Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 21: Secret Liaison (Part 1)

  The helicopter flew almost hugging the ground, and the "Mi" helicopter's highland capability was not excellent, especially after being loaded with personnel, its remaining power was quite limited, and it could not fly too high. Although flying at ultra-low altitude is a severe test for pilots, it also objectively reduced the possibility of being discovered.

  "Colonel, two minutes left!" The co-pilot raised two fingers and patted the back of Gu Weimin, who was facing him.

  "Two minutes preparation!" Gu Weimin immediately checked the carried weapons and equipment, and then pulled down the night vision goggles on his head.

  The other seven members of the team in the cabin also began to check their weapons and equipment. The helicopter could only take them to a flat area on the west side of Langar, and if they flew any further west, there was a good chance they would be discovered. Because the flight altitude was originally very low, it was not necessary to use a rope ladder, and the helicopter would land directly on the ground.

  The landing site was on a flat area of about 200 square meters on the mountain slope. The pilot only slightly pulled back the throttle, and the helicopter landed on the flat ground. The team members rushed out of the cabin one after another, quickly dispersing in combat formation. Gu Weimin was the last to leave the helicopter.

  "Colonel, wait!" The co-pilot suddenly stopped Gu Weimin. "There's news."

  "What news?" Gu Weimin, who was about to leave, shrank back again.

  "I just received the news, you listen yourself!"

  Gu Weimin immediately took over the headphones and indeed received a new message. Two minutes later, Gu Weimin returned the headphones to the co-pilot while making a gesture of preparing for takeoff. As the helicopter increased its output power, Gu Weimin beckoned back the team members who had already left the machine with his hands. Soon, the helicopter took off again with 8 team members on board.

  "Go to Buzai Jabal." Gu Weimin reassigned the pilot's task, "Also, contact other teams and rush to Buzai Jabal as soon as possible, and let the receiving helicopters go there too."

  "Captain Guo, what are we going there for?" a team member asked in confusion.

  "Unit 02 is right there." Gu Weimin sat back down, letting out a long breath. "It just sent out a signal on the public communication channel, and we're still analyzing its exact location. By the time we get there, we should have results."

  In the rear, in the basement of No. 414 sentry post, several electronic warfare officers were busy in front of their instruments. The intelligence was sent out by them, and after receiving that weak electromagnetic wave signal, they immediately sent a message to Gu Weimin. And this electromagnetic wave signal came from Buzaijabad.

  "Li Gong has already made a preliminary judgment that the signal should be coming from a satellite phone."

  The young officer standing in the middle immediately turned around. "Satellite phone?"

  "Yes, working in L band, confirmed as satellite phone."

  "Contact Captain Gu and tell them to hurry up." The expression of Officer Li suddenly turned serious.

  Satellite phones actually use communication satellites to relay signals, rather than using signal base stations on the ground like mobile phones, which are completely different from ordinary mobile phones. Generally speaking, the main users of satellite phones are people who work at sea or in remote areas. Eastern Afghanistan is one of the most remote places in the world. However, satellite phones also have a disadvantage, that is, their signals can be transmitted over long distances, and while being intercepted by the antenna near the 414th checkpoint, they will also be intercepted by the US military.

  "Can you manage to get through to them?" The officer walked over behind a communications soldier.

  "Cannot be set on the uplink working frequency, and C-band is not enabled, only data communication can be performed, but voice communication cannot be performed."

  Officer Li nodded slightly. "Reconfirm the contents of the signal."

  The signalman immediately operated the instrument in front of him and soon came to a conclusion. "Completely correct, it's an emergency call signal."

  "So now it's up to Captain Gu and his team to see if they can make it on time."

  The distress signal is actually a special wireless code, which is the "Snow Leopard" Special Forces team members in emergency situations or when they are unable to contact the outside world normally, send out a distress signal through civilian communication equipment.

  "How much longer until we can pinpoint the exact location?" The officer with the surname Li walked behind another communications soldier.

  "Right away...it's out." The communications soldier pressed several buttons on the instrument, "Confirmed to be in Buzai Jabad, specific location is 37 degrees 08 minutes north latitude, 74 degrees 12 minutes east longitude."

  "Contrast map."

  "It's right inside the city!" The communications soldier turned around in surprise and looked at Officer Li.

  Officer Li was also startled and immediately said: "Immediately send the coordinates to Captain Gu, let them speed up."

  The message was quickly sent out, and the room also quieted down. These electronic warfare officers had done what they should do, and now it's up to Gu Weimin and others to rescue people before the US military reacts.

  On the helicopter, Gu Weimin patted the pilot's shoulder after receiving the message, indicating that they should go straight to their destination without taking a detour.

  "Captain Gu, it seems like things are getting a bit complicated."

  Gu Weimin nodded slightly. "It's definitely 02 who has encountered trouble, otherwise he wouldn't have sent out a distress signal with the satellite phone. Now, we must race against time with the US military. Contact other helicopters to be on standby nearby and not enter the airspace above the city. Also, have the rescue helicopter follow us in."

  "What would they do if the US military also intercepted this signal and analyzed it as a distress signal?" one of the team members asked.

  "Don't worry about that for now, we need to find No. 02 as soon as possible!" Gu Weimin appeared calm on the surface, but was actually extremely anxious inside.

  Bozai Ajbad is the easternmost town in Afghanistan, although it has a population of only a few thousand, but it is only tens of kilometers away from the Republic. Although this is no longer an area controlled by the US military, the problem is that the distress signal sent out by Ling Tianxiang through satellite phone was not encrypted at all. As long as the US military intercepts this signal, they can quickly analyze it and take action.

  So, what action would the US military take? Gu Weimin's brain was racing. First, it could be ruled out that the US military would send ground troops, that was too risky. So, would they deploy airborne assault troops? Time was not enough. Deploy bombers? That was too showy. Finally, Gu Weimin came to the conclusion that the US military might use missiles, cruise missiles with a range of hundreds of kilometers. Thinking of this, Gu Weimin glanced at his watch, ten minutes had already passed, perhaps the US military had already launched the cruise missile!