A small drone flew over the city of Palmyra with a slight buzz. It was less than a hundred meters above the ground and was not fast, but the high-definition camera on the body was keenly capturing the clues on the ground.
Behind the sand dunes one kilometer away, Lieutenant Sheldon from SEAL Team 6 was holding a military PAD and looking indifferently at the surveillance images returned by the drone.
Surrounding Sheldon are members of a platoon. The SEAL platoon is very small, with only six people, but all the members are officers, and their combat qualities are naturally world-class.
The fighting in the city is in full swing, and various forces in Syria are entangled. However, except for the fierceness in the initial attack, the fighting enthusiasm of the armed personnel on the battlefield is quickly fading. To put it bluntly, they lack tenacity.
There are still many civilians in the city. The sudden war has left them with nowhere to hide, so they can only stay at home. Maybe they can survive until the battle is over, or maybe the whole family will be killed by a single shell.
Lieutenant Sheldon has seen a lot of life and death on the battlefield. His current mission is to find a certain super villain who may be staying in Palmyra and stop his actions that endanger the United States.
Due to the small area of the city, the drone has been patrolling back and forth two or three times. All videos are not only reviewed by Lieutenant Sheldon, there is even a communication satellite that provides a large-bandwidth forwarding channel so that all videos can be transmitted back to Turkey.
Operations Command.
The battle has lasted for about three hours. The Syrians on the battlefield are exhausted, and there are only sporadic gunshots in the city. But Lieutenant Sheldon is still on high alert, always ready to launch a surprise attack.
"Vulture 1, when we reviewed the video, we found something unusual in area 21." The voice of the intelligence analyst from the rear came over the radio, "Let the drone fly over and confirm again."
CIA analysts have divided Palmyra into hundreds of square areas. The so-called anomaly is a series of messy footprints on the ground, which is not surprising on the battlefield. However, analysts staying at the Turkish military base will
The footprints are enlarged and analyzed using computers.
"I think I caught this guy." At the CIA headquarters at the base, an analyst cheered and shouted. He moved his findings to the large screen at the headquarters, pointed at a series of footprints on it and shouted: "This
This footprint is unlike any mark left by a military boot."
As the commander of the operation, Fidel was also staring at the information given on the big screen. He could see something strange without the analysts having to say much. Currently, most of the people in Palmyra are normal people weighing 50 to 80 kilograms.
, can be analyzed based on the footprints found by the drone….
The target weight is between 150 and 180 kilograms.
"This is about the weight of an 80-kilogram man plus a powerful mechanical skeleton and weapons and equipment." The analyst shouted excitedly. This weight excludes normal soldiers and armored soldiers of more than 300 kilograms. Who knows?
It's easy to tell if it leaves such a footprint.
Damn bastard, I finally caught you!
Fidel cursed secretly in his heart and immediately ordered: "All combatants, prepare, let us follow the footsteps to see where he is?"
Sheldon received the order on the battlefield, and immediately operated the drone to lower its altitude, and the camera ran forward along the footsteps. At the same time, his team members set up a 60 mm caliber mortar and were ready to fire at any time.
Send out a few.
"Let the 'Reaper' lower its altitude and get closer to the target area. There may be only one chance to attack." Fidel was staring at the big screen at the command center. A operator of the 'Reaper' drone at his side adjusted the control stick at hand.
, prepare to launch the 'Hellfire' missile.
The drone in the city lowered to a height of more than ten meters and moved along a street that was damaged by artillery fire. Fidel, who was watching intently, soon discovered that there were a pair of small barefoot marks next to the series of heavy footprints on the ground.
. He said weirdly: "This guy has a child?"
On the shabby streets of Palmyra, the barefooted 'little poor' heard a buzzing sound behind her. She looked back and saw a small plane approaching.
Although he didn't quite understand what was going on, the 'little pitiful' alertly shouted directly in front of him, "Hey, big man, there is a plane here."
When he saw the child making shouting movements, Fidel's heart tightened. He immediately shouted: "Who is nearby, find him."
Sheldon's men immediately adjusted the mortars on hand, and soon several consecutive shells flew towards the area with preset coordinates.
With the help of the drone's camera, Fidel and others in the headquarters also saw a strange scene. There was a flash of light and shadow more than ten meters in front of the little girl, and a humanoid body was making a sudden turn back.
The pickup on Zhou Qingfeng's helmet is directional and can selectively detect sounds in a certain direction. He will always pay attention to what is directly in front of him, and he needs a little reminder to know what is happening behind him.
When Zhou Qingfeng made a sudden movement, the invisibility effect was greatly reduced. When he saw the drone more than 20 meters away, he immediately opened fire on it.
The last image returned by the drone was an AK-series rifle spraying out muzzle flames. When the image on the big screen in front of Fidel was interrupted, he immediately ordered: "Has the 'Reaper' locked the target? Display the image on the big screen.
superior."
The image on the big screen changed to a less clear high-altitude bird's-eye view. The image was still the dilapidated streets of Palmyra, and you could even see the drone that had just fallen. Fidel felt that he was only one step away from success.
Immediately shouted: "Where is he?"
At this moment, several shells just fired by mortars arrived in this area. They were not lethal high-explosive bombs, but extremely bright illumination bombs. When they suddenly appeared in the daytime, the sun seemed to be dimmed.
, the entire ground is enveloped in its light.
By analyzing existing optical camouflage images, CIA intelligence personnel determined that this terrifying and weird stealth equipment is very sensitive to the environment and light. If the light in its environment suddenly changes, its stealth effect will be greatly reduced.
This guess is correct!
Instead of using a mortar to fire a few ordinary shells without knowing where the target is, it is better to use it to change the light in the area where the target is. When the flare suddenly lights up, the real objects on the ground do not change, but Zhou Qingfeng, who is hidden in it, is exposed.
come out.
When he saw the human figure wearing a skull mask appear, Fidel shouted happily: "Lock him and kill him!"
The one that actually carried out the killing mission was the 'Reaper' drone cruising at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters. The CIA personnel operating it from thousands of kilometers away used a photoelectric pod to lock on the exposed Zhou Qingfeng.
A Hellfire missile fell from its pylon, followed by another. The rocket engine spurted out hot flames to push the missile body to accelerate to Mach 1, and it would hit the target in more than ten seconds.
For more than ten seconds, the special flares in the air kept shining on the ground in a low-frequency flashing manner, ensuring that Zhou Qingfeng's optical camouflage could not become invisible again, and also ensuring that the seeker head of the 'Hellfire' was firmly locked on Zhou Qingfeng.
At this moment, Zhou Qingfeng seemed to be unconscious, and was still blinded by the flares. He actually stood still - a missile with a speed of Mach 1 was coming at a very high speed.