, that Gao Yang and his team launched was undoubtedly a bigger “surprise” for the Rebel Army.
“Night Demon Two, enemy mortars have been neutralized.”
Without uncontested area-of-effect firepower, Gao Yang was more than happy to deal with the enemy daring to expose themselves for direct shots.
Under Gao Yang’s rifle, anyone who dared to pop their head out would be signing their own death warrant.
Before anyone armed with assault rifles even came into range, Gao Yang’s rifle had already created a death blockade on one side of the village.
Having worked together for some time, this was still the first real battle in which Gao Yang demonstrated in front of the recruits what it meant to be the premier marksman.
After scanning and finding no visible enemies, Gao Yang shouted, “Charge!”
Gao Yang stood up with his gun and began to sprint forward, crouching low.
The Satan Mercenary Corps intuitively knew what to do without any verbal commands.
Despite many being assigned other tasks, Li Jinfang and Frey, along with Andy He and Rafael, formed an indestructible five-person battle group.
Now without Glolov by his side, Gao Yang was not short of excellent machine gunners—Rubik’s Cube was doing quite fine with the machine gun.
But right now, Gao Yang did not require machine gunner suppression; the enemy had not managed to form a complete and effective line of fire, so he had single-handedly taken care of business.
The team rapidly advanced towards the village, spreading out in skirmish lines over about two hundred meters, with a distance of about thirty meters from front to back, to ensure they would not be injured by a mortar shell hitting two people at once.
Moving and scouting, Gao Yang occasionally stopped to make shots.
As the team easily drew closer to the village with the support of two helicopters overhead and Gao Yang’s gun from the ground, they neared within a hundred meters of the village’s outer buildings.
Closing in, Gao Yang and Aimer were the first to lie down, followed by the machine gunner Rubik’s Cube.
Once they were all ready, Gao Yang whispered, “Group One, cover me; Groups Two and Three, go!
Postman, get ready for laser targeting.”
Within a hundred meters, it was the world of the assault troops.
Over a dozen shadows swiftly moved, rushing toward the village.
The assault troops quickly reached under the walls of the houses on the village perimeter.
After they all had taken cover, Gao Yang urgently said, “Shadow, report your status, over.”
“I am Shadow.
We are under heavy attack and have sustained some casualties, but holding on is not a big problem.
There’s no need to rush to save us, over.”
Hearing that God Eagle Group trapped inside was holding up well, Gao Yang was somewhat relieved and spoke softly, “Assault Group, no need to rush.
The situation with God Eagle Group is good; no excessive risks needed, advance securely.”
The Assault Group members dispersed, slowly searching and confirming safety, establishing the first line of defense, and officially shifting the battle from an unfavourable outdoor setting to urban warfare mode.
Just then, Eileen urgently said, “Boss, we see no enemy movement straight ahead of you, but I have a feeling the enemy is intentionally letting you in for urban combat.
Be careful.”
Gao Yang confidently said, “It doesn’t matter whether it’s field combat or urban combat.
Watch your own safety, over.”
After saying that, Gao Yang waved his hand and stood up from the ground.
With the assault troops having established a line of defense in front, and three helicopters monitoring the battleground from the air, there was no longer a need for a marksman and machine gunner to cover the assault troops.
He could advance with peace of mind.
Gao Yang swiftly ran to the base of a building, pressed against the wall, and then pointed to the house he was leaning against and asked in a deep voice, “How is it?
Confirmed safe?”
Ludwig replied gravely, “Rest assured, even if there are people inside, they can’t come out.
Can we continue to advance?”
Gao Yang looked around and said, “Don’t rush.
First establish a position with a visual advantage, Clown.”
Clown slung his rifle on his back and rubbed his hands before saying solemnly, “Give me a hand.”
Ludwig and Red Feather also slung their rifles behind them, then extended their hands down to the ground.
Clown stepped on their heads and placed his feet on their hands; the two men then stood up and, counting one, two, three, pushed Clown upwards with force.
The eaves were about four meters high, but Clown managed to grab the edge and pulled himself up onto the roof.
Soon, a rope was dropped from the rooftop.
Gao Yang tugged at it to test and then said in a low voice, “Aimer and I will go up to establish a sniping position, Rubik’s Cube come too, the rest wait for my command.” (To be continued.
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