In the era of hot weapons, night combat was once a weapon for the weaker side. Because the use of night cover operations can effectively reduce the hit rate of both sides, and reduce the strong side to the same dark disadvantages as the weak side.

However, with the advancement of science and technology, the party with advanced night vision technology has realized the one-way transparency of the night, and the battlefield presents another asymmetric advantage.

The "Night Owl" unit was a night combat unit among Lin Rui's mercenary units. The force was established during the Black Island Company, the Russian branch. It is a light infantry unit specially organized to deal with high-intensity night operations.

It has the characteristics of light equipment and fine personnel, and is very suitable for combat in special terrain and weather conditions. Especially good at night combat. When this force was first established, in terms of personnel and weapons, it tended to be a force that was good at street fighting and guerrilla warfare.

The scale is equivalent to three infantry companies, with a total of more than 500 personnel. In addition to the AK series assault rifles, the main equipment includes M-203 grenade launchers and general machine guns.

In infantry support weapons, there are also "Dragon" anti-tank missile launchers, "Tao" anti-tank missile launchers, and 60 mm mortars. Equipped with highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicles. This force was originally used to provide emergency operations and regional defense for some African countries.

Therefore, each soldier is issued with infrared night vision goggles, weapon night sighting systems, and other night combat equipment, which provides effective guarantee for the department to perform night combat missions.

Lin Rui believes that although mercenaries have combat experience and strong individual capabilities, they are relatively small in number, so the crowded tactics of facing armed elements during the day are not dominant.

And because of the special circumstances in Africa, many militants are mixed among the general population, which is difficult to find, and they are very familiar with the local terrain and are good at fighting and hiding.

At night, these militants lack the necessary night vision equipment. For this mercenary force, the battlefield is one-way transparent. It helps them win by surprise.

Therefore, certain targeted removal and encirclement operations are often carried out at night. This night owl army also got its name. These experienced mercenary fighters are familiar with the night combat environment and master night combat skills after undergoing targeted training such as night raids, penetration, search, and support, and can often have an advantage in confronting armed elements.

In addition, this unit can use the comprehensive integration of information systems to effectively link all equipment-related systems with the command and control system, and form a complete command link with the command headquarters, which can promptly guide the mobile movement, intelligence sharing, and firepower of each unit Blow etc.

The use of distributed thermal imaging cameras, low-light night vision devices and other sighting equipment has significantly improved the ability of various direct-pointing firearms to accurately capture targets and strike accurately at night. For ordinary militants, it is a person with a discerning eye hitting a blind person.

But according to intelligence, the opposing force is the Orumi capital garrison. Except for the armed forces directly under the secret society, this is the best-equipped unit in the entire Orumi Federal Army. Judging from the enemy's night shelling, Lin Rui suspected that at least their artillery also had night vision equipment.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Lin Rui led the troops to move their positions and circled to the flank of position 3. During the daytime, there have been many offensives here, but all of them were thunder and rain. Has been considered by the enemy as a feint point.

But now, Lin Rui wanted to turn this feint attack point into the main attack point. He led the team through the position and pushed forward from several directions. It was quiet and dark all around. I can't even hear the insects.

"It's too quiet, I don't like this," Kuima said, shaking his head. Lin Rui nodded solemnly under the gray image of the night vision goggles. Ordered to stop, their assault team quietly crawled around a corner.

"The second team with Scarface should be in place now." Sergey lowered his voice.

The whole march was carried out in their absolute silence. The last news they got was that the second and third teams arrived at the predetermined location and then moved separately.

Now they must wait for Scarface and Sausage to report the whereabouts of their troops to Lin Rui. But time passed by in their anxiety, without any news.

"There are enemies... they are coming." A mercenary in charge of vigilance held his breath and whispered.

Lin Rui stared forward through the night vision goggles, her eyes stern, and gestured to the mercenaries to keep quiet. The two cars that came over were probably afraid of being exposed, so there were no driving lights and the engine noise was very low.

A group of Union soldiers from Orumi in the car waited for a while and drove away. It should be a routine patrol.

"Damn, maybe something happened to them," Sergey whispered, "Scarface has a wound on his body, and the sausage boy is a bit unreliable—"

"Shhh! Don't talk, listen!" Lin Rui made a gesture and pressed his ear tightly to the communication of Unicom's helmet. "Listen!" He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

A row of faint voices rang in the communicator. It was tapping the receiver with a finger and making a slight click. This is a signal that is safe, but the enemy is around and cannot communicate normally.

"What does this mean? According to the plan, there should be no enemies where they are. Where are they currently?" Kuima said in a low voice.

"I don't know," Lin Rui thought for a while, and said slowly, "They should be safe, but there should be a large number of enemy troops there, otherwise they would not be like this."

"We got them there." Sergey said without hesitation. Others were a little confused about what he said, but soon they understood what he meant.

"Russian made sense." Kuaima whispered. "We have to help them. Sausage and Scarface need help. This is a collaborative operation. Once they are stuck there and can't move, we can do nothing."

Lin Rui shook his head, "No, we can't enter that area unless it is a last resort. We should continue to wait for their news now and be prepared for everything.

I feel they are safe and do not need our help. There is no gunshot, which means they have not been found. They should be able to think of a way on their own, and I think they are only temporarily inconvenient in communication. Wait a few minutes, and they should take the initiative to reply to us. We cannot act rashly now. Let the brothers all stand by on the spot, pay attention to concealment. "

"That's all!" Quickly nodded and said, then he looked at Lin Rui and asked in a low voice, "They encountered an enemy army over there. This is something we didn't foresee before—we always thought they were that. The direction is safe. What should I do now?"

"You don't need to do anything. Wait a few minutes. Once they are safe, they will contact us." Lin Rui nodded.

Sure enough, after waiting for a few minutes, reports from the second and third teams came from their communication headsets.