Chapter 41: Rescue Operation (Part II)

ELLA is a subsidiary of IAI, that is, the Israeli aircraft company, although the scale is small, but it is well-known in the arms industry, and its famous work is called "Ferkang", the world's first large early warning aircraft equipped with active phased array radar.

Twenty years ago, China signed a contract with Israel to purchase four sets of the "Fercon" early warning and control system, which will be integrated into a large transport aircraft supplied by Russia, for which China paid a deposit of $200 million. Under pressure from the United States, Israel was forced to cancel the contract and pay China $350 million in compensation for the breach of the contract. A few years later, Israel sold three sets of "Filcon" produced for China to India for a whopping $1.1 billion. As a result, China's large-scale AWACS project has been delayed for several years.

However, the incident did not end there.

Before the United States exerted pressure and the Israeli authorities issued a ban, the company ELLA had already handed over most of the equipment of the first "Ferkang" system to China, and since then has provided China with relevant software through other channels to help China complete the development of a large AWACS aircraft. It is precisely because of this that India received only three "Fercon" systems, instead of the four that were actually produced.

Thanks to this, China developed the KJ-2000 AWACS aircraft, and it was ahead of the Indian armament troops.

If Halevy's grandfather was the marketing director of the ELLA company, he must have played a very important role in the secret activities of selling early warning systems to China and later providing early warning system software and hardware, and provided great help to China in developing domestic early warning aircraft.

"I also feel guilty about what happened that day."

"Guilt?"

"I deserve half of my points penalized, but it's a burden to ......you," Halevi sighed and said, "but you have to believe that I'm a victim too." ”

Chu Tianjiang didn't speak, and Zhang Xiaogang said the same at the beginning.

Although Chu Tianjiang hadn't completely forgiven Halevy, he had calmed down and thought of some issues that he had ignored before.

And most importantly, what benefit can Halevi get by shooting Sullivan?

If he hadn't made this low-level mistake, even if he had lost the assessment, Halevi would have been in fourth place in terms of overall points and would not have fallen to eighth. There is a world of difference between fourth and eighth for a competitive special forces, and Halevy's goal is to be number one.

The question is, why did he fire at Sullivan?

If Halevi didn't do it on purpose, then there is only one possibility, that is, Sullivan used a trick to deliberately allow himself to be shot and wounded by Halevy.

It is not difficult to achieve this goal.

"What was going on?"

"I only saw someone show up, and after judging that it wasn't a teammate, they shot it."

"Are you sure it's not Sullivan?"

Halevi nodded and said, "The friend or foe identifier did not issue a false injury warning, and I could see clearly that the target was using a sniper rifle, not an assault rifle. ”

"How far is it?"

"About six hundred meters, maybe a little farther."

"So, we've all been lied to." Chu Tianjiang looked at Sullivan, who was sitting opposite, next to Vincent.

Halevi didn't say anything more and seemed calm.

In order to avoid "accidental injury" in the assessment and reduce the probability of being penalized, the simulation system has set up a friend or foe identification function for ten special forces. Although when introducing the assessment, Howard clearly mentioned that the simulated friend or foe identifier is only 80% reliable, and suggested that the special forces confirm the recognition results in other ways, but in the fierce battle, there is rarely a chance to screen the identification results.

If Sullivan had turned off friend or foe, Halevi would have thought of him as an enemy.

Because the assessment is conducted in a virtual environment, it is also very simple to replace Sullivan's assault rifle with a sniper rifle.

"What would you do if something like this happened again?"

Halevy glanced at Chu Tianjiang and said, "We are all snipers, and we are not on a hunting mission, what will you do?" ”

Chu Tianjiang smiled, of course he knew what to do.

"The assessment is just a warm-up exercise, and the real challenge is to come." Halevy sighed and said, "It's a valuable lesson for us." ”

"Yes, suffer a loss, grow a wisdom."

At this time, the transport plane began to descend. Approaching the airspace over Brazilian territorial waters, the transport aircraft had to fly at an ultra-low altitude in order to avoid detection by air defense radars.

Zhang Xiaogang came to the cabin. "Guys, fifteen minutes, let's get ready!"

Ten members of the Doomsday Force began to wear the Doomsday Warrior system, while the others carried umbrella bags.

The wearing of the Doomsday Warrior system is done automatically, just stand up, and the auxiliary wearable system will assemble the various subsystems of the Doom Warrior. If you don't have an assisted wear system, you can also wear it manually, but it's more cumbersome and takes more time.

Subsequently, ten Doomsday warriors checked their respective weapons.

Because of the different mission roles in the Doomsday Force, all ten Doomsday Warriors chose their respective weapons. Two snipers opted for sniper rifles, two machine gunners opted for fire support automatic weapons, and six others opted for assault rifles.

Zhang Xiaogang also changed into a combat uniform and carried a G36K carbine with a short barrel.

"Five minutes to prepare!" Zhang Xiaogang raised his right hand, clenched his fists, and signaled that he was ready to leave the plane.

At this time, ten Doomsday Warriors also carried umbrella bags.

Although the Doomsday Warrior system has a gliding wing subsystem and can even be used in conjunction with a powered glider, it is not necessary for low-altitude skydiving.

The clamshell hatch in the tail of the transport aircraft opens to the sides, and the gangplank is only halfway down. After the assisting flight attendants made a proper gesture, several guards first pushed the submersible to the door. According to standard procedure, heavier equipment must be airdropped first, and then personnel.

With Zhang Xiaogang's order, the guards pushed the six submarines out of the cabin one by one.

Each submersible can support four frogmen to travel 20 nautical miles at a depth of 50 meters at a speed of 10 knots, or 5 nautical miles at a speed of 20 knots.

The icy night breeze poured into the cabin, blowing and whirring, but the ten Doomsday Warriors couldn't feel it.

Zhang Xiaogang stretched out three fingers and began the countdown.

Chu Tianjiang was the first to jump out of the city, followed by Halevi and the other nine doomsday warriors, and it was the turn of the more than ten guards brought by Zhang Xiaogang at the end.

Because it is an ultra-low-altitude skydive, the parachute opens automatically after disembarking.

Falling into the sea, the parachute bag automatically unhooks so as not to entangle the parachutist.

It didn't take much effort for the ten Doomsday Warriors to find six submersibles, and then they went to pick up the guards who had fallen nearby.

In the night sky, the transport plane has turned to fly to Ascension Island.

The special equipment and materials needed for the operation are all in the cargo hold of the submersible, and there is no need to be airdropped separately.

"Attention to each group, head to 330, don't lose it." It was Zhang Xiaogang who shouted in the communication system, but he was not with Chu Tianjiang.

An hour later, more than 20 people had all set foot on the beaches of Rio Grande.

After turning the submarine around and setting up the automatic navigation and self-destruction procedures, Zhang Xiaogang left the beach with his troops, with four guards left behind to clean up the footprints.

Intelligence officers who had arrived to meet them had arrived and prepared a 29-seater tour bus and the tourists' clothing.

Although Rio Grande is not a holiday destination, a large number of residents of nearby cities come here every year to enjoy the sun, sand and beaches.

On the island, the most common out-of-towners are tourists who follow their guides.

Zhang Xiaogang arranged for a young and beautiful female tour guide, and also arranged for five female intelligence officers to play the role of tourists, forming this tour team of 28 tourists and a tour guide.

As it was getting dark, the tour bus went directly to the hotel where you stayed.

According to the arrangement, after checking into the hotel, the security personnel will take turns to dress up as tourists and go shopping under the guidance of female intelligence officers who play the role of tourists, so as to make the tour group look more normal. Ten Doomsday Warriors remained at the hotel, waiting for the operation to begin after dark.

Chu Tianjiang and Halevi lived in the same room, and the two spent most of their time on maintaining weapons.

The weapons prepared for the Doomsday Force are advanced and require careful maintenance. The two had only used the weapon on the adaptive platform through a virtual program, and they didn't know it all.

In the evening, Zhang Xiaogang rushed back.

At dinner, Zhang Xiaogang announced his action plan. Aldrich leads the Doomsday Force to rescue scientists who have been imprisoned by Brazilian intelligence agencies. Zhang Xiaogang directed the guards and intelligence officers who assisted in the operation to keep an eye on Santos' temporary residence.

"After rescuing the scientific researchers, the intelligence officers will drive the vehicle over, and the rescue force will go directly to the evacuation site." Zhang Xiaogang pointed to the evacuation point on the map. "No matter what the situation is, make sure you get the scientists on the speedboat. The time window for evacuation is fifteen minutes. I don't want anyone to be left behind, and I don't want the operation to fail. The point is that the Doomsday Force must be withdrawn unharmed. ”

Ten Doomsday Warriors didn't speak, and no one wanted the first combat operation to end in failure.

"Guys, do you have any questions?"

"What if you get separated from the large army and don't arrive at the evacuation site in time?" Halevy asked. In covert operations, snipers who act alone are most likely to get separated from large forces.

"Come back here and retreat with Plan B."

"Plan B?" Chu Tianjiang also asked.

"I'll leave an intelligence agent behind to pick up the stragglers, but the Brazilian intelligence agencies will definitely be manhunting, so we have to leave immediately."

No one asked questions, and no one wanted to be separated from the big army.

"Let's go and get ready, and we'll leave in thirty minutes." Zhang Xiaogang glanced at his watch and said, "Remember, this is a secret operation, don't engage in large-scale sabotage." Our purpose is very clear, and any excesses have the potential to lead to unpredictable consequences. ”

Obviously, these words were addressed to ten Doomsday Warriors.