Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 185: Failed Waiting

Three o'clock in the morning.

Song Heping was awakened by the beeping alarm in the camp.

"What happened!?"

The cook got out of bed and quickly put on his coat.

Song Heping quickly put on his clothes, put on his tactical vest, and ran out with his gun.

No gunfire was heard.

It wasn't an attack on the camp.

"I guess something happened to those seals."

Song Heping turned to the gray wolf who had run out of the tent and said, "Go back and listen to the radio to see if there's any news about them."

"Okay!"

Seeing that the camp was not attacked, the gray wolf felt relieved and turned back to the tent.

Less than a minute later, Song Heping heard him calling him.

"Boss, they're looking for you."

"Find me?"

Song Heping was stunned for a moment, then ran back.

It seems that something really happened.

Otherwise I wouldn’t think of myself.

The voice coming from the radio was that of Vice Captain Mist.

"Did something happen?"

Song Heping thought to himself.

Generally speaking, the team leader is responsible for liaison with units outside the team.

Now he is the deputy liaison officer.

Something must have happened.

Sure enough, Mist called out on the radio: "Song! Are you online? Are you online?"

"I'm here."

Song Heping muttered to himself.

It's not a call team code.

It was a private call from Mist.

"Song, we need help."

"How can I help you?" Song Heping asked.

"We had an accident in the city," Mist said. "Damn it! Suddenly, someone came up to the building where we were hiding in the middle of the night and there was a gunfight."

Song Heping said, "How is the situation?"

Mist sounded anxious, and dense gunfire and explosions could be heard in the background.

"The situation here is quite urgent. The militants have surrounded us. We can hold on for now, but there are too many of them! They even used mortars and recoilless rifles against us!"

"Where's Vincent?"

Song Heping asked the key question.

Mist said dejectedly, "The boss is injured and in serious condition. I am in command of the team now!"

Song Heping asked: "What do you need me to do?"

Mist said, "Go to the battalion headquarters immediately. They will arrange for you to come over by helicopter to support us."

"OK!"

After the two ended their call, Song Heping said to the other team members, "Move out immediately. Bring night vision equipment and enough ammunition. Meet in front of the battalion headquarters immediately. Hunter, do you still have your M24?"

"In the car."

"Take it with you, maybe you'll need it."

"Disaster, bring two M72 rocket launchers."

"no problem."

No one understood the situation.

But no one disobeyed Song Heping's orders.

After picking up their belongings, everyone quickly ran towards the battalion headquarters.

On the way, Song Heping noticed that there didn't seem to be many American soldiers coming out of the tents in the surrounding camps.

But many tents were lit.

It means that the person has gotten up.

The assembly speed is too slow.

Normally, a camp has a duty team.

In case of emergency, the on-duty team will be dispatched first.

It seems not now.

Mist and the others actually contacted him. This shows that the SEALs do not have much trust in the infantrymen of the Warrior Battalion.

When we arrived at the battalion command post, the newly appointed commander, Major Lonnie, was already waiting there.

He looked very unhappy, and I don’t know if it was because of the lack of light or his bad mood, but his face was dark.

"Hawkeye Team is engaged in a firefight with militants in Area E and urgently needs to evacuate the combat zone. The Black Hawk helicopters are ready and are located at the landing pad. Two AH-64 Apaches will escort you to the combat site. They are at Point E in Area 5. The specific location has been calibrated on the combat platform's GPS. Once there, the Navy SEALs will provide ground guidance and instructions for you."

After giving a brief instruction, Lonnie waved his hand and said angrily, "Let's go!"

After boarding the plane, the cook buckled his safety line while loudly asking Song Heping: "Why send us to rescue? Don't they have a team on duty?"

Amid the rustling of propellers, Song Heping pointed to the tent outside and said, "The SEALs don't trust the Warrior Battalion's duty squad! They're asking us to go rescue them because the ground support troops won't arrive soon. They're in Area E, and it'll probably take at least an hour, or even longer, for the armored forces to reach the firefight. By then, they're afraid they'll be dead!"

"Sokka!"

The cook swore again.

"Thinking of us now?!"

He touched his jaw, still feeling the pain. "Those losers are thinking of us now?"

Amid the chatter of several people, the Black Hawk helicopter took off into the air.

One Black Hawk helicopter and two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters were responsible for escort.

The Black Hawk helicopter is a general-purpose helicopter, usually with only two Gatling machine guns providing firepower output.

One is at the main hatch and the other is outside the small hatch behind the cockpit.

Even so, facing the ground anti-aircraft weapons, the firepower of these two Gatling machine guns is slightly insufficient, and the field of view and angle are also subject to certain restrictions.

According to American rules, any transport helicopter flying in a war zone must be protected by an armed helicopter, otherwise it is likely to be shot down. The Americans have suffered many such losses and have learned their lesson long ago.

Warrior Camp is only 5 kilometers away from Area E of Region 10, which is a snap for a helicopter.

After taking off from the camp, the helicopter rose to an altitude of about 500 meters. Because it would soon be rappelling in the crossfire zone, if it flew too high it would have to lower itself, so it simply decided to descend to 500 meters.

Five hundred meters is not too high. Song Heping was sitting at the edge of the cabin. He saw a few flashes of fire in the direction of Area E from afar, and could even hear faint gunshots.

"Everyone, be careful. If we enter a crossfire zone later, I'll let you abseil again."

He stood up and walked to the cockpit, communicated with the two pilots, and then returned to the cabin.

At this time, the plane had arrived near Area E. The armed personnel on the ground had apparently discovered three US military helicopters flying from outside the city and opened fire at them in an attempt to shoot down the helicopters.

For militants, shooting down a helicopter is a rare achievement, and it would be best if they could replicate the scene of Black Hawk Down.

The American pilots are not stupid either.

Two Apache attack helicopters led the charge, firing wherever they saw muzzle flashes.

Because the armed groups in Mosul did not have armored vehicles, the Apache's weapon mounting points were not equipped with Hellfire missiles. Instead, all four weapon mounting points were equipped with M-261 19-tube 2.75-inch Sea Serpent-70 rocket launchers.

After the shooting, there is also an M-230E-1 30mm single-barrel chain gun under the nose. The normal rate of fire of this gun is 625 rounds/minute, the maximum rate of fire is 1000 rounds/minute, and the ammunition capacity is as high as 1100~1200 rounds. It can penetrate the relatively weak sides and tops of light armored vehicles or main battle tanks, and can also penetrate the walls of buildings. The killing radius for personnel is about 5 meters.

In front of it, the mortal body is just a pile of mud.

As soon as the muzzle flash of the machine gun on the ground appeared, it was discovered by the Apache, which flew over and bombarded the location.

After just a few rockets were fired, the machine gun fire point would usually be silenced instantly.

Song Heping sat beside the Black Hawk helicopter cabin, watching the Apache attack helicopters flying in front and the ground firepower points fighting back and forth, which was as lively as watching a fireworks display.

A string of tracer bullets whizzed by, brushing past the Black Hawk helicopter from different angles, and then disappeared into the starry night sky.

Occasionally, one or two RPG rockets would fly in from the ground, sneakily trying their luck.

However, all this posed no threat to the Black Hawk helicopter, which had already increased its flying altitude.

The Black Hawk crash accident in Somalia that year was caused by the US military flying too low.

Generally speaking, RPG rocket launchers can hardly pose any threat to helicopters at an altitude of more than 300 meters.

A beam of light suddenly appeared on the roof of a dark building ahead.

Song Heping immediately recognized that it was the beam of light emitted by the laser indicator mounted on the Picatinny rail.

Many times, members of the US special forces will use it to mark targets or guide, and also to mark their own positions.

"There they are!"

Song Heping pointed forward.

Suddenly, he saw another beam of light.

It seemed to be coming from different locations on the two buildings.

Judging from the distance, it is about seventy meters, less than a hundred meters.

Gray Wolf pointed to the distance and asked loudly, "Boss, why are there two laser beams?"

Song Heping said: "I guess they set up two sniper positions."

Before he finished speaking, Mister's call came from the headset.

"Babysitter Team, I see you. We need support at two points. There is a wounded person at the point at 10 o'clock on your left."

"You guys are really amazing..." Song Heping couldn't help but sneered, "You're dividing two points among just these few people. You're really greedy and don't care about your lives."

One member of the SEAL team was killed before, and now there are only 5 people left in the entire team. The advantage of dividing into two sniper points is that they can control a larger area and support each other in tomorrow's sniper battle. Even if one point is attacked, the other point can detect the enemy sniper and eliminate it.

Doing so will maximize tactical effectiveness.

But this is not without cost.

The price is that people are more dispersed, with each group consisting of at most three people and at least two people.

Generally speaking, to establish a sniper point you need to occupy a building.

If there are only two of them, they can't take care of both the head and the butt.

If you go to the roof, there will be no one guarding downstairs.

Go downstairs, what should I do on the roof?
So this is why Song Heping said they were greedy.

Perhaps seeing the helicopter coming to pick up the people, the intensity of the attack on the ground increased. Even though there were Apache attack helicopters providing cover in the sky, the militants did not seem afraid at all. Instead, they rushed madly towards the two buildings where Mist and others were.

"Hurry up! We can't hold on any longer!"

Mister's voice came from the headphones.

"Rappel and support us immediately! We need manpower!"

Almost at the same time, the pilot of one of the Apache attack helicopters also reported that their ammunition was running out and they estimated that they would have to retreat and resupply in ten minutes.

It seems that an emergency rappel is imminent.

Otherwise, once the Apache leaves, the Black Hawk helicopter will definitely not dare to lower its altitude for rappelling.

Song Heping looked at the situation on the ground, listened to reports from all parties on the channel, and did not answer Mist immediately.

The Black Hawk helicopter pilot yelled over the radio: "Ready, we'll be rappelling in three minutes!"

"Wait!"

Song Heping suddenly stood up and walked out of the cockpit, shouting to the two pilots, "Can we do a SPIE rapid evacuation here?"

SPIE rapid evacuation, commonly known as "wearing a candied haws", uses specially designed rigging and slings to deliver or evacuate an armed team to areas where helicopters cannot take off or land.

The specific method is to drop a rope from a helicopter, let the ground special forces members buckle themselves to the rigging, then quickly climb to lift the personnel and fly away.

After hearing this, the two pilots were stunned for a moment before shaking their heads like rattles: "No! It's too dangerous to conduct a SPIE evacuation here! Are you crazy?! If there is even the slightest mistake, we will all die here!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)