Chapter 16 Dangerous Mission
Vogel Island, Nordland County, Norway.
This small island is located in the southwest of Sankhorn Island and covers an area of about 13.06 square kilometers. There are many peaks, the highest mountain is in the west, with an altitude of 765 meters, and the steep mountain in the east is 222 meters above sea level. It is a resort and also a nature reserve.
It's just that they haven't opened rooms to the public recently, and the whole island has been sealed off, claiming to the outside world that the food chain on the island has been restored. This is very normal in a country like Norway, where the environment is always their top priority.
There are many wooden houses scattered along the eastern coastline, half of which are on the beach and half are in the woods, but without exception, they all face the sea, allowing people to see the blue sea at any time. This is a unique holiday home on Fogel Island, providing accommodation for tourists.
Not far behind the wooden house are steep rocks, where rock climbing enthusiasts often go rock climbing.
The high-altitude coastline on the west side of the island is impossible to climb. There are steep cliffs that directly sink into the sea. At the same time, there are no safety protection measures on the west coast, and sharks often appear. As a result, the development of Fogel Island has only stopped at a small half of the east side, and the west side is still an unexplored area. While preserving the original ecology, the government will kindly dissuade tourists who want to explore the west peninsula and inform them of the dangers there.
The east coast of Fogel Island looks desolate without tourists. Seven or eight cruise ships are swaying gently at the port, and flocks of seabirds are searching for food such as fish and shrimp on the beach hit by the tide. It looks very harmonious.
However, in front of the scattered wooden houses, there were several Norwegian soldiers with live ammunition patrolling back and forth, guarding this protected island. In addition, the beach extending deep into the island was full of messy footprints, and the width of the footprints was the width of four adults walking side by side.
It looks messy but is actually neat and tidy. Only a well-trained army can leave such traces.
A frogman silently poked his head out of the sea to observe the soldiers at the wooden house, and then silently dived down and swam towards the huge rocks on the right edge of the coastline, avoiding the soldiers' sight.
One, two, three, four... In a short period of time, nine frogmen appeared behind the rock. As soon as they landed, they quickly took off their frog suits, opened the equipment boxes they carried with them, and armed themselves fully.
"Let's get to work." Black Hawk loaded the magazine and uttered two words.
"Puff", a light sound was heard, and a sniper shell jumped out of Angel's PM sniper rifle, instantly piercing the forehead of a soldier in front of the wooden house.
Seeing their companion suddenly fall down, the other soldiers were confused for a moment. When they saw the blood, they suddenly reacted: enemy attack!
"Puff! Puff! Puff!" Three more soft sounds were heard, and the remaining three soldiers were all killed by Angel's sniper rifle.
Zhao Ziyang, who was standing by, was holding a high-resolution camera and recording all the deaths of the Norwegian soldiers. He instantly uploaded the footage to Seth, who was sitting in front of the computer. After processing, Seth sent the footage to every corner of Norway via satellite.
"Safe!" Angel squinted her left eye, observed carefully, and made a safe gesture.
Four figures immediately rushed out, holding guns and running towards the wooden house with tactical steps, and completed control of the area in an instant.
Mandala and Swart immediately swam into the sea, dragging the two extra iron boxes they carried with them, and placed the two magnetic mines in the sea areas that the ship must pass through with a draft depth sufficient to support the draft of the ship.
"control!"
"GO!"
The sea area was under control, and Black Hawk immediately waved his hand to signal to advance deeper into the island. Swart took out his climbing equipment and quickly climbed up the steep cliff to occupy the commanding heights, set up a satellite receiving device, covered the entire island, and obtained the high-definition picture of the island transmitted by Seth.
Mandragora was hiding in a wooden house, watching the movements on the sea vigilantly, responsible for providing cover and sending out information to arrange retreat when necessary.
Black Hawk led Zhao Ziyang, Angel, Omo, Pandora, and Blade cautiously to the west of the island. They did not take the path trodden by the Norwegian soldiers, but opened up a new road.
Although the path opened by the other party can be reached quickly, it is very unsafe. No one knows whether there will be a few more mines in the middle of the seemingly harmless road. In contrast, it is safer to choose a road that no one has walked on, although it takes a little longer.
The six men marched in the woods in a standard three-by-three formation. Their Altama Panama jungle combat boots rubbed against the soil and rocks, making a slight rustling sound.
The island has a typical temperate oceanic climate. Although it is located within the Arctic Circle, the southwest warm and humid air currents from the North Atlantic and the North Atlantic warm currents from the low latitudes make the climate here unexpectedly mild. In the mild climate, various trees grow luxuriantly, just like in a temperate jungle.
However, the top of the mountain is covered with snow, but this does not affect the habitat of animals other than various plants, because the food here is very abundant and has an almost perfect food chain.
"Flutter..." The sound of startled birds was heard, and six people crouched down at the same time, hiding in the shallow grass, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, staring at the surroundings vigilantly.
They were wrapped so tightly in thick camouflage uniforms that one would not be able to detect their presence unless one paid special attention.
Blade, who was in charge of the outpost, narrowed his eyes and stared at the two Norwegian soldiers who suddenly appeared in the jungle ahead. The two soldiers were painted with thick camouflage and also wore camouflage uniforms. They should be sentinels on the periphery.
After they stood up, they glanced at the jungle where birds were flying, and swept their eyes towards the position where Zhao Ziyang and the other six were hiding. Then they nimbly climbed up the tree and continued to be on guard.
Being in a commanding position, the lurking mercenary dared not move at all and could only continue to lie quietly on the grass.
We have already reached the periphery. According to intelligence, in order not to arouse opposition from the people, the Norwegian government chose to secretly send troops to Afghanistan. There is a secret military base surrounded by high mountains in the west of Vogel Island. This time, the troops were sent from the Vogel Island military base, bypassing the North Atlantic to the African continent by submarine, and entering Afghanistan from Pakistan through the Arabian Sea.
The mission of the hired lurkers was to enter Fogel Island, sneak into the periphery of the military base surrounded by high mountains, and carry out sniper killings of Norwegian soldiers. All the sniper killings were filmed, and the videos of the soldiers being killed were used to arouse opposition from the Norwegian people and force the Norwegian government to abandon the military action of sending troops to Afghanistan.
The two sentinels were on the outskirts of the base, and they could vaguely see tall mountains in front of them, which was where the enemy's base was located.
"Squeak..." The Black Hawk made a sound similar to that of some small animal.
"Squeak..." Blade responded.
While responding, he took out two playing cards from his sleeve at a very slow speed. Zhao Ziyang, who was lurking with Angel, slowly raised the camera and reached out to adjust the Land Warrior helmet integrated system. The helmet camera function was responsible for uploading the information after collecting the image, while the traditional camera reserved the audio and video to prevent the remote computer connection controlled by Seth from being interfered by various unexpected factors.
The Land Warrior helmet integrated system is a project developed by the US military in 1991. It integrates weapon systems, IHAS systems, CRS systems, software subsystems, protective clothing and individual equipment subsystems. It provides ballistic calculators, electro-optical sights, cameras and laser rangefinders. At the same time, it connects its own position from GPS and views satellite high-definition images. When indirect firepower and combat identification calls are needed, it has accurate target positions. It allows infantry to fight in all directions and all weather conditions, becoming a mobile combat platform on the battlefield.
" Swish! Swish!" Blade's hands shook slightly, and the two playing cards drew two arcs towards the two sentinels on the big tree in front.
The two playing cards emitted dazzling reflections under the sunlight cast from the leaves, especially the edges of the cards, which exuded a metallic luster.
"Plop! Plop!" The sound of an object falling to the ground was heard. The throats of two sentinels were cut by playing cards and they fell from the tree, blood gushing out from their throats.
Pandora rushed forward like lightning, covered the other's mouth that was making a hoarse sound, and drew out her saber to cut off the heads of the two sentinels. It was quick and bloody.
"Forward." Black Hawk waved his hand, signaling to continue moving forward.
Zhao Ziyang glanced at Pandora, whose combat uniform was stained red by the blood sprayed out from her chest, put away the camera and continued walking. Pandora gave Zhao Ziyang a very sunny smile, and the red line on her throat turned dark purple.
"Zizi... Special forces, special forces, I'm Swart, I'm Swart, the satellite receiving system is in place, trying to connect, trying to connect, over! Zizi..."
Hearing Swart's call, Zhao Ziyang immediately tried to connect to the satellite to obtain the high-definition images transmitted by Seth via the tactical satellite.
Three clear pictures were transmitted through the glasses of the helmet integrated system connected to the computer, namely the plan view, three-dimensional stereogram and topographic map of the Norwegian base on Vogel Island.
"Connection successful, reception completed, over!" Zhao Ziyang confirmed to Swart via radio.
"Radio silent, turning on in thirty minutes. Zizi..."
A burst of electric sound passed by, and Swart turned off the radio, cutting off contact with his teammates who had entered the forest outside the base. This was to prevent them from being caught by the base's radio lateral system and causing an unexpected attack. The satellite receiver they set up was their eyes, otherwise they would not be able to sneak into an unknown base to carry out an assassination.
After killing the two sentries, the six continued to move forward cautiously, and soon reached the edge of the jungle, where they could already see the high mountains ahead. They had to sneak to the foot of the mountain to find the entrance to the base, or climb up and carry out precision sniping at the top of the mountain.
"Stop!" Zhao Ziyang suddenly made a hurried sound, quickly rushed forward several meters, and grabbed the blade that was about to move forward.
"Landmine." Zhao Ziyang said in a low voice after pulling back the blade, then bent down and stared at a hair-thin line. This line was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye, blending in with the surrounding grass, unless you knew of its existence in advance.
"Trip mine." Black Hawk's pupils shrank instantly. He quickly glanced around the jungle and told his team members, "Everyone, stay alert. Something is not right."
What made Black Hawk feel something was wrong was this mine. The way the mine was laid was definitely not the way the army usually laid mines. The army usually laid mines in a certain way. They would set up minefields at such places to prevent others from passing through. The key point was defense.
This single booby trap is not designed for defense, but for attack.
The edge of the jungle is the easiest place to lay a minefield, but the traces of the minefield are very obvious, and experienced veterans will always see it. However, a single booby trap is very inconspicuous and people will ignore its existence. Such a booby trap exists to kill people inadvertently.
"It's not a single booby trap." Zhao Ziyang dragged the mine buried under the saprophytic plants a little bit with a serious look on his face, so that everyone could see clearly the tripwire connected to the other side of the mine root.
Chain mines.
Blade immediately helped Zhao Ziyang to clear the mines. When he cleared the second mine, he found that the mine in his hand was connected to the third mine, but the third mine was on the tree.
After the third mine, there is the fourth, fifth, sixth...
These mines are in a messy state, with no exit except the entrance. Once a mine is detonated, all the mines in the entire area will be detonated, on the trees and underground, leaving people in the mine circle with nowhere to escape.
This is definitely not a military method. No one except mercenaries would go to the trouble of creating such a minefield.
Dao Feng was covered in cold sweat at this moment. If Zhao Ziyang had not noticed something wrong just now, his mistake would have caused everyone to die here.
"Flashpoint, help me." Zhao Ziyang said to Flashpoint.
Flashpoint immediately stepped forward to help Zhao Ziyang hold the mine in his hand. He watched Zhao Ziyang deftly remove the mine officer from the mine, casually pulled out a piece of flexible green grass and connected it to the green tripwire, moved the position of the mine, and then quickly camouflaged the mine.
Changing the position of a mine is equivalent to completely changing the deadly minefield.
"Boy, not bad." Omo looked at Zhao Ziyang's actions and smacked his lips while praising Zhao Ziyang.
"There are many minefields on China's southwestern border. I've never seen one like this, but it's not the most complicated one." Zhao Ziyang skillfully placed the last blade of grass on the camouflaged mine and said to Omo with a smile.
Black Hawk frowned, but eventually he relaxed his brow and continued to lead the team forward.
This non-military minefield reminded him that this mission might not be so easy and there were many unknown dangers ahead.
