865: Chapter 855: Ultra Close/Long Distance Shooting 865: Chapter 855: Ultra Close/Long Distance Shooting On the plane, no explosion sounds could be heard from the ground, but just six minutes later, trees on the ground suddenly fell, instantly tripling the area available for landing.
To clear a landing field, actually, many trees don’t need to be felled; just cutting down a few very large trees would suffice.
The smaller trees, shrubs, and vines underneath the giant trees pose an impact and danger to parachuting, but there’s no fatal risk.
“Parachuting is possible!
Be careful to avoid the jagged ends of branches.”
“Understood!
Beginning to jump.”
After receiving the notice from Rafael, Gao Yang replied and then shouted, “Jump!”
The lower the altitude of the plane, the more accurate the parachuting, but correspondingly, the shorter the available window for jumping gets.
Because factors such as wind direction limited options, they could only jump with the wind instead of against it.
Li Jinfang was the first to jump out, followed by Lucica.
After all six members of the first assault group had jumped, the plane had already passed the parachuting area.
When the plane circled back around, Gao Yang simply waved his hand and was the first to jump.
Gao Yang free-fell for a long while, controlling his direction until he was almost parallel to the canopy of the forest, and he precisely entered the cleared landing field.
Reaching out and pulling, when his parachute suddenly opened and slowed down his speed to a safe range, Gao Yang’s feet had already touched the ground.
Rolling on the spot to release the force, and standing up after that, Gao Yang quickly shed the parachute from his body and then shouted, “Ram has landed safely; second group, regroup on me, one group report your status!”
Rafael had already moved out with the first assault group, rush toward the area where Friend of Nature’s people were fighting.
A report quickly came back that all the members of the first group had landed safely, none were injured during the jump, and now they had rallied and charged toward the enemy.
Gao Yang looked up at the sky; inside the rainforest, he couldn’t feel any wind, but on the way down from above, he had felt a strong crosswind.
The parachutes opened one after another.
To ensure a precise entry into the drop zone, almost everyone employed a very low altitude before opening their parachute.
Glolov had landed; his parachuting skills were the best, completely uneventful.
Still, in the air, two parachutes had already opened; those were Cui Bo’s and Tommy’s.
The last group and the very last person was Jansen.
Jansen was still in freefall; Gao Yang could only see a small black dot.
When Jansen’s parachute suddenly opened, Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief—it looked like Jansen would also land in the safest central position.
The parachute jump was very successful; Jansen was the last to rise from the ground and then shouted, “Safely landed!”
Gao Yang immediately raised his arm and then said softly into the radio, “Catch up with the assault group!”
They were still some distance from Friend of Nature’s people—Gao Yang estimated it was about one thousand five hundred to two thousand meters.
About twelve minutes had passed since they lost contact with Friend of Nature’s people, and anything could have happened during that time, so the assault group had to rush there as quickly as possible.
Although they needed to get there as fast as possible, the enemy’s position wasn’t clear.
It was highly likely that the assault group would encounter the enemy, so cautious and vigilant progress was unavoidable, slowing down the assault group’s advance.
Meanwhile, the follow-up support group, having the assault group ahead clear the way, would advance much faster and could easily catch up before the engagement.
Holding the Blade of Satan, Gao Yang activated the thermal imager on his rifle and ran quickly along the path cleared by the assault group.
The noise absorption of the rainforest was so remarkable that Gao Yang couldn’t hear any gunfire; the direction of the assault group was determined by GPS coordinates, but Friend of Nature’s people could move, so it would be best to keep in contact if possible.
“Friend of Nature!
Have you made contact?”
Gao Yang and his team were using the radio frequency previously used by Friend of Nature, and although he knew that if Friend of Nature’s people turned on their radios they would have already heard the communication, Gao Yang couldn’t help but ask again.
“No!”
“This is Oil Barrel; I just passed out, what happened?”
After Friend of Nature replied with a no, a strange voice suddenly emerged from the radio.
Hearing the unexpected voice in the radio, Gao Yang was overjoyed and exclaimed urgently, “I’m here to rendezvous with you.
We’ve already landed and are moving towards you.
Buddy, tell your people to turn on their radios!”
After just a short wait, a voice full of surprise and joy came over the radio.
“This is Jackal; you guys, you’ve come down?”
Gao Yang said urgently, “Cut the chatter; didn’t you hear the explosion?
Jackal, give us your direction, we’ll get there immediately!”
Making contact with Friend of Nature’s people was good news.
Gao Yang quickened his pace, going faster and faster, to the point that the few people behind him were struggling to keep up.
Huan reported the coordinates, and pointed out the possible direction where the enemy might be.
Essentially, their group was surrounded by the enemy.
Although there were only ten enemies, they were all familiar with the jungle, so a mere ten dared to encircle them and indeed had successfully surrounded them.
While running, Gao Yang pulled out his GPS.
He had already entered the coordinates, and after a slight adjustment based on the new coordinates given by Friend of Nature, he found his direction was roughly correct, but he had deviated slightly.
The assault team would also adjust their direction, so Gao Yang only needed to follow the original route.
However, he was still more than seven hundred meters away from the coordinates, and it was not possible to keep too much distance during combat in the jungle.
As Gao Yang was running, he suddenly heard Lucica whisper through the intercom, “The enemy may have heard the explosion sound when clearing the landing site and could even be close enough to hear what the people from Friend of Nature are saying.
So, they probably know we’ve arrived.
We must avoid being ambushed by the enemy.
Stay alert.
According to our speed, we’ll be entering the danger zone at four hundred meters away from the target, stay alert.”
Gao Yang sped up, and when he was five hundred meters away from the target point, he caught up with Bruce who was falling behind.
After passing Bruce and Andy He, and then overtaking Rafael and Eileen, Gao Yang neared the leading Lucica, Jinfang, and Frey.
Jinfang was the spearhead, wielding a machete and clearing obstructing vines along the way, his pace was still quite fast.
Out of habit, Gao Yang slung the loaded but safety-on Blade of Satan over his back and, after taking the Shotgun in hand, followed behind Jinfang.
Seeing Gao Yang’s action, Lucica said in a low voice, “Boss, don’t use the Shotgun.
Toad and I have enough close-range firepower.
You have a longer detection range with your night vision device, so use your Blade of Satan to scan for heat signatures.”
In the jungle, Lucica was the highest commander.
Without saying a word, Gao Yang immediately slung the Shotgun back and took the Blade of Satan back into his hands.
Lucica kept tilting her head as she moved, much like Bantuna did in combat.
Both of them seemed to prefer using their hearing over their sight to detect the enemy.
That was why their nicknames had a curious synchronicity: one called Bat, the other Radar.
Now entering the danger zone, Jinfang slightly reduced his speed, and when they were nearly three hundred meters from the coordinates, Lucica suddenly whispered, “Grenade explosion sound!”
Gao Yang confirmed he hadn’t heard anything but he trusted Lucica.
Jinfang also slowed down a bit and looked at Lucica.
Lucica gestured gently with her hand and said softly, “I’ll take point, be careful, and try to make as little noise as possible.”
Lucica took over Jinfang’s machete, listened for a moment, and then moved forward, trying her best not to cut branches but to go around them when possible.
After moving a bit further, Lucica gestured to Gao Yang and whispered, “Boss, don’t worry about the ground, pay more attention to the trees at mid to low heights.
If the enemy has a sniper and wants to shoot from a distance, he can only climb a tree.”
Gao Yang immediately raised the barrel of his gun a little higher and started scanning trees that were three or four meters above the ground, and possibly higher.
Lucica slowed down considerably.
In the jungle, haste was dangerous.
Moving too fast could create too much noise, and not hearing the opponent’s movements could mean walking right into a hail of bullets.
Many people who have never been in the jungle don’t understand the terror of jungle warfare.
To illustrate with a simple example, imagine walking through a cornfield—if one doesn’t make a sound, think about how far away another person might be before you can see them, and you’ll understand what it’s like to fight in the jungle.
After Lucica gave her instructions, she continued to push forward, while Gao Yang, who was always scanning ahead, slowed down.
Since he was constantly looking up, he couldn’t respond quickly to nearby threats, and Eileen and Rafael immediately passed him, crouching in front of him to cover for Gao Yang and act as his shield.
After moving another thirty or forty meters, Gao Yang suddenly raised his left fist and said in a low voice, “Stop!”
Everyone immediately stopped and crouched down, only Gao Yang stood still.
After carefully observing, he whispered, “Heat source, can’t discern the type, sixty meters away, at an elevation of about six to ten meters.
Not sure if it’s an animal or a person.”
Lucica whispered, “Is it a single heat source or multiple, and is there any movement?”
“A single stationary target.”
Lucica immediately said, “Enemy!
Monkeys move in groups and at a higher elevation.
Plus, having heard an explosion, a monkey wouldn’t stay still.
Take him out before he spots us.”
With a lot of interference from branches, sixty meters was actually a bit far.
Looking through the scope at the uneven shades of light, Gao Yang aimed at the heat source but didn’t know if he could hit the enemy.
Just sixty meters, and without the interference of branches, Gao Yang could easily take the enemy down with a single shot.
But with branches in the way, it was hard to say.
Gao Yang sidestepped to avoid obvious branches and aimed at the heat source.
Despite being only sixty meters away, this was a long-distance shot since it was in the Amazon Rainforest.
Hoping for good luck before shooting, Gao Yang prayed he could take out the target in one shot, enemy or not.
(To be continued.
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