1060: Chapter One Thousand and Forty-Three: The Trump Card 1060: Chapter One Thousand and Forty-Three: The Trump Card As the assault team launched a fierce attack, the enemy that had been cautiously advancing finally could not contain themselves and were compelled to quicken their movement.
Gao Yang was quick to react; he had been paying close attention to a crossroad that the enemy had to pass through to provide support.
As soon as he noticed the enemy finally rushing out, Gao Yang immediately opened fire.
The enemy had to move from left to right, passing through an alleyway that was only about four meters wide.
For Gao Yang, his field of fire was a very narrow gap, so he aimed his gun at the position of the right corner wall.
But just as the first enemy made a quick appearance passing through the alley and was about to enter the cover of the wall corner, Gao Yang shot and brought down the enemy.
The first enemy fell, and almost simultaneously the second emerged.
Gao Yang fired again, killing the second person at the corner of the wall.
Typically, without confirmation, terms like “killing” or “injuring” the enemy would not be used to describe the result of shooting; instead, one would say “hit.” Without proper evaluation, it is impossible to determine whether the enemy is wounded or killed.
However, every time Gao Yang shot, it could almost always be concluded as a kill.
After firing two shots in succession, Gao Yang urgently said: “Report casualty status!”
Gao Yang finally became anxious.
Three people being shot indicated that the enemy’s ferocity exceeded his judgment, and it forced him to reassess the difficulty of the battle.
After Frey charged in with a shout, there was no more movement, and in his urgency, Gao Yang could only ask them to quickly report casualties.
“No casualties!
Repeat!
Five casualties!”
Hearing the reply, Gao Yang was shocked and loudly said: “What happened?
Three were shot…”
Before Gao Yang could finish his sentence, another person leapt through the alley he was aiming at.
Gao Yang shut his mouth and fired one shot, bringing down the person attempting to dash through the alley.
This one did not die; Gao Yang was certain of it because he hit the enemy in the hip area.
Even if his rifle was powerful, the enemy would not be killed instantly.
“How could there be no casualties with three people shot!
Explain the situation!”
At that moment, Alcohol coughed twice over the walkie-talkie, then gasped and said: “The fight is over; the enemy has been killed.
There was only one enemy, very formidable; with each shot, he managed to hit our chest.
But he was using a submachine gun that couldn’t penetrate our body armor, over.”
Gao Yang, in a daze, said: “Why would he use a submachine gun?”
Not a rookie, it was precisely for that reason that Gao Yang could not understand why the enemy would use a submachine gun to fire at opponents who were clearly wearing body armor.
Submachine guns are suitable for combat in close quarters, a common understanding.
In CQB (Close Quarters Battle), submachine guns are nearly irreplaceable, but their lack of penetration is also a premise.
When facing unprotected enemies, submachine guns are the weapon of choice, but for armored adversaries, assault rifles are preferred.
If it’s team combat, at the very least a mix of submachine guns and assault rifles is the proper approach.
Alcohol quickly gave an answer.
“There were two people in the room.
One is dead; the other had an arm broken and couldn’t operate the rifle, that’s all.”
Gao Yang felt a sense of relief after escaping danger and at the same time, he held immense respect for the enemy who had already been killed.
Operating a submachine gun single-handedly and managing a shot per enemy were the marks of an expert.
Being able to raise a light machine gun to the waist and shoot accurately or holding a rifle in each hand and firing headshots at every enemy are scenes only possible in movies, and even there, only the protagonist could achieve such feats.
Glolov is a Machine Gun Artist, but even when he holds a machine gun to shoot, it’s just for laughs.
The first few shots might hit the enemy, but as he continues firing, where the bullets fly is anyone’s guess, and certainly not something Glolov would know.
Nowadays, people even call Gao Yang Gun God, but when he shoots a rifle single-handedly, he’s no different from a regular person.
Within ten or twenty meters, he should be able to hit with the first shot, but anything beyond that is doomed.
Submachine guns are slightly better, but only at very close ranges.
The enemy seemed formidable, yet their performance showed no ability to dominate the battlefield, leaving Gao Yang somewhat puzzled.
Puzzled as he was, the fight had to continue.
Gao Yang said in a deep voice: “The enemy seems to be formidable; be cautious and continue the assault.”
The fight went on.
The alley that Gao Yang controlled no longer showed signs of enemy movement, and Gao Yang still hoped that someone would rescue the wounded man writhing in pain on the ground, but no one else rushed out.
The assault team advanced again, but just at that moment, Gao Yang’s peripheral vision outside his scope suddenly noticed five streams of light flashing by, followed by a fleeting burst of light in the sky.
“Anti-aircraft missile!”
Eileen and the pilot of Night Demon Two shouted simultaneously; then, the three helicopters still in the air simultaneously released infrared decoy flares and immediately banked to the side.
There were enemies in the house who hadn’t moved, but they weren’t doing nothing; instead, they had completed powering on their shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles in the room.
Then they reached the courtyard and rapidly fired the missiles simultaneously.
Generally speaking, the launching of portable missiles takes some time to let the infrared seeker head activate, lock onto the aircraft, and then fire in order to possibly hit the aircraft.
The fact that the enemy could fire missiles indicates that they appeared very briefly.
They completed the launch before the three helicopters could detect and react, which suggests three possibilities.
One is that the missiles are very advanced, with very short lock-on to launch times; another possibility is that the enemy has extremely rich experience, roughly predicting the helicopters’ locations in advance, and then quickly launching to allow the missiles to lock on and attack the helicopters in flight.
Of course, the first and second scenarios could occur simultaneously.
If that’s the case, then it would just be bad luck.
The sky looked like a fireworks display with infrared decoy flares scattering light all over, while the subsequent explosions of anti-aircraft missile trails provided continuous bright flashes and loud booms.
Gao Yang’s heart was in his throat.
The anti-aircraft missiles were consciously coordinated by the enemy to catch the helicopters off guard.
The enemy had achieved their goal; the helicopters had indeed been taken by surprise.
“Night Demon Four is safe!”
“Night Demon Two is safe!”
“Night Demon One is hit!
There’s something wrong with my tail rotor, flight attitude is unstable, I must land before complete loss of control, Night Demon One is exiting the battlefield, repeat, Night Demon One is exiting the battlefield, over!”
The enemy’s target was quite clear; all five anti-aircraft missiles were aimed at the three helicopters capable of providing fire support, with two missiles targeting each of the Mi-24s.
Night Demon One was damaged, but this was a very good outcome.
Not being shot down instantly was a cause for gratitude.
The effect of the enemy’s missile attack could only be considered average, indicating that the first possibility could be ruled out.
If the anti-aircraft missiles were very advanced, capable of counteracting infrared decoy flares, the result would have been much more severe.
Though the enemy’s results were average, it also demonstrated that the enemy still had some tricks up their sleeve.
The synchronized missile launch from multiple locations and the fact that the missile targets were not random, attacking armed helicopters rather than the transport helicopters not far above the battlefield, and the reasonable distribution of attack targets, had already proven the capabilities of the missile launchers.
The enemy was quickly demonstrating their increasing strength.
Gao Yang knew that this village might not be as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Given the nature of decapitation operations, which only target high-value objectives, it’s not surprising to encounter strong enemies.
In fact, not encountering strong ones would be both odd and abnormal.
Encountering a strong enemy was something Gao Yang was mentally prepared for, and the presence of Turkish Special Forces in Syria was not surprising.
The Free Syrian Army is a relatively moderate faction among the rebels and has received strong support from the West.
Turkey’s involvement in the Syrian civil war has long been an open secret.
The only thing worth considering is how many Turks there are.
There are always surprises on the battlefield.
War is a game of deception, and hiding the truth while showing falsehoods is normal.
Expecting to fully understand all aspects of the enemy, while not entirely impossible, if such a situation truly arises, it’s best to first consider if it’s part of the enemy’s trap.
Gao Yang did not expect the intelligence provided by Dani to be completely accurate, but the appearance of Turkish Special Forces within the rebel camp was already beyond the scope of normal intelligence errors.
It’s normal for intelligence to diverge slightly from facts, but the situation Gao Yang and his team encountered was a disastrous intelligence failure.
Whether the disastrous intelligence failure would lead to disastrous consequences depended on how Gao Yang and his team fought.
Gao Yang did not give up, nor was there a need to.
The enemy was gradually assembling together and beginning to reveal their true capabilities.
But it was fine; Gao Yang hadn’t played all his cards yet.
Rescuing the Intelligence Agency Action Team would be difficult, yet simple.
The difficulty lay in the fact that the Action Team was already besieged.
It was okay to stay in the house; under the protection of the air, the enemy couldn’t use heavy artillery to bombard the house where the Action Team was taking cover.
However, the enemy could block the Action Team’s escape route.
Once the Action Team left the shelter of the house, the enemy didn’t need any heavy firepower, just precise shooting to inflict devastating damage on the Action Team.
It’s also simple, just needing Satan’s assault group to create a safe passage, then break a gap in the enemy’s encirclement of the Action Team.
Of course, this also requires maintaining the breach for a short time and keeping the evacuation route secure to extract the Action Team.
With two helicopters left, along with Gao Yang and Aimer’s sniping positions, maintaining the safety of the evacuation route, both vertically and horizontally, was not too much of an issue.
The key now was how to demolish a group of village houses guarded by the enemy and punch a hole in their encirclement.
If they always relied on the assault group’s forceful attacks, the risk was too high; Gao Yang couldn’t bear this risk.
So he decided, although it was not in the original plan, to bring the trump card, which was originally intended only for drills, into real combat.
Gao Yang didn’t intend to hold anything back; he wanted a quick decision.
So he said solemnly into the walkie-talkie, “Postman, direct the airstrike, choose the bombing target yourself, and require opening up a large enough passage.
Can two laser-guided bombs do it?”
“Boss, two is enough, starting to select bombing areas, over.” (To be continued.
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