Chapter 1229 Attacking Shao Desen
The Gallic Chickens were the most active among the eleven villages in rescuing the British Kingdom and sent out their elite troops.
The British country also did a very good job of sharing information, sharing with its allies the cases in which it had been defeated by Zeng Wangcai in the past.
Therefore, after setting up camp in Grace, Ask ordered his troops to disperse to avoid being bombarded by enemy artillery fire with strong reconnaissance and long-range strike capabilities.
Brute's side also deployed their troops in the same way. They vowed not to give Zeng Wangcai the opportunity to kill and injure their own people intensively.
Swan is a big black man, tall and a veteran.
Wearing GIGN special operations uniform, he came to Ask's fortification, ready to receive instructions from the highest leader of the army before departure.
The several brigades under Ask are all elite, but GIGN is the elite among the elite, and Swan is the leader of the GIGN special operations team he brought.
This type of combat team usually carries out special operations missions and will not appear on the front battlefield of a large-scale war.
"Sir, Swan is here to report." Big Black came in and saluted.
Ask was looking at an electronic map. When he heard the voice, he looked up and said, "Come and take a look."
"Yes, sir!"
The electronic map is a detailed three-dimensional map of Grace, Southend and Strafford.
"Your mission this time is quite special." Ask pointed at Shao Desen and said, "The enemy has controlled this city. There are a large number of civilians in the city. They have cut off the network. We cannot learn about their internal situation through the civilians. This is very disadvantageous to our attack. They can use long-range weapons at will, but we need to worry about civilian casualties.
"You need to find a way to enter Saudersen. If you can't get in, you must also find a way to know the deployment of the enemy forces and provide parameter coordinates for our subsequent attack. You must at least conduct reconnaissance to the south of Saudersen and explore their model shielding range. The mission of the British SAS is the same as yours."
"Yes, sir!" Swan responded easily.
As a veteran special forces captain, Swan has carried out many missions, encountered all kinds of harsh situations, and survived.
Swan's team is small, with only about twenty members.
After they were ready, they set off with light luggage. Since they couldn't take a plane, they chose a lightweight means of transportation like a motorcycle.
More than twenty people and more than ten motorcycles drove to a place about ten kilometers away from the edge of Shaodeshen without encountering any obstacles.
"Boss!" a team member shouted, "The signal is affected. Our contact with SAS is cut off."
"Stop!" Swan got off the motorcycle, "Everyone get off and deal with the motorcycle assembly."
A few minutes later, more than twenty team members had handled the front and rear ends.
Swan checked the signal situation and determined the approximate range of the enemy's influence on the signal, thus completing a mission.
But at the same time, he was also surprised that the range of the enemy's signal blocking was so large.
The troops advanced on foot in the dark. When they were about three kilometers away from the edge of Southend, Swan ordered them to stop again.
"Redick, go to the high ground and observe!" Swan ordered.
The sky was dark, but the city was also dark.
Swan and his friends could already see the outline of Southend-on-Sands from where they were, but this city, which should have been colorful in the dark, was now silent and without any lights.
The city's power supply was cut off, which is normal.
"Boss, something is wrong!" The team member named Redick came back after observing, "I didn't see any civilians. To be more precise, I didn't see anyone. The city seems to be empty."
"Empty? Impossible!" Swan shook his head. "The data provided by the British country shows that there are at least hundreds of thousands of civilians in that city. Even if the civilians were ordered to stay at home, the enemy's defense forces would be able to see a little bit, right?"
"I really didn't see anyone. The thermal imaging didn't react."
"???"
The thermal imaging didn't react, so...that's weird.
Swan murmured inwardly, and finally gave the order to continue setting off.
The squad dispersed, and the closer they got to Shawn Swann, the more nervous he became. He ordered the troops to slow down and pay attention to reconnaissance.
But there's really no point in checking. There's really no one to be found.
Swan, who was about to enter the city, was stunned. He had never encountered such a situation before. Even at this distance, he did not encounter any guard posts of the garrison.
"Boss, are they hiding in the city, preparing for street fighting?" asked Redick.
"Impossible, unless they are stupid." Swan said flatly, "According to the information provided by the British country, their long-range firepower is very strong. There is no reason to give up this advantage."
"But there really is no one."
“That’s so abnormal.”
"Is it possible that they have already left?"
"This is even more impossible. There is no way that so many of them can leave without being noticed."
"..."
Swan thought about it and realized that this was not going to work, so he ordered, "Redick, take someone over to check it out. Be careful."
"Yes, boss!"
Redick led two team members, forming a triangle formation to cover and support each other, crouching along a road approaching the city.
With the support of tactical helmets, they were able to see a lot of things.
Redick, who was walking in the lead, suddenly stopped and gestured to his teammates to stop guard.
He pushed his helmet and tried to look at a sign not far away. This sign was not a road sign, but a temporary sign with the words "Minefield" written on it.
Redick laughed: "You must be kidding, this is asphalt..."
He didn't finish his words, and then his expression froze. He found that the asphalt road under his feet changed about ten meters ahead. The road surface had been destroyed and was made up of something that looked like neither sand nor gravel.
"Is there really a minefield?" Redick didn't dare to delay, let alone walk in easily. He immediately led his men to search nearby.
As a result, he discovered that there was not just one minefield, but it seemed to form a ring that encircled the entire city.
After figuring out the situation and not encountering any other dangers, Redick and his men returned in confusion.
"Minefield?" Swan laughed. "It seems that the enemy has used this method to trap civilians in the city. However, this is useless to us. Redick, take people to clear the mines and clear a passage."
"Yes, boss." Redick took action again, this time with more people.
Swan was not idle. He led the others to follow behind Redick and the others, ensuring that they were within a distance where they could communicate with hand gestures.
Redick is a versatile person. He took the lead again, crawled to the edge of the minefield, and started feeling around with a metal detector.
He touched one meter on the left, one meter on the right, and with his own body, he felt out a passage more than two meters wide.
After safely advancing more than ten meters, Redick gestured to Swan: "Everything is normal, no mines found."