779: Chapter 770: Raid His Lair 779: Chapter 770: Raid His Lair Technology is the primary productive force; technology is combat power.
There is a world of difference between forces equipped with night vision devices and those without during night combat, and this point is indisputable.
When the battlefield is unilaterally transparent to one side, the outcome is already determined.
Night could have been the Akuri tribe’s greatest protection, but if Captain Sadik had a night vision device, night would turn into a death trap for the Akuri tribe.
If the Chieftain and his men thought they were safe at night, the result would be quite the opposite.
As if an electric current had passed through him, Gao Yang couldn’t help but shudder and then said in a cold voice, “What kind of night vision, thermal imaging or glow?”
After looking at Gao Yang, the captive responded with some confusion, “What do you mean?
A night vision device just lets you see things at night.
What’s the difference?”
The captive didn’t know the difference between infrared thermal imaging and glow night vision devices, and Gao Yang didn’t want to ask further.
He urgently said, “Tell me which direction Captain Sadik is in.”
After twisting his head to look around from the ground, the captive said, “Can I stand up?
I can’t make out the directions like this.”
Gao Yang took a step back and said, “Stand up.”
The captive propped himself up with one hand and started to stand, but the moment he rose from the ground, he suddenly pulled a small knife from his left ankle and lunged at Gao Yang.
Gao Yang hadn’t thoroughly searched the captive and had missed the small knife hidden on him, but his reaction was quick.
Seeing the captive’s movement, he immediately smashed the butt of his gun down on the captive’s head.
Bantuna was squatting on the ground and, as the captive lunged at Gao Yang, he chopped at the captive’s ankle with the sight in his hand.
With his head smashed by Gao Yang and his foot almost severed by Bantuna, the captive collapsed to the ground without even uttering a scream.
Gao Yang’s gunstock either knocked the captive unconscious or killed him outright.
After the captive lay motionless on the ground, Bantuna said bitterly, “This guy knew what was coming and still had a trick up his sleeve.”
It was a matter of life and death, and the captive chose to make a final stand, though he had hit an iron wall.
Nevertheless, he made one last attempt.
The only issue for Gao Yang was that the captive hadn’t hoped to leave alive from the start, so the credibility of what he had disclosed was questionable.
Jansen, also considering this issue, hesitated and said, “Boss, can we trust what this guy said?”
Gao Yang sighed and replied, “The credibility isn’t very high, but we have no choice.
We have to verify it ourselves to know if what he said is true, Radar.”
Without further clarification, Bantuna knew what Gao Yang meant and, picking up a gun he had found, shot the captive on the ground.
Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Let’s continue on our way.
Search the bodies for grenades and take them with us.”
In the jungle, one cannot do without grenades.
Gao Yang had already used up all of his grenades, so it was necessary to clear the battlefield.
After a fight, there were more grenades than before.
When Gao Yang left, he had eight grenades, up from six.
Although Bantuna was already carrying a lot, he reloaded everything he had dropped during the fight and added four more grenades to his load.
Caught in an unexpected battle, they were delayed by about an hour.
Although it was still very dark, in half an hour, it would start to dawn.
Not knowing if there were other teams dispatched by Sadik nearby, Gao Yang and his men remained alert.
However, Gao Yang wasn’t too worried about the gunfire being heard because the sound absorption of the trees was very strong.
Firing a gun in the jungle was generally unheard beyond a few hundred meters.
Gao Yang was becoming increasingly anxious, but lacking specific intelligence support, his urgency had no direction.
Not knowing where the Chieftain and his men were, nor where Sadik had taken his men, Gao Yang wanted to find the Chieftain quickly to ensure their safety, but he didn’t know exactly how to proceed.
With no leads, it was time to work out a plan.
As he moved, Gao Yang thought about what the most rational choice he could make would be.
The first step was to find the outpost, which should still be manned.
Attacking the outpost and capturing a live mouth to clarify where Captain Sadik was or making the outpost personnel notify Captain Sadik of the attack would force Captain Sadik to focus his attention on him.
This was the initial choice Gao Yang had made.
By the time Gao Yang had made up his mind, the sky had begun to brighten slightly.
They increased their pace and adjusted their search direction based on the GPS data, finally locating the outpost before sunrise.
Unlike the outposts they had attacked before, the one personally overseen by Captain Sadik was much larger—it could even be called a small military camp.
It consisted of twelve wooden huts, new and old, hidden at the edge of a sparse forest.
Upon spotting the outpost, Gao Yang and his team stopped more than two hundred meters away and first observed the outpost’s situation.
There was no large clearing here; the difference was only in the density of the trees, so visibility was significantly affected.
Moreover, the trees provided good cover for the outpost, enabling it to go undetected by satellites and aircraft that could only capture images of patches of forest and not the individual huts.
No doubt this was why Captain Sadik chose to build his most important outpost in the forest.
After observing for a while, Gao Yang whispered to Bantuna who was next to him, “What do we do?”
Bantuna looked at Gao Yang and responded gravely, “What do you plan to do?”
Gao Yang said gravely, “I want to storm right into the outpost, catch them completely off guard.
If there are few enemies, we’ll wipe out everyone in the outpost.
If there are too many, we’ll pull out.
I expect the outpost personnel will contact Captain Sadik, and I hope to draw his attention to us so we can raid Sadik’s base.
I think he’ll be forced to return hurriedly.”
After thinking it over, Bantuna said, “It’s risky, but you’re the boss.
Alright, let’s do it.
Let’s start the operation now.
The enemy is still asleep, it’s better to act now than to delay.”
Gao Yang waved his hand and said, “Radar, the two of us will approach for the attack.
You can set down my shotgun and the rocket launcher, just carry grenades.
Jansen, you use the machine gun to cover us.
If all goes well, that’s great, but if we can’t hold our position in the outpost, you need to cover our escape.”
Jansen nodded and said, “No problem.”
Gao Yang put down all the unnecessary gear, only carrying a rifle, a pistol, and grenades.
After preparing for battle, Gao Yang nodded to Bantuna and said, “Let’s go.”
Taking a deep breath and crouching, Gao Yang and Bantuna started stealthily moving towards the outpost.
It didn’t take long for Gao Yang and Bantuna to reach beside the wooden huts of the outpost.
There were many huts, and if an attack were to be launched, it definitely needed to start from the outer huts.
However, upon reaching the first hut, Bantuna listened at the door for a while, then gestured to Gao Yang that there was no one inside, and they could move to the next hut.
Some huts had obvious purposes, like the kitchen and the storeroom for goods—those places didn’t need attention, as they were definitely unoccupied.
But most of the obviously residential huts were empty.
These living huts were merely closed, not locked.
Bantuna only needed to listen at the door or take a peek through the cracks to know whether there was anyone inside.
Gao Yang and Bantuna methodically checked each hut, and with four left to go, Bantuna paused to listen before pointing at one, indicating that there were people inside.
Gao Yang waved his hand, and he and Bantuna temporarily bypassed the inhabited hut to check the remaining few.
Only one hut was occupied, which should have been good news—the outpost wasn’t heavily manned, so there wasn’t much cause for alarm.
However, Gao Yang felt even more anxious because the fewer people in the outpost, the more Captain Sadik had taken with him, making the situation for the pursued Chieftain even more perilous.
Gao Yang pulled out two grenades, pulling the pins.
After Bantuna nodded at Gao Yang, he pushed open the door of the hut, peeked inside, and then gently waved at Gao Yang, indicating it could be handled without the grenades.
Gao Yang re-inserted the pins of the grenades and raised his rifle.
Bantuna, too, ready to shoot, did not kick the door open forcefully but gently pushed it open.
Inside was a large bunk bed with eight people sleeping on it.
Accompanied by light snoring and the pungent smell of sweaty feet, Gao Yang nodded at Bantuna and suddenly fired a shot at the ceiling, then roared, “Wake up!
Move and you’re dead!”
The commands to wake up and not move were contradictory, but Gao Yang wasn’t concerned with that; the gunshot and his shout woke the sleeping men.
However, those startled awake did not act as Gao Yang had intended.
One man woke up and, reaching under his pillow, pulled out a handgun.
Quick as a flash, Gao Yang shot and killed the soldier before he could comprehend the situation.
Several soldiers began shouting loudly, but to Gao Yang’s surprise, they were shouting in Arabic.
Meanwhile, the befuddled soldiers were grabbing rifles from beside them.
There could be no thought of sparing any lives now.
Gao Yang began to shoot continuously, killing soldier after soldier who was just waking up and still groggy on the bed.
The last soldier wasn’t shot simply because he hadn’t managed to grab a gun.
Seeing no immediate threat, Gao Yang stopped firing and shouted at the soldier in Arabic, “Hands up.”
The soldier looked bewildered, glanced around, and then back at Gao, seemingly unsure of what to think.
Following that, Bantuna also shouted in Arabic, “Move and you’re dead.” (To be continued.
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