174: Chapter One Hundred Seventy-Three: The Opponent Is Not Easy to Deal With 174: Chapter One Hundred Seventy-Three: The Opponent Is Not Easy to Deal With After Simon explained the training Gao Yang and his team had received, he smiled and said, “Your second month at the base is known as the extreme limit month, where both your body and nerves will be pushed to the brink until you collapse.
Surprisingly, all of you made it through.
Honestly, I’m shocked because at least seventy percent of people are eliminated during this period.”
Gao Yang gave a wry smile and said, “To tell the truth, I’m curious about how I even managed to hold on.”
Simon seriously said, “Although getting through the extreme limit month is something to be proud of, such high-pressure training can cause significant damage to your body.
That’s why after the third month, the intensity of your basic training was greatly reduced to give your bodies a chance at recovery.
However, the crazy month will impose even greater mental and psychological stress.
I suppose you’ve already felt it, haven’t you?”
“Had you finished these two months, the next step would have been a gradual recuperation and recovery of the body, a process that would need at least three months’ time, as well as guidance from professionals.
Otherwise, your bodies could sustain irreversible damage.”
Gao Yang frowned and said, “I was wondering; training like this for two months is indeed deadly.
But apart from feeling tired, I don’t really feel too bad.”
Simon immediately shook his head and replied, “No, that’s impossible.
Your body has already sustained a lot of damage, it’s just that you can’t feel it.
That’s why restorative training is essential, and it can’t be rushed.
We’ll see how things are, but after this mission, I’ll arrange a place for you to recuperate.
Otherwise, you’re just depleting your life, at the very least your athletic life.
If you don’t want to be plagued by illness at a young age, you’d best listen to me.”
Li Jinfang also nodded and said, “Brother Yang, Simon is right.
Extreme training is essential for special forces, but it’s crucial to recuperate afterward.
Any responsible military force would mandate this.”
Simon gave a slight smile and said, “I just want you to have the best military training.
I never intended to turn any of you into invalids.
There are many well-known training camps around the world that indeed can train formidable killing machines in a short time.
But do you know the average life expectancy of those killing machines?
Let me tell you, it doesn’t exceed forty years.
Dying on the battlefield is still a stroke of luck for them; at least they don’t die at home in agony from all kinds of diseases.”
Gao Yang, with a sense of trepidation, said, “You’re making me scared.
I want to enjoy life, not die young.
Alright, it looks like we’ll need to take the time to recover properly after this operation.”
Simon snapped his fingers and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll arrange it, no matter where.
I promise there won’t be any long-term health issues.”
Just as Simon finished speaking, Destin suddenly shouted, “Simon, new development, we’ve confirmed the address of our target.”
Upon hearing this, Simon immediately went over to Destin’s side, stared at the computer screen for a while, then shouted, “Arthur, print out all the street view images of the area surrounding the target building from Google Street View.
Hill, print out satellite images of the target block from Google Earth.
I’m going to contact Morgan to see if he can get clearer satellite images.
If we can’t get better images, we’ll have to rely on Google Earth.”
After saying this, Simon hurried out of Destin’s office, while Gao Yang stuck his tongue out at Cui Bo and others, expressing his surprise, “I knew Google Earth and Google Street View could be used for military purposes, but I never thought I’d be using them myself.”
Cui Bo chuckled and said, “A poor country’s free military satellite, truly as good as the rumors claim.”
As Gao Yang found the use of Google Street View for attack preparation interesting, Arthur came over with a stack of documents.
He handed a few sheets to each person and said sternly, “This is the target building we’re going to attack.
Take a look and familiarize yourselves with the environment.”
From the photo, the target building was a four-story building, not very tall and not occupying a large area.
It didn’t appear to be a difficult target from the outside, and since it faced the street, approach didn’t seem too hard.
While Gao Yang and the others were intently examining the materials, Arthur said solemnly, “While the building doesn’t look hard to take from the outside, the problem is that it’s located in Tijuana, Mexico, one of the most rampant places for gangs and drug traffickers in the world.
Don’t underestimate these drug traffickers.
The drug war in Mexico has been going on since 2006 and still, those traffickers roam freely.
You should realize how tough they are to deal with.
By the way, several police chiefs in Tijuana have already been killed.”
Gao Yang pointed to the building in the picture and asked, “What difficulties do we already know about?”
Arthur took a photo and said, “The block where the target building is located is essentially under the control of drug traffickers.
The streets are crawling with them, so we can’t simply walk up with guns in plain view.
Even going by car is not an option.
Shootouts frequently occur among the traffickers, as well as between them and the government, which means they are extremely vigilant.
If a suspicious target tries to forcefully approach, they’ll be shot full of holes by those traffickers before getting anywhere close.
Therefore, our biggest issue right now is that we can’t quickly approach the target building.”
Upon hearing Arthur’s words, Gao Yang felt utterly overwhelmed, for what he had thought to be the least of his problems turned out to be the greatest.
“So, how many enemies do I have?
Do you know?”
“Based on the intelligence we currently have, the enemy gang has roughly four hundred members, but that is the total number.
It’s impossible for all of them to be gathered in one place.
Considering the capacity of the target building and the fact that it is the gang’s core area, our conservative estimate is that there would be no fewer than fifty gangsters inside the building, with an additional fifty to a hundred in the nearby streets.”
Gao Yang only shook his head as he listened, looking at the photo in his hands, he stroked his chin and said, “Fifty people is not too big of an issue, but how do we get close?
Have you come up with any methods?”
Arthur shook his head helplessly, “We don’t have any good solutions right now.
Without more intelligence, we can’t think of anything particularly effective.”
Li Jinfang was also gnashing his teeth in frustration and, after sighing, said while shaking his head, “This is really troublesome.
We don’t have enough manpower to launch a full assault, nor a way to approach silently—ah, if only we had a helicopter.”
Li Jinfang was just speaking off the cuff, but Arthur nodded in agreement, “That’s right, from what we see now, using a helicopter to attack from the rooftop seems to be the best choice.
Unfortunately, without more accurate intelligence, this plan can only be a backup.
But we’ve already prepared a contingency plan involving a helicopter and have chosen our personnel.
The only issue is that we are currently unable to confirm whether we can perform a fast rope or rappelling operation on the roof of the target building.”
Gao Yang felt that Arthur and the others were really daring, but he didn’t take Arthur’s words seriously.
To him, the idea of using a helicopter in combat seemed too far-fetched.
As the group was pondering over the photos, Simon suddenly burst in through the door and exclaimed excitedly, “Brothers, good news!
We haven’t got military-grade satellite images, but we’ve got something even better!
Destin, be ready to receive the files; Morgan has gotten hold of the design and construction blueprints of the target building!”
The room immediately erupted in cheers.
Gao Yang knew all too well what having detailed blueprints of the target building meant—for those preparing for indoor combat, it was nothing short of fantastic news.
Destin exclaimed joyfully, “That’s awesome, how did you get them?”
Simon couldn’t stop grinning with delight, “The building was designed by an American real estate firm.
Although it was constructed by a Mexican construction company, the American developer was involved throughout the process and kept all the design and construction blueprints.
Morgan located that real estate company through the CIA, and the information will be transmitted over soon.”
Having detailed blueprints of the building was a great start to their operation, and Simon was in much better spirits.
Seeing that Gao Yang and others were still in the room, Simon waved his hand and said, “Gao, there’s nothing for you here right now.
We’ll start the drills tomorrow.
You should get some good sleep now.
Go on, Frank should be free to take you there.”
After leaving Destin’s office building, Frank looked at his watch and said, “It’s one-thirty in the morning.
You can sleep until noon tomorrow.
If you wake up earlier, do some stretching in the room.
Don’t leave the barracks until you’re told to.
And before going to sleep, you need to run a few laps.
You can’t let your bodies relax too quickly; otherwise, it’ll take longer to get back into combat-ready shape.
Come on, a slow five-kilometer jog, no need to rush, just enough to get sweating.”
The usually quiet Frank had talked quite a bit and then led the way at a slow jog.
Gao Yang and the others followed, running the most relaxed five kilometers they had in recent times.
After working up a sweat, Gao Yang returned to the barracks that had been arranged for them.
After taking a shower, he went to bed comfortably.
However, the biological clock he had developed these past days wasn’t so easily adjusted.
After sleeping just two hours, Gao Yang woke up.
He did one hundred push-ups before lying down to try to sleep again, but by five-thirty, all five of them were awake.
The five did push-ups together, only after exhausting themselves could they continue to enjoy a rare good dream.
After tossing and turning several times, Gao Yang and his team managed to sleep intermittently until twelve-thirty noon, when Frank came to the barracks to notify them that they could come out.
Only then did Gao Yang climb out of bed.
Following Frank out of the barracks area, as they passed the playground, Gao Yang glanced over it unintentionally and was suddenly stunned.
He rubbed his eyes vigorously to confirm that he wasn’t dreaming and then pointed to a structure on the playground and said, “Frank, either I’m hallucinating, or you need to tell me that this thing really just popped up out of nowhere.” (To be continued.
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