Year 2039, Day 16, September.
20 miles east of Allogny, France. A squad of 10 highly trained soldiers of the French Special Forces, equipped with modern tech, slowly moved through the forest. Each of them had a streamlined black assault rifle on their hands and Night Vision Goggles equipped as it was night time. They moved very quietly with caution.
12 hours earlier, the French Union received an information about an insurgent group which intruded into their country from the CIA. Even though the information couldn't be accurate, it wouldn't hurt to check it, so they sent one of their best team as the information said that these guys are not your regular terrorists! They are highly skilled and equipped with advanced weaponry and tech, or so the CIA said.
The team of French Special Force soldiers from French Foreign Legion lead by first lieutenant, Gabriel Adams, were deployed for the mission. His team was known to be one of the best in the FSF. They never missed their mark and have dealt with a lot of guys who planned to attack their country.
His instincts told him that this raid was rigged as the information was clearly lacking, but he still took the job as if it was true, then there is a chance of a possible terrorists attack! They couldn't let that happen.
They were staying low while moving forward.
"lieutenant, don't you think this is weird?" One of the men asked.
"Think so? This could be a trap for all we know!" Gabriel said.
"Why think that way LT?" Another one of his men asked.
"The information feels off, there's a good chance of us not leaving here alive." He smiled bitterly.
His men were shocked. Till now, they had faced gun fight many times, even with other countries forces, and their Lieutenant, who is an iron hearted man, never worried about anything! But now, he's saying that they probably won't leave here alive, if this didn't sound insane, nothing else will.
"Do you not trust us LT?" Another one of their men suddenly asked in a serious tone.
"Its not that I don't trust you, it's just this whole mission seems rigged." Gabriel smiled again as he said.
The men were confused so they looked at each other as they stopped their advance and looked at him. Gabriel knew that he had to disclose what he know or it might get them into trouble without getting prepared for what's going to come.
"Don't you all think its all just.....strange?" He stopped and asked. The men just looked at each other, then looked at him, waiting for his answer.
"CIA is such an big intelligence organization with enough manpower and equipments and yet they didn't provided us with sufficient information like, which organization these insurgents were from or how many of them are there or what type of weaponry they are in possession off, but they gave us their location, moreover they could've just dealt with this issue themselves without asking us or us knowing anything, this is actual Connerie¹!" He said.
Now they noticed the issue. This is more like a setup! They gave the location of the insurgents, they said they were armed and skilled, yet they didn't provide anymore information and disclosed that they couldn't find anything about their number or which organization they are from. Now all the piece are coming together. This raid is f*cking rigged!
They were in middle of deciding whether or not to move forward, the radio sounded.
"Lieutenant, what happened? Why are you not proceeding forward?" it was their Colonel.
Back at the base, Colonel Luigi was standing before the monitor screen and was waiting anxiously for the reply from Lieutenant Gabriel. Ever since he heard that there were insurgents, who managed to get inside their country with weapons despite the tight security, he had been anxious about it. To pass through that tight security means these guys must be as skilled as the information from CIA said or the security must be sleeping. There is no other way for them to get into France!
They can't enter the country by air cause if they did, they could be easily identified. But the main issue is, how in the world did they bring their weapons? They can't buy advanced weaponry through the local channels either.
So the only way is through crossing the border illegally along with their weapons.
But how did they manage to do that? If they came through the border, the border patrol would shoot them first and then ask questions.
France is a strong nation that can stand on its own as the fifth military superpower. Despite taking heavy blows during the two world wars, they are still a nation with strong military to defend themselves well. If anyone came through the border illegally, they are considered as a threat and immediately shot at sight. So such a country actually letting insurgents into their territory means a great issue to them.
So when the CIA told them this, they immediately sent one of their best teams to deal with the insurgents, but now, they are not moving and was talking to each other with no care at all! When they get back, they will get an earful of words from him!
He was waiting for a reply and it came immediately without a delay.
"This is Lieutenant Gabriel, Sir! This raid doesn't seem right to us, this is probably rigged." Gabriel said.
Luigi raised his eyebrow as he did not expect such answer.
The technicians on the control looked at him.
He knows that if Gabriel is saying this raid is a trap, then there's is a 90% chance it is.
He really wants to cancel this operation, but what if the insurgent group attacks one of their cities? What if they bomb one of their attraction centers and kill hundreds? These questions were playing over and over inside his head. All he can do is trust his men and believe they can take these guys down.
He said to them on the mic.
"It could be as you suspect, but we can't leave it if there really is an insurgent group and they plan on attacking us? What will we do when hundreds of innocent lives die just because we thought that one single mission was rigged? I want to cancel this more than you guys, but I don't want to think about the consequences ! Its your call Lieutenant, do what you feel is right and I'll respect it." Luigi said.
On the other side, inside the forest, all ten of them heard the Colonel. They know that this is a heavy decision to make. One they turn back and risk the chance of getting attacked. Two, they proceed forward and there is a chance of them never going home again or going home with a win and make sure the safety of those innocents. They all looked at Gabriel, he is their Lieutenant, their leader! They will accept whatever he says cause they had been through life and death situations together and came back alive. If this is the first time they are gonna lose or win at the cost of something, they will take it down or take it down with them!
Gabriel stayed silent, he wanted to make sure that the innocent people are safe and at the same time he wants his men, who were willing to follow him to the death with him live as well. He know it is a hard choice, but he want both. He finally spoke.
"My mother once said...'Son, if you are going for it, then go high or go home' and I sure as hell am not going home, I'm going high!" The men all smirked and so did the Colonel at the base.
"Sir, the mission will proceed as planned! We will take down those Baiseurs de mère² or go down with them! Gabriel out!" He said to the colonel. Gabriel looked at his men.
They all looked serious, their resolve was clear. They will follow their leader even if it is to the gates hell, if they could ensure the safety of innocent lives and the safety of their country, its worth it.
He put on the Night Vision Goggles
NVG
and the rest of them did the same.
"Vivé la France³!" Gabriel said.
"Vivé la France!" The rest also said the same in unison.
They then proceeded forward towards their target location without making a single sound.