There were no restrictions given to the various squadrons. Forming a group? That's up to you. Mutual assistance? That's also up to you. Mount Elbrus will let them know that some difficulties can't be dealt with even with numerical superiority.
Although a high of 8123 metres above sea level doesn't appear to be very far, one must take into consideration the horizontal distance required to cover. For every 1000 metres higher over sea level, one might need to travel 10 kilometres, or even 20 to 30 kilometres to do so. What's more, when one truly starts to scale the mountain, one would discover how demonic and monster-like Mount Elbrus was!
The first problem posed to the squadrons was the demonic weather.
