Behind Enemy Lines: Axis of Evil Page #4

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somewhere over Kazakhstan...

then vector back to Seoul.

I'll have you in South Korea

in under four hours.

Thank you, sir.

Did you jump on the red?

- Oh, Jesus, man. You scared me.

- Did you jump on the red?

Yes, I did. How about a little help

getting me down from here?

- That was real dumb, Spaz.

- Yeah, I know.

It's not funny, Neil.

- I don't suppose you brought a SATCOM?

- No.

But I did bring

my travel backgammon.

One P.V.C. 77

satellite...encrypted transceiver.

Good job, Spaz.

- Thanks.

- But you're still in a lot of trouble.

- How are they?

- There's four of them on the ground.

They're all okay.

They're scattered in two spots.

- What's his call sign?

- Echo 7.

Echo 7, you all right?

Any injuries?

Yeah, we're all tip...top, sir.

Okay, listen up.

Your mission has been recalled.

I want you to reconnoiter to a safe hide site

and dig in awaiting exfiltration.

Keep your terrestrial comms

to a minimum.

There's not a lot of R- up there.

You guys'll stick out bad.

- Sir, we had a rubber...duck contingency.

- It's been aborted.

- Any time estimate on exfil, sir?

- Not at this time.

Understood.

Make contact again at 1800.

Alpha Whiskey out.

All right.

Let's hump, Stokeman.

Hey. It's "the Stoke."

Sir? Master Chief Barnes is here.

- Sir.

- Master Chief.

Requesting permission to mount

a boat...drop rescue mission.

Barnes...

there's not gonna be

a boat drop.

They're gonna exfiltrate

using an MH...53 Pave Low.

How's a chopper gonna

avoid detection, sir?

When we're bombing the sh*t out of them,

we won't be so worried about detection.

Sir, we've got four Navy SEALs

downrange behind enemy lines.

- They are sitting ducks...

- Did you come in here to tell me that, Chief?

There's not gonna be

a navy rescue.

Flyboys will handle this.

- Return to your staging area.

- Sir.

Shultiess, get the computer

and bring up a sat image of the area.

There's a little village about a half klick down

the hill that wasn't even on this damn map.

Of course.

At nightfall, we're gonna move

to the top of these mountains...

then east,

over into this area here.

It's more remote,

but it's closer to the missile site.

They're probably

gonna ask us to do B.D.A.

- So we might as well dig in near the site.

- Hey, L.T. Look...

all due respect...

I didn't risk a court...martial

to do bomb damage assessment...

for a bunch of f*ggot-ass F-117 flyboys.

Now, look.

Let's just go find that missile site

and blow its ass up.

You done?

Shh!

Bobby, he saw us. What should we do?

Shut up!

- Callie, check the window!

- L.T., what do you want me to do?

I got her.

Neil, cover that window.

Stop! You got to shut up!

Neil, shut her up!

- Shultiess, grab her!

- Meideros, grab her!

I got her!

Bobby, get out of there!

Shultiess! Meideros! On me!

Neil, let's go!

Come on!

Meideros, get us restocked!

Shultiess, check our six.

F***er shot me

right in my Kevlar.

Seeing how we're compromised...

can we call in

for an exfiltration?

Negative on that.

We're on our own.

This way's no good. Cliffs.

All right. We're gonna have to turn around,

take the fight to them.

We're gonna leapfrog in pairs.

Meideros, you're with me.

No different than a live-fire exercise,

San Clemente.

Hey! Radio frequency charts

are in my right thigh pocket, okay?

And all the instructions

are right there too.

I expect you to hand them to me

if I need them.

On your command, Daiwi.

Let's go to work.

Come on, kid.

- Advance!

- Callie! Come on!

R.P.G.!

Meideros! Get over here!

Echo 7 to base. Do you copy?

Base, this is Echo 7.

Do you copy? Over.

Bobby! We're gonna die!

Bobby! Man down!

We got to get out of here!

Come on!

Stay with me, Shultiess.

Stay with me.

I can't see anything!

Echo 7 to base. We have

brevity code Charlie. I repeat: Charlie.

We're facing heavy enemy fire.

We have engaged. Do you copy? Over.

No one is dying on my stick.

I told you. Hold tight.

Our father, who art in heaven...

- Mr. Ambassador.

- Mr. President.

I was just about to call your president

on the phone.

Mr. President, wars are started

over misunderstandings.

- I don't quite...

- Wars.

And this war will be fought

on South Korea's soil.

Your USS Ronald Reagan

has made way to the Sea of Japan...

and your destroyer, the USS Lassen

is on course to the Yellow Sea.

You don't think North Korea

could misconstrue your actions...

as a provocation towards engagement?

- I wouldn't confuse the navy...

- from your ships' movements...

I assume you have seen the missile.

Your Navy SEALs were captured...

by the D.P.R.K. Fifth Regiment

in Kimhyongjik.

I should say, two captured.

Two of your men...

were killed.

How did you get these?

Your government spends billions

of dollars on your satellites...

all to avoid putting human intelligence

inside hostile territory.

These photos came from one soldier

with a $3,000 camera...

connected to a satellite phone.

They were taken

four hours ago.

We discovered the missile

at Yongjiri 10 days ago...

and we've been watching them

assemble it in the caves.

Our Special Operations Task force 121

infiltrated the area.

We were wondering

when you were going to discover it.

Were you ever planning on telling us

about this grave threat?

Mr. Ambassador, when we first

discovered the missile...

we had hopes for a preemptive

Special Operations mission.

- It required the utmost secrecy...

- Your mission was compromised.

Yes.

It was an act of war

against the D.P.R.K.

- We felt that we could count...

- Their retaliation will be against my country.

How could you have such...

We're trying to preserve

a fragile peace.

By attacking a sovereign country.

Your administration has always preached regime

change, and now you see the chance to effect it.

All that stands in the way

are the many hundreds of thousands of lives...

Korean lives...

that will be lost in the process.

- It won't be hundreds of thousands.

- That'll be all, General.

And should you succeed,

what then?

- We have no plans for...

- Twenty-three million hungry North Koreans.

Where do they go?

New York? Philadelphia?

They come to Seoul.

They come to Seoul

like East Germany went to Berlin.

They come to Seoul

and destroy our economy.

We are not ready for this.

We did not ask for this.

And you... now you...

give us no choice but this?

What of China's reactions? Japan's?

The United Nations'? The world's reactions?

Mr. Ambassador, we assure you there will be

no further military action conducted...

until South Korea and the United States

see eye to eye.

That's right.

Then turn your ships around.

Sir, as of 0900 this morning...

Operation Sheet Lightning

remains on schedule...

with the Eighth Fighter Wing

and 18th Bomber Wing...

both reporting

troop strengths at over 85%.

- What's the deal with these estimates?

- Sir?

- 10,000 U.S. Casualties?

- 5,000 to 10,000. Yes, sir.

- 10,000 to 50,000 South Korean?

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