Chapter 103 - Rescue and Escape (1)

29 December, Terrorist camp, South of City K and Military base City K.

Having been in position for over two hours observing the terrorist camp, as soon as 4am ticked over Joseph Wang said on the encrypted communications "Execute, Execute, Execute."

A female lieutenant, in the intelligence section at the City K Military base heard those three words and she immediately jumped up from her desk and headed to Major Hung's office, before knocking on the door. Once permission was granted to enter, even before she shut the door behind her, she said "Major, our encrypted communications system had another broadcast on the previously identified frequency indicating a mission is being executed. Is there anything we need to know?"

"Lieutenant, I have no idea. When we had the first signs of this communication I contacted national headquarters to inquire as I believed it was local. However their advice is that the action is in a remote area, and something they did to boost the signal so it could be heard."

"Permission to speak freely sir."

"Granted."

"That is a lie. The signal on that frequency is as loud as anything. That means they have to be within 160 kilometers of our location. I cannot triangulate the signal but in the absence of anything else That frequency signal is as loud as anything, meaning they are within 160 kilometres of our location. The lack of anything else would lead me to believe that they are south of here. Where, south of here I have no idea, but it makes logical sense, at least to me."

Hearing those words, his fears were confirmed. David was about to be attacked. "Thank you, Lieutenant."

Taking in what was said, he knew that he needed to get a message to David without delay. He needed every second that he could give him as their fears about the situation were being realised. Picking up a new sim card and his phone, as well as a packet of cigarettes he quickly headed to his favourite smoking location and ignoring their established trade craft he directly called David. As soon as he heard David's voice on the other end of the phone he immediately said, "They have launched an attack, and I believe it is you. Get out of there now."

Robert, immediately terminated the call, before removing and destroying the sim card..

In the terrorist camp, David turned to the outside surveillance cameras and saw some movement. There was no sign of a person, but with Robert's information he believed it was an attack. Turning to his key personnel, he said "Four minutes at the emergency exit, we need to move now."

The IT specialist said, "Do you want me to destroy the computers."

"Do whatever you can in two minutes. We have little time and need to get out of here quickly."

With nods all around, his key men headed out to carry out their orders. They all knew that they were getting rid of this group and moving on to the next group that would ensure they reached their goals. The Devil woke the Imam and threw him in the room with Colonel Rong and Miss Yao.

Unlike the rest of them here, the Imam was a true man of faith who lived what he preached and was unwilling to twist his religion as the others here were. Putting him in with Colonel Rong, hopefully ensured his safety. He then threw in three blankets and the keys that unlocked Colonel Rong's manacles into the room, before shutting the door. The Colonel would not leave Miss Yao there alone meaning he was the safer one to allow free of them.

He hurried to the meeting point, where his men and the ideologs were waiting. "Gentleman, to confirm what we are doing. My elite team and I will leave through the escape tunnel. We want you gentleman to come next, waiting ten minutes after we leave based on the timer here. We need that time to ensure that we can secure the area so that you are safe when you come out."

"As to your wives, they need to wait another five minutes after you leave before coming in. Staggering your departure from here ensures that we can maintain protection for all of you as you leave the tunnel. We do not believe the military will target your wives if they breach before we are fully evacuated. That will ensure they are protected."

"We need the others to do everything to delay the military, giving us at least two hours, and they can then slowly evacuate. We will leave details of where they are to head at the end of the tunnel for them."

Pausing, the Devil looked at each of the ideologs, before continuing "But we need to be clear. Deviating from this will result in death of any person arriving before their scheduled time as we will view them as members of the military. The same applies to any woman in the first group that arrives. It is not because we want to, but we need to ensure safety of this process, both to leave here and as we are leaving the area. I need you all to confirm you understand this."

Watching the ideologs and their wives, he could see a chorus of nods coming from everyone. "Now for quick movement, only bring the bare minimum with you. We will need to move quickly to get you to safety."

With that the Devil and his minions quickly entered the escape tunnel from the facility triggering the initial part of the explosive circuit without anyone from ISX seeing them. to allow them to trigger the explosive circuit from the other end.

Meanwhile, having given the command to execute their mission as one of the two designated snipers Ben Pang, took his position overlooking the entry into the compound. When he acted as a sniper he preferred to have a spotter, but the size of the team meant that was an impossibility. Looking through his scope he saw two men sticking their head from the entry into the facility, and taking the one on the left, he calmly ensured he had his target before pulling the trigger. As soon as the bullet hit, his target collapsed. The sniper on the other side took out the other man.

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