Ta, Colombian Army National Special Division Camp.
10 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters were parked on a large open space near the parade ground, their rotors slowly starting to rotate.
Soldiers from the AGLAN Jungle Special Operations Group, under CCOPE, sprinted toward their assigned helicopters based on pre-assigned crew divisions.
A Jeep drove up, stopping on the grass outside the helipad.
The door opened, and Sanders, the Deputy Commander of the Army, alighted from the vehicle with Lawrence, the US military advisor for this operation, and they both headed straight towards the helicopters.
Upon reaching the first helicopter, the AGLAN soldiers inside saw their senior officer and saluted him with raised hands.
After returning the salute, Sanders clenched his fist and shouted, "Assault! Victory!"
The soldiers inside the helicopter responded loudly, "Assault! Victory!"
After receiving the response, Sanders moved to the second helicopter and repeated the sa words to the Special Soldiers inside.
Eventually, he ca in front of Colonel Freddie, the AGLAN commander.
Colonel Freddie quickly saluted, "Greetings, sir!"
After returning the salute, Sanders asked him, "Freddie, are you confident in this operation?"
Freddie replied with vigor, "Sir, this ti I guarantee those despicable maggots of the ELN will have no place to bury themselves!"
Freddie despised the ELN more than any other anti-governnt ard force.
Not long ago, he had suffered a setback at the hands of these n, where an entire AGLAN Special Squad was completely disabled while pursuing ELN leader Morins into the jungle, eventually even involving a US Army ODA squad.
The incident had caused quite an uproar at the ti.
In fact, the annihilation of the ODA squad eventually saved Freddie, otherwise, he would have had to take responsibility for the deaths of his own n.
But the death of the entire ODA squad provided Freddie with a perfect excuse—If a Green Berets squad advising the AGLAN Special Forces had been wiped out, what chance did his own n have?
Nevertheless, it was a profound disgrace for him.
Though he wasn't dismissed from his position, Freddie already saw the end of his career, waiting for the ti to retire and leave.
Unexpectedly, the military organized this operation, giving him new hope.
Freddie saw a chance for a promotion.
If he did well this ti, his career might still have hope.
Major General Sanders was pleased with his response, appreciatively patted him on the arm, "Do well, Colonel! I'll celebrate your victory when you return!"
These words invigorated Freddie like a shot of adrenaline, and he assured the deputy commander with excitent, "Sir, I assure you, I will complete the mission and destroy their G1 Camp!"
G1 Camp.
This was a critical point of assault.
After several days of aerial reconnaissance, the intelligence obtained by the Colombian Military indicated that the ELN had realized the strategic importance of the Ta Region. They had to hold Ta, so they dispatched elite troops to defend it, planning to withstand the military's assault and prevent their defense from being split.
The G1 Camp was located about 40 kiloters northeast of Ta, near the edge of the Tbilisi Mountain Range—an ELN camp with a force of about a company, serving as their operational command center in the Ta region.
Extensive intelligence indicated that the camp had recently beco very active; personnel, arms, and various tents in the camp had been set up.
From the temporary buildings in the camp and several wooden poles supporting antennas over ten ters high, it was evident that this was a headquarters.
Thus, on the advice of Colonel Lawrence, the US military advisor, as the Army ground forces were poised to reach the forefront of the defense, ten UH-60L Black Hawks carrying AGLAN Special Forces would swiftly strike the G1 Camp and conduct an air assault, seizing the camp, eliminating the command structure in a perfect decapitation strike.
In reality, as a Special Forces officer of the US Army, Lawrence excelled in this kind of tactic.
When formulating the operational plan this ti, Lawrence concluded after synthesizing various pieces of intelligence and military power comparisons—that the operation was bound to succeed without a doubt.
After all, the ELN had deployed only about 800 troops in the Ta region, forming two battalions. Despite being elite forces of the ELN, 800 troops against two Land Army Corps and an AGLAN battalion-level Special Combat unit would stand no chance—it would be absurd to expect otherwise!
Those ragtag guerrilla fighters would probably wet themselves the mont they saw a large number of Special Forces suddenly appearing above their camp.
Of course, Lawrence was a cautious man.
He was not arrogant.
Because he had learned from past experiences.
Just a few months ago, a Green Berets squad had pursued the leader of the ELN in the jungles of the Ta region, who at that ti had only one aide by his side, yet incredibly resulted in the annihilation of both the Green Berets and AGLAN squads involved.
Lawrence had to consider the possibility that the ELN had foreign assistance.
Who was the external aid?
So far, neither the CIA nor military intelligence departnts had provided an answer.
Although a global inquiry had been issued, there had been no leads so far.
Therefore, for safety, he suggested to the Colombian Military—to use the Air Force!
Before the AGLAN Special Forces landed at the G1 Camp, they would send four A-37 Dragonfly attack planes to bomb the G1 Camp. After the bombing, the AGLAN Special Forces would follow up imdiately, perfectly timing the quick air drop and strike.
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