Working as a police officer in Mexico-Chapter 1810 - 796: So Overbearing!! (Part 3)
"Minister Kennedy, coordinate all resources to ensure that Colonel James Water’s assault team and Admiral Sherman’s aviation unit receive top-priority equipment and training support. Bennett, your task is to ensure that the insider ’Mole’ provides at least one reliable real-time position signal at the critical moment of the operation and be prepared for their extraction. Casare, prepare the political aftermath plan, identify replacement candidates for Portillo, and get the propaganda materials ready."
He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present: "This operation must not fail. It must succeed to make those gentlemen in London understand that their remote-controlled conspiracies are vulnerable to decisive power and determination. Submit the plan details for my approval. You have 48 hours."
"Yes, Leader!"
In the following 48 hours, part of the Mexican war machine began operating silently with maximum efficiency.
At a highly classified military base in the suburbs of Mexico City, Colonel James Water assembled the team, selecting 30 elite members.
They were veterans tested by blood and fire.
Without grandiose pre-battle speeches, James Water simply laid out the model of the target manor, the guard deployment map, and photos of the Portillo Brothers and Salisbury, then summarized the mission: "Night, helicopter, low altitude, infiltration, decapitation, evidence gathering, extraction. You might face over 100 elite guards, no reinforcements, and you must execute quickly."
No one spoke, there were only straighter backs and more focused eyes.
Four "Ghost Eagle" helicopters were moved into sealed hangars for final checks.
Their airframes had optimized lines, coated with wave-absorbing materials, main rotors, and tail rotors specially treated to reduce noise, and infrared suppression was applied to engine exhausts.
Additional fuel tanks and satellite/inertial navigation systems were installed in the cabin, along with countermeasure dispensers against portable anti-aircraft missiles. Pilots and crew members repeatedly studied flight route maps, which charted a path through mountain folds and valley terrains, avoiding towns and known radar stations as much as possible, starting from Mexico, entering Guatemala at low altitude, directly targeting the manor southwest of the capital.
At the border, electronic warfare units quietly advanced, and "Hummingbird" drones rose silently into the sky, beginning detailed electromagnetic signal mapping for the intended action area and surroundings, seeking the best interference frequencies and blind spots. Attack-type "bee swarms" stood ready under camouflage nets, maintaining data link silence, though multiple emergency strike plans had been pre-loaded into the control system.
Bennett sent predetermined signal confirmation orders and a simple signal transmitter’s usage guide through extremely secretive channels to the "Mole" within Guatemala City. It was a gamble, but the "Mole" replied with confirmation codes and promised to try to activate a hidden position signal that could transmit for ten minutes once the target entered the manor’s core area.
Casare’s team wasn’t idle either, preparing a detailed "dossier" exposing the Portillo family’s corruption, betrayal, and collusion with the United Kingdom, all while conducting extremely cautious contact with several military leaders and political figures in Guatemala who were dissatisfied with Portillo and relatively pro-Mexican, testing the waters and preparing for a potential "power vacuum".
Admiral Kitchener’s staff department was ablaze with lights as a plan for the "Bone Knife" operation, detailed down to every minute, took shape, including multiple contingency scenarios: What if the target wasn’t present? What if they faced a stalemate? What if the extraction routes were cut off?
What if the Guatemalan military deployed on a large scale?
They even considered how to create enough chaos using the "bee swarm" and border artillery to cover the retreat or... erase traces if the operation failed.
Before the 48-hour deadline, Kitchener and Kennedy brought a thick plan booklet to Victor’s office.
"The plan is divided into six phases."
Kitchener spread out the charts, "Phase One: Infiltration. Two hours before H-hour (the start of the operation), four ’Ghost Eagles’ take off from the border base, flying at tree-top height along the predetermined route, maintaining complete radio silence. Arriving at a concealed assembly area 15 kilometers southeast of the manor by approximately 30 minutes before H-hour."
"Phase Two: Confirmation and final preparation. Fifteen minutes before H-hour, a ’Hummingbird’ drone equipped with special detection equipment will take a calculated risk to approach the manor, attempting to capture the position signal emitted by the insider ’Mole’ and using thermal imaging to verify personnel gatherings inside the building. Simultaneously, electronic warfare begins, conducting communication suppression and partial monitoring interference within a 5-kilometer radius of the manor and its surroundings."
"Phase Three: Assault. Precisely at H-hour, two ’Ghost Eagles’ carrying the assault team, based on the final confirmed target location, will land directly in the main courtyard of the manor or rappel down tightly against the outer walls (if conditions allow). James Water leads Team A (12 people) to attack the building, while Team B (14 people) is responsible for clearing outer posts, controlling exits, establishing a defensive line, and providing support at any time. The main building must be controlled, and the target located within 15 minutes."
"Phase Four: Extraction. After the target is eliminated and evidence secured, the assault team sends out a signal, and the two ’Ghost Eagles’ return to the pickup point (which might be the original landing point or a backup spot depending on the situation). All personnel board, and command the helicopters to provide cover."
Kennedy supplemented with logistics, communication, and political coordination details.
The plan was bold and precise, but it was also full of variables: Is the insider signal reliable? Can helicopters cross hundreds of kilometers of enemy airspace at low altitude completely undetected? What about the manor guards’ response speed? Will the target change location at the last minute?
