5.12 - Incoming Enemies
With four HK M110A1 and two HK M320 grenade launchers, the second sub-team attacked the barracks beside the main building.
The second sub-team took up a position 50 meters in front of the barracks, and from the cheerful laughter and shadows seen from the windows, it was estimated that there were about 40 weasels in the barracks.
The formation taken by the second sub-team was two grenadiers took a kneeling position and a shooter took a prone position. While another shooter knelt behind his three comrades to secure the perimeter behind them.
Blaaaarrr!
Blaaaarrr!
As soon as the first sub-team executed the attack, the two grenadiers from the second sub-team immediately fired HE ammunition into the barracks.
A heart-wrenching scream was instantly heard from inside the barracks, but without hesitation the grenadier fired the second salvo.
As one of the bandits stumbled out of the barracks' front door, the shooter pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The bandit instantly collapsed and didn't move anymore.
Bang!
The bandit that jumped out of the barracks' window did not escape the shooter's ambush either. He fell to the ground after a projectile pierced his lungs from the side.
Several bandits fled to the backyard, but the second sub-team personnel did not try to catch up with them.
The tasks were clearly divided. The first sub-team would storm the main building and rescue the hostages. The second sub-team eliminates the bandits inside the barracks and prevents them from moving towards the main building via the front yard. Meanwhile, the back and right sides of the villa will be secured by the third sub-team.
In a raid operation, stay inside the area of responsibility is a fundamental principle. Because no matter how neat the coordination is, or how sophisticated the identification method is, moving into the friendly element's line of fire can still result in fatality.
While flash after flash was seen from the 1st floor of the main building and the typical .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition shouted repeatedly, with full vigilance the second sub-team personnel surveyed the left side courtyard of the villa.
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As not a single report had been received from the two other sub-teams, Sergeant Liam calmly waited for the typical .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition to go silent before he pressed the PTT button.
"Green One, All Green, come in."
[Green Two, Green One, the left wing is clear.]
[Green Three, Green One, right-wing and tail is clear.]
"Green One, All Green, regroup in the main building, Green One out."
Sergeant Liam breathed a sigh of relief before changing channels and once again pressed the PTT button.
"Green Raccoon, Siera 8-6-0, come in."
[Siera 8-6-0, Green Raccoon, go ahead.]
"All hostages have been rescued. They were extremely exhausted but the paramedics managed to stabilize their condition, over."
[Received and understood, airlift and air support is on its way, hold tight, over.]
"We'll wait, Green Raccoon out."
Just as Sergeant Liam lifted his finger from the PTT button, the personnel of the two other sub-teams entered from the front door.
Without wasting any time he immediately greeted them.
"Our task is not finished, immediately build a defensive perimeter, the night is still long."
"" "" "Sir!" "" ""
Answer all Green Raccoon personnel calmly but steadily.
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Green Raccoon personnel swiftly built barricades. However, without claymore, explosives, barbed wire, or sufficient time, they could only create simple barricades that surrounded the villa at a distance of 30 meters.
The barricades were built using the bandits' bodies, firewood, tables, chairs, and other flammable materials, then doused with oil lamps found in storage sheds.
The remaining lamp oil then mixed with alcoholic drinks and converted into Molotov cocktails. After that, they crossed every door and window on the 1st floor of the main building.
Green Raccoon personnel then took up their defensive designated area. Three personnel are on standby in the 2nd-floor corridor to secure the front door and stairs connecting the 1st and 2nd floor.
Four shooters armed with AWM .338 Lapua Magnum take up positions on the ceiling, and made small holes on various sides by removing 2-3 tiles. Meanwhile, the rest of the personnel took up positions at every window on the 2nd floor.
After the preparations were complete, the wait then began, and Green Raccoon personnel didn't have to wait long.
While Sergeant Liam pouring a sachet of instant coffee into a cup in the kitchen, a radio call came in.
[Sleepy Panda, Green Raccoon, come in.]
Sergeant Liam immediately took a deep breath before pressing the PTT button.
"Green Raccoon, Sleepy Panda, go ahead."
[Be advised, 900 cavalries approaching from the west, estimated to arrive in six 6, over.]
"Understood and thanks for the warning, Green Raccoon out."
After distributing the intel he had just received and setting the outer shooting point at a distance of 1.2-1.4 km, Sergeant Liam then returned to his position on the 2nd floor, and enjoyed a cup of hot coffee while standing by the window.
For Combatants, pauses between battles are an extremely valuable rarity. So Sergeant Liam didn't want to waste it.
'A cup of coffee before body count.'
Sergeant Liam muttered as he enjoyed what might be the end of his life.
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Sergeant Rodriguez enjoyed a bar of chocolate as he counted the remaining .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition.
'19 rounds of FMJ, 5 rounds of tracer, and 10 rounds of subsonic.'
Sergeant Rodriguez immediately took a deep breath, while remembering the last time he was in such a cornered position.
The hostages' condition was too weak to travel long distances. Using horses not only would worsen their condition, but also could kill them unintentionally.
Staying as long as possible in the villa's is the only option Green Raccoon has. The problem was, their ammunition was limited and the opponent might use fire arrows to burn down the villa.
'Well, when it's time for you to die then you will die. The problem is how.'
Sergeant Rodriguez muttered as he made up his mind to kill as many incoming oppositions as possible before he got killed, and before long he heard Sergeant Liam's voice on the radio.
[Green One, All Green, be advised, 900 cavalries have just entered a 2 km radius on the west side of the villa.]
[Green One, All Green, from now on the communication will go into wide-net mode and instantly take out anyone who enters outer-shooting-point, Green One out.]
No matter how sophisticated the communication system, radio wave traffic density must be limited using a hierarchy so that unnecessary interference does not occur.
However, in an emergency, the communication channels will be opened as wide as possible so that every personnel can be connected to all friendly channels, even if the communication network will become vulnerable to wiretapping.
After confirming his radio was in open channel mode, Sergeant Rodriguez and the other three shooters took their position in the hole that led to the west and waited.
Not long after that, hundreds of horsemen were seen from behind each shooter telescope. Sergeant Rodriguez and his three colleagues immediately opened the safety lever, then gently placed their index finger on the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Four deafening sounds broke the silence of the night, and alerted Green Raccoon personnel that versus contact had begun.
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