A few car lights appeared on the distant mountain road.
The jerky movements of the lights indicated the poor road conditions.
The mountain area here has always been destitute.
A forgotten corner.
"Quite a few people..."
Willie, who was conducting long-range observation of the convoy with an Observation Mirror, felt goosebumps all over at this moment.
Through the lens, there are five vehicles.
Three of them are cars, one is a truck.
This means there is at least a guard force of twenty to thirty people.
And there are only two of us here.
Even with the harshest military training, two people against dozens, especially on the enemy's home ground, the odds of winning were pitifully low.
He suddenly felt he had been reckless today.
Song Heping had asked him earlier if he was willing to take a risk.
He did not even think and just said let's do it.
A qualified Special Forces officer should be able to assess the risks of an operation.
And he actually agreed to this guy!
Totally insane!
He should have anticipated this kind of situation.
When the fight is about to start, all the conditions for the action will jump out one by one from his mind.
It is only now that Willie realizes what a crazy decision he has made!
He looked at Song Heping beside him, who seemed very calm, as if he wasn't affected at all by the number of the opponents.
"Do your job as an observer well."
Song Heping only said one sentence.
Willie had no choice but to pick up the Observation Mirror again.
"Distance 850 yards..."
"800 yards..."
"Be aware that the first and last vehicles are mounted with machine guns..."
"600 yards..."
Song Heping could clearly see the vehicles through the Leupold Mark 4 type 3.5x-10x variable power tactical scope, and he could faintly make out the drivers and co-drivers in the cabins.
He had to wait for the vehicles to reach a suitable firing point to shoot.
When attacking a convoy, the primary goal is to bring the convoy to a halt.
General Army training instructs soldiers to charge through immediately if they come under attack while on the move, breaking through the attack zone which corresponds to disrupting the enemy's tactical deployment, and only then will they have a chance of survival.
So, for the attacking side.
Making the convoy stop is the first priority.
Here is a mountain road, one side is the mountain, the other is a slope.
If the first shot hits the lead vehicle's driver, it is very likely that after his death the vehicle will lose control and flip down the slope.
Under such circumstances, the second vehicle would floor the gas pedal and crash wildly.
The best case scenario is to have the lead opponent's vehicle shot, rendering it powerless across the road, preventing the following vehicles from advancing.
The mountain road is narrow; as long as the vehicles are blocked, the rest will be trapped on the road.
By then, Song Heping would have the opportunity to identify which vehicle Curtis is in, and then find a chance to take him out.
He has already found a suitable attack point, which is a curve. When the vehicles get there, they will make a left turn, and the left side is a mountain.
Shooting the driver at this time would make the car hit the mountain due to the inertia of the steering wheel turning left, preventing it from rolling down the slope.
Song Heping has no concerns about the performance of this gun.
According to the US Army field manual, the M24 sniper rifle at a distance of 550 meters, the maximum dispersion of 10 rounds fired is 12 inches.
And the rounds currently in the magazine are 7.62 x 51mm MK316 MOD 0 Special, using SMK 175 HPBT boat-tail warheads.
This item is specially made, customized by ISA, using Federal match-grade brass, Gold Medal match-grade primers, and a type of extruded propellant that is not publicly disclosed.
The average maximum dispersion radius of these rounds at a 600-yard range will not exceed 1.1 MOA.
This precision is very good, which is why this gun is favored by Special Forces members.
"500 yards..."
As Willie reported this distance, the convoy just reached the bend, and the lead vehicle's driver began to turn the steering wheel...