Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 176 The Hunter Appears

After venting his anger about Lieutenant Colonel Mendes' attitude, Vincent finally calmed down.

Since Mendes refuses to cooperate, then I will just do what I want and ignore him.

Instead, he thought of the calmness with which Song Heping had answered him before, which made him feel a little uneasy.

Vice Captain Mist also seemed a little worried: "What did that guy mean when he said he definitely wouldn't shoot?"

Vincent really wanted to find out what Song Heping meant.

Does not shooting mean that even if they are surrounded and attacked, the mercenaries will not shoot?
But he couldn't bring himself to ask.

Before, he was arrogant and asked others not to interfere in the operation, but now he immediately turned around and asked others what he meant. It was obvious that he was cowardly.

"Let's ignore them and do our own thing."

He then looked towards the buildings in the distance that had been bombed by Warthog attack aircraft, and said angrily and helplessly, "It's a shame that my first chance to fight the Hunter was ruined by that idiot Menders."

Mist said, "No wonder they haven't been able to take Mosul. This kind of tactics is completely ineffective against small-scale guerrilla warfare. I guarantee that the militants have already withdrawn, and we won't find many bodies in the buildings later."

"Never mind," Vincent said. "Order everyone to move forward. When the Scimitar Battalion starts to advance, we'll be the first to establish sniper positions behind them. I can't count on Menders and his men anymore. We have to rely on ourselves."

"Okay, it's easier to control the situation if we move forward. We're in front, and Mendes probably won't dare to bombard us relentlessly."

Mist turned and gestured to the others, asking them to get in the car immediately.

Everyone got into the car, and Mist gave orders over the tactical channel: "Drive the car to the front, close to the Scimitar Battalion's convoy, and follow them into Mosul."

"clear."

"clear."

The two Humvees then drove away from the Warrior Battalion's convoy and sped forward, not stopping until they reached the Scimitar Battalion's convoy.

In the distance, the cook frowned: "Oh no! The seals are pressing forward."

Song Heping looked around and waved to the others: "Come on, get in the car, we'll follow."

Soon, two off-road vehicles from the "Musician" Defense Department caught up with the two Humvees of the Navy SEAL team.

Mendes, in the command vehicle, quickly received a report from the officer in the front line: "Commander, the SEALs drove up next to the Scimitar Battalion's convoy and didn't enter the city according to the position we assigned them."

Mendes connected to the SEAL team's channel and began calling: "Warrior to Hawkeye, hear the answer."

"Hawkeye received."

"Why did you run ahead? According to our previous plan, you should have followed the Warrior Battalion. You are putting yourselves in danger by doing this."

"Thank you for your kindness, Lieutenant Colonel. We were born to do dangerous work. We now intend to change our plan and follow the vanguard of the Scimitar Battalion into the city. Over."

"Damn special forces!"

Mendes was very dissatisfied.

All special forces have a sense of superiority.

For example, Vincent was only a lieutenant, but he dared to ignore his words and not listen to his orders at all.

As the commander in charge of the clearing operation from the west into the city, Mendes was of course dissatisfied with Vincent's behavior.

However, even if he was dissatisfied, there was nothing we could do about him.

The SEALs are not under his control, they are under the jurisdiction of the Special Command, and this operation is said to be a mopping-up operation. In fact, the order Mendes received also stated that the SEALs will be involved and perform a special mission. They will hunt down the "Hunter" organization in the city, so even if he gives orders to Vincent now, it will be useless, and the other party will definitely not listen.

Even if this matter is brought to the attention of the commander-in-chief of the operation, it will be disadvantageous to him. It is absolutely stupid for a lieutenant colonel to engage in a verbal lawsuit with a lieutenant during the operation.

"Hawkeye, you must be responsible for your sudden change of plans."

So he responded to Vincent in a tone of warning and reminder, rather than an imperative tone.

Vincent's tone was still as defiant as ever: "Thank you for your kindness, Lieutenant Colonel. I will take responsibility for all my orders and actions."

After the call ended, Mendes sneered in his heart, if that's the case, then so be it.

The Scimitar Battalion is there to take bullets for the Warrior Battalion. Since the SEALs say they like "dangerous work", let them do it.

The buildings that had just been bombed have gradually calmed down and the smoke has gradually dissipated.

Some of the target buildings had half of their sides blown off, and some had their walls collapsed. Two Warthog attack aircraft dropped four 500-pound bombs, the power of which was truly astonishing.

The Scimitar Battalion was also encouraged.

They began to gather up several wounded soldiers who had escaped from the Abrams tanks and Humvees while scouting ahead and were attacked.

That's right.

These guys were all injured.

The injury was not caused by militants, but by the impact of bombs dropped by Warthog attack aircraft.

Song Heping stood beside the Scimitar Battalion's convoy, watching those unlucky guys, covered in white and with dust on their heads and faces, stumbling back to their convoy in a miserable state. Several of them were bleeding from their ears and noses, probably because their eardrums were ruptured by the bomb explosion.

A 500-pound bomb bombed you at close range, and you could be happy if you weren't killed by the shock.

The Scimitar Battalion began to organize a second entry into the city.

This time it's again an Abrams tank and a Humvee.

The tank is responsible for walking in the front, after all, it has thick skin and strong muscles.

The Hummer drove behind because it had a good view and was responsible for observation.

The cook joked with Song Heping, "Look, the Americans are rich. They just keep adding fuel to their tanks. When one tank is bombed, they just put another one in. It's like they don't have any money for tanks."

Song Heping also found it incredible.

The Scimitar Battalion is an elite armored battalion under the first mechanized armored brigade trained by the US military.

In theory, their combat effectiveness and tactical level should be very high.

Take a look now.

It’s really hard to put into words.

Song Heping put himself in the role of the commander-in-chief. If he were Lieutenant Colonel Mendes, he shouldn't have sent two armored vehicles to take the lead at the beginning.

After all, without the coordination of infantry, no matter whether it is Abrams, Bradley or Humvee, they are all iron coffins.

They deployed their formation directly along the road at the entrance to Mosul, and used the artillery on the tanks to bombard the warehouses and buildings nearby, aiming at the windows so that the shells would penetrate and explode inside. At the same time as the bombardment, they sent out infantry vanguard squads to occupy the buildings on foot.

After occupying the buildings at the entrance, you can use the buildings to establish defensive positions to cover the ground armored forces as they slowly enter.

After the tanks come up, with the assistance of the infantry in the building, it will be much safer and will not be attacked from the side with RPGs, so the safety factor will increase dramatically.

But Lieutenant Colonel Mendes didn't do that.

He actually ordered the Scimitar Battalion to send a tank and a Humvee to advance alone.

In Song Heping's opinion, the lieutenant colonel did not regard Irigoe's vassal troops as human beings, nor did he regard the tanks and Hummers provided to Irigoe's local troops as money.

They don't care about equipment, as long as it's safe.

Watch from afar, wait for the Scimitar Battalion to be attacked as bait, then summon the Warthog attack planes to bomb them.
This is quite safe.

Song Heping looked at the Irigo soldiers who had managed to survive and felt sorry for them.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Samir beside him intentionally or unintentionally.

Samir watched all this with a dark face.

In fact, he is the one with the most complicated emotions in the entire "musician" team.

He looked down on the people of the Scimitar Battalion, but he hated the fact that Americans did not treat their compatriots as human beings, but he could do nothing about it.

"Let's go! Let's follow."

This time the tank was not attacked after entering.

They successfully stopped at the edge of the small square.

It seems that the militants nearby have really withdrawn.

The entire Scimitar Battalion's armored convoy began to slowly enter the city, while the Warrior Battalion's troops were still watching outside the city.

If he wasn't sure it was 100% safe inside, Lieutenant Colonel Mendes would not order his soldiers to go in and die.

The SEALs parked their car next to a warehouse that had only two walls left after being bombed, and parked next to the wall.

Song Heping also asked Samir and others to park the car next to them.

Our people are here to assist Vincent and the others, so of course we have to follow them.

Moreover, this place is fifty meters away from the small square, so it will not be crowded with the vehicles of the Warrior Battalion and the Scimitar Battalion. This has an advantage, as it will not be stuck when maneuvering later.

What's more, it might be safer to leave the car here, because if militants wanted to launch an attack, the densely packed tanks and armored vehicles in the small square would obviously be more attractive.

There are three intersections near the front of the small square, with a total of three roads. These three roads run through the entire Area 5. The rest are crisscrossing alleys that cannot be used by vehicles.

After entering the urban area, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Scimitar Battalion were quickly deployed and divided into three convoys, occupying three intersections respectively to build a defense line.

According to today's plan, after establishing a forward position in the small square, the Scimitar Battalion and the Warrior Battalion will be divided into three routes, slowly advancing and clearing out the enemy bit by bit.

After the Scimitar Battalion had established a foothold near the small square, completely controlled all intersections, and sent out infantry to begin inspecting the surrounding buildings, the Warrior Battalion's convoy slowly drove into the city like a big star walking on the red carpet.

Song Heping and others followed the poster team into the city on foot.

They split into two teams and moved slowly along the buildings on both sides of the street.

The ground was now covered with rubble, caused by the bombing just now.

Soldiers from the Warrior and Scimitar Battalions began searching nearby buildings.

The first tank that entered the city and was hit was towed to the side of the road by the tanks that came in later, and the Humvee was also taken away.

The roar of engines was everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of diesel exhaust.

Vincent stopped beside the small square.

He looked around, his eyes finally landing on the tallest building nearby.

"Chris, Raul, you go up to that building and set up a sniper position. Griffel, you follow them up as well. Be careful when you go in and search thoroughly."

He pointed to the six-story building about sixty meters ahead.

Chris is the team's sniper, using a TAC-50 sniper rifle. This gun weighs 11.8 kilograms and has an effective range of an astonishing 2000 meters. It is more accurate than the Barrett M82A1, but is mostly used by special forces. It is not as common as the M82A1 and is more difficult to purchase.

Raul is the assaulter in the team and also serves as an observer during the mission.

Griffel is the squad's machine gunner, using an MK-48 light machine gun to provide fire support.

This trio is capable of providing long-range, medium-range and short-range fire support, as well as suppressive fire in emergency situations.

Vincent, along with two other team members, Mist and Jamie, will follow the infantry unit of the Warrior Battalion.

Vincent and Mist are both assaulters, while Jamie is the second sniper in the team. His weapon is a MK11 MOD0 sniper rifle specially used by the Navy SEALs.

If any of the three clearing forces is attacked, they will find the nearest suitable building, enter as quickly as possible, and find the commanding heights to control the situation.

The MK11 sniper rifle in Jamie's hand has an advantage. It is an evolution of the SR-25 sniper rifle prototype. It is much lighter than the TAC-50, and uses semi-automatic mode of shooting. The standard magazine capacity is as high as 20 rounds.

This means that if Jamie encounters an enemy attack while following the infantry in a street search, he can temporarily use his MK11 sniper rifle as a semi-automatic rifle, which has greater attack flexibility than the bolt-action single-shot TAC-50 and Barrett M82A1.

Chris's team entered the designated building very smoothly.

There are not many residents left in the entire building, and only two households are still holding on.

The war has forced most civilians to evacuate Mosul, and only half the original number remain.

After searching the house and making sure the two families were not dangerous and had no weapons, Raul's team climbed to the roof of the tallest building on the edge of the small square.

There is a clothes drying yard on the roof, with sheets and clothes hanging everywhere on the simple clothes drying racks made of wooden sticks.

The wind blew across the roof, lifting the sheets and blocking the view of several people.

Raul simply tore off the bed sheet and threw it to the ground.

Griffel squatted on the ground and replaced the drum magazine for his MK-48 light machine gun, which would allow him to have more sustained firepower in the subsequent firefight.

Chris looked around, looking for a suitable place to set up his gun.

There is a one-meter-high concrete fence on the roof. There is a hole the size of a washbasin on the west side of the fence, which may have been shot through by some weapon.

This is a good place.

He walked to the cave entrance and looked out, gaining partial vision and able to see most of the buildings along the ground troops' search route.

So Chris turned around and wanted to call Raul over to tell him that he planned to use this hole as a sniper position.

"Raul..."

He turned back and saw Raul tearing off a sheet that had been tangled in the wind, cursing non-stop: "Damn Irigos, they peed on several beds at night and dried so many sheets..."

bah—

The sound of gunfire, not too harsh, reached Chris's ears.

Then he saw a bullet hole appear on Raul's forehead, and he collapsed to the ground in an instant like a puppet with its strings pulled.

Blood oozed out of the bullet hole and dripped onto the snow-white bed sheet, looking scary red.

"Hunter!"

Chris yelled, and the men quickly dropped for cover.

He felt all the hairs on his body stand up.

The sniper was still staring at this place and never left!

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