915: Chapter 905: The Enemy is Visible, We Are Hidden 915: Chapter 905: The Enemy is Visible, We Are Hidden Jansen began to assemble one of his drones, while Glolov was still inside the vehicle.
It wouldn’t be too late for him to prepare to operate his heavy machine gun on the pickup as they were about to leave the Green Zone.
However, on the road leaving the Green Zone, Gao Yang and his team finally encountered an obstacle, and that obstacle came from a checkpoint.
Being stopped by two heavy machine guns, and also at least thirty automatic rifles at a checkpoint made of barriers, Tolkien said in a deep voice, “This is F6 Checkpoint, the only checkpoint on Route A4 that Polovich can’t control, but don’t worry, I can handle this.
Stay in the car and wait for me.
Don’t get agitated, and don’t show your guns.”
After Gao Yang notified the vehicles behind them with his walkie-talkie, Tolkien got out of the car and walked up to someone who looked like the commander, handing him the business card given by Polovich.
Tolkien said a lot, but the commander who stopped them just kept shaking his head.
In the end, Tolkien returned to the car, while the officer left with the business card.
Back in the car, Tolkien had a very grim look and said, “The business card should have worked, but now it seems the effect is not clear.
That guy told us to wait; he needs to make a call to the person on the card for confirmation before letting us through.”
Gao Yang was slightly worried, “Are we definitely going to be able to go through?”
Tolkien said confidently, “Definitely.
The owner of that business card will let us go.
However, I need to contact Polovich and have him put more pressure on this checkpoint.”
Gao Yang pondered and asked, “Do you think there is any possibility that this checkpoint might be on the Global Forces side?”
Tolkien shook his head, “I can’t be sure.
Perhaps there is such a possibility.
The guards at the checkpoints of the Green Zone don’t all come from the same unit.
This is to prevent the security of the Green Zone from being infiltrated easily.
Maybe, the superiors of F6 Checkpoint, or the commander of the checkpoint himself, are in cahoots with Global Forces.”
Gao Yang gave a bitter smile, “I hope not.
I don’t want to be riddled with bullets by so many guns.”
After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Tolkien said to Gao Yang, “Polovich has made a call to the owner of the business card.
I think the checkpoint has received the notice to let us through.
I’ll go down and check.”
Tolkien went down, but he quickly returned to the car and said angrily, “The bastards, they are stalling for time.
They say that the commander isn’t in and don’t know if they have received the notice to let us pass.
We have to continue waiting.”
Twenty more minutes passed before the commander finally came back leisurely, without a word, but with a wave of his hand, and Gao Yang’s group was allowed to leave.
Once the convoy was on the move again, Gao Yang said with a serious tone, “Now I can confirm that this checkpoint is related to Global Forces.
Furthermore, I can confirm that Global Forces has already set an ambush and is waiting for us.
The only purpose of this checkpoint stalling us is to give Global Forces enough time to prepare the ambush.”
Tolkien also spoke gravely, “It’s obvious that’s the case.
Alright, we need to go through the last checkpoint, and then we’ll leave the Green Zone.
The last checkpoint has a good relationship with Polovich.
You all can get ready for combat.
But I have to remind you, the checkpoint won’t be able to provide any help unless someone attacks them or enters within two hundred meters of the checkpoint.”
Gao Yang looked outside at the darkening sky, “It’s completely dark now.”
Tolkien nodded, “Yes, it seems they want to take you out in the darkness.”
“Coincidentally, I also want to take them out in the dark.
You know, darkness can cover many sins.
In any case, neither side has to worry about being caught on camera as evidence, right?”
Tolkien nodded, grabbed what was Gao Yang’s spare AK47 from the passenger seat, and said in a deep voice, “I’ll borrow this, okay?”
“Of course, no problem.
But are you also joining the fight?”
“Of course, I can’t leave until I see you guys off.
Since I can’t leave, I definitely need to join the battle.
I’m not used to taking bullets without returning fire.”
“The gun is all yours.”
“Stop here.
Beyond this point is the last line of defense for leaving the Green Zone.
We’re about to drive out.
Let’s make ready for combat right here.”
After the car stopped, Gao Yang said over the walkie-talkie, “Alright, guys, get ready for combat, and then we’re heading out.
Guys, this is like when you were going to school, and there’s a bully waiting at the school gate to beat you up.
The difference is, you can choose to take them down.”
Jansen laughed over the walkie-talkie then said loudly, “Boss, the drone is assembled.”
Gao Yang opened the heavy car door, got out, and took the Blade of Satan from its case.
After turning on the scope and the night vision device, he yelled, “Quick, quick, quick, we need to hurry up and deal with those blocking us before heading out on the mission.”
Glolov got onto the pickup truck and raised the heavy machine gun, while Tommy also got on, not with the complete mortar that Polovich had prepared for him, but with a mortar tube that he had welded a handle onto.
After the bullet was chambered, Gao Yang approached Jansen, looking at the quadcopter drone Jansen had placed on the ground, “It’s gotten pretty dark, any problems?”
Jansen nodded, “Of course not, it’s special night reconnaissance equipment, top of the line.
Boss, you had someone pick this up, you should be aware of its performance.”
Gao Yang smiled, “I had someone buy it, but I don’t understand the technical details.
Okay, go and see if anyone is preparing to block us.”
Jansen first turned on the receiver, then the drone’s power switch, and as he operated the drone to lift off, the images sent back by the Glow Night Vision Device were very clear.
As the altitude increased, the image clarity was not affected at all.
The drone, along with its recording and transmission equipment, was purchased through Morgan by Gao Yang—genuine Delta Force reconnaissance gear.
The set, including the drone with cameras, especially those for nighttime use, amounted to eighty thousand dollars.
The small drone was just the carrier; it was the mounted camera equipment that cost a fortune.
A drone was eight hundred dollars, a night vision camera was forty thousand dollars, a signal transmission device that was shock-resistant, heat-resistant, and highly interference-resistant was twenty thousand dollars, and adding in the daytime cameras and displays, a military procurement price tag of eighty thousand dollars was only to be expected.
Of course, such gear was typically military-exclusive.
You could buy it on the civilian market too, and for cheaper—at about twenty thousand dollars for a complete top-tier set.
However, the catch was that while it worked fine for daytime surveillance, it couldn’t hold a candle to military-grade equipment at night.
In keeping with Gao Yang’s nature, if he was going to buy, he would buy the best.
So, he not only had Morgan purchase Delta Force’s main reconnaissance drones, he bought two types—one quadcopter drone suitable for urban environments and one fixed-wing drone with fast flight speeds for quick large-area battlefield searches.
He didn’t buy just one of each—he bought four sets.
Drones tend to crash, and it was not sensible to ask Morgan to purchase a new one every time one went down.
It was better to have a full backup ready.
Although Jansen controlled the drone, the money was pooled by everyone.
Once the drone took to the sky, it was clear whether the Satan Mercenary Corps’ investment was worthwhile.
In the darkness of the night, once the drone reached an altitude of over two hundred meters, everything on the ground was clearly visible, without any detail missed.
Jansen corrected the flight based on the electronic map and GPS, maneuvering the drone above one of the two street corners.
Then, Tolkien, who had been staring at the display screen, suddenly shouted, “There they are!
I see them, over there, behind that abandoned car, there are two people, here, and here!”
Tolkien didn’t need to point them out; Gao Yang and the others had already seen them.
On the screen, they could count fourteen people holding rifles, three setting up machine guns, and at least six others with rocket launchers hiding behind covers.
After seeing the footage, Gao Yang whistled and laughed, “High tech is really great.”
Glolov was drawn down from the truck.
After seeing the image on the display, he shook his head and said, “Americans do have the upper hand in this area, better than Russia.
Ah, if only we had this stuff back in Grozny, we would’ve lost far fewer brothers.
F**k, our radios were always f**king up!”
After glancing at Glolov, Tolkien also sighed, “It’s true, the Americans do a better job in this field.
They use drones for what we need to scout by foot.
At most, they lose a drone; we would lose lives.
Ah, I served in the Second Chechen War.”
Gao Yang didn’t have time for Glolov and Tolkien’s nostalgia and said to Jansen, “Go check the other side.”
The situation at the other street corner was quickly revealed—about ten people were lying in ambush, most with rocket launchers, but with so many buildings at the site, it was impossible to see from above if anyone was hiding inside them.
Gao Yang frowned, “It seems there are no civilians around.”
Tolkien laughed, “Of course, when they saw a fight was about to start, those civilians would have hidden away.
They wouldn’t stay put and wait to be hit by stray bullets.
This is Baghdad, the residents here know how to survive frequent battles.
Don’t worry, no one will come out before the fight is over.”
Gao Yang pointed at a building on the screen, about to ask Jansen if he could check inside, but Jansen was already maneuvering the drone.
Then, at an altitude of less than thirty meters and less than two hundred meters from the building, he slowly searched every building that might have hidden enemies.
Gao Yang spoke in a serious tone, “No problems, right?”
Jansen chuckled, “Switched to the Thermal Imaging System, which can definitely spot anyone hiding.”
“I meant the drone, it won’t be noticed by the enemy, will it?”
Jansen smirked slightly, “This is a professional military surveillance drone, of course, there aren’t all sorts of lights signaling to the enemy.
It’s night-time.
Besides, this drone has an ultra-quiet design.
Given how far away from the enemy we are, I don’t believe they can spot it.
I’d never believe it.”
(To be continued.
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