Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 408 This is the elite!

The scarred sniper's facial scars alone are enough to prove his extensive combat experience.

His rich combat experience gave him an intuition that sensed something was wrong, leading him to suspect that the explosion was related to the enemy sniper.

He immediately rolled to the side a few times, moving to the side to look at the bunker where Cheng Cai was.

however.

Although the scarred sniper reacted very quickly, he realized that he was still a step too slow, as Cheng Cai had already moved to a new position.

Unable to see where Cheng Cai had hidden himself, he himself became the target exposed to the sunlight.

The scarred sniper's expression changed drastically.

Abandoning his search for the missing Cheng Cai, he immediately retreated back into cover, making sure he wouldn't be targeted by the enemy.

Then, from another angle behind the bunker, we looked down at the battlefield below the mountain.

The "prey" ambushed at the foot of the mountain had not completely lost their fighting ability during the artillery attack. Instead, under the leadership of the Flame Dragon Team, they had gradually gained a foothold.

The rebels on the highway have been wiped out, leaving only the rebels on the mountainside and ridge.

The two sides exchanged fire from a distance of more than 100 meters, and neither could gain the upper hand for a moment. The rebels had completely lost the absolute suppression that an ambush should have.

After reviewing the situation of both sides, the scarred sniper's expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

In order to turn the tide, he had no choice but to take another gamble.

This is all we have left!

The scarred sniper took out his Nokia phone and dialed the artillery commander, ordering him to immediately open fire and blow up the government troops and the Flame Dragon team below.

Once the government troops and the Flame Dragon Team are all dead, the rebel soldiers will be free to deal with the sniper Cheng Cai.

At that time.

Even with Cheng Cai's exceptional sniping skills, he could only flee in disarray when surrounded by dozens of rebel soldiers.

The scarred sniper, who is currently on the defensive, will be able to easily turn the tide.

The rebel artillerymen were frightened by Cheng Cai and hid to save their lives. They haven't fired a shot yet and are waiting for Scarface to kill Cheng Cai.

As a result, Scarface's side couldn't handle the situation, and the rebel artillerymen had no choice but to endure the artillery fire.

To avoid being sniped while firing, the rebel artillerymen dared not go out to get their cannons and shells, and instead chose to fire from behind cover.

Use the rifle as a hook to reach out, grab the cannon barrel and the shell, and pull it back.

The rebel artillerymen knew Cheng Cai's approximate location. By avoiding this side, they wouldn't have to worry about being sniped and could even fire from behind cover.

The rebel artillerymen thought they were safe by doing this, and were not even worried about being hit by shells.

Because a shell will not explode when it is hit by a bullet.

It explodes as soon as it's hit; that's in movies.

However, the rebel artillerymen completely forgot, or perhaps they simply didn't know, what kind of elite group was among the people they were ambushing.

Conventional bullets cannot detonate artillery shells; even if they penetrate them, they will not explode.

That doesn't mean all bullets are unusable.

When Cheng Cai saw the rebel artillerymen using their guns as hooks to pull back the mortars that had fallen to the ground, he did not make any move.

Whether you aim at a gun or a cannon barrel, even if you hit it, it doesn't mean much.

As long as the artillery survives, the threat remains.

Therefore, firing a shot would expose oneself, allowing the enemy to know one's exact location, and giving the scarred sniper the opportunity to counterattack.

Therefore, Cheng Cai did not act rashly and continued to be a lurking venomous snake.

Cheng Cai's expression changed when one of the artillerymen reached out with his rifle and pulled a box of mortar shells out of a ditch.

They became extremely serious!

He took out a special armor-piercing incendiary round, pulled the bolt to eject the conventional round from the chamber, and loaded the armor-piercing incendiary round.

He re-locked onto the slowly moving ammunition box and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang!"

Cheng Cai fired his gun.

The armor-piercing incendiary shell traveled more than 300 meters and accurately hit the shell box, penetrating the shell casing and entering the shell itself.

The high-temperature incendiary agent containing magnesium, aluminum, and other substances instantly detonated the explosives inside the cartridge case.

"Boom!"

A shell exploded, igniting a box of shells.

The combined effect of the secondary explosion leveled everything within a radius of several meters, and even knocked out the rebel artillerymen twenty meters away.

The explosion sent up black smoke and orange flames that shot up dozens of meters high from the ground.

After the explosion.

The artillery position, which originally had many stone pillars and bunkers, has been basically turned into a flat area, with a large, sunken black crater in the very center.

The ground was black because the high temperature from the explosion scorched the soil.

The rebel artillerymen hiding in this artillery position were all blown to pieces in this explosion.

Scarface was still waiting for the artillerymen to turn the tide for him, but instead he heard a deafening roar.

At first glance, his face was ashen.

The artillery has been completely wiped out!

Without artillery, there was no last hope, and there was absolutely no possibility of turning the tide.

Scarface knew that staying and fighting would be disadvantageous in every way, so the best option was to retreat for the time being.

Anyway, as long as he can leave alive, there will be plenty of opportunities to set up ambushes later.

The scarred sniper acted immediately upon realizing this. Taking advantage of the massive explosion at the artillery position drawing a lot of attention, he ran out of his bunker and headed straight for the ridge not far away.

The distance from the bunker to the ridge is less than 10 meters; even on the uphill slope, it would take at most 5 seconds to run across.

His mountain bike is parked on the other side of the mountain; he can easily leave once he crosses it.

Cheng Cai is a true marksman in the strategic special forces, capable of competing for the sniper title. His battlefield awareness is unmatched by ordinary people.

The moment the scarred sniper ran out of cover, Cheng Cai spotted him immediately.

"Click~"

Adjust the muzzle, cock the gun, and lock onto the target.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

"Bang!"

The sniper rifle fired again.

The sniper bullet, carrying the prediction of Cheng Cai's path, flew across the span between two mountains and hit the outside of the scarred sniper's right thigh.

The bullet pierced through his thigh, tearing away a piece of flesh, causing Scarface to collapse in pain.

Perhaps it was fate that brought them to this.

The spot where the scarred sniper fell headfirst was right next to a rock about half a person's height, which pushed him to the edge of the ridge.

When faced with a life-or-death situation, the scarred sniper unleashed a powerful will to survive.

With a grab, the person rolls away.

It rolled smoothly from one end of the ridge to the other side of the ridge, disappearing from Cheng Cai's sight.

"Is he/she dead?"

Through the scope, Cheng Cai could see that the scarred sniper had fallen to the ground, but he didn't know where he had been hit and couldn't be sure if he was dead.

Since the two sides are more than 300 meters apart, it is impossible to run over and check now.

but.

The changes on site are quite obvious.

After the scarred sniper was shot down, the rebel soldiers on the mountain seemed to receive an order and vanished from the mountain in unison.

The speed and pace of the retreat were perfectly synchronized.

Based on this alone, they are definitely an elite force, an elite force with top-notch retreat speed.

"Report to Captain, the enemy has retreated. Repeat, the enemy has retreated. Over." Cheng Cai reported the observed information to Cheng Long.

"Roger that. Continue to observe from where you are and be wary of enemy counterattacks or sneak attacks. Over."

Jackie Chan gave Cheng Cai his orders, and then immediately issued a second order: "Bald-tailed Wolf, return to the team. Many people here are injured and urgently need your help. Over."

"Bald-tailed wolf received, returning now, over."

As the dedicated combat medic of the Flame Dragon Team, saving lives is Shi Dafan's forte; in this respect, he is worth several people.

With Cheng Cai keeping watch on the mountain, Jackie Chan led the rest of the team to the rescue.

Even the surviving Ivia special forces soldiers were summoned by Jackie Chan and joined the rescue effort after communicating in English.

The captain of the Ivia special forces was killed in the battle.

The vice-captain was also killed!

A group of special forces soldiers without their commanders were quite intimidating to Jackie Chan's physique, and the imposing officers were relatively cooperative.

The female reporter, Xia Lan, was quite lucky to survive.

Throughout the entire fight, Jackie Chan couldn't pay any attention to her, and no one specifically went to protect her.

As a result, after the battle, apart from being covered in smoke and dust, she didn't suffer any other injuries.

Xia Lan, who was unharmed, also joined the rescue efforts, searching for survivors among the wreckage of various vehicles.

Jackie Chan did not join the rescue efforts, but instead searched for and inventoried various supplies on the battlefield to prepare for the upcoming research operation.

After more than ten minutes of sorting and categorizing, Jackie Chan basically had the answer.

Wu Zhe was sent up the mountain to find Cheng Cai, set up the antenna to increase communication strength, and then made contact with the Yangzhou ship, which was anxiously waiting, via radio.

Signal strength is very poor in Ivia; the desert and hilly terrain makes even satellite signals weak.

The Yangzhou ship departed with the escort team from the Yanlong team, but soon lost all contact with the Yanlong team, and communication was cut off.

Upon receiving renewed communication from the Yanlong team, Captain Zhang and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

But then his expression turned grim.

Even if Jackie Chan only gave a few words to report the ambush and what happened on the scene, Captain Zhang and the others could feel the danger involved.

After reporting the situation, Jackie Chan continued to report: "The situation is not optimistic. We are still 80 kilometers away from our destination, but we only have an hour and a half before the warship leaves port."

After personally inspecting all the vehicles, I found that only one Fox armored vehicle had relatively minor damage. Whether it can be used depends on the subsequent emergency repairs.

If we continue our research mission by car, there's a high probability we won't be able to get back to Ohalfa Port within the allotted time.

Do their government forces have any other means to continue supporting our rescue operation? Or to delay the departure of the warships?

The ambushes by rebels on the way to the Flame Dragon Team were an unexpected event that was not part of the plan.

None of the crew were injured or killed in the attack, which was a stroke of luck for Captain Zhang, but the consequences of the attack were indeed troublesome.

In response to the current predicament of the Yanlong team, Captain Zhang pondered for a moment and replied, "The situation is indeed complicated. The Yanlong team should remain on standby. I will go and communicate with my superiors."

"Understood, I await your good news."

Jackie Chan ended the call with the Yangzhou and ran to repair the damaged armored vehicle.

Having come from the armored reconnaissance company of a mechanized infantry division, Jackie Chan had spent several years working with armored vehicles in the Steel Seventh Company, and his skill in repairing armored vehicles was already maxed out.

As long as the core components aren't damaged, Jackie Chan has a way to fix it.

It can at least be repaired to the point where it's barely usable temporarily.

At this critical juncture where time is more valuable than money, Captain Zhang, on the other hand, raced against time to report the situation of the Flame Dragon Team to his superiors.

pity.

The superiors responded quickly after communicating with the staff, but the results were not satisfactory.

Captain Zhang immediately contacted Jackie Chan and relayed the situation from his superiors: "The higher-ups have made a request to the Ivia government, but they said they cannot mobilize reinforcements at the moment, and can only provide them with one of their resource points."

After your successful rescue, you can retreat to a location 60 kilometers north of the target and let them temporarily take you in before returning to the warship.

However, there are certain risks involved. The area between the resource point and the objective is a high-risk zone, so you must be careful when evacuating.

Done.

Captain Zhang suddenly remembered something else and added, "Oh, right, Zaka posted a video in which a hostage's head was chopped off."

After facial recognition comparison, it was confirmed that the hostage who was beheaded was the assistant of female reporter Xia Lan. The other hostages are currently safe.

I remember Xia Lan was with you. Whether or not to tell her about this is up to you.

"Understood. Contact me again if there are any updates."

Jackie Chan cut off the radio and returned to the camp. He glanced at Xia Lan, who was sitting there with blank, lifeless eyes, looking like she was in a daze and not moving at all.

After hesitating for a moment, I decided not to tell her.

In the battle just now, more than a hundred civilians were killed or wounded. The ground was littered with severed limbs, blood, and corpses.

Special forces soldiers Zhuang Yan and Lao Pao, who had undergone training, were initially stunned by the surprise.

I'm still a little unaccustomed to it!

Xia Lan is just an ordinary female reporter who has never touched a corpse or killed anyone. Her nerves haven't broken down yet, but she can't handle the shock and can't recover. She is already considered to have a strong ability to withstand pressure.

If you were to tell her right now that the assistant she so desperately wanted to save was already dead.

Moreover, he was beheaded.

This woman will definitely not be able to withstand the blow, her mentality will completely collapse at this moment, and she will become a useless burden.

Jackie Chan doesn't want to bring a burden along when he goes to rescue someone.

Besides Xia Lan seeing too many corpses and deaths, and being unable to bear it for a moment, the Ivia special forces were also in a state of disarray.

The Iraqi special forces that emerged consisted of a company, a large force of more than thirty people.

They originally planned to use this team of thirty-odd people to crush the town of Basem and rescue all the hostages.

As a result, they were attacked by rebels halfway through their journey, and most of them died instantly.

There are fewer than 10 left.

The captain and vice-captain are both dead.

The remaining Iraqi special forces soldiers were in better spirits than the average person, but they were still human beings with flesh and blood, and they couldn't accept such a huge blow.

Even now, with bloodshot eyes, he perseveres, searching the battlefield for his brothers' body parts to piece together.

It's already quite an achievement.

As for fighting spirit and such, they've long been forgotten.

(End of this chapter)