Empire Conquest-Chapter 910 - 125: Successful Raid
After coming ashore, Lei Zhenting did not act immediately but patiently observed the surrounding environment while also attaching a silencer to his combat pistol.
A team of 13 Special Forces soldiers, but only 6 are responsible for demolitions.
The remaining 7 are responsible for cover. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐.๐๐ผ๐บ
According to Lei Zhentingโs plan, the first team of 7 Special Forces soldiers led by him landed on the north bank of the Euphrates River, tasked with eliminating the enemy guarding the Northern Bridgehead. The third team of 7 Special Forces soldiers landed on the southern side to deal with the enemies at the Southern Bridgehead. The second team of 7 Special Forces soldiers stayed behind as a reserve. Once the first two teams controlled the bridgeheads, they would land on the north side to monitor the Iraqi military camp on the bridgeโs northern bank.
It was only after controlling the bridge that the teamsโ Demomen would drive rubber motorboats close to the bridge piers.
In fact, it had been years since Lei Zhenting had taken on a similar mission.
In the Military Intelligence Bureau, his primary role was VIP protection, occasionally assisting intelligence personnel, primarily with rescue and support.
Such combat missions were indeed rare now.
However, this was Lei Zhentingโs old profession.
After checking the pistol, Lei Zhenting lowered the dual-lens night vision goggles fixed on his helmet.
This device was a secret weapon of the Special Forces, and he had procured it from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
Actually, it was thanks to the Air Force.
The development of individual soldierโs low-light night vision equipment was funded by the Air Force, intended to enhance the night combat capabilities of armed helicopters.
While using helicopter-mounted night vision equipment allows for nighttime flight, it is challenging to operate and use, with flight heights not allowed to go below 150 meters to avoid ground obstacles. The reason is simple: pilots staring at a screen cannot quickly detect obstacles ahead.
With wearable night vision goggles, there is no need to stare at a display screen, allowing pilots to operate helicopters as if flying during the day.
For this reason, the Land Air Force invested in developing night vision goggles wearable by pilots.
The key was that they needed to be small enough.
Being small enough, they could be mounted on pilot helmets, and with a total weight of less than 2 kilograms, they caught the attention of the Military Intelligence Bureau.
After a few modifications, they were provided to the Special Forces for testing.
Compared to those of the Land Air Force, the Special Forcesโ night vision goggles were even lighter. The goggle section weighed only 1.5 kilograms, but they were powered by batteries, so their continuous operation time was less than 2 hours. If long-term night activities were needed, more batteries would have to be carried.
Nevertheless, the night vision goggles allowed Special Soldiers to operate like fish in water during nighttime.
After adjusting the night vision goggles, Lei Zhenting gestured tactical hand signals to the 6 Special Forces soldiers behind him.
It was actually just a matter of half a minute.
Lei Zhenting moved at the front, accompanied by 3 assaulters also using combat pistols, while the 3 shooters responsible for cover were all stationed at the back.
To maintain stealth and avoid alerting nearby enemies, Lei Zhentingโs team not only used silencers but also reduced charge ammunition specially issued for silenced weapons.
Actually, these bullets were mainly provided to the Military Intelligence Bureauโs intelligence personnel for assassination purposes.
The biggest advantage of reduced-charge bullets is the extremely weak firing noise.
The principle is also simple: the initial velocity of the bullet is 330 meters per second, which is below the speed of sound.
Because the power is relatively weak, reduced-charge ammunition is not suitable for combat.
Simply put, even if it hits the enemy, it may not be lethal. In intense combat, there might not be a second chance to fire.
This is also why Special Soldiers prefer powerful combat pistols.
Even though the noise is loud when firing, in close-quarter combat, a powerful pistol can incapacitate an enemy with a single shot, at least impairing their combat capability.
Although a few years ago, the Eastern Group chose the 9mm Parabellum bullet as the standard handgun cartridge, and the Empireโs Army subsequently announced the 9mm cartridge-firing SZ-9A pistol as the standard weapon, purchasing over a million units to equip all combat personnel, all Special Forces, including the Tiger Camp, retained the SZ-6D combat pistol that fires 11mm high-power bullets.
The reason being, Special Soldiers found the 9mm bullets underpowered.
In face-to-face combat, the 11mm high-power bullet only requires a single shot to incapacitate an enemy and render them non-threatening.
If using a 9mm bullet, hitting twice or three times in succession is needed for similar effect.
The gap is even more prominent against armored targets.
With steel core bullets, the 11mm high-power ammunition can penetrate standard helmets at a 15-meter distance, while the 9mm bullet cannot penetrate even at close range.
However, once reduced-charge ammunition is used, the power of the 11mm combat pistol is no match for the SZ-9A.
For this reason, Lei Zhenting assigned 3 shooters at the back to provide cover.
The 3 shooters carried rifles equipped with silencers; these were precision rifles. Compared to standard assault rifles, they featured elongated and reinforced barrels, lacked automatic fire capabilities, and used high-precision ammunition when serving as sniper rifles.
The so-called high-precision ammunition was actually selected from machine gun rounds, picking those with the smallest tolerances.
Simply put, it used the steel-core, heavy bullets of machine gun rounds, with an order of magnitude lower tolerance, resulting in higher long-range accuracy.
