Mercenary’s War
Chapter 1074 - 1074 One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Operation Codename Punishment!

1074: Chapter One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Operation Codename: Punishment!

1074: Chapter One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Operation Codename: Punishment!

Gao Yang insisted on personally scouting the front line because there was no real-time video transmission in Syria, and there was no such thing as a real-time command system.

If Gao Yang didn’t come, he would have to rely on Jansen to relay information to him whenever something was spotted.

By being here himself, Gao Yang could see everything clearly – whether to fight or not and how to fight.

Jansen was setting up his drone, while Taylor was already conducting observations.

“Distance 612 meters, wind speed 1.2 meters per second, soft wind, clear visibility, good laser penetration, no obstruction between target, guidance unobstructed.”

Putting down the larger night vision device equipped with laser ranging, Taylor whispered to Gao Yang, “Good weather, suitable for sniping.”

Gao Yang observed through the night vision device on his rifle.

After hearing Taylor’s words, he whispered, “Good weather, but not a good position.

My field of vision here is bad.

Big Bird, are we ready?”

Jansen whispered, “Almost.”

Jansen had finished checking the drone and was testing the camera’s signal transmission on the drone.

After moving the camera on the drone and the clear image appeared on the monitor, Jansen whispered, “The drone is in good condition, battery life between two to two hours and forty-five minutes, starting to launch.”

Advanced technology is always first used in military applications.

Jansen’s drone doesn’t have a significant advantage over regular civilian drones in terms of flight performance, but it does have a considerable advantage in terms of battery performance.

Discounting the recording equipment mounted on the drone, just the flight platform alone, Jansen’s drone is expensive, not only because of its noise-reducing capability but primarily due to the battery.

The battery for the drone is almost as expensive as the drone itself.

Jansen controlled the drone to fly out, quickly escalating to about 200 meters in altitude and heading towards the target for reconnaissance.

Li Jinfang and Number Thirteen remained alert, Taylor continued monitoring the target area, while Gao Yang and Tommy approached Jansen’s monitor.

The drone quickly arrived over the target area.

Examining the images on the display, Gao Yang was looking for what he wanted to see.

The drone’s dual-mode camera clearly displayed the people exposed outside.

Using the glow night vision device to scan the area roughly, the target area seemed normal.

“Switch to thermal imaging mode.”

After Gao Yang whispered, the image quickly switched; changing from glow night vision to thermal imaging, and immediately, several red dots appeared on the screen.

Gao Yang didn’t speak, but Jansen said, “A lot of people.”

Gao Yang counted carefully.

The night vision device spotted twenty-one people, who, although all on the streets, mostly used disguises and concealment.

They were not detected with the glow night vision device, indicating clearly that these were sentries.

Gao Yang whispered, “Three machine gun positions, the rest are two-man posts, the enemy’s defense is very strict, we’ve found the right place.”

After finishing his words, Gao Yang walked over to Taylor, grabbed Taylor’s radio microphone, and said solemnly, “I am Punisher, all units pay attention, the Punishment operation officially begins, repeat, the Punishment operation officially begins, all units must strictly adhere to the entry timing, over!”

The one who responded to Gao Yang was Military Dog Smith, who excitedly said, “Understood, code-named Punishment operation officially begins!”

Gao Yang put the microphone back, then clenched his fist and swung it forcefully before saying solemnly to Tommy, “Worker Bee, what can you achieve?”

This was Tommy’s first time on the battlefield since arriving in Syria.

After staring at the monitor for a moment, Tommy nodded and said, “Three machine gun positions are definitely solvable, no problem.

For other scattered targets, there isn’t enough ammunition.”

Why Tommy was brought along was because Gao Yang’s direct fire was limited by the terrain and could not play a significant role, while Tommy’s mortar could provide indirect supporting firepower.

Gao Yang nodded slightly, then said to Jansen, “Switch to glow mode.”

Finally, seeing four cars parked together on the monitor, Gao Yang immediately pointed at the four cars and said, “Zoom in on the camera, maximize the image.”

Soon, Gao Yang could clearly see a white pickup, and he smiled satisfactorily before whispering, “Guys, Iron Wall Mercenary Corps vehicles, it’s them.”

Jansen was also a bit excited.

He whispered, “Should we lower the altitude a bit, try to see if we can find a place where personnel are heavily gathered, how about that?”

Gao Yang said solemnly, “Are you confident we won’t be exposed?

It’s not just those idiots from the Rebel Army here, we don’t know how many mercenaries are here.

According to intelligence, there are at least a dozen unidentified foreigners in this area.”

“I’ll fly the drone a bit further away; it should not be discovered.

Let’s first see if there are people in the building.”

As Jansen spoke, he controlled the drone to fly farther from the building and then lowered the altitude, using the thermal imaging camera to scan the building floor by floor.

The reconnaissance of the building was not very effective–people inside the rooms could not be detected.

Yet, even so, Jansen still found more than a dozen people on one side of two buildings.

These people were mainly concentrated on the top and bottom floors and were clearly defense personnel.

Jansen shifted the drone’s direction, preparing to scout buildings adjacent to the taller ones, but just then, Jansen suddenly said urgently, “Someone is coming!”

There are two cars appearing on the monitor, driving slowly with their lights dimmed.

“Keep an eye on the cars.”

Soon after, the cars stopped near two large buildings, and five people got out of them, one of whom quickly ran inside.

Everything was in plain sight, the newcomers were dressed as typical Rebel Army members, the person who ran didn’t go far before stopping, and after a while, a sentry came out and went with the running person toward a building.

“Mark that building as a key target.”

Gao Yang noted the building the two entered, but shortly after, four people came out of that building.

Gao Yang tensed up, saying, “Someone is leaving!”

Gao Yang’s judgment was correct, after exiting the building, one returned to the original hiding spot, while the other three hurriedly moved towards the cars.

“Let me see their faces!”

Jansen adjusted the drone’s angle so that Gao Yang could see what the leaving people looked like.

Three Big Beards, wearing robes, unarmed, closely observed for a long time until the three entered the car, Gao Yang then sighed with relief and whispered, “Not the ones we’re looking for, identity unclear, they don’t look like combatants.”

Taylor whispered, “Should we change the bombing target?”

Gao Yang thought for a moment, then shook his head, “No, the two buildings pose too great a threat as fire points, the plan remains unchanged.”

Taylor nodded and continued monitoring his target.

Three minutes later, Taylor suddenly said, “Sea Eagle has reached the designated position, beginning ground guidance!”

The arrow is already on the string.

Taylor took his laser designator, turned it on, and after pointing an invisible beam of light at one of the buildings, he said in a deep voice, “All set.”

Gao Yang’s gaze left the nearby monitor as he took up his rifle and said in a deep voice, “Attack!”

Taylor grabbed the radio microphone, whispered, “Sea Eagle One, drop bombs, two shots simultaneously, repeat, Sea Eagle One, drop bombs, two shots simultaneously, over.”

Gao Yang raised his rifle, providing cover for Taylor during the critical moment of guidance.

Although it was unlikely that the Rebel Army had equipment to detect the guiding laser, it was always good to be cautious.

Gao Yang’s heart was tightly clenched, even feeling his heart pounding.

Not out of fear, nor just nerves, Gao Yang realized it was his high expectations; he had been anticipating taking down Badadi today for too long.

Too much excitement isn’t good; it can affect shooting.

Gao Yang tried to calm himself down, reminding himself that the operation was only triggered by locating the Iron Wall Mercenary Corps.

It wasn’t known if Badadi was even there; getting overly excited was not good.

Unfortunately, the more Gao Yang tried to suppress his emotions, the more counterproductive it became.

His breathing involuntarily quickened, which was a major taboo for his current role as a sniper.

Unstable emotions before a battle were rare for Gao Yang, who was surprised that such a strong emotional wave emerged with his intense desire to kill someone.

Gao Yang had always thought that he entered his best state as soon as he took up his gun, but the truth proved he was not a god.

He could do it before didn’t mean he could always enter a state completely devoid of emotions under any circumstances.

Gao Yang put down his rifle, took a deep breath, feeling that he could not wait to adjust slowly; he needed external help to calm down immediately, no, he had to calm down right away.

Everyone had their tasks, only Number Thirteen’s task was not irreplaceable, so Gao Yang immediately said, “Number Thirteen, come to my side.”

Number Thirteen, on guard duty, silently approached Gao Yang in a few steps and whispered, “What’s up?”

Gao Yang turned to Number Thirteen, urgently whispered, “I’m not mentally stable.

Using any means, calm me down, immediately.”

Number Thirteen nodded and quickly struck Gao Yang’s face with a slap.

It was silent but very painful, extremely painful.

Gao Yang stared in shock at Number Thirteen, who looked back at him and whispered, “Did it work?”

Gao Yang opened his mouth, Number Thirteen let go and delivered another slap, hitting Gao Yang’s chin without touching the night vision device, and again it was silent.

After two slaps, Gao Yang glared at Number Thirteen then returned his gaze to his scope.

“Slaps can either escalate a frenzy or rapidly calm someone down.

I think you’re the latter, how do you feel now?”

Gao Yang said sternly, “I’m calm enough now, thank you.” (To be continued.

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