The winding road was expected to be loaded with heavy machinery, as the KPA were fully aware that they were en route. Certainly, they knew that the photos from the recon fly-over were also part of the package - meaning, the two vehicles were top priority for destruction.
Psycho continued his rampage and assault against the KPA, knocking out everything in their path. When O'Neill moved forward and out of site, Psycho used that opportunity to blow away the transport vehicles parked alongside the road. One poor soul ended up taking the high road escape path in the image below. Not sure if that was a good idea.
When they reached the rally point, the mission had to be aborted. The area had been ambushed by the KPA and the two men had to push forward to a VTOL located further up the road. The damage on both vehicles were still in good shape, so moving forward up the road should was not an issue.
After more road-side explosions, the O'Neill and Psycho convoy reached the area containing the VTOL. There, they were met with more soldiers supporting their cause. Once the area was secure from late arriving KPA troops, the orders from JSOC were to evacuate the area.
The troops began to recover their supplies and intel prior to loading into the VTOL. Psycho felt like the two men were finally about to get a break from the high pace action that began at the beach resort. Just how long ago was that? It sure did not seem like that long, but there was a long amount of activity between then and now.
Just as Psycho began to load onto the VTOL, orders came down from JSOC. It appears that the huge crate they saw in the harbor was being loaded into the 914 cargo submarine. JSOC further continued to note, if that sub escapes the area, that could lead to crucial damage on the USS Lexington near by at sea.
Psycho knew that was not an allowable option. His next task was to target and destroy that sub.
Looks like getting onto the VTOL was not an option now.
