Mercenary’s War
Chapter 1078 - 1078 One Thousand and Sixty-One Suppression and Counter-Suppression

1078: Chapter One Thousand and Sixty-One: Suppression and Counter-Suppression 1078: Chapter One Thousand and Sixty-One: Suppression and Counter-Suppression The coordination between guiding the laser-guided bombs and starting the airdrop was very tight, which was good for catching the enemy off guard to the greatest extent, but the downside was that Gao Yang and his six-man team would inevitably be unable to arrive at the forefront of the battle in time.

In fact, when the battle started, Gao Yang was on the periphery of the combat system.

At the initial stage of the battle, he could still control the direction of the fight.

However, once the battle reached its climax, being outside the battlefield meant he couldn’t respond timely to the rapidly changing situation.

According to the original plan, after the command of the troops to launch a general attack, Gao Yang would march to the front line.

But after observing the situation on the battlefield, Gao Yang felt he had to advance his arrival time.

A tough fight was already expected, and since the attack began, enemy forces had shown combat power that was actually not as problematic as Gao Yang had anticipated.

However, the command system of the Republic Guard Division Special Strike Force showed more chaos than expected, which was stronger than anticipated.

A person with sufficient ability and authority needed to command the special forces team; otherwise, letting the groups act independently could lead to disaster.

The only choice Gao Yang had to temporarily command the special forces team was Peter.

“Peter, can you command the special forces team?”

“No problem, I can command!”

Gao Yang immediately received a confident reply from Peter, and without hesitation, Gao Yang said, “This is Punisher, the special forces team is under Peter’s command effective immediately, over!”

After giving the order, Gao Yang immediately said through the radio: “Night Demon Three, come pick us up!”

Originally, they were supposed to walk to the battlefield, but although the straight-line distance was only over six hundred meters, it would be much more than that to walk, and they had to be wary of enemy attacks.

It was hard to say how long it would take, and given the urgency, Gao Yang decided to fly over.

“Night Demon Three understands, mark your position, and I’ll be right there.”

Gao Yang stood up and said in a deep voice, “Move out immediately, find the nearest landing zone.”

After controlling the drone for a bit, Jansen immediately turned off the display to prevent the light from revealing their position.

After Jansen packed up the drone, Gao Yang gestured and said, “Let’s go!”

Li Jinfang was on guard down below by himself.

After Gao Yang and the others came down, the six-man team rushed towards the nearest open space.

They had already scoped out the open space while hiding.

It was an open area in the street, large enough, but the ground was uneven.

Mainly, there were various sized debris piles in the street, coupled with barriers intentionally set up by the Rebel Army, making the ground unsuitable for helicopter landing.

After arriving near the open space, Gao Yang took a look and thought that perhaps another landing zone would be needed.

So he whispered into the radio: “Night Demon Three, do you see us?

Do we need to find another landing zone?”

“Night Demon Three, I’ve spotted you.

Stay there, don’t move, let me take a look.”

A moment later, Jacklan said with certainty, “Land right there, I’ll be descending immediately, over.”

Gao Yang looked up and soon saw a Black Hawk descending rapidly above.

Jacklan King was skilled and daring, the speed at which he was descending was fast enough to push the helicopter to its limits, and it always seemed as if it was about to crash.

The helicopter’s imminent landing could not be kept secret.

Gao Yang and his team spotted scattered Rebel Army forces running towards the combat area nearby.

Although there were no large groups, all of them were small clusters of two or three or six or seven people, but these groups were still a threat.

Seeing the helicopter about to land, Gao Yang immediately said: “Clear the field!”

While performing ground guidance tasks, Gao Yang and his team were truly in hiding.

The Rebel Army had never been far from them, and even when they were calling in an aircraft to save some time to reach the battlefield, the closest enemy had just passed by over forty meters away.

The roaring noise from the plane had already attracted the attention of nearby enemies, with about a dozen Rebel Army members stopping to look over.

If they had to walk to the battlefield, the six-man team would have quietly passed through, even if brushing past enemies, they would never have initiated conflict unless discovered.

But with Gao Yang’s order to clear the field, the nearby enemies would just have to consider themselves unlucky.

Gao Yang was the first to open fire, and the continuous sound of gunfire rang out.

For him, shooting enemies within a few dozen meters to no more than two or three hundred meters away was as easy as drinking water or eating food.

After all visible enemies were taken down, as Gao Yang turned around, Li Jinfang and Taylor had also completed their shots, and all visible enemies were eliminated.

The clearing was complete, they just needed to watch to make sure no enemies emerged.

Meanwhile, the helicopter had already blown up the dust on the ground into the air, and lighter objects like small tree branches and wood chips were also being blown about.

Gao Yang hated that he still needed to provide cover when the helicopter was landing.

Unable to hide or take cover, eating a mouthful of dust was one thing, but getting hit by bits of wood and debris blown up by the rotor wash was unbearably painful.

Jacklan piloted the helicopter, only letting the front landing gear wheel touch down on a barricade made of rocks, with the two rear landing gears hanging in the air.

The helicopter hovered more than a meter above the ground, swaying back and forth.

Without needing any instructions, Gao Yang quickly ran over and jumped into the tail cargo door of the helicopter.

After Li Jinfang was the last one on the aircraft, Gao Yang immediately shouted, “Take off, take off!”

The helicopter took off again, and then, almost as soon as it had lifted off, it had to descend again after flying just above rooftop level for a while.

A few hundred meters of distance definitely wouldn’t take long to fly over.

Jacklan hovered the aircraft over the road that they had taken control of.

Gao Yang loudly commanded, “Night Demon Three maintain position, begin fast-rope descent!”

Gao threw the rope down from the side door and didn’t even use the fast-rope descender, instead sliding down directly with his gloved hands.

After landing, Gao Yang ran forward and saw Andy He crouching on the ground administering first aid to someone.

The man receiving first aid was Aimer; it seemed Alcohol had brought him back.

As he ran past Andy He, Gao Yang loudly asked, “How is he?”

“Shot in the back, bullet didn’t go through; leg is pierced through!”

Gao Yang didn’t stop running and went straight to the junction between the open space and the road.

The firefight was intense.

Gao Yang hurried over to Peter and loudly asked, “How’s the situation?”

Peter pointed straight ahead and loudly said, “We can suppress the enemy’s frontal firepower, but both flanks are compromised, unable to suppress the enemy’s fire.

There are already four squads advancing, and once they establish a front position, they will be able to suppress the firing angles on our left and right, and then we can launch a full-scale assault!”

Gao Yang glanced over.

The four squads advanced bit by bit during lulls in suppressive fire.

The enemy inside the eastern buildings was firmly pinned down, unable to fire effectively.

They resorted to blindly firing their guns out of windows, posing no significant threat, and with the rocket launchers blowing up the enemy’s hiding spots, the threat from the front was minimal.

The primary threat came from the buildings to the north and west.

The advancing squads had reached positions where they could suppress enemy fire from the north, but could only fire at the western buildings at nearly parallel angles.

The enemy held the absolute advantage in terrain and it was currently impossible to accurately assess the size of their forces, but in terms of firepower, Gao Yang’s side clearly had the upper hand.

After a quick assessment of the situation, Gao Yang thought that if they could move the front line forward a bit, to begin suppressing fire on the enemies hiding in the western buildings, which currently posed the greatest threat, they could proceed to the next step.

Gao Yang made a decision, the top priority now was to quickly get the main force across the open ground for close-quarters combat within the buildings.

As the situation evolved, it was time to make some targeted deployments.

“Night Demon One, Night Demon Two, start suppressing fire on the enemy in the north and western buildings now, and remember, be sure to reserve an odd number of rounds.

Night Demon Four, continue monitoring and reserve base ammunition in case the enemy escapes, over.”

There were only two armed helicopters, carrying very limited heavy firepower, and they had to be ready for the enemy to take the opportunity to escape.

Especially, they could not afford to have the armed helicopters run out of all their ammunition, so Gao Yang gave strict orders to at least keep an odd number of rounds.

The helicopters positioned themselves on the periphery to prevent anyone from escaping from the rear of the battlefield.

In fact, the three helicopters had been firing continuously, forcing those trying to escape back or directly killing them.

Helicopters had no blind spots in shooting, but they needed to change position.

The two helicopters immediately assigned their targets and then began to fire on the north and western buildings.

Although the enemy was hiding in the houses, they may also have fortified the buildings, like using sandbags to reinforce civilian homes into strongholds.

However, according to Gao Yang’s previous impressions of the Rebel Army, they tended to be lazy.

They might stack a few sandbags at a window and then no more, considering it a fortress with some protection against light arms and rocket launchers.

But against direct fire from 23mm autocannons, they were effectively useless.

As expected, the resistance that had repeatedly frustrated the assault teams quickly fell silent under the cannons’ barrage, with most going quiet after taking a few hits.

The large amount of debris created by the cannon fire piercing the walls could also cause casualties among unprotected personnel.

The two Mi-24s encountering consecutive cannon fire ineffective resistance points simply fired a rocket, eliminating any problem.

Even if the people inside were not killed, they would not be able to fire back immediately.

Once the helicopters opened fire, the enemy’s firepower was suppressed, and that’s when Peter urgently said, “Now’s the time, we can advance!”

(To be continued.

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