Austin Bazarol, a native of Paulia District, is an arms dealer. He was born in a slum and later took a risk one day to come to this war-torn land to start a small-time arms dealing business. According to the intelligence from Helen Grigaus of Courtyard C, her team had an exchange of fire with him while tracking a batch of arms, resulting in the death of three team members, and they lost contact for many days while trying to escape.
The key point is that there was a Stinger air defense system among that batch of arms, and it was also a Stinger air defense system with its serial number erased that Valkina and her team had destroyed in Craig. This made Elsa firmly believe that there must be some connection between Austin and the attackers.
Judging from Austin's background and his subsequent series of actions, it's clear that he couldn't have obtained such high-end goods like the Stinger. Moreover, according to Helen's intelligence, a group of people with relatively high militaryattainment appeared around him at that time. These were not the kind of people that Austin, who was born in a slum and only doing small-time business, could recruit. An even bigger suspicion was that those people were wearing red headscarves, which were witnessed by many people that night.
So the answer was obvious: Austin was most likely transporting that missile as a certain node.
The operation code name was "Link", and the mission was to capture Austin Bazarol. A total of Team One, Team Two, Team Four, Team Five, Team Six, and Team Zero were dispatched.
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"They won't spot us," Ye Fan whispered.
The vehicle moved slowly, with the chatter in Arabic being noisy. The old engine let out a low growl of "Wurulu", and one could clearly feel the vehicle swaying along with the rhythm of the engine.
This was a dilapidated train. The freight car was a bit stuffy because of the eleven people sitting in it. The afternoon sun shining on the outer wall made the situation even worse. Thankfully, this annoying vehicle still had air conditioning, which prevented the situation from being too bad.
"Couldn't you get a better vehicle?" I couldn't help but complain.
"Better?" Ye Fan snorted in dissatisfaction. "Should I get you an Optimus Prime instead?"
"What the captain means is that being too conspicuous would make it easier to be targeted," Kozue Koizumi, sitting in the passenger seat, turned around and explained gently to me. "Because it would increase the risk of being exposed."
Ye Fan snorted again from his nose, as if expressing his contempt for my ignorance.
"By the way," in order to hide my embarrassment, I started to change the topic. "What were you guys doing yesterday? I didn't see any of you."
"Because of the boss..."
"Kozue!" As if being pok by something painful, Ye Fan stopped the vehicle in annoyance. "We're here!"
"Let's talk next time we meet, Gu Jun." After greeting Angela, Kozue Koizumi pulled on her headscarve and got out of the vehicle, with an 85-style sniper rifle strapped to her back. Back then, the 85-style didn't have a dedicated cartridge in its design, but now in Kreberl, it has become an advantage - the sniper cartridges dedicated to the SVD sometimes have to be specifically sourced from arms dealers, but the Russian 7.62mm machine gun cartridges are plentiful.
Jiang Li and Lu Wanqing also got out of the vehicle with them. They simply put on their cloaks and went out. The locals would only regard them as mercenaries of unknown origin. In fact, it's the same principle as when other early intelligence organizations would disguise themselves as US troops when operating in Akliya. People wearing miniskirts were never seen, but those carrying guns were everywhere.
The truck slowly started to move again. From inside the carriage, I observed the outside world through the windshield. People of various heights, weights, and builds were flowing continuously on the street. Young children were kicking footballs made of rolled-up newspapers. Street vendors were hawking their wares. On a distant balcony, there was a potbellied guy holding a bowl of instant noodles... Everything looked so nice, provided that one ignored the AK rifles on everyone and the corpses hanging from the streetlight poles.
They were swaying gently back and forth on the poles, with the vitality long gone from their ashen faces.
"Look at you. You seem so surprised."
"Yeah! To be honest, this is the first time I've seen what their daily lives are like." I continued to look around and comment. "Usually, the places we go to don't have civilians."
"Captain, I want to eat roast mutton."
"Xiaoyao, I want to eat it too." Luo Bing's words got a lot of echoes.
Ye Fan turned the steering wheel. "Ask your captain to treat you next time."
"I agree!" Danny raised his hands and cheered.
"What are you happy about? You're from C4 Group!"
"Hey. Aren't you going to treat us when you treat others?" Ye Fan said casually, and then his tone became serious. "Entering the mission area."
"Roger that." I bowed my head to check my equipment and then opened the microphone. "Entering the mission area."
"The sniper team is in position." Lu Wanqing replied to me. Ye Fan shifted gears and stopped the truck, parking it at the back door. The guards just gave us a glance and then went back to their chatting.
"This is Team Five." I switched to the general communication channel. "I'm in position."
Let me introduce this place to you. It's called Shaoxing'er Town, located thirty kilometers behind the battle line, clearly an enemy-occupied area. After the last exchange of fire, Austin was recuperating in the hospital in this town due to injuries, with his small army deployed around for protection.
The hospital isn't a regular hospital. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the heart to go in. As part of Austin's private property, he provides simple medical services for ** and the residents in this area - note that it's residents. Civilians are worthless in his eyes.
The main mission will be carried out by Team Zero. Five kilometers away from here, there is a small barracks of a local warlord. The latter provides security for Austin. Meanwhile, inside the hospital, besides the front and back doors, there is also an underground passage that directly connects to the drainage system. Team One, Team Five, and Team Six are responsible for this respectively. Team Two is keeping an eye on that military camp, and Team Four is on standby in the nearby area to prevent any unexpected situations.
"Action begins." Elsa ordered.