As soon as I saw the situation, I realized.
‘If I’m good at this, I’ll be able to rob it.’
It was probably not just me, everyone must have had the same thought.
This was the information that Rachel saw directly through the night telescope and grasped with the drone.
It was easy to penetrate thanks to the rainy days and cloudy night sky, and the rebels who looked like sentries were openly sleeping, and there were no proper defense facilities, so you could just go in.
Soon Jake looked at me saying I was in the lead.
-The entry order is the same as before, to move 1 minute from the current time.
“Three Charlies, good reception.”
While answering, I looked at the village that was about 3,400M away.
There was no light in the village that turned green in the 4-eye night vision mirror.
There are only a few places with real fire, and one or two places that are using electricity.
Compared to the size of the village with thousands of people, it was practically darkness without light.
By the time I saw the town like that.
-Charlie 3, let’s go.
I heard Jake’s voice.
Responding to him, I stepped down the ridge, stepping on water-soaked mud.
The direction is the entrance to a defenseless village where there are no sentries.
The walker, who had already been soaked in rainwater, stomped around for a while, and reached the target point without realizing it.
What to do next was very simple and clear.
scouting or capturing.
Specifically, it was necessary to find out the identity of the armed group, the size of the enemy, the state of armament, the current status of civilians and prisoners, the enemy’s internal situation and future schedule, etc. If possible, even those involved had to be caught and returned to the Congolese Army unit.
It might seem like a lot of work to do and it might be complicated, but it wasn’t necessarily so.
As you already understood, it was because it was easy to enter.
With a little bit of exaggeration, you can look around as if taking a walk around the town.
At the same time, it reminded me of the training I did in Korea.
The day I cut off the barbed wire fence of the forward division that predicted the infiltration and entered and put an explosive sticker on the door of the command and control room.
I only didn’t use live ammunition, but it seemed that it was a little more bloody then. I was also nervous.
On the other hand, I can afford it now thanks to my steel mentality.
After passing through several buildings and alleys, I reached a building with a sleeping sentry, believed to be the command and control room, and radioed.
“Here comes three Charlies, Mike Victor 11.”
Between announcements in the spoken language promised in advance.
-Three Charlies, this is one Charlie. Wait for a while, signal after joining Delta to enter.
-This is a delta, arriving in 30 seconds.
There were radio calls that matched perfectly, and I sat side by side by the door, fixing my gun to my satisfaction.
And soon Jake with a paroo approached.
His rain-drenched beard swayed, and soon a gruff voice came out.
“Charlie three, prepare to enter.”
* * *
Kwakdeudeuk- rattle.
The wooden door swings open.
Thanks to the sound of rain falling in pursuit, the noise did not spread much, and also quickly disappeared.
After that, starting with the sound of Kang-tae’s footsteps, Jake, Marcus, and Jose entered with their guns in turn.
Inside was quite large.
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Like a dormitory or military barracks, there is a hallway in the middle and rooms on the left and right.
Before Kang-tae and Jake reached the door, they met each other’s eyes and entered as if splitting left and right.
The same goes for Marcus and Jose.
Then, it was time for Andrei to put down his binocular night vision goggles and watch the empty hallway.
“Charlie three, clear.”
Kang Tae, who entered the room, quickly declared and turned around.
It was because it was a space filled with empty wooden chests, broken pickaxes, and torn overalls.
Same goes for Jake.
After that, enter the next room as if dividing left and right.
Kang Tae, who entered, hesitated.
There were several rebels who slept roughly spread out.
Thinking that he could kill all but one, Kang-tae pulled out his greatsword while lowering the HK416 from the suspender.
The judgment was quite quick, but the action that came out at the end was even more swift.
hooked! Fu-wook- Fuuk-!
The three of them, who were sleeping side by side, stabbed their greatswords deep inside their ribs.
While organs were ruptured, and a couple of rebels flinched from muscle contractions and convulsions.
The rebels on the other side heard the noise and raised their heads.
“Um, what… … ?”
While he was rubbing his sleepy eyes, Kang-tae kicked the ground and rushed at him.
Tadadak! Pooh-!
It was an instant.
The moment Marcus, who played a backup role, aimed the gun at him, Kang-tae stabbed the enemy with his greatsword.
“Ugh… ugh… … !”
Phew, the moment I stabbed it again.
“What are you doing… … .”
The local Congolese language came out from the seat next to me.
I don’t know what he meant, but Kang Tae almost reflexively covered his mouth and stabbed his greatsword accurately and swiftly.
Whoop, whoop, whoop. While the bloody and struggling rebels stopped.
Marcus struck the only remaining man in the back of the head with his butt.
Clap! Iron flip.
Even the rebels who were raising their upper bodies collapsed, and a further sound rang out from the room opposite.
Kwajijik! I’m sorry!
It’s not as much as a gunshot through a silencer, but it’s still quite loud for a while.
– Charlie Hana, clear.
Jake’s voice came through.
Afterwards, he twisted his fists a few times and straightened the knee he had been on halfway through, standing up.
Then, he pulled out the greatsword, which had been deeply embedded in his breastbone, and had not been used a few times, with all his might.
Deeddeudeuk-!
A sound that was hard to hear came from a person’s body, and his greatsword appeared with blood on it.
The blade of the sword was stuck in the bone, so I had no choice but to use a fist.
To be precise, the moment he tried to pull it out with force because it was driven too deep, the rebel had no choice but to get up and swing his fist as if using a silent weapon.
Suddenly, after wiping the blood off the greatsword, Jake left the room while putting it in the scabbard.
For a while, José was startled and moved out of the way.
Kang-tae, who had been waiting in the hallway, turned his head and exchanged signals, and Jake gave a hand signal and started moving again.
After stabbing, hitting, something breaking, and a gunshot through a silencer at the end.
It wasn’t long before Jake’s voice came over the radio.
-All clear.
Fortunately, there was not a single shot from the rebels.
As expected, it wasn’t that difficult, and it was an easy operation.
However, Jake’s expression, let alone Kang-tae looking back at the finished interior, was not so good.
“here… It doesn’t seem like much.”
Named Mike Victor 11, the rebels’ command and control room or management room was a lot different from what they guessed.
It seemed to be a living space that had nothing to do with sleeping sentries or generators.
Jake nodded too.
“First of all, conduct SSE (Sensitive Site Exploitation: information collection) excluding border personnel. Charlie Five, redo the main building before heading to the secondary destination.”
-Charlie five, good reception.
Jake instructed, and Rachel answered.
It was an unexpected situation, but it was unavoidable. Everyone knew.
The data given in the first place were only a map and a few words, and there was nothing else that I had grasped in advance.
Everything was decided on the spot.
By the time the rest of the Delta team, with the exception of one guarded Delta team, were clinging to the SSE, sweeping paper documents in their bags and ripping out electronics.
Tuck, Tuck.
Andrei, wearing a pair of night vision goggles, walked out of the room shaking his head.
Then, looking at Kang-tae, who was packing his bag, he opened his mouth.
“Lee, did you do that? You don’t think this is a goddamn command and control room?”
“Uh, rather than the command and control room… Should I say it’s like an inn?”
“that’s right. This is where the idiots live, and there’s a separate command and control room.”
“separately? how did you know?”
“I heard that there is a baby that is still breathing, so I asked.”
“so?”
“I heard that the building across the alley here is important… Unfortunately, I didn’t hear the next one. Because someone broke the torso.”
While Andrei looks at Jake and shrugs.
“Charlie 5, fly low around Mike Victor 11 and the buildings facing the alley to get a closer look.”
-This is Charlie Five… … .
Rachel’s voice followed right after that.
– Thermal imaging response confirmed in a building 10 meters northwest of Mike Victor 11.
“… … !”
-Enemy guards with automatic rifles are expected, and they are found to be on guard around the building.
“A sentinel? I want you to answer if you are sure.”
– Appears to move regularly and be alert to surroundings.
Even though it was covered by night vision, Jake, Kang-tae, and Andrei’s gazes were entangled.
It was all realized.
“… there.”
It wasn’t just the combined effect of the rebel’s death and Rachel’s words.
Something important was different.
A sentry on alert with an automatic rifle.
According to observations both outside and inside the village, there was not a single decent sentry.
Nine out of ten were sleeping, and the other was reclining in a chair smoking a cigarette.
In other words, the place Rachel found was the command and control room.
Even if not, it must be an important place.
For example, it could have been a place where the chief executive in charge of managing the area lived, or a place where gold and silver treasures and various materials were piled up.
The best thing is that they are all gathered together, and you had to go there to find out.
The information obtained so far has not been of any importance.
Soon Andrew opened his mouth.
“Now that it’s like this, it’s better to take prisoners there too.”
It was because dozens of people inside this building were all shot and killed by just a few people.
Of course, Jake’s order was the same as the first.
“If possible, capture prisoners, and if impossible, shoot and return.”
“That’s what… You can kill them all.”
Everyone here knew full well that he did not mean the rules of engagement.
It was because of the identity of the enemy.
M23.
As one of the representative rebel groups, it was an illegal armed group that had signed a peace agreement about 10 years ago and has been active again recently.
And M23 was far from simply a rebel against the government.
Killing men, raping women, raising children to be child soldiers or suicide bombers, the evil of evils.
That means you deserve to die.
It was a tribe that did not need to be saved.
Everyone was well aware of this, so they didn’t bother to argue, and soon Jake issued a new order.
“Change the 2nd target.”
* * *
The changed secondary target point has become a little more difficult from the movement.
It was not because the sentry slept while listening to the sound of rain, or sitting on a chair to doze off, but because he was properly alert.
Of course, it wasn’t impossible to break through that either.
It was thanks to Rachel piloting the drone while watching the thermal imaging screen in the rain.
– Pause for a moment, press against the wall on the left.
Wait for her to give directions like a navigation.
Before I knew it, I had reached the blind spot of sentries.
Only then did the building, which had been hidden, come into full view.
‘Here it is… … .’
The command and control room was clear.
I didn’t know exactly because it was in the dark, but looking at it now, it looked pretty far and nice compared to the surrounding buildings.
At a glance, it was a space for a senior.
As I looked over the fence, I put my hand on it.
“Then I will jump over the fence.”
Jake, who was wary of the second floor, nodded, and quickly went over the fence while giving momentum.
It was because of the height of 1.5M that did not require help.
dump.
While the sound of landing is buried in the sound of rain and disappears.
Reflexively pulling out the HK416, I tried to take a step, but stopped.
No, it was just frozen.
It was because I could see something artificial among the tall weeds.
A very unnatural line.
Rainwater was hanging there and dripping.
A moment of time feels long.
I realized what it was.
“… Takeover wire.”
It was the root of a booby trap.
A kind of trap that gives a signal when tripped, whether it sounds an alarm, explodes, or whatever.
“This is three Charlies, all shutting down. Check the takeover wire over the fence.”
Spreading rapidly, I looked at the tip of the takeover wire.
It was also obscured by tall weeds, but I approached it very carefully and inspected it closely.
-Three Charlies, can you check the location and type of booby traps?
At the same time, Jake’s voice on the other side of the fence came across, so he looked around and answered.
“… So far, I have identified a line of wire to be taken over and a lighting mine.”
The moment even a small amount of pressure of several hundred grams is applied to the trip wire, flares that illuminate all directions will be fired.
There’s no reason the M23 couldn’t have it, but it was a rather strange device.
The moment I saw it, my head tilted.
‘This was done by M23… … ?’
The location and installation of the takeover wire were excellent.
If I hadn’t habitually looked under my feet and hadn’t had raindrops on the line, hadn’t I been careless and made a hasty move, I might have set off the lighting mine.
The moment I was conscious of this, a cold sensation ran up the nape of my neck.
‘… There’s no way those bastards did it.’
My head shook my head.
It didn’t make sense.
The dozens of M23s I’ve dealt with so far were enemies below the level of dying without firing a single bullet in their sleep.
What I saw and heard now was not what M23 was capable of.
‘It was done by properly trained guys.’