Destroy Anti-Aircraft Units - Part 1

I decided to lay on the ground, submersed in foliage, as I ate my snack and enjoyed a drink of water. I needed about five minutes to relax before going forward. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get the sound of the AA guns out of my head. Even when they weren't firing, my ears could still hear them fire inside my head. While I took my break, I began to count the seconds between bursts of AA ammo rocketing into the air. The longest I made it to was twenty-seven. I decided it was time to head toward AA gun number one on my list.

The foliage was great cover to get from my talk with Bradley to where I was now. Things were about to get tougher, as my vegetation cover was about to end - to be replaced with a bunch of rocks and mine-loaded water. As you may remember, my first AA gun was resting on top of a rocky island surrounded by water. In looking at the water, I noticed mines were floating near the surface. This might turn out to be a good thing, since it should keep the Korean People's Army (KPA) Zodiac boats away from me.

I went into cloak mode and quickly slid along the rocks. I hid on the surface while I waited for my suit to charge back up. I then stood up and noticed there was a Zodiac patrolling the area, toward the sea and not within the harbor. There were also three guards in view on the island that I could see now, that I could not see before. There was also an empty watch tower, complete with a high-powered sniper rifle.

Before leaving my spot, I waited until the Zodiac was heading directly toward me. Using the sniper scope I was able to launch twenty rounds at the gunner and took him out of commission, which seemed to stun the boat's driver. Less than ten rounds were needed to take out the boat's driver. Looking at the island, the guards were alerted, but had not picked up on my position.

I hid against the rocks while my suit charged back up again. My next goal was to make a run toward the watch tower in order to use the sniper rifle. I hoped it had some ammo left, but if not, I will have a great vantage point of the small rock island before me.

Using cloak, I slid down the rocks and hid at the base of the watch tower, while my suit recharged again. Slow and steady wins the race, I am told. With the suit charged back up, I climbed up the later and hid at the top of the watch tower. I let my suit recharge. While the suit was charging I checked out the high power sniper rifle. It had eight bullets left. That should be plenty.

I picked up the rifle and dropped the FY71. Using cloak, I was able to get a good fix on each soldier, fire a shot and then hide out of view. Repeat that process three times and the island appeared clear from the watch tower view. I dropped the sniper rifle and picked my FY71 back up, then went down the ladder out of the watch tower.

A few minutes later, I eased into the water and swam carefully across to the island containing the AA guns. I did some quick rock climbing and ended up on the island where the three guards had been eliminated just a few minutes earlier.

I found some explosives in boxes near where I climbed onto the island. I am guessing the KPA were planning to use these devices on the US troops stationed at my drop point. We'll turn the tide on them now, since I am planning to use the explosives on the AA guns.

The great thing about this Nanosuit is the cloak feature. Other Delta Force team members will tell you that the shield option or the strength option are the better two options. Heck, some might even say the speed option is best. For me, that cloak feature has saved my life more than anything else. There is something to be said about standing next to the enemy, yet they have no clue you are there. I remember using cloak as I approached the school house. I was able to hide close enough to the enemy that one grenade was used instead of a couple hundred rounds.

Using the cloak feature, I moved slowly over the island. I stood up while in full stealth mode in order to check out my surroundings. Looks like two soldiers are stationed on the other side of the island. There might be a third soldier over there, currently out of view.

Making sure the silencer was still attached, I moved into very close view of the first soldier and took him out with one perfectly planned shot. There was no reaction by the other two soldiers. With him out of the way, I was able to plant the explosives and run back to the side of the island I entered upon. I pulled out the detonator and pushed the button. A brief second later, the first AA gun was destroyed.

The explosion managed to take out the hidden, third soldier. The second soldier came my way, trying to locate where I was hiding. At this point, I wish I would have went over to the watch tower and denoted from there. The view from the tower would have been spectacular.

The third soldier got into range and was taken out with another single shot, before he had a chance to react. I received radio contact that the first AA gun had been fully destroyed. Time to move to gun number two.

I considered two options on how to get to the second gun.

The first would be to continue to push forward and circle around to the gun from the opposite side of where Lieutenant Bradley is located. From what I could tell, there was at least three KPA soldiers waiting for me on the other side of the island - that were in my long range view. At the same time, there was a bridge I would need to cross, which would put me at high risk of being seen. That bridge is too long for me to make it across in cloak mode before losing all my suit's energy. As you probably realize, a charging Nanosuit is a huge bullet magnet!

When I looked back toward the way I came to the island, I saw another group of soldiers and a couple of Zodiac's floating in the open harbor. So, if I were to continue on the first route, I would also have to deal with a couple more Zodiac boats, along with everything else noted above.

The second possible route would be to head back in the direction I came, then sneak around from the side closest to Bradley. I would still need to deal with the Zodiac's and the men on shore directly in my path. But I counted a max of only seven KPA soldiers, two of which are boat drivers - meaning, they are likely terrible shots.

The decision was made, I would take the second route noted above. This way, if troops head toward me across that bridge, I could pick them off before they get close enough to me.

I went into cloak mode and swam to a small rock formation in the middle of the harbor. Out of range from the Zodiacs, I took a quick picture of the route I would take back to my entry point to this mission. Looks like there are three, maybe four KPA soldiers guarding a house on the sand.

The rocks around the harbor proved to be very great cover. I swam to a large rock, then went into cloak mode. Using cloak mode and the silencer on the FY71, I was able to eliminate three KPA soldiers before I was tracked by all of them. Next, I moved around the house and came up to see two more soldiers near a Zodiac boat. The last two soldiers I had seen earlier, must have driven out into the water while I was swimming to the shore.

I pulled out a grenade and dropped it right next to the Zodiac. The explosion managed to take out not only the boat, but the two remaining soldiers as well.

For now, I was able to stay in shield mode on the Nanosuit. At the top of the hill, the US Army troops had a strong grip on the area. I brought up my map in order to view the path to the second AA gun.

The second gun can be located by snaking around the edge of the rocks. There is a road leading directly to the gun, but I think I will stay off the road and see if I can achieve a suprise attack.

I will be back in touch soon.

Nomad ... signing out.

Destroy Anti-Aircraft Units - Part 2

I found a path leading to the road above. I faced toward the direction of the second AA gun, only to see a fellow US soldier manning the skies above. For now, the area behind me and to the right is clear of AA fire.



I wonder if the pilot is waving at me, to signal a form of gratitude. Probably not. All he probably sees is an ant-sized soldier in a wicked suit walking on the street instead of taking advantage of the natural cover that this island provides.

As I found cover and began to walk in the direction of the second AA gun, I thought about some of the key air strike missions that I've been involved with as a Delta Team member. Operation Goat's Milk was a mission that I will always remember, because the amount of time spent executing the mission was the quickest that I have ever experienced in my entire military career.

Operation Goat's Milk was a covert mission that focused on what appeared to be a goat farm in a section of the planet I am not allowed to discuss openly. From satellite and spy plane photos, the land appeared to be nothing more than a goat farm. However, very reliable sources indicated that the farm was being used to experiment with chemical weapons - white in original form, but dissipated into clear form when dumped from 10,000 feet and mixed with the Earth's atmosphere. We called the chemical goat's milk, because of the farm house.

Since we did not have anywhere near the confirmation we needed to take action on the situation, I was air dropped with Prophet to look into the situation. Like this mission, we were dropped in the middle of the night. Unlike this mission, I wasn't clobbered by some machine-like thing shortly after free falling from the plane.

We remained hidden in the vegetation for only an hour before making any move toward the farm house. We planned to sneak into the farm house in order to determine if our sources were correct, since the house appeared to be inactive. As I began to head toward the house, Prophet radio'd me at the last second and told me to wait.

A second later, we saw lights approach from the long driveway leading to the house. Had I ran toward the house when I did, I would have been in plain view by the vehicle and our mission would have been compromised. Remember, back then, there wasn't a way cool Nanosuit. So, Prophet was certainly deserving of his name.

We watched three men and one lady exit the vehicle. The men began to unload huge canisters and move them into the home. It took four trips by the men to get everything unloaded. The lady then left with the vehicle a few minutes later. About twenty minutes later, we saw a stream of white smoke emit from the chimney. It appeared they had started cooking the chemicals down.

Our engineers told us what to expect from a scent perspective. The powder would have a very strong sulfur-like odor when being cooked. When that happened, we knew that the chemical was at it's most volatile state. Jumping into action, Prophet and I painted the top of the chimney as a target with our bomb guiding lasers. With two points of reference, the bomber would have a 98.5% chance for a direct hit.

The stealth bomber was heading toward the target less than two minutes after we painted the target. We watched on our portable radar as the plane approached, but was still too quiet to be heard. In fact, we only heard the plane a split second before we heard the bombs hit the home.

When the initial smoke cleared, the farm house had been destroyed. As expected, the white powder had crystallized and had a gray tint as it laid around the burning grass. Operation Goat's Milk was a success. Prophet and I reached our way point and were out of the area before any one realized what had occurred. The mission was a great coordination between two different forces of the US military.

I realized that Prophet was gone, again. That hurts. I plan to take out my aggression and pain on that machine. In order to do that, I've got to destroy that second AA gun and anything in my way.

Speaking of which, I came up to a gas station, which appears to be manned by a few KPA soldiers. I was hoping to get a clean shot at the gas pumps, but the angle wasn't as good as when I lit up the sky back near the school house.



So, instead, I used my cloak abilities to clear out the gas station without alerting any troops further inland. Moving rock to rock or tree to tree, I was able to clear a path that lead me to the second AA gun. My route was rather unique, in that I climbed the rocks behind the AA gun, then slide down the hill into some water and climbed back up resting behind the unit itself.

There were several soldiers on the other side of the guns looking for me. I was in the least place they expected. I even recharged my suit without being noticed.

I planted the explosives, then moved around to the other side of the AA guns in cloak mode. One by one, I eliminated all the troops in sight. I still don't think they expected me to be hiding so close to the guns. However, it was the best place, since the guns could not aim toward my location.

Once the troops were cleared out, I detonated the explosives and destroyed second AA gun unit.



I was able to take a photo of this explosion. I was certain this gun was destroyed.

I expected to hear confirmation that the guns were indeed destroyed, but instead Headquarters informed me that a helicopter was en route with KPA troops. The chopper hovered above me, as it planned to deploy KPA troops. I pulled out my rocket launcher and placed two rockets into the bottom of the helicopter, which led to a serious explosion.



There should be no doubts by the KPA, that I am here and I am taking this battle seriously. After all, if you are responsible for taking down 60% of my team, there will be a price that needs to be paid.

I just received word that a third Anti-Aircraft gun exists. They flashed the marker on my radar.



The route to the third gun is going to head into the direction close to where the first gun was stationed. Looks like I will need to cross that bridge after all. Looks like I will need to take care of the remaining Zodiac boats in the harbor too.

I am going to take some time to plan my route. I will be in touch soon.

Nomad ... singing out.