Chapter 2719: Socotra Island

The O2 team members who remained outside immediately began a surprise attack after receiving instructions, and ruthlessly shot and killed all armed personnel remaining behind. Although those militants were alert, they were more worried about air strikes, and they did not expect that these so-called self would suddenly kill them. Caught off guard, they were shot and fell. Originally, there were not many people left behind, and coupled with their average combat effectiveness, they did not have an advantage against these fierce mercenaries.
He was suddenly attacked again, and it was inevitable to panic. In just over five minutes, the O2 team cleared all the remaining armed personnel. Crazy Horse and others released the prisoners held there, but they did not find anyone they needed to rescue. This further proves that they were indeed transferred to Socotra Island.
Lin Rui frowned, which showed that their mission had to face more twists and turns, which was the last thing he wanted to see.
Jiang An was next to him and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, it's not safe here. Air strikes won't happen, those militants will definitely come back to check, we have to leave here first."
Lin Rui nodded, "Go, go to the village first and take the wounded person with him. If there is an attack here, then these militants will definitely search the surrounding areas, and the village is not safe anymore."
Jiangan turned around to greet the team members to get into the car, and found that the Scarface walking behind was a little limping. Stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Just inadvertently, I was shot by a guy. It was slightly injured, but it didn't get in the way. It just rubbed off a little flesh." Dao Scarface shook his head. Jiang Jian noticed that some of his legs were indeed injured, but it was not very serious. He could walk.
"Get in the car and get a bandage." Lin Rui patted him and said, "We have to speed up." The other O2 team members arrived one after another, got in the car together, and returned to the village more than ten kilometers away that was destroyed by the air raid. They found the wounded soldier of the signal flag unit there, and evacuated immediately after getting him in the car.
In the evening, they settled in a small fishing village near the sea. The local people should be some fishermen, just small fishing villages that have nothing to do with the anti-government army. They avoided the local villagers as much as possible and found a place to camp nearby. A bonfire rose in the evening, and Lin Rui and others ate some food around the bonfire.
"Boss, our action this time is a bit troublesome." Sergey whispered.
Lin Rui nodded and threw the dry food in his hand to him, "It was a bit unexpected, but it shouldn't be a big deal. At least we now know where they are being kept."
"You mean we continue to do it?" Crazy Horse frowned.
"Of course we must continue to do it." Lin Rui whispered, "We can't take a half-dead wounded soldier back for a mission. Actuary, what's the situation on Socotra Island?"
Jiang An turned around and said, "I'm contacting Kebain. He should be able to tell us about the island. With that, he sent the information."
The actuary turned the shore and moved the tactical computer over and placed it on a rock next to it, "Look at this. Socotra Island consists of 4 small islands and 2 small rocky islands. It is a group of four islands in the Indian Ocean. One of them. It belongs to Socotra Province, Yemen. The coastline is 300 kilometers long and the total area is 3650 square kilometers, which is more than six times that of Bahrain. It is the largest island in Yemen and the largest island in the Arab world."
"Why do the rebels transport people there?" Lin Rui frowned. "Where do they deploy?"
"It's not clear. It should be said that there is far from the riots in Yemen, and I have never heard of any anti-government militants there." Jiang An frowned, "but this place is very complicated. In 1507, the Portuguese came to the island. , Helped the islanders get rid of Arab control, and at the same time used the island as a Portuguese military base. On the one hand, it carried out aggression against Shihr and other places in Hadarama Province, Yemen. On the other hand, it provided services for Portuguese ships traveling between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. The Portuguese left the island four years later, and the islanders became subjects of the Mahri Sultanate in 1511. They ruled the island and the eastern part of Yemen.
In 1834, the island was once under the jurisdiction of the East India Company. In 1886, Britain extended its tentacles here. They first offered to buy the island cheaply and incorporate it into the territory of the British Empire, but this attempt was rejected by the local sultan of Yemen. As a result, the British colonial army occupied the island by force. Since then, the British took the island as a naval restricted zone and, together with the Mahri Sultanate, was put under British protection and became an important British base in the Indian Ocean until the British ended its colonial rule of South Yemen in the early 1970s.
In 1967, the Sultanate fell, and Socotra became independent with southern Yemen and became part of Yemen. Later, the Soviet fleet once stationed the island and turned it into a Soviet naval base in the Middle East. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, the fleet was withdrawn from Socotra Island.
In 2011, some Somali pirates used Socotra Island as a fuel storage base to increase their navigation time. "
"So this island is important?" Crazy Horse asked.
"It is located at 12.18 degrees to 12.42 degrees north latitude and 53.19 degrees to 54.33 degrees east longitude. It is the junction of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden. It is blessed with superior natural conditions. It is an important maritime traffic route from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea and East Africa, connecting the East and the West. The main maritime traffic arteries constitute the maritime lifeline connecting Asia, Africa and Europe. Its strategic position can be imagined.
Jiang An nodded,
But I’m thinking, I’ve never heard of Yemen’s rebels on that island before. Socotra is the safest island in Yemen, and there is no armed conflict."
"Wait, did you just say that it was an island group?" Lin Rui frowned, "Will it be on the main island, but also on the surrounding islands? So no one has ever known."
"It is possible. If this is the case, it should not be on an island with a permanent population, then we can narrow the scope to two of the rocky islands." Jiangan groaned, "and one of the rocky islands There used to be Soviet garrisons, and there may be related military installations. Will they be locked there?"
"The island you are talking about is located on the map." Lin Rui said solemnly.
"Here, some people called it Tank Island in the past. Because Yemen just ended the civil war in 1994, and because the Soviet Union once provided more than 90% of the country’s weapons and equipment, many rusty Soviet tanks can still be seen stranded in the west. It’s on the coast, so this island is also called the Tank Island." Jiang Jian replied.
"If there were so many tanks there, there must be hidden military installations on the island, at least there must be a fuel depot." Crazy Horse also nodded.
"But it is said that apart from some pirates knowing its location, few people know about the military installations on the island." Jiang An explained.