Different combat assignments called for different approaches.
Long Zhan's task was to assist Sonny in suppressing the enemy, not to perform precise sniping. He needed to inflict as much damage as possible in the first few moments.
Thus, Long Zhan fired a 5-round long burst, with a slight pull to the right while he shot. This spread the 5 bullets in a line across the targets.
With Long Zhan's micro-adjustments, even though three of the bullets hit the ground, two still struck two different targets.
The armed pickup truck suddenly came under fire, with three men dropped immediately.
One soldier in particular was hit in the leg, the bullet nearly completely severing his right ankle, leaving the foot connected to the calf by only a strip of skin.
He collapsed, clutching his bleeding wound in terror and agony, howling as he hugged his leg.
Witnessing such a gruesome scene, the surrounding soldiers panicked instantly.
Most people were inherently afraid of death, especially in the face of something so horrifying. The remaining five soldiers around the truck's first instinct was to seek cover and save their own skins.
Finding and counterattacking the shooters was the last thing on their minds.
But some people get hot-headed easily, especially when provoked. The assistant machine gunner in the back of the pickup truck was one such person.
Shocked by the heavy machine gunner's horrific death, his brain overheated and triggered a stress response.
Rather than cowering in fear like the rest, he became even more aggressive!
Instead of seeking cover first or fleeing like the others, he lunged toward the DShK heavy machine gun.
He aimed to take control of it and use it to save his own life.
Unfortunately, this move didn't save him. Instead, the act of reaching for the gun brought him utter destruction.
Short bursts were a machine gun's specialty, and sustained fire was its core strength.
Long Zhan and Sonny each fired their first bursts with less than a second between them, leaving them just enough time to recenter their sights.
They quickly reacquired targets and fired their second bursts.
Long Zhan's long burst targeted the soldiers scattering for cover around the pickup truck, aiming to drop as many as possible before they hid.
Sonny's goal was to neutralize the heavy machine gunner, so whoever touched it became his target.
The assistant gunner, rattled by fear, became Sonny's target. Following another short burst, he collapsed to the ground.
Once the heavy machine gun threat was confirmed to be eliminated, Sonny shifted his muzzle to the other Lionheart soldiers.
Together with Long Zhan, they unleashed dense suppressive fire, buying time for Clay, who was already lurking by the vehicle, to steal it.
Tat-tat-tat, tat-tat-tat...
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat, tat-tat-tat-tat-tat...
The two Mk46 Mod 0s were identically configured, their firing sounds blending in seamlessly. The alternating short and long bursts sounded like it came from a single gun.
On the battlefield, one machine gun could suppress a platoon or even a company.Now, General Lionheart’s troops faced two machine guns, two ultra-long-range, high-precision light machine guns equipped with triple-magnification scopes and lasers, and boasting 100-round ammunition belts.
This ferocious firepower...
None of the soldiers around the pickup truck survived, they were all cut down on the spot. Those hiding in houses didn't even dare to poke their heads out.
Even their commanding officer was killed in the chaos.
But it wasn't Long Zhan who dropped the officer, nor was it Sonny. It was Clay, who was waiting for an opportunity to ambush them all along.
It wasn't that Long Zhan didn't want to take out the enemy officer first, rather that his rooftop angle simply didn't allow it.
Clay, who was on the ground, had a clear view of the officer. In the heat of the moment, he calmly prioritized the officer over executing the plan that they came up with, which had him hitting the driver first.
This on-the-fly judgment of the situation met the standards of a Tier 1 operator.
"No wonder this guy kept screwing up in the original TV show but still joined Bravo Team in the end. Looks like he does have some real talent."
Long Zhan watched Clay burst out from the house and open fire at the officer's hiding spot. The ensuing screams and shouts from inside gave him a rough idea of what happened.
In his mind, he bumped Clay's personal ability rating up a notch, putting him on par with Brian!
Clay's decision to prioritize the officer was spot-on, but it came with pros and cons, bringing him no small amount of trouble.
Originally, he could have silently taken out the driver and gotten into the vehicle.
By the time the soldiers would have reacted, with the special driving skills every special ops member had to learn, Clay would have been long gone.
But changing his priority target on the fly meant exposing himself earlier than initially intended.
Without someone to fend off the officer's guards, who'd charge at him in a vengeful frenzy as soon as he shot…
The now-exposed Clay wouldn't just fail to seize the truck, even turning to flee right after might not be a possibility.
Fortunately, special operations emphasized teamwork above all. That was its essence.
Clay wasn't fighting alone!The advantage of his teammates' tacit cooperation was fully demonstrated at this moment.
The instant Clay deviated from the plan, Long Zhan anticipated the consequences and adjusted his muzzle accordingly.
As the officer's guards prepared to rush out and assault Clay's position...
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat...
Long Zhan's Mk46 roared, flames spewing as precise 5-round long bursts hammered the emerging guards one after another.
The three leading the charge were caught off-guard, blood spraying out as they screamed and fell.
The other guards, horrified, scrambled back inside, using windows and doorframes as cover to return fire.
With over 70 meters between them, in pitch-black darkness...
The guards, lacking night vision, could only shoot toward Long Zhan's muzzle flashes. They didn't dare to stand up and aim, they just kept firing in the general direction.This method of shooting was completely inaccurate. Long Zhan didn't even try to dodge, but continued to aim and fire, suppressing the guards and buying Clay time.
Until he heard a soft "click"!
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