Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 182 Sniper's Mapping Ability
Lieutenant Colonel Mendes was shot and fell to the ground, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The roof-mounted machine guns of all the tanks and armored vehicles near the assembly area in Area E were roaring.

Song Heping sat behind the concrete fence on the roof and sighed.

Such aimless attacks are of no use at all.

Completely meaningless.

He could even tell that the sniper had escaped.

A top-notch and intelligent sniper would not pause for a second after firing in this situation, not even a single second!
So when he shot Lieutenant Colonel Mendes, he had already won today's game of cat and mouse.

"FUCK!"

Vincent cursed in the channel.

Swearing again and again.

But I don't know who he is scolding.

It was obvious that he now realized why Song Heping called him just now.

It was only his hesitation that led to Mendes' death.

He was an excellent SEAL commander and would not have made such a mistake.

It was only his prejudice against mercenaries that led to his mistake.

If he had been quicker, or had informed Manders immediately after receiving Song Heping's call, perhaps the lieutenant colonel would not have died.

Vincent didn't really care that Mendes was dead.

However, the commander of Area 5 was killed, which had a huge impact on the entire search operation.

The operation has only started at noon, and the search area is less than half of Area 5. Now that the commander is gone, even if the adjutant takes over, it will deal a serious blow to the morale of the Warrior Battalion and the Scimitar Battalion.

Song Heping was too lazy to deal with this matter at this time.

Good words can't persuade a damn ghost.

I did my best.

"Boss." The hunter was puzzled. "How do you know the sniper is alive?"

Song Heping sneered, "Do you know how much time and effort it takes to modify an SVD like that? Why would he leave such a gun there? Even if he died, someone else would take it away. This is obviously a trap. It doesn't make sense at all."

The hunter gasped.

Song Heping's meticulousness is beyond imagination.

I didn't even notice this little flaw.

Menders' death slowed the offensive from the west.

Both the Warrior and Scimitar Battalions stopped and began to organize a rescue for Manders.

The rescue helicopter arrived quickly.

Samir suddenly discovered a new world: "Boss, Lieutenant Colonel Manders may not be dead."

"Not dead?" The cook also got up and looked over there with a telescope.

The military doctor and medical soldier who came down from the rescue helicopter were squatting beside Mendes and giving him various first aid bandages.

"It seems that he is not dead. Is there any hope?"

Song Heping said, "What are you thinking? Do you think that top sniper would give Mendes a chance to survive? He's hiding in the distance, waiting for high-value targets to appear, and he won't hold back. Mendes is dead, and he might even be dead now."

The cook's eyes didn't leave the telescope. "They're still trying to save them. It looks like they have a chance of survival."

"They're acting." Song Heping sat by the wall without even looking at it. "Even if it was a corpse, they would try to save it. Otherwise, if the highest commander on the scene died, how could the operation go on?"

Soon after, Lieutenant Colonel Mendes was lifted onto a rescue helicopter and flew away with everyone's remaining hope.

After a report, the operations command also learned about Manders's news, and appointed Major Lonnie, the deputy battalion commander, to take over the command of the troops.

Major Lonnie was a nervous fellow.

He has been in Yiligo for almost a year and has long been nervous about the war here.

What's more, Mendes has been sniped now, which means that the "Hunter" sniper is still nearby.

He hid in the armored command vehicle and refused to come out, then began frantically calling for air support.

A-10 Warthog attack aircraft flew across the sky one after another, madly pouring bombs on nearby buildings. Whenever he suspected that a sniper was hiding, he would order the attack aircraft to bomb it.

Lieutenant Vincent was very annoyed by this method of attack.

After all, this means that the Hunter's sniper has escaped.

They wouldn't be stupid enough to stay there and wait for the bomb to drop on their heads.

Today's action started with great fanfare, but it actually ends here.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the entire clearing operation became cautious under the command of Major Lonnie, and the progress was as slow as a turtle.

We had advanced to area F in the morning, and to areas G/H in the afternoon, with the progress being less than half of that in the morning.

Song Heping and his team stayed on the roof of the original building.

After all, there was no point in doing anything today.

The hunting among snipers is like setting a trap to catch a wolf.

The wolf is a ferocious and cunning animal.

If you set a trap to catch it in one place and it runs away, it will be difficult to catch it in the same place.

"Boss, what are you doing?" Bored, Samir noticed that Song Heping was holding a pencil and drawing something on a small brown paper notebook.

He leaned over and asked his boss curiously.

Song Heping said: "I am reviewing the situation."

"Review?"

Samir became more curious.

"Review what?"

"Take action." Song Heping handed the notebook to Samir.

Samir glanced at the contents.

It is a simple hand-drawn area map, which clearly marks the route of the action, the points of fire, etc.

"I didn't expect the map you drew was so beautiful, boss. I think it looks just like a military map."

Samir found that the simple patterns and circles drawn by Song Heping on the notebook looked very comfortable. Although they were not as detailed as a map, they had a sense of sophistication no matter how you looked at them.

He doesn't understand what the profession is, he just thinks it looks good.

The hunter came over to take a look and was shocked at first sight.

"Boss, were you a sniper before?"

Song Heping nodded: "I understand a little bit."

Samir asked, "Hunter, how did you know?"

Hunter: "An expert will know at a glance that you don't understand. This is a hand-drawing method commonly used by snipers. Generally speaking, before a sniper attack in the wild, they will make a simple map of the target, the building where the target is located, and the surrounding area. Then they will mark the position and alert situation. Strictly speaking, they also need to make things like range cards, all by hand. Therefore, snipers' hand-drawing skills are much better than ordinary soldiers. However..."

Sameer asked, “Just what?”

The hunter stared at Song Heping's map for a moment and said, "This doesn't exactly look like a common target situation sketch. What are these?"

He pointed to the several triangular patterns on it and asked.

Song Heping replied, "This is a map of the hunters' shooting positions. They sniped in three locations today, and I've marked them all."

"Why are these marked?" The hunter was puzzled. "The man has already escaped. It's useless to make a range card based on this."

Generally speaking, snipers will calibrate according to the target position, measure the distance based on this position, make a range card based on the surrounding natural environment, and calculate various parameters so that they can be quickly assembled when taking action.

But now that it's all over, it seems like calibration is meaningless.

Song Heping shook his head slightly: "This is not used as a range card..."

He thought for a moment before saying, "I can't reveal it right now. It's just an idea. I need a lot of data to support it, but that data will take time."

Having said this, he looked up at the sky.

It was already dusk in the afternoon.

"It looks like today's operation has failed. I guess we'll have to retreat to the Warrior Camp soon. Let's pack up and go back."

"Ok."

When we heard that we were going back, everyone was of course happy.

At least the "Musician" defense suffered no casualties today.

As for the rest, it doesn’t matter.

Everything was as Song Heping expected.

Vincent's team found nothing in the end.

The mysterious sniper who sniped Lieutenant Colonel Mendes not only lost his body, but even the enemy's sniper position was never found. The enemy even took away the bullet casing, leaving no trace at all.

It was getting dark.

For safety reasons, the US military command ordered all troops to withdraw from various areas first, return to the camp to rest, and continue the operation tomorrow.

Back at the camp, Song Heping led the team back to the tent. Not long after, Vincent and his SEALs also arrived.

They fought fiercely all day today, lost a team member, and the operation was fruitless. Although Chris hit a sniper at a distance of nearly 1,500 meters, it was obvious that the sniper was not the top sniper among the legendary "Hunter", the guy known as the Mosul Death God.

The atmosphere in the tent was a bit depressing.

The seals who were so arrogant last night sat by the bed in silence.

Before Song Heping came back, he told everyone that someone had died over there, so it would be best not to provoke them tonight, otherwise something bad might happen.

So everyone left the tents and went to the convenience store outside the camp to buy some cold beer. They came back and sat in front of the tents to drink, and didn't even go into the tents.

"The sunset is so beautiful."

The cook lay in a folding chair, looking at the blood-red sunset in the distance towards Mosul.

"It's more comfortable to sit here. As soon as I entered the tent, it felt like I was entering a mourning hall..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw the gray wolf opposite winking at him.

The cook was about to sit up when he felt the chair beneath him being swept away by something...

Then the cook sat down on the ground.

"Sokka! Who is it!"

He jumped up like a tiger that had been kicked.

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(End of this chapter)