The four Little Bird helicopters cooperated with each other to clean up the perimeter of the target building.
The heads of the units participating in the operation were not idle at this time. They began the final stage before the assault, repeating the code names one after another.
"This is Romeo 64. Attention all units, confirm Lucy! Repeat, confirm Lucy!"
"Romeo 64" is Lieutenant Colonel Harrell, a senior commander from Delta Force and the ground force commander of Operation Irene.
"This is Kilo 64, receiving Lucy."
"Kilo 64" is Captain Scott Miller, the commanding officer of Delta Commando, and his partner is Captain Sanderson, the Master Chief.
"This is Barber 51, receiving Lucy."
"Barber 51" is the veteran pilot of the first "Little Bird" helicopter, Chief Warrant Officer Randy Jones, who is also the leader of the Little Bird formation.
"Juliet 64, received Lucy."
"Juliet 64" is Captain Mike Steele, commander of Company B, 3rd Ranger Battalion, and commander of the four Ranger sniper teams in Operation Erin.
"This is Uniform 64, received Lucy."
"Uniform 64" is Lieutenant Colonel Danny McKnight, who is responsible for commanding the ground escort convoy and is ready to lead the Humvee convoy to enter and exit at any time.
At this time, the Hummer convoy was already in place and parked outside the Olympic Hotel not far from the target building.
"I'm Suit 64, received Lucy."
"Suit 64" is Quinn Sonny, the head of the Special Incident Emergency Response Team, although decision-making is more of a dragon battle.
"All units, Lucy, confirmed, over."
Lieutenant Colonel Harrison concluded.
The action has only been officially confirmed at this point. There is a 100% certainty that the raid will be carried out, and there is absolutely no possibility of canceling the mission.
3:43 p.m.
On the surveillance screen of the Joint Operations Center, Somalis living in the city appeared in groups one after another, all flooding into the streets of Mogadishu.
The number of people was unprecedented.
Most of these people are civilians and do not have any weapons.
However, due to the continuous brainwashing by Eddy Radio, these civilians who came to the streets to burn tires and block the roads were obviously very hostile to the peacekeeping forces.
Although the broadcasting system had already been completely destroyed by the Pakistani peacekeeping forces.
It was at that time that Aidid became completely angry and sent a large number of militiamen to pursue and rob, killing 24 Pakistani peacekeepers.
Now that Aidid's radio broadcasting center has been destroyed, it is a pity that the brainwashed civilians of Mogadishu have not regained their lost sanity.
Still believed Aidid's lies.
It was determined that the peacekeepers were coming to seize their homes, and they would be beheaded, skinned, and hung on trees to be made into human beings.
Therefore, they are strongly hostile to peacekeepers entering the city.
Now they take to the streets in groups, and what they do is very uniform, which is to collect debris everywhere and block as many roads as possible.
The civilians' ability to achieve such a high degree of unity was obviously secretly inspired by Aidid's forces.
Although most of them are unarmed and cannot pose a threat to the Humvee convoy, their use of uncomfortable obstacles to block the road can become a big problem for the convoy.
At the same time, a large number of people pouring onto the street will seriously mislead the helicopter's attention.
Helicopters cannot massacre the unarmed civilians on the streets indiscriminately. Aidid's militiamen can take the opportunity to blend in with the crowd and sneak attack convoys and helicopter formations.
General Garrison noticed this and frowned.
But the action didn't stop.
As long as the operation proceeds as planned, he does not believe that these civilians can block the path of the armed Humvee convoy.
General Garrison confidently believed that at most it would only add a small obstacle.
Long Zhan also saw the changes on the streets. Fortunately, the streets around the target building where the mission was launched were still empty.
It was in stark contrast to the swarming crowds in the outer city, who were burning tires and blocking the roads like crazy.
At the same time, we also saw the location of the Hummer fleet——
Olympic Hotel.
It was an overall white five-story building that looked like it was made of rectangular stones. There were square terraces on each floor, which was very modern.
One of the proper landmark buildings.
There is a similarly constructed building on the same side of the street at the southern end of the same block.
The avenue in front of the main entrance of these two buildings is the widest Hawadi Avenue in the city center, which is also the area covered by Aidid's militia stronghold.
There are dirty alleys intersecting with the seven-eight-meter-wide Hawadi Avenue.
There is a thin line between poverty and wealth.
It's just so realistic.
Nowadays, at these intersecting intersections, helicopter formations fly over in the sky, and the strong airflow caused by the beating of the rotors stirs up large amounts of sand and dust.
Under the afternoon light, it shows a striking rust color.
It gives people a kind of desolate sadness.
The target building is located just on Hawadi Avenue, one block north of the Olympic Hotel.
There are trees planted in the courtyard and outside the door. The rear part has three floors, while the front part has only two floors, with an open-air platform at the top.
It is also surrounded by a small south-facing courtyard behind it, surrounded by a high stone wall, which looks like an entire independent long block.
The gate faces Hawadi Avenue.
Just ten minutes ago, there was a constant flow of cars, pedestrians and donkey carts on the road, but now it has become completely empty.
Let this originally ordinary Sunday afternoon begin to become no longer ordinary.
"One minute countdown."
Lieutenant Colonel Matthews' countdown reminder came over the cockpit radio of the Super 68.
The order was passed to all Black Hawk pilots, and was actually given to the Ranger team, which was the time for the team to land.
Delta Force will sweep the target building first, and the Rangers will follow closely behind without knowing the defense line.
The time difference between the two sides is one minute.
Long Zhan heard the countdown coming from the cockpit and turned back to observe the ground, just in time to see Delta launching a formal assault.
Each "Little Bird" carries a four-man team on the seats outside the fuselage.
They wore black bulletproof tactical vests and black Kevlar bulletproof tactical helmets, and held various modified firearms.
The most special point is that there are no markings on the military uniforms.
Insiders know that they are Delta, and it makes no difference whether they wear badges or not. It can be a good disguise to outsiders.
It's impossible to tell their identities at all.
All I know is that they are wearing black special combat uniforms and look cool and handsome.
