Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Chapter 427 Extreme Low-Altitude Skydiving

If there is enough time, the safest and most reliable approach is for the helicopter to land two or three kilometers away and then approach the target on foot.

Unfortunately, going over on the ground is too slow; even if you go fast, it would still take eight or nine minutes.

The Flame Dragon team doesn't have much time left!

Therefore, by transporting everyone to the designated location by helicopter, they can wear wingsuits and glide directly from high altitude, saving even the time required for helicopter landing.

The entire process can gain at least fifteen minutes.

With these fifteen minutes, we have a basis for action.

On the way to the yellowcake trading location, Jackie Chan began to arrange the specific details of the operation to ensure its smooth progress.

"Since we do not know the number of the enemy, the core of our operation is to be cautious and conservative."

The main objective is to seize the yellowcake transport vehicle, and the others should try to get one or two armed vehicles to provide cover fire from the side.

Our operation will be considered a success as long as we can get close to the government forces' resource points. Therefore, speed is our priority during the operation; we must move in and out quickly and decisively, and absolutely avoid getting entangled with the enemy.

After giving instructions on the key aspects of the operation, Jackie Chan began assigning tasks to each team member.

"Siberian Wolf and Old Cannon are the first assault team, while Idiot and I are the second assault team. We are responsible for sneaking in together, finding an opportunity to get close, and taking control of the yellowcake transport vehicle."

"Siberian Wolf and Old Gun are a team. You guys sneak in from the left, and Idiot and I will go to the right."

"Gun God, Bald-tailed Wolf, find the best observation positions yourselves."

"Hoe, Twelve, you need to provide cover, not only to cover our looting of yellowcake, but also to cover our withdrawal from inside."

"Did you all understand?"

When Jackie Chan asked his last question, the members of the Flame Dragon Team could already see the enormous mining and refining factory, which stood out conspicuously in the desert.

The factory is located in a unique location, on the back of a high sand dune.

This sand dune acts as a natural protective wall, resisting the ever-present and extremely harmful sandstorms, allowing the factory to operate normally for the maximum possible period.

This natural "sand wall" became the best cover for the Flame Dragon team.

The Flame Dragon team, which spread out from the sand dunes, would descend to a lower altitude as they approached, ensuring they wouldn't be detected by the terrorists in the factory.

The action plan was formulated before it began, and now Jackie Chan is making a second arrangement, which is equivalent to confirming the action before it takes place.

The members of the Yanlong team felt there were no problems, so they all responded on the radio that they had received the message, completing the last step before the operation.

"Attention all units, prepare to exit the cabin... Let's go."

Jackie Chan opened the hatch with one hand, gave a thumbs-up to the Yanlong team members who were ready, and Xu Sanduo, who was at the front, jumped out first.

"Whoosh—"

Xu Sanduo, once outside the capsule, fell straight down like a stone.

However, Xu Sanduo, who had studied professional wingsuit flying, skillfully controlled his body position and then spread his arms and legs to support the wingsuit.

The cloth connecting his two hands and waist, as well as the cloth connecting his two legs, gave him the equivalent of having three extra pairs of wings.

The speed of the fall suddenly decreased, and it turned into a gliding posture like a bat, gliding diagonally forward, and the gliding speed was still very fast.

It reached nearly 200 kilometers per hour.

The descent ratio is approximately three to one. At a skydiving height of over 1,000 meters, one can glide forward more than three kilometers without any problem.

As Xu Sanduo was the first to jump down, the other team members followed suit, jumping out one after another like dumplings being dropped into a pot.

They transformed into "bat-men" in the air, forming a long line across the sky as they flew toward the increasingly clear hills in the distance.

Jackie Chan made his final, all-out performance, completing a diagonal "Eight Stars Alignment" in mid-air.

After completing its delivery mission, the Huey helicopter drew a small circle in the air and turned back in the direction it had come from.

Gliding forward at 200 kilometers per hour, 3 kilometers is just a blink of an eye.

When the flight reached thirty seconds, Jackie Chan gave another order over the radio: "All units, take up advantageous positions and disperse!"

The squad was divided into several groups, each with different combat missions and different locations.

Upon receiving Jackie Chan's order to disperse, the members of the Flame Dragon Team, who had formed a diagonal line in the air, scattered like fireworks.

Less than twenty seconds later.

Upon reaching their designated positions, the teammates prepared to land, deploying their controllable parachutes about 200 meters above the ground.

Then, control the drifting direction on the circuit to drift precisely to the desired location.

Zhuang Yan and Shi Dafan floated towards the center of the hill, occupying the most advantageous observation position to provide intelligence and vision for the next operation.

Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo drifted to the far right, preparing to sneak into the factory from the right side.

Zhuang Yan and Zheng Shanpao drifted to a spot not far from Cheng Cai, preparing to sneak in from the left side of this position and form a pincer movement with Cheng Long's side.

With Wu Liuyi and Wu Zhe providing cover fire, they drifted to the far left.

Because that's the factory's main entrance, and the gate is clearly visible from the sky, it's an excellent position for providing cover fire.

Two hundred meters is considered extremely low altitude and extreme for parachute opening; even professional skydiving instructors wouldn't dare to do that.

Anyone who reacts even a second slower will be smashed into a pulp.

A parachute needs a height to fully deploy, which can be hundreds of meters, leaving less than a hundred meters for the reaction time before it opens.

but.

The Flame Dragon Team consists of professional top-tier special forces soldiers who are proficient in all kinds of parachuting. Each of them is an extreme expert, and ultra-low-altitude parachuting is naturally no problem for them.

Two minutes later!

The four action groups of the Flame Dragon Team all found their suitable positions and lay in a line along the ridgeline of the hill.

They all pulled out their binoculars and began searching for the intelligence data they needed.

I thought that with such a large factory here, finding a place to trade would be difficult and would take a long time to resolve.

Surprisingly, it turned out to be very simple and required no effort at all.

Because such a large factory has been shut down, and judging from the time, it has been closed for more than just a day or two, the whole place looks dilapidated.

With such a dilapidated factory devoid of workers, finding terrorists would be easy.

The answer is...

Go wherever there are people, you can't go wrong.

Jackie Chan glanced through his binoculars and discovered that in the huge refining plant, only the area at the back of the plant, which looked like a warehouse, was occupied by a large group of people and various vehicles in the middle of a very large open space.

These people were all heavily armed, and many of them were constantly moving things.

Upon close inspection with magnification, the cylinder being transported clearly shows radiation markings.

With both armed men and radioactive materials, the identities of this group are obvious and require no guessing.

Having located the terrorists involved in the transaction, the two assault teams began their operation.

The terrorists were located at the back of the factory, where there were no workers and no defenses, which made it even easier for them to attack.

Jackie Chan and Xu Sanduo's assault team one, and Zhuang Yan and Lao Pao's assault team two, both successfully made it close to the location.

However, while the warehouse near the factory was simple, getting inside and finding where the yellowcake was kept was not an easy task.

The warehouse is surrounded by various buildings and walls, forming a natural defense.

Armed guards stood watch in the building's corridors and on the roof, giving them excellent visibility and making it easy for the Flame Dragon Team to be spotted.

The most troublesome part is the back of the warehouse, which is connected to a small runway right outside.

A transport plane is parked on the runway!

The terrorists took this small runway very seriously, and specifically arranged for several terrorists to patrol and guard the abandoned control tower next to it.

There's another car below, and terrorists are nearby.

Without any special means, it's simply impossible to get close to the airport.

In addition, trucks kept coming out of the warehouse, delivering buckets that appeared to contain yellowcake to the rear of the transport planes parked on the runway.

The terrorists there unloaded them, loading them into the cabin bucket by bucket.

It is now 90% certain that the transport plane was carrying yellowcake, and the terrorists were using the plane to transport the yellowcake away.

"These guys have some serious connections; they even managed to get a transport plane here."

Jackie Chan was secretly amazed!

They initially thought the terrorists were just using a car to transport the goods, so their plan was to hijack the car and escape, and they had already arranged for people to cover their retreat.

When they arrived, they were shocked to find that the other party was actually a pilot.

It's a different story if the enemy is using airplanes.

Starting a transport plane is not like starting a car, where you just climb on, start the engine, shift gears, and step on the gas. The whole process takes no more than five seconds, even if you're a little fast.

It takes several minutes, even at the fastest speed, for a transport plane to start its engines and begin taxiing on the runway.

During this period, terrorists have many ways to turn transport planes into a pile of scrap metal, making it easy to catch them like turtles in a jar.

To avoid this tragic outcome, Jackie Chan must find a way to solve this problem.

of course.

The simplest way is to kill everyone.

Based on Jackie Chan's observations, the number of people involved in the terrorist transaction was at least eighty to a hundred.

Even if the eight members of the Yanlong team were to stand there and let them fire, they probably wouldn't have enough bullets.

Even so.

Jackie Chan still prefers to annihilate all the terrorists, because this is the only optimal solution, and other methods all carry more or less risks.

Most importantly, Jackie Chan has the eye of God; he knows what will happen next.

Although this matter was too mysterious for Jackie Chan to say directly, he had to pretend not to know when making plans.

The solutions we developed were all based on common sense and normal logical scenarios.

But now that I'm here, I don't have so many worries.

There aren't actually that many enemies to face. In the end, all we have to deal with are probably less than thirty people.

The remaining dozens of people will kill each other; there's absolutely no need for the Flame Dragon Team to intervene.

Eight against thirty still seems difficult, but that's only difficult for ordinary people. For the Flame Dragon Team, the nation's sharpest weapon, it's not impossible.

It was precisely because of this, knowing that terrorists would fight amongst themselves, that Jackie Chan did not hesitate to continue participating in this operation despite his injuries.

This is definitely a windfall, a credit delivered right to your door.

Don't be in vain!

Anyway, the injury on his shoulder, after being treated at the resource point, was nothing to Jackie Chan, who is so big.

All the information on site was collected, and it was clear that the buckets in the square had been almost completely moved.

Jackie Chan ordered, "Assault Team Two, you guys go and take control of the runway control tower and hold your positions."

After giving the order, Jackie Chan called to Xu Sanduo, "Let's go to the warehouse entrance and try to sneak in. Only by breaking in will we have a chance."

Jackie Chan still wants to find the leader, Zaka. If he can take him down, then he doesn't need to even think about it.

That's absolutely the best achievement!

"Old man, let's go."

Zhuang Yan received Jackie Chan's instructions, called out to the veteran actor, and began to take action.

"Observation team, assist assault team two, provide them with vision, take out the target under the tower, and absolutely do not let them alert the others," Jackie Chan ordered again.

"receive!"

Cheng Cai adjusted the position of the scope and locked onto the terrorists who were leaning against the hood of the off-road vehicle, smoking and chatting, below and to the right of the observation tower.

Meanwhile, observers typically focus on the command tower, monitoring the movements of the terrorists there.

Seeing a terrorist carrying a gun, sauntering towards Zhuang Yan, seemingly preparing to observe their area, he immediately warned, "Wait, don't move yet, find cover, someone's coming."

Having been alerted, Zhuang Yan and Lao Pao immediately hid under a nearby abandoned truck.

The two had arrived at a point diagonally below the command tower, but due to the surrounding wall, they could not see the top of the command tower from their angle.

The sentries above could easily see everything below with just a slight peeking out.

Hiding is necessary to avoid being discovered.

The terrorists walked over, peeked in, and then, more of a formality than anything else, flicked their cigarette butts away and turned to leave.

The cigarette butt, still burning with the last bit of smoke, landed less than two meters in front of Zhuang Yan.

"The sentry is gone, continue!"

Shi Dafan saw the sentry leave and immediately relayed the information to Zhuang Yan.

"Hurry up, get going!"

Since Zhuang Yan couldn't communicate verbally, he made a tactical hand gesture and moved closer.

Below the command tower is a spiral staircase. By circling around the Zigui Pagoda, one can reach the command tower, which no longer has a door.

With Shi Dafan observing and providing cover from a distance, Zhuang Yan and Lao Pao made it very easy to get up there.

Upon reaching the lower edge of the command tower entrance, Zuan Yan, holding a silenced pistol, gestured again, indicating that he would be in charge of the left side and Lao Pao would be in charge of the right side.

The veteran, who was also holding a silenced pistol, nodded to indicate that he understood, and stepped forward to stand alongside Zhuang Yan.

The two exchanged a final glance, reaching a tacit understanding, and simultaneously stepped up in coordinated firing motions until their upper bodies emerged from the command tower together.

(End of this chapter)