Chapter 31: A coup to overthrow Saddam Husseim!!!

Alex PVs

The shots continued to fly, I was in hurricane mode, like a well-oiled machine, I breathe, aim and fire, everyone who comes into my sights falls.

Simple, like cutting the strings of a puppet, while I was shooting, I suddenly heard a huge explosion, the entire floor of the base and the grounds around it shook, a huge crater, took the place of the base.

The Iraqi soldiers dispersed, they were few and far between, my unit has done its part of the job, it's time to do mine.

I increased the rate of fire, all soldiers that appeared near the retreating unit fell, soon my unit was heading towards the escape route, I retreated drawing the attention of the remaining soldiers, moving them away from my unit, after a distance I I got out of sight of the soldiers and put on their uniforms, and infiltrated their ranks.

Frankie's PVs

Our captain covered our retreat, the unit arrived at the security shelter, at dawn we go to the extraction point and the mission will be accomplished, except for the loss of three elite soldiers, the whole team is fine, the scientists are safe.

It's been four hours and the captain hasn't come back, the radio is off, something's going on, I'm worried, I know I don't need it because he knows how to get by but I can't help it, I really hope he's okay.

"Frankie! Alex asked me to give you this!" Nez Rowan hands a paper to a distressed Frankie.

"Huh? what is this, and why are you giving it to me now of all time?"

"Alex said that if you looked like someone had died, or walked around, it was to give you the paper, if you didn't meet the conditions after the mission was over, it was to throw the paper away. Following orders!"

"Alright, that was very specific!" Frankie says as he opens the newspaper and reads.

[...Frankie if you're reading this, and because it's been several hours and I haven't come back! I probably died... No need to cry, it's a joke, I didn't die hahahaha I only have one more mission than you guys, and I'm on it now, I'll be back when it's time to get one Go home, don't worry 'cause you are the leader until I get back, if you get worried and nervous will get in the way of team spirit, relax and wait for good news. Signed Alex!...]

After reading the letter, Frankie relaxed and Nez laughed in Frankie's face, but she was also noticeably calmer.

Frankie went to the center of the room and told everyone.

"The captain is fine, he has a different mission than ours, by the time of extraction in the morning he must have come back or meet us there, everyone can rest assured!"

"Yes sir!!!" tension dropped visibly in the unit, everyone went to rest.

Alex PVs

I am currently at the Iraqi soldiers regrouping point, we are awaiting orders from the leader, apparently they had a base evacuation plan, protocols are in progress.

A few hours later I'm listening to an anti-American rant, everyone here is Iraqis except one person, a Russian, middle-aged, with gray hair and a biker beard, he looks familiar, I've seen him somewhere.

Sure enough, he is Ivan Stepanov, a high-profile Russian agent, the pieces are falling into place, these conflicts are perfect for post-cold war Russia, just six years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russians supply Saddam Husseim with weapons , to draw America's attention to Iraq and Russia itself profits and develops in the dark.

Time to go, I already have all the information I need, I am moving away from the army, little by little after a good distance, I saw something at a glance, Saddam Husseim personally came to meet the Russian arms dealer, this information is very important for the country, now I just have to control what I say to the superiors, but until then I prepared my report calmly, I don't need to rush anything.

A few hours later I met with the unit and learned of the death of three elite soldiers, two guards from the medical team and a scout partner of Private Johnson, very sad but they did not die in vain, we saved many lives today, there is no need to cry, they will be hailed as the heroes they are.

The extraction team arrived and we were sent back to base, but halfway through I had a conversation with these soldiers and mission partners.

"Well team, the mission is over, we lost three brothers, I want a minute of silence to honor their deaths."

"Very well, may you rest in peace knowing that we managed to avoid nuclear genocide, another thing that is worth mentioning is that you did very well, and I would like to thank you all for your trust and for following my orders, without doubting or questioning, a few days we didn't know each other, now I can say that we are brothers in war, and if you accept I don't want anyone else but you as my permanent unit, welcome to 157, it's your decision!"

At the time no one answered except Nez Rowan who asked if she would get a pay raise but in the end she agrees to be part of my unit, the others asked some basic questions but overall they all agreed and now they are all real members of unit 157, this made me very happy, they are all experienced soldiers, with at least five years of field experience, our last mission is concrete proof of what I am talking about, we have invaded a secret base for the development and testing of chemicals and nuclear weapons, with ten men, we killed more than a hundred soldiers and we only lost three brothers, that's quite a victory, very few would be willing to carry out such an operation, let alone emerge victorious, at least most would kill the scientists and then retreat.

The plane landed and we arrived at our destination, I went to look for Major Blazer, and he was in a meeting, as soon as he heard about my return, he came to meet me, and told me he was going to deliver my report orally to the war council. In Washington.