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activated her radio. “I copy, Wolf 2.”
“Fox Lead advises that we're ready to go,” Nora replied, her voice crackling. Apparently they were close to the maximum range of the standard radio.
“ We're two minutes out from the jump off point,” Zach said. “About four minutes from the landing. Work on that timetable.”
“ Copy, Wolf Lead,” Nora said. “We have word that Ronin has started their attack on Fort Baldr.”
“ Good. Wolf Lead out.”
Selene made one last check of her assault rifle before they reached the point of no return. Hephaestus Company was amazing, really. Even in the midst of building dozens of vehicles they had found the time to concern themselves with the ranger company's weapons. Garrett and Jayson had devised a new assault rifle, carbine, machine gun and submachine gun for them. They were based off the standard models, but they had been modified to weigh less and be easier to handle. The tradeoff was a slight decrease in range, but they considered that to be a necessary evil. With their guns weighing less they could carry more ammunition, which was invaluable for operating behind enemy lines away from any real means of resupply.
Selene tuned her radio to the rest of the riders on her chopper. She was tagging along with the other half of Ethan's squad, and had her normal companions; Mara, Kelsey and Jade, along with Riley. The transport choppers were working in pairs, each pair carrying a full squad between them. They would stick together during the landing and then would circle above trying to provided limited fire support. All of the helicopters had a chin mounted machine gun, though it was small caliber and didn't carry a lot of ammunition. The specialized attack helicopters would provide most of the fire support from the air.
“ All leads, this is Raven 1. My squadron is going in for their attack runs,” Robbie said. His choppers, Ravens 1-6, were armed with a battery of heavy machine guns. They wanted to add rockets or grenade launchers, but Hydra hadn't discovered a schematic for them. They might be able to use the automatic grenade launchers that Ragnarok possessed, but they would need to reverse engineer one from a working example, and that was easier said than done. Any time their weaponry was in danger of being captured Ragnarok would simply blow it up, and she could hardly blame them for that. Hydra had done the same thing with disabled vehicles that they had no hope of recovering.
Selene could see the base ahead of them, along with the swarm of helicopters approaching. It had a low wall, about six to eight feet high. There were platforms and towers so Ragnarok troops could patrol the walls and keep watch. It wasn't especially heavily guarded, though; Selene could only see three towers from her vantage point. Ahead of her flew the helicopters assigned to Danny's troops. Bravo Platoon was going in first. The attack helicopters started their strafing runs.
This was going to be quick and brutal.
“Form up! Form up!” Danny urged as the helicopters landed inside of the base. He quickly unbuckled himself and dismounted, hefting his machine gun as he did so. Half of the platoon had already landed and was laying down cover fire, though there wasn't much response from the enemy. The strafing run had stunned them, and many had fled into the interior of the main base.
The first wave of helicopters took off and the next ones landed. Danny toggled the channels on his radio and started to give orders. “Bravo 1, Bravo 2, take your squads and storm the main building. Strike while they're still reeling. Bravo 3, form a perimeter around the landing zone so Alpha can get in safe. Copy?”
“Copy,” Xavier and Javy said.
“ Copy, but what about the dockyard?” Karen asked.
“ That's Redd Foxx's job,” Danny told her.
“ Alright. Copy.”
Danny switched channels to Selene. “Alpha Wolf, this is Bravo Wolf. I sent Xavier and Javy to storm the central building,
“Fox Lead advises that we're ready to go,” Nora replied, her voice crackling. Apparently they were close to the maximum range of the standard radio.
“ We're two minutes out from the jump off point,” Zach said. “About four minutes from the landing. Work on that timetable.”
“ Copy, Wolf Lead,” Nora said. “We have word that Ronin has started their attack on Fort Baldr.”
“ Good. Wolf Lead out.”
Selene made one last check of her assault rifle before they reached the point of no return. Hephaestus Company was amazing, really. Even in the midst of building dozens of vehicles they had found the time to concern themselves with the ranger company's weapons. Garrett and Jayson had devised a new assault rifle, carbine, machine gun and submachine gun for them. They were based off the standard models, but they had been modified to weigh less and be easier to handle. The tradeoff was a slight decrease in range, but they considered that to be a necessary evil. With their guns weighing less they could carry more ammunition, which was invaluable for operating behind enemy lines away from any real means of resupply.
Selene tuned her radio to the rest of the riders on her chopper. She was tagging along with the other half of Ethan's squad, and had her normal companions; Mara, Kelsey and Jade, along with Riley. The transport choppers were working in pairs, each pair carrying a full squad between them. They would stick together during the landing and then would circle above trying to provided limited fire support. All of the helicopters had a chin mounted machine gun, though it was small caliber and didn't carry a lot of ammunition. The specialized attack helicopters would provide most of the fire support from the air.
“ All leads, this is Raven 1. My squadron is going in for their attack runs,” Robbie said. His choppers, Ravens 1-6, were armed with a battery of heavy machine guns. They wanted to add rockets or grenade launchers, but Hydra hadn't discovered a schematic for them. They might be able to use the automatic grenade launchers that Ragnarok possessed, but they would need to reverse engineer one from a working example, and that was easier said than done. Any time their weaponry was in danger of being captured Ragnarok would simply blow it up, and she could hardly blame them for that. Hydra had done the same thing with disabled vehicles that they had no hope of recovering.
Selene could see the base ahead of them, along with the swarm of helicopters approaching. It had a low wall, about six to eight feet high. There were platforms and towers so Ragnarok troops could patrol the walls and keep watch. It wasn't especially heavily guarded, though; Selene could only see three towers from her vantage point. Ahead of her flew the helicopters assigned to Danny's troops. Bravo Platoon was going in first. The attack helicopters started their strafing runs.
This was going to be quick and brutal.
“Form up! Form up!” Danny urged as the helicopters landed inside of the base. He quickly unbuckled himself and dismounted, hefting his machine gun as he did so. Half of the platoon had already landed and was laying down cover fire, though there wasn't much response from the enemy. The strafing run had stunned them, and many had fled into the interior of the main base.
The first wave of helicopters took off and the next ones landed. Danny toggled the channels on his radio and started to give orders. “Bravo 1, Bravo 2, take your squads and storm the main building. Strike while they're still reeling. Bravo 3, form a perimeter around the landing zone so Alpha can get in safe. Copy?”
“Copy,” Xavier and Javy said.
“ Copy, but what about the dockyard?” Karen asked.
“ That's Redd Foxx's job,” Danny told her.
“ Alright. Copy.”
Danny switched channels to Selene. “Alpha Wolf, this is Bravo Wolf. I sent Xavier and Javy to storm the central building,
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