Right when US and Russian jets are confronting mid-air, Latamira's outskirts see the ground operation entering its final and most critical phase.
"Explosives set! Double-checked all key nodes. Five-minute countdown started! Irreversible!"
Shadow's voice is swift and calm, he holds a mini detonator controller tightly with a visible readout.
Petrovsky almost without a pause, presses the transmit button on his throat mic:
"All units be advised! Mission complete! Repeat, mission complete! Execute evacuation protocol now! Retreat at full speed along predetermined route to rendezvous point! Move! Move! Move!"
SSO squad members leap from their cover, quickly forming a standard retreat formation.
The team member guarding the flanks unhesitatingly sprays bullets towards any threatening corner and window of the warehouse area, the intense gunfire crackling like exploding beans, suppressing any scattered resistance that might impede the retreat.
