As I dropped the rocket launcher, the village can be seen in the image below.
I don't expect to run into any enemies from here to the bottom of the hill, but once I get to the village, I am certain it will be another story.
The school house appears to be heavily guarded. The image below shows one gunner stationed along the water and four machine guns are mounted on each corner on the top of the school building.
Getting to the school building is really going to be a challenge in and of itself. Mine fields line the land around the water and the only way into the village from here will be across the bridge from where I blew up the gas station. The same bridge that has no less than 8 guards on duty - who knows how many are in hiding too.
I back tracked and picked up the Hummer I preserved and took it up and down the hill where I accessed the NK tactical network. Remember, the outer road was blocked from thru traffic. The run back to the Hummer was not a quick one, as I expect it was a good couple of miles away. I used my Speed function on the Nanosuit to get there quicker than normal.
Nothing like coming to the battle with the guns blazing. My teammate Psycho would be proud as I loaded and fired the guns on the Hummer as I approached the bridge into the village. I was doing really well, until the Hummer was blown off the ground and I was sent sailing. When I realized what happened, I noticed a lone soldier throwing grenades at me - which wasn't really nice! After all, I am supposed to be the good guy, right?
I took out the lone soldier and realized my Hummer was now 100% destroyed. So I ran up to the road block and grabbed this huge truck. The truck had a big old gun mounted on the roof too - so I used it in the same fashion.
After I eliminated the first round of soldiers, I was able to make my way across the bridge. I loaded up on some FY71 ammo and ended up needing 90% of it, as wave after wave of North Korean troops came to greet me at the bridge.
I believe my count passed 100 at this point of the adventure and I finally was able to move into the village. I am doing okay with ammo at this point, but can't afford another experience like I met at the bridge. At least, my aim is picking up on their movements, which has helped get past each checkpoint.
I reached the school and met a couple of soldiers at the door. I moved quickly to each floor and then to the roof in order to take out any soldiers elevated from me. Once on top of the roof, I used the mounted machine guns to further take out soldiers coming from the other side of the village. With all the soldiers now gone, I had to find that hostage. So I began to inspect the school.
I found a nice weapons cache and was able to reload on all weapons and grenades. It felt good to be fully loaded again, especially in the middle of enemy territory.
I still could not locate the hostage. That is, until my buddy Psycho showed up and we found a door that was nailed shut. We burst the door open and found the hostage.
She was one of the American scientists ... she was still alive and she warned us about the strange things happening on the island. She was a bit frazzled, but I think I would be too - if I were in her sandles. She mentioned a statue that was woke up and caused a dead civilization to come to life. Whatever it was wanted us either dead or gone ... most likely the former.
Just as she began to explain more, word came that three North Korean tanks were heading our way. Psycho took the hostage and I was on my own to deal with the three tanks. Lone Wolf, again.
I was able to knock out two of the tanks from the roof of the school, with ease, I might add. The last tank required me to seek it out.
I rounded the corner and found the tank facing the other direction, as if it was expecting me to come from another route. Another two rocket blasts later and the third tank was history. Before I realized it, I was ambushed by more troops. How many North Koreans were in this village, any way?
After taking out the other troops, I found another building full of communications gear. On the wall, I saw a picture similar to what I noted in an earlier post.
This must be where that dead civilization was located that the American scientist mentioned. From what I could tell from the picture and from my map, this area is not too far from where I am located.
So, I am going to load up my weapons again and head toward the direction of what appears to be the same location on the map in my Heads-Up Display.
Wish me luck, because if there were this many troops protecting one hostage, I can't imagine how many troops are setup around whatever is at the center of this map!
Nomad ... signing out.
