In order to demonstrate the United States' ability to control the world and preserve its reputation as the world's policeman, Washington began to put pressure on Garrison, the commander-in-chief of the operation.
Under pressure from Washington, Major General Garrison had to embark on some risky missions.
Let the army's combat power ceiling be in the delta, and send investigators to pretend to be three people or tourists, and personally sneak into the city to collect intelligence.
In an attempt to obtain information that can identify Aidid during close range reconnaissance.
One move was not enough, so another move was used.
Using old tricks again——
Money can make all the difference!
Helicopters were used to drop bounty orders all over the city, with bounty amounts and contact information printed on them, in an attempt to dismantle this strong backbone from within.
As long as they can provide information about Aidid's staff, after the US military launches an operation and catches the person, the informant will receive a reward of US$50,000.
If you can provide Aidid's location information, the reward will be even richer.
If the information is confirmed to be true, the reward will be US$100,000.
It will also come with a U.S. green card, ensuring that the informant's life will not be in danger after revealing the information, and there is no need to worry about retaliation from Aidid's men.
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
This sentence has always been valid from ancient times to the present, and it is also true in Mogadishu.
Two days later.
An informant, tempted by the huge reward, called the number on the reward order.
He said that he knew a chef and learned during a casual chat that he was working as a servant for Aidid's family, and he might know where Aidid was hiding.
General Garrison attached great importance to this information and immediately asked CIA agents to contact him.
Confirm the authenticity of the information.
The CIA agent successfully contacted the informant in the city and confirmed the authenticity of the informant's information through some evidence and information provided by the informant.
But just when General Garrison launched the operation, Long Zhan's emergency response team and the entire Delta Force were on the battlefield, preparing to set out to arrest the target.
The informant suddenly became unavailable.
Without an informant to lead the way, the target could not be found, and the operation was forced to terminate again and again.
the next day.
Delta and CIA both sent people into the city and learned that the informant was killed last night and hung on a tree as punishment for the traitor.
Perhaps the informant hanging on the tree had a deterrent effect on the people in the city and dispelled most people's greed.
Although the base sends helicopters into the city every day and drops a large number of flyers offering rewards, all of them are ignored and there is no response.
More than a week has passed in the blink of an eye.
Just when General Garrison was about to lose confidence in this move, the reward phone that had been sitting there untouched and covered with a layer of dust was dialed again.
This time the informant was very cautious.
Much smarter too.
If he does not accept a meeting to verify the authenticity of the information, the two parties will use mobile phones to contact each other. If you are willing to believe his information, then cooperate, if you are not willing to believe it, then pull him down.
Finally, a brave man came to take over the list, and General Garrison agreed to his terms without hesitation.
The informant then gave an address.
It shows that in the hotel shown at the address, a black market arms dealer named Otto lived, who specialized in providing weapons to Aidid's militia.
General Garrison heard this information and immediately realized that this was a good opportunity.
Aidid's exclusive arms dealer will definitely meet with Aidid frequently, and he must know where Aidid is hiding.
As long as he can be captured, there is hope that Operation Irene can be completely ended.
Regardless of whether the intelligence was true or not, General Garrison decided to take action.
So in the early morning of the next day, Hut from the Delta transformed into a tourist and set out for the hotel the informant mentioned, hiding outside to conduct surveillance.
Other Delta personnel and emergency response teams remain on standby at the base in operational status.
It's around 11 noon.
Hu Te, who was in disguise, saw three off-road vehicles appearing outside the hotel door.
A person who can not only drive a car in Mosadiga, but also have a fleet of cars that can be driven openly, his status must be extraordinary.
Combining the information given by informants, Hu Te basically knew what was going on.
as expected.
Two bodyguards got out of the car and walked into the hotel. They quickly protected a middle-aged fat black man wearing sunglasses, who came out and got into the car.
The physical characteristics are basically the same as described by the informant.
The motorcade then started to leave the hotel entrance and drove eastward along the road.
Hu Te immediately pressed the radio and reported: "This is No. 11. The target is confirmed. Three black off-road vehicles are driving from east to west. They should be leaving the city."
The command center received Huth's signal and immediately launched an arrest operation.
Cars are very rare on the streets of Mogadishu. The drones that have been hovering in the sky for a long time quickly locked onto the black off-road convoy that Huth said.
The three Black Hawks, Super 61, Super 62 and Super 68, which had been on standby at the airport for a long time, started their engines and took off.
Two Delta 4-person teams, riding on Super 61 and Super 62 respectively, were responsible for this assault mission and were responsible for capturing the arms dealer Otto.
Long Zhan, Sonny, Clay and Brian were sitting in the exclusive Super 68, still responsible for emergency response.
The speed of the three helicopters reached full speed. In less than 15 minutes, they saw three off-road vehicles with speeds reaching at least 70 mph on a dirt road less than 5 kilometers away from the city of Mogadishu.
Super 61 moves up from the left, Super 62 moves up from the right, and Super 68 is in the middle behind them.
The three helicopters formed a triangular outflanking formation, lowered their height to less than 10 meters above the ground, and flew up to sandwich the three vehicles in the middle.
Captain Sanderson on the Super 61 waved to the leading car, signaling the team to stop immediately.
However, not only did the three vehicles not slow down and stop, they actually moved faster than before.
Sanderson gestured to the Super 62 on the opposite side, and sniper Gordon returned the gesture to express his acceptance. He pulled the bolt and ejected the ordinary sniper bullet from the chamber, and loaded an armor-piercing bullet with a black tip.
Aiming at the engine of the leading car traveling at high speed, he simply pulled the trigger.
"Pa~"
A professional super sniper with unparalleled marksmanship.
Even though the leading car was traveling at a speed of over 80 miles, Gordon's shot was very accurate. The bullet passed through the hood and penetrated the engine inside.
Black engine oil sprayed out along the bullet hole and landed on the front windshield.
The driver lost vision ahead and the vehicle's speed began to gradually decrease.
The Super 68 that was originally following behind suddenly accelerated and jumped over the convoy, passing nearly 100 meters ahead, turning around and blocking the middle of the road.
Mounted on the left and right sides of the rear seats of the cabin, the fierce M134 mini-cannon machine guns were controlled by Long Zhan and Clay and aimed at the oncoming convoy.
No need for any doubt.
Once these two multi-barreled mini-machine guns fire, the metal storm formed by the combined 6,000 bullets per second can easily smash all three off-road vehicles into sieves.
